Today in History for 2nd May 2025
Historical Events
1876 – Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League
1906 – 32nd Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Troxler aboard Sir Huon wins in 2:08.8
1968 – 22nd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 2
1981 – Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes
1999 – John Elway announces his retirement from the NFL
Famous Birthdays
1844 – Elijah McCoy, Canadian-American inventor of African descent, notable for his 57 US patents (lubrication of steam engines), born in Colchester, Ontario (d. 1929)
1904 – Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian composer, born in Belogradchik, Bulgaria (d. 1979)
1929 – Edward Levy, American composer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002)
1973 – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German film director and screenwriter (The Lives of Others), born in Cologne, Germany
1987 – Nana Kitade, Japanese singer and songwriter, born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Famous Deaths
373 – Athanasius, Greek early church Father, theologian and Patriarch of Alexandria (298-373) (b. 298)
1985 – Bridget D’Oyly Carte, British theater and hotel director, dies of lung cancer at 77
1990 – Oleg Anatolyevich Yakovlev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 49
1992 – Wilbur Mills, American politician (US Representative from Arkansas, 1939-77), famous for his involvement in a sex scandal with Fanne Foxe, dies at 82
2017 – Leo Thorsness, American Vietnam War pilot (Medal of Honor), dies at 85
