Today in History From JJD

"May 2. Past Events"

1945 - WWII: Battle of Berlin ends as Soviet army takes Berlin and General Weidling surrenders
1949 - Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for "Death of a Salesman"
1982 - Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men
1998 - The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy.
2008 - Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Myanmar killing over 130,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
2011 - Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man is killed by United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

Today's Historical Events

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 4 of 228

Abraham Gesner (1797)

Benjamin Spock (1903)

Catherine the Great (1729)

The Red Baron (1892)

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Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 5 of 6
1652 - Daughter of the Prince of Orange, Albertine Agnes marries William Frederick Prince of Nassau-Dietz
1816 - Léopold (Léopold I)of Saxe-Coburg, 1st King of Belgium following independence from the Netherlands marries British Princess Charlotte Augusta
1922 - Dancer Isadora Duncan (44) weds Sergei Esenin (26)
1946 - "Rebecca" actress Joan Fontaine (28) weds producer and actor William Dozier (38)
1998 - Actor-comedian Jim Belushi (43) weds Jennifer Sloan (30) at their home garden in Brentwood, Los Angeles

Today's Famous Weddings