MAY 2 | Birthdays and Events

Notable Birthdays for May 2

Elias Boudinot (1740-1821) - The 10th President of the Continental Congress.

Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1961) - Founder of the National Training School for Women and Girls.

Hedda Hopper (1885-1966) - Gossip columnist.

E. E. Smith (1890-1965) - Author considered the "Father of Space Opera" (science fiction stories).

Benjamin Spock (1903-1998) - Pediatrician and best-selling author of Common Sense Book of Baby Care.

Van Alexander (1915-2015) - Composer who wrote A-Tisket, A-Tasket.

Lynn Evans (1924-2020) - Lead singer of the pop group The Chordettes and the hit songs Mr. Sandman and Lollipop.

Lance LeGault (1935-2012) - Actor fondly remembered for his character as Colonel  Decker on The A-Team.

Ted Dabney (1937-2018) - Founder of the video gaming machine Atari.

Dwayne Johnson (1972-Still Living) - Actor known as "The Rock."

Memorable Events for May 2

1863 - Stonewall Jackson is wounded by his own men during an attack on Chancellorsville.

1878 - The U.S. stops minting the 20 cent coin.

1885 - Clark Bryan publishes Good Housekeeping for the first time.

1887 - Hannibal Goodwin receives a patent for celluloid photographic film.

1908 - Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer register to copyright the song Take Me Out to the Ball Game.

1920 - The first baseball game of the Negro National League is played.

1945 - The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates the Wöbbelin Concentration Camp.

1945 - The U.S. Army's 522nd Field Artillery Battalion halts a death march from Dachau to the Austrian border, saving hundreds of prisoners.