History for May 2

History for May 2 - On-This-Day.com
Catherine The Great (Ekaterina Alekseevna) 1729 - Russian leader Catherine II, Baron Von Richthofen (The Red Baron) 1892 - German fighter pilot, Lorenz Hart 1895 - Composer, lyricist, half of Rodgers & Hart 


Dr. Benjamin Spock 1903 - Baby doctor, author ("The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care"), Bing Crosby 1903 - Singer, according to Bing Crosby his birthday is May 2nd, his birthday is actually May 3, real name: Harry Lillis Crosby, Theodore Bikel 1924 - Singer, actor ("Fiddler on the Roof", "The African Queen") 


Engelbert Humperdinck (Arnold George Dorsey) 1936 - Singer, Gates (William James) Brown 1939 - Baseball player, Lesley Gore 1946 - Singer 


1863 - Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was wounded by his own men in the battle of Chancellorsville, VA. He died 8 days later. 


1885 - The Congo Free State was established by King Leopold II of Belgium. 


1885 - The magazine "Good Housekeeping" was first published. 


1902 - "A Trip to the Moon," the first science fiction film was released. It was created by magician George Melies. 


1933 - Hitler banned trade unions in Germany. 


1945 - Russians took Berlin after 12 days of fierce house-to-house fighting. The Allies announced the surrender of Nazi troops in Italy and parts of Austria. 


1982 - The British submarine HMS Conqueror sank Argentina's only cruiser, the General Belgrano during the Falkland Islands War. More than 350 people died.