May 2

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 its first Royal Charter. *1335 - Otto of Austria, Duke of Austria, becomes Carinthia (duchy). *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 becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March. *1808 - Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against France occupation. *1816 - Leopold I of Belgium and Charlotte Augusta are wed. *1829 - After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia. *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 forces during the North-West Rebellion. * 1885 - The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold 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 at the time of the Boer War. *1918 - General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware. *1920 - The first game of the Negro National League (the first) is played in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. *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). Germany forces surrender in Italy. *1945 - The last postage stamp utilized by Manzhouguo is issued. *1953 - Hussein of Jordan 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 while docked at Saigon. Viet Cong forces are suspected of placing a bomb on the ship. *1969 - The United Kingdom ocean liner RMS 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 nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror (S48) sinks the Argentine cruiser 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) Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, ending 18 years of Conservative Party (UK) 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's monetary policy. *1999 - Panamanian election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso became the first woman to be elected List of Presidents of Panama of Panama. *2000 - Bill Clinton announces that Global Positioning System access equivalent to the United States military would be available for regular citizens. ==Births== *1551 - William Camden, English historian (d. 1623) *1601 - Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar (d. 1680) *1660 - Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1725) *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) *1860 - Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist, Zionism leader (d. 1904) *1881 - Alexander Kerensky, Russian politician (d. 1970) *1884 - Elijah McCoy, Canadian-born inventor (d. 1929) *1885 - Hedda Hopper, American actress, gossip columnist (d. 1966) *1886 - Gottfried Benn, German author (d. 1956) *1887 - Vernon and Irene Castle, dancer (d. 1918) *1887 - Eddie Collins, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1951) *1890 - E. E. Smith, American science fiction writer (d. 1965) *1892 - Manfred von Richthofen, "The Red Baron" German World War I pilot (d. 1918) *1895 - Lorenz Hart, American lyricist (d. 1943) *1903 - Dr. Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician, Olympic Games gold medalist in rowing, author (d. 1998) *1907 - Pinky Lee, vaudeville performer, children's television host (d. 1993) *1912 - Axel Caesar Springer, publisher (d. 1985) *1913 - Nigel Patrick, actor (d. 1981) *1915 - Doris Fisher, American singer, songwriter (d. 2003) *1920 - Jean-Marie Auberson, Switzerland conductor (d. 2004) *1921 - Satyajit Ray, Indian director (d. 1992) *1922 - A.M. Rosenthal, Canadian-American newspaper editor *1924 - Theodore Bikel, actor, singer *1925 - Roscoe Lee Browne, actor *1929 - Link Wray, guitarist *1935 - King Faisal II of Iraq (d. 1958) *1936 - Engelbert Humperdinck (singer), singer *1936 - Michael Rabin (violinist), American violin virtuoso (d. 1972) *1937 - Lorenzo Music, writer, producer (d. 2001) *1938 - Paramount Chief Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (d. 1996) *1941 - Stephen J. Cannell, producer *1942 - Jacques Rogge, Belgian IOC president *1945 - Sarah Weddington, attorney in ''Roe v. Wade'' case *1945 - Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan political activist *1946 - David Suchet, actor *1946 - Lesley Gore, singer *1948 - Larry Gatlin, American country musician, songwriter *1949 - Alan Titchmarsh, gardener, TV presenter, writer *1950 - Lou Gramm, American musician (Foreigner (band)) *1952 - Christine Baranski, American actress *1952 - Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator, broadcaster, chameleon *1954 - Angela Bofill, American singer *1955 - Donatella Versace, fashion designer *1961 - Steve James, England snooker player *1962 - Jimmy White, England snooker player *1969 - Brian Lara, Trinidad and Tobagoian cricketer *1972 - The Rock (entertainer), professional wrestler and actor *1975 - David Beckham, English football (soccer)er *1985 - Sarah Hughes, figure skating champion *1990 - Kay Panabaker, American actress ==Deaths== *373 - Athanasius of Alexandria, bishop of Alexandria (b. 298) *1230 - William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. c. 1197) *1300 - Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre, Countess of Lancaster *1450 - William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk (b. 1396) *1519 - Leonardo da Vinci, inventor, painter (b. 1452) *1802 - Herman Willem Daendels, Netherlands statesman (b. 1762) *1819 - Mary Moser, painter (b. 1744) *1857 - Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (b. 1810) *1864 - Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer (b. 1791) *1957 - Joseph McCarthy, United States Senate (b. 1908) *1964 - Nancy Astor, first woman elected to the British Parliament (b. 1879) *1972 - J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI (b. 1895) *1980 - George P�l, director, producer (b. 1908) *1982 - Hugh Marlowe, American actor *1989 - Giuseppe Cardinal Siri, a senior cardinal (b. 1906) *1983 - Norm Van Brocklin, American football star *1990 - David Rappaport, English actor (b. 1951) *1992 - Wilbur Mills, American politician *1995 - Michael Hordern, English actor (b. 1911) *1997 - John Carew Eccles, Nobel Prize winner (b. 1903) *1998 - hide (musician), musician (b. 1964) *1998 - Gene Raymond, American actor *1999 - Oliver Reed, actor (b. 1938) *2001 - Ted Rogers, British comedian *2002 - John Nathan-Turner, English television producer (b. 1947) *2002 - W. T. Tutte, codebreaker and mathematician (b. 1917) *2005 - Kenneth Clark (psychologist), Psychologist (b. 1914) *2005 - Wee Kim Wee, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915) ==Holidays and observances== *Poland - Flag Day, an official Holidays in Poland 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 *Islam - Muhammad's Birthday (2004) *Baha'i Faith: Last day of the Festival of Ridv�n *Madrid Region - Day of the Region. *College Board's Advanced Placement Program Testing Begins == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/2 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.tnl.net/when/5/2 Today in History: May 2] ---- May 1 - May 3 - April 2 - June 2 – historical anniversaries ga:2 Bealtaine ka:2 მაისი la:2 Maii ml:മേയ് 2 scn:2 di maiu simple:May 2 th:2 พฤษภาคม

May 2

--User:Maveric149 23:35, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC) Template:May 2 selected anniversaries - Template talk:May 2 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:May_2_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- This Event does not seem to relate to 2nd May in any way: *1829 - After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of the HMS Challenger, declared the Swan River Colony in Australia. Can the dates be confirmed by anyone? I've not yet removed it from 2nd May. �During most of his lifetime Bing celebrated May 2, 1904 as his birthdate. After Bing's death in 1977 a Tacoma priest disclosed Roman Catholic Church baptismal records that revealed Bing's actual birthdate. Contemporary newspaper reports of Bing's birth also confirm the date as May 3, 1903: "The Tacoma Daily News Wednesday, May 6, 1903: "Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Crosby are receiving congratulations on the arrival of a son at their household May 3." Tacoma Daily Ledger, Thursday May 7, 1903: "A little son arrived May 3 in the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Crosby".� Source: http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/pennvalley/biology/lewis/crosby/born.htm ---- I removed the following: *1940 - The British passenger liner ''City of Exeter'' encounters the German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis, but without incident. Is it that significant to list on May 2? User:Kingturtle 03:59, 3 May 2005 (UTC) considering what happened the next day, probably... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_auxiliary_cruiser_Atlantis User:JohannesGerardusKlabbers *Then this incident should be placed on May 3, not May 2. User:Kingturtle 01:43, 11 May 2005 (UTC) ---- If No Pants Day is always on the first Friday in May then No Pants Day 2005 will be on May 6?
User:JohannesGerardusKlabbers :Fixed that. --User:Christopherlin 04:40, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

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