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This Day in History, Wikipedia

• Christian feast day: Ahudemmeh (Syriac Orthodox Church).^[40], Athanasius of Alexandria (Western Christianity)^[41], Bolesław Strzelecki (Catholic Church)^[41], Boris I of Bulgaria (Bulgarian Orthodox Church), Germanus of Normandy, Joseph Luu Van Nguyen (Catholic Church)^[41], Wiborada (Catholic Church)^[41], William Tirry (Catholic Church)^[41], May 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)1/32
• 2014 – Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing.2/32
• 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)3/32
• 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.^[5]4/32
• Anniversary of the Dos de Mayo Uprising (Community of Madrid, Spain)5/32
• 2011 – Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man, is killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.6/32
• Birth Anniversary of Third Druk Gyalpo (Bhutan)7/32
• 2008 – Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.8/32
• Flag Day (Poland)9/32
• 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 2.10/32
• Indonesia National Education Day11/32
• 2000 – President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.12/32
• 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)13/32
• 1999 – Panamanian general election: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.14/32
• International Harry Potter Day15/32
• 1998 – The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy.16/32
• World Tuna Day^[42]17/32
• 1995 – During the Croatian War of Independence, the Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina fires cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing seven and wounding over 175 civilians.18/32
• 1989 – Cold War: Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria, which allows a number of East Germans to defect.19/32
• 1986 – Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster. 20/32
• 1982 – Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano. 21/32
• 1972 – In the early morning hours a fire breaks out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, Idaho, killing 91 workers. 22/32
• 1970 – ALM Flight 980 ditches in the Caribbean Sea near Saint Croix, killing 23.^[4] 23/32
• 1969 – The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City. 24/32
• 1964 – Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the American aircraft carrier USNS Card while it is docked at Saigon. Two Viet Cong combat swimmers had placed explosives on the ship's hull. She is raised and returned to service less than seven months later. 25/32
• 1963 – Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres (62 mi) near Cuxhaven. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany. 26/32
• 1952 – A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg. 27/32
• 1945 – World War II: The Soviet Union announces the fall of Berlin. 28/32
• 1941 – World War II: Following the 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. 29/32
• 1933 – Germany's independent labor unions are replaced by the German Labour Front. 30/32
• 1920 – The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis. 31/32
• 1906 – Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece. 32/32