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{{Redirect|2 May|the Romanian village|2 Mai}} {{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1194]] – King [[Richard I of England]] gives [[Portsmouth]] its first [[royal charter]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wallis |first1=Steve |title=Secret Portsmouth |date=2016 |publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited |isbn=978-1-4456-5517-8 |page=7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3mbWDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT7 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1230]] – [[William de Braose (died 1230)|William de Braose]] is hanged by Prince [[Llywelyn the Great]]. *[[1536]] – [[Anne Boleyn]], [[Queen consort|Queen of England]], is arrested and imprisoned on charges of [[adultery]], [[incest]], [[treason]] and [[witchcraft]]. *[[1559]] – [[John Knox]] returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent [[Scottish Reformation]]. *[[1568]] – [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], escapes from [[Lochleven Castle]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mary Queen of Scots: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/maryqos.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=1 May 2020 |archive-date=5 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705113933/https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/maryqos.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1611]] – The [[King James Version]] of the [[Bible]] is published for the first time in London, England, by printer [[Robert Barker (printer)|Robert Barker]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/this-day-history-may-2-1611-king-james-bible-published-revolution-american-colonies | title=On this day in history, May 2, 1611, King James Bible published, helped fuel revolution in American colonies | website=[[Fox News]] | date=May 2023 }}</ref> *[[1625]] – [[Afonso Mendes]], appointed by [[Pope Gregory XV]] as [[Latin Patriarchate of Ethiopia|Latin Patriarch of Ethiopia]], arrives at [[Beilul]] from [[Goa]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dtYWAAAAQAAJ |title=The Travels of the Jesuits in Ethiopia |last=Telles |first=Balthazar |date=1710 |publisher=J. Knapton |pages=225}}</ref> *[[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. *[[1808]] – Outbreak of the [[Peninsular War]]: The people of [[Madrid]] [[Dos de Mayo Uprising|rise up in rebellion]] against French occupation. [[Francisco de Goya]] later memorializes this event in his painting ''[[The Second of May 1808]]''. *[[1812]] – The [[Siege of Cuautla]] during the [[Mexican War of Independence]] ends with both sides claiming victory. *[[1829]] – After anchoring nearby, Captain [[Charles Fremantle]] of {{HMS|Challenger|1826|6}}, 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. *[[1866]] – [[Peruvian]] defenders fight off the Spanish fleet at the [[Battle of Callao]]. *[[1876]] – The [[April Uprising]] breaks out in [[Ottoman Bulgaria]]. *[[1885]] – [[Cree]] and [[Assiniboine]] warriors win the [[Battle of Cut Knife]], their largest victory over Canadian forces during the [[North-West Rebellion]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://teaching.usask.ca/indigenoussk/import/cut_knife_hill_battle_of.php | title=Cut Knife Hill, Battle of - Indigenous Saskatchewan Encyclopedia }}</ref> *[[1889]] – [[Menelik II]], Emperor of [[Ethiopia]], signs the [[Treaty of Wuchale]], giving Italy control over [[Eritrea]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Treaty-of-Wichale | title=Treaty of Wichale | Abyssinia, Menelik II, Italy | Britannica }}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1906]] – Closing ceremony of the [[1906 Intercalated Games|Intercalated Games]] in [[Athens]], Greece. *[[1920]] – The first game of the [[Negro National League (1920–31)|Negro National League baseball]] is played in [[Indianapolis]]. *[[1933]] – Germany's independent labor unions are replaced by the [[German Labour Front]]. *[[1941]] – [[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]] – World War II: The [[Soviet Union]] announces the [[Battle of Berlin|fall of Berlin]]. * 1945 – World War II: The [[surrender of Caserta]] comes into effect, by which German troops in Italy cease fighting. * 1945 – World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates [[Wöbbelin concentration camp]] finding 1,000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death. * 1945 – 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]] – A [[De Havilland Comet]] makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to [[Johannesburg]]. *[[1963]] – [[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]] – [[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 – [[First ascent]] of [[Shishapangma]], the fourteenth highest [[mountain]] in the world and the lowest of the [[Eight-thousander]]s. *[[1969]] – The British ocean liner ''[[Queen Elizabeth 2]]'' departs on her maiden voyage to New York City. *[[1970]] – [[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]] – 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]] – [[Falklands War]]: The British [[nuclear submarine]] {{HMS|Conqueror|S48|6}} sinks the [[Argentina|Argentine]] cruiser [[ARA General Belgrano|ARA ''General Belgrano'']]. *[[1986]] – [[Chernobyl disaster]]: The City of [[Chernobyl]] is evacuated six days after the disaster. *[[1989]] – [[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]] – 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]] – The [[European Central Bank]] is founded in [[Brussels]] in order to define and execute the [[European Union]]'s monetary policy. *[[1999]] – [[1999 Panamanian general election|Panamanian general election]]: [[Mireya Moscoso]] becomes the first woman to be elected [[President of Panama]]. *[[2000]] – 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]] – 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]] – [[Cyclone Nargis]] makes landfall in [[Burma]] killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless. * 2008 – [[Chaitén (volcano)|Chaitén Volcano]] begins erupting in [[Chile]], forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people. *[[2011]] – [[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 – 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]] – A [[pastel]] version of ''[[The Scream]]'', by Norwegian painter [[Edvard Munch]], sells for $120 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]] – [[2014 Badakhshan mudslides|Two mudslides]] in [[Badakhshan]], Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing. ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1360]] – [[Yongle Emperor]] of China (d. 1424) *[[1402]] – [[Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal]] (d. 1445) *[[1451]] – [[René II, Duke of Lorraine]] (d. 1508) *[[1458]] – [[Eleanor of Viseu]] (d. 1525) *[[1476]] – [[Charles I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels]], Count of Kladsko, Governor of Bohemia and Silesia (d. 1536) *[[1533]] – [[Philip II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen]] (d. 1596) *[[1551]] – [[William Camden]], English historian and topographer (d. 1623) *[[1567]] – [[Sebald de Weert]], Dutch captain, vice-admiral of the Dutch East India Company (d. 1603) *[[1579]] – [[Tokugawa Hidetada]], Japanese shōgun (d. 1632) ===1601–1900=== *[[1601]] – [[Athanasius Kircher]], German priest and scholar (d. 1680) *[[1660]] – [[Alessandro Scarlatti]], Italian composer (d. 1725) *[[1695]] – [[Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni]], Italian-French painter and architect (d. 1766)<ref>{{cite web |title=Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni {{!}} French theatrical designer and architect {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giovanni-Niccolo-Servandoni |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=2 May 2022 |language=en |archive-date=2 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502161711/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giovanni-Niccolo-Servandoni |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1702]] – [[Friedrich Christoph Oetinger]], German theologian and theosopher (d. 1782) *[[1707]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Barrière]], French cellist and composer (d. 1747) *[[1729]] – [[Catherine the Great]] of Russia (d. 1796) *[[1737]] – [[William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne]], Irish-English politician, [[Prime Minister of Great Britain]] (d. 1805)<ref>{{cite web |title=History of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/william-petty-2nd-earl-of-shelburne |website=www.gov.uk |access-date=1 July 2023 |language=en |archive-date=8 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708145542/https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/william-petty-2nd-earl-of-shelburne |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1740]] – [[Elias Boudinot]], American lawyer and politician, 10th [[President of the Continental Congress]] (d. 1821) *[[1750]] – [[John André]], English soldier and spy (d. 1780) *[[1752]] – [[Ludwig August Lebrun]], German [[oboe]] player and composer (d. 1790) *[[1754]] – [[Vicente Martín y Soler]], Spanish composer (d. 1806) *[[1772]] – [[Novalis]], German author and poet (d. 1801) *[[1773]] – [[Henrik Steffens]], Norwegian philosopher and poet (d. 1845) *[[1797]] – [[Abraham Pineo Gesner]], Canadian physician and geologist (d. 1864) *[[1802]] – [[Heinrich Gustav Magnus]], German chemist and physicist (d. 1870) *[[1806]] – [[Catherine Labouré]], French nun and saint (d. 1876) *[[1810]] – [[Hans Christian Lumbye]], Danish composer and conductor (d. 1874) *[[1813]] – [[Caroline Leigh Gascoigne]], English novelist and poet (d. 1883)<ref name="Thomas1915">{{cite book|last=Thomas|first=Joseph|title=Lippincott's Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RnwVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1080|edition=Public domain|year=1915|publisher=J. B. Lippincott Company|page=1080}}</ref> *[[1815]] – [[William Buell Richards]], Canadian lawyer and judge, 1st [[Chief Justice of Canada]] (d. 1889) *[[1822]] – [[Jane Miller Thengberg]], Scottish-Swedish governess and educator (d. 1902)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Mobil/Artikel/9352|title=Jane Miller Thengberg|website=sok.riksarkivet.se|access-date=2019-01-30|archive-date=2019-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131040623/https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Mobil/Artikel/9352|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1828]] – [[Désiré Charnay]], French archaeologist and photographer (d. 1915) *[[1830]] – [[Otto Staudinger]], German entomologist and author (d. 1900) *[[1844]] – [[Elijah McCoy]], Canadian-American engineer (d. 1929) *[[1859]] – [[Jerome K. Jerome]], English author and playwright (d. 1927) *[[1860]] – [[John Scott Haldane]], Scottish physiologist, physician, and academic (d. 1936) * 1860 – [[Theodor Herzl]], Austro-Hungarian Zionist philosopher, journalist and author (d. 1904) *[[1865]] – [[Clyde Fitch]], American playwright (d. 1909) *[[1867]] – [[Giuseppe Morello]], Italian-American mobster (d. 1930) *[[1872]] – [[Ichiyō Higuchi]], Japanese writer (d. 1896)<ref>{{cite book|first=Jay|last=Rubin|title=Modern Japanese Writers|location=New York|publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons|year=2001|page=122|isbn=978-0-68480-598-6}}</ref> *[[1873]] – [[Jurgis Baltrušaitis]], Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (d. 1944) *[[1879]] – [[James F. Byrnes]], American stenographer and politician, 49th [[United States Secretary of State]] (d. 1972) *[[1880]] – [[Bill Horr]], American football player, discus thrower, and coach (d. 1955) *[[1881]] – [[Harry J. Capehart]], American lawyer, politician, and businessperson (d. 1955)<ref name="WVAH 1">{{cite web |url= http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1096605&Type=Death |title= Death Record Detail: Harry J. Capehart |year= 2020 |publisher= West Virginia Archives and History, West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History |access-date= October 25, 2020 |archive-date= October 27, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201027163540/http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1096605&Type=Death |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name="Harris 1920 241">{{cite book | editor-last = Harris | editor-first = John T. | year = 1920 | title = West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register | publisher = The Tribune Printing Company | location = [[Charleston, West Virginia]] | oclc = 643874972 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tawGAQAAIAAJ | via = [[Google Books]] | archive-date = August 31, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200831124807/https://books.google.com/books?id=tawGAQAAIAAJ | url-status = live | page = 241}}</ref><ref name="Caldwell 1923 9">{{cite book | editor-last = Caldwell | editor-first = Arthur Bunyan | title = History of the American Negro | edition = West Virginia | volume = VII | publisher = A. B. Caldwell Publishing Company | location = Atlanta | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=SmXXAAAAMAAJ | year = 1923 | oclc = 1039670577 | access-date = October 26, 2020 | via = [[Google Books]] | page = 9}}</ref> *[[1882]] – [[Isabel González]], Puerto Rican activist who helped pave the way for Puerto Ricans' American citizenship (d. 1971) *[[1884]] – [[John Boland (South Dakota politician)|John Boland]], American politician (d. 1958)<ref>{{cite news |title=John Boland, Local Pioneer, Dies At 74 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/rapid-city-journal-john-boland-local-pi/149558133/ |access-date=June 19, 2024 |work=[[Rapid City Daily Journal]] |date=October 10, 1958 |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/article/rapid-city-journal-john-boland-local-pi/149558133/ 1], [https://www.newspapers.com/article/rapid-city-journal-john-boland/149558575/ 2] |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> *[[1885]] – [[Hedda Hopper]], American actress and gossip columnist (d. 1966) *[[1886]] – [[Gottfried Benn]], German author and poet (d. 1956) *[[1887]] – [[Vernon and Irene Castle|Vernon Castle]], English-American dancer (d. 1918) * 1887 – [[Eddie Collins]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1951) *[[1889]] – [[Ki Hajar Dewantara]], Indonesian philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 1959) *[[1890]] – [[E. E. Smith]], American engineer and author (d. 1965) *[[1892]] – [[Manfred von Richthofen]], German captain and pilot (d. 1918) *[[1894]] – [[Norma Talmadge]], American actress of the silent era (d. 1957)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Basinger |first1=Jeanine |title=Silent Stars |date=2000 |publisher=Wesleyan University Press. |isbn=0-8195-6451-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/silentstars00basi/page/181 181] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/silentstars00basi/page/181 }}</ref> * 1894 – [[Joseph Henry Woodger]], English biologist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1981) *[[1895]] – [[Lorenz Hart]], American playwright and lyricist (d. 1943) *[[1897]] – [[John Frederick Coots]], American songwriter (d. 1985) *[[1898]] – [[Henry Hall (bandleader)|Henry Hall]], English bandleader, composer, and actor (d. 1989) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Brian Aherne]], English actor (d. 1986) *[[1903]] – [[Benjamin Spock]], American pediatrician, activist, and author (d. 1998) *[[1905]] – [[Charlotte Armstrong]], American author (d. 1969) *[[1907]] – [[Pinky Lee]], American comedian and television host (d. 1993) *[[1910]] – [[Alexander Bonnyman Jr.]], American lieutenant, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1943) * 1910 – [[Edmund Bacon (architect)|Edmund Bacon]], American urban planner, architect, educator, and author (d. 2005) *[[1912]] – [[Axel Springer]], German journalist and publisher, founded [[Axel Springer AG]] (d. 1985) * 1912 – [[Marten Toonder]], Dutch comic strip creator (d. 2005) * 1912 – [[Nigel Patrick]], English actor and director (d. 1981) *[[1915]] – [[Doris Fisher (songwriter)|Doris Fisher]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2003) * 1915 – [[Peggy Mount]], English actress (d. 2001) *[[1917]] – [[Văn Tiến Dũng]], Vietnamese general and politician, 6th [[Minister of Defence (Vietnam)|Minister of Defence for Vietnam]] (d. 2002) *[[1921]] – [[B. B. Lal (archaeologist)|B. B. Lal]], Indian archaeologist (d. 2022) * 1921 – [[Satyajit Ray]], Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992) *[[1922]] – [[Roscoe Lee Browne]], American actor and director (d. 2007) * 1922 – [[A. M. Rosenthal]], Canadian-born American journalist and author (d. 2006) *[[1923]] – [[Patrick Hillery]], Irish physician and politician, 6th [[President of Ireland]] (d. 2008) *[[1924]] – [[Theodore Bikel]], Austrian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2015) * 1924 – [[Hugh Cortazzi]], English soldier, historian, and diplomat, [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Japan|British Ambassador to Japan]] (d. 2018) *[[1925]] – [[John Neville (actor)|John Neville]], English-Canadian actor (d. 2011) *[[1927]] – [[Ray Barrett]], Australian actor and singer (d. 2009) * 1927 – [[Michael Broadbent]], British wine critic and writer (d. 2020) *[[1929]] – [[Édouard Balladur]], Turkish-French economist and politician, 162nd [[Prime Minister of France]] * 1929 – [[Link Wray]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005) * 1929 – [[Jigme Dorji Wangchuck]], [[Druk Gyalpo]] of Bhutan (d. 1972) *[[1930]] – [[Yoram Kaniuk]], Israeli painter and critic (d. 2013) * 1930 – [[Marco Pannella]], Italian journalist and politician (d. 2016) *[[1931]] – [[Phil Bruns]], American actor and stuntman (d. 2012) *[[1933]] – [[Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf]], English lawyer and judge, [[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales]] *[[1935]] – [[Luis Suárez Miramontes]], Spanish footballer and manager (d. 2023) * 1935 – [[Faisal II of Iraq]], the last King of Iraq (d. 1958) *[[1936]] – [[Norma Aleandro]], Argentinian actress, director, and screenwriter * 1936 – [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]], English singer and pianist *[[1937]] – [[Lorenzo Music]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001) *[[1938]] – [[Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho]] (d. 1996) *[[1941]] – [[Clay Carroll]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Clay Carroll {{!