On This Day: May 2, 2024
Birthdays
1729 Catherine The Great1904 Bing Crosby, American actor & singer
1916 Peggy Mount, English actress
1926 Clive Jenkins, Trade union leader
1936 Englebert Humperdink, Singer
1952 Isla St Clair, Television personality
1962 Jimmy White, Snooker player
Events
1519 Leonardo da Vinci, the artist & scientist, died1670 The Hudson Bay Company, operating in Canada, was created
1945 Berlin was captured by Russian forces at the end of WW2
1965 Britains 'Early Bird' satellite began tranmitting TV programmes
1969 The liner QE2 had its maiden voyage
1982 The Argentine cruiser 'Belgrano' was sunk enroute to the Falklands
1984 The Queen opened the Liverpool Garden Festival
1986 Radiation released from the Chernobyl accident reached Britain