May 1
1707 - The Act of Union joined England and Scotland to form Great Britain.
1866 - Three days of race-related rioting erupted in Memphis, Tennessee as white mobs targeted Blacks, 46 of whom were killed, along with two whites. (The violence spurred passage of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution defining American citizenship and equal protection under the law.)
1931 - The Empire State Building opened in New York City; at 102 stories, it was the world's tallest building for the next 41 years.
1941 - Orson Welles's "Citizen Kane", considered by many the greatest film ever made, premiered in New York.
1948 - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) was established with Kim Il Sung as president.
1960 - The Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane over Soviet territory and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
1963 - James W. Whittaker became the first American to conquer Mount Everest as he and Sherpa guide Nawang Gombu reached the summit.
1964 - The computer programming language BASIC (Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) was created by Dartmouth College professors John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz.
1967 - Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu. (They divorced in 1973.)
1971 - The intercity passenger rail service Amtrak went into operation.
1992 - On the third day of the Los Angeles riots, a visibly shaken Rodney King appeared in public to appeal for calm, pleading, “Can we all get along?”
2003 - President George W. Bush, in a speech aboard an aircraft carrier, proclaimed "major combat operations in Iraq have ended."
2009 - Supreme Court Justice David Souter announced his retirement effective at the end of the court's term in late June. (President Barack Obama chose federal judge Sonia Sotomayor to succeed him.)
2011 - Pope Benedict XVI beatified Pope John Paul II, moving his predecessor a step closer to sainthood in a Vatican mass attended by some 1.5 million pilgrims.
2011 - President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden during a U.S. commando operation. (Because of time differences, it was early May 2 in Pakistan, where the al-Qaeda leader met his end.)
2015 - Baltimore’s top prosecutor charged six police officers with felonies ranging from assault to murder in the death of Freddie Gray, a Black man who’d suffered a spinal injury while riding in a police van. (None of the officers would be convicted.)
2020 - U.S. regulators allowed emergency use of remdesivir, the first drug that appeared to help some COVID-19 patients recover faster.
2022 - A top-level U.S. congressional delegation led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a surprise visit to Ukraine undertaken in extraordinary secrecy, holding a three-hour meeting in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at which Pelosi vowed the U.S. would stand with him “until the fight is done.”
Birthdays
20 - Lizzy Greene (actress)
31 - Jessica Andrea (singer)
35 - Anushka Sharma (actress)
37 - Abby Huntsman (actress)
39 - Kerry Bishe (actress)
41 - Jamie Dornan (actor)
47 - Darius McCrary (actor)
47 - James Murray (comedian)
49 - Tina Campbell (singer)
51 - Cory Morrow (singer)
51 - Bailey Chase (actress)
51 - Julie Benz (actress)
54 - Wes Anderson (director)
56 - Tim McGraw (singer)
57 - Charlie Schlatter (actor)
58 - Wayne Hancock (singer)
59 - Scott Coffey (actor)
61 - Maia Morgenstern (actress)
67 - Byron Stewart (actor)
69 - Ray Parker Jr. (singer)
74 - Douglas Barr (actor)
77 - Nick Fortuna (singer)
78 - Rita Coolidge (singer)
81 - Stephen Macht (actor)
84 - Judy Collins (singer)
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Today in Sports History - May 1
1920 - The Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves tied after a 26-inning game.
1922 - Charlie Robertson (Chicago White Sox) pitched a perfect no-hit, no-run game against the Detroit Tigers. The Sox won 3-0. Another perfect game did not come along until 46 years later.
1926 - Satchel Page made his pitching debut in the Negro Southern League.
1955 - Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians pitches a record 12th career one-hitter.
1965 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Chicago Blackhawks to win the Stanley Cup.
1981 - Tennis star Billie Jean King acknowledges a lesbian relationship with Marilyn Barnett -- becoming the first prominent sportswoman to come out as homosexual.
1984 - The Philadelphia Eagles select Nebraska wide receiver Irving Fryar with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
1988 - After scoring 50 points in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference playoffs, Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls scores 55 in Game 2 to become the first player in NBA history to score 50 or more points in consecutive playoff games.
1991 - Pitcher Nolan Ryan, at age 44, threw the seventh and final no-hitter of his career, leading the Texas Rangers to a 3-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
1991 - Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics stole his 939th career base, breaking Lou Brock's MLB record.
1992 - Rickey Henderson stole his 1,000th career base.
1995 - The Montreal Canadiens miss the NHL playoffs for the first time in 25 years.
2022 - Jacky Hunt-Broersma, A South African amputee athlete, set a new world record for the number of daily consecutive marathons by running her 104th in a row.
