Tukuk-OS📅 May 2
17 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on May 2? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2014 — Russo-Ukrainian War: Forty-eight people were killed during a confrontation between pro-Russian protesters and pro-Ukrainian unity protesters in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa.
Russo-Ukrainian war2014 Odesa clashes2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
- 2014 — Two mudslides in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, killed at least 350 people.
- 2011 — The Conservative Party of Canada won enough seats in the federal election to establish their first majority government.
Conservative Party of Canada2011 Canadian federal electionMajority government
- 2011 — Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six in his private residential compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Killing of Osama bin LadenSEAL Team SixOsama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad
- 2008 — The Chaitén volcano in Chile began to erupt for the first time since around 1640.
- 2003 — Cyclone Manou formed in the Indian Ocean; over the next two weeks it struck Madagascar and left more than 100,000 people homeless.
- 1999 — Mireya Moscoso (pictured) became the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
- 1995 — Croatian War of Independence: Serb forces began rocket attacks on the Croatian capital Zagreb, killing 7 people and injuring around 200 others.
Croatian War of IndependenceSerbian Army of KrajinaZagreb rocket attacks
- 1986 — Henri Toivonen was killed in an accident while leading the Tour de Corse rally, resulting in FISA banning the popular Group B rally cars for the following season.
Henri ToivonenTour de CorseFédération Internationale de l'Automobile
- 1982 — Falklands War: HMS Conqueror sank the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano (pictured), the only ship ever to have been deliberately sunk by a nuclear submarine in battle.
- 1964 — Vietnam War: An explosion attributed to Viet Cong commandos caused the escort carrier USNS Card to sink in the port of Saigon.
- 1945 — World War II: General Helmuth Weidling, the German commander of Berlin, surrendered to Soviet forces led by Marshal Georgy Zhukov, ending the Battle of Berlin.
- 1889 — The Treaty of Wuchale was signed, ending the Italo-Ethiopian War, but differences in translation later led to another war.
Treaty of WuchaleItalo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889First Italo-Ethiopian War
- 1878 — A dust explosion (depicted) at the world's largest flour mill in Minneapolis resulted in 18 deaths.
- 1670 — A royal charter granted the Hudson's Bay Company a monopoly in the fur trade in Rupert's Land (present-day Canada).
- 1559 — Presbyterian clergyman John Knox returned from exile to lead the Scottish Reformation.
- 1194 — King Richard I of England gave the city of Portsmouth its first royal charter.
Births
- 2015 — Princess Charlotte of Wales, British royal, and third in line to the British throne
Princess Charlotte of Wales (born 2015)Succession to the British throneMonarchy of the United Kingdom
- 1997 — BamBam, Thai singer
- 1996 — Cherprang Areekul, Thai singer
- 1996 — Julian Brandt, German footballer
- 1996 — Schuyler Bailar, American swimmer
- 1995 — Lucy Dacus, American singer-songwriter
- 1993 — Owain Doull, Welsh track cyclist
- 1993 — Isyana Sarasvati, Indonesian singer
- 1993 — Huang Zitao, Chinese singer and rapper
- 1992 — Sunmi, South Korean singer
- 1992 — María Teresa Torró Flor, Spanish tennis player
- 1991 — Jeong Jinwoon, South Korean actor and singer
Deaths
- 2025 — Ricky Davao, Filipino actor and director (born 1961)
- 2025 — George Ryan, American politician, 39th Governor of Illinois (born 1934)
- 2024 — Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater (born 1942)
- 2024 — Darius Morris, American basketball player (born 1991)
- 2024 — Peter Oosterhuis, English golfer and broadcaster (born 1948)
- 2021 — Marcel Stellman, Belgian record producer and lyricist (born 1925)
- 2020 — Arif Wazir, Pakistani politician, leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (born 1982)
- 2016 — Afeni Shakur, American music businesswoman, activist, and Black Panther (born 1947)
- 2015 — Stuart Archer, English colonel and architect (born 1915)
- 2015 — Michael Blake, American author and screenwriter (born 1945)
- 2015 — Guy Carawan, American singer and musicologist (born 1927)
- 2015 — Maya Plisetskaya, Russian-Lithuanian ballerina, choreographer, actress, and director (born 1925)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Ahudemmeh (Syriac Orthodox Church).
- Christian feast day: Athanasius of Alexandria (Western Christianity)
- Christian feast day: Bolesław Strzelecki (Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: Boris I of Bulgaria (Bulgarian Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: Germanus of Normandy
- Christian feast day: Joseph Luu Van Nguyen (Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: Wiborada (Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: William Tirry (Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: 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)
- Anniversary of the Dos de Mayo Uprising (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)
List of Teachers' DaysIranList of observances set by the Solar Hijri calendar
- International Harry Potter Day
- World Tuna Day
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