TODAY in HISTORY

Today is Tuesday, May 1, the 121th day of 2018. There are 244 days left in the year.

1169 Norman mercenaries land at Bannow Bay in Leinster, marking the beginning of the Norman invasion of Ireland. 1328 Scottish independence: By the Treaty of Edinburgh– Northamp ton the Kingdom of England recognises the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state.

1576 Stephen Báthory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become corulers of the Polish– Lithuanian Commonwealth. 1707 The Act of Union joins the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. 1753 Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. 1776 Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt ( Upper Bavaria), by Jesuittaught Adam Weishaupt.

1794 War of the Pyrenees: The Battle of Boulou ends, in which French forces defeat the Spanish and regain nearly all the land they lost to Spain in 1793.

1840 The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.

1851 Queen Victoria opens The Great Exhibition at The Crystal Palace in London.

1856 The Province of Isabela was created in the Philippines in honor of Queen Isabela II.

1866 The Memphis Race Riots begin. In three days time, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 1884 Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States. 1886 Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eighthour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers’ Day in many countries. 1947 Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 were wounded.

2009 Same- sex marriage is legalised in Sweden. 2011 War on Terror: AlQaeda leader Osama bin Laden is shot and killed by U. S. Navy seals.

2015 Vafa Guluzade, Azerbaijani political scientist, academic, and diploma passes away on the day.