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May 2
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May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar (123rd in
leap years). There are 243 days remaining.
Events
*
1194 - King
Richard I of England gives
Portsmouth, England Portsmouth its first
Royal Charter.
*
1335 -
Otto of Austria Otto the Merry, Duke of
Austria, becomes
Carinthia (duchy) Duke of Carinthia.
*
1568 -
Mary I of Scotland escapes from
Loch Leven Castle.
*
1670 - King
Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the
Hudson's Bay Company to open up the
fur trade in
North America.
*
1672 -
John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.
*
1808 -
Peninsular War: The people of
Madrid rise up in rebellion against
France French occupation.
*
1816 -
Léopold I of Belgium Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and
Charlotte Augusta are wed.
*
1829 - After anchoring nearby, Captain
Charles Fremantle of
HMS Challenger HMS ''Challenger'', declares the
Swan River Colony in
Australia.
*
1863 -
American Civil War:
Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering for the
Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia 8 days later.
*
1866 - Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the
Battle of Callao.
*
1885 - ''
Good Housekeeping'' magazine goes on sale for the first time.
* 1885 -
Cree and
Assiniboine warriors won the
Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over
Canada Canadian forces during the
North-West Rebellion.
* 1885 - The
Congo Free State is established by King
Léopold II of Belgium.
*
1889 -
Menelik II, Emperor of
Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with
Italy, which gives Ethiopia control over
Eritrea.
*
1900 -
Oscar II, King of Sweden, declares support for
United Kingdom Britain at the time of the
Second Boer War.
*
1918 -
General Motors Corporation General Motors acquires the
Chevrolet Motor Company of
Delaware.
*
1920 - The first game of the
Negro National League (the first) Negro National League baseball is played in
Indianapolis, Indiana].
*
1932 - Comedian
Jack Benny's radio show airs for the first time.
*
1933 - The first modern sighting of the
Loch Ness monster is reported.
* 1933 - ''
Gleichschaltung'':
Adolf Hitler bans
trade unions.
*
1939 -
Lou Gehrig's streak of 2130 consecutive
Major League Baseball games played comes to an end. The record will stand for 56 years before
Cal Ripken, Jr. breaks it.
*
1945 -
World War II:
Fall of Berlin – The
Soviet Union announces the capture of
Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the
Reichstag (building) ''Reichstag'' building.
Germany German forces surrender in
Italy. German forces surrender to the
New Zealand Army in
Trieste.
*
1946 - "
Battle of Alcatraz" -
Alcatraz Federal prison,
San Francisco is taken over by six inmates following failed escape attempt
*
1953 -
Hussein of Jordan Hussein is crowned King of
Jordan.
*
1955 -
Tennessee Williams wins the
Pulitzer Prize for Drama for ''
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof''.
*
1963 -
Berthold Seliger launches near
Cuxhaven a rocket with three stages with a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.
*
1964 -
Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the
USS Card USS ''Card'' while docked at
Saigon.
Viet Cong forces are suspected of placing a bomb on the ship.
*
1969 - The
United Kingdom British ocean liner RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 ''Queen Elizabeth 2'' departs on her maiden voyage to
New York City.
*
1972 -
Buddy Baker became the first stock car driver to finish a 500-mile race in less than three hours en route to winning the Winston Select 500 at the
Alabama International Motor Speedway in
Talladega,
Alabama.
*
1982 -
Falklands War: The
United Kingdom British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror (S48) HMS ''Conqueror'' sinks the Argentine cruiser
ARA General Belgrano ARA ''General Belgrano''.
*
1986 - The
1986 World Exposition in
Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada, opens.
*
1988 - The last
B-1 Lancer is delivered to the
United States by
Rockwell International.
*
1997 - The
The Labour Party (UK) Labour Party's Tony Blair becomes
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, ending 18 years of
Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party rule. At 44, he is the youngest prime minister for 185 years.
*
1998 - The
European Central Bank is founded in
Brussels in order to define and execute the
European Union EU's monetary policy.
*
1999 -
Panamanian election, 1999 Panamanian election:
Mireya Moscoso became the first woman to be elected
List of Presidents of Panama President of
Panama.
