Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless. Date: May 2, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 2 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today)
An E. coli outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others are taken ill. Date: May 2, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 2 📅 Events on this day in 2011 📅 On This Day (Today)
Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted fugitive, is killed by the United States Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Date: May 2, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 2 📅 Events on this day in 2011 📅 On This Day (Today)
A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction. Date: May 2, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 2 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅…
Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing. Date: May 2, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 2 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history. Date: May 1, 1900 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1900 📅 On This Day (Today)
RMS Lusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives. Date: May 1, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in…
German troops enter Munich to suppress the Bavarian Soviet Republic. Date: May 1, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Jaffa riots commence. Date: May 1, 1921 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1921 📅 On This Day (Today)
The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134 million members. Date: May 1, 1925 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1925 📅 On This Day (Today)