5_2 Events in History.

386 Historic Events for May 2

1846 Zygmunt Noskowski, composer Birth
1847 Sabbath famine Event
1849 Frst Bernhard HM von Blow, German chancellor/Prussian PM (1900-09) Birth
1849 David H Chass‚, baron/gen (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84 Death
1853 Marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou) Birth
1853 Franconi's Hippodrome opens (NYC) Event
1855 Theodore Moses Tobani, composer Birth
1857 LC Alfred the Musset, French poet (Lesson caprices Marianne), dies Death
1857 Frederic Cliffe, composer Birth
1859 Eugene D'Harcourt, composer Birth

1860 Theodor Herzl, Austria, journalist/founder (Zionist movement) Birth
1860 D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth and Form) Birth
1862 Marie F M Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist (Salamine) Birth
1863 Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville, wounded by his own men Event
1863 South defeats North in Battle of Chancellorsville, Va Event
1864 Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72 Death
1865 Pres Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis Event
1869 Tyrone Power Sr, London England, actor (Alexanders Ragtime Band) Birth
1872 G G van der Hoeven, Dutch editor-in-chief (NRC) Birth
1876 Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League Event
1878 US stops minting 20› coin Event
1884 Fran‡ois de Vries, Dutch economist Birth
1885 "Good Housekeeping" magazine is 1st published Event
1885 Congo Free State forms by King Leopold II of Belgium Event
1886 Gottfried Benn, writer Birth