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Historical Event on 5/1/1886

May Day was first observed in Chicago, USA. Work, Social activities, Rest, for 8 Hours.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/17/1991The first Indian Remote Sensing Satellite IRS-IA completes three years of successful operation. (18-3-91).
9/19/1950U. N. Assembly rejects Indian-Soviet proposal to admit Communist China in New York.
9/22/1931Gandhi meets Charlie Chaplin in London.
7/13/1905Gandhiji opposes Bengal Partition, supports boycott of British goods. During Gokhale Lajpat Rai's deputation to Britain, he appeals to Colonial statesmen to treat India ""an integral part of the Empire"" with consideration. Sanjeevan, weekly from Calcutta, also raised the motto to boycott British Goods.
1/16/1620Amarsingh I, Rajput's guhilot lineage king of Mewad, died.
10/11/1991Meghalaya placed under President's rule.
6/16/1893Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, social worker and industrialist, was born at Athikkadu Thekkur in Tamil Nadu.
9/14/1820Agri-Horticultural Garden of Calcutta started functioning.
10/3/2000Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee buys peace with the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee by agreeing to a partial rollback of the hike in prices of petroleum products.
9/16/1931Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting.