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This is a list of selected May 2 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
1194 – King Richard I of England gave the city of Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. unreferenced section
1670 – A Royal Charter granted the Hudson's Bay Company a monopoly in the fur trade in Rupert's Land. refimprove section, unreferenced section
1757Konbaung forces captured the city of Bago, Burma, to end the Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War. refimprove section
1808 – The people of Madrid rebelled against French occupation of the city, triggering the Peninsular War. needs copyediting
1829 – Captain Charles Fremantle of the Royal Navy established the Swan River Colony, the first British settlement on the west coast of Australia. needs more footnotes
1866Chincha Islands War: Both Spanish and Peruvian forces claimed victory in the Battle of Callao. unreferenced section
1946 – The Alcatraz Island United States Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay was taken over by six inmates following their failed escape attempt. needs more footnotes
1952 – The world's first ever jet airliner, the de Havilland Comet 1, made its first commercial flight, from London to Johannesburg. featured on July 27
1953Hussein bin Talal was enthroned as king of Jordan. unreferenced section
1982Falklands War: HMS Conqueror launched three torpedoes and sank ARA General Belgrano, the only ship ever to have been deliberately sunk by a nuclear submarine in battle. refimprove

Eligible

May 2: Maundy Thursday (Eastern Christianity, 2013); Teachers' Day in Iran; Flag Day in Poland

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