What are the important events that happened on May 2? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
May 2: Facts & Myths About This Day
May 2 is the 123rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 243 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 19, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,576,800 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaicosatrigon’ day.
Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 272 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,150 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 2 Historical Events
1194 –
King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.
1536 –
Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.
1559 –
John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the beginning Scottish Reformation.
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.
1876 –
The April Uprising breaks out in Bulgaria.
1885 –
Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time.
1998 –
The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union’s monetary policy.
2002 –
Marad massacre of eight Hindus near Palakkad in Kerala.
2008 –
Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Myanmar killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
2011 –
The 2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak.
Who were born on May 2?
1737 –
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)
1808 –
Emma Wedgwood, English naturalist, wife of Charles Darwin, (d. 1896)
1873 –
Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1944)
1887 –
Eddie Collins, American baseball player (d. 1951)
1903 –
Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and author (d. 1998)
1928 –
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, third king of Bhutan (d. 1972)
1931 –
Phil Bruns, American actor
1950 –
Lou Gramm, American vocalist (Foreigner)
1962 –
Elizabeth Berridge, American actress
1986 –
Emily Hart, American actress
Who died on May 2?
1450 –
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)
1519 –
Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor and painter (b. 1452)
1984 –
Jack Barry, television game show producer and host (b. 1918)
1985 –
Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1909)
1989 –
Giuseppe Siri, Italian Catholic Cardinal (b. 1906)
1998 –
Gene Raymond, American actor (b. 1908)
1999 –
Oliver Reed, English actor (b. 1938)
2005 –
Wee Kim Wee, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915)
2009 –
Jack Kemp, American politician, former American football player (b. 1935)
2009 –
Kiyoshiro Imawano, Japanese musician (b. 1951)
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