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This is a list of selected May 1 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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International Workers' Day; refimprove
May Day refimprove
Law Day and Loyalty Day in the United States Law Day: refimprove; Loyalty Day: should not appear if International Workers' Day does not because it was created specifically in opposition to it
1576Stephen Báthory and Anna Jagiellon were crowned as the elected rulers of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Báthory: unreferenced section
1707 – Under the terms of the Acts of Union, the Kingdoms of England and Scotland merged to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, with a single parliament and government based in Westminster. both: unreferenced section
1840 – The United Kingdom issued the Penny Black, the world's first official adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system. refimprove
1851 – The Great Exhibition, the first world's fair, opened in London's Hyde Park. refimprove section
1865 – Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina signed a treaty creating an alliance against Paraguay in the War of the Triple Alliance. refimprove section
1893 – The World's Columbian Exposition, a world's fair to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' discovery of the New World, opened in Chicago. unreferenced section, refimprove section
1897 – The Ramakrishna Mission was founded by Swami Vivekananda to serve as the humanitarian counterpart to the Hindu monastic order Ramakrishna Math. primary sources
1898 – The American Asiatic Squadron under Commodore George Dewey defeated the Spanish Pacific Squadron under Admiral Patricio Montojo at the Battle of Manila Bay, the first engagement of the Spanish–American War. refimprove
1925 – The All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the world's largest trade union, was founded in Guangzhou, China. unreferenced section
1956 – A doctor in Japan reported an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system", marking the official discovery of Minamata disease. unreferenced section
1960Bombay State in India was partitioned into Gujarat and Maharashtra along linguistic lines. Gujarat: outdated, section needs to be rewritten
2001 – Rioters led by Miriam Defensor Santiago, Gregorio Honasan, Panfilo Lacson and Tito Sotto launched a siege against the Philippine presidential palace. refimprove
2003Invasion of Iraq: Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in front of a "Mission Accomplished" banner, U.S. President George W. Bush declared that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended". refimprove section
2009Carol Ann Duffy was appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, the first woman, the first Scot, and the first openly bisexual person to hold the position, as well as the first laureate to be chosen in the 21st century. refimprove section

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May 1: Beltane in Ireland and Scotland; Maharashtra Day in Maharashtra, India

Empire State Building
Empire State Building

Franciscus Junius the Elder (b. 1545) · Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (b. 1769) · Eldridge Cleaver (d. 1998)

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