Events

Pre-1600

• 418 A synod in Carthage condemns Pelagianism.

• 1169 Norman mercenaries land at Bannow Bay in Leinster, marking the beginning of the Norman invasion of Ireland.

• 1328 Wars of Scottish Independence end: By the Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton, England recognises Scotland as an independent state.

• 1455 Scottish Royal forces loyal to King James II defeat a rebel army of the Black Douglases in the battle of Arkinholm.

• 1492 The Edict of Expulsion is officially proclaimed in Castile, requiring all Jewish residents to leave within three months.

1601–1900

• 1669 Henry Morgan's raid on Lake Maracaibo: the Spanish Armada de Barlovento is defeated by an English Privateer fleet led by Captain Henry Morgan.

• 1707 The Act of Union joining England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain takes effect.

• 1753 Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.

• 1807 The Slave Trade Act 1807 takes effect, abolishing the slave trade within the British Empire.

• 1820 Execution of the Cato Street Conspirators, who plotted to kill the British Cabinet and Prime Minister Lord Liverpool.

• 1851 Queen Victoria opens The Great Exhibition at The Crystal Palace in London.

• 1863 American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville between Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac under Joseph Hooker begins.

• 1863 American Civil War: During the Vicksburg campaign, Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant win the Battle of Port Gibson and establish a firm presence on the east side of the Mississippi River.

• 1865 The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.

• 1866 The Memphis Race Riots begin. Over three days, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

• 1886 Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.

• 1891 The 1891 New Orleans Lynchings: 11 Italian immigrants are lynched by a mob in Louisiana, USA after the acquittal of several defendants in a murder case, the largest mass lynching in U.S. history.

• 1891 On Labor Day in Catania, Sicily, workers establish the first successful Fascio Siciliano, launching a movement of peasants and laborers protesting poverty, landlordism, taxation, and economic hardship across Sicily.

• 1894 Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.

• 1896 While on a pilgrimage of Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine in Ray, Tehran, Naser al-Din Shah of Qajar Persia, was assassinated by Mirza Reza Kermani.

• 1898 Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.

• 1900 The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.

1901–present

• 1921 The Jaffa riots begin.

• 1929 The 7.2 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.

• 1945 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. Up to 2,500 people die in a mass suicide in Demmin following the advance of the Red Army.

• 1946 Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.

• 1947 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.

• 1957 A Vickers VC.1 Viking crashes while attempting to return to Blackbushe Airport in Yateley, killing 34.

• 1960 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.

• 1970 Vietnam War: A student anti-war strike erupts in response to U.S. and South Vietnamese forces attacking Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign.

• 1982 Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during the Falklands War.

• 1991 Angolan Civil War: The MPLA and UNITA agree to the Bicesse Accords, which are formally signed on May 31 in Lisbon.

• 1993 Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa is assassinated in Colombo in a suicide bombing carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

• 1994 Three-time Formula One champion Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix.

• 1997 The Labour Party wins the 1997 General Election and Tony Blair is elected as Prime Minister.

• 2003 Invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, on board the (off the coast of California), U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended".

• 2004 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.

• 2009 Same-sex marriage in Sweden is legalized.

• 2010 Faisal Shahzad attempts to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, but the bomb fails to go off.

• 2011 Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI.

• 2018 Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) resumes the Deir ez-Zor campaign in order to clear the remnants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Iraq–Syria border.

• 2019 Naxalite attack in Gadchiroli district of India: Sixteen army soldiers, including a driver, killed in an IED blast. Naxals targeted an anti-Naxal operations team.

• 2019 Naruhito ascends to the throne of Japan succeeding his father Akihito, beginning the Reiwa period.

• 2024 The 2024 Loblaw boycott, a Canadian boycott against retail corporation and grocer Loblaw Companies, begins.

