This Day In History ( May 1 ) ...

Events that happened on May 1st.


- Empire State Building dedicated, 1931

- President Eisenhower proclaims Law Day, 1958

- Ford factory workers get 40-hour week, 1926

- Battle of Chancellorsville begins, 1863

- American U-2 spy plane shot down, 1960

I thought the term "mayday" was derived from this incident that happened on May Day 1960 but according to Wikipedia...

Mayday is an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal in voice procedure radio communications.

It derives from the French venez m'aider, meaning "come help me"


- Record-breaking tornado wave begins, 2003

- The Battle of Manila Bay, 1898

- An American tops Everest, 1963

- Labour party returns to power in Britain, 1997

- Citizen Kane released, 1941

- Joseph Heller is born, 1923

- Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro premieres in Vienna, 1786

- Calamity Jane is born, 1852

- Herbert Hoover dedicates Empire State Building, 1931

- Rickey Henderson breaks stolen base record, 1991

- International Congress of Women adopts resolutions, 1915

- Alan G. Cunningham, British liberator of Ethiopia, is born, 1887

- Osama Bin Laden killed by American forces in Pakistan


BTW...

The 8-hour day movement which directly gave birth to May Day,...

... must, however, be traced to the general movement initiated in the United States in 1884.

But...

In 1886 the U.S. Congress passed legislation to make the first Monday in September a national holiday and our official Labor Day.


All The Best!!!!!


TL