History for May 2

History for May 2 - On-This-Day.com

Henry M. Robert 1837 - U.S. Army General, author

• 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.
• 1933 - Hitler banned trade unions in Germany.
• 1941 - The Federal Communications Commission agreed to let regular scheduling of TV broadcasts by commercial TV stations begin on July 1, 1941. This was the start of network television.
• 1965 - The "Early Bird" satellite was used to transmit television pictures across the Atlantic.
• 1970 - Student anti-war protesters at Ohio's Kent State University burn down the campus ROTC building. The National Guard took control of the campus.