}} Society for American Baseball Research |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/7fa1137e |website=sabr.org |access-date=1 May 2020 |archive-date=10 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910021140/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/7fa1137e |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Jacques Rogge]], Belgian businessman (d. 2021) *[[1943]] – [[Mustafa Nadarević]], Bosnian actor and film director (d. 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-22|title=Popular actor Mustafa Nadarević passes away in Zagreb|url=https://www.croatiaweek.com/popular-actor-mustafa-nadarevic-passes-away-in-zagreb/|access-date=2021-02-14|website=Croatia Week|language=en|archive-date=2020-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122152059/https://www.croatiaweek.com/popular-actor-mustafa-nadarevic-passes-away-in-zagreb/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Robert G. W. Anderson]], English chemist, historian, and curator *[[1945]] – [[Judge Dread]], English singer-songwriter (d. 1998) * 1945 – [[Bianca Jagger]], Nicaraguan-American model, actress, and activist *[[1946]] – [[Lesley Gore]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2015) * 1946 – [[David Suchet]], English actor *[[1947]] – [[James Dyson]], English businessman, founded the [[Dyson (company)|Dyson Company]] *[[1948]] – [[Larry Gatlin]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor *[[1949]] – [[Alan Titchmarsh]], English gardener and author * 1949 – [[Alfons Schuhbeck]], German [[celebrity chef]], author and businessman *[[1950]] – [[Frank Curry]], Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2022)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/frank-curry-jnr/summary.html|title=Frank Curry Jnr - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=Rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref> * 1950 – [[Duncan Gay]], Australian businessman and politician * 1950 – [[Lou Gramm]], American singer-songwriter *[[1951]] – [[John Glascock]], English singer and bass player (d. 1979) *[[1952]] – [[Chris Anderson (rugby league)|Chris Anderson]], Australian rugby league player and coach<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/chris-anderson/summary.html|title=Chris Anderson - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=Rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref> * 1952 – [[Christine Baranski]], American actress and singer *[[1953]] – [[Valery Gergiev]], Russian conductor and director * 1953 – [[Jamaal Wilkes]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web|title=Jamaal Wilkes|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/jamaal-wilkes|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=1 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524010606/http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/jamaal-wilkes|archive-date=24 May 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1954]] – [[Elliot Goldenthal]], American composer and conductor * 1954 – [[Dawn Primarolo]], English politician *[[1955]] – [[Willie Miller]], Scottish footballer * 1955 – [[Donatella Versace]], Italian fashion designer *[[1956]] – [[Régis Labeaume]], Canadian businessman and politician, 41st [[List of mayors of Quebec City|Mayor of Quebec City]] *[[1958]] – [[Yasushi Akimoto]], Japanese songwriter and producer * 1958 – [[David O'Leary]], English-Irish footballer and manager *[[1959]] – [[Tony Wakeford]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1960]] – [[Stephen Daldry]], English director and producer * 1960 – [[Royce Simmons]], Australian rugby league player and coach<ref>[http://rugbyleagueproject.com/players/Royce_Simmons.html Rugby League Project]</ref> *[[1962]] – [[Michael Grandage]], English director and producer * 1962 – [[Jimmy White]], English snooker player *[[1966]] – [[Belinda Stronach]], Canadian businesswoman, philanthropist, and politician *[[1967]] – [[Mika Brzezinski]], American journalist and author * 1967 – [[David Rocastle]], English footballer (d. 2001) *[[1968]] – [[Jeff Agoos]], American footballer * 1968 – [[Ziana Zain]], Malaysian singer-songwriter and actress *[[1969]] – [[Brian Lara]], Trinidadian cricketer *[[1971]] – [[Musashimaru Kōyō]], Samoan-American sumo wrestler, the 67th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] *[[1972]] – [[Dwayne Johnson]], American actor and wrestler *[[1973]] – [[Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck]], German director and screenwriter *[[1975]] – [[David Beckham]], English footballer, coach, and model * 1975 – [[Joe Wilkinson]], English comedian, actor and writer *[[1976]] – [[Jeff Gutt]], American singer-songwriter *[[1978]] – [[Kumail Nanjiani]], Pakistani-American actor, stand-up comedian, and screenwriter<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 26, 2021|title=Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 2–8|url=https://apnews.com/article/celebrity-nfl-arts-and-entertainment-tv-entertainment-9bcf2afdf3c0e5c80f28ac93b7fac69f|access-date=March 20, 2023|website=AP NEWS|language=en|archive-date=April 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426203027/https://apnews.com/article/celebrity-nfl-arts-and-entertainment-tv-entertainment-9bcf2afdf3c0e5c80f28ac93b7fac69f|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Tim Borowski]], German footballer * 1980 – [[Ellie Kemper]], American actress, comedian and writer * 1980 – [[Zat Knight]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=16418|title=Zat Knight|publisher=soccerbase.com|access-date=17 April 2020|archive-date=24 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724191638/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=16418|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Troy