How Many Days Until May 1?

This day in history: May 1

1. 1947

   Sicilian separatist Salvatore Giuliano and his gang fired into a crowd of May Day marchers near Piana degli Albanesi, Sicily, killing 11 and wounding 33.

2. 1950

   Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

3. 1974

   Argentine president Juan Perón expelled Montoneros from a demonstration in the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, forcing the group to become a clandestine organization.

4. 1991

   In Major League Baseball, Rickey Henderson broke the record for stolen bases on the same night that Nolan Ryan broke his own record for no-hitters.

5. 2002

   The Horncastle boar's head, which probably once formed part of the crest of an Anglo-Saxon helmet, was found.

6. 2010

   Faisal Shahzad attempted to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, New York City, but it failed to explode.

7. 2016

   The evacuation of nearly 88,000 people began when a wildfire swept through Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, and burned for another 14 months, becoming the costliest disaster in Canadian history.

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