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