May 2 in history
Events on May 2
Notable events that happened on May 2 in past years.
- 2014
Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing.
Wikipedia article: 2014 Badakhshan mudslides - 2011
An E. coli outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others are taken ill.
Wikipedia article: 2011 Germany E. coli O104:H4 outbreak - 2000
President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
Wikipedia article: Bill Clinton - 1995
During the Croatian War of Independence, the Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina fires cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing seven and wounding over 175 civilians.
Wikipedia article: Croatian War of Independence - 1982
Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.
Wikipedia article: Falklands War - 1964
Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the American aircraft carrier USNS Card while it is docked at Saigon. Two Viet Cong combat swimmers had placed explosives on the ship's hull. She is raised and returned to service less than seven months later.
Wikipedia article: Vietnam War - 1952
A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
Wikipedia article: De Havilland Comet - 1945
World War II: A death march from Dachau to the Austrian border is halted by the segregated, all-Nisei 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the U.S. Army in southern Bavaria, saving several hundred prisoners.
Wikipedia article: Death marches during the Holocaust - 1920
The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
Wikipedia article: Negro National League (1920–1931) - 1885
Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
Wikipedia article: Cree - 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.
Wikipedia article: American Civil War - 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.
Wikipedia article: Peninsular War - 1611
The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.
Wikipedia article: King James Version - 1388
The surrender of the Acropolis of Athens to Nerio Acciaioli ends the Catalan presence in the Duchy of Athens.
- 1194
King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first royal charter.
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