Planted out the overwintered verbena and one geranium I didn't plant the other day.

#gardening #flowers #verbena #PinkFlowers #FlowerGarden #May2

May 2

This day in history:

• 1999 – Panamanian general election: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
• 1963 – Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres (62 mi) near Cuxhaven. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.
• 1945 – World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1,000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death.
• 1625 – Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Latin Patriarch of Ethiopia, arrives at Beilul from Goa.

Births:

• 1943 – Mustafa Nadarević, Bosnian actor and film director (d. 2020)
• 2015 – Princess Charlotte of Wales, British royal, and third in line to the British throne
• 1941 – Clay Carroll, American baseball player

Deaths:

• 2011 – Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founder of Al-Qaeda (b. 1957)
• 2015 – Ruth Rendell, English author (b. 1930)
• 1925 – Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)

Holidays:

• Birth Anniversary of Third Druk Gyalpo (Bhutan)
• Teachers' Day (Iran) (this date is non-Gregorian and may change according to the March Equinox, see List of observances set by the Solar Hijri calendar)
• Flag Day (Poland)

Random Article of the day:

1629 AM

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May 2

This day in history:

• 2008 – Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
• 1625 – Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Latin Patriarch of Ethiopia, arrives at Beilul from Goa.
• 1952 – A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
• 1559 – John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.

Births:

• 1879 – James F. Byrnes, American stenographer and politician, 49th United States Secretary of State (d. 1972)
• 1895 – Lorenz Hart, American playwright and lyricist (d. 1943)
• 1952 – Chris Anderson, Australian rugby league player and coach

Deaths:

• 2007 – Brad McGann, New Zealand director and screenwriter (b. 1964)
• 1912 – Homer Davenport, American political cartoonist (b, 1867)
• 2015 – Maya Plisetskaya, Russian-Lithuanian ballerina, choreographer, actress, and director (b. 1925)

Holidays:

• World Tuna Day
• Teachers' Day (Iran) (this date is non-Gregorian and may change according to the March Equinox, see List of observances set by the Solar Hijri calendar)
• Flag Day (Poland)

Random Article of the day:

Jaquan Johnson

Mistigram: AdeptApril has a burning desire to let you all know — in #ANSIart — that today is #Fire Day. Let’s dedicate this one to our colleagues in Fire Graphics, with whom we briefly merged in March of 1995. Both our crews are turning 30 this year! (Maybe the scene depicted represents our collective quantity of birthday cake candles.)

https://mistfunk.wordpress.com/2024/05/02/adeptapril-may02/

#2May #AdeptApril #ANSIArt #FiRE #May2

Song of the Day May 2 2024

In honor of the birth of Dwayne Johnson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson

Dwayne Johnson - “You’re Welcome”

https://youtu.be/79DijItQXMM?si=Ff0DVET2AoYt8Fi4

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #May2 #DwayneJohnson #TheRock #WWE #Moana #YoureWelcome #LinManuelMiranda #Disney #Music #Pop #MusicVideo #MovieSoundtrack #Maui #AuliʻiCravalho #2010a

Song of the Day May 2 2024

In honor of the birth of Dwayne Johnson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson

Dwayne Johnson - “You’re Welcome”

https://youtu.be/79DijItQXMM?si=Ff0DVET2AoYt8Fi4

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #May2 #DwayneJohnson #TheRock #WWE #Moana #YoureWelcome #LinManuelMiranda #Disney #Music #Pop #MusicVideo #MovieSoundtrack #Maui #AuliʻiCravalho #2010a

#OTD in 1995, the world’s first international convention for tramps was held in Argentina.

10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 2 May:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2022/05/2-may.html

#onthisday #OnThisDate #ThisDayInHistory #2May #May2

"If like me you’re getting fed up with struggling with a lower quality of life, vote #RejoinEU on #May2 for the #LondonAssembly."

https://twitter.com/RichardHewison/status/1775417640317485336