Events that happened on May 2nd, Dwayne’s birth date:

Other Birthdays
Catherine II (Russia) 1729
Henry M. Robert 1837
Vernon Castle 1887
Baron Von Richthofen (The Red Baron) 1892
Lorenz Hart 1895
Brian Aherne 1902
Dr. Benjamin Spock 1903
Bing Crosby 1903
Pinky Lee 1907
Theodore Bikel 1924
Roscoe Lee Browne 1925
John Lee Gardner (Mothers of Invention) 1933
Link Wray 1935
Engelbert Humperdinck (Arnold George Dorsey) 1936
Lorenzo Music 1937
Mickey Bass III 1943
Hilton Valentine (Animals) 1943
John Verity (Argent) 1944
R.C. Bannon 1945
Bianca Jagger 1945
Goldy McJohn (Steppenwolf) 1945
“Rudy” Randy Cain (The Delfonics) 1945
Lesley Gore 1946
Robert Henritt (The Kinks) 1946
Larry Gatlin 1948
Lou Gramm (Foreigner) 1950
Joe Callis (Human League) 1951
Christine Baranski 1952
Bruce Robert Howard (Blow Monkeys) 1961
Elizabeth Berridge 1962
Ty Herndon 1962
Jenna Van Oy 1977

Historical Events
1519 – Leonardo da Vinci died.
1670 – The Hudson Bay Company was founded by England’s King Charles II.
1776 – France and Spain agreed to donate arms to American rebels fighting the British.
1797 – A mutiny in the British navy spread from Spithead to the rest of the fleet.
1798 – The black General Toussaint L?ouverture forced British troops to agree to evacuate the port of Santo Domingo.
1808 – The citizens of Madrid rose up against Napoleon.
1813 – Napoleon defeated a Russian and Prussian army at Grossgorschen.
1853 – Franconi?s Hippodrome opened at Broadway and 23rd Street in New York City.
1863 – Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was wounded by his own men in the battle of Chancellorsville, VA. He died 8 days later.
1865 – U.S. President Andrew Johnson offered $100,000 reward for the capture of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
1885 – The Congo Free State was established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
1885 – “Good Housekeeping” was first published.
1887 – Hannibal W. Goodwin applied for a patent on celluloid photographic film. This is the film from which movies are shown.
1890 – The Oklahoma Territory was organized.
1902 – “A Trip To The Moon,” the first science fiction film was released. It was created by magician George Melies.
1919 – The first U.S. air passenger service started.
1922 – WBAP-AM bean broadcasting in north Texas.
1926 – In India, Hindu women gained the right to seek elected office.
1926 – U.S. Marines landed in Nicaragua to put down a revolt and to protect U.S. interests. They did not depart until 1933.
1932 – Jack Benny’s first radio show debuted on NBC Radio.
1933 – Hitler banned trade unions in Germany.
1939 – Lou Gehrig set a new major league baseball record when he played in his 2,130th game. The streak began on June 1, 1925.
1941 – Hostilities broke out between British forces in Iraq and that country?s pro-German faction.
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.
1945 – Russians took Berlin after 12 days of fierce house-to-house fighting. The Allies announced the surrender of Nazi troops in Italy and parts of Austria.
1946 – Prisoners revolted at California’s Alcatraz prison.
1954 – Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals set a new major league record when he hit 5 home runs against the New York Giants.
1960 – Caryl Chessman was executed. He was a convicted sex offender and had become a best selling author while on death row.
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.
1974 – Former U.S. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew was disbarred by the Maryland Court of Appeals.
1974 – The filming of “Jaws” began in Martha’s Vineyard, MA.
1982 – The British submarine HMS Conqueror sank Argentina’s only cruiser, the General Belgrano during the Falkland Islands War.
1993 – At Washington’s National Gallery of Art, an exhibit of 80 paintings from the collection of Dr. Albert C. Barnes opened.
1993 – Authorities said that they had recovered the remains of David Koresh from the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, TX.
1994 – Nelson Mandela claimed victory after South Africa’s first democratic elections.
1999 – In Panama, Mireya Moscoso de Grubar, of the Armulfista Party, was elected president.
2002 – It was reported that Phyllis Diller had retired from touring. 

In Music
1660 – Composer Alessandro Scarlatti was born.
1752 – Composer Ludwig August Lebrun was born.
1843 – Composer Carl Michael Ziehrer was born.
1905 – Composer Alan Rawsthorne was born.
1938 – Ella Fitzgerald recorded “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” with Chick Webb?s band.
1956 – For the first time in “Billboard” chart history, five singles were in both the pop and the R&B top 10. The singles were Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel,” Carl Perkins’ “Blue Suede Shoes,” Little Richard’s “Long Tall Sally,” the Platters’ “Magic Touch,” and Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers’ “Why Do Fools Fall in Love.”
1960 – Production began on Elvis Presley’s “G.I. Blues.” It was his first post-Army movie.
1960 – Ben E. King left the Drifters and signed a deal with ATCO Records.
1965 – The Rolling Stones made their second appearance on the “Ed Sullivan Show.”
1972 – Les Harvey (Stone the Crow) was electrocuted on stage in Swansea, Wales. He died several hours later at the age of 25.
1977 – Eric Clapton recorded “Wonderful Tonight.”
1979 – The Who performed their first concert after the death of Keith Moon. Kenney Jones, formerly of the Faces, was the new drummer.
1979 – The Who’s movie “Quadrophenia” premiered in London.
1980 – The South African government banned the Pink Floyd song “Another Brick in the Wall (PartII).”
1982 – Adam and the Ants disbanded.
1992 – Bonnie Raitt received an honorary Doctor of Music Degree from Berklee College of Music during commencement cermonies in Boston.
1998 – Hide (X Japan) died in an apparent suicide at the age of 33.
1998 – Loretta Lynn made the announcement backstage at the Grand Ole Opry, that she intended to return to college and get a degree.
 

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