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This is a list of selected May 1 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
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1893 – The World's Columbian Exposition, a World's Fair to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' discovery of the New World, opened in Chicago. refimprove section
1931New York City's Empire State Building, at the time the tallest building in the world, opened. convert list to prose
1941Citizen Kane, a widely acclaimed film by actor and director Orson Welles, premiered. section too detailed
1960Bombay State in India was partitioned into Gujarat and Maharashtra along linguistic lines. Gujarat has unreferenced section

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Notes

May 1: International Workers' Day; Beltane in Ireland and Scotland; Law Day and Loyalty Day in the United States

Penny Black postage stamp

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