Murphy]], American basketball player * 1980 – [[Brad Richards]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1981]] – [[Robert Buckley]], American actor * 1981 – [[Chris Kirkland]], English footballer * 1981 – [[Tiago Mendes]], Portuguese footballer *[[1982]] – [[Johan Botha (cricketer)|Johan Botha]], South African cricketer *[[1983]] – [[Alessandro Diamanti]], Italian footballer * 1983 – [[Maynor Figueroa]], Honduran footballer * 1983 – [[Tina Maze]], Slovenian skier * 1983 – [[Daniel Sordo]], Spanish race car driver *[[1984]] – [[Saulius Mikoliūnas]], Lithuanian footballer * 1984 – [[Thabo Sefolosha]], Swiss basketball player *[[1985]] – [[Lily Allen]], English singer-songwriter and actress * 1985 – [[Kyle Busch]], American race car driver * 1985 – [[Ashley Harkleroad]], American tennis player * 1985 – [[Sarah Hughes]], American figure skater<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Hughes Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hu/sarah-hughes-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418092044/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hu/sarah-hughes-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=1 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Yasir Shah]], Pakistani cricketer<ref>{{cite web|title=Yasir Shah Cricinfo profile|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/43685.html|work=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=14 September 2011|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226144943/http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/43685.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Saara Aalto]], Finnish singer and actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2016/12/meri-sopanen-saara-aalto-girlfriend-fiancee-photos-pictures-instagram-engaged-married-who-is/|title=Meri Sopanen Photos: Pictures of Saara Aalto's Fiancée|publisher=[[heavy.com]]|access-date=2 November 2018|archive-date=3 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103091815/https://heavy.com/entertainment/2016/12/meri-sopanen-saara-aalto-girlfriend-fiancee-photos-pictures-instagram-engaged-married-who-is/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Nana Kitade]], Japanese singer-songwriter and actress * 1987 – [[Pat McAfee]], American sports analyst and football player * 1987 – [[Kris Russell]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1988]] – [[Neftalí Feliz]], Dominican baseball player *[[1990]] – [[Kay Panabaker]], American actress *1990 – [[Paul George]], American basketball player *[[1991]] – [[Jeong Jinwoon]], South Korean actor and singer * 1991 – [[Jonathan Villar]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jonathan Villar Stats |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jonathan-villar-542340 |website=mlb.com |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=6 May 2024}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Sunmi]], South Korean singer * 1992 – [[María Teresa Torró Flor]], Spanish tennis player *[[1993]] – [[Owain Doull]], Welsh track cyclist * 1993 – [[Isyana Sarasvati]], Indonesian singer * 1993 – [[Huang Zitao]], Chinese singer and rapper *[[1995]] – [[Lucy Dacus]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |last1=@lucydacus |title=good birthday |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C6hEbNWvSq4/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== |website=instagram.com |publisher=Instagram |access-date=6 May 2024}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Cherprang Areekul]], Thai singer * 1996 – [[Julian Brandt]], German footballer * 1996 – [[Schuyler Bailar]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bailar |first1=Schuyler |title=Schuyler Bailar (he/him) on Instagram: "I'm 24 today! I spent a while trying to figure out how to caption this but the reality is I'm just overwhelmed with gratitude. A lot of…" |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B_siPACH5MU/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B_siPACH5MU |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|website=Instagram |access-date=2 May 2020 |language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[BamBam]], Thai singer<ref>{{cite web|title=선미, 뱀뱀 5살차 무색한 우정 … "5월 2일 합동 생일 맞이 'BAM'" [TEN ★]|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/312/0000479465|work=TenAsia|date=3 May 2021|access-date=27 February 2025|language=ko}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Princess Charlotte of Wales (born 2015)|Princess Charlotte of Wales]], British royal, and third [[Succession to the British throne|in line]] to the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|British throne]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Davies |first1=Caroline |last2=Ratcliffe |first2=Rebecca |title=Royal baby: Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to baby girl |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/02/duchess-of-cambridge-gives-birth-to-baby-girl-prince-william |website=The Guardian |access-date=1 May 2020 |date=2 May 2015 |archive-date=23 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423053343/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/02/duchess-of-cambridge-gives-birth-to-baby-girl-prince-william |url-status=live }}</ref> <!--Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.--> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1203 BC|1203 BCE]] – [[Merneptah]], [[pharaoh]] of [[Egypt]]<ref>[[Jürgen von Beckerath]], ''Chronologie des Pharaonischen Ägypten'', Mainz, (1997), pp.190</ref> *[[373 CE]] – [[Athanasius of Alexandria]], Egyptian bishop and saint (b. 298) * [[649]] – [[Marutha of Tikrit]], Persian [[Theology|theologian]] of the [[Syriac Orthodox Church]] (b. 565) * [[821]] – [[Liu Zong]], general of the Tang Dynasty * [[907]] – [[Boris I of Bulgaria]] *[[1219]] – [[Leo I, King of Armenia]] (b. 1150) *[[1230]] – [[William de Braose (died 1230)|William de Braose]], English son of [[Reginald de Braose]] (b. 1197) *[[1293]] – [[Meir of Rothenburg]], German rabbi (b. c.1215) *[[1300]] – [[Blanche of Artois]] (b. 1248) *[[1450]] – [[William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk]], English admiral (b. 1396) *[[1519]] – [[Leonardo da Vinci]], Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1452) *[[1564]] – [[Rodolfo Pio da Carpi]], Italian cardinal (b. 1500) ===1601–1900=== *[[1627]] – [[Lodovico Grossi da Viadana]], Italian composer and educator (b. 1560) *[[1667]] – [[George Wither]], English poet and author (b. 1588) *[[1683]] – [[Stjepan Gradić]], Croatian philosopher and mathematician (b. 1613) *[[1711]] – [[Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester]], English politician, [[First Lord of the Treasury]] (b. 1641) *[[1799]] – [[Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo]] (b. 1740) *[[1802]] – [[Herman Willem Daendels]], Dutch general and politician, [[List of colonial governors of the Dutch Gold Coast|Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast]] (b. 1762) *[[1810]] – [[Henry Jerome de Salis]], English priest (b. 1740) *[[1819]] – [[Mary Moser]], English painter and academic (b. 1744) *[[1856]] – [[James Gates Percival]], American poet, surgeon and geologist (b. 1795)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Pearson |first1=William H. |title=James Gates Percival |magazine=The Wisconsin Magazine of History |date=1924 |volume=8 |issue=2 |page=131 |jstor=4630539 |issn=0043-6534}}</ref> *[[1857]] – [[Alfred de Musset]], French dramatist, poet, and novelist (b. 1810) *[[1864]] – [[Giacomo Meyerbeer]], German composer and educator (b. 1791) *[[1866]] – [[José Gálvez Egúsquiza]], Peruvian politician (b. 1819)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.congreso.gob.pe/Docs/participacion/museo/congreso/files/files/jose_g_galvez.pdf |title=JOSÉ GABRIEL GÁLVEZ EGÚSQUIZA |website=[[Congress of Peru]] |access-date=2023-01-01 |archive-date=2022-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809224511/https://www.congreso.gob.pe/Docs/participacion/museo/congreso/files/files/jose_g_galvez.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1880]] – [[Eberhard Anheuser]], German-American businessman, co-founded [[Anheuser-Busch]] (b. 1805) * 1880 – [[Tom Wills]], Australian cricketer, co-created [[Australian rules football]] (b. 1835) *[[1885]] – [[Terézia Zakoucs]], Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817) *[[1900]] – [[Lars Oftedal (born 1838)|Lars Oftedal]], Norwegian priest, social reformer, politician, and newspaper editor (b. 1838)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Lars Oftedal (prest) |first=Magnus A. |last=Mardal |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=23 August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad |editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Lars_Oftedal_-_prest |language=no |access-date=24 March 2024 |archive-date=24 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324011544/https://snl.no/Lars_Oftedal_-_prest |url-status=live }}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1912]] – [[Homer Davenport]], American political cartoonist (b. 1867)<ref name = "obit">{{cite news| title =Homer C. Davenport, cartoonist, dies| newspaper =[[The New York Times]]| date =May 3, 1912| url =https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/05/03/100532706.pdf| access-date =2013-07-28| archive-date =2021-08-31| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20210831005129/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/05/03/100532706.pdf| url-status =live}}</ref> *[[1915]] – [[Clara Immerwahr]], German chemist (b. 1870) *[[1918]] – [[Jüri Vilms]], Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889) *[[1925]] – [[Antun Branko Šimić]], Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898) * 1925 – [[Johann Palisa]], Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)<ref>{{cite web |title=Johann Palisa, the most successful visual discoverer of asteroids |author=Herbert Raab |author-link=Herbert Raab |publisher=Astrometrica |url=http://www.astrometrica.at/Papers/Palisa.pdf |access-date=15 July 2020 |archive-date=28 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928170558/http://www.astrometrica.at/Papers/Palisa.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Anneliese Schnell |author-link=:de:Anneliese Schnell |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers |date=2007 |publisher=Springer, New York, NY |doi = 10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1046 }}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Ernest Starling]], English physiologist and academic (b. 1866) *[[1929]] – [[Charalambos Tseroulis]], Greek general and politician, [[List of defence ministers of Greece|Greek Minister for Military Affairs]] (b. 1879) *[[1940]] – [[Ernest Joyce]], English explorer (b. 1875)<ref>[[Kelly Tyler-Lewis|Tyler-Lewis, Kelly]]: ''The Lost Men'' Bloomsbury Publishing, London, p. 263. 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-7475-7972-4}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Penelope Delta]], Greek author (b. 1874) *[[1945]] – [[Martin Bormann]], German politician (b. 1900) * 1945 – [[Joe Corbett]], American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875) *[[1946]] – [[Bill Denny]], Australian journalist, lawyer, politician, and decorated soldier (b. 1872)<ref>{{cite AuDB |first=Merrilyn |last=Lincoln |title=Denny, William Joseph (Bill) (1872–1946) |volume=8 |year=1981 |id2=denny-william-joseph-bill-5958 |access-date=6 December 2022}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Dorothea Binz]], German [[SS]] officer (b. 1920) *[[1953]] – [[Wallace Bryant (archer)|Wallace Bryant]], American archer (b. 1863) *[[1957]] – [[Joseph McCarthy]], American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1908) *[[1963]] – [[Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell]], English cricketer, peer, politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (b. 1884) *[[1964]] – [[Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor]], American-English politician (b. 1879) *[[1969]] – [[Franz von Papen]], German general and