May 2

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on May 2. From 1900 until now. May 2 is under the sign of Taurus. Famous birthdays on this day include King Faisal (1935), David Beckham (1975) and Dwayne Johnson (1972). Several movies were released around May 2 over the years, such as City of God in 2002 directed by Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund and L.A. Confidential in 1997 directed by Curtis Hanson.
But much more happened on May 2 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Saint Zoe
Saint Mafalda
Saint Waldebert, Walbert or Gaubert
Saint Germanus
Saints Exuperius and Zoe
Saint Boris
Saint Athanasius
Indonesia - Indonesia National Education Day
Iran - Teacher's Day
Slovenia - second day of Labour Day
Madrid Region - Day of the Region.
Bah�'f Faith: Last day of the Festival of Ridv�n
Poland - Flag Day, an official holiday to honour the Flag of Poland
saint tsar Boris
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Events

2019 2019 North Indian Ocean cyclone season: Evacuation of approximately 800,000 people is underway as Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Fani heads toward the Indian state of Odisha (formerly Orissa) and is expected to make landfall Friday with wind speeds in excess of 200 km/h (127 mph). (BBC)
2018 Basque conflict: Basque separatist group ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna), which waged an insurgency against Spain between 1959 and 2011, announces its complete dissolution. (The Guardian)
2017 Syrian Civil War: According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 38 people are killed, including civilians and Syrian Democratic Forces fighters, after ISIL militants attack a camp for displaced Syrian and Iraqi refugees near Al-Shaddadah, Al-Hasakah Governorate. (BBC)
2016 Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017): Three bombings in and around Baghdad kill at least 14, including Shiite pilgrims, and injure more than 30. (Reuters via Trust) (Washington Post) (Reuters)
2015 2015 West African offensive: The Nigerian Armed Forces announce they rescued another 234 women and girls from Boko Haram control in the Sambisa Forest on April 30. (AP)
2014 Syrian Civil War (Siege of Homs):: A 24-hour ceasefire deal is reached in Syria's city of Homs allowing rebels to withdraw from their last stronghold in the central city. (BBC) (Reuters)
2013 The Chad government announces that it foiled a coup attempt that "had been in preparation for several months." (Reuters)
2012 A pastel version of ''The Scream'', by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for US$120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for an auctioned work of art.
2011 Osama Bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man, is killed by US Special Forces.
2010 The eurozone and the International Monetary Fund agree to a €110 billion bailout package for Greece. The package involves sharp Greek austerity measures.
2009 The Pilgrim's Plunge water ride opens at Holiday World in Indiana, USA, the world's largest water ride drop at 131 feet high and 45-degree slope.
2008 Marvel Entertainment releases the film Iron Man to theaters in the USA. Marvel produced the film itself, at a cost of about US$150 million plus US$75 million in marketing.
2007 Gunmen in Afghanistan kill Abdul Sabur Farid, a member of the House of Elders and former Prime Minister. (BBC)
2006 Nepal's new cabinet is unveiled. (New York Times)
2005 The Pontiac Grand Am car ceases production at the 100 year-old Lansing Car Assembly plant.
2004 Yelwa massacre of more than 630 nomad Muslims by Christians in Nigeria.
2003 The Monkeyman superhero hoax begins in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK.
2002 Marad massacre of eight Hindus near Palakkad in Kerala.
2000 President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
1999 Norman J. Sirnic and Karen Sirnic are murdered by the serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz in a parsonage in Weimar, Texas (his fourth and fifth victims in his fourth slaying incident).
1998 The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy.
1997 Police arrest transsexual hooker Atisone Seiuli with Eddie Murphy
1995 Hamlet opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 121 performances
1994 Michael Bolton found plagurized Isley Bros Love is Wonderful Thing
1993 Tango Passion closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances
1992 High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club opens at H Hayes NYC 14 performances
1990 Some Americans Abroad opens at Vivian Beaumont NYC for 62 performances
1988 Baltimore Orioles sign a 15-year lease to remain in Baltimore and get a new park.
1987 113th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 2:03.4.
1986 Dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II.
1985 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1984 Sunday in the Park with George opens at Booth NYC for 604 performances
1983 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga, California
1982 Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men
1981 Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes
1980 Joseph Doherty and three other Irish Republican Army men arrested for murder.
1979 Quadrophenia premieres in London
1978 NBA championship: Portland Trail Blazers win in four games.
1977 King & I opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances
1976 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic.
1975 Apple Records closes down.
1974 Former VP Spiro Agnew disbarred
1973 Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sells a US 1868 3-cent rose George Washington postage stamp with "B" grill embossing for US$23,000 The stamp is one of four known; this is the first time one is sold at public auction.
1972 Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine - 126 die (Kellogg, Idaho, USA).
1971 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open.
1970 1st woman jockey at Kentucky Derby (Diane Crump)
1969 The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
1968 22nd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 2.
1966 Pulitzer prize awarded Arthur M Schlesinger Jr (Thousand Days)
1965 New Faces of 1965 opens at Booth Theater NYC for 52 performances
1964 90th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 2:00.
1962 OAS strikes in Algeria
1960 Harry Belafonte 2nd Carnegie Hall performance
1959 85th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Tomy Lee wins in 2:02.2.
1957 Vincent Gigante fails to assassinate mafioso Frank Costello in Manhattan.
1956 US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus.
1955 Pulitzer prize awarded Tennessee Williams for (Cat on Hot Tin Roof)
1954 Stan Musial hits five homeruns in a doubleheader.
1953 79th Kentucky Derby: Hank Moreno aboard Dark Star wins in 2:02.
1952 1st scheduled jet airliner passenger service began with a BOAC Comet
1950 Carlo Terrons Giuditta, premieres in Milan
1949 Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for Death of a Salesman
1947 The movie ''Miracle on 34th Street'', a Christmastime classic, is first shown in theaters.
1946 Prisoners begin revolt at Alcatraz prison in California.
1945 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen
1944 WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in NYC (DUM / MET / FOX) 1st broadcast
1943 German troops vacate Jefna Tunisia.
1942 68th Kentucky Derby: Wayne D Wright aboard Shut Out wins in 2:04.4.
1941 FCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1
1939 Vyacheslav Molotov succeeds Maxim Litvinov as Soviet Foreign Commissar.
1938 Ella Fitzgerald records A-Tisket, A-Tasket
1936 Peter & Wolf premieres in Moscow
1933 In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions.
1932 Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S Buck (Good Earth)
1930 Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 in baseball to open first ballpark with permanently installed lights.
1928 KPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions
1927 Pulitzer prize awarded to Louis Bromfield (Early Autumn)
1926 US military intervenes in Nicaragua
1924 Netherlands refuses to recognize USSR.
1923 Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats New York Yankees 3-0.
1922 WBAP-AM begins broadcasting from Fort Worth Texas.
1920 The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis, Indiana.
1918 General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
1916 US President Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act.
1915 Old Fordham Road in the Bronx renamed Landing Road.
1909 Honus Wagner steals his way around bases in first inning against Chicago Cubs.
1907 Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian Government.
1906 32nd Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Troxler aboard Sir Huon wins in 2:08.8.
1905 French newspapers publish lists of Jules Vernes unpublished work.
1903 29th Kentucky Derby: Hal Booker aboard Judge Himes wins in 2:09.
1902 A Trip To The Moon, the 1st science fiction film released
1900 George Bernard Shaws "You Never Can Tell" premieres in London.
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