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The May Days (Catalan: Fets de Maig, Spanish: Jornadas de Mayo), sometimes also called May Events (Catalan: Sucessos de Maig, Spanish: Sucesos de Mayo, Hechos de Mayo), were a series of clashes between 3 and 8 May 1937 during which factions on the Republican side of the Spanish Civil War engaged one another in street battles in various parts of Catalonia, centered on the city of Barcelona.
May Day was abolished and its celebration banned by Puritan parliaments during the Interregnum, but reinstated with the restoration of Charles II in 1660. [39] 1 May 1707, was the day the Act of Union came into effect, joining the kingdoms of England (including Wales) and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
"May Day" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald published in The Smart Set in the July 1920 issue. [2] The story was included in his 1922 short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age . [ 3 ] The plot follows a blithe coterie of privileged Yale alumni who meet for a social dance during the May Day riots of 1919 .
Mayday is an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal in voice-procedure radio communications.. It is used to signal a life-threatening emergency primarily by aviators and mariners, but in some countries local organizations such as firefighters, police forces, and transportation organizations also use the term.
Similar May Day customs are found across Europe. The May Bush or May Bough was popular in parts of Ireland until the late 19th century. [37] This was a small tree or branch—typically hawthorn, rowan, holly or sycamore—decorated with bright flowers, ribbons, painted shells or eggshells from Easter Sunday, and so forth.
More than 100,000 people took part in the May Day demonstration in Moscow. [154] Since 2014 a national civil parade has been held on 1 May on Red Square, with similar events held in major cities and regional capitals. In 2016, the celebration of Easter and May Day overlapped, [155] which led to the abandonment of May Day events in some regions ...
Unable to carry out their plans, the terrorists kill three passengers over the next two days. The aircraft is then cleared to take off, but the crew diverts to Marseille Provence Airport. The hostage rescue team of the French Gendarmerie storms the aircraft, and after a gun battle in the cabin, the hijackers are killed, while everyone else survives
Mayday is a 2021 American action drama film, written and directed by Karen Cinorre in her feature directorial debut.The film stars Grace Van Patten, Mia Goth, Juliette Lewis, Soko and Havana Rose Liu.