General Information for May 3rd 2024 |
There are 4 public holidays today. |
Day 124 of 2024 |
242 days left in 2024 |
Week 18 of the year |
On this Day in History |
1979 - Margaret Thatcher enjoys her first general election victory, becoming the UK's first female Prime Minister. |
1886 - How May Day Became a Workers' Holiday. Rallying strikers in the USA are shot dead. |
1770 - The first recorded European sighting of Lilli Pilli in Australia, by Sir Joseph Banks. |
The people of Bolivia celebrate the Feast Day of Achakana (their name for the constellation Crux 'the Southern Cross') on 3 May. |