*
2000 -
Bill Clinton announces that
Global Positioning System GPS access equivalent to the
United States U.S. military would be available for regular citizens.
*
2005 - First day of
Cream (band) Cream reunion shows at the
Royal Albert Hall. It is the first time
Eric Clapton,
Jack Bruce, and
Ginger Baker have played together since their
1993 induction into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Births
*
1360 -
Yongle, Emperor of China (d.
1424)
*
1451 -
René II, Duke of Lorraine (d.
1508)
*
1551 -
William Camden, English historian (d.
1623)
*
1601 -
Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar (d.
1680)
*
1660 -
Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (d.
1725)
*
1695 -
Jean-Nicolas Servan, French architect and painter (d.
1766)
*
1702 -
Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d.
1782)
*
1729 - Empress
Catherine II of Russia (d.
1796)
*
1740 -
Elias Boudinot, American president of the Continental Congress (d.
1821)
*
1772 -
Novalis, German writer (d.
1801)
*
1773 -
Henrik Steffens, Norwegian-German philosopher (d.
1845)
*
1802 -
Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (d.
1870)
*
1810 -
Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (d.
1874)
*
1828 -
Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d.
1915)
*
1860 -
Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist and Zionist leader (d.
1904)
*
1865 -
Clyde Fitch, American playwright (d.
1909)
*
1881 -
Alexander Kerensky, Russian politician (d.
1970)
*
1884 -
Elijah McCoy, Canadian-born inventor (d.
1929)
*
1885 -
Hedda Hopper, American actress and gossip columnist (d.
1966)
*
1886 -
Gottfried Benn, German author (d.
1956)
*
1887 -
Vernon and Irene Castle Vernon Castle, English dancer (d.
1918)
*1887 -
Eddie Collins, baseball player (d.
1951)
*
1890 -
E. E. Smith, American writer (d.
1965)
*
1892 -
Manfred von Richthofen, German World War I pilot (d.
1918)
*
1895 -
Lorenz Hart, American lyricist (d.
1943)
*
1903 - Dr.
Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and author (d.
1998)
*
1907 -
Pinky Lee, American vaudeville performer and television host (d.
1993)
*
1910 -
Alexander Bonnyman, U.S. Marine (d.
1943)
*
1912 -
Axel Caesar Springer Axel Cäsar Springer, German publisher (d.
1985)
*
1913 -
Nigel Patrick, English actor (d.
1981)
*
1915 -
Doris Fisher, American singer and songwriter (d.
2003)
*
1920 -
Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (d.
2004)
*
1921 -
Satyajit Ray, Indian director (d.
1992)
*
1922 -
A.M. Rosenthal, Canadian-born newspaper editor
*
1924 -
Theodore Bikel, Austrian-born actor and singer
*
1925 -
Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor
*
1929 -
Link Wray, American guitarist (d.
2005)
*
1935 - King
Faisal II of Iraq (d.
1958)
*1935 -
Lance LeGault, American actor
*
1936 -
Engelbert Humperdinck (singer) Engelbert Humperdinck, British singer
*1936 -
Michael Rabin (violinist) Michael Rabin, American violinist (d.
1972)
*
1937 -
Lorenzo Music, American writer and producer (d.
2001)
*
1938 - Paramount Chief
Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (d.
1996)
*
1939 -
Sumio Iijima, Japanese physicist
*
1941 -
Stephen J. Cannell, American producer
*
1942 -
Jacques Rogge, Belgian International Olympics Committee president
*
1945 -
Sarah Weddington, American attorney
*1945 -
Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan activist
*
1946 -
Lesley Gore, American singer
*1946 -
David Suchet, English actor
*
1948 -
Larry Gatlin, American musician and songwriter
*
1949 -
Alan Titchmarsh, English gardener, television presenter, and writer
*
1952 -
Christine Baranski, American actress
*1952 -
Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator
*
1953 -
Valery Gergiev, Russian-born conductor
*
1955 -
Donatella Versace, Italian fashion designer
*
1961 -
Steve James, English snooker player
*
1962 -
Jimmy White, English snooker player
*
1962 -
Ray Traylor, aka The Big Boss Man, professional wrestler
*
1969 -
Brian Lara, West Indian cricketer
*
1972 -
The Rock (entertainer) The Rock, American professional wrestler and actor
*
1975 -
David Beckham, English footballer
*
1979 -
Roman Lyashenko, Russian hockey player (d.
