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What happend on 2. May in History
In our data base we found 331 events happened on 2. May:
• 373: Athanasius of Alexandria (b. 298) [category: Deaths]
• 756: Emperor Shōmu of Japan (b. 701) [category: Deaths]
• 907: Boris I of Bulgaria [category: Deaths]
• 1194: King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. [category: Events]
• 1219: Leo I, King of Armenia (b. 1150) [category: Deaths]
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• 1230: William de Braose, English nobleman (b. 1197) [category: Deaths]
• 1230: William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great. [category: Events]
• 1300: Blanche of Artois (b. 1248) [category: Deaths]
• 1335: Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia. [category: Events]
• 1360: Yongle Emperor, of China (d. 1424) [category: Births]
• 1450: William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396) [category: Deaths]
• 1451: René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) [category: Births]
• 1458: Leonor of Viseu (d. 1525) [category: Births]
• 1519: Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor and painter (b. 1452) [category: Deaths]
• 1536: Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft. [category: Events]
• 1551: William Camden, English historian (d. 1623) [category: Births]
• 1559: John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the beginning Scottish Reformation. [category: Events]
• 1564: Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (b. 1500) [category: Deaths]
• 1568: Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle. [category: Events]
• 1601: Athanasius Kircher, German scholar (d. 1680) [category: Births]
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• 1611: King James Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker. [category: Events]
• 1627: Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (b. 1560) [category: Deaths]
• 1660: Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1725) [category: Births]
• 1667: George Wither, English writer (b. 1588) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1672: John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March. [category: Events]
• 1683: Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (b. 1613) [category: Deaths]
• 1695: Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French decorator and architect (d. 1766) [category: Births]
• 1702: Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) [category: Births]
• 1707: Jean-Baptiste Barrière, French cellist and composer (d. 1747) [category: Births]
• 1711: Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English statesman (b. 1641) [category: Deaths]
• 1729: Catherine the Great, Russian empress (d. 1796) [category: Births]
• 1737: William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, English statesman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805) [category: Births]
• 1740: Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and statesman (d. 1821) [category: Births]
• 1750: John André, English army officer (d. 1780) [category: Births]
• 1752: Ludwig August Lebrun, German oboist and composer (d. 1790) [category: Births]
• 1754: Vicente Martín y Soler, Spanish composer (d. 1806) [category: Births]
• 1772: Novalis, German writer (d. 1801) [category: Births]
• 1773: Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845) [category: Births]
• 1802: Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (d. 1870) [category: Births]
• 1802: Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch statesman (b. 1762) [category: Deaths]
• 1806: Catherine Labouré, French visionary and saint (d. 1876) [category: Births]
• 1808: Emma Wedgwood, English naturalist, wife of Charles Darwin (d. 1896) [category: Births]
• 1808: Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808. [category: Events]
• 1810: Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (d. 1874) [category: Births]
• 1810: Henry Jerome de Salis, English churchman (b. 1740) [category: Deaths]
• 1815: William Buell Richards, Canadian judge (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1816: Marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Charlotte Augusta. [category: Events]
• 1819: Mary Moser, English painter (b. 1744) [category: Deaths]
• 1828: Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1829: After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of the HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia. [category: Events]
• 1843: Elijah McCoy, Canadian-American inventor and engineer (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1857: Alfred de Musset, French writer (b. 1810) [category: Deaths]
• 1859: Jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1860: Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1863: American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later. [category: Events]
• 1864: Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer (b. 1791) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: Clyde Fitch, American playwright (d. 1909) [category: Births]
• 1866: Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao. [category: Events]
• 1867: Giuseppe Morello, Sicilian-American gangster (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1873: Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1876: The April Uprising breaks out in Bulgaria. [category: Events]
• 1879: James F. Byrnes, American politician (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1879: The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Casa Labra Pub (city of Madrid) by the historical Spanish workers' leader Pablo Iglesias. [category: Events]
• 1880: Eberhard Anheuser, German soap and candle maker, founder of the Anheuser-Busch Company (b. 1805) [category: Deaths]
• 1881: Alexander Kerensky, Russian politician (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1885: Hedda Hopper, American actress and columnist (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1885: Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian Slovene author (b. 1817) [category: Deaths]
• 1885: Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion. [category: Events]
• 1885: Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1885: The Congo Free State is established by King Léopold II of Belgium. [category: Events]
• 1886: Gottfried Benn, German author (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1887: Eddie Collins, American baseball player (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1887: Vernon Castle, English dancer (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1889: Ki Hajar Dewantara, Indonesian education pioneer, founded the Taman Siswa education system (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1889: Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, which gives Italy control over Eritrea. [category: Events]
• 1890: E. E. Smith, American writer (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1892: Manfred von Richthofen, German pilot (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1894: Joseph Henry Woodger, English biologist (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1895: Lorenz Hart, American playwright, songwriter, and composer (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1896: Helen of Greece and Denmark (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1897: John Frederick Coots, American songwriter and composer (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1898: Henry Hall, English bandleader, composer, and actor (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1903: Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and author (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1906: Aileen Riggin, American swimmer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1906: Philippe Halsman, American photographer (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1906: Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece. [category: Events]
• 1907: Pinky Lee, American comedian and television host (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1910: Alexander Bonnyman, Jr., American marine officer (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1912: Axel Springer, German journalist and publisher, founded Axel Springer AG (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1913: Nigel Patrick, English actor (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1915: Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1915: Peggy Mount, English actress (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1917: Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder [category: Births]
• 1917: Van Tien Dung, Vietnamese general and politician (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1918: General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware. [category: Events]
• 1920: Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1920: Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian writer and activist (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1920: The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis. [category: Events]
• 1921: Satyajit Ray, Indian director (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1922: A. M. Rosenthal, Canadian editor and columnist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1922: Serge Reggiani, Italian-French singer and actor (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1923: Patrick Hillery, Irish politician (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1924: Jamal Abro, Sindhi writer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1924: Theodore Bikel, Austrian actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1925: John Neville, English actor (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1925: Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1926: Gérard D. Levesque, Canadian politician (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1927: Ray Barrett, Australian actor (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1927: Ernest Starling, British physiologist (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1928: Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, 3rd Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1929: Link Wray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1929: Édouard Balladur, French politician [category: Births]
• 1930: Marco Pannella, Italian politician and activist [category: Births]
• 1931: Phil Bruns, American actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1932: Maury Allen, American writer [category: Births]
• 1932: Comedian Jack Benny's radio show airs for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1933: Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler bans trade unions. [category: Events]
• 1935: Faisal II of Iraq (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1935: Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish football player and manager [category: Births]
• 1936: Engelbert Humperdinck, English singer [category: Births]
• 1936: Michael Rabin, American violinist (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1937: Lance LeGault, American actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1937: Lorenzo Music, American actor (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1938: Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1939: Sumio Iijima, Japanese physicist [category: Births]
• 1941: Clay Carroll, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1941: Connie Crothers, American jazz pianist [category: Births]
• 1941: Tony Adamowicz, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1941: Following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the Anglo-Iraqi War to restore him to power. [category: Events]
• 1942: Jacques Rogge, Belgian sports bureaucrat, 8th International Olympic Committee president [category: Births]
• 1944: Bob Henrit, English musician (Argent, The Roulettes, The Kinks, and Unit 4 + 2) [category: Births]
• 1945: Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan actress, model, and activist [category: Births]
• 1945: Gene Deckerhoff, American sports announcer [category: Births]
• 1945: Goldy McJohn, Canadian musician (Steppenwolf, The Mynah Birds, and The Sparrows) [category: Births]
• 1945: Judge Dread, English singer-songwriter (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1945: Sarah Weddington, American attorney [category: Births]
• 1945: Joe Corbett, American baseball player (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Ludwig Stumpfegger, German SS doctor (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Martin Bormann, German Nazi official (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: Italian Campaign – General Heinrich von Vietinghoff signs the official instrument of surrender of all Wehrmacht forces in Italy. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1000 dead inmates, most starved to death. [category: Events]
• 1946: David Suchet, English actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Lesley Gore, American singer [category: Births]
• 1946: Peter L. Benson, American psychologist (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1946: The "Battle of Alcatraz" takes place, killing two guards and three inmates. [category: Events]
• 1947: Dorothea Binz, German SS supervisor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Larry Gatlin, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (The Imperials) [category: Births]
• 1949: Alan Titchmarsh, English broadcaster and author [category: Births]
• 1950: Duncan Gay, Australian politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Lou Gramm, American singer-songwriter and musician (Foreigner and Shadow King) [category: Births]
• 1951: John Glascock, English singer and musician (Jethro Tull, Carmen, The Gods, and Chicken Shack) (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1952: Christine Baranski, American actress [category: Births]
