History Events on May 02

After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia.

#Charles_Fremantle

President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.

#Bill_Clinton

Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.

#Anne_Boleyn

American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.

#American_Civil_War

The world's first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden flight, from London to Johannesburg.

#Jet_airliner

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.

#Spanish_Socialist_Workers'_Party

General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.

#General_Motors

World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death.

#Wöbbelin_concentration_camp

Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

#Tennessee_Williams

Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia.

#Otto,_Duke_of_Austria

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.

#1941_Iraqi_coup_d'état

Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the American aircraft carrier USS 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.

#Vietnam_War

Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle.

#Mary,_Queen_of_Scots

Marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Princess Charlotte of Wales.

#Leopold_I_of_Belgium

Cold War: Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria, which allows a number of East Germans to defect.

#Cold_War

First ascent of Shishapangma, the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.

#First_ascent

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.

#Croatian_War_of_Independence

King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.

#Charles_II_of_England

Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.

#Peninsular_War

John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.

#John_Knox

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.

#Osama_bin_Laden

Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.

#Chaitén_(volcano)

Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.

#Cyclone_Nargis

Germany's independent labor unions are replaced by the German Labour Front.

#German_Labour_Front

King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.

#Richard_I_of_England

The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.

#King_James_Version

The Siege of Cuautla during the Mexican War of Independence ends with both sides claiming victory after Mexican rebels under José María Morelos y Pavón abandon the city after 72 days under siege by royalist Spanish troops under Félix María Calleja.

#Siege_of_Cuautla

Basque separatist terrorist band ETA announces its dissolution and ceasing of all activities.

#Basque_nationalism

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.

#Pastel

William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great.

#William_de_Braose_(died_1230)

World War II: The Soviet Union announces the fall of Berlin.

#World_War_II

The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy.

#European_Central_Bank

Peruvian defenders fight off the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.

#Peru

The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.

#Queen_Elizabeth_2

Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.

#Falklands_War

Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing.

#2014_Badakhshan_mudslides

Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.

#Menelik_II

John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.

#John_Maitland,_1st_Duke_of_Lauderdale

An E. coli outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak.

The Yelwa massacre concludes. It began on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims killed 78 Christians at Yelwa. In response, about 630 Muslims were killed by Christians on May 2nd.

Panamanian general election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.

A bus crashes in Gda?sk, Poland killing 32 people.

Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster.

In the early morning hours a fire breaks out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, Idaho, killing 91 workers.

Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres near Cuxhaven. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.

World War II: A death march from Dachau to the Austrian border is halted by the segregated, all-Nisei 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the U.S. Army in southern Bavaria, saving several hundred prisoners.

World War II: The surrender of Caserta comes into effect, by which German troops in Italy cease fighting.

The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.

Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.

Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.

The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.