May 1st in History

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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