• 1952: Mari Natsuki, Japanese actress, singer, and dancer [category: Births]
• 1952: The world's first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden flight, from London to Johannesburg. [category: Events]
• 1953: Valery Gergiev, Russian conductor [category: Births]
• 1953: Wallace Bryant, American archer (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Angela Bofill, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1954: Roberta Pedon, American model (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1954: Stephen Venables, English mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1955: Donatella Versace, Italian fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1955: Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. [category: Events]
• 1956: Amir Mokri, Iranian-American cinematographer [category: Births]
• 1956: David Rhodes, English guitarist, songwriter, and composer [category: Births]
• 1956: Régis Labeaume, Canadian businessman, writer, and politician [category: Births]
• 1956: Yasushi Akimoto, Japanese writer, lyricist and producer [category: Births]
• 1957: Michael Coyle, American composer [category: Births]
• 1957: Joseph McCarthy, American politician (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: David O'Leary, Irish footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1958: Stanislav Levý, Czech footballer [category: Births]
• 1959: Alan Best, Canadian director and producer [category: Births]
• 1959: Russ Grimm, American football player [category: Births]
• 1959: Tony Wakeford, English musician (Sol Invictus) [category: Births]
• 1960: Stephen Daldry, English director [category: Births]
• 1960: Caryl Chessman, American convicted robber and rapist (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Phil Vickery, English chef [category: Births]
• 1961: Sophie Thibault, Canadian journalist and reporter [category: Births]
• 1961: Steve James, English snooker player [category: Births]
• 1962: Elizabeth Berridge, American actress [category: Births]
• 1962: Jimmy White, English snooker player [category: Births]
• 1962: Mitzi Kapture, American actress [category: Births]
• 1962: Ray Traylor, American wrestler (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1962: Taťána Kocembová, Czech athlete [category: Births]
• 1963: Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres near Cuxhaven. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany. [category: Events]
• 1964: Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (first woman to take her seat in the British House of Commons) (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: First ascent of Shishapangma the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders. [category: Events]
• 1964: Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the USS Card while docked at Saigon. Viet Cong forces are suspected of placing a bomb on the ship. [category: Events]
• 1965: Félix José, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1966: Belinda Stronach, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1966: Uwe Freiler, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1967: Bengt Åkerblom, Swedish ice hockey player (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1967: Mika Brzezinski, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1968: Hikaru Midorikawa, Japanese voice actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Jeff Agoos, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1968: Ziana Zain, Malaysian singer, actress, and model [category: Births]
• 1969: Brian Lara, Trinidadian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1969: Franz von Papen, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City. [category: Events]
• 1970: Marco Walker, Swiss footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Musashimaru Kōyō, American-Samoan sumo wrestler, the 67th Yokozuna [category: Births]
• 1972: Dwayne Johnson, American wrestler and actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Pandora Boxx, American drag performer [category: Births]
• 1972: Paul Adcock, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: In the early morning hours a fire broke out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, ID, killing 91 workers. [category: Events]
• 1973: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1974: Andy Johnson, Welsh footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Garðar Thór Cortes, Icelandic tenor and actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Horacio Carbonari, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Matt Berry, English actor [category: Births]
• 1974: James O. Richardson, American admiral (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: David Beckham, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Eva Santolaria, Spanish actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Brian Cardinal, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Fredrik Malm, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1977: Jenna von Oy, American actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Luke Hudson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Intars Busulis, Latvian singer and trombone player [category: Births]
• 1978: Melvin Ely, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Mike Weaver, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1978: Steve Bays, Canadian musician (Hot Hot Heat) [category: Births]
• 1979: Ioannis Kanotidis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Jason Chimera, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1979: Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1979: Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Brad Richards, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1980: Lassaad Ouertani, Tunisian footballer (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1980: Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Canadian skateboarder [category: Births]
• 1980: Tim Borowski, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Troy Murphy, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Zat Knight, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Clarrie Grimmett, Australian cricketer (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: George Pal, Hungarian director (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Chris Kirkland, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Matt Murray, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Rina Satō, Japanese voice actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Robert Buckley, American actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Tiago Mendes, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Johan Botha, South African cricketer [category: Births]
• 1982: Lorie, French singer-songwriter, producer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano. [category: Events]
• 1983: Alessandro Diamanti, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Christa Rigozzi, Swiss model, Miss Switzerland 2006 [category: Births]
