May 2 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for May 2
In the headlines today:

1999	NFL quarterback John Elway announces his retirement, after 16 seasons with the Denver Broncos.
1997	Real estate tycoon Donald Trump, 50, and second wife Marla Maples, 33, announce their separation.
1994	A jury finds that singer Michael Bolton's 1991 pop hit Love is A Wonderful Thing infringes on the copyright of a 1964 Isley Brothers song of the same name.
1986	The Expo 86 world's fair opens in Vancouver, Canada, and runs through October 13th.
1982	The Argentine cruiser General Belgrano is torpedoed by the British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 Argentine sailors during the Falklands War.
1972	FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover dies in his sleep at age 72. (photo credit: NARA)
1972	A fire at the Sunshine silver mine near Kellogg, ID, results in the death of 92 miners. More...
1954	St. Louis Cardinals slugger Stan 'The Man' Musial sets a major league baseball record by hitting five home runs in a single day of play (double header against the NY Giants).
1945	Berlin surrenders to Russian troops during WWII.
1939	Lou Gehrig, baseball's 'Iron Horse,' sets a major league baseball record by playing in his 2,130th consecutive game.
1885	The first issue of Good Housekeeping magazine is published.
1876	Ross Barnes, of the Chicago White Stockings, hits the first home run in major league baseball history, in a game against the Cincinnati Red Stockings.
1670	The Hudson's Bay Company receives a charter from King Charles II of England to open the North American fur trade.
1519	Italian author-painter-architect-inventor Leonardo da Vinci dies in Cloux, France, at age 67.