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2021-05-01

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2021 NFL draft

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The 2021 NFL draft was the 86th National Football League draft, the annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players for the 2021 NFL season. The draft was held in Cleveland, Ohio from April 29 to May 1, 2021.

International Workers' Day

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International Workers' Day, also called Labour Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration …

Bikramjeet Kanwarpal

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Major Bikramjeet Kanwarpal was an Indian film and television actor. A retired army officer, Kanwarpal had played support…

Olympia Dukakis

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Robert Hanssen

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Elliot Page

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Without Remorse (film)

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On This Day

10 events

2016

2016_Fort_McMurray_wildfire

The evacuation of nearly 88,000 people began when a wildfire swept through Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, and burned for another 14 months, becoming the costliest disaster in Canadian history.

1991

Major_League_Baseball

In Major League Baseball, Rickey Henderson broke the record for stolen bases on the same night that Nolan Ryan broke his own record for no-hitters.

1974

Juan_Perón

Argentine president Juan Perón expelled Montoneros from a demonstration in the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, forcing the group to become a clandestine organization.

1950

Gwendolyn_Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

1947

Salvatore_Giuliano

Sicilian separatist Salvatore Giuliano and his gang fired into a crowd of May Day marchers near Piana degli Albanesi, Sicily, killing 11 and wounding 33.

1945

World_War_II

Second World War: British and Indian forces conducted a successful airborne assault on a Japanese artillery battery during the advance to liberate Rangoon, Burma.

1941

Citizen_Kane

Citizen Kane, a widely acclaimed film by actor and director Orson Welles, premiered.

1931

Empire_State_Building

New York City's Empire State Building (pictured), at the time the tallest building in the world, opened.

1900

Dust_explosion

A dust explosion at a coal mine near Scofield, Utah, U.S., killed at least 200 miners.

1885

Chicago_Board_of_Trade_Building

The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opened for business.