11:00 AM -- Observed as "May Day" or "Labor Day" in most countries and "Loyalty Day" in the USA, May 1 has been a momentous date in World and, more importantly, American history. Notable anniversaries include:

• Three hundred years ago today, the Acts of Union took effect, whereby England and Scotland formed the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Wales was dragged along as well.
  
  
• One hundred years ago today, Kate "God Bless America" Smith was born in Greenville, Alabama.
  
  
• Ten years ago today, Flipper died at the age of 40.
  
  
• And, of course, four years ago today, the war in Iraq was successfully concluded.

Those were the days!

— Larry, Surge Monkey, Light Reading