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| May 2nd, 2008 (May 02 2008) | Event | Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Myanmar killing over 130,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless. | |
| May 2nd, 2008 (May 02 2008) | Death | Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (born in 1940) | |
| May 2nd, 2007 (May 02 2007) | Death | Brad McGann, New Zealand film director and screenwriter (born in 1964) | |
| May 2nd, 2006 (May 02 2006) | Death | Louis Rukeyser, American columnist (born in 1933) | Louis Rukeyser Quotes |
| May 2nd, 2005 (May 02 2005) | Death | Kenneth B. Clark, American psychologist (born in 1914) | Kenneth Clark Quotes |
| May 2nd, 2005 (May 02 2005) | Death | Wee Kim Wee, 4th President of Singapore (born in 1915) | |
| May 2nd, 2004 (May 02 2004) | Event | Yelwa massacre of more than 630 nomad Muslims by Christians in Nigeria. | |
| May 2nd, 2002 (May 02 2002) | Event | Marad massacre of eight Hindus near Palakkad in Kerala. | |
| May 2nd, 2002 (May 02 2002) | Death | John Nathan-Turner, English television producer (born in 1947) | |
| May 2nd, 2002 (May 02 2002) | Death | W. T. Tutte, English-born codebreaker (born in 1917) | |
| May 2nd, 2001 (May 02 2001) | Death | Ted Rogers, British comedian (born in 1935) | |
| May 2nd, 2001 (May 02 2001) | Death | Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (born in 1961) | |
| May 2nd, 2000 (May 02 2000) | Event | President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military. | Bill Clinton Quotes |
| May 2nd, 2000 (May 02 2000) | Event | Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands unveils the Man With Two Hats monument in Apeldoorn and the other in Ottawa on May 11, 2000. Symbolically linking both Netherlands and Canada for their assistance throughout World War II. | |
| May 2nd, 2000 (May 02 2000) | Birth | Angel Sy, Filipina child actor | |
| May 2nd, 1999 (May 02 1999) | Event | Panamanian election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama. | |
| May 2nd, 1999 (May 02 1999) | Death | Oliver Reed, English actor (born in 1938) | |
| May 2nd, 1998 (May 02 1998) | Event | The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union s monetary policy. | |
| May 2nd, 1998 (May 02 1998) | Death | Hideto "hide" Matsumoto, Japanese musician (born in 1964) | |
| May 2nd, 1998 (May 02 1998) | Death | Justin Fashanu, English footballer (born in 1961) | |
| May 2nd, 1998 (May 02 1998) | Death | Kevin Lloyd, British actor (born in 1949) | |
| May 2nd, 1998 (May 02 1998) | Death | Gene Raymond, American actor (born in 1908) | Gene Ray Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1997 (May 02 1997) | Death | John Carew Eccles, Australian neurophysiologist, Nobel laureate (born in 1903) | |
| May 2nd, 1997 (May 02 1997) | Death | Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator (born in 1921) | |
| May 2nd, 1995 (May 02 1995) | Event | During the Croatian War of Independence, Serb forces fire cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing 7 and wounding over 175 civilians. | |
| May 2nd, 1995 (May 02 1995) | Birth | Kelsey Lewis, American actress | |
| May 2nd, 1995 (May 02 1995) | Death | Michael Hordern, English actor (born in 1911) | |
| May 2nd, 1994 (May 02 1994) | Event | in Poland bus disaster 32 people died. | |
| May 2nd, 1992 (May 02 1992) | Death | Wilbur Mills, American politician (born in 1909) | |
| May 2nd, 1990 (May 02 1990) | Birth | Kay Panabaker, American actor | |
| May 2nd, 1990 (May 02 1990) | Death | David Rappaport, English actor (born in 1951) | |
| May 2nd, 1989 (May 02 1989) | Death | Giuseppe Siri, Italian Catholic Cardinal (born in 1906) | |
| May 2nd, 1989 (May 02 1989) | Death | Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer (born in 1902) | |
| May 2nd, 1987 (May 02 1987) | Birth | Nana Kitade, Japanese singer | |
| May 2nd, 1986 (May 02 1986) | Event | The 1986 World Exposition in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, opens. | |