• 2026 After a ransomware attack by the group ShinyHunters, the education platform Canvas operated by private company Instructure, goes offline, affecting thousands of educational institutions.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1218 John I, Count of Hainaut, Flemish nobleman (died 1257)

• 1218 Rudolf I of Germany, King of Germany 1273–1291 (died 1291)

• 1285 Edmund FitzAlan, 2nd Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (died 1326)

• 1527 Johannes Stadius, German astronomer, astrologer, mathematician (died 1579)

• 1545 Franciscus Junius, French theologian (died 1602)

• 1579 Wolphert Gerretse, Dutch-American farmer, co-founded New Netherland (died 1662)

• 1582 Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (died 1643)

• 1585 Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint (died 1612)

• 1591 Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (died 1666)

• 1594 John Haynes, English-American politician, 1st Governor of the Colony of Connecticut (died 1653)

1601–1900

• 1602 William Lilly, English astrologer (died 1681)

• 1672 Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician (died 1719)

• 1735 Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Dutch admiral and philanthropist (died 1819)

• 1751 Judith Sargent Murray, American poet and playwright (died 1820)

• 1764 Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English-American architect, designed the United States Capitol (died 1820)

• 1769 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1852)

• 1780 Tabitha Moffatt Brown, officially designated as the “Mother of Oregon” (died 1858)

• 1783 Phoebe Hinsdale Brown, American hymnwriter (died 1861)

• 1803 James Clarence Mangan, Irish poet and author (died 1849)

• 1811 Andreas Laskaratos, Greek satirical poet and writer (died 1901)

• 1821 Henry Ayers, English-Australian politician, 8th Premier of South Australia (died 1897)

• 1824 Alexander William Williamson, English chemist and academic (died 1904)

• 1825 Johann Jakob Balmer, Swiss mathematician and physicist (died 1898)

• 1825 George Inness, American painter and educator (died 1894)

• 1827 Jules Breton, French painter (died 1906)

• 1829 José de Alencar, Brazilian author and playwright (died 1877)

• 1829 Frederick Sandys, English painter and illustrator (died 1904)

• 1830 Guido Gezelle, Belgian priest and poet (died 1899)

• 1831 Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (died 1903)

• 1846 James C. Corrigan, Canadian-American businessman (died 1908)

• 1847 Henry Demarest Lloyd, American journalist and politician (died 1903)

• 1848 Adelsteen Normann, Norwegian painter (died 1919)

• 1850 Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (died 1942)

• 1852 Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and professional scout (died 1903)

• 1852 Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish neuroscientist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1934)

• 1853 Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin, Ukrainian-American journalist, actor, and playwright (died 1909)

• 1855 Cecilia Beaux, American painter and academic (died 1942)

• 1857 Theo van Gogh, Dutch art dealer (died 1891)

• 1859 Jacqueline Comerre-Paton, French painter and sculptor (died 1955)

• 1862 Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (died 1941)

• 1864 Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day (died 1948)

• 1871 Seakle Greijdanus, Dutch theologian and scholar (died 1948)

• 1872 Hugo Alfvén, Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter (died 1960)

• 1872 Sidónio Pais, Portuguese soldier and politician, 4th President of Portugal (died 1918)

• 1874 Romaine Brooks, American-French painter and illustrator (died 1970)

• 1874 Paul Van Asbroeck, Belgian sport shooter (died 1959)

• 1875 Dave Hall, American runner, coach, and professor (died 1972)

• 1881 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French priest, palaeontologist, and philosopher (died 1955)

• 1884 Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician (died 1964)

• 1885 Clément Pansaers, Belgian poet (died 1922)

• 1887 Alan Cunningham, Anglo-Irish general and diplomat, High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan (died 1983)

• 1890 Clelia Lollini, Italian physician (died 1963 or 1964)

• 1891 Lillian Estelle Fisher, American historian of Spanish America (died 1988)

• 1895 May Hollinworth, Australian theatre producer and director (died 1968)

• 1895 Nikolai Yezhov, Soviet secret police official, head of the NKVD (died 1940)

• 1896 Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician (died 1947)

• 1896 Mark W. Clark, American general (died 1984)

• 1896 J. Lawton Collins, American general (died 1987)

• 1898 Alfred Schmidt, Estonian weightlifter (died 1972)

• 1900 Ignazio Silone, Italian journalist and politician (died 1978)

• 1900 Aleksander Wat, Polish poet and writer (died 1967)

1901–present

• 1901 Sterling Allen Brown, American poet, academic, and critic (died 1989)

• 1901 Antal Szerb, Hungarian scholar and author (died 1945)

• 1905 Henry Koster, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1988)

• 1907 Kate Smith, American singer and actress (died 1986)

• 1908 Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and author (died 1968)

