Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11,
2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, was killed by U.S.
forces during a raid on his compound hideout in Pakistan.

The notorious, 54-year-old leader of Al Qaeda, the terrorist
network of Islamic extremists, had been the target of a nearly
decade-long international manhunt.

The raid began around 1 a.m. local time (4 p.m. EST on May 1,
2011 in the United States), when 23 U.S. Navy SEALs in two
Black Hawk helicopters descended on the compound in
Abbottabad, a tourist and military center north of Pakistan’s
capital, Islamabad. One of the helicopters crash-landed into
the compound but no one aboard was hurt.

During the raid, which lasted approximately 40 minutes, five
people, including bin Laden and one of his adult sons, were
killed by U.S. gunfire. No Americans were injured in the assault.

A vendor walks past a sand sculpture of al-Qaeda leader
Osama bin Laden created by Indian sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik on a beach in Puri in the eastern Indian state of
Orissa on May 2, 2011. (Reuters)

They would often bring imported fruits, nuts, and cocoa which
were obtained during their voyages to Mr. Whitman so that he 
could make the popular European confections people craved
in that era.

Stephen Franch Whitman (1823 – 1888)

(FOX NEWS) – Archaeologists recently made a startling discovery:
They found that two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of
Central America were actually two Danish slave ships.

The ships, named Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus,
are located in shallow waters off Costa Rica’s Cahuita National
Park. 

According to the National Museum of Denmark.the 18th-century
vessels were shipwrecked in 1710.

"Fridericus Quartus was set ablaze, while Christianus Quintus
had its anchor rope cut, following which the ship was wrecked
in the surf," the museum’s press release noted. "Until now, it
has not been clear exactly where the ships were lost.

"Though the ships were excavated in 2023, researchers didn’t
know that they were slave ships until recently. The vessels
were long believed to be pirate ships.

May Day is a European festival of ancient origins marking
the beginning of summer, usually celebrated on 1 May,
around halfway between the Northern Hemisphere’s
Spring equinox and Midsummer solstice.

International Workers’ Day is also observed on May 1st.