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Notable anniversaries in history for today: May 2
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Theodore Bikel; Austrian/American folk singer/actor (The Russians Are Coming, Another Day, Dynasty, Falcon Crest).
- 100th: 1924 - Netherlands refuses to recognize USSR.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of John Verity; rocker (Argent).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Bulelani T Ngcuka; South African attorney/leader (UDF).
- 70th: 1954 - Stan Musial hits five homeruns in a doubleheader.
- 60th: 1964 - 90th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 2:00.
- 60th: 1964 - The Beatles' "Second Album" goes #1 and stays #1 for for five weeks.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Kelly Michael Gibson in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; PGA golfer (1995 Bob Hope-7th).
- 60th: 1964 - Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA champion.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Miles Joseph in West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA; soccer forward (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 50th: 1974 - Former US Vice President Spiro Agnew is disbarred.
- 40th: 1984 - Mattingly's single breaks up Lamarr Hoyt's perfect game bid.
- 40th: 1984 - Piet van Aken, Flemish writer (Failing God, Niggers), dies at age 64.
- 40th: 1984 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 40th: 1984 - Death of Jack Barry at age 66 of cardiac arrest; game show emcee (Twenty One TV show, The Joker's Wild TV show).
- 40th: 1984 - The Liverpool International Garden Festival opens in Liverpool, England.
- 40th: 1984 - Cleveland Indians' Andre Thornton ties record for most walks (6 in 16 innings).
- 30th: 1994 - Bus crashes into a tree at Gdansk, Poland, 30 killed.
- 30th: 1994 - Dr Kevokian found innocent on assisting suicides.
- 30th: 1994 - Louis Calaferte, writer (Requiem of the Innocents), dies at age 65.
- 25th: 1999 - Norman J. Sirnic and Karen Sirnic are murdered by the serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz in a parsonage in Weimar, Texas (his fourth and fifth victims in his fourth slaying incident).
- 15th: 2009 - At Churchill Downs, the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race takes place. Canadian horse Mine That Bird wins, the second-biggest upset in Derby history.
- 15th: 2009 - Marilyn French, author of The Women's Room, dies of heart failure at age 79 in New York.
- 15th: 2009 - The Pilgrim's Plunge water ride opens at Holiday World in Indiana, USA, the world's largest water ride drop at 131 feet high and 45-degree slope.
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