Friday May 2, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, month, and days ago
  • month since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

King James Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.
Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.
After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of the HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia.
American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.
The April Uprising breaks out in Bulgaria.
The Congo Free State is established by King Léopold II of Belgium.
Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
Yelwa massacre of more than 630 nomad Muslims by Christians in Nigeria.
Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Myanmar killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.

Who were born on ?

1451
René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)
Elias Boudinot, President of the American Continental Congress (d. 1821)
E. E. Smith, American writer (d. 1965)
Ray Barrett, Australian actor (d. 2009)
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, third king of Bhutan (d. 1972)
Édouard Balladur, French Prime Minister
Marco Pannella, Italian politician and activist
Lorenzo Music, American actor (d. 2001)
Félix José, Dominican baseball player
Paul George, American basketball player

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