Today is Tuesday, May 1, the 122nd day of 2012. There are 244 days left in the year.

1707 ― England, Wales & Scotland form U.K. of Great Britain

1786 ― Mozart's opera ``Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna)

1844 ― Samuel Morse sends first telegraphic message

1884 ― Construction begins on Chicago's first skyscraper (10 stories)

1889 ― First International Workers Day, according to the 2nd International

1948 ― North Korea proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea

1962 ― First French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara

1967 ― Elvis Presley and Pricilla Beaulieu wed in Las Vegas

1983 ― Nolan Ryan surpasses Walter Johnson for most strikeouts (3,508)

1984 ― Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site