May 2 - This Day in History

May 2 : General Interest
1933: Loch Ness Monster sighted

Although accounts of an aquatic beast living in Scotland's Loch Ness date back 1,500 years, the modern legend of the Loch Ness Monster is born when a sighting makes local news on May 2, 1933... read more


American Revolution
1740 : Elias Boudinot is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/elias-boudinot-is-born

Automotive
1918 : GM buys Chevrolet
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gm-buys-chevrolet

Civil War
1863 : Confederates deliver blow to Union at Chancellorsville
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jackson-flanks-hooker-at-chancellorsville

Cold War
1957 : Joseph McCarthy dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/joseph-mccarthy-dies

Crime
1924 : A grisly crime leads to rubber gloves
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-grisly-crime-leads-to-rubber-gloves

Disaster
1997 : Sandstorm in Egypt kills 12, topples buildings
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sandstorm-in-egypt-kills-12-topples-buildings

General Interest
1670 : Hudson's Bay Company chartered
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hudsons-bay-company-chartered
1808 : Madrid revolts against French rule
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/madrid-revolts-against-french-rule
1972 : End of an era at the FBI
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/end-of-an-era-at-the-fbi
2011 : Osama bin Laden killed by U.S. forces
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/osama-bin-laden-killed-by-us-forces

Hollywood
2008 : Iron Man released
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iron-man-released

Literary
1936 : Manuscript of Edna St. Vincent Millay's Conversations at Midnight destroyed in hotel fire
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/manuscript-of-edna-st-vincent-millays-conversations-at-midnight-destroyed-in-hotel-fire

Music
1960 : Dick Clark survives the Payola scandal
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dick-clark-survives-the-payola-scandal

Old West
1874 : John B. Jones becomes major in Texas Rangers
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-b-jones-becomes-major-in-texas-rangers

Presidential
2001 : George W. Bush forms commission on Social Security
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-w-bush-forms-commission-on-social-security

Sports
1939 : Gehrig ends streak
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gehrig-ends-streak

Vietnam War
1964 : U.S. ship sunk in Saigon port
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-ship-sunk-in-saigon-port
1970 : Joint forces continue attack into Cambodia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/joint-forces-continue-attack-into-cambodia

World War I
1918 : Allies argue over U.S. troops joining battle on Western Front
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allies-argue-over-us-troops-joining-battle-on-western-front

World War II
1945 : German troops in Italy surrender to the Allies, while Berlin surrenders to Russia's Zhukov
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/german-troops-in-italy-surrender-to-the-allies-while-berlin-surrenders-to-russias-zhukov