May 2 Holidays

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2014 — Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing. ↗
• 2012 — A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new... ↗
• 2011 — Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man, is killed by the United States... ↗
• 2011 — An E. coli outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak. ↗
• 2011 — The 41st Canadian federal election is held, in which the governing Conservative Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister Stephen Harper,... ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 2015 — Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, British royal, and fourth in line to the British throne
• 1993 — Owain Doull, Welsh track cyclist
• 1993 — Isyana Sarasvati, Indonesian singer
• 1992 — María Teresa Torró Flor, Spanish tennis player
• 1991 — Jeong Jinwoon, South Korean actor and singer

🏀 Sports on this Date

• WNBA: Toronto Tempo @ Minnesota Lynx — 00:00 Final
• MLB: Toronto Blue Jays @ Minnesota Twins — 00:10 Final
• MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers @ St. Louis Cardinals — 00:15 Final
• MLB: Atlanta Braves @ Colorado Rockies — 00:40 Final
• NBA: Los Angeles Lakers @ Houston Rockets — 01:30 Final
• MLB: New York Mets @ Los Angeles Angels — 01:38 Final