On This Day - May 1st (The Last One)

Featured Event:

May Day founded (1889) 🗓️

On this day in 1889, May Day—traditionally a celebration of the return of spring, marked by dancing around a Maypole—was first observed as a labour holiday, designated as such by the International Socialist Congress.

Other Events:

1840: The world's first postage stamp was released in England; it was created by Sir Rowland Hill and became known as the Penny Black. ✉️

1931: The Empire State Building in New York City officially opened. 🏢

1991: American baseball player Rickey Henderson stole the 939th base of his career, surpassing Lou Brock's MLB record. ⚾

1999: The body of British mountaineer George Mallory was discovered on Mount Everest, some 75 years after he and Andrew Irvine disappeared while attempting to become the first people to summit the peak. 🏔️

Holidays:

Armed Forces Day 🇲🇷

Constitution Day 🇦🇷🇱🇻🇲🇭

Maharashtra Day 🇮🇳

Law Day 🇺🇸

Featured Birthdays:

1769: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington 🇬🇧 (Prime Minister)

1939: Judy Collins 🇺🇸 (Singer)

1969: Wes Anderson 🇺🇸 (Director)

2004: Charli D'Amelio 🇺🇸 (Dancer)

Featured Deaths:

1873: Joseph Livingstone 🇬🇧 (Explorer)

1945: Joseph Goebbles 🇩🇪 (Propagandist)

1978: Aram Khachaturian 🇦🇲 (Composer)

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As the title says, this is the last On This Day I'll be posting on the Message Board. The reason for this is that I was asked to keep the message board as a place exclusively for JetPunk stuff. But don't worry, if you want to continue watching this trivia that I love doing so much, you can join the discord server where from now on I will exclusively publish this series. I'll continue posting on the Message Board, but not daily, nor on On This Day anymore. Thanks for the support I've had these nearly three months of daily OTD. ;)