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The
2t o Mey
is the 122t day o the year (123t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 243 days ti come.
Events
Births
- 1360
-
Yongle Emperor
o
Cheenae
(d.
1424
)
- 1601
-
Athanasius Kircher
, German scholar (d.
1680
)
- 1631
-
John Murray, 1st Marquess o Atholl
, Scots ryalist (d.
1703
)
- 1660
-
Alessandro Scarlatti
, Italian componer (d.
1725
)
- 1729
-
Catherine the Great
, Empress o
Roushie
(d.
1796
)
- 1737
-
William Petty, 2nt Yerl o Shelburne
,
Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick
(d.
1805
)
- 1779
-
John Galt
, Scots novelist (d.
1839
)
- 1859
-
Jerome K. Jerome
, Inglis writer an humorist (d.
1927
)
- 1860
-
Theodor Herzl
, Austrick writer an Zionist (d.
1904
)
- 1860
-
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
, Scots biologist, mathemateecian an clessics scholar (d.
1948
)
- 1881
-
Alexander Kerensky
, Roushie lawer an politeecian (d.
1970
)
- 1892
-
Manfred von Richthofen
, German fechter pilot (d.
1918
)
- 1921
-
Satyajit Ray
, Indie filmmaker (d.
1992
)
- 1923
-
Patrick Hillery
,
Preses o Ireland
(d.
2008
)
- 1929
-
Edouard Balladur
, umwhile
Prime meenister
o
Fraunce
- 1935
-
Faisal II o Iraq
(d.
1958
)
- 1936
-
Engelbert Humperdinck
, Inglis sangster
- 1942
-
Jacques Rogge
, umwhile
Preses
o the
Internaitional Olympic Committee
- 1945
-
Bianca Jagger
, Nicaraguan-born activist
- 1952
-
Christine Baranski
, American actress
- 1955
-
Willie Miller
, Scots fitbawer
- 1969
-
Brian Lara
, Trinidadian cricketer
- 1972
-
Dwayne Johnson
(also kent as "The Rock"), American professional wrestler an actor
- 1975
-
David Beckham
, Inglis fitbawer
- 1978
-
Stuart McDonald
, Scots politeecian
- 1981
-
Dave Mackay
, Scots fitbawer
- 1983
-
Tina Maze
, Slovenie skier
- 1985
-
Lily Allen
, Inglis sangster
- 1985
-
Craig Conway
, Scots fitbawer
- 2015
-
Princess Charlotte o Cambridge
Daiths
- 1519
–
Leonardo da Vinci
, Italian inventor and penter (b.
1452
)
- 1864
–
Giacomo Meyerbeer
, German componer (b.
1791
)
- 1945
–
Martin Bormann
, German Nazi politeecian (b.
1900
)
- 1957
–
Joseph McCarthy
, American politeecian (b.
1908
)
- 1969
–
Franz von Papen
, German politeecian (b.
1879
)
- 1972
–
J. Edgar Hoover
, Director o the
FBI
(b.
1895
)
- 1979
–
Giulio Natta
, Italian chemist (b.
1903
)
- 1983
–
Pridi Banomyong
, 7t
Prime meenister
o
Thailand
(b.
1900
)
- 1998
–
Kevin Lloyd
, Inglis actor (b.
1949
)
- 2011
–
Osama bin Laden
, Saudi Arabian terrorist, foonder an leader o
al-Qaeda
(b.
1957
)
- 2015
–
Ruth Rendell
, Inglis writer (b.
1930
)
- 2015
–
Maya Plisetskaya
, Roushie ballet dancer an choreographer (b.
1925
)
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