What are the important events that happened on May 2? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
May 2: Facts & Myths About This Day
May 2 is the 122nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 243 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 19, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,102,400 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaicosadigon’ day.
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Taurus is the zodiac 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 291 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,515 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 2 Historical Events
- 1335 –Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia.
- 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.
- 1672 –John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.
- 1879 –The Spanish Socialist Worker‘s Party is founded in Casa Labra Pub (city of Madrid) by the historical Spanish workers’leader Pablo Iglesias.
- 1918 –General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
- 1932 –Comedian Jack Benny’s radio show airs for the first time.
- 1994 –In a bus disaster in Poland, 32 people die.
- 2004 –Yelwa massacre of more than 630 nomad Muslims by Christians in Nigeria.
- 2008 –Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
Who were born on May 2?
- 1773 –Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845)
- 1898 –Henry Hall, British bandleader (d. 1989)
- 1907 –Pinky Lee, American vaudeville performer (d. 1993)
- 1922 –Serge Reggiani, Italian-born French singer and actor (d. 2004)
- 1924 –Theodore Bikel, Austrian-born actor and singer
- 1937 –Lorenzo Music, American actor (d. 2001)
- 1946 –David Suchet, English actor
- 1961 –Steve James, English snooker player
- 1979 –Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
- 1980 –Troy Murphy, American basketball player
Who died on May 2?
- 1947 –Dorothea Binz, Nazi war criminal (b. 1920)
- 1957 –Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator (b. 1908)
- 1972 –J. Edgar Hoover, American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
- 1980 –George Pal, Hungarian-born film director (b. 1908)
- 1989 –Giuseppe Siri, Italian Catholic Cardinal (b. 1906)
- 1989 –Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer (b. 1902)
- 1995 –Sir Michael Hordern, English actor (b. 1911)
- 1998 –Justin Fashanu, English footballer (b. 1961)
- 2001 –Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (b. 1961)
- 2008 –Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (b. 1940)
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