Today is Friday, May 1, 121st day of 2009. There are 244 days left in the year.
1704 _ Boston Newsletter publishes first newspaper ad
1707 _ England, Wales and Scotland form U.K. of Great Britain
1786 _ Mozart's opera ``Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna)
1886 _ U.S. general strike for 8-hour day, begins
1914 _ China's first president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification
1915 _ German submarine sinks U.S. ship Gulflight
1931 _ Empire State Building opens in New York NY
1941 _ ``Citizen Kane", directed by & starring Orson Welles, premieres in New York
1948 _ North Korea proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea
1971 _ Rolling Stones release ``Brown Sugar"