On this day: May 1

National days on this date

• Unity Day of the People of KazakhstanPublic holiday celebrating the many peoples living together in Kazakhstan.

Events

1. 313 Battle of Tzirallum 0313 battle

Births

1. 1875 Gavriil Tikhov Soviet astronomer
2. 1920 Maýa Gulyýewa Soviet and Turkmen opera singer and actress (1920–2018)
3. 1936 Dilbar Abdurahmonova Soviet conductor and music educator (1936-2018)
4. 1941 Asil Nadir Turkish Cypriot businessperson (1941–2025)
5. 1979 Rauan Kenzhekhanuly Kazakh Wikimedian and politician
6. 1980 Niyamaddin Pashayev Azerbaijani taekwondo practitioner

Deaths

1. 1946 Israfil Mammadov First Azerbaijani Hero of the Soviet Union (1919–1946)
2. 1950 Mammad Said Ordubadi Azerbaijani writer (1872-1950)
3. 1982 Ruben Avanesov Soviet lexicographer and dialectologist (1902-1982)