May 2nd, 1952

Born on May 2nd, 1952

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 26,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 708 days, exactly on April 4th, 2026, people who were born on May 2nd, 1952 will be 27,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 2nd, 1952?

May 2nd, 1952

A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Comet

What else happened on May 2nd?

May 2nd, 2014

Russo-Ukrainian War: Forty-eight people were killed during a confrontation between pro-Russian protesters and pro-Ukrainian unity protesters in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa.

May 2nd, 2011

Osama bin Laden was shot and killed by U.S. Navy SEAL Team 6 in a private residential compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

May 2nd, 2008

The Chaitén volcano in Chile began to erupt for the first time since around 1640.

May 2nd, 2003

Cyclone Manou formed in the Indian Ocean; over the next two weeks it struck Madagascar and left more than 100,000 people homeless.

May 2nd, 1999

Mireya Moscoso became the first woman to be elected President of Panama.

May 2nd, 1995

Croatian War of Independence: Serb forces began rocket attacks on the Croatian capital Zagreb, killing 7 people and injuring around 200 others.

May 2nd, 1982

Falklands War: HMS Conqueror sank the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano (pictured), the only ship ever to have been deliberately sunk by a nuclear submarine in battle.

May 2nd, 1964

Vietnam War: An explosion caused by Viet Cong commandos led USNS Card to sink in the port of Saigon.

May 2nd, 1945

World War II: General Helmuth Weidling, the German commander of Berlin, surrendered to Soviet forces led by Marshal Georgy Zhukov, ending the Battle of Berlin.

May 2nd, 1878

A dust explosion at the world's largest flour mill in Minneapolis resulted in 18 deaths.

May 2nd, 1670

A royal charter granted the Hudson's Bay Company a monopoly in the fur trade in Rupert's Land (present-day Canada).

May 2nd, 1559

Presbyterian clergyman John Knox returned from exile to lead the Scottish Reformation.

May 2nd, 1194

King Richard I of England gave the city of Portsmouth (Old Portsmouth pictured) its first royal charter.

May 2nd, 1970

ALM Flight 980 ditches in the Caribbean Sea near Saint Croix, killing 23.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 2nd

Born on May 2nd, 1952

71

Christopher Doyle

Australian-Hong Kong cinematographer and film director

*May 2nd, 1952, Sydney

71

Christine Baranski

American actress

*May 2nd, 1952, Buffalo

63

Wolfgang Horak

German rower

*May 2nd, 1952, Bonn †November 30th, 2015

71

Mari Natsuki

Japanese actor and singer (1952-)

*May 2nd, 1952, Toshima-ku

71

Werner Schulze-Erdel

German actor and television presenter

*May 2nd, 1952, Münster

71

Isla St Clair

British musician

*May 2nd, 1952, Grangemouth

71

Pat Cardi

American actor

*May 2nd, 1952, Brookhaven

56

Lothar Skala

German association football player (1952-2008)

*May 2nd, 1952, Groß-Gerau †September 28th, 2008, Frankfurt

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 2nd?

63

Christopher Barker

Swiss actor

*May 2nd, 1960, Rome

51

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

77

David Suchet

English actor

*May 2nd, 1946, Paddington

68

Manfred Durniok

German film producer

*May 2nd, 1934, Berlin †March 7th, 2003, Berlin

48

David Beckham

English association football player

*May 2nd, 1975, Leytonstone

63

Stephen Daldry

British director

*May 2nd, 1960, Dorset

70

Valery Gergiev

Russian conductor and opera company director

*May 2nd, 1953, Moscow

25

Anders Dreyer

Danish association football player

*May 2nd, 1998, Bramming

78

Bianca Jagger

Nicaraguan-British human rights activist and socialite

*May 2nd, 1945, Managua

61

Jean-François Bernard

Oympic cyclist from France

*May 2nd, 1962, Luzy

25

Manfred von Richthofen

German fighter pilot (1892-1918)

*May 2nd, 1892, Wrocław †April 21st, 1918, Vaux-sur-Somme

70

Domitien Ndayizeye

President of Burundi

*May 2nd, 1953, Kayanza Province

94

Édouard Balladur

91st Prime Minister of France

*May 2nd, 1929, İzmir

76

Link Wray

American guitarist (1929–2005)

*May 2nd, 1929, Dunn †November 5th, 2005, Copenhagen

79

Jacques Rogge

International Olympic Committee President

*May 2nd, 1942, Ghent †August 29th, 2021, Deinze

91

Theodore Bikel

Austrian-American actor, folk singer, musician, composer, unionist and political activist (1924-2015)

*May 2nd, 1924, Vienna †July 21st, 2015, Westwood

36

Saara Aalto

Finnish singer-songwriter

*May 2nd, 1987, Oulunsalo

35

Fabian Lustenberger

Swiss footballer

*May 2nd, 1988, Nebikon

86

John Neville

English actor (1925–2011)

*May 2nd, 1925, London †November 19th, 2011, Toronto

60

Victor Reinier

Dutch actor

*May 2nd, 1963, Amsterdam

Same year
Born in 1952

71

Vladimir Putin

President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)

*October 7th, 1952, V.F. Snegiryov Maternity Hospital No.6

71

Larry Elder

American talk radio host and attorney (born 1952)

*April 27th, 1952, Los Angeles

71

Matti Geschonneck

German film director

*May 8th, 1952, Potsdam

64

Ina-Maria Federowski

German singer (1952-2017)

*September 28th, 1952, Freital †July 13th, 2017, Berlin

71

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

49

Douglas Adams

English author and humourist (1952–2001)

*March 11th, 1952, Cambridge †May 11th, 2001, Santa Barbara

72

Lorenz-Günther Köstner

German association football player and manager

*January 30th, 1952, Wallenfels

64

Reinhard Häfner

German association football player and manager (1952–2016)

*February 2nd, 1952, Sonneberg †October 24th, 2016, Dresden

72

Steven Seagal

American actor, martial artist, and film producer

*April 10th, 1952, Lansing

72

Hans-Jürgen Irmer

German politician

*February 20th, 1952, Limburg an der Lahn

72

Wolfgang Kubicki

German politician

*March 3rd, 1952, Brunswick

72

Lennart Fagerlund

Cyclist

*April 2nd, 1952, Nässjö

72

Magnar Åm

Norwegian composer

*April 9th, 1952, Trondheim

71

Joachim Kaps

German actor and voice actor

*November 3rd, 1952, Görlitz

71

Liam Neeson

Northern Irish actor (born 1952)

*June 7th, 1952, Ballymena

58

Brigitte Maier

Porn actress, adult model (1952–2010)

*August 7th, 1952, Kiel †November 13th, 2010, Los Angeles

71

Orhan Pamuk

Turkish novelist

*June 7th, 1952, Istanbul

71

Duncan Regehr

Canadian writer, artist and actor

*October 5th, 1952, Lethbridge

71

Mandy Patinkin

American actor and singer

*November 30th, 1952, Chicago

71

John Goodman

American actor, voice artist and comedian (born 1952)

*June 20th, 1952, Affton

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Leap year

Yes: 1952 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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