May 2
1519 - Artist Leonardo da Vinci died.
1670 - The Hudson Bay Co. was chartered by England's King Charles II.
1863 - Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was accidentally wounded by his own men at Chancellorsville, Virginia. He died eight days later.
1885 - "Good Housekeeping" magazine made its debut.
1890 - The Oklahoma Territory was organized.
1927 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Buck v. Bell, upheld 8-1 a Virginia law allowing the forced sterilization of people to promote the “health of the patient and the welfare of society.”
1941 - General Mills began shipping a new cereal called "Cheerioats" to six test markets. (The cereal was later renamed "Cheerios.")
1945 - The Soviet Union announced the fall of Berlin during World War II; Allies also announced the surrender of Nazi troops in Italy and parts of Austria.
1969 - The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth II departed on her maiden voyage to New York.
1972 - J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI for 48 years, died at age 77.
1982 - The Weather Channel debuted.
1994 - Nelson Mandela was victorious in South Africa's first multi-racial election for president; President F.W. de Klerk acknowledged defeat.
1997 - Tony Blair of the Labour Party was elected British prime minister, ending 18 years of conservative rule. At age 44, he was the youngest prime minister in 185 years.
2005 - Pfc. Lynndie England, the young woman pictured in some of the most notorious Abu Ghraib photos, pleaded guilty at Fort Hood, Texas, to mistreating prisoners. (A judge later threw out the plea agreement; England was then convicted in a court-martial and received a three-year sentence, of which she served half.)
2011 - Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who’d been killed hours earlier in a raid by elite American forces at his Pakistan compound, was buried at sea.
2012 - A pastel version of "The Scream" by painter Edvard Munch, sold in a New York City auction for $120 million, a new world record price for an auctioned piece of art.
2017 - Michael Slager, a white former police officer whose killing of Walter Scott, an unarmed Black man running from a traffic stop, was captured on cellphone video, pleaded guilty to federal civil rights charges in Charleston, South Carolina. (Slager was sentenced to 20 years in prison.)
2018 - The Boy Scouts of America announced that the group’s flagship program would undergo a name change; after being known simply as the Boy Scouts for 108 years, the program would now be called Scouts BSA. (The change came as girls were about to enter the ranks.)
2021 - SpaceX safely returned four astronauts from the International Space Station, making the first U.S. crew splashdown in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot.
Birthdays
31 - Olivia Attwood (reality star)
32 - Paul George (basketball player)
32 - Kay Panabaker (actress)
35 - Pat McAfee (football player/radio host)
36 - Thomas McDonell (actor)
37 - Sarah Hughes (figure skater)
37 - Lily Rose Cooper (singer)
37 - Lily Allen (singer)
39 - Gaius Charles (actor)
41 - Robert Buckley (actor)
42 - Ellie Kemper (actress)
45 - Jenna Von Oy (actress)
46 - Jeff Gutt (singer)
47 - David Beckham (soccer player)
50 - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (actor/professional wrestler)
55 - Mika Brzezinski (TV host)
60 - Ty Herndon (singer)
60 - Elizabeth Berridge (actress)
63 - Brian Tochi (actor)
67 - Donatella Versace (fashion designer)
70 - Christine Baranski (actress)
74 - Larry Gatlin (singer)
76 - David Suchet (actor)
86 - Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)
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Today in Sports History - May 2
1909 - Honus Wagner steals his way around the bases in the first inning of a game against the Chicago Cubs.
1920 - In Indianapolis, the first game of the National Negro Baseball League was played.
1923 - Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators pitched his 100th shutout.
1939 - Lou Gehrig established a new major league record when he played in his 2,130th consecutive game. It would take another 57 years before the record was broken by Cal Ripken Jr.
1954 - Stan Musial (St. Louis Cardinals) set a new major league record when he hit 5 home runs against the New York Giants.
1958 - The New York Yankees threatened to broadcast games nationwide if the National League went ahead with plans to broadcast their games into New York.
1967 - The Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the Montreal Canadiens in six games to win the Stanley Cup.
1968 - The Boston Celtics defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in six games to win the NBA Championship.
1970 - Jockey Diane Crump became the first woman to ride in the Kentucky Derby; she finished in 15th place aboard Fathom. (The winning horse was Dust Commander.)
1978 - The Houston Oilers select Texas running back Earl Campbell with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
1984 - Andre Thornton of the Cleveland Indians is walked a record six times in a 16 inning game.
1988 - Pete Rose (Cincinnati Reds) was suspended for 30 games for pushing an umpire.
1999 - Quarterback John Elway announces his retirement from football.
2002 - Mike Cameron (Seattle Mariners) hit four home runs against the Chicago White Sox.
2009 - The Dallas Cowboys practice bubble collapsed during a storm during a practice. At the time, 27 players were working out. Almost all were drafted last weekend or signed as undrafted rookies. Twelve people were injured.
2015 - Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeats Manny Pacquiao on points in 12 rounds in a world welterweight unification title fight, which shattered all financial records for a boxing match.
2016 - Leicester City wins the English Premier League title after starting the season at 5,000-to-1 odds.
2021 - Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser died at his New Mexico home at 87.
