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May 1st, 2008	Event	The London Agreement on translation of European patents, concluded in 2000, enters into force in 14 of the 34 Contracting States to the European Patent Convention.
May 1st, 2008	Death	Anthony Mamo, Malta s first President (born in 1909)
May 1st, 2008	Death	Deborah Jeane Palfrey, Washington, D.C. prostitution service owner (born in 1956)
May 1st, 2007	Event	The Los Angeles May Day melee occurs, in which the Los Angeles Police Department s response to a May Day pro-immigration rally become a matter of controversy.
May 1st, 2006	Event	The Puerto Rican government closes the Department of Education and 42 other government agencies due to significant shortages in cash flow.
May 1st, 2006	Death	Big Hawk, American rapper (b.1969)
May 1st, 2006	Death	Johnny Paris, American saxophonist (Johnny and the Hurricanes) (born in 1940)
May 1st, 2006	Death	Rob Lacey, Christian Author. (born in 1962)
May 1st, 2004	Event	Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin.
May 1st, 2003	Event	2003 invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended" on board the USS Abraham Lincoln off the coast of California.

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