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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1" title="May 1">May 1</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltane" title="Beltane">Beltane</a></b> and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain" title="Samhain">Samhain</a></b> in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, respectively; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra_Day" title="Maharashtra Day">Maharashtra Day</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, India (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960" title="1960">1960</a>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalty_Day" title="Loyalty Day">Loyalty Day</a></b> in the United States
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/305" title="305">305</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocletian" title="Diocletian">Diocletian</a></b> and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximian" title="Maximian">Maximian</a></b> retired as co-rulers of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a>, being succeeded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galerius" title="Galerius">Galerius</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantius_Chlorus" title="Constantius Chlorus">Constantius Chlorus</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1794" title="1794">1794</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Pyrenees" title="War of the Pyrenees">War of the Pyrenees</a>: France regained nearly all the land it lost to Spain the previous year with its victory in the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Boulou" title="Second Battle of Boulou">Second Battle of Boulou</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1931" title="1931">1931</a> – New York City's <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building" title="Empire State Building">Empire State Building</a></b>, at the time the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_and_structures" title="List of tallest buildings and structures">tallest building in the world</a>, opened.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974" title="1974">1974</a> – Argentine president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Per%C3%B3n" title="Juan Perón">Juan Perón</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_Montoneros_from_Plaza_de_Mayo" title="Expulsion of Montoneros from Plaza de Mayo">expelled</a></b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montoneros" title="Montoneros">Montoneros</a> from a demonstration in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza_de_Mayo" title="Plaza de Mayo">Plaza de Mayo</a> in Buenos Aires, forcing the group to become a clandestine organization.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_William_Williamson" title="Alexander William Williamson">Alexander William Williamson</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1824); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Jarvis" title="Anna Jarvis">Anna Jarvis</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1864); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldridge_Cleaver" title="Eldridge Cleaver">Eldridge Cleaver</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1998)</p>
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