THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2014

Today is Thursday, May 1, the 121st day of 3014. There are 244 days left in the year.

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

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

1967 ― Elvis Presley and Pricilla Beaulieu wed in Las Vegas

1971 ― Rolling Stones release “Brown Sugar"

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

1986 ― TASS reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap