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Handbook cover
Handbook cover

La Salute è in voi! was an early 1900s bomb-making handbook associated with the Galleanisti, followers of anarchist Luigi Galleani, particularly in the United States. With a title translated as "Health/Salvation Is within You!", the anonymously written handbook advocated for impoverished workers to overcome their despair and commit to individual, revolutionary acts. The Italian-language handbook took technical content already accessible in encyclopedias, applied chemistry books, and industrial sources and wrapped it in a political manifesto and plain directions for non-technical amateurs to build explosives. American police and historians would use the handbook to profile anarchists and imply guilt by possession. It figured prominently in the prosecution of the Bresci Circle, a case that revolved around the anarchists' right to read. Ultimately, perpetrators of successful political bombings from this era had career backgrounds in explosives and were not self-taught amateurs. (Full article...)

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Rock Springs massacre

The Rock Springs massacre occurred in 1885 in the present-day United States city of Rock Springs, Wyoming. The riot, and resulting massacre of immigrant Chinese miners by white immigrant miners, was the result of racial prejudice toward the Chinese miners, who were perceived to be taking jobs from the white miners. The Union Pacific Coal Department found it economically beneficial to give preference in hiring to Chinese miners, who were willing to work for lower wages than their white counterparts, angering the white miners. When the rioting ended, at least 28 Chinese miners were dead and 15 were injured. Rioters burned 78 Chinese homes, resulting in approximately $150,000 in property damage (equal to $5.09 million in 2020 terms).[1] The massacre in Rock Springs touched off a wave of anti-Chinese violence, especially in the Puget Sound area of Washington Territory.

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Expanded membership of the European Untion
Expanded membership of the European Untion

Shouldn't May Day maybe come first? It's a lot more international in scope.--Pharos 23:02, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I fully agree. --Soman 21:04, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yom HaShoah (2008) in Israel

(begins at sunset the previous day). It needs to be moved to May 1 as the Israeli government advanced it one day this year due to it's adjacency to the Jewish Sabbath.[1] (it doesn't say the reason for it at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs but they, and everywhere else, mark the day this year as the 26th of Nisan, sunset April 30-May 1). Thanks, Valley2city 16:41, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Marriage of Figaro[edit]

Please remove the File:Marriage of Figaro.ogg (an arrangement for winds) and replace it with File:Overture low.ogg (a proper chamber orchestra). -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 06:37, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 07:31, 30 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 16:13, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 06:43, 30 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Birthday of Ali ibn abi taleb[edit]

Hello @Howcheng:, this year (2015), the birthday of Ali which is of a great importance for both shia and sunni muslims, coincides with the 1 of May, based on this link. Please consider that his birthday is not based on Georgian calendar it changes from year to year. How can we include it here in "on this day"? Mhhossein (talk) 12:47, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Mhhossein:: First of all, the article is currently ineligible to be listed due to the {{external links}} template at the bottom. Secondly, it is already listed on WP:Selected anniversaries/January 27. As the rules state, an article may only be featured once per year, so if we were to include the article on his birthday annually, we would have to remove it from the other day. Which is fine, and I don't mind doing that, as long as you understand how this works. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 07:12, 27 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 03:07, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 08:41, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Howcheng, references have now been added for the 1 May date regarding the Norman invasion of Ireland. ~Asarlaí 18:42, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 07:45, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

International Workers' Day[edit]

Shouldn't International Workers' Day be mentioned maybe? There are three holidays or festivals in specific countries mentioned, but International Workers' Day is observed all over the world and an official public holiday in most of the world! (see the little map in the article!). On top of that the Loyalty Day mentioned in the USA that is included is, according to its article, only some ploy to prevent International Workers' Day from being celebrated. It isn't a holiday and doesn't seem to have any widespread traditions associated with it. --83.128.131.207 (talk) 09:54, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, I already figured out what happened. --83.128.131.207 (talk) 10:08, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I have removed the refimprove tag that was added yesterday (problematic timing) from the article and added the entry to Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 1, as I found ~75 refs to be sufficient—please use inline tags for any specific issues. As mentioned, Loyalty Day has just as many issues, including but not limited to: CN in the lead section, a ref with Missing or empty |title= (help), as well as a section without any citations whatsoever. El_C 11:07, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
In the past year, the consensus has been to begin ensuring that articles featured in OTD are of high quality. We have taken out a number of high-profile holidays/observances, including Mother's Day, Father's Day, and a number of major religious holidays including Passover and Easter. Nobody is targeting International Worker's Day specifically. @El C: Two of the faults that you mentioned ({{cn}} tag in the lead and the malformed reference) are not enough to disqualify the article from appearing. The section that you identify has having no references does in fact have a reference to the law itself as an external link instead of footnote. However, one could make the argument that because Loyalty Day was created specifically in opposition to Int'l Workers Day, it doesn't make sense to include it if the thing it opposes also omitted, so I'm fine with taking that out. —howcheng {chat} 16:39, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 05:50, 1 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 17:56, 1 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month[edit]

@Howcheng: Should Asian Pacific American Heritage Month be mentioned on this date?--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 02:32, 16 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@RightCowLeftCoast: I don't think it's good enough quality. The Introduction to Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage section is clearly a straight copy-paste from a National Park Service web site (someone just pasted in the HTML). —howcheng {chat} 02:35, 16 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Gotcha.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 02:39, 16 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 18:23, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 07:08, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 07:14, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  1. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
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