In other may 1but from 1886, thousands of workers began a strike in Chicago (USA) to demand an eight-hour work day, the origin of the date of May 1 to claim the rights of workers.
OTHER EVENTS
1786.- With great success, it opens in vienna the opera “The Marriage of Figaro”of Mozart.
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1851.- It is inaugurated, in crystal Palace of London (United Kingdom), the first great World Expo in history.
1853.- He Argentine Constituent Congress approves the Federal Constitution of the Republic. Buenos Aires does not accept it and forms an independent state until 1859.
1876.- The queen Victoria adopts the additional title of “empress of india”.
1896.- He shah of Iran, Nasser Eddinis assassinated in a mosque near Tehran.
1898.- Cavite disaster: the Spanish fleet is defeated by the US Navy.which will lead to the final fall of Philippines.
1900.- Enters into force on Puerto Rico the first law establishing the civil administration on the island and marks its dependency on USA.
1917.- venustian carranza takes office as president of Mexico.
1925.- Cyprus becomes British colony.
1931.- In NY (United States), President Herbert Hoover inaugurates the Empire Statethe tallest building in the world for 40 years.
1941.- It opens in NY the movie of Orson Welles “Citizen Kane”, although it was not distributed in commercial theaters until September 5.
1952.- In the May Plaza (Buenos Aires), avoid peron delivers his last message to the people.
1958.- Arturo Frondizi is appointed president of the Argentinian republic.
1967.- Anastasio Somoza Debayle (son) takes office as president of the Nicaragua Republic.
1979.- greenland becomes an autonomous constituency Kingdom of Denmarkin application of the result of the referendum.
1981.- dies in Torrejon de Ardoz (Madrid), the first victim of the mass poisoning registered in Spain for adulteration of rapeseed oil.
1982.- English planes carry out the first dogfights of the Malvinas War.
1985.- He US government announces a trade embargo absolute against Nicaragua.
1989.- The governor Colorado party proclaimed himself the winner of the presidential and parliamentary elections held in Paraguayanthe first since the overthrow of the regime of General alfredo stroesner.
1994.- Brazilian pilot dies Ayrton senna (williams renault) when crashing his car against a wall, during the San Marino GPin the circuit of Imola.
1997.- Labor victory in the general elections held in the United Kingdom after 18 years of conservative governments. Tony Blairnew Prime Minister.
1999.- enters into force on Treaty of Amsterdamwhich modifies that of Maastrichtfor which the European Union.
2002.- After 34 days, Israeli siege of Yasser Arafat’s residence endsin Ramallah.
2003.- The President of the USA, George Bushannounces the end of the fighting in Iraqfrom the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln.
.- The US Navy officially withdraws from the Puerto Rican island of Viequesafter 68 years of US military practice.
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2004.- The Europe of the 15 becomes the Europe of the 25 with the official incorporation of ten new countries: Polandthe Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estoniaand the Mediterranean islands of malt and Cyprus.
2006.- Three months after assuming the presidency of bolivian, Evo Morales nationalizes hydrocarbons by decree.
2007.- President Hugo Chávez announces the withdrawal of Venezuela from the World Bank and the IMF.
2011.- The first Ibero-American Multilateral Agreement on Social Security enters into forcewith the aim of guaranteeing the social protection and pensions of immigrants in any country of Latin America.
.- The President of the United States, Barack Obamaannounces death in Pakistan the world’s most wanted terrorist Osama bin Ladenby an American operative.
.- He Pope Juan Pablo II is proclaimed blessed by his successor, Benedict XVIsomething that had not happened for a thousand years.
2016.- the ship Adonia inaugurates the first cruise line between the US and Cuba in more than 50 years, after setting sail from the port of Miami.
2019.- Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez takes refuge in the Spanish embassy in Caracas.
.- The new emperor of Japan, naruhitoinaugurates his mandate with a tribute to his father.
BIRTHS
1852.- Santiago Ramon y CajalSpanish physician and scientist, Nobel Prize in Medicine 1906.
1862.- Marcel PrevostFrench novelist.
1881.- Pierre Teilhard de ChardinFrench paleontologist.
1916.- Glenn Fordfilm actor, American.
1933.- Jean-Michel CamdessusFrench economist.
1934.- Cuauhtemoc CardenasMexican politician.
1980.- ZazFrench singer-songwriter.
DEATHS
1873.- David LivingstonScottish explorer and missionary.
1904.- Antonin DvorakCzech composer.
1917.- Jose Enrique RodoUruguayan writer.
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[1945- Joseph Paul GoebbelsGerman politician, figure of Nazism.
1994.- Ayrton sennaBrazilian motorist pilot.
2021.- Olympia DukakisAmerican actress.
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