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:
- 1670 - The Hudsons Bay Company is formed in England.
- 1885 - Good Housekeeping magazine went on sale for the first time.
- 1939 - Lou Gehrig established a new major-league baseball record when he played his 2,130th game. It would take another 57 years before Cal Ripken Jr. broke it.
- 1945 - The Soviet Union announced the fall of Berlin.
- 1955 - Tennessee Williams won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
- 1969 - The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth II departed on her maiden voyage to New York.
- 1970 - The Ohio National Guard arrives at Kent State University in response to arson on an ROTC building.
- 1997 - The Labour Party's Tony Blair became Prime Minister of Britain, ending 18 years of conservative rule. At 44, he was the youngest prime minister in 185 years.
Births:
- 1660 - Alessandro Scarlatti, composer (+ 1725)
- 1729 - Catherine II of Russia, empress of Russia (+ 1796)
- 1772 - Novalis, poet (+ 1801)
- 1886 - Gottfried Benn, lyricist, dramatist, narrator and essayist (+ 1956)
- 1892 - Baron Von Richtofen (The Red Baron) (+ 1918)
- 1903 - Dr. Benjamin Spock
- 1904 - Bing Crosby, actor and singer (+ 1977)
- 1912 - Axel Cäsar Springer, publisher (+ 1985)
- 1921 - Satyajit Ray, Indian director
- 1924 - James Baldwin, American author
- 1936 - Englebert Humperdink
- 1975 - David Beckham, English footballer
Deaths:
- 1934 - Paul von Hindenburg, German chancellor
- 1957 - Sen. Joseph McCarthy
- 1972 - J. Edgar Hoover - Director of the FBI
Holidays and Observances:
See Also:
May 1 - May 3 - April 2 - June 2 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December