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May 1: Beltane and Samhain in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, respectively; Maharashtra Day in Maharashtra, India (1960); Loyalty Day in the United States

Empire State Building

305 – Diocletian and Maximian retired as co-rulers of the Roman Empire, being succeeded by Galerius and Constantius Chlorus.
1625 – Dutch–Portuguese War: Portuguese and Spanish forces recaptured the Brazilian city of Bahia, which had previously been captured by the Dutch Republic.
1931 – New York City's Empire State Building, at the time the tallest building in the world, opened.
1941 – Citizen Kane, a widely acclaimed film by actor and director Orson Welles, premiered.
1945 – Second World War: British and Indian forces conducted a successful airborne assault on a Japanese artillery battery during the advance to liberate Rangoon, Burma.

Paul I Šubić of Bribir (d. 1312)
Adelsteen Normann (b. 1848)
Aram Khachaturian (d. 1978)

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Folies Bergère[edit]

According to the Wikipedia entry about the Folies Bergère, the place actually opened on the 2nd May, 1869. Is it possibly for someone to double check this, and either remove the entry from here, or correct The Folies Bergère article? Thanks Cuddy2977 (talk) 16:47, 14 April 2020 (UTC) 16:44, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done Toddst1 (talk) 21:11, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]