It happened one 01 May
1931 : Empire State BuildingOn 1 May 1931, the tallest building ever built, the Empire State Building, is inaugurated in New York. It will long be the tallest building. |
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1941 : Citizen KaneOn 1 May 1941, the Orson Welles film Citizen Kane was released in New York. The film which chronicles the life of a newspaper magnate is considered one of the best films of all time for its quality and cinematic innovations. |
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1967 : Elvis Presley's weddingOn 1 May 1967, singer Elvis Presley married his girlfriend, Priscilla Ann Beaulieu in Las Vegas. The Aladdin hotel was chosen for the private ceremony. |
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1994 : Ayrton SennaOn 1 May 1994, the Brazilian Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna was killed while driving his race car on the circuit of Imola, near Bologna in Italy. |
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1997 : Landslide victory of the Labour partyOn 1 May 1997, Labour led by Tony Blair won largely the British elections ending 20 years of Conservative governments. |
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2004 : Enlargement of the European UnionOn 1 May 2004, the biggest enlargement of the European Union took place when Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia became members. A ceremony in Dublin - Ireland has the EU presidency at that time - marked the event. |
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2009 : Same-sex marriage approved in SwedenOn 1 May 2009, Sweden became the seventh country in modern times to recognize same-sex marriage by removing any reference to gender in its marriage legislation. |
Latest news : 01 May
Labor Day On May 1st we celebrate Labor Day in many countries around the world. That day, we put forward our demands for workers. |
Quote of the day : 01 May
Orson Welles I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai. |
Birthdays : 01 May
Jules Breton, French painter (1827) | |
Emily Stowe, Canadian doctor, activist for women's rights (1831) | |
Calamity Jane, Scout and frontierswoman (1852) | |
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French paleontologist (1881) | |
Ralph Stackpole, American sculptor (1885) | |
Glenn Ford, American actor (1916) | |
Danielle Darrieux, French actress (1917) | |
Joseph Heller, American novelist (1923) | |
Scott Carpenter, American astronaut (1925) | |
Rita Coolidge, American singer (1945) | |
John Woo, Hong Kong film director (1946) | |
Joanna Lumley, English actress (1946) | |
Dann Florek, American actor (1950) | |
Ray Parker, Jr., American musician (1954) | |
Catherine Frot, French actress (1956) | |
Wes Anderson, American director (1969) | |
Ajith Kumar, Indian actor (1971) | |
Julie Benz, American actress (1972) | |
Oliver Neuville, German football player (1973) | |
Jodhi May, English actress (1975) | |
Anushka Sharma, Indian actress (1988) |
They left us one 01 May
David Livingstone, Scottish missionary (1873) | |
Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (1904) | |
Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (1935) | |
Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany (1945) | |
Spike Jones, American musician (1965) | |
Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer (1978) | |
William Primrose, Scottish violinist (1982) | |
Richard Thorpe, American director (1991) | |
Pierre Bérégovoy, Prime Minister of French republic (1993) | |
Ayrton Senna, Brazilian racing driver (1994) |
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