The 7.2 Mw Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121. Date: May 1, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today)
"Pluto" is officially proposed for the name of the newly discovered dwarf planet by Vesto Slipher in the Lowell Observatory Observation Circular. The name quickly catches on. Date: May 1, 1930 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1930 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City. Date: May 1, 1931 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1931 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Up to 2,500 people die in a mass suicide in Demmin following the advance of the Red Army. Date: May 1, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: German radio broadcasts news of Adolf Hitler's death, falsely stating that he has "fallen at his command post in the Reich Chancellery fighting to the last breath against Bolshevism and for Germany". The Soviet flag is raised over the Reich Chancellery, by order of Stalin. Date: May 1, 1945 Read more on…
Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians. Date: May 1, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)
Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded. Date: May 1, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today)
The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public. Date: May 1, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today)
A Vickers VC.1 Viking crashes while attempting to return to Blackbushe Airport in Yateley, killing 34. Date: May 1, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis. Date: May 1, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)