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May 1st in History
1906
: Troops in Paris make many arrests during a May Day protest
1925
: The island of Cyprus becomes a British colony
1931
: The Empire State Building, in New York, is completed
1960
: Gary Powers, in a U2 spy plane, shot down and captured by the USSR
1968
: Legoland, in Denmark, opens
May 1st birthdays
1769
: Arthur Wellesley, The Duke of Wellington
1916
: Glenn Ford, American film actor