Historical Events
Deutsches Wörterbuch
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm publish the first part of their German Dictionary "Deutsches Wörterbuch" (fully completed 1961)
- The Philippine peso is introduced into circulation
Famous Birthdays
Calamity Jane (1852-1903)
American frontierswoman, born in Princeton, Missouri
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish histologist (central nervous system) and neuroscientist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1906), born in Petilla de Aragón, Navarre, Spain (d. 1934)
About May 1, 1852
Day of the Week: Saturday
How Long Ago? 171 years, 1 month and 2 days
Leap Year: Yes
Star Sign: Taurus
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