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2000 – The sport of geocaching was born when the coordinates of a cache outside Portland, Oregon, US, were posted to a Usenet group. globalize 2007 – Three-year-old Madeleine McCann disappeared while on holiday with her family in Portugal, sparking "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history". too detailed
May 26: Memorial Day (2025) in the United States; National Sorry Day in Australia; Independence Day in Georgia , Lag BaOmer (Judaism, 2024) Damage to the Interstate 40 bridge 1644 – Portuguese Restoration War : Portuguese and Spanish forces both claimed victory at the Battle of Montijo .
May 3 is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) ... Portugal, starting "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history".
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Today, May Day is an official holiday in 66 countries, according to History.com. However, it is not widely recognized in the U.S., the country where it began. However, it is not widely recognized ...
Learn more about where the May 1 holiday originated and how to celebrate May Day with traditions like May Day baskets, plus May Day basket ideas to DIY and buy.
January 14: Ratification Day in the United States Poster for the premiere of Tosca 1301 – King Andrew III died without any male heirs, ending the Árpád dynasty , which had ruled Hungary since the late 9th century.
It is known as Radio Day or Communications Workers' Day in Russia and Radio and Television Day in Bulgaria. 1909 - Birth of Edwin H. Land, American inventor and founder of Polaroid (d. 1991) 1939 - Birth of Sidney Altman, Canadian-born molecular biologist and Nobel Prize laureate