§ 01 — Observances
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What we celebrate today.
- i. Early May Bank Holiday GB
- ii. Star Wars Day Pop Culture
Nine people are killed and thirteen injured in a spree shooting in Mladenovac and Smederevo, Serbia. It is the second mass shooting in the country in two days.
The inaugural all-female motorsport series, W Series, takes place at Hockenheimring. The race was won by Jamie Chadwick, who would go on to become the inaugural series champion.
Three people are killed and 62 injured in a pair of bombings on buses in Nairobi, Kenya.
Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by the 2007 Greensburg tornado, a 1.7-mile wide EF5 tornado. It was the first-ever tornado to be rated with the new Enhanced Fujita scale.
One hundred three people are killed and 51 are injured in a plane crash near Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, Nigeria.
Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.
Today is celebrated as Early May Bank Holiday in GB.