Once Upon A Time – May 1 – 1931 – Empire State Building Opens In New York City

1707 Acts of Union comes into force, uniting England and Scotland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain

1753 Publication of “Species Plantarum” by Carl Linnaeus – the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature

1840 “Penny Black”, the world’s first adhesive postage stamp issued by Great Britain

1886 US general strike for 8-hour working day begins

1924 German automobile manufacturers Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft and Benz & Cie begin their first joint venture (later merge into Mercedes-Benz)

1931 Empire State Building opens in New York City

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Today in Film & TV
1941 “Citizen Kane”, directed by Orson Welles and starring himself, Joseph Cotten and Dorothy Corningore, premieres at the Palace Theater in New York City

Today in Music
1786 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera “Marriage of Figaro” premieres in Vienna with Mozart himself directing

Today in Sport
1883 Bob Rogers is acknowledged as the first American pro sports trainer when he is hired by the NY Athletic Club

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1939 Batman first appears in Detective Comics

John Walker liked to experiment with the chemicals in his pharmacy. To his surprise, one mixture he scraped up burst into flames – and the match was born – May 1, 1859