May 2nd, 1955

Born on May 2nd, 1955

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 25,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 798 days, exactly on July 8th, 2026, people who were born on May 2nd, 1955 will be 26,000 days old!

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What 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.

May 2nd, 1969

The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.

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

Born on May 2nd, 1955

68

Stefano Colagrande

Italian actor

*May 2nd, 1955, Rome

68

Dave Winer

Software developer

*May 2nd, 1955, Brooklyn

68

Donatella Versace

Italian fashion designer

*May 2nd, 1955, Reggio Calabria

48

Marita Sehn

German politician (1955-2004)

*May 2nd, 1955, Rödern †January 18th, 2004, Niedersohren

68

Ed Murray

American politician from Washington

*May 2nd, 1955, Aberdeen

68

Holger Franke

German actor, born 1955

*May 2nd, 1955, Dresden

68

Angelika Birk

German politician

*May 2nd, 1955, Krefeld

68

Willie Miller

Scottish footballer and manager (born 1955)

*May 2nd, 1955, Glasgow

66

Maharaj Krishan Kaushik

Field hockey player (1955-2021)

*May 2nd, 1955, New Delhi †May 8th, 2021

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

63

Christopher Barker

Swiss actor

*May 2nd, 1960, Rome

71

Christopher Doyle

Australian-Hong Kong cinematographer and film director

*May 2nd, 1952, Sydney

71

Christine Baranski

American actress

*May 2nd, 1952, Buffalo

51

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

63

Stephen Daldry

British director

*May 2nd, 1960, Dorset

48

David Beckham

English association football player

*May 2nd, 1975, Leytonstone

77

David Suchet

English actor

*May 2nd, 1946, Paddington

68

Manfred Durniok

German film producer

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

61

Jean-François Bernard

Oympic cyclist from France

*May 2nd, 1962, Luzy

25

Anders Dreyer

Danish association football player

*May 2nd, 1998, Bramming

25

Manfred von Richthofen

German fighter pilot (1892-1918)

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

70

Valery Gergiev

Russian conductor and opera company director

*May 2nd, 1953, Moscow

78

Bianca Jagger

Nicaraguan-British human rights activist and socialite

*May 2nd, 1945, Managua

94

Édouard Balladur

91st Prime Minister of France

*May 2nd, 1929, İzmir

60

Victor Reinier

Dutch actor

*May 2nd, 1963, Amsterdam

62

Beeban Kidron

English film director

*May 2nd, 1961, North London

76

Link Wray

American guitarist (1929–2005)

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

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

Same year
Born in 1955

63

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

*April 17th, 1955, Leigh †December 6th, 2018, Tallinn

68

Bill Gates

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)

*October 28th, 1955, Seattle

68

Guillermo Lasso

47 president of Ecuador

*November 16th, 1955, Guayaquil

68

Tim Berners-Lee

English computer scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web (born 1955)

*June 8th, 1955, London

56

Steve Jobs

American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)

*February 24th, 1955, San Francisco †October 5th, 2011, Palo Alto

69

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

68

Steve Jones

English guitarist

*September 3rd, 1955, Shepherd's Bush

69

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

61

Bill Paxton

American actor and filmmaker (1955–2017)

*May 17th, 1955, Fort Worth †February 25th, 2017, Los Angeles

68

Caroline Loeb

French actress and singer

*October 5th, 1955, Neuilly-sur-Seine

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

69

Uwe Reinders

German association football player and manager

*January 19th, 1955, Essen

61

Jimmy LaFave

American musician

*July 12th, 1955, Wills Point †May 21st, 2017, Austin

69

Steve Mann

British chemist

*April 1st, 1955, Leeds

69

Jair Bolsonaro

President of Brazil from 2019 to 2022

*March 21st, 1955, Glicério

68

Adolf Sauerland

German politician

*June 4th, 1955, Duisburg

43

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

*February 21st, 1955, Weimar †June 21st, 1998, Spreetal

69

Martin Jehne

German historian of classical antiquity

*January 27th, 1955, Hamburg

68

Isabelle Adjani

French actress

*June 27th, 1955, 17th arrondissement of Paris

68

Whoopi Goldberg

American actress, comedian, author and television personality

*November 13th, 1955, New York City

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1955 is a normal year and no leap year.

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