Monday May 02, 2005

Historical Events

• Pontiac Grand Am's car is no longer produced at the Lansing Car Assembly plant, which dates back to 100 years.
• The U.S. State Department withheld data from its annual report on terrorist activity. It shows a sharp rise in terrorist attacks in 2004.
• One soldier from Israel and one leader of Islamic Jihad were killed in an Israeli raid on Tulkarm. He was shot to death along with three members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. These three men were believed to be part of the cell that was involved in the Tel Aviv "Stage", club bombing in Feb 2005. Shafiq Abdul Rani was the leader of Jihad Cell in Tulkarm and was shot dead. Another militant was also taken into custody.
• Three Qassam rockets were fired by Palestinian militants at the Israeli settlement of Sderot. There were no injuries.
• As protest against Ariel Sharon’s unilateral disengagement plan, the Israeli Minister of Jerusalem & Diaspora Affairs Natan Sharansky quit from government. (Haaretz),
• A large explosion at a Pagja, Afghanistan munitions dump 50 miles north from Kabul, reportedly killed dozens of people.
• After being wounded in hostile action in Al Amarah's southern town, Anthony John Wakefield, a Newcastle upon Tyne Guardsman, was killed in Iraq. This brings the number of UK soldiers killed in the conflict in Iraq to 87.
• The largest European manufacturer of sporting goods, Adidas-Salomon, sold its Salomon Division to Finnish company Amer Sports for 485 million Euros. CNN News
• Two communist parliamentarians, Madhav Kumar Nepal (and Amrit Bohara) were released from house arrest by the government of Nepal.
• Togo's opposition party Union of Forces for Change has refused to join a new government. Faure Gnassingbe is accused of electoral fraud. Around 12,000 people fled violence in Togo and Benin. The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, attempts to mediate.
• New York: Foreign ministers meet to discuss the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
• Cairo terrorist attacks: Around 200 people were brought into Egypt by the police to be interrogated following Saturday's terrorist attacks in Cairo. The attacks left 10 people injured and three militants dead.
• Prosecutors in Germany demand an 8-year sentence for Martin Weise, a neo-nazi leader, and three other defendants.
• Former Haitian prime Minister Yvon Nepune demanded that the current government retract its claim that he orchestrated a massacre in February 2004. Neptune is on a 15-day hunger strike and refuses to be treated.
• Three buildings collapsed in Lahore (Pakistan) after a gas cylinder explosion. At least 16 people were killed.
• Skylark, a British rocket, makes its final launch.
• David Crane, United Nations chief prosecutor for Sierra Leone's war crime court, claims that Charles Taylor (ex-president of Liberia) is still plotting the assassination of Lansana Conte. Since January's assassination attempt, Conte has been admitted to a hospital.
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See also

What happened on May 02 in history? Find out the list of May 2nd major events

What was 2005 famous for? Discover everything about 2005

Who died on May 02, 2005?

• Wee Kim Wee

  4th President of Singapore (Born 1915).

• Kenneth B Clark

  American psychologist (Born 1914).

• Theofiel Middelkamp
• Serge Berg
• Renée Faure
• Bob Hunter
• Raisa Struchkova

Other May 2nd famous deaths

• Martin Bormann

  German Nazi official, one of the most powerful but least known Nazis; he was called "Hitler's evil genius.

• Lynn Redgrave

  British-American actress and noted family, the daughter of actor Sir Michael Redgrave (born 3/20/1908, Bristol) and his wife, actress Rachel...

• Dorothea Binz

  Nazi war criminal (Born 1920).

• Caryl Chessman

  American homicide; called the "Red Light Bandit" as he would flash a red light on his car to stop people, pretending to be a cop, rape the...

See all famous people who died on May 2nd

Western Zodiac - Astrological Sign

Taurus

Taurus personality

Who should a Taurus marry?

Babies born in May are either Taurus or Gemini. People born before May 20th are Taurus, while people born from May 21st have the sign of Gemini

Personality of May born

Chinese Zodiac

Rooster

The day of the week was Monday.

May 2nd marks the 121st day of the Gregorian calendar for the year 2005.

There are 243 days remaining until the end of the year. Calculate the number of days between two dates.

May 2005 calendar

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
2. The Game - Hate It Or Love It
3. 50 Cent - Candy Shop
4. Akon - Lonely
5. Ciara - Oh

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Akon - Lonely
2. Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo
3. Snoop Dogg featuring Charlie Wilson & Justin Timberlake - Signs
4. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc
5. Bodyrockers - I Like The Way

Top #5 R&B songs

1. Bobby Valentino - Slow Down
2. Fantasia - Truth Is
3. Ciara Featuring Ludacris - Oh
4. Amerie - 1 Thing
5. 112 Featuring Foxy Brown - U Already Know

Top #5 Latin songs

1. Juanes - La Camisa Negra
2. Jimena - En Soledad
3. Intocable - Aire
4. Conjunto Primavera - Hoy Como Ayer
5. Frankie J Featuring Baby Bash - Obsesion (No Es Amor)

Bundesliga 2

• Erzgebirge Aue - FC Koln : 1 - 2

Premier League

• West Brom - Arsenal : 0 - 2

Serie B

• Catanzaro - Empoli : 2 - 3

Liga I

• Guimaraes - Penafiel : 2 - 1

Stock Markets

• ExxonMobil XOM: opens at $57.00
• Apple AAPL: opens at $36.21
• Microsoft MSFT: opens at $25.23
• General Electric GE: opens at $36.08
• International Business Machines IBM: opens at $76.88

Exchange Rates

• 1 USD = 105.11 JPY
• 1 USD = 1.2544 CAD
• 1 USD = 1.1985 CHF
• 1 EUR = 135.07 JPY
• 1 EUR = 0.678 GBP