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Today in History: May 1

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Theodosius II succeeds to the throne of Constantinople.

1486
Christopher Columbus convinces Queen Isabella to fund expedition to the West Indies.

1805
The state of Virginia passes a law requiring all freed slaves to leave the state, or risk either imprisonment or deportation.

1877
President Rutherford B. Hayes withdraws all Federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction.

1931
The Empire State Building opens in New York.

1937
President Franklin Roosevelt signs an act of neutrality, keeping the United States out of World War II.

1961
Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba.

1986
The Tass News Agency reports the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.

2017 Billy Corgan agrees to purchase the National Wrestling Alliance

2020 Canadian PM Justin Trudeau announces ban on 1,500 types of assault-style weapons in response to recent Nova Scotia shooting

2021 India is the first country to record more than 400,000 new COVID-19 cases in one day (401,993)

Today in History: Born on May 1

1764
Benjamin Henry Latrobe, architect of the U.S. Capitol.

1878
James Graham, inventor of the first naval aircraft-carrying ship and first man to film a total eclipse of the sun.

JOTD
Three guys are having a few beers and talking about how dumb their wives are.

Guy1: My wife is so dumb she wants to spend $15,000 to redo the kitchen and she can't even cook.

Guy 2: That's nothing. My wife wants me to buy her a new $50,000 car and she can't even drive yet.

Guy 3: My wife is dumber that both of them. She bought 3 boxes of condoms to take on a business trip and she doesn't even have a dick.