{"id":20532,"date":"2020-05-02T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T06:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=20532"},"modified":"2020-05-01T16:08:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T10:38:13","slug":"history-of-2-may-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-2-may-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 2 May"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>History of 2 May<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong> &#8211; At Washington&#8217;s National Gallery of Art, an exhibit of 80 paintings from the collection of Dr. Albert C. Barnes opened.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong> &#8211; Authorities said that they had recovered the remains of David Koresh from the Branch Davidian compound near Waco,\u00a0TX.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong> &#8211; Nelson Mandela claimed victory after South Africa&#8217;s first democratic elections.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1999<\/strong> &#8211; In Panama, Mireya Moscoso de Grubar, of the Armulfista Party, was elected president.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2002<\/strong> &#8211; It was reported that Phyllis Diller had retired from touring.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2004<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Yelwa massacre\u00a0concludes. 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.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2008<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Cyclone Nargis\u00a0makes landfall in\u00a0Burma\u00a0killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2008<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Chait\u00e9n Volcano\u00a0begins erupting in\u00a0Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2011<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the\u00a0September 11 attacks\u00a0and the\u00a0FBI&#8217;s most wanted man, is\u00a0killed\u00a0by the\u00a0United States special forces\u00a0in\u00a0Abbottabad, Pakistan.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2011<\/strong> \u2013 An\u00a0E. coli outbreak\u00a0strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the\u00a0bacteria\u00a0outbreak.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A\u00a0pastel\u00a0version of\u00a0<em>The Scream<\/em>, by Norwegian painter\u00a0Edvard Munch, sells for $120\u00a0million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2014<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Two mudslides\u00a0in\u00a0Badakhshan,\u00a0Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2018<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Basque separatist\u00a0terrorist band\u00a0ETA\u00a0announces its dissolution and ceasing of all activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Celebrating Birthday today<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Robert Buckley, American actor<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Chris Kirkland, English footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Tiago Mendes, Portuguese footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Matt Murray, English footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Rina Sat\u014d, Japanese voice actress and singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Timothy Benjamin, Welsh sprinter<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Johan Botha, South African cricketer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Alessandro Diamanti, Italian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Maynor Figueroa, Honduran footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Tina Maze, Slovenian skier<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Daniel Sordo, Spanish race car driver<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Ove Vanebo, Norwegian politician<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Saulius Mikoli\u016bnas, Lithuanian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Thabo Sefolosha, Swiss basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Lily Allen, English singer-songwriter and actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Kyle Busch, American race car driver<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Ashley Harkleroad, American tennis player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Sarah Hughes, American figure skater<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Saara Aalto, Finnish singer and actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Nana Kitade, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Pat McAfee, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Kris Russell, Canadian ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Justin Young, English singer and songwriter<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Neftal\u00ed Feliz, Dominican baseball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Stephen Henderson, Irish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1989<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jeanette Pohlen, American basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Paul George, American basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jeong Jinwoon, South Korean actor and singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Sunmi, South Korean singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Mar\u00eda Teresa Torr\u00f3 Flor, Spanish tennis player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Owain Doull, Welsh track cyclist<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Isyana Sarasvati, Indonesian singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Huang Zitao, Chinese singer and rapper<\/li>\n<li><strong>1996<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Cherprang Areekul, Thai singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1996<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Julian Brandt, German footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>2015<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, British royal, and fourth\u00a0in line\u00a0to the\u00a0British throne<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of 2 May 1993 &#8211; At Washington&#8217;s National Gallery of Art, an exhibit of 80 paintings from the collection of Dr. Albert C. 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