2003)
*
1978 -
Steve Bays, Canadian musician
*
1980 -
Zat Knight, English footballer
*1980 -
Troy Murphy, American basketball player
*
1982 -
Lorie, French Singer
*
1984 -
Saulius Mikoliūnas, Lithuanian footballer
*
1985 -
Sarah Hughes, American figure skater
*1985 -
Kyle Busch, American race car driver
*
1987 -
Nana Kitade, Japanese singer
*
1988 -
Brooke Hogan, American singer
*
1990 -
Kay Panabaker, American actress
*
1990 -
Michael Harpe, American boy
Deaths
*
373 -
Athanasius of Alexandria Athanasius,
Patriarch of Alexandria (b.
298)
*
756 -
Emperor Shomu,
Emperor of Japan (b.
701)
*
907 -
Boris I of Bulgaria
*
1230 -
William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b.
1197)
*
1300 -
Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b.
1248)
*
1450 -
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b.
1396)
*
1519 -
Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor and painter (b.
1452)
*
1564 -
Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (b.
1500)
*
1627 -
Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (b.
1560)
*
1667 -
George Wither, English writer (b.
1588)
*
1711 -
Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English statesman (b.
1641)
*
1802 -
Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch statesman (b.
1762)
*
1819 -
Mary Moser, English painter (b.
1744)
*
1857 -
Alfred de Musset, French writer (b.
1810)
*
1864 -
Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer (b.
1791)
*
1927 -
Ernest Starling, British physiologist (b.
1866)
*
1957 -
Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator (b.
1908)
*
1964 -
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-born politician (b.
1879)
*
1972 -
J. Edgar Hoover, American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b.
1895)
*
1979 -
Giulio Natta, Italian chemist,
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1903)
*
1980 -
George Pál, Hungarian-born film director and producer (b.
1908)
*
1983 -
Norm Van Brocklin, American football star (b.
1926)
*
1984 -
Jack Barry (television) Jack Barry, television game show producer and host (b.
1918)
*
1989 -
Giuseppe Cardinal Siri, Roman Catholic Cardinal (b.
1906)
*1989 -
Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer (b.
1902)
*
1990 -
David Rappaport, English actor (b.
1951)
*
1992 -
Wilbur Mills, American politician (b.
1909)
*
1995 -
Michael Hordern, English actor (b.
1911)
*
1997 -
John Carew Eccles, Australian neurophysiologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b.
1903)
*1997 -
Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator & writer, recipient of the
1986 UNESCO Prize for Peace Education (b.
1921)
*
1998 -
hide (musician) Hideto "hide" Matsumoto, Japanese musician (b.
1964)
*1998 -
Kevin Lloyd, British actor (b.
1949)
*
1999 -
Oliver Reed, English actor (b.
1938)
*
2001 -
Ted Rogers, British comedian (b.
1935)
*
2002 -
John Nathan-Turner, English television producer (b.
1947)
*2002 -
W. T. Tutte, English-born codebreaker and mathematician (b.
1917)
*
2005 -
Kenneth Clark (psychologist) Kenneth B. Clark, American psychologist (b.
1914)
*2005 -
Wee Kim Wee, 4th
President of Singapore (b.
1915)
Holidays and observances
*
Poland -
Flag Day, an official
Holidays in Poland holiday to honour the
Flag of Poland
*
Feast day of the following
saints in the
Roman Catholic Church:
**
Athanasius
**
Waldebert or
Gaubert
**
Saints Exuperius and Zoe
**
Saint Mafalda
*
Feast day of
saint tsar Boris I of Bulgaria Boris in the
Bulgarian Orthodox Church
*
Islam -
Muhammad's Birthday (
2004)
*
Bahá'à Faith: Last day of the Festival of
Ridván
*
Madrid Region - Day of the Region.
*
College Board's
Advanced Placement Program Testing Begins
*
Slovenia - second day of
Labour Day
*
Iran -
Teacher's Day
External links
-
BBC: On This Day
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''The New York Times'': On This Day
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On this day in Canada
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April 2 -
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