^B{^#!16!1 May^N! May Day. Feast day of St Asaph, St Corentin, St Joseph, St Brioc, St Amator, St Marcoul, Saints Philip and James, St Peregrine Laziosi, St Sigismund of Burgundy, and St Theodard of Narbonne.
^B{1517^B} In 'Evil May Day' riots in London, England, apprentices attacked foreign residents. ^B{Wolsey suppressed the rioters, of whom 60 were hanged. ^B{1707^B} The Union of England and Scotland was proclaimed. ^B{1786^B} The first performance of Mozart's opera ^I{The Marriage of Figaro^I} was given in Vienna. ^B{1851^B} Queen Victoria opened the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, London. ^B{1925^B} Cyprus became a Crown Colony. ^B{1926^B} British miners began a strike that continued until 19 November. ^B{1931^B} The Empire State Building, New York, was completed; it had cost $41 million to build. ^B{1933^B} A telephone link between Britain and India was established. ^B{1960^B} A US U-2 aircraft piloted by Gary Powers, was shot down as it flew over the USSR. ^B{1961^B} Betting shops became legal in Britain.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, ^B{1769^B}; Glenn Ford, US film actor, ^B{1916^B}; Joseph Heller, US novelist, ^B{1923^B}; Sonny Ramadhin, West Indies cricketer, ^B{1929^B}; Una Stubbs, English actress, ^B{1937^B}; Joanna Lumley, English actress, ^B{1946^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}John Dryden, English poet, ^B{1700^B}; David Livingstone, Scottish missionary, ^B{1873^B}; Antonín Dvorßk, Czech composer, ^B{1904^B}; Joseph Goebbels, German Nazi propaganda minister, ^B{1945^B}; William Fox, US film producer, ^B{1952^B}; Harold Nicolson, English diplomat and author, ^B{1968^B}.
