A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
May 1: Day of the Week
May 1, 2024 was the 122nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 244 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.
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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Taurus is the zodiac 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.
May 1 Historical Event(s)
1707
The Act of Union joins the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1869
The Folies Bergère opens in Paris.
1884
Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States.
1893
The World’s Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
1944
200 Communist prisoners are shot by the Germans at Kaisariani in Athens as reprisals for the killing of General Franz Krech by partisans at Molaoi
1945
World War II: A German newsreader officially announces that Adolf Hitler has “fallen at his command post in the Reich Chancellery fighting to the last breath against Bolshevism and for Germany”.
1956
The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
1960
Formation of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra.
1987
Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.
2008
The London Agreement on translation of European patents, concluded in 2000, enters into force in 14 of the 34 Contracting States to the European Patent Convention.
Who were born on May 1?
1585
Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint (d. 1612)
1906
Horst Schumann, Nazi physician (d. 1983)
1908
Morris Kline, American mathematician (d. 1992)
1926
Peter Lax, Hungarian mathematician
1954
Ray Parker Jr., American singer and songwriter
1966
Olaf Thon, German football player
1974
Kellie Crawford, Australian singer (Hi-5)
1979
Michael Harvey, British musical artist
1983
Alain Bernard, French swimmer
1997
Ariel Gade, American actress
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