Historical events that occurred on may 2

[Omiyale Abiodun John]

Here are some historical events that occurred on May 2 ¹ ² ³ ⁴:

– 1194: King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first royal charter.
– 1536: Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason, and witchcraft.
– 1611: The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England.
– 1803: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France.
– 1889: Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
– 1935: The peasants of Luzon, Philippines, rose up in arms against oppressive land tenancy laws.
– 1939: Lou Gehrig’s 2,130-game streak ended.
– 1946: An attempted prison escape by six inmates at Alcatraz resulted in two days of violent fighting, which became known as the Battle of Alcatraz.
– 1952: The jet age begins with the first scheduled flight of the De Havilland Comet 1.
– 1972: Dwayne Johnson, American professional wrestler and actor, was born.
– 1975: David Beckham, British athlete, was born.
– 1982: The British Royal Navy sinks the Argentinian cruiser General Belgrano.
– 1989: The Iron Curtain begins to crumble as Hungary dismantles its border fence.
– 1997: Tony Blair becomes British Prime Minister.
– 2011: Barack Obama announced that Osama Bin Laden had been found and killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
– 2015: Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge, the second child of Prince William, duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, duchess of Cambridge, was born in London.