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May 2
1776 France & Spain agree to donate arms to American rebels
1808 Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid
1812 Siege of Cuautla during Mexican War of Independence ends with both sides claiming victory
1863 Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville VA, wounded by his own men; South defeats North
1865 President Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis
1878 US stops minting 20? coin
1885 Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, with Canadian forces
1887 Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film
1890 Territory of Oklahoma created
1911 French troops occupy F?s El Bali Morocco
1916 US President Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act
1918 General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware
1919 1st US air passenger service starts
1926 US military intervenes in Nicaragua
1941 Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy
1942 Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma
1943 German troops vacate Jefna Tunisia
1945 Allies occupy Wismar
1945 German Army in Italy surrenders
1945 Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders
1945 Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste
1946 Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz
1952 1st jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden flight
1956 US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus
1964 An explosion sinks the USS Card while it is docked at Saigon. She is raised and returned to service less than seven months later
1965 Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service
1969 British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York
1974 Former Vice President Spiro Agnew is disbarred
1981 Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes
1982 Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror
1776 France & Spain agree to donate arms to American rebels
1808 Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid
1812 Siege of Cuautla during Mexican War of Independence ends with both sides claiming victory
1863 Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville VA, wounded by his own men; South defeats North
1865 President Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis
1878 US stops minting 20? coin
1885 Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, with Canadian forces
1887 Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film
1890 Territory of Oklahoma created
1911 French troops occupy F?s El Bali Morocco
1916 US President Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act
1918 General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware
1919 1st US air passenger service starts
1926 US military intervenes in Nicaragua
1941 Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy
1942 Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma
1943 German troops vacate Jefna Tunisia
1945 Allies occupy Wismar
1945 German Army in Italy surrenders
1945 Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders
1945 Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste
1946 Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz
1952 1st jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden flight
1956 US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus
1964 An explosion sinks the USS Card while it is docked at Saigon. She is raised and returned to service less than seven months later
1965 Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service
1969 British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York
1974 Former Vice President Spiro Agnew is disbarred
1981 Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes
1982 Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror
