Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during the Falklands War. Date: May 1, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
Angolan Civil War: The MPLA and UNITA agree to the Bicesse Accords, which are formally signed on May 31 in Lisbon. Date: May 1, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa is assassinated in Colombo in a suicide bombing carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Date: May 1, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
Three-time Formula One champion Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix. Date: May 1, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Labour Party wins the 1997 General Election and Tony Blair is elected as Prime Minister. Date: May 1, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924. Date: May 1, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
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". Date: May 1, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this…
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. Date: May 1, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden. Date: May 1, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
Faisal Shahzad attempts to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, but the bomb fails to go off. Date: May 1, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)