| May 2nd, 1986 (May 02 1986) | Birth | James Kirk, Canadian actor | |
| May 2nd, 1986 (May 02 1986) | Death | Henri Toivonen, Finnish rallydriver (b.1956) | |
| May 2nd, 1985 (May 02 1985) | Birth | Lily Allen, English singer and songwriter | |
| May 2nd, 1985 (May 02 1985) | Birth | Kyle Busch, American race car driver | |
| May 2nd, 1985 (May 02 1985) | Birth | Sarah Hughes, American figure skater | |
| May 2nd, 1985 (May 02 1985) | Birth | David Nugent, English footballer | |
| May 2nd, 1985 (May 02 1985) | Birth | Jarrod Saltalamacchia, American baseball player | |
| May 2nd, 1985 (May 02 1985) | Death | Attilio Bettega, Italian rallydriver (b.1951) | |
| May 2nd, 1985 (May 02 1985) | Death | Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (born in 1909) | |
| May 2nd, 1984 (May 02 1984) | Birth | Saulius Mikoliunas, Lithuanian footballer | |
| May 2nd, 1984 (May 02 1984) | Birth | Thabo Sefolosha, American basketball player | |
| May 2nd, 1984 (May 02 1984) | Death | Jack Barry, television game show producer and host (born in 1918) | |
| May 2nd, 1983 (May 02 1983) | Birth | Christa Rigozzi, Swiss model | |
| May 2nd, 1983 (May 02 1983) | Death | Norm Van Brocklin, American football star (born in 1926) | |
| May 2nd, 1982 (May 02 1982) | Event | Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano. | |
| May 2nd, 1982 (May 02 1982) | Birth | Lorie, French singer | |
| May 2nd, 1981 (May 02 1981) | Birth | Matt Murray, English footballer | Al Murray Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1981 (May 02 1981) | Birth | Chris Kirkland, English footballer | |
| May 2nd, 1980 (May 02 1980) | Birth | Tim Borowski, German footballer | |
| May 2nd, 1980 (May 02 1980) | Birth | Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Canadian skateboarder | |
| May 2nd, 1980 (May 02 1980) | Birth | Milos Glogovac, Serbian footballer | |
| May 2nd, 1980 (May 02 1980) | Birth | Zat Knight, English footballer | |
| May 2nd, 1980 (May 02 1980) | Birth | Troy Murphy, American basketball player | |
| May 2nd, 1980 (May 02 1980) | Birth | Brad Richards, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| May 2nd, 1980 (May 02 1980) | Death | George Pal, Hungarian-born film director (born in 1908) | |
| May 2nd, 1980 (May 02 1980) | Death | Clarrie Grimmett, Australian cricketer (born in 1891) | |
| May 2nd, 1979 (May 02 1979) | Birth | Jason Chimera, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| May 2nd, 1979 (May 02 1979) | Birth | Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (died in 2003) | |
| May 2nd, 1979 (May 02 1979) | Death | Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1903) | |
| May 2nd, 1978 (May 02 1978) | Birth | Steve Bays, Canadian musician | |
| May 2nd, 1977 (May 02 1977) | Birth | Luke Hudson, American baseball player | |
| May 2nd, 1977 (May 02 1977) | Birth | Fredrik Malm, Swedish politician | |
| May 2nd, 1975 (May 02 1975) | Birth | David Beckham, English footballer | |
| May 2nd, 1974 (May 02 1974) | Birth | Horacio Carbonari, Argentine former footballer | |
| May 2nd, 1974 (May 02 1974) | Birth | Gar?ar Thor Cortes, Icelandic tenor | |
| May 2nd, 1974 (May 02 1974) | Birth | Andy Johnson, Welsh footballer | |
| May 2nd, 1973 (May 02 1973) | Birth | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German film director and screenwriter | |
| May 2nd, 1972 (May 02 1972) | Birth | Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, American professional wrestler and actor | The Rock Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1972 (May 02 1972) | Birth | Paul Adcock, English footballer | |
| May 2nd, 1972 (May 02 1972) | Death | J. Edgar Hoover, American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (born in 1895) | |
| May 2nd, 1969 (May 02 1969) | Event | The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City. | |
| May 2nd, 1969 (May 02 1969) | Birth | Brian Lara, Trinidadian West Indies cricketer | |
