Talk:May 2/Archive 1

This event does not seem to relate to 2nd May in any way

 * 1829 - After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of the HMS Challenger, declared the Swan River Colony in Australia.

Can the dates be confirmed by anyone? I've not yet removed it from 2nd May.

Crosby
“During most of his lifetime Bing celebrated May 2, 1904 as his birthdate. After Bing's death in 1977 a Tacoma priest disclosed Roman Catholic Church baptismal records that revealed Bing's actual birthdate. Contemporary newspaper reports of Bing's birth also confirm the date as May 3, 1903:

"The Tacoma Daily News Wednesday, May 6, 1903: "Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Crosby are receiving congratulations on the arrival of a son at their household May 3." Tacoma Daily Ledger, Thursday May 7, 1903: "A little son arrived May 3 in the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Crosby".”

Source: http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/pennvalley/biology/lewis/crosby/born.htm

Ship
I removed the following:
 * 1940 - The British passenger liner City of Exeter encounters the German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis, but without incident.

Is it that significant to list on May 2? Kingturtle 03:59, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

considering what happened the next day, probably... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_auxiliary_cruiser_Atlantis JohannesGerardusKlabbers
 * Then this incident should be placed on May 3, not May 2. Kingturtle 01:43, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

No Pants Day
If No Pants Day is always on the first Friday in May then No Pants Day 2005 will be on May 6? JohannesGerardusKlabbers


 * Fixed that. --Christopherlin 04:40, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

O'Brien
Source for Conan O'brien day http://www.nbc.com/Late_Night_with_Conan_O'Brien/video/index.shtml#mea=101667 Ciper 08:15, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Also one of the Valentine's days
May 2nd is also one of the three Valentine's day if anyone wants to confirm 20:00, 14 February 2009 (UTC)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.40.215.97 (talk)

New Frame Day
New Frame Day is not a Bulgarian Orthodox holiday. It is a day similar to pi day, with more of a technical (in the sense of computers/engineering) than religious theme, although some may consider emacs a religion... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.83.31.2 (talk) 14:14, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Death of Harry Potter
Harry James Potter, hero amongst us. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.186.141.118 (talk) 08:40, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
 * We don't list fictional people. Lkjhgfdsa 0 (talk) 02:50, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

At least the Battle of Hogwarts should be listed.Karmanyaah (talk) 17:00, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Osama Bin Laden death
Since the May 1st page is protected for the reported death of Osama Bin Laden on the pretext of the "[...] reports indicate that Bin Laden may have been killed within the last week", I think we should also protect the May 2nd page for the same reason.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:May_1#Bin_Laden_death_reports

Zerat ca (talk) 03:38, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Death of Khan (or Prince, King or Tzar, the title being differently transferred in English) Boris I of Bulgaria
According to the Saints' calendar of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, May 2 907 AD is the day of the death of said ruler. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Glishev (talk • contribs) 20:43, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism?
1886 – A Russian peasant asks his neighbor to borrow 12 grams of wheat, presumably because he was Hungary.

I'm pretty sure this is vandalism, I don't use Wikipedia much so I don't know what the procedure is for removing it. 203.110.235.3 (talk) 23:06, 3 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you for pointing that out, I've removed it. I'm not sure if it was intended as vandalism, but in any event there's not enough context to make much sense out of it one way or the other. --Bongwarrior (talk) 23:14, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * It was obviously a disruptive edit and I have handed out an appropriate warning to the user in question. --Saddhiyama (talk) 23:18, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * It was probably a disruptive edit, but I was willing to allow for the possibility that it was some obscure reference to Russian folklore or something that got mangled in translation. --Bongwarrior (talk) 23:25, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Looking at Russian history I can see how you could have your doubts, but the bad Hungary pun was the give away for me. --Saddhiyama (talk) 23:32, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Czechia name adopted 2016
the short form English name "Czechia" was approved by the Czech cabinet on 2 May 2016 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.127.71.183 (talk) 02:36, 11 April 2018 (UTC)