• 1908 Morris Kline, American mathematician and academic (died 1992)

• 1909 Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet and playwright (died 1990)

• 1910 Raya Dunayevskaya, Ukrainian-American philosopher and activist (died 1987)

• 1910 J. Allen Hynek, American astronomer and ufologist (died 1986)

• 1912 Otto Kretschmer, German admiral (died 1998)

• 1913 Louis Nye, American actor (died 2005)

• 1915 Hanns Martin Schleyer, German business executive (died 1977)

• 1916 Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor and producer (died 2006)

• 1917 John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (died 1996)

• 1917 Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (died 2013)

• 1917 Danielle Darrieux, French actress and singer (died 2017)

• 1918 Jack Paar, American comedian, author and talk show host (died 2004)

• 1919 Manna Dey, Indian singer and composer (died 2013)

• 1919 Mohammed Karim Lamrani, Moroccan businessman and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Morocco (died 2018)

• 1919 Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor (died 2005)

• 1921 Vladimir Colin, Romanian journalist and author (died 1991)

• 1923 Joseph Heller, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1999)

• 1923 Marcel Rayman, Polish militant (died 1944)

• 1924 Evelyn Boyd Granville, American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (died 2023)

• 1924 Terry Southern, American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter (died 1995)

• 1925 Chuck Bednarik, American lieutenant and football player (died 2015)

• 1925 Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (died 2013)

• 1926 Peter Lax, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic (died 2025)

• 1927 Greta Andersen, Danish swimmer (died 2023)

• 1927 Bernard Vukas, Yugoslav-Croatian footballer (died 1983)

• 1927 Albert Zafy, Malagasy politician, 3rd President of Madagascar (died 2017)

• 1928 Sonny James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)

• 1929 Ralf Dahrendorf, German-English sociologist and politician (died 2009)

• 1929 Sonny Ramadhin, Trinidadian cricketer (died 2022)

• 1930 Ollie Matson, American sprinter and football player (died 2011)

• 1930 Richard Riordan, American lieutenant and politician, 39th Mayor of Los Angeles and publisher (died 2023)

• 1930 Little Walter Jacobs, American blues harp player and singer (died 1968)

• 1932 S. M. Krishna, Indian politician and statesman, Minister of External Affairs, 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka, 19th Governor of Maharashtra (died 2024)

• 1932 Sandy Woodward, English admiral (died 2013)

• 1934 Laura Betti, Italian actress (died 2004)

• 1934 Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Mexican politician

• 1934 Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist (died 2005)

• 1937 Una Stubbs, English actress and dancer (died 2021)

• 1939 Judy Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1945 Rita Coolidge, American singer-songwriter

• 1946 Joanna Lumley, English actress, voice-over artist, author, and activist

• 1946 John Woo, Hong Kong director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1948 Patricia Hill Collins, American sociologist and scholar

• 1949 Tim Hodgkinson, English saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer

• 1950 Danny McGrain, Scottish footballer and coach

• 1951 Gordon Greenidge, Barbadian cricketer and coach

• 1951 Sally Mann, American photographer

• 1952 Richard Blundell, English economist and academic

• 1954 Ray Parker Jr., American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1954 Joel Rosenberg, Canadian-American author and activist (died 2011)

• 1955 Martin O'Donnell, American composer

• 1957 Rick Darling, Australian cricketer

• 1959 Yasmina Reza, French actress and playwright

• 1961 Clint Malarchuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1961 Marilyn Milian, American judge

• 1962 Maia Morgenstern, Romanian actress

• 1964 Yvonne van Gennip, Dutch speed skater

• 1966 Olaf Thon, German footballer

• 1967 Tim McGraw, American singer-songwriter and actor

• 1968 Oliver Bierhoff, German footballer

• 1968 D'arcy Wretzky, American bass player and singer

• 1969 Wes Anderson, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1969 Mary Lou McDonald, Irish politician

• 1969 Billy Owens, American basketball player

• 1970 Bernard Butler, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1971 Ethan Albright, American football player

