What Happened Today In History?
Find out what happened on 1st May in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurred on 1st May.
Famous Birthdays in History on this day:
- Anushka Sharma pronounced (born 1 May 1988) is an Indian actress and former model who appears in Hindi films. In 2008, she was signed by Aditya Chopra for a three-film contract with Yash Raj Films and made her screen debut in Chopra’s Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. She later received acclaim for her role as Shruti Kakkar in Band Baaja Baaraat (2010).
- Ajith Kumar (born 1 May 1971) is an Indian film actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema. He began his career as a supporting actor in a Telugu film before gaining critical recognition in the Tamil thriller Aasai (1995). A succession of high-grossing films followed where Ajith was usually depicted as a romantic hero.
- Diana Hayden (born 1 May 1973) is a beauty pageant titleholder from India. She won the Femina Miss India contest in 1997 and was crowned Miss World 1997 at the age of 24. Diana Hayden was born in Hyderabad, in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, in a Anglo-Indian family.
- Anand Mahindra (Born on 1 May 1955) is the Chairman and Managing Director of one of India’s largest enterprise, Mahindra & Mahindra. His grandfather KC Mahindra co-founded the company from his hometown Ludhiana, Punjab. Anand Mahindra resides in his hometown, Mumbai.
Death anniversaries on 1st May:
- Venkatraman Narayan Swamy May 1, 1983, Dehra Dun, India) was an Indian Test cricketer. Swamy made his Test debut against New Zealand in 1955/56 and played in the first match of the series. He opened the bowling with Dattu Phadkar, took no wickets and was dropped. India tried out different opening bowling pairs in every match.
Notable Events:
- 1867 Sri Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao Pantulu, great freedom fighter, journalist, nationalist, politician, pioneer in library movement and litterateur, was born at Elakurru village in Gudivada Taluk, District Krishna.
- 1879 Swami Vivekanand established Ramkrishna Mission.
- 1886 May Day was first observed in Chicago, USA. Work, Social activities, Rest, for 8 Hours.
- 1st May has its own importance. 1st may is celebrated as Labor Day all over the world to celebrate the social and economical achievement of labor. This celebration is resulted due to labor union movement.
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