Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: May 1
May 1, 2025 is the 121st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 244 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Taurus is your zodiac sign. Emerald is your modern birthstone. Sapphire is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: May 1
- 1840 –The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
- 1865 –The Empire of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance
- 1884 –Moses Fleetwood Walker became the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
- 1893 –The World’s Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
- 1900 –The Scofield mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
- 1947 –Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano; 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
- 1961 –The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.
- 1982 –The 1982 World’s Fair opens in Knoxville, Tennessee.
- 1987 –Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.
- 1990 –The former Philippine Episcopal Church (supervised by the Episcopal Church of the United States of America) is granted full autonomy and raised to the status of an Autocephalous Anglican Province and renamed the Episcopal Church of the Philippines.
Who were born on May 1?
- 1764 –Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English born American architect (d. 1820)
- 1824 –Alexander William Williamson, English chemist (d. 1904)
- 1872 –Sidónio Pais, Portuguese military and politician (d. 1918)
- 1901 –Heinz Eric Roemheld, American film composer (d. 1985)
- 1925 –Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
- 1926 –Peter Lax, Hungarian mathematician
- 1937 –Una Stubbs, English actress
- 1975 –Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003)
- 1976 –Darius McCrary, American actor
- 1984 –Farah Fath, American actress
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