• 1971 Stuart Appleby, Australian golfer

• 1971 Ajith Kumar, Indian actor and race car driver

• 1972 Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Yemeni terrorist

• 1972 Julie Benz, American actress

• 1973 Curtis Martin, American football player

• 1973 Oliver Neuville, German footballer

• 1975 Alexey Smertin, Russian international footballer

• 1976 James Murray, American comedian

• 1978 James Badge Dale, American actor

• 1978 Michael Russell, American tennis player

• 1979 Mauro Bergamasco, Italian rugby player

• 1980 Jan Heylen, Belgian race car driver

• 1980 Jay Reatard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)

• 1981 Alexander Hleb, Belarusian footballer

• 1981 Wes Welker, American football player and coach

• 1982 Beto, Portuguese footballer

• 1982 Jamie Dornan, Northern Irish model and actor

• 1982 Tommy Robredo, Spanish tennis player

• 1982 Darijo Srna, Croatian footballer

• 1982 Katya Zamolodchikova, American drag queen

• 1983 Alain Bernard, French swimmer

• 1983 Park Hae-jin, South Korean actor

• 1983 Craig Williams, American wrestler

• 1984 David Backes, American ice hockey player

• 1986 Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer (died 2013)

• 1986 Jesse Klaver, Dutch politician

• 1987 Leonardo Bonucci, Italian footballer

• 1987 Amir Johnson, American basketball player

• 1987 Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player

• 1988 Anushka Sharma, Indian actress and film producer

• 1989 Victoria Monét, American singer-songwriter

• 1990 Scooter Gennett, American baseball player

• 1990 Caitlin Stasey, Australian actress

• 1991 Marcus Stroman, American baseball player

• 1992 Madeline Brewer, American actress

• 1992 Hani, South Korean singer and actress

• 1992 Bradley Roby, American football player

• 1996 William Nylander, Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player

• 1997 Miles Sanders, American football player

• 1999 YNW Melly, American rapper

• 1999 Tiffany Stratton, American wrestler

• 2000 Rema, Nigerian singer-songwriter and rapper

• 2002 Chet Holmgren, American basketball player

• 2003 Lizzy Greene, American actress

• 2004 Charli D'Amelio, American social media influencer and dancer

• 2005 Linda Fruhvirtová, Czech tennis player

• 2006 Lewis Miley, English footballer

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 408 Arcadius, Byzantine emperor from 383 to 408 (born 377)

• 558 Marcouf, Christian abbot and saint

• 908 Wang Zongji, Chinese prince and pretender

• 1118 Matilda of Scotland, Queen of England from 1100 to 1118 (born 1080)

• 1171 Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster from 1127 to 1171 (born 1110)

• 1187 Roger de Moulins, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller

• 1255 Walter de Gray, English prelate and statesman

• 1278 William II of Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea from 1246 to 1278

• 1308 Albert I of Germany (born 1255)

• 1539 Isabella of Portugal (born 1503)

• 1555 Pope Marcellus II (born 1501)

• 1572 Pope Pius V (born 1504)

1601–1900

• 1668 Frans Luycx, Flemish painter (born 1604)

• 1730 François de Troy, French painter and engraver (born 1645)

• 1731 Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (born 1677)

• 1738 Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (born 1669)

• 1772 Gottfried Achenwall, Polish-German historian, economist, and jurist (born 1719)

• 1813 Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (born 1768)

• 1838 Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (born 1797)

• 1873 David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (born 1813)

1901–present

• 1904 Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (born 1841)

• 1907 Grigorios Maraslis, Greek philanthropist (born 1831)

• 1913 John Barclay Armstrong, American Texas ranger (born 1850)

• 1920 Princess Margaret of Connaught, Crown Princess of Sweden (born 1882)

• 1935 Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (born 1889)

• 1944 Napoleon Soukatzidis, Greek communist and trade unionist (born 1909)

• 1945 Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1897)

• 1945 Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (born 1901)

• 1953 Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (born 1876)

• 1955 William Thomson Sloper, American stockbroker and survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic (born 1883)

• 1956 LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (born 1883)

• 1960 Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (born 1875)

• 1963 Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1879)

• 1965 Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (born 1911)

• 1968 Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (born 1895)

• 1968 Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (born 1886)

• 1970 Yi Un, Korean crown prince (born 1897)

• 1973 Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (born 1914)

• 1976 T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist (born 1908)

• 1976 Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician (born 1939)

• 1978 Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor (born 1903)

• 1982 William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (born 1903)

