Friday May 2, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, month, and days ago
  • month since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

1559
John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the beginning Scottish Reformation.
End of Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War, and end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757)
Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.
American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.
Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.
The April Uprising breaks out in Bulgaria.
The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
In the early morning hours a fire broke out at the Sunshine mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, ID, killing 91 workers.
Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria, which allows a number of East Germans to defect.
During the Croatian War of Independence, Serb forces fire cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing 7 and wounding over 175 civilians.

Who were born on ?

John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780)
Jacques Rogge, Belgian International Olympic Committee president
Lesley Gore, American singer
Valery Gergiev, Russian-born conductor
Jeff Agoos, American footballer
Musashimaru Kōyō, American Samoan sumo wrestler, the 67th Yokozuna
Horacio Carbonari, Argentine footballer
Mike Weaver, Canadian ice hockey player
Alessandro Diamanti, Italian footballer
James Kirk, Canadian actor

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