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2020

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces a ban on 1,500 types of assault weapons in response to the recent shooting in Nova Scotia.

2015

The World’s Fair opens in Milan, Italy, and runs through October 31.

2011

President Barack Obama announces that U.S. soldiers have killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

Pope Benedict XVI beatifies Pope John Paul II.

2000

Premiere of Ridley Scott’s film “Gladiator,” starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix. It would go on to win Best Picture at the 2001 Academy Awards.

1999

The animated series “SpongeBob SquarePants,” created by Stephen Hillenburg, premieres on Nickelodeon.

1994

Three-time F1 world champion Ayrton Senna of Brazil dies in a crash at 309 km/h during the San Marino Grand Prix in Italy.

1991

Rickey Henderson of the Oakland A’s steals the 939th base of his career, setting a Major League Baseball record.

1957

Larry King hosts his first radio show.

1941

Orson Welles’s film “Citizen Kane” premieres in New York.

1931

The Empire State Building in New York opens its doors. At 102 stories tall, it is the city’s tallest skyscraper.

1920

The longest baseball game in history pits the Brooklyn Robins against the Boston Braves. The game ends in a tie after 26 innings.

The legendary Babe Ruth hits his first home run for the New York Yankees in a 6-0 victory over his former team, the Boston Red Sox.

1883

Bob Rogers is recognized as the very first professional sports coach in America when he is hired by the New York Athletic Club.

1819

The Montreal General Hospital opens with 24 patients.

1786

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart conducts the opera “The Marriage of Figaro” in Vienna for the first time.

It happened on… May 1

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