Wednesday, May 01, 2024

History for May 1

History for May 1 - On-This-Day.com 
Joseph Heller 1923 - Novelist, short story writer, playwright
  • 1486 - Christopher Columbus convinced Queen Isabella to fund an expedition to the West Indies.
  • 1707 - England, Wales and Scotland were united to form Great Britain.
  • 1867 - Reconstruction in the South began with black voter registration.
  • 1889 - Asa Candler published a full-page advertisement in The Atlanta Journal, proclaiming his wholesale and retail drug business as "sole proprietors of Coca-Cola ... 
  • 1931 - The Empire State Building in New York was dedicated and opened. It was 102 stories tall and was the tallest building in the world at the time.
  • 1948 - The People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) was proclaimed.
  • 1961 - Fidel Castro announced there would be no more elections in Cuba.

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