|  On This Day in History - May 1  | 
| Discover today's historical events and the facts. Listed here the time line of events that happened on this day in history | 
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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.