Talk:May 1
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May 1: Beltane in Ireland and Scotland, May Day in various countries.
- 1707 - The Kingdoms of England and Scotland merged to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, a single kingdom encompassing the entire island of Great Britain with a single parliament and government based in Westminster.
- 1840 - The Penny Black (pictured), the first official adhesive postage stamp, was issued in the United Kingdom.
- 1893 - The World's Columbian Exposition, a World's Fair to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus, opened in Chicago, United States.
- 1956 - A doctor in Japan reported an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system", marking the official discovery of Minamata disease.
- 1960 - Bombay State, India was partitioned into Gujarat and Maharashtra along linguistic lines.
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[edit] Petrol Loco?
I have removed the following:
- 1902 - Petrol Loco, the first prototype gasoline-powered "locomobile" (automobile), is completed.
I can find no verification for a "petrol loco" created in 1902. Can anyone verify this? Kingturtle 06:14, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
Please add may 1 2006 as teh american boycott. a day with out a immigrant. no work no school. no buying, no selling. all america and even mexico boycottt walmart. mcdonalds and other american stores
[edit] First Unsolicited Email / Spam
Quote for May 1:
"1978 - The first e-mail spam was sent by a DEC marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States."
From where does this claim originate? (It is not referenced in any of linked articles.) This is an important claim which requires some references.
-- Libertas 10:30, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
Update: I found Brad Templeton's Blog, which appears to be as reliable as internet pages can be; see http://www.templetons.com/brad/spamreact.html . Note, however, that even he admits that the email is only "Possibly the first spam". So I guess we can consider http://www.templetons.com/brad/spamreact.html as the reference. -- Libertas 10:45, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ayrton Senna
Shouldn't we put Ayrton Senna here, who died at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix on 1 May 1994? Mainly because this is probably the most memorable death by a majority of F1 fans... --Skully Collins Review Me! Please? 15:55, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
- Someone has listed him under deaths now. Fabricationary 23:24, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, but surely he is notable enough to be put into the On This Day, isn't he? --Skully Collins Review Me! Please? 12:36, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
- Probably not. If you read the criteria for selected anniversaries, you'll see that "the event and the selected article (bolded item) needs to be listed in the Events section of its corresponding day of the year article." Deaths are listed in deaths, not events. Fabricationary 15:33, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, but surely he is notable enough to be put into the On This Day, isn't he? --Skully Collins Review Me! Please? 12:36, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Error?
"# 1945 - Soviet troops raise the Soviet Flag over the Reichstag, in Berlin" However, this event is listed as May 2nd in the chronology of 1945
