About May 2
May 2, 2024 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.
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Taurus is the sun 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.
What Happened On May 2
- 1194 –King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.
- 1559 –John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the beginning Scottish Reformation.
- 1611 –King James Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.
- 1670 –King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson’s Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.
- 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.
- 1876 –The April Uprising breaks out in Bulgaria.
- 1885 –Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time.
- 1885 –Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
- 1889 –Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, which gives Italy control over Eritrea.
- 1918 –General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
- 1932 –Comedian Jack Benny’s radio show airs for the first time.
- 1945 –World War II: Italian Campaign – General Heinrich von Vietinghoff signs the official instrument of surrender of all Wehrmacht forces in Italy.
- 1952 –The world’s first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden flight, from London to Johannesburg.
- 1969 –The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
- 1995 –During the Croatian War of Independence, Serb forces fire cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing 7 and wounding over 175 civilians.
- 1998 –The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union’s monetary policy.
- 1999 –Panamanian election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
- 2000 –President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
- 2008 –Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
- 2008 –Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Myanmar killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
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