1006 – Supernova observed by Chinese and Egyptians in constellation Lupus
1308 – King Albert was murdered by his nephew John, because he refused his share of the Habsburg lands.
1328 – Wars of Scottish Independence end: Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton – the Kingdom of England recognises the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state.
1486 – Christopher Columbus convinced Queen Isabella to fund an expedition to the West Indies.
1718 – Spanish Catholic missionaries establish Mission San Antonio de Valero (now known as Alamo), the first of several settlements in what is now San Antonio, Texas
1776 – Adam Weishaupt founds secret society of Illuminati
1805 – The state of Virginia passed a law requiring all freed slaves to leave the state, or risk either imprisonment or deportation.
1840 – “Penny Black”, the world’s first adhesive postage stamp issued by Great Britain
1848 – The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
1863 – In Virginia, the Battle of Chancellorsville began. General Robert E. Lee’s forces began fighting with Union troops under General Joseph Hooker. Confederate General Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded by his own soldiers in this battle.
1863 – Confederate “National Flag” replaces “Stars & Bars”
1867 – Reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration
1889 – Asa Candler published a full-page advertisement in The Atlanta Journal, proclaiming his wholesale and retail drug business as “sole proprietors of Coca-Cola … Delicious. Refreshing. Exhilarating. Invigorating.” Mr. Candler did not actually achieve sole ownership until 1891 at a cost of $2,300.
1898 – The U.S. Navy under Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay in the Philippines.
1905 – In New York, radium was tested as a cure for cancer.
1912 – In London’s Kensington Gardens, a statue of Peter Pan was erected.
1923 – Adolf Hitler and Ernst Rohm attempt to break up socialist May Day demonstrates, inviting Nazis from as far away as Nuremberg to take part in the violence
1930 – The planet Pluto is officially named by 11 year-old Venetia Burney
1937 – U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed an act of neutrality, keeping the United States out of World War II.
1939 – Batman first appears in Detective Comics #27
1941 – “Citizen Kane,” directed and starring Orson Welles, premiered in New York.
1945 – Admiral Karl Doenitz succeeded Hitler as leader of the Third Reich. This was one day after Hitler committed suicide.
1945 – About 1,000 citizens of Demmin in Germany, commit suicide provoked by occupation by Soviet Red Army
1948 – The People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) was proclaimed.
1952 – Mr Potato Head introduced
1954 – The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation to form the American Motors Corporation
1957 – US gives Poland credit of $95 million
1961 – Fidel Castro declares Cuba a socialist nation and bans elections – A month after Cuban troops had fought off a U.S. backed military invasion at the Bay of Pigs, Castro announces that “The revolution has no time for elections.”
1970 – Students at Kent State University riot in downtown Kent, OH, in protest of the American invasion of Cambodia.
1971 – The National Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak) went into service. It was established by the U.S. Congress to run the nation’s intercity railroads.
1978 – Naomi Uemura becomes of the first person to reach the North Pole alone – The Japanese adventurer is also credited with the first solo ascent of Mount McKinley and the first solo rafting of the Amazon river. He disappeared in 1984 during a winter ascent of Mount McKinley.
1985 – US President Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua
1989 – Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins: US Supreme Court rules employers have legal burden to prove non- discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting
1992 – Eric Houston kills 4 in a California HS where he failed history 4 yrs prior
1992 – On the third day of the Los Angeles riots resulting from the Rodney King beating trial. King appeared in public to appeal for calm, he asked, “Can we all get along?”
1999 – On Mount Everest, a group of U.S. mountain climbers discovered the body of George Mallory. Mallory had died in June of 1924 while trying to become the first person to reach the summit of Everest. At the time of the discovery it was unclear whether or not Mallory had actually reached the summit.
2001 – Chandra Levy was last seen in Washington, DC. Her remains were found in Rock Creek Park on May 22, 2002. California Congressman Gary Condit was questioned in the case due to his relationship with Levy.
2003 – In what becomes known as the “Mission Accomplished” speech, U.S. President George W. Bush declares that “major combat operations in Iraq have ended” on board the USS Abraham Lincoln off the coast of California
2010 – Car bomb fails to go off in Times Square, New York City https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/nyregion/02timessquare.html
2014 – Hundreds march through Nigerian capital calling for the release of schoolgirls abducted by Islamic militants, Boko Haram, who oppose Western education
2020 – Canadian PM Justin Trudeau announces ban on 1,500 types of assault-style weapons in response to recent Nova Scotia shooting
2020 – Tweets by Elon Musk saying Tesla’s share price is too high wipe $14 billion off the carmaker’s value
REFERENCE: history.net, onthisday.com, thepeopleshistory.com, timeanddate.com, scopesys.com, on-this-day.com
