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Thursday, May 1, 2014

May 1 - This Day in History

May 1 : General Interest
1931: Empire State Building dedicated

On this day in 1931, President Herbert Hoover officially dedicates New York City's Empire State Building, pressing a button from the White House that turns on the building's lights... read more


American Revolution
1958 : President Eisenhower proclaims Law Day
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-eisenhower-proclaims-law-day

Automotive
1926 : Ford factory workers get 40-hour week
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ford-factory-workers-get-40-hour-week

Civil War
1863 : Battle of Chancellorsville begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-chancellorsville-begins

Cold War
1960 : American U-2 spy plane shot down
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-u-2-spy-plane-shot-down

Crime
2002 : Former NBA All-Star indicted
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/former-nba-all-star-indicted

Disaster
2003 : Record-breaking tornado wave begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/record-breaking-tornado-wave-begins

General Interest
1851 : Great Exhibition opens
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/great-exhibition-opens
1898 : The Battle of Manila Bay
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-manila-bay
1963 : An American tops Everest
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/an-american-tops-everest
1997 : Labour party returns to power in Britain
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/labour-party-returns-to-power-in-britain

Hollywood
1941 : Citizen Kane released
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/citizen-kane-released

Literary
1923 : Joseph Heller is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/joseph-heller-is-born

Music
1786 : Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro premieres in Vienna
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mozarts-le-nozze-di-figaro-premieres-in-vienna

Old West
1852 : Calamity Jane is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/calamity-jane-is-born

Presidential
1931 : Herbert Hoover dedicates Empire State Building
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/herbert-hoover-dedicates-empire-state-building

Sports
1991 : Rickey Henderson breaks stolen base record
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rickey-henderson-breaks-stolen-base-record

Vietnam War
1969 : Senator criticizes Nixon's handling of the war
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/senator-criticizes-nixons-handling-of-the-war
1972 : North Vietnamese troops capture Quang Tri
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/north-vietnamese-troops-capture-quang-tri

World War I
1915 : International Congress of Women adopts resolutions
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/international-congress-of-women-adopts-resolutions

World War II
1887 : Alan G. Cunningham, British liberator of Ethiopia, is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/alan-g-cunningham-british-liberator-of-ethiopia-is-born

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