May 1 in history
Events on May 1
Notable events that happened on May 1 in past years.
- 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.
Wikipedia article: 2026 Canvas data breach - 2019
Naruhito ascends to the throne of Japan succeeding his father Akihito, beginning the Reiwa period.
Wikipedia article: Naruhito - 2010
Faisal Shahzad attempts to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, but the bomb fails to go off.
Wikipedia article: Faisal Shahzad - 2003
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".
Wikipedia article: 2003 invasion of Iraq - 1991
Angolan Civil War: The MPLA and UNITA agree to the Bicesse Accords, which are formally signed on May 31 in Lisbon.
Wikipedia article: Angolan Civil War - 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.
Wikipedia article: Cold War - 1946
Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
Wikipedia article: Pilbara strike - 1921
The Jaffa riots begin.
Wikipedia article: Jaffa riots (May 1921) - 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.
Wikipedia article: Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine - 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.
Wikipedia article: Labour Day - 1865
The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
Wikipedia article: Empire of Brazil - 1820
Execution of the Cato Street Conspirators, who plotted to kill the British Cabinet and Prime Minister Lord Liverpool.
Wikipedia article: Cato Street Conspiracy - 1707
The Act of Union joining England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain takes effect.
Wikipedia article: Acts of Union 1707 - 1455
Scottish Royal forces loyal to King James II defeat a rebel army of the Black Douglases in the battle of Arkinholm.
- 418
A synod in Carthage condemns Pelagianism.
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