| May 2nd, 1969 (May 02 1969) | Death | Franz von Papen, Chancellor of Germany (born in 1879) | Franz von Papen Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1968 (May 02 1968) | Birth | Midorikawa Hikaru, Japanese voice actor | |
| May 2nd, 1968 (May 02 1968) | Birth | Jeff Agoos, American soccer player | |
| May 2nd, 1968 (May 02 1968) | Birth | Ziana Zain, Malaysian singer and actress | |
| May 2nd, 1967 (May 02 1967) | Birth | Mika Brzezinski, American journalist | |
| May 2nd, 1966 (May 02 1966) | Birth | Belinda Stronach, Canadian politician | |
| May 2nd, 1965 (May 02 1965) | Birth | Felix Jose, Dominican baseball player | |
| May 2nd, 1964 (May 02 1964) | Event | Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the USS Card while docked at Saigon. Viet Cong forces are suspected of placing a bomb on the ship. | |
| May 2nd, 1964 (May 02 1964) | Event | First ascent of Shishapangma the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders. | |
| May 2nd, 1964 (May 02 1964) | Death | Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-born politician (born in 1879) | |
| May 2nd, 1963 (May 02 1963) | Event | Berthold Seliger launches near Cuxhaven, a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany. | |
| May 2nd, 1962 (May 02 1962) | Birth | Stephen Daldry, English film director | |
| May 2nd, 1962 (May 02 1962) | Birth | Elizabeth Berridge, American actress | |
| May 2nd, 1962 (May 02 1962) | Birth | Ray Traylor, American professional wrestler (died in 2004) | |
| May 2nd, 1962 (May 02 1962) | Birth | Jimmy White, English snooker player | |
| May 2nd, 1961 (May 02 1961) | Birth | Steve James, English snooker player | |
| May 2nd, 1961 (May 02 1961) | Birth | Phil Vickery, English celebrity chef | |
| May 2nd, 1960 (May 02 1960) | Death | Caryl Chessman, American robber and rapist (born in 1921) | |
| May 2nd, 1959 (May 02 1959) | Birth | Tony Wakeford, English musician (Sol Invictus) | |
| May 2nd, 1958 (May 02 1958) | Birth | David O Leary, Irish football manager and player | |
| May 2nd, 1957 (May 02 1957) | Death | Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator (born in 1908) | Joseph McCarthy Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1956 (May 02 1956) | Birth | David Rhodes, English guitarist | |
| May 2nd, 1955 (May 02 1955) | Event | Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. | Tennessee Williams Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1955 (May 02 1955) | Birth | Donatella Versace, Italian fashion designer | |
| May 2nd, 1954 (May 02 1954) | Birth | Roberta Pedon, American glamour model (died in 1982) | |
| May 2nd, 1953 (May 02 1953) | Birth | Valery Gergiev, Russian-born conductor | |
| May 2nd, 1952 (May 02 1952) | Event | The world s first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden flight, from London to Johannesburg. | |
| May 2nd, 1952 (May 02 1952) | Birth | Christine Baranski, American actress | |
| May 2nd, 1952 (May 02 1952) | Birth | Mari Natsuki, Japanese singer, dancer and actress | |
| May 2nd, 1950 (May 02 1950) | Birth | Duncan Gay, Australian politician | |
| May 2nd, 1950 (May 02 1950) | Birth | Lou Gramm, American vocalist (Foreigner) | |
| May 2nd, 1950 (May 02 1950) | Birth | Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan socialite | |
| May 2nd, 1949 (May 02 1949) | Birth | Alan Titchmarsh, English television presenter | |
| May 2nd, 1948 (May 02 1948) | Birth | Larry Gatlin, American musician | |
| May 2nd, 1947 (May 02 1947) | Death | Dorothea Binz, Nazi war criminal (born in 1920) | |
| May 2nd, 1946 (May 02 1946) | Event | The "Battle of Alcatraz" takes place, killing two guards and three inmates. | |
| May 2nd, 1946 (May 02 1946) | Birth | Lesley Gore, American singer | |
| May 2nd, 1946 (May 02 1946) | Birth | David Suchet, English actor | |
| May 2nd, 1945 (May 02 1945) | Event | World War II: Fall of Berlin: The Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the Reichstag building. German forces surrender in Italy. German forces surrender to the New Zealand Army in Trieste. | |
