Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 2
May 2: Vesak in India, Pesach Sheni in Judaism (2007); Teachers' Day in Iran, Flag Day in Poland.
- 1670 - A Royal Charter granted the Hudson's Bay Company a monopoly in the fur trade in Rupert's Land.
- 1829 - Captain Charles Fremantle of the Royal Navy established the Swan River Colony, the first British settlement on the west coast of Australia.
- 1945 - World War II: General Helmuth Weidling (pictured), commander of the German troops in Berlin, surrendered the city to Soviet forces led by General Georgy Zhukov, ending the Battle of Berlin.
- 1982 - HMS Conqueror launched three torpedoes and sank ARA General Belgrano during the Falklands War.
- 1986 - Henri Toivonen died while leading the Tour de Corse rally, resulting in FISA banning the powerful and popular Group B rally cars for the following season.