ESTADOS UNIDOS.- Te contamos las efemérides del 2 de mayolos hechos más importantes que ocurrieron en una fecha como hoy entre 1519 y 2018.
1500
1598.- El Rey de España (Felipe II) y el Rey de Francia (Enrique IV) firman la Paz de Vervins, uno de los tratados que sirvió para poner fin a las Guerras de Religión francesas.
1800
1808.- El pueblo de Madrid se subleva contra el Ejército Francés, origen de la Guerra de la Independencia.
1866.- La escuadra española, comandada por el almirante Méndez Núñez, bombardea El Callao, última acción de la guerra de España contra Chile y Perú.
1869.- En París abre sus puertas el cabaret Folies Bergère.
1890.- Se firma el tratado García Herrera que aprueba los límites fronterizos entre Ecuador y Perú, y por el cual Ecuador pierde gran parte de sus derechos en la Amazonía.
1900
1933.- Se suprimen los sindicatos libres en Alemania.
[1945.- World War II. Berlin surrenders to the Red Army.
1952.- First commercial flight of a jet, the Havilland Comet, which covered the London-Johannesburg route.
1953.- King Faisal II swears the Constitution before the Parliament of Iraq.
1962.- More than a hundred people die as a result of various attacks by the Organization of the Secret Army (OAS) in Algeria.
1965.- The US president, Lyndon Johnson, announces the permanence of 14,000 soldiers in Santo Domingo to prevent it from becoming a communist state.
1968.- The student revolt of the “French May” begins in Paris.
1977.- The adverse ruling for Argentina is announced, in the conflict with Chile over the Beagle Channel.
1982.- Falklands War: the Argentine cruiser “General Belgrano” is sunk by a British warship.
1983.- Microsoft launches the word processor Word 1.0, and its first mouse.
1992.- The European Union (EU) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) agree on the creation of the European Economic Area (EEA).
2000
2005.- The Chilean José Miguel Insulza is elected Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS).
2008.- Cyclone “Nargis” causes 134 thousand deaths and 2.4 million homeless in Burma (Myanmar).
2010.- Financial crisis: the EU agrees to grant Greece a loan of 110 billion euros for the period 2010-2012.
2011.- A Honduran appeals court annuls the processes for alleged corruption against the ousted former president Manuel Zelaya.
2012.- “The Scream” by Edward Munch achieves an auction record by selling for 119.9 million dollars in New York.
2016.- The ship “Adonia” arrives in Havana, the first US cruise ship in more than 50 years.
2017.- Mexico captures Dámaso López, successor to El Chapo.
2017.- The Italian government appoints three administrators and grants a loan of 600 million euros to save the airline Alitalia from bankruptcy.
2018.- ETA announces its dissolution in a letter dated April 16.
2018.- The latest theory of the late British physicist Stephen Hawking is published, in which he proposes that other universes very similar to ours may exist.
births
- 1660.- Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian musician.
- 1729.- Catherine II “the Great”, Russian tsarina.
- 1772.- Friedrich Novalis, German poet.
- 1892.- Red Baron (Manfred von Richthofen), German military aviator.
- 1925.- John Neville, British actor.
- 1929.- Edouard Balladur, former French Prime Minister.
- [1945-BiancaJaggerNicaraguanactressmodelandactivist
- 1955.- Donatella Versace, Italian fashion designer.
- 1959.- Zoe Valdés, Cuban writer.
- 1975.- David Beckham, British footballer.
- 2015.- Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, second of the sons of the Dukes of Cambridge and fourth in line of succession to the British throne.
deaths
- 1519.- Leonardo Da Vinci, Italian Renaissance artist and scholar.
- 1857.- Alfred de Musset, French poet.
- 1957.- Joseph McCarthy, American politician.
- 1999.- Oliver Reed, British actor.
- 2005.- Bob Hunter, co-founder of Greenpeace.
- 2009.- Augusto Boal, Brazilian playwright.
- 2015.- Maya Plisetskaya, Spanish-Russian dancer.
- 2015.- Ruth Rendell, British writer.
catholic saints
- Saint Athanasius
- Saint Cyriacus of Atalia
- saint felix deacon
- Saint Flaminia
- Saint Hesperus of Atalia
- Saint Longinus
- Saint Theodulus of Atalia
- Santa Viborada
- saint vindemial
- Saint Waldebert
- Saint Zoe of Atalia
- Blessed Boleslaus Strzelecki
- Blessed William Tirry
- Blessed Nicholas Hermansson
celebrations
- World Tuna Day.
- World Day against School Harassment or Bullying
- World Asthma Day is celebrated under the auspices of the World Health Organization, GINA (Global Initiative Against Asthma).
- Indonesia: “Hari Pendidikan Nasional” (“National Education Day”).
- Iran: “Teacher’s Day”.
- Peru: “Combat of Callao”.
- Poland: “Dzień Flagi Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej” (“Flag Day”).
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