May 01

Sunday 01, 1994:

Formula One driver Ayrton Senna is killed during the San Marino Grand Prix.

Sunday 01, 1983:

Edwin El Chapo Rosario wins boxing's vacant WBC world Lightweight title by beating Jose Luis Ramirez in San Juan, by points in 12 rounds, becoming Puerto Rico's 14th world boxing champion. A young Julio Cesar Chavez also wins as part of the undercard.

Monday 01, 1978:

Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.

Monday 01, 1950:

Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth.

Monday 01, 1848:

Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji), collegiate social fraternity, founded at Jefferson College (now Washington and Jefferson College) in Canonsburg, PA