• 1983: Daniel Sordo, Spanish race car driver [category: Births]
• 1983: Ove Vanebo, Norwegian politician [category: Births]
• 1983: Norm Van Brocklin, American football player (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Saulius Mikoliūnas, Lithuanian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Thabo Sefolosha, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Jack Barry, television producer and host (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Ashley Harkleroad, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1985: David Nugent, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Jarrod Saltalamacchia, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Kyle Busch, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1985: Lily Allen, English singer-songwriter and fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1985: Sarah Hughes, American figure skater [category: Births]
• 1985: Attilio Bettega, Italian race car driver (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Emily Hart, American actress [category: Births]
• 1986: James Kirk, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Sergio Cresto, American race car driver (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Kris Russell, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1987: Nana Kitade, Japanese singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1987: Pat McAfee, American football player [category: Births]
• 1988: Lara Liang, Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter (Nan Quan Mama) [category: Births]
• 1988: Neftalí Feliz, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1988: Stephen Henderson, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Jeanette Pohlen, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1989: Giuseppe Siri, Italian cardinal (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria, which allows a number of East Germans to defect. [category: Events]
• 1990: Kay Panabaker, American actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Paul George, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1990: David Rappaport, English actor (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Ronald McKie, Australian author (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: María Teresa Torró Flor, Spanish tennis player [category: Births]
• 1992: Wilbur Mills, American politician (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Josh Bolt, English actor [category: Births]
• 1994: A bus crashes in Gdańsk, Poland killing 32 people. [category: Events]
• 1995: Michael Hordern, English actor (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: During the Croatian War of Independence, Serb forces fire cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing 7 and wounding over 175 civilians. [category: Events]
• 1997: Perla Haney-Jardine, American actress [category: Births]
• 1997: John Eccles, Australian neurophysiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator and theorist (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Gene Raymond, American actor (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Justin Fashanu, English footballer (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Kevin Lloyd, English actor (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: hide, Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actor (X Japan and Zilch) (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy. [category: Events]
• 1999: Douglas Harkness, Canadian politician (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Oliver Reed, English actor (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Panamanian election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama. [category: Events]
• 2000: President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military. [category: Events]
• 2001: Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Ted Rogers, English comedian (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: W. T. Tutte, English-Canadian codebreaker and mathematician (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Yelwa massacre of more than 630 nomad Muslims by Christians in Nigeria. [category: Events]
• 2005: Kenneth B. Clark, American psychologist (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Wee Kim Wee, Singaporean politician, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Louis Rukeyser, American columnist (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Brad McGann, New Zealand director and screenwriter (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people. [category: Events]
• 2008: Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless. [category: Events]
• 2009: Jack Kemp, American football player and politician (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Kiyoshiro Imawano, Japanese singer, musician, producer, and actor (RC Succession) (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Kama Chinen, Japanese super-centenarian (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Lynn Redgrave, English actress (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Moshe Hirsch, Jerusalem rabbi (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founder and leader of al-Qaeda (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: An E. coli outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak. [category: Events]
• 2011: Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man is killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. [category: Events]
• 2012: Akira Tonomura, Japanese physicist, developed electron holography (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih, Indonesian physician (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Fernando Lopes, Portuguese director (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: J. T. Ready, American Marine, (b. 1973) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Junior Seau, American football player (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Tufan Miñnullin, Russian writer, playwright, and publicist (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for an auctioned work of art. [category: Events]
• _: Athanasius of Alexandria (Western Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Birth Anniversary of Third Druk Gyalpo, also Teachers' Day (Bhutan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Boris I of Bulgaria (Bulgarian Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Flag Day (Poland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Holiday of the Region of Madrid (Community of Madrid) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: May 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Education Day (Indonesia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Teachers' Day (Iran) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The last day of the Festival of Ridván (Bahá'í Faith) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Waldebert (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]