| May 2nd, 1945 (May 02 1945) | Birth | Sarah Weddington, American attorney | |
| May 2nd, 1945 (May 02 1945) | Birth | Gene Deckerhoff, American sports announcer | |
| May 2nd, 1945 (May 02 1945) | Birth | Judge Dread, English musician (died in 1998) | |
| May 2nd, 1945 (May 02 1945) | Death | Martin Bormann, Nazi official (born in 1900) | Martin Bormann Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1945 (May 02 1945) | Death | Ludwig Stumpfegger, German SS doctor (born in 1910) | |
| May 2nd, 1945 (May 02 1945) | Death | Joe Corbett, baseball player (born in 1875) | |
| May 2nd, 1942 (May 02 1942) | Birth | Jacques Rogge, Belgian International Olympic Committee president | |
| May 2nd, 1941 (May 02 1941) | Birth | Clay Carroll, American baseball player | |
| May 2nd, 1939 (May 02 1939) | Birth | Sumio Iijima, Japanese physicist | |
| May 2nd, 1938 (May 02 1938) | Birth | Chief Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (died in 1996) | Osho Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1937 (May 02 1937) | Birth | Lorenzo Music, American actor (died in 2001) | |
| May 2nd, 1936 (May 02 1936) | Birth | Engelbert Humperdinck, Indian-born singer | |
| May 2nd, 1936 (May 02 1936) | Birth | Michael Rabin, American violinist (died in 1972) | |
| May 2nd, 1935 (May 02 1935) | Birth | King Faisal II of Iraq (died in 1958) | |
| May 2nd, 1935 (May 02 1935) | Birth | Lance LeGault, American actor | |
| May 2nd, 1935 (May 02 1935) | Birth | Luis Suarez Miramontes, Spanish footballer and manager | |
| May 2nd, 1933 (May 02 1933) | Event | Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler bans trade unions. | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1932 (May 02 1932) | Event | Comedian Jack Benny s radio show airs for the first time. | Jack Benny Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1932 (May 02 1932) | Birth | Maury Allen, American sportswriter | |
| May 2nd, 1930 (May 02 1930) | Birth | Marco Pannella, Italian politician and activist | |
| May 2nd, 1929 (May 02 1929) | Birth | Link Wray, American guitarist (died in 2005) | |
| May 2nd, 1927 (May 02 1927) | Birth | Ray Barrett, Australian actor | |
| May 2nd, 1927 (May 02 1927) | Death | Ernest Starling, British physiologist (born in 1866) | |
| May 2nd, 1926 (May 02 1926) | Birth | Gerard D. Levesque, Quebec politician (died in 1993) | |
| May 2nd, 1925 (May 02 1925) | Birth | Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor (died in 2007) | |
| May 2nd, 1925 (May 02 1925) | Birth | John Neville, English theatre and film actor | |
| May 2nd, 1924 (May 02 1924) | Birth | Theodore Bikel, Austrian-born actor and singer | |
| May 2nd, 1922 (May 02 1922) | Birth | A.M. Rosenthal, Canadian-born newspaper editor (died in 2006) | |
| May 2nd, 1922 (May 02 1922) | Birth | Serge Reggiani, Italian-born French singer and actor (died in 2004) | |
| May 2nd, 1921 (May 02 1921) | Birth | Satyajit Ray, Indian director (died in 1992) | |
| May 2nd, 1920 (May 02 1920) | Event | The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis, Indiana. | |
| May 2nd, 1920 (May 02 1920) | Birth | Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (died in 2004) | |
| May 2nd, 1920 (May 02 1920) | Birth | Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian writer and ecological activist (died in 2000) | |
| May 2nd, 1918 (May 02 1918) | Event | General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware. | |
| May 2nd, 1915 (May 02 1915) | Birth | Doris Fisher, American songwriter (died in 2003) | |
| May 2nd, 1915 (May 02 1915) | Birth | Peggy Mount, English actress (died in 2001) | |
| May 2nd, 1913 (May 02 1913) | Birth | Nigel Patrick, English actor (died in 1981) | |
| May 2nd, 1912 (May 02 1912) | Birth | Axel Casar Springer, German publisher (died in 1985) | |
| May 2nd, 1910 (May 02 1910) | Birth | Alexander Bonnyman, U.S. Marine (died in 1943) | |
| May 2nd, 1907 (May 02 1907) | Birth | Pinky Lee, American vaudeville performer (died in 1993) | |