politician, [[Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany]] (b. 1879) *[[1972]] – [[J. Edgar Hoover]], American 1st [[director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (b. 1895)<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=The Atlantic |page=97 |date=December 2022 |access-date=24 November 2022 |title=When J. Edgar Hoover Was a National Hero |first1=Jack |last1=Goldsmith |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/12/j-edgar-hoover-fbi-influence/671900/ |volume=330 |issue=5 |archive-date=23 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123210341/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/12/j-edgar-hoover-fbi-influence/671900/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1974]] – [[James O. Richardson]], American admiral (b. 1878) *[[1977]] – [[Nicholas Magallanes]], American principal dancer and charter member of the [[New York City Ballet]] (b. 1922) *[[1979]] – [[Giulio Natta]], Italian chemist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1903)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1963/natta/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=25 February 2022 |archive-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115114942/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1963/natta/facts/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Clarrie Grimmett]], New Zealand-Australian cricketer (b. 1891) * 1980 – [[George Pal]], Hungarian-American animator and producer (b. 1908) *[[1983]] – [[Norm Van Brocklin]], American football player and coach (b. 1926) *[[1984]] – [[Jack Barry (game show host)|Jack Barry]], American game show host and producer, co-founded [[Barry & Enright Productions]] (b. 1918) * 1984 – [[Bob Clampett]], American animator, director, and producer (b. 1913) *[[1985]] – [[Attilio Bettega]], Italian race car driver (b. 1951) * 1985 – [[Larry Clinton]], American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1909) *[[1986]] – [[Sergio Cresto]], American race car driver (b. 1956) * 1986 – [[Henri Toivonen]], Finnish race car driver (b. 1956) *[[1989]] – [[Veniamin Kaverin]], Russian author (b. 1902) * 1989 – [[Giuseppe Siri]], Italian cardinal (b. 1906) *[[1990]] – [[David Rappaport]], English-American actor (b. 1951) *[[1991]] – [[Gauri Shankar Rai]], Indian Politician (b. 1924) * 1991 – [[Ronald McKie]], Australian journalist and author (b. 1909) *[[1992]] – [[Wilbur Mills]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1909) *[[1993]] – [[André Moynet]], French race car driver, pilot, and politician (b. 1921) *[[1994]] – [[Dorothy Marie Donnelly]], American poet and author (b. 1903) *[[1995]] – [[John Bunting (diplomat)|John Bunting]], Australian public servant and diplomat, (b. 1918) * 1995 – [[Michael Hordern]], English actor (b. 1911) *[[1997]] – [[John Eccles (neurophysiologist)|John Eccles]], Australian neurophysiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1903) * 1997 – [[Paulo Freire]], Brazilian philosopher and academic (b. 1921) *[[1998]] – [[hide (musician)|hide]], Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1964) * 1998 – [[Justin Fashanu]], English footballer (b. 1961) *[[1999]] – [[Douglas Harkness]], Canadian politician (b. 1903)<ref>{{cite web |title=Douglas Harkness {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/douglas-harkness |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=1 February 2022 |archive-date=1 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201133426/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/douglas-harkness |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1999 – [[Oliver Reed]], English actor (b. 1938) *[[2000]] – [[Sundar Popo]], [[Indo-Trinidadian]] musician (b. 1943) *[[2002]] – [[W. T. Tutte]], English-Canadian mathematician and academic (b. 1917) *[[2005]] – [[Wee Kim Wee]], Singaporean journalist and politician, 4th [[President of Singapore]] (b. 1915) *[[2006]] – [[Louis Rukeyser]], American journalist and author (b. 1933) *[[2007]] – [[Brad McGann]], New Zealand director and screenwriter (b. 1964) *[[2008]] – [[Beverlee McKinsey]], American actress (b. 1940) * 2008 – [[Izold Pustõlnik]], Ukrainian-Estonian astronomer and academic (b. 1938) *[[2009]] – [[Marilyn French]], American author and academic (b. 1929) * 2009 – [[Kiyoshiro Imawano]], Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1951) * 2009 – [[Jack Kemp]], American football player and politician, 9th [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]] (b. 1935) *[[2010]] – [[Lynn Redgrave]], English-American actress and singer (b. 1943) <!--Do NOT remove death notice for bin Laden, please: death was early in the morning 2 May in Pakistan local time--> *[[2011]] – [[Osama bin Laden]], Saudi Arabian terrorist, founder of [[Al-Qaeda]] (b. 1957) *[[2012]] – [[Fernando Lopes (filmmaker)|Fernando Lopes]], Portuguese director and screenwriter (b. 1935) * 2012 – [[Zenaida Manfugás]], Cuban-born American-naturalized pianist (b. 1932)<ref name="Marti">[http://www.martinoticias.com/content/muere_zenaida_manfugaz/10876.html Marti Noticias] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233958/http://www.martinoticias.com/content/muere_zenaida_manfugaz/10876.html |date=2016-03-03 }}. Retrieved 15, August, 2012, to 14:38 pm</ref> * 2012 – [[Tufan Miñnullin]], Russian playwright and politician (b. 1936) * 2012 – [[Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih]], Indonesian physician and politician, [[Ministry of Health (Indonesia)|Indonesian Minister of Health]] (b. 1955) * 2012 – [[Akira Tonomura]], Japanese physicist, author, and academic (b. 1942) * 2012 – [[Lourdes Valera]], Venezuelan actress (b. 1963)<ref>{{cite web|title=Lourdes Valera|url=http://www.venevision.com/estrella/lourdes-valera|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319001755/http://www.venevision.com/estrella/lourdes-valera|archive-date=19 March 2016|access-date=3 September 2015|publisher=Venevision}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Ernie Field]], English boxer (b. 1943) * 2013 – [[Jeff Hanneman]], American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1964) * 