Born on May 2
May 2 birthdays & history
If you were born on May 2, you share a birthday with Catherine the Great, Satyajit Ray and David Beckham. May 2 babies are Taurus, with emerald as their birthstone and the lily of the valley as their birth flower. May 2 is the 123rd day of the year in leap years (122nd in other years).
Famous people born on May 2
- 1729Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796
- 1921Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1975David Beckham, English footballer, coach, and model
- 1772Novalis, German author and poet
- 1972Dwayne Johnson, American actor and wrestler
- 1860Theodor Herzl, Austro-Hungarian Zionist philosopher, journalist and author
- 1859Jerome K. Jerome, English author and playwright
- 1985Lily Allen, English singer-songwriter and actress
- 2015Princess Charlotte of Wales, British royal, and third in line to the British throne
- 1892Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot
What happened on May 2
- 1194King Richard I of England gave the city of Portsmouth its first royal charter.
- 1670A royal charter granted the Hudson's Bay Company a monopoly in the fur trade in Rupert's Land (present-day Canada).
- 1867Albert Günther publishes the first study to recognise that the New Zealand tuatara is not a lizard.
- 1889Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
- 1906Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
- 1920The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
- 1952A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
- 1963Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres (62 mi) near Cuxhaven. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.
- 1964First ascent of Shishapangma, the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.
- 1969The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
- 1999Mireya Moscoso became the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
- 2011The Conservative Party of Canada won enough seats in the federal election to establish their first majority government.
Also observed on May 2
- Birth Anniversary of Third Druk Gyalpo (Bhutan)
- Flag Day (Poland)
- Indonesia National Education Day
- World Tuna Day
Questions, answered
What star sign is May 2?
People born on May 2 are Taurus. Their birthstone is emerald and their birth flower is the lily of the valley.
Which famous people were born on May 2?
Catherine the Great (1729), Satyajit Ray (1921), David Beckham (1975), Novalis (1772), Dwayne Johnson (1972), Theodor Herzl (1860) were all born on May 2.
What happened on May 2 in history?
Among other things: in 1969, The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City; in 1999, Mireya Moscoso became the first woman to be elected President of Panama; in 2011, The Conservative Party of Canada won enough seats in the federal election to establish their first majority government.
Can I get a newspaper front page from May 2?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any May 2 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “May 2”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.