Replaying Monday, May 2, 2011

The May 2, 2011 was a Monday under the star sign of . It was the 121 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.

If you were born on this day, you are 15 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, May 2, 2026, 35 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, May 2, 2027, in 329 days. You have lived for 5,514 days, or about 132,357 hours, or about 7,941,445 minutes, or about 476,486,700 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Dwayne Johnson (American football player, Canadian football player, actor, businessperson, executive producer, film actor, film producer, professional wrestler, television actor, voice actor, born May 2, 1972)
  • Catherine II of Russia (art collector, monarch, politician, born May 2, 1729)
  • Plato (epigrammatist, philosopher, poet, writer, born May 7, 427)
  • David Beckham (actor, association football player, blogger, model, born May 2, 1975)
  • Princess Charlotte of Cambridge (aristocrat, schoolchild, born May 2, 2015)
  • Kumail Nanjiani (actor, film actor, podcaster, screenwriter, stand-up comedian, television actor, voice actor, born May 2, 1978)
  • Ellie Kemper (actor, film actor, television actor, voice actor, writer, born May 2, 1980)
  • Olivier Duhamel (lawyer, political scientist, politician, radio personality, born May 2, 1950)
  • Donatella Versace (businessperson, designer, fashion designer, born May 2, 1955)
  • Lily Allen (actor, film actor, philanthropist, presenter, recording artist, singer-songwriter, television presenter, born May 2, 1985)
  • Manfred von Richthofen (airman, military officer, born May 2, 1892)
  • Christine Baranski (actor, film actor, film producer, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born May 2, 1952)
  • Edward II of England (aristocrat, born April 25, 1284)
  • David Suchet (actor, born May 2, 1946)
  • Satyajit Ray (children's writer, cinematographer, composer, film critic, film director, film editor, film producer, journalist, lyricist, painter, poet, screenwriter, songwriter, writer, born May 2, 1921)
  • Paul George (basketball player, born May 2, 1990)
  • Louis IX of France (Miles Christianus, monarch, ruler, born April 25, 1214)
  • Engelbert Humperdinck (actor, composer, film actor, pianist, recording artist, singer, born May 2, 1936)
  • Theodor Herzl (journalist, lawyer, writer, born May 2, 1860)
  • Alexander Kerensky (lawyer, politician, revolutionary, born May 2, 1881)
  • Pat McAfee (American football player, association football player, color commentator, comedian, professional wrestler, sports analyst, television producer, born May 2, 1987)
  • Matt Berry (actor, comedian, film actor, musician, screenwriter, television actor, television producer, born May 2, 1974)
  • Wilm Hosenfeld (army officer, resistance fighter, soldier, teacher, born May 2, 1895)
  • Bianca Jagger (actor, model, born May 2, 1945)
  • Lesley Gore (actor, musician, recording artist, singer-songwriter, born May 2, 1946)
  • Sunmi (model, singer, singer-songwriter, television presenter, born May 2, 1992)
  • Yook Sungjae (actor, singer, television actor, born May 2, 1995)
  • Hikaru Midorikawa (seiyū, born May 2, 1968)
  • Huang Zitao (actor, composer, model, music producer, rapper, recording artist, singer, television actor, born May 2, 1993)
  • BamBam (singer, songwriter, born May 2, 1997)
  • Gulnazar (actor, born May 2, 1992)
  • Yasushi Akimoto (broadcast writer, film director, lyricist, record producer, screenwriter, songwriter, born May 2, 1958)
  • James Dyson (designer, entrepreneur, farmer, industrial designer, inventor, born May 2, 1947)
  • Rina Satō (seiyū, singer, born May 2, 1981)
  • Fabio Ochoa Vásquez (drug trafficker, born May 2, 1957)
  • Faisal II of Iraq (king, military personnel, born May 2, 1935)
  • Mari Natsuki (actor, dancer, jazz musician, seiyū, singer, born May 2, 1952)
  • Leonid Kanevsky (actor, film actor, film director, presenter, stage actor, television actor, television presenter, born May 2, 1939)
  • Dadju (singer, singer-songwriter, born May 2, 1991)
  • Mon Laferte (actor, guitarist, musician, painter, singer, songwriter, born May 2, 1983)
  • Julian Brandt (association football player, born May 2, 1996)
  • Lou Gramm (singer, singer-songwriter, born May 2, 1950)
  • Eddy de Pretto (film actor, rapper, singer-songwriter, born May 2, 1993)
  • Brian Lara (cricketer, born May 2, 1969)
  • Jordan Spence (association football player, born May 2, 1990)
  • Jimmy White (actor, pool player, snooker player, born May 2, 1962)
  • Luis Suárez (association football manager, association football player, born May 2, 1935)
  • Mika Brzezinski (journalist, non-fiction writer, radio personality, television presenter, born May 2, 1967)
  • Kyle Busch (NASCAR team owner, racing automobile driver, born May 2, 1985)
  • Novalis (engineer, literary theorist, lyricist, philosopher, poet, writer, born May 2, 1772)

2nd of May 2011 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on May 2, 2011

Pelley Talks About New Job on ‘Evening News’

Date: 03 May 2011

By Brian Stelter

Brian Stelter

Scott Pelley, the “60 Minutes” correspondent, will succeed Katie Couric as the anchor of the “CBS Evening News” next month — and he will keep working almost full-time on “60 Minutes,” the popular newsmagazine.

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Turning to Social Networks for News

Date: 03 May 2011

By Brian Stelter and Jennifer Preston

Brian Stelter

Some television news watchers had already heard the news of Osama bin Laden’s death through social media.

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Bin Laden News Gives CNN a Ratings Victory

Date: 02 May 2011

By Bill Carter

Bill Carter

With the breaking news of Osama bin Laden’s death, CNN easily eclipsed its news channel competitors Sunday night, averaging 7.763 million viewers.

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Big News at the Ballpark

Date: 02 May 2011

By Lynn Zinser

Lynn Zinser

Sportswriters examined the way sports became a backdrop for the news that the United States had located and killed Osama bin Laden.

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U.S. Networks Scramble on News of Bin Laden’s Death

Date: 02 May 2011

By Brian Stelter

Brian Stelter

Osama bin Laden’s death, reported late Sunday night in the United States, was the kind of historic headline that demanded a double-take.

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Nightly News Anchors Flock to Ground Zero

Date: 02 May 2011

By Brian Stelter

Brian Stelter

Brian Williams of NBC, Diane Sawyer of ABC and Katie Couric of CBS will each anchor from ground zero on Monday night.

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Romney Officially Out of Fox News Debate

Date: 02 May 2011

By Jim Rutenberg

Jim Rutenberg

More bad news for those hoping that a full slate of potential Republican candidates will show up at the debate to be shown on Fox News Channel on Thursday: Mitt Romney is officially out.

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News From the Advertising Industry

Date: 02 May 2011

By Stuart Elliott

Stuart Elliott

Account assignments, executive appointments and miscellaneous news from advertising agencies.

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Online, an Urge to Be a