This Day in History
01 May 1006
Supernova observed by Chinese and Egyptians in constellation Lupus
01 May 1048
Bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht Netherlands
01 May 1328
Wars of Scottish Independence end Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton - the Kingdom of England recognises the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state.
01 May 1394
Ekiho exorcised the Zen temple and its surroundings of an old badger
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Labour Party returns to power in Britain
After 18 years of Conservative rule British voters give the Labour Party led by Tony Blair a landslide victory in British parliamentary elections. In the poo...
First-ever Great Exhibition opens in London
On May 1 1851 the Great Exhibition opens to wide acclaim in the Crystal Palace in London. Inside the Crystal Palace a giant glass-and-iron hall designed by S...
James Whittaker becomes the first American to top Mt. Everest
James Whittaker of Redmond Washington becomes the first American to reach the summit of Mt. Everest the tallest mountain in the world.Located in the central ...
Empire State Building dedicated
On this day in 1931 President Herbert Hoover officially dedicates New York Citys Empire State Building pressing a button from the White House that tur...
International Congress of Women adopts resolutions on peace, women’s suffrage
On this day in 1915 in The Hague Netherlands the International Congress of Women adopts its resolutions on peace and womens suffrage.The congress al...
Senator George Aiken criticizes Nixon’s handling of the Vietnam War
In a speech on the floor of the Senate George Aiken (R-Vermont) senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee urges the Nixon administration to beg...
North Vietnamese troops capture Quang Tri
North Vietnamese troops capture Quang Tri City the first provincial capital taken during their ongoing offensive. The fall of the city effectively gave the com...
Rickey Henderson breaks MLB stolen base record
On May 1 1991 Oakland Athletics outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 939th base to break Lou Brocks record for stolen bases in a career. Henderson s...
Herbert Hoover dedicates Empire State Building
On this day in 1931 President Herbert Hoover officially dedicates New York Citys Empire State Building and presses a button that turns on the building...
Adventurer and performer Calamity Jane is born
On this day the adventurer and performer Calamity Jane is born near Princeton Missouri.The myths and fabrications concerning the life of Calamity Jane are so ...
Catch-22 author Joseph Heller is born
Joseph Heller author of Catch-22 is born this day in 1923 near Coney Island in Brooklyn. His father a Russian immigrant who drove a bakery delivery truck di...
Mozart’s opera The Marriage of Figaro premieres in Vienna
By 1786 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was probably the most experienced and accomplished 30-year-old musician the world has ever seen with dozens of now-canonical s...
Citizen Kane released
Months before its release Orson Welles landmark film Citizen Kane began generating such controversy that Radio City Music Hall eventually refused to sh...
Record-breaking tornado wave begins across the southern and midwestern United States
A record-breaking wave of tornadoes begins across the southern and midwestern United States on this day in 2003. By the time the wave is over more than 500 to...
Former NBA All-Star Jayson Williams indicted for manslaughter
On May 1 2002 former NBA All-Star Jayson Williams was indicted on a series of charges including aggravated manslaughter in connection with the shooting deat...
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