May Day is Celebrated Throughout the World—Peasants in Europe, Military in Russia.

May 1., 1707:    Scotland and England merged to form Great Britain.

May 1, 1786:    Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro premiered in Vienna

May 1, 1884:    Construction of the first skyscraper—the Home Insurance Building—began in Chicago on LaSalle street. It was 10 stories tall.

On this same date: May 1, 1931, the Empire State Building was dedicated in New York City with 102 floors, 73 elevators, and an additional 62-meter pinnacle.

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