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May 2 in History Highlights From Across Time
On this date notable events include Osama bin Laden killed in 2011, Leonardo da Vinci’s death in 1519, the Hudson's Bay Co. chartered in 1670, Stonewall Jackson wounded in 1863, Oklahoma Territory formed in 1890, Jack Benny's NBC debut in 1932, Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf world premiere in 1936, and Berlin's fall announced in 1945. Also noted are Hoover's death in 1964, the Weather Channel debut in 1982, Paul Shanley scandal in 2002, Medal of Honor awards in 2013, with AP as source.
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Osama bin Laden
Pakistan
Leonardo da Vinci
Cloux
France
Hudson’s Bay Co
England
Charles II
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Chancellorsville
Oklahoma Territory
Jack Benny
Canada Dry
NBC Blue
Peter and the Wolf
Sergei Prokofiev
Moscow
Soviet Union
Berlin
Italy
Austria
Joseph R. McCarthy
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Maryland
Daryl Chessman
San Quentin
California
Sunshine
Kellogg
Idaho
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Weather Channel
Paul Shanley
San Diego
Massachusetts
Shanley
White House
East Room
Barack Obama
Anthony T. Kaho’ohanohano
Pukalani
Hawaii
Henry Svehla
Belleville
N.J