2013 – [[Joseph P. McFadden]], American bishop (b. 1947) * 2013 – [[Dvora Omer]], Israeli author and educator (b. 1932) * 2013 – [[Ivan Turina]], Croatian footballer (b. 1980) * 2013 – [[Charles Banks Wilson]], American painter and illustrator (b. 1918) *[[2014]] – [[Tomás Balduino]], Brazilian bishop (b. 1922) * 2014 – [[Žarko Petan]], Slovenian director, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1929) * 2014 – [[Efrem Zimbalist Jr.]], American actor (b. 1918) *[[2015]] – [[Stuart Archer]], English colonel and architect (b. 1915) * 2015 – [[Michael Blake (author)|Michael Blake]], American author and screenwriter (b. 1945) * 2015 – [[Guy Carawan]], American singer and musicologist (b. 1927) * 2015 – [[Maya Plisetskaya]], Russian-Lithuanian ballerina, choreographer, actress, and director (b. 1925) * 2015 – [[Ruth Rendell]], English author (b. 1930) *[[2016]] – [[Afeni Shakur]], American [[Music industry|music businesswoman]], [[activist]], and [[Black Panther Party|Black Panther]] (b. 1947) *[[2020]] – [[Arif Wazir]], Pakistani politician, leader of the [[Pashtun Tahafuz Movement]] (b. 1982) *[[2021]] – [[Marcel Stellman]], Belgian record producer and lyricist (b. 1925)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-10|title=Marcel Stellman obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/may/10/marcel-stellman-obituary|access-date=2021-05-15|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=2021-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515172443/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/may/10/marcel-stellman-obituary|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Sjoukje Dijkstra]], Dutch figure skater (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-03 |title=Sjoukje Dijkstra, the first Dutch athlete to win a gold medal at Winter Olympics, dies at 82 |url=https://apnews.com/article/dijkstra-figure-skating-winter-olympics-gold-netherlands-13f51ebd1d1c7477e293457b00a5d2b9 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Darius Morris]], American basketball player (b. 1991)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-04 |title=Former Laker Morris dies at 33, family announces |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/40083712/former-los-angeles-lakers-draft-pick-darius-morris-33-dies |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Peter Oosterhuis]], English golfer and broadcaster (b. 1948)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-02 |title=Ryder Cup star, CBS Sports analyst Peter Oosterhuis dies at 75 |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/golf/news/ryder-cup-star-cbs-sports-analyst-peter-oosterhuis-dies-at-75 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=NBC Sports |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Ricky Davao]], Filipino actor and director (b. 1961)<ref>{{cite news |last=Requintina |first=Robert |date=May 2, 2025 |url=https://mb.com.ph/2025/5/2/actor-ricky-davao-passes-away-at-63 |title=Actor Ricky Davao passes away at 63 |publisher=[[Manila Bulletin]] |access-date=May 2, 2025 |quote=News about his death made the rounds on social media on May 1. But it was only on May 2 that his family confirmed his death.}}</ref> * 2025 – [[George Ryan]], American politician, 39th [[Governor of Illinois]] (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/former-illinois-gov-george-ryan-who-went-to-prison-for-corruption-dies-at-age-91/3736563/|title=Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, who went to prison for corruption, dies at age 91|publisher=NBC Chicago|accessdate=May 2, 2025|date=May 2, 2025}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.--> ==Holidays and observances== * Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Ahudemmeh]] ([[Syriac Orthodox Church]]).<ref>{{cite book | last1 =Fiey| first1=Jean Maurice |date=2004|title=Saints Syriaques|publisher=The Darwin Press|author-link=Jean Maurice Fiey|editor1=Lawrence Conrad|editor-link=Lawrence Conrad|language=fr|page=32}}</ref> ** [[Athanasius of Alexandria]] ([[Western Christianity]])<ref name="Martyrology">{{cite book |title=Martirologio Romano |date=2004 |publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana |pages=269–270 |url=https://vidaeremitica.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MARTIROLOGIO-ROMANO.pdf |access-date=2 April 2024|ref={{harvid|Martirologio|2004}}}}</ref> ** [[Bolesław Strzelecki]] ([[Catholic Church]])<ref name="Martyrology"/> ** [[Boris I of Bulgaria]] ([[Bulgarian Orthodox Church]]) ** [[Germanus of Normandy]] ** [[Joseph Luu Van Nguyen]] ([[Catholic Church]])<ref name="Martyrology"/> ** [[Wiborada]] ([[Catholic Church]])<ref name="Martyrology"/> ** [[William Tirry]] ([[Catholic Church]])<ref name="Martyrology"/> ** [[May 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] * The last day of the Festival of [[Ridván]] ([[Baháʼí Faith]]) (this date is non-Gregorian and may change according to the [[March equinox]], see [[List of observances set by the Baháʼí calendar]]) * [[Dos de Mayo Uprising#Impact of the uprising|Anniversary of the Dos de Mayo Uprising]] ([[Holiday of the Region of Madrid|Community of Madrid]], [[Spain]]) * [[Birth Anniversary of Third Druk Gyalpo]] ([[Bhutan]]) * [[Flag Day (Poland)]] * [[Indonesia National Education Day]] * [[Teachers' Day]] ([[Iran]]) (this date is non-Gregorian and may change according to the March Equinox, see [[List of observances set by the Solar Hijri calendar]]) * International [[Harry Potter]] Day * World Tuna Day<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/en/observances/tuna-day|title=World Tuna Day|publisher=un.org|access-date=29 Jan 2024|archive-date=2 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102205444/https://www.un.org/en/observances/tuna-day|url-status=live}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/2 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=5|day=2}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/2 Historical Events on May 2] {{months}} [[Category:Days of May]]
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