What happened this day in history May 2

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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