• 1984 Jüri Lossmann, Estonian long-distance runner (born 1891)

• 1985 Denise Robins, English journalist and author (born 1897)

• 1986 Hylda Baker, English comedian, actress and music hall performer (born 1905)

• 1986 Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer (born 1916)

• 1988 Ben Lexcen, Australian sailor and architect (born 1936)

• 1989 Sally Kirkland, American journalist (born 1912)

• 1989 V. M. Panchalingam, Sri Lankan civil servant (born 1934)

• 1989 Patrice Tardif, Canadian farmer and politician (born 1904)

• 1990 Sergio Franchi, Italian-American tenor and actor (born 1926)

• 1991 Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (born 1896)

• 1993 Pierre Bérégovoy, French metallurgist and politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1925)

• 1993 Ranasinghe Premadasa, Sri Lankan politician, 3rd President of Sri Lanka (born 1924)

• 1994 Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver (born 1960)

• 1997 Fernand Dumont, Canadian sociologist, philosopher, and poet (born 1927)

• 1998 Eldridge Cleaver, American author and activist (born 1935)

• 2000 Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder and actor (born 1926)

• 2003 Miss Elizabeth, American wrestler and manager (born 1960)

• 2003 Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (born 1923)

• 2005 Kenneth Clark, American psychologist and academic (born 1914)

• 2008 Anthony Mamo, Maltese judge and politician, 1st President of Malta (born 1909)

• 2008 Philipp von Boeselager, German soldier and economist (born 1917)

• 2010 Helen Wagner, American actress (born 1918)

• 2011 Henry Cooper, English boxer (born 1934)

• 2011 Ted Lowe, English sportscaster (born 1920)

• 2012 James Kinley, Canadian engineer and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (born 1925)

• 2012 Mordechai Virshubski, German-Israeli lawyer and politician (born 1930)

• 2013 Chris Kelly, American rapper (born 1978)

• 2014 Adamu Atta, Nigerian lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Kwara State (born 1927)

• 2014 Radhia Cousot, French computer scientist and academic (born 1947)

• 2014 Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1945)

• 2014 Juan de Dios Castillo, Mexican footballer and coach (born 1951)

• 2015 Geoff Duke, English-Manx motorcycle racer (born 1923)

• 2015 Vafa Guluzade, Azerbaijani political scientist, academic, and diplomat (born 1940)

• 2015 María Elena Velasco, Mexican actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (born 1940)

• 2015 Grace Lee Whitney, American actress (born 1930)

• 2021 Olympia Dukakis, American actress (born 1931)

• 2023 Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1938)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

• Aldebrandus

• Amator

• Andeolus

• Aredius of Gap

• Asaph

• Augustin Schoeffler, Jean-Louis Bonnard (part of Vietnamese Martyrs)

• Benedict of Szkalka

• Bertha of Val d'Or

• Brioc

• James the Less (Anglican Communion)

• Jeremiah

• Saint Joseph the Worker (Roman Catholic)

• Julian of Bale

• Blessed Klymentiy Sheptytsky (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)

• Mafalda of Portugal

• Marcouf

• Orientius

• Peregrine Laziosi

• Philip the Apostle (Anglican Communion, Lutheran Church)

• Richard Pampuri

Seven Apostolic Men

• Caecilius of Elvira

• Ctesiphon of Vergium

• Euphrasius of Illiturgis

• Hesychius of Cazorla

• Indaletius

• Secundus of Abula

• Torquatus of Acci

• Sigismund of Burgundy

• Theodard

• Ultan

• May 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Armed Forces Day (Mauritania)

• Constitution Day (Argentina, Latvia, Marshall Islands)

Commemoration of the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat following the foundation of Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti (India):

• Maharashtra Day

• International Sunflower Guerrilla Gardening Day

• Lei Day (Hawaii)

International Workers' Day or Labour Day (International), and its related observances:

• Law Day (United States), formerly intended to counterbalance the celebration of Labour Day. (United States)

• Loyalty Day, formerly intended to counterbalance the celebration of Labour Day. (United States)

May Day (beginning of Summer) observances in the Northern hemisphere (see April 30):

• Calan Mai (Wales)

• Beltane (Gaelic)

References

External links

• BBC: On This Day

• Historical Events on May 1