On This Day in History - May 1 |
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| What Happened On This Day In History - May 1 |
1930 May 1
1930-05-01
The planet Pluto is officially named. It had been discovered a few months earlier by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona, USA.
1978 May 1
1978-05-01
The first spam e-mail in history is circulated in the internet's predecessor, the ARPANET.