| Date | Name | Location / Topic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day of Madrid |  | ||
| Labor Day Holiday |  | ||
| National Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Day |  | ||
| Labor Day (2nd Day) | | ||
| Labor Day observed | | ||
| Labor Day / May Day (2nd Day) | | ||
| Astronomy Day |  | ||
| World Naked Gardening Day |  | ||
| National Truffle Day |  | ||
| National Life Insurance Day |  | ||
| National Fitness Day |  | ||
| National Scrapbook Day |  | ||
| National Homebrew Day |  | ||
| Join Hands Day |  | ||
| National Bombshells’ Day |  | ||
| National Start Seeing Monarchs Day |  | ||
| Free Comic Book Day |  | ||
| National Lemonade Day |  | ||
| World Tuna Day |  | ||
| Birth Anniversary of Third Druk Gyalpo | |||
| Death Anniversary of Zhabdrung (Zhabdrung Kuchoe) | |||
| Day of the Flag |  | ||
| Herb Day |  | ||
| Baby Day |  | ||
| Beer Pong Day |  | ||
| National Brothers And Sisters Day |  | ||
| Wildfire Community Preparedness Day |  |
Historical Events on May 2
- 1863: After surveying the Battle of Chancellorsville, General Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire. Eight days later, he’ll succumb to pneumonia.
- 1879: Pablo Iglesias founds the Spanish Socialist Worker’s Party in Madrid.
- 1885: Canadian forces are defeated by Assiniboine and Cree Native American warriors at the Battle of Cut Knife during the North West Rebellion.
- 1885: King Léopold II of Belgium founds the Congo Free State.
- 1918: Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware is acquired by General Motors.
- 1920: The Negro National Baseball League plays its first game in Indianapolis, Indiania.
- 1933: During the process of Gleichschaltung, trade unions are banned by Adolf Hitler.
- 1945: Berlin falls to Soviet forces during World War II.
- 1945: Wehrmacht forces in Italy officially surrender when General Heinrich von Vietinghoff signs a declaration of surrender during WWII.
- 1945: Wöbbelin Concentration Camp is liberated by the United States 82nd Airborne Division during World War II; Upon taking the camp, American airborne discover over 1,000 dead prisoners – the majority of which were starved to death.
- 1955: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof wins Tennessee Williams the Pulitzer Prize for Drama on this day.
- 1964: The USS Card is sunk by a bomb planted by a NVA frogman during the Vietnam War. The ship is raised and returned to service in under 7 months.
- 1986: 6-days after the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster, the city of Chernobyl is finally evacuated.
- 1994: 32 people are killed when a bus crashes in Gdansk, Poland.
Famous Birthdays on May 2
- Russian Catherine the Great is born in 1729.
- Irish-English 2nd Earl of Shelburne and Prime Minister of the U.K., William Petty is born in 1737.
- Spanish composer Vicente Martín y Soler is born in 1754.
- German chemist and physicist, Heinrich Gustav Magnus is born in 1802.
- Canadian-American engineer, Elijah McCoy is born in 1843.
- American engineer and author, E.E. Smith is born in 1890.
- German captain and pilot Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron) is born in 1892.
- American-Canadian wrestler and actor, Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) is born in 1972.