1707 - The Act of Union joined England and Scotland to form Great Britain.
1866 - Three days of race-related rioting erupted in Memphis, Tennessee as white mobs targeted Blacks, 46 of whom were killed, along with two whites. (The violence spurred passage of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution defining American citizenship and equal protection under the law.)
1931 - The Empire State Building opened in New York City; at 102 stories, it was the world's tallest building for the next 41 years.
1941 - Orson Welles's "Citizen Kane", considered by many the greatest film ever made, premiered in New York.
1948 - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) was established with Kim Il Sung as president.
1960 - The Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane over Soviet territory and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
1963 - James W. Whittaker became the first American to conquer Mount Everest as he and Sherpa guide Nawang Gombu reached the summit.
1964 - The computer programming language BASIC (Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) was created by Dartmouth College professors John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz.
1967 - Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu. (They divorced in 1973.)
1971 - The intercity passenger rail service Amtrak went into operation.
1992 - On the third day of the Los Angeles riots, a visibly shaken Rodney King appeared in public to appeal for calm, pleading, “Can we all get along?”
2003 - President George W. Bush, in a speech aboard an aircraft carrier, proclaimed "major combat operations in Iraq have ended."
2009 - Supreme Court Justice David Souter announced his retirement effective at the end of the court's term in late June. (President Barack Obama chose federal judge Sonia Sotomayor to succeed him.)
2011 - Pope Benedict XVI beatified Pope John Paul II, moving his predecessor a step closer to sainthood in a Vatican mass attended by some 1.5 million pilgrims.
2011 - President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden during a U.S. commando operation. (Because of time differences, it was early May 2 in Pakistan, where the al-Qaeda leader met his end.)
2015 - Baltimore’s top prosecutor charged six police officers with felonies ranging from assault to murder in the death of Freddie Gray, a Black man who’d suffered a spinal injury while riding in a police van. (None of the officers would be convicted.)
2020 - U.S. regulators allowed emergency use of remdesivir, the first drug that appeared to help some COVID-19 patients recover faster.
2022 - A top-level U.S. congressional delegation led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a surprise visit to Ukraine undertaken in extraordinary secrecy, holding a three-hour meeting in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at which Pelosi vowed the U.S. would stand with him “until the fight is done.”
Birthdays
20 - Lizzy Greene (actress)
31 - Jessica Andrea (singer)
35 - Anushka Sharma (actress)
37 - Abby Huntsman (actress)
39 - Kerry Bishe (actress)
41 - Jamie Dornan (actor)
47 - Darius McCrary (actor)
47 - James Murray (comedian)
49 - Tina Campbell (singer)
51 - Cory Morrow (singer)
51 - Bailey Chase (actress)
51 - Julie Benz (actress)
54 - Wes Anderson (director)
56 - Tim McGraw (singer)
57 - Charlie Schlatter (actor)
58 - Wayne Hancock (singer)
59 - Scott Coffey (actor)
61 - Maia Morgenstern (actress)
67 - Byron Stewart (actor)
69 - Ray Parker Jr. (singer)
74 - Douglas Barr (actor)
77 - Nick Fortuna (singer)
78 - Rita Coolidge (singer)
81 - Stephen Macht (actor)
84 - Judy Collins (singer)
==============================================
Today in Sports History - May 1
1920 - The Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves tied after a 26-inning game.
1922 - Charlie Robertson (Chicago White Sox) pitched a perfect no-hit, no-run game against the Detroit Tigers. The Sox won 3-0. Another perfect game did not come along until 46 years later.
1926 - Satchel Page made his pitching debut in the Negro Southern League.
1955 - Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians pitches a record 12th career one-hitter.
1965 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Chicago Blackhawks to win the Stanley Cup.
1981 - Tennis star Billie Jean King acknowledges a lesbian relationship with Marilyn Barnett -- becoming the first prominent sportswoman to come out as homosexual.
1984 - The Philadelphia Eagles select Nebraska wide receiver Irving Fryar with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
1988 - After scoring 50 points in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference playoffs, Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls scores 55 in Game 2 to become the first player in NBA history to score 50 or more points in consecutive playoff games.
1991 - Pitcher Nolan Ryan, at age 44, threw the seventh and final no-hitter of his career, leading the Texas Rangers to a 3-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
1991 - Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics stole his 939th career base, breaking Lou Brock's MLB record.
1992 - Rickey Henderson stole his 1,000th career base.
1995 - The Montreal Canadiens miss the NHL playoffs for the first time in 25 years.
2022 - Jacky Hunt-Broersma, A South African amputee athlete, set a new world record for the number of daily consecutive marathons by running her 104th in a row.
