WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013

Today is Wednesday, May 1, the 121st day of 2013. There are 244 days left in the year.

1006 ― Supernova observed by Chinese and Egyptians in constellation Lupus

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

1786 ― Mozart’s opera “Marriage of Figaro” premieres in Wien (Vienna)

1840 ― First adhesive postage stamps (“Penny Blacks” from England) issued

1844 ― Samuel Morse sends first telegraphic message

1889 ― First International Workers Day, according to the Second International

1891 ― Cy Young pitches first game played in Cleveland's League Park Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3

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

1966 ― Last British concert by the Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley)

1967 ― Elvis Presley and Pricilla Beaulieu wed in Las Vegas