Editing May 2 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1906]] &ndash; Closing ceremony of the [[1906 Intercalated Games|Intercalated Games]] in [[Athens]], Greece.
*[[1920]] &ndash; The first game of the [[Negro National League (1920–31)|Negro National League baseball]] is played in [[Indianapolis]].
*[[1933]] &ndash; Germany's independent labor unions are replaced by the [[German Labour Front]].
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Following the ''[[1941 Iraqi coup d'état|coup d'état]]'' against [[Iraq]] Crown Prince [['Abd al-Ilah]] earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the [[Anglo-Iraqi War]] to restore him to power.
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Soviet Union]] announces the [[Battle of Berlin|fall of Berlin]].
*  1945   &ndash; World War II: The [[surrender of Caserta]] comes into effect, by which German troops in Italy cease fighting.
*  1945   &ndash; World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates [[Wöbbelin concentration camp]] finding 1,000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death.
*  1945   &ndash; World War II: A [[Death marches (Holocaust)#Dachau to the Austrian border|death march]] from [[Dachau concentration camp|Dachau]] to the Austrian border is halted by the segregated, all-[[Nisei]] [[442nd Infantry Regiment (United States)#522nd Field Artillery Battalion|522nd Field Artillery Battalion]] of the U.S. Army in southern Bavaria, saving several hundred prisoners.
*[[1952]] &ndash; A [[De Havilland Comet]] makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to [[Johannesburg]].
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Berthold Seliger]] launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than {{Convert|100|km}} near [[Cuxhaven]]. It is the only [[sounding rocket]] developed in Germany.
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: [[Attack on USNS Card|An explosion]] sinks the American aircraft carrier USNS ''Card'' while it is docked at Saigon. Two Viet Cong [[Frogman|combat swimmers]] had placed explosives on the ship's hull. She is raised and returned to service less than seven months later.
*  1964   &ndash; [[First ascent]] of [[Shishapangma]], the fourteenth highest [[mountain]] in the world and the lowest of the [[Eight-thousander]]s.
*[[1969]] &ndash; The British ocean liner ''[[Queen Elizabeth 2]]'' departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[ALM Flight 980]] [[Water landing|ditches]] in the [[Caribbean Sea]] near [[Saint Croix]], killing 23.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-33CF N935F St. Croix, Virgin Islands [Caribbean Sea] |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19700502-0 |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]] |archive-date=2020-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407013103/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19700502-0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; In the early morning hours a fire breaks out at the [[Sunshine Mine (Idaho)|Sunshine Mine]] located between Kellogg and Wallace, Idaho, killing 91 workers.
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Falklands War]]: The British [[nuclear submarine]] {{HMS|Conqueror|S48|6}} sinks the [[Argentina|Argentine]] cruiser [[ARA General Belgrano|ARA ''General Belgrano'']].
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Chernobyl disaster]]: The City of [[Chernobyl]] is evacuated six days after the disaster.
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: Hungary begins [[Removal of Hungary's border fence with Austria|dismantling its border fence with Austria]], which allows a number of [[East Germany|East Germans]] to defect.
*[[1995]] &ndash; During the [[Croatian War of Independence]], the [[Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina]] [[Zagreb rocket attacks|fires cluster bombs]] at [[Zagreb]], killing seven and wounding over 175 civilians.
*[[1998]] &ndash; The [[European Central Bank]] is founded in [[Brussels]] in order to define and execute the [[European Union]]'s monetary policy.
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[1999 Panamanian general election|Panamanian general election]]: [[Mireya Moscoso]] becomes the first woman to be elected [[President of Panama]].
*[[2000]] &ndash; President [[Bill Clinton]] announces that accurate [[Global Positioning System|GPS]] access would no longer be restricted to the [[United States Armed Forces|United States military]].
*[[2004]] &ndash; The [[Yelwa massacre]] concludes. It began on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims killed 78 Christians at [[Yelwa]], Nigeria. In response, about 630 Muslims were killed by Christians on May 2.
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Cyclone Nargis]] makes landfall in [[Burma]] killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
*  2008   &ndash; [[Chaitén (volcano)|Chaitén Volcano]] begins erupting in [[Chile]], forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Osama bin Laden]], the suspected mastermind behind the [[September 11 attacks]] and the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]]'s most wanted man, is [[Killing of Osama bin Laden|killed]] by the [[United States Navy SEALs]] in [[Abbottabad]], Pakistan.
*  2011   &ndash; An [[2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak|E. coli outbreak]] strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others are taken ill.
*[[2012]] &ndash; A [[pastel]] version of ''[[The Scream]]'', by Norwegian painter [[Edvard Munch]], sells for $120&nbsp;million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Vogel|first=Carol|date=2012-05-03|title='The Scream' Is Auctioned for a Record $119.9 Million|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/03/arts/design/the-scream-sells-for-nearly-120-million-at-sothebys-auction.html|access-date=2021-05-22|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2021-05-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522153632/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/03/arts/design/the-scream-sells-for-nearly-120-million-at-sothebys-auction.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[2014 Badakhshan mudslides|Two mudslides]] in [[Badakhshan]], Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing.