Date Name Location / Topic
Sunday, May 1

Feast of St Joseph the Worker

Sunday, May 1

Worker\'s Day

Sunday, May 1

Labor Day / May Day

Sunday, May 1

Unity Day

Sunday, May 1

Loyalty Day

Sunday, May 1

Labor Day

Sunday, May 1

Labor Day

Sunday, May 1

Maharashtra Day

Sunday, May 1

National Mother Goose Day

Sunday, May 1

National Chocolate Parfait Day

Sunday, May 1

Law Day

Sunday, May 1

School Principals’ Day

Sunday, May 1

Silver Star Service Banner Day

Sunday, May 1

National Infertility Survival Day

Sunday, May 1

Agriculture and Labor Day

Sunday, May 1

Workers' Day

Sunday, May 1

Lei Day

United States (Hawaii)
Sunday, May 1

May Day

Sunday, May 1

Constitution Day

Sunday, May 1

Worker's Day

Sunday, May 1

Spring and Labor Day

Sunday, May 1

Labor and Solidarity Day

Sunday, May 1

Constituent Assembly Convocation Day

Sunday, May 1

Mother's Day

Sunday, May 1

Labor day

Sunday, May 1

May 1st

Sunday, May 1

Sturge-Weber Syndrome Awareness

Sunday, May 1

National Hamburger Month

Sunday, May 1

National Executive Coaching Day

Sunday, May 1

National Purebred Dog Day

Sunday, May 1

World Laughter Day

Sunday, May 1

Global Love Day

Historical Events on May 1

  • 1759: The Wedgwood Pottery Co. is founded by Josiah Wedgwood in Great Britain.
  • 1776: Adam Weishaupt establishes the Illuminati in Upper Bavaria.
  • 1778: The Battle of Crooked Billet starts during the American Revolution in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
  • 1840: The first official adhesive stamp – the Penny Black – is issued in the U.K.
  • 1844: The Hong Kong Police Force is established on this day. It would be the first modern police force in Asia and the second modern police force in the world.
  • 1862: The capture of New Orleans is completed by the Union Army during the American Civil War.
  • 1863: During the American Civil War, the Battle of Chancellorsville starts.
  • 1866: The Memphis Race Riots start on this day. Almost 50 black and 2 white are killed during the incident. Reports of the atrocities would help the 14th Amendment to the U.S Constitution get passed.
  • 1875: After burning down in 1873, the Alexandra Palace reopens on this date.
  • 1930: Pluto is officially given its name on this day.
  • 1931: In New York City, the Empire State Building is dedicated.
  • 1941: German forces attack Tobruk during World War II.
  • 1944: In retailiation for General Franz Krech being killed by partisans in Malaoi, German soldiers shoot 200 Communist prisoners at Kaisariani.
  • 1945: The Soviet Flag is raised over the Reich Chancellery during World War II.
  • 1945: After having killed their children by inserting cyanide pills into their mouths, Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda Goebbels commit suicide in the Reich Garden.
  • 1945: In the wake of the Soviet advance in Demmin in Germany, approximately twenty-five hundred people die in a mass suicide.

Famous Birthdays on May 1

  • Irish-English 1st Duke of Wellington and Prime Minister of the U.K., Arthur Wellesley is born in 1769.
  • Irish poet and author, James Clarence Mangan is born in 1803.
  • American frontierswoman and scout, Calamity Jane is born in 1852.
  • Spanish neuroscientist and Nobel Prize laureate, Santiago Ramon y Cajal is born in 1852.
  • American actress Julie Benz is born in 1972.
  • American actor James Badge Dale is born in 1978.
  • American NHL hockey player, David Backes is born in 1984.