1519 - Artist Leonardo da Vinci died.
1670 - The Hudson Bay Co. was chartered by England's King Charles II.
1863 - Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was accidentally wounded by his own men at Chancellorsville, Virginia. He died eight days later.
1885 - "Good Housekeeping" magazine made its debut.
1890 - The Oklahoma Territory was organized.
1927 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Buck v. Bell, upheld 8-1 a Virginia law allowing the forced sterilization of people to promote the “health of the patient and the welfare of society.”
1941 - General Mills began shipping a new cereal called "Cheerioats" to six test markets. (The cereal was later renamed "Cheerios.")
1945 - The Soviet Union announced the fall of Berlin during World War II; Allies also announced the surrender of Nazi troops in Italy and parts of Austria.
1969 - The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth II departed on her maiden voyage to New York.
1972 - J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI for 48 years, died at age 77.
1982 - The Weather Channel debuted.
1994 - Nelson Mandela was victorious in South Africa's first multi-racial election for president; President F.W. de Klerk acknowledged defeat.
1997 - Tony Blair of the Labour Party was elected British prime minister, ending 18 years of conservative rule. At age 44, he was the youngest prime minister in 185 years.
2005 - Pfc. Lynndie England, the young woman pictured in some of the most notorious Abu Ghraib photos, pleaded guilty at Fort Hood, Texas, to mistreating prisoners. (A judge later threw out the plea agreement; England was then convicted in a court-martial and received a three-year sentence, of which she served half.)
2011 - Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who’d been killed hours earlier in a raid by elite American forces at his Pakistan compound, was buried at sea.
2012 - A pastel version of "The Scream" by painter Edvard Munch, sold in a New York City auction for $120 million, a new world record price for an auctioned piece of art.
2017 - Michael Slager, a white former police officer whose killing of Walter Scott, an unarmed Black man running from a traffic stop, was captured on cellphone video, pleaded guilty to federal civil rights charges in Charleston, South Carolina. (Slager was sentenced to 20 years in prison.)
2018 - The Boy Scouts of America announced that the group’s flagship program would undergo a name change; after being known simply as the Boy Scouts for 108 years, the program would now be called Scouts BSA. (The change came as girls were about to enter the ranks.)
2021 - SpaceX safely returned four astronauts from the International Space Station, making the first U.S. crew splashdown in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot.
Birthdays
31 - Olivia Attwood (reality star)
32 - Paul George (basketball player)
32 - Kay Panabaker (actress)
35 - Pat McAfee (football player/radio host)
36 - Thomas McDonell (actor)
37 - Sarah Hughes (figure skater)
37 - Lily Rose Cooper (singer)
37 - Lily Allen (singer)
39 - Gaius Charles (actor)
41 - Robert Buckley (actor)
42 - Ellie Kemper (actress)
45 - Jenna Von Oy (actress)
46 - Jeff Gutt (singer)
47 - David Beckham (soccer player)
50 - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (actor/professional wrestler)
55 - Mika Brzezinski (TV host)
60 - Ty Herndon (singer)
60 - Elizabeth Berridge (actress)
63 - Brian Tochi (actor)
67 - Donatella Versace (fashion designer)
70 - Christine Baranski (actress)
74 - Larry Gatlin (singer)
76 - David Suchet (actor)
86 - Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)
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Today in Sports History - May 2
1909 - Honus Wagner steals his way around the bases in the first inning of a game against the Chicago Cubs.
1920 - In Indianapolis, the first game of the National Negro Baseball League was played.
1923 - Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators pitched his 100th shutout.
1939 - Lou Gehrig established a new major league record when he played in his 2,130th consecutive game. It would take another 57 years before the record was broken by Cal Ripken Jr.
1954 - Stan Musial (St. Louis Cardinals) set a new major league record when he hit 5 home runs against the New York Giants.
1958 - The New York Yankees threatened to broadcast games nationwide if the National League went ahead with plans to broadcast their games into New York.
1967 - The Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the Montreal Canadiens in six games to win the Stanley Cup.
1968 - The Boston Celtics defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in six games to win the NBA Championship.
1970 - Jockey Diane Crump became the first woman to ride in the Kentucky Derby; she finished in 15th place aboard Fathom. (The winning horse was Dust Commander.)
1978 - The Houston Oilers select Texas running back Earl Campbell with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
1984 - Andre Thornton of the Cleveland Indians is walked a record six times in a 16 inning game.
1988 - Pete Rose (Cincinnati Reds) was suspended for 30 games for pushing an umpire.
1999 - Quarterback John Elway announces his retirement from football.
2002 - Mike Cameron (Seattle Mariners) hit four home runs against the Chicago White Sox.
2009 - The Dallas Cowboys practice bubble collapsed during a storm during a practice. At the time, 27 players were working out. Almost all were drafted last weekend or signed as undrafted rookies. Twelve people were injured.
2015 - Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeats Manny Pacquiao on points in 12 rounds in a world welterweight unification title fight, which shattered all financial records for a boxing match.
2016 - Leicester City wins the English Premier League title after starting the season at 5,000-to-1 odds.
2021 - Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser died at his New Mexico home at 87.
