Zayed and Qaboos discuss post-war security
1991 - President His Highness Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan held talks in Muscat with Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed on post-Gulf War security in the region. Shaikh Zayed, who is on a three-day official visit, also discussed the status of the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Middle East peace process and bilateral ties. Shaikh Zayed arrived in Muscat to a full ceremonial welcome. After the President disembarked from the plane, he greeted Sultan Qaboos with a brotherly embrace. Following a 21-gun salute, the national anthems of the two countries were played. Then Shaikh Zayed, accompanied by Sultan Qaboos, inspected the guard of honour. A large crowd had lined up the route leading to Al Alam Palace to welcome Shaikh Zayed.
May 1
1707 - Kingdom of Britain is created as a treaty merges England, Wales and Scotland.
1715 - Prussia declares war on Sweden.
1898 - A US naval force destroys a Spanish fleet in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.
1919 - Mount Kelud erupts in Indonesia, killing 5,000 people.
1925 - Cyprus becomes a British colony.
1931 - The 102-storey Empire State Building opens in New York City.
1933 - The first telephone link between Britain and India is established.
1948 - The People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) is proclaimed.
1960 - India’s Bombay state splits into Gujarat and Maharashtra states.
1971 - Amtrak Railroad begins operating in the US.
1990 - Soviet protesters heckle President Mikhail Gorbachev at May Day parade in Red Square.
1993 - Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa is killed in a suicide bombing in Colombo.
1994 - Ayrton Senna dies in hospital after a high-speed crash on the seventh lap of the San Marino Grand Prix.
1999 - The UAE and Oman sign an agreement defining the border between the two countries.
2001 - Philippines declares a “state of rebellion”, two stages down from martial law in Manila.
2005 - The Qatar Financial Centre opens for business in Doha.
2007 - The new 13-lane Business Bay bridge over Dubai Creek opens.
2008 - China opens the world’s longest cross-sea bridge between Shanghai and Ningbo.
2010 - Floyd Mayweather Jr. wins welterweight boxing match against Shane Mosley and keeps his unbeaten record of 41-0.