| May 2nd, 1906 (May 02 1906) | Birth | Philippe Halsman, American photographer (died in 1979) | |
| May 2nd, 1906 (May 02 1906) | Birth | Aileen Riggin, American swimmer (died in 2002) | |
| May 2nd, 1903 (May 02 1903) | Birth | Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and author (died in 1998) | Benjamin Spock Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1900 (May 02 1900) | Event | Oscar II, King of Sweden, declares support for the United Kingdom at the time of the Second Boer War. | |
| May 2nd, 1897 (May 02 1897) | Birth | J. Fred Coots, American songwriter (died in 1985) | |
| May 2nd, 1896 (May 02 1896) | Birth | Helen of Greece and Denmark, queen of Romania (died in 1982) | |
| May 2nd, 1895 (May 02 1895) | Birth | Lorenz Hart, American lyricist (died in 1943) | Lorenz Hart Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1892 (May 02 1892) | Birth | Manfred von Richthofen, German World War I pilotthe Red Baron (died in 1918) | |
| May 2nd, 1890 (May 02 1890) | Birth | E. E. Smith, American writer (died in 1965) | |
| May 2nd, 1889 (May 02 1889) | Event | Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, which gives Italy control over Eritrea. | |
| May 2nd, 1887 (May 02 1887) | Birth | Vernon Castle, English dancer (died in 1918) | |
| May 2nd, 1887 (May 02 1887) | Birth | Eddie Collins, American baseball player (died in 1951) | |
| May 2nd, 1886 (May 02 1886) | Birth | Gottfried Benn, German author (died in 1956) | |
| May 2nd, 1885 (May 02 1885) | Event | Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time. | |
| May 2nd, 1885 (May 02 1885) | Event | Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion. | |
| May 2nd, 1885 (May 02 1885) | Event | The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium. | |
| May 2nd, 1885 (May 02 1885) | Birth | Hedda Hopper, American gossip columnist (died in 1966) | |
| May 2nd, 1881 (May 02 1881) | Birth | Alexander Kerensky, Russian politician (died in 1970) | |
| May 2nd, 1879 (May 02 1879) | Birth | James F. Byrnes, American statesman, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (died in 1972) | |
| May 2nd, 1876 (May 02 1876) | Event | The April Uprising breaks out in Bulgaria. | |
| May 2nd, 1873 (May 02 1873) | Birth | Jurgis Baltrusaitis, Lithuanian poet (died in 1944) | |
| May 2nd, 1866 (May 02 1866) | Event | Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao. | |
| May 2nd, 1865 (May 02 1865) | Birth | Clyde Fitch, American playwright (died in 1909) | |
| May 2nd, 1864 (May 02 1864) | Death | Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer (born in 1791) | |
| May 2nd, 1863 (May 02 1863) | Event | American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering for the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later. | |
| May 2nd, 1860 (May 02 1860) | Birth | Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist (died in 1904) | |
| May 2nd, 1859 (May 02 1859) | Birth | Jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (died in 1927) | |
| May 2nd, 1857 (May 02 1857) | Death | Alfred de Musset, French writer (born in 1810) | Alfred de Musset Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1843 (May 02 1843) | Birth | Elijah McCoy, Canadian-born Inventor (died in 1929) | |
| May 2nd, 1829 (May 02 1829) | Event | After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of the HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia. | |
| May 2nd, 1828 (May 02 1828) | Birth | Desire Charnay, French archaeologist (died in 1915) | |
| May 2nd, 1819 (May 02 1819) | Death | Mary Moser, English painter (born in 1744) | |
| May 2nd, 1816 (May 02 1816) | Event | Marriage of Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Charlotte Augusta. | |
| May 2nd, 1810 (May 02 1810) | Birth | Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (died in 1874) | |
| May 2nd, 1810 (May 02 1810) | Death | Rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, divine (b.1740) | |
