Today in History: May 1
2026The United Arab Emirates leaves OPEC after six decades of membership, becoming the first member of the organization to do so.
2024The 2024 Loblaw boycott, a Canadian boycott against retail corporation and grocer Loblaw Companies, begins.
2019Naxalite attack in Gadchiroli district of India: Sixteen army soldiers, including a driver, killed in an IED blast. Naxals targeted an anti-Naxal operations team.