May 1<\/p>\n
305 \u2013 Diocletian forces Maximian to abdicate, then abdicates himself, leaving Constantius, father of Constantine, and Galerius as the remaining Co-Emperors of both the eastern and western Roman Empire.<\/p>\n
880 \u2013 The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the architectural model for all later ‘cross in square’ Orthodox churches.<\/p>\n
1328 \u2013 Under terms of the Treaty of Edinburgh\u2013Northampton<\/em>, ending the wars of Scottish independence,\u00a0 England recognizes Scotland as an independent state.<\/p>\n 1486 \u2013 Christopher Columbus presents his plans for discovering a western route to the Indies to the Spanish Queen Isabella I of Castile.<\/p>\n 1707 \u2013 The Act of Union joining England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain<\/em> takes effect, lasting until 1801, when Ireland was added to form the United Kingdom<\/em>.<\/p>\n 1865 \u2013 The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.<\/em><\/p>\n 1866 \u2013 The Memphis Race Riots begin. In 3 days, 46 blacks and 2 whites were killed. Reports of the riots influenced passage of the 14th amendment to the Constitution.<\/p>\n 1885 \u2013 The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.<\/p>\n 1886 \u2013 Rallies are held throughout the U.S. demanding the 8 hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which, May 1 is celebrated as International Workers’ Day in many countries.<\/p>\n 1898 \u2013 In Manila Bay, Philippines, the Asiatic Squadron of the U.S. Navy completely destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy in 7 hours, with no American vessel losses or combat deaths.<\/p>\n 1900 \u2013 An explosion at the Winter Quarters coal mine in Scofield, Utah kills over 200 men\u00a0 in what is the 5th worst mining accident in United States history.<\/p>\n 1915 \u2013 The RMS Lusitania<\/em> departs from New York City on her 202nd crossing of the North Atlantic.<\/p>\n 1919 \u2013 German Weimar Republic Army and Freikorps<\/em> troops enter Munich to end the breakaway Bavarian Soviet Republic.<\/em><\/p>\n 1930 \u2013 In the Lowell Observatory Observation Circular, astronomer Vesto Slipher officially proposes that a newly discovered dwarf planet be named “Pluto”.<\/p>\n 1931 \u2013 The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.<\/p>\n 1955 \u2013 The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.<\/p>\n 1960 \u2013 Flying a U-2\u00a0 spy plane over the Sverdlovsk Oblast in west central Russia, pilot Francis Gary Powers is shot down and taken prisoner.<\/p>\n 1961 \u2013 The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.<\/p>\n 1971 \u2013\u00a0 The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as “Amtrak” takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service.<\/p>\n 1978 \u2013 Naomi Uemura of Japan, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole on a solo expedition.<\/p>\n 1999 \u2013 Conrad Anker, of the Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition to Mount Everest, finds the body of British climber George Mallory, 75 years after he and his climbing partner, Andrew “Sandy” Irvine, disappeared in 1924. Nothing found yet could confirm if he and Irvine reached the summit.<\/p>\n 2003 \u2013 On board USS Abraham Lincoln<\/em>, off the coast of California, President George W. 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