May 2nd, 1959

Born on May 2nd, 1959

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 265 days, exactly on January 15th, 2025, people who were born on May 2nd, 1959 will be 24,000 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, 1959

64

Tony Wakeford

British musician

*May 2nd, 1959, Woking

64

Brian Tochi

American actor

*May 2nd, 1959, Los Angeles

64

Zoé Valdés

Cuban writer

*May 2nd, 1959, Havana

64

Alan Best

Canadian animator

*May 2nd, 1959, Hamilton

64

Lone Scherfig

Danish film director

*May 2nd, 1959, Copenhagen

64

Gary Megson

English footballer and manager

*May 2nd, 1959, Manchester

64

Penny Pritzker

American billionaire businesswoman (born 1959)

*May 2nd, 1959, Chicago

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

63

Christopher Barker

Swiss actor

*May 2nd, 1960, Rome

63

Stephen Daldry

British director

*May 2nd, 1960, Dorset

51

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

61

Jean-François Bernard

Oympic cyclist from France

*May 2nd, 1962, Luzy

71

Christopher Doyle

Australian-Hong Kong cinematographer and film director

*May 2nd, 1952, Sydney

48

David Beckham

English association football player

*May 2nd, 1975, Leytonstone

71

Christine Baranski

American actress

*May 2nd, 1952, Buffalo

68

Manfred Durniok

German film producer

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

62

Beeban Kidron

English film director

*May 2nd, 1961, North London

25

Anders Dreyer

Danish association football player

*May 2nd, 1998, Bramming

77

David Suchet

English actor

*May 2nd, 1946, Paddington

60

Victor Reinier

Dutch actor

*May 2nd, 1963, Amsterdam

25

Manfred von Richthofen

German fighter pilot (1892-1918)

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

78

Bianca Jagger

Nicaraguan-British human rights activist and socialite

*May 2nd, 1945, Managua

61

Andreas Steppuhn

German politician

*May 2nd, 1962, Münster

94

Édouard Balladur

91st Prime Minister of France

*May 2nd, 1929, İzmir

36

Saara Aalto

Finnish singer-songwriter

*May 2nd, 1987, Oulunsalo

48

Kate Baldwin

American singer and actress

*May 2nd, 1975, Evanston

35

Fabian Lustenberger

Swiss footballer

*May 2nd, 1988, Nebikon

38

Sarah Hughes

Figure skater

*May 2nd, 1985, Great Neck

Same year
Born in 1959

64

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

64

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

64

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

64

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

64

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

64

Charlie Burchill

Scottish musician and composer

*November 27th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

64

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 12th, 1959, Güímar

64

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

64

Peter Enders

German politician (1959–)

*May 10th, 1959, Eichen

64

Allison Janney

American actress

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

64

Stephen Harper

22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015

*April 30th, 1959, Toronto

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Born on May 2nd, 1959
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1959 is a normal year and no leap year.

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