Today is Friday, May 1, the 121st day of 2015. 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
1889 ― First International Workers Day, according to the 2nd International
1941 ― “Citizen Kane”, directed by & starring Orson Welles, premieres in New York
1948 ― North Korea proclaims itself People’s Democratic Republic of Korea
1960 ― Russia shoots down Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 spy plane over Sverdlovsk
1962 ― First French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara
1966 ― Last British concert by the Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley)
1971 ― Rolling Stones release “Brown Sugar”
1978 ― Naomi Uemura became first to reach North Pole overland alone
1983 ― Nolan Ryan surpasses Walter Johnson for most strikeouts (3,508)