Today is Saturday, May 2, the 122nd day of 2015. There are 243 days left in the year.
1536 ― King Henry VIII accused Anna Boleyn of adultery and incest
1933 ― In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions
1939 ― Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yankees beat Tigers 22-2
1945 ― Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders
1949 ― Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for “Death of a Salesman"
1964 ― Beatles' “Second Album" goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for five weeks
1977 ― “The King & I" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances
1980 ― Pink Floyd's “Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa
1982 ― Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men
1994 ― Dr. Kevokian found innocent on assisting suicides
1997 ― Mercury Mail announces its 1 millionth Internet subscriber