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| Birthday May 02, 1660 Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer |
| Birthday May 02, 1729 Catherine II (the Great), empress of Russia (1762-96) |
| Birthday May 02, 1740 Elias Boudinot is born |
| Birthday May 02, 1837 Henry Martyn Robert, author of "Robert's Rules of Order" |
| Birthday May 02, 1840 Theodor Herzl, founder of Zionist movement |
| Birthday May 02, 1860 Sir D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist, classicist (On Growth and Form) |
| Birthday May 02, 1902 Brian Aherne, Actor |
| Birthday May 02, 1903 Benjamin Spock, pediatrician |
| Birthday May 02, 1904 Bing Crosby, crooner, Actor (Going My Way) |
| Birthday May 02, 1924 Theodore Bikel, folk singer |
| Birthday May 02, 1946 Leslie Gore, in Tenafly NJ, cries at her own party |
| History May 02, 1519 Leonardo da Vinci dies (birth date unknown) |
| History May 02, 1583 Leonardo da Vinci Day |
| History May 02, 1670 Hudson Bay Company founded |
| History May 02, 1670 Hudson's Bay Company chartered |
| History May 02, 1780 William Herschel discovers 1st binary star - Xi Ursae Majoris |
| History May 02, 1808 Madrid revolts against French rule |
| History May 02, 1817 Reds & Cubs pitch a dual no-hitter |
| History May 02, 1863 Confederates deliver blow to Union at Chancellorsville |
| History May 02, 1863 South defeats North in Battle of Chancellorsville - Va |
| History May 02, 1874 John B. Jones becomes major in Texas Rangers |
| History May 02, 1881 Pres Garfield assassinated |
| History May 02, 1885 Congo Free State established by King Leopold II of Belgium |
| History May 02, 1890 Okla Territory created |
| History May 02, 1918 Allies argue over U.S. troops joining battle on Western Front |
| History May 02, 1918 GM buys Chevrolet |
| History May 02, 1924 A grisly crime leads to rubber gloves |
| History May 02, 1925 Kezar Stadium in Golden Gate Park opens |
| History May 02, 1936 Manuscript of Edna St. Vincent Millay's Conversations at Midnight destroyed in hotel fire |
| History May 02, 1939 Gehrig ends streak |
| History May 02, 1939 Lou Gehrig ends 2 -130 game streak - Yankees beat Tigers 22-2 |
| History May 02, 1945 Russia takes Berlin |
| History May 02, 1945 German troops in Italy surrender to the Allies, while Berlin surrenders to Russia's Zhukov. |
| History May 02, 1946 Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz - 5 die |
| History May 02, 1954 Stan Musial hits 5 HRs in a doubleheader |
| History May 02, 1956 US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus |
| History May 02, 1957 Joseph McCarthy dies |
| History May 02, 1960 Dick Clark survives the Payola scandal |
| History May 02, 1960 Caryl Chessman executed in Calif for kidnapping |
| History May 02, 1964 U.S. ship sunk in Saigon port |
| History May 02, 1968 Israelli television begins |
| History May 02, 1970 Joint forces continue attack into Cambodia |
| History May 02, 1972 End of an era at the FBI |
| History May 02, 1984 Mattingly's single broke up Lamarr Hoyt's perfect game bid |
| History May 02, 1986 Transportation Expo 86 opens in Vancouver - BC |
| History May 02, 1997 Sandstorm in Egypt kills 12, topples buildings |
| History May 02, 2001 George W. Bush forms commission on Social Security |
| History May 02, 2008 Iron Man released |
| History May 02, 2011 Osama bin Laden killed by U.S. forces |