1 May
Notable Births
Linda Fruhvirtová
b. 2005
Czech tennis player (born 2005)
Charli D'Amelio
b. 2004
American social media personality (born 2004)
Lizzy Greene
b. 2003
American actress (born 2003)
Chet Holmgren
b. 2002
American basketball player (born 2002)
Rema (musician)
b. 2000
Nigerian singer-songwriter and rapper (born 2000)
YNW Melly
b. 1999
American rapper (born 1999)
Tiffany Stratton
b. 1999
American professional wrestler (born 1999)
Miles Sanders
b. 1997
American football player (born 1997)
William Nylander
b. 1996
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1996)
Madeline Brewer
b. 1992
American actress (born 1992)
Hani (singer)
b. 1992
South Korean singer and actress (born 1992)
Bradley Roby
b. 1992
American football player (born 1992)
Marcus Stroman
b. 1991
American baseball player (born 1991)
Scooter Gennett
b. 1990
American baseball player (born 1990)
Caitlin Stasey
b. 1990
Australian actress and singer (born 1990)
Jamie Dornan
b. 1982
Actor, model and musician from Northern Ireland (born 1982)
Kate Smith
b. 1907
American contralto (1907–1986)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
b. 1769
British Army officer and statesman (1769–1852)
Benjamin Henry Latrobe
b. 1764
English architect (1764-1820)
Rudolf I of Germany
b. 1218
King of Germany from 1273 to 1291
Notable Deaths
Gordon Lightfoot
d. 2023
Canadian singer-songwriter (1938–2023)
Olympia Dukakis
d. 2021
American actress (1931–2021)
Geoff Duke
d. 2015
British motorcycle racer
Vafa Guluzade
d. 2015
Azerbaijani diplomat
María Elena Velasco
d. 2015
Mexican actress, comedian, singer-songwriter and dancer (1940–2015)
Grace Lee Whitney
d. 2015
American actress and singer (1930–2015)
Radhia Cousot
d. 2014
Inventor of abstract interpretation
Assi Dayan
d. 2014
Israeli film director, actor, screenwriter and producer (1945–2014)
Juan de Dios Castillo
d. 2014
Mexican footballer and manager (1951-2014)
Kris Kross
d. 2013
American hip hop group
Mordechai Virshubski
d. 2012
Israeli politician
Henry Cooper
d. 2011
British boxer (1934–2011)
Ted Lowe
d. 2011
English snooker commentator
Helen Wagner
d. 2010
American actress (1918–2010)
Anthony Mamo
d. 2008
President of Malta from 1974 to 1976
Philipp von Boeselager
d. 2008
German Wehrmacht officer, failed assassin of Adolf Hitler
Miss Elizabeth
d. 2003
American professional wrestling manager (1960–2003)
Wim van Est
d. 2003
Dutch racing cyclist (1923-2003)
Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh
d. 2002
Bahraini poet (1908–2002)
Steve Reeves
d. 2000
American bodybuilder and actor (1926–2000)
On This Day in History
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2026
After a ransomware attack by the group ShinyHunters, the education platform Canvas operated by private company Instructure, goes offline, affecting thousands of educational institutions.
2026 Canvas data breach
2024
The 2024 Loblaw boycott, a Canadian boycott against retail corporation and grocer Loblaw Companies, begins.
Loblaw Companies
2019
Naxalite attack in Gadchiroli district of India: Sixteen army soldiers, including a driver, killed in an IED blast. Naxals targeted an anti-Naxal operations team.
Naxalism
2019
Naruhito ascends to the throne of Japan succeeding his father Akihito, beginning the Reiwa period.
Naruhito
2018
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) resumes the Deir ez-Zor campaign in order to clear the remnants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Iraq–Syria border.
Syrian civil war
2011
Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI.
Pope John Paul II
2010
Faisal Shahzad attempts to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, but the bomb fails to go off.
Faisal Shahzad
2009
Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.
Same-sex marriage in Sweden
2004
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin.
Cyprus
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".
2003 invasion of Iraq
1999
The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924.
George Mallory
1997
The Labour Party wins the 1997 General Election and Tony Blair is elected as Prime Minister.
1997 United Kingdom general election
1994
Three-time Formula One champion Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix.
Formula One
1993
Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa is assassinated in Colombo in a suicide bombing carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
President of Sri Lanka
1991
Angolan Civil War: The MPLA and UNITA agree to the Bicesse Accords, which are formally signed on May 31 in Lisbon.
Angolan Civil War
1982
Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during the Falklands War.
Operation Black Buck
1978
Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
Naomi Uemura
1975
The Särkänniemi Amusement Park opens in Tampere, Finland.
Särkänniemi
1971
Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service.
Amtrak
1970
Vietnam War: Protests erupt in response to U.S. and South Vietnamese forces attacking Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign.
Vietnam War