May 1st


305: Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Then they go halfsies on a condo at a golf course on the Isle of Capri.


1707: The Act of Union joins the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to form the world’s biggest chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous.


1987: Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was very a pious Catholic who never bought retail.