May 1st, 1974

Born on May 1st, 1974

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What happened on May 1st, 1974?

May 1st, 1974

Argentine president Juan Perón expelled Montoneros from a demonstration in the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, forcing the group to become a clandestine organization.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Perón

What else happened on May 1st?

May 1st, 2016

The evacuation of nearly 88,000 people began when a wildfire swept through Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, and burned for another 14 months, becoming the costliest disaster in Canadian history.

May 1st, 1991

In Major League Baseball, Rickey Henderson broke the record for stolen bases on the same night that Nolan Ryan broke his own record for no-hitters.

May 1st, 1950

Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

May 1st, 1947

Sicilian separatist Salvatore Giuliano and his gang fired into a crowd of May Day marchers near Piana degli Albanesi, Sicily, killing 11 and wounding 33.

May 1st, 1945

Second World War: British and Indian forces conducted a successful airborne assault on a Japanese artillery battery during the advance to liberate Rangoon, Burma.

May 1st, 1941

Citizen Kane, a widely acclaimed film by actor and director Orson Welles, premiered.

May 1st, 1931

New York City's Empire State Building, at the time the tallest building in the world, opened.

May 1st, 1900

A dust explosion at a coal mine near Scofield, Utah, U.S., killed at least 200 miners.

May 1st, 1885

The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opened for business.

May 1st, 1884

Moses Fleetwood Walker (pictured), the last African American in Major League Baseball until Jackie Robinson, played his first game for the Toledo Blue Stockings.

May 1st, 1794

War of the Pyrenees: France regained nearly all the land it lost to Spain the previous year with its victory in the Second Battle of Boulou.

May 1st, 1786

The Marriage of Figaro (audio featured), an opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna.

May 1st, 1776

The secret society known as the Order of Illuminati was founded by Adam Weishaupt and Adolph Freiherr Knigge in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany.

May 1st, 1707

Under the terms of the Acts of Union, the Kingdoms of England and Scotland merged to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, with a single parliament and government based in Westminster.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 1st

Born on May 1st, 1974

49

Tiffany Fallon

American model

*May 1st, 1974, Fort Lauderdale

49

Marc Seliger

German ice hockey player

*May 1st, 1974, Iserlohn

49

Tanja Machalet

German politician

*May 1st, 1974, Dernbach

49

Klaus Eckel

Austrian business manager

*May 1st, 1974, Vienna

49

Tina Campbell

American gospel musician

*May 1st, 1974, Inglewood

49

Kellie Crawford

Australian actress and singer

*May 1st, 1974, Sydney

49

Matthew Hatchette

American football wide receiver

*May 1st, 1974, Jefferson

49

Tamzin Malleson

English actress

*May 1st, 1974, Manchester

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 1st?

57

Olaf Thon

German association football player and manager

*May 1st, 1966, Gelsenkirchen

51

Julie Benz

American actress

*May 1st, 1972, Pittsburgh

58

Gunnar Beck

German EU lawyer and legal philosopher

*May 1st, 1965, Düsseldorf

55

Lisa Campbell

Australian badminton player

*May 1st, 1968, Frankston

70

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

41

Darijo Srna

Croatian association football player

*May 1st, 1982, Metković

36

Leonardo Bonucci

Italian association football player

*May 1st, 1987, Viterbo

50

Oliver Neuville

German association football player

*May 1st, 1973, Locarno

62

Jan van Aken

German activist for Greenpeace and politician with the Left Party

*May 1st, 1961, Reinbek

21

Jesita Putri Miantoro

Badminton player

*May 1st, 2002, Depok City

40

Fran Vázquez

Basketball player

*May 1st, 1983, Saramagal

54

Wes Anderson

American filmmaker (born 1969)

*May 1st, 1969, Houston

64

Yasmina Reza

French actor and writer

*May 1st, 1959, Paris

51

Angela Alupei

Romanian rower

*May 1st, 1972, Bacău

52

Ajith Kumar

Actor, racer and producer

*May 1st, 1971, Secunderabad

31

Sammy Ameobi

English-Nigerian footballer (born 1992)

*May 1st, 1992, Newcastle upon Tyne

43

Zaz

French singer; recording artist

*May 1st, 1980, Tours

77

Joanna Lumley

English actress and former model

*May 1st, 1946, Srinagar

48

Austin Croshere

American basketball player

*May 1st, 1975, Los Angeles

55

Oliver Bierhoff

German association football official and former player

*May 1st, 1968, Karlsruhe

Same year
Born in 1974

49

Arianne Zucker

American actress and model

*June 3rd, 1974, Northridge

50

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

49

Anggun

Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality

*April 29th, 1974, Jakarta

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

49

Yoo Yong-sung

Badminton player

*October 25th, 1974, Dangjin

49

Michelle Edwards

Badminton player

*July 11th, 1974, Durban

49

Kenneth Jonassen

Badminton player

*July 3rd, 1974, Herning

49

Markus Weinzierl

German association football player and manager

*December 28th, 1974, Straubing

49

Marina Andrievskaia

Badminton player

*November 20th, 1974, Moscow

49

Florentine Lahme

TV and film actress

*July 21st, 1974, Berlin

50

Anna Grisebach

German actress

*March 20th, 1974, Göttingen

49

Leonardo DiCaprio

American actor and film producer (born 1974)

*November 11th, 1974, Los Angeles

50

Adrian Holmes

Welsh-Canadian actor

*March 31st, 1974, Wrexham

50

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

50

Alyson Hannigan

American actress and television presenter

*March 24th, 1974, Washington, D.C.

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

49

Ye Zhaoying

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1974, Hangzhou

49

Kim Ji-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 10th, 1974, Busan

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 1st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Commemoration of the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat following the foundation of Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti , International Workers' Day or Labour Day , May Day) which are celebrated on May 1st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on May 1st, 1974
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1974 is a normal year and no leap year.

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