About May 1

May 1, 2024 is the 122nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 244 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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Taurus is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 273 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On May 1

  • 1707 –
    The Act of Union joins the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
  • 1759 –
    Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
  • 1785 –
    Kamehameha I, the king of Hawaii, defeats Kalanikupule and establishes the Kingdom of Hawaii.
  • 1794 –
    War of the Pyrenees: The Battle of Boulou ends, in which French forces defeat the Spanish and regain nearly all the land they lost to Spain in 1793.
  • 1840 –
    The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
  • 1844 –
    Hong Kong Police Force, the world’s second, Asia’s first modern police force is established.
  • 1846 –
    The few remaining Mormons left in Nauvoo, Illinois, formally dedicate the Nauvoo Temple.
  • 1862 –
    American Civil War: The Union Army completes the Capture of New Orleans.
  • 1863 –
    American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
  • 1893 –
    The World’s Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
  • 1925 –
    The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134 million members.
  • 1927 –
    The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
  • 1950 –
    Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth.
  • 1965 –
    Battle of Dong-Yin, a naval conflict between ROC and PRC, takes place.
  • 1971 –
    Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service.
  • 1974 –
    The Argentine terrorist organization Montoneros is expulsed from Plaza de Mayo by president Juan Perón.
  • 1977 –
    36 people are killed in Taksim Square, Istanbul, during the Labour Day celebrations.
  • 1982 –
    Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during Falklands War.
  • 1995 –
    Croatian forces launch Operation Flash during the Croatian War of Independence.
  • 2011 –
    Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI.

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