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.
- 1536 –Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.
- 1568 –Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle.
- 1672 –John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.
- 1829 –After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of the HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia.
- 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 –Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
- 1885 –The Congo Free State is established by King Léopold II of Belgium.
- 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.
- 1945 –World War II: Italian Campaign – General Heinrich von Vietinghoff signs the official instrument of surrender of all Wehrmacht forces in Italy.
- 1946 –The “Battle of Alcatraz” takes place, killing two guards and three inmates.
- 1963 –Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres near Cuxhaven. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.
- 1964 –Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the USS Card while docked at Saigon. Viet Cong forces are suspected of placing a bomb on the ship.
- 1972 –In the early morning hours a fire broke out at the Sunshine mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, ID, killing 91 workers.
- 1995 –During the Croatian War of Independence, Serb forces fire cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing 7 and wounding over 175 civilians.
- 1999 –Panamanian election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
- 2008 –Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
- 2011 –The 2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak.
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