About May 1
May 1, 2025 is the 121st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 244 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
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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 292 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On May 1
- 305 –Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor.
- 1576 –Stefan Batory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become the co-rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- 1778 –American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
- 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.
- 1869 –The Folies Bergère opens in Paris.
- 1875 –Alexandra Palace reopens after the 1873 fire burnt it down.
- 1884 –Moses Fleetwood Walker became the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
- 1886 –Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day culminating in the Haymarket Affair.
- 1925 –The first Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer is held at the University of Toronto, Canada.
- 1927 –The first cooked meals on a scheduled flight are introduced on an Imperial Airways flight from London to Paris.
- 1931 –The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
- 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.
- 1978 –Japan’s Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
- 1989 –Disney-MGM Studios opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
- 2003 –2003 invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the “Mission Accomplished” speech, on board the USS Abraham Lincoln (off the coast of California), U.S. President George W. Bush declares that “major combat operations in Iraq have ended”.
- 2009 –Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.
- 2011 –Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI.
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