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May 1st

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May Day (International Workers' Day)

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636 Notable birthdays

Antonio Ledezma

Venezuelan politician.

Born May 1st, 1955 (age 71 years) in San Juan de Los Morros.

Antal Szerb

Hungarian literary scholar and writer (1901–1945).

Born May 1st, 1901 in Budapest.

Died January 27th, 1945 at 43 years old in Balf.

Yūichirō Tamaki

Japanese politician.

Born May 1st, 1969 (age 57 years) in Sangawa.

Falaye Sacko

Malian association football player.

Born May 1st, 1995 (age 31 years) in Bamako.

Mauro Bergamasco

Italian rugby union player.

Born May 1st, 1979 (age 47 years) in Padua.

Fred Chichin

French singer-songwriter and guitarist (1954–2007).

Born May 1st, 1954 in Clichy.

Died November 27th, 2007 at 53 years old in Villejuif (liver cancer).

Robert Seguso

American tennis player.

Born May 1st, 1963 (age 63 years) in Minneapolis.

Varazdat Lalayan

Armenian weightlifter.

Born May 1st, 1999 (age 27 years) in Gyumri. [ref]

Mitch Nichols

Australian association football player.

Born May 1st, 1989 (age 37 years) in Southport.

Salvador del Solar

Peruvian actor and politician.

Born May 1st, 1970 (age 56 years) in Lima.

Michel Camdessus

French economist.

Born May 1st, 1933 (age 93 years) in Bayonne.

Levina

German singer.

Born May 1st, 1991 (age 35 years) in Bonn.

Alejandro Arribas

Spanish footballer.

Born May 1st, 1989 (age 37 years) in Madrid.

Megan Keller

American ice hockey player.

Born May 1st, 1996 (age 30 years) in Farmington. [ref]

Marcel Bezençon

Swiss broadcasting executive (1907-1981).

Born May 1st, 1907 in Orbe. [ref]

Died February 17th, 1981 at 73 years old in Lausanne.

Bob Lenarduzzi

Canadian soccer player and coach.

Born May 1st, 1955 (age 71 years) in Vancouver.

José Daniel Carreño

Uruguayan football manager.

Born May 1st, 1963 (age 63 years) in Montevideo.

Mark Farren

Irish footballer (1982-2016).

Born May 1st, 1982 in Donegal.

Died February 3rd, 2016 at 33 years old in Moville (brain cancer). [ref]

Bernard Vukas

Croatian footballer (1927–1983).

Born May 1st, 1927 in Zagreb.

Died April 4th, 1983 at 55 years old in Zagreb (myocardial infarction).

Johann Jakob Balmer

Swiss mathematician (1825–1898).

Born May 1st, 1825 in Lausen.

Died March 12th, 1898 at 72 years old in Basel.

Isaac Okoronkwo

Nigerian footballer.

Born May 1st, 1978 (age 48 years) in Aba.

Arie Eldad

Israeli physician, military officer and politician.

Born May 1st, 1950 (age 76 years) in Tel Aviv. [ref]

Philip Gibbs

English journalist and novelist (1877–1962).

Born May 1st, 1877 in London.

Died March 10th, 1962 at 84 years old in Godalming.

Maria Restituta Kafka

Franciscan nun and nurse; nazi critic; victim of execution in nazi-run austria.

Born May 1st, 1894 in Husovice.

Died March 30th, 1943 at 48 years old in Vienna (decapitation by guillotine). [ref]

James Ford Rhodes

United states historian (1848–1927).

Born May 1st, 1848 in Cleveland.

Died January 22nd, 1927 at 78 years old in Brookline.

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