Wikislippy:Selected anniversaries/May 1
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- May 1:
- 1751 - The first cricket match is played in America.
- 1930 - The dwarf planet Pluto is officially named.
- 1940 - The 1940 Summer Olympics are canceled due to war.
- 1961 - Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.