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Historical Events
on May 1st
- Lead Story
- Empire State Building dedicated,1931
- American Revolution
- President Eisenhower proclaims Law Day,1958
- Automotive
- Ford factory workers get 40-hour week,1926
- Civil War
- Battle of Chancellorsville begins,1863
- Cold War
- American U-2 spy plane shot down,1960
- Crime
- Former NBA All-Star indicted,2002
- Disaster
- Record-breaking tornado wave begins,2003
- General Interest
- Great Exhibition opens,1851
- The Battle of Manila Bay,1898
- An American tops Everest,1963
- Labour party returns to power in Britain,1997
- Hollywood
- Citizen Kane released,1941
- Literary
- Joseph Heller is born,1923
- Music
- Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro premieres in Vienna,1786
- Old West
- Calamity Jane is born,1852
- Presidential
- Herbert Hoover dedicates Empire State Building,1931
- Sports
- Rickey Henderson breaks stolen base record,1991
- Vietnam War
- Senator criticizes Nixon's handling of the war,1969
- North Vietnamese troops capture Quang Tri,1972
- World War I
- International Congress of Women adopts resolutions,1915
- World War II
- Alan G. Cunningham, British liberator of Ethiopia, is born,1887
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