| May 2nd, 1808 (May 02 1808) | Event | Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808. | Francisco Goya Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1802 (May 02 1802) | Birth | Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (died in 1870) | |
| May 2nd, 1802 (May 02 1802) | Death | Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch statesman (born in 1762) | |
| May 2nd, 1773 (May 02 1773) | Birth | Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (died in 1845) | Philo Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1772 (May 02 1772) | Birth | Novalis, German writer (died in 1801) | Novalis Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1750 (May 02 1750) | Birth | John Andre, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (died in 1780) | |
| May 2nd, 1740 (May 02 1740) | Birth | Elias Boudinot, President of the American Continental Congress (died in 1821) | |
| May 2nd, 1737 (May 02 1737) | Birth | William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died in 1805) | William King Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1729 (May 02 1729) | Birth | Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (d.1796) | |
| May 2nd, 1711 (May 02 1711) | Death | Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English statesman (born in 1641) | |
| May 2nd, 1702 (May 02 1702) | Birth | Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (died in 1782) | |
| May 2nd, 1695 (May 02 1695) | Birth | Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (died in 1766) | |
| May 2nd, 1683 (May 02 1683) | Death | Stjepan Gradic, Croatian philosopher and scientist (born in 1613) | Philo Quotes |
| May 2nd, 1672 (May 02 1672) | Event | John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March. | |
| May 2nd, 1670 (May 02 1670) | Event | King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson s Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America. | |
| May 2nd, 1667 (May 02 1667) | Death | George Wither, English writer (born in 1588) | |
| May 2nd, 1660 (May 02 1660) | Birth | Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (died in 1725) | |
| May 2nd, 1627 (May 02 1627) | Death | Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (born in 1560) | |
| May 2nd, 1601 (May 02 1601) | Birth | Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar (died in 1680) | |
| May 2nd, 1568 (May 02 1568) | Event | Mary I of Scotland escapes from Loch Leven Castle, where she had been imprisoned by Sir William Douglas. | |
| May 2nd, 1564 (May 02 1564) | Death | Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (born in 1500) | |
| May 2nd, 1551 (May 02 1551) | Birth | William Camden, English historian (died in 1623) | |
| May 2nd, 1519 (May 02 1519) | Death | Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor and painter (born in 1452) | |
| May 2nd, 1458 (May 02 1458) | Birth | Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (died in 1525) | |
| May 2nd, 1451 (May 02 1451) | Birth | Rene II, Duke of Lorraine (died in 1508) | |
| May 2nd, 1450 (May 02 1450) | Death | William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (born in 1396) | |
| May 2nd, 1360 (May 02 1360) | Birth | Yongle, Emperor of China (died in 1424) | |
| May 2nd, 1335 (May 02 1335) | Event | Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia. | |
| May 2nd, 1300 (May 02 1300) | Death | Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (born in 1248) | |
| May 2nd, 1230 (May 02 1230) | Event | William de Braose, 10th Baron Abergavenny is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great. | |
| May 2nd, 1230 (May 02 1230) | Death | William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (born in 1197) | |
| May 2nd, 1194 (May 02 1194) | Event | King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. | |
| May 2nd, 0907 (May 02 0907) | Death | Boris I of Bulgaria | |
| May 2nd, 0756 (May 02 0756) | Death | Emperor Shomu, Emperor of Japan (born in 701) | |
| May 2nd, 0373 (May 02 0373) | Death | Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (born in 298) | |
