May 1
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May 1 is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 244 days remain until the end of the year.
- 619 CE - Demise of Lady Khadija (a), the first wife of prophet Muhammad (s) and the first Muslim woman, (Ramadan 10, 4 BH)
- 1947 CE - Demise of Muhammad Hadi Hadawi Birjandi, a Shi'a jurist and poet. (Jumada II 10, 1366 AH)
- 1979 CE – Martyrdom of Morteza Motahhari, a prominent Shi'a jurist, philosopher and theologian (Jumada II 3, 1399 AH)
- 2011 CE – The killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan by American forces. He was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda from 1988 until his death. (Jumada I 27, 1432 AH)