May 1 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for May 1 May Day
In the headlines today:

1998	Former Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver dies in Pomona, California, at age 62.
1991	Oakland A's outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his major league record-setting 939th base during a game against the NY Yankees.
1971	Amtrak, the US passenger railroad system that combines the operations of 18 intercity railroads, goes into service.
1967		Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu in Las Vegas. (photo credit: BMG)
1960	CIA agent Francis Gary Powers, piloting an American U-2 reconnaissance plane, is shot down over the Soviet Union near Sverdiovsk.
1941	Orson Welles stars in Citizen Kane, premiering today in New York, NY.
1931	The 102-story Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
1901	The Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo, NY.
1898	Admiral George Dewey, in command of the US Navy, wins a decisive victory against the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. ("You may fire when ready, Gridley.")
1893	The Chicago World's Fair (World Columbian Exposition) opens.
1883	Buffalo Bill Cody hosts his first Wild West Show.
1867	The Treaty of London is signed, guaranteeing the neutrality of Luxembourg.
1815	Georgetown University is founded in Washington, DC.
1786	Wolfgang Mozart premieres his opera, The Marriage of Figaro, in Vienna.