May 2

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[edit] Events

• 1670 - King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.
• 1933 - Adolf Hitler bans trade unions.
• 1945 - World War II: The Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the Reichstag building. German forces surrender in Italy. German forces surrender to the New Zealand Army in Trieste.

[edit] Births

• 1860 - Theodor Herzl, Austrian Zionist (d. 1904)
• 1881 - Alexander Kerensky, second Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government (d. 1970)
• 1892 - Manfred von Richthofen, German World War I pilot (d. 1918)

[edit] Deaths

• 1519 - Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor and painter (b. 1452)
• 1919 - Gustav Landauer, Jewish anarchist (b. 1870)
• 1945 - Martin Bormann, German military official (b. 1900)
• 1945 - Ludwig Stumpfegger, German SS doctor (b. 1910)
• 1947 - Dorothea Binz, Accused German war criminal (b. 1920)
• 1969 - Franz von Papen, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)