May 1st in History
May 1st in History
- 1906: Troops in Paris make many arrests during a May Day protest
- 1925: The island of Cyprus becomes a British colony
- 1931: The Empire State Building, in New York, is completed
- 1960: Gary Powers, in a U2 spy plane, shot down and captured by the USSR
- 1968: Legoland, in Denmark, opens
May 1st birthdays
- 1769: Arthur Wellesley, The Duke of Wellington
- 1916: Glenn Ford, American film actor
