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Events, birthdays and days of death on Sunday, May 1st, 2022

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The calendar page on May 1st – what happened today?

Berlin.The current calendar sheet for Sunday, May 1st, 2022: What happened today, who was born, who died? The events at a glance.

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Calendar sheet: Sunday, May 1, 2022

  • 17th calendar week, 121st day of the year, 244 days until the end of the year
  • Star sign Taurus
  • Name day: Augustine, Pius, Sigismund

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History: What happened on May 1st?

A look back into history can sharpen the view of the present. What events took place on May Day?

2002 – After years of arguments about a tourist tax, the eco-tax is introduced on the Spanish Balearic Islands.

1997 – The Conservatives, who have ruled since 1979, are voted out of the general election in Great Britain. Tony Blair’s Labor Party wins overwhelmingly.

1987 – Pope John Paul II beatifies the nun Edith Stein, who was born as a Jew and was murdered in Auschwitz in 1942. In 1998 she was canonized.

1972 – Uwe Seeler ended his career with a farewell game for his Hamburger SV against a world selection.

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1967 – Elvis Presley married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Beaulieu in Las Vegas.

1927 – Adolf Hitler gives his first speech in Berlin at a non-public general meeting of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP) in the Kreuzberg district.

1907 – Deutsche Seefunk begins radio communications with naval ships in Norddeich (today’s district of the north) and broadcasts until the end of 1998.

1827 – The “Preussisch-Rheinische Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft” (PRDG) in Cologne opens regular steamboat trips on the Rhine.

1707 – The Act of Union goes into effect. The Kingdom of Great Britain came into being as a result of the union agreement with England, which the Scottish Parliament approved on January 16th.

Who was born on May 1st?

Celebrity Birthdays on May Day:

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1982 – Jamie Dornan (40), British model and actor (“Marie Antoinette”)

1972 – Julie Benz (50), American actress (“The Sugar Sweet Death”)

1972 – Royston Langdon (50), British pop musician, lead singer and bassist for the rock band Spacehog

1939 – Judy Collins (83), American folk singer (own songs: “My Father”, “Born to the Breed”), sang at the 1993 inauguration of Bill Clinton

1902 – Josef Rixner, German Schlager composer and conductor (“Bagatelle”, “Kiswahili”), died 1973

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Who died on May 1st?

Prominent Todestage am 1. May:

2021 – Olympia Dukakis, American actress (“Moonstruck”), born 1931

1997 – Bo Widerberg, Swedish film director (“The Beautiful Days,” “Elvira Madigan”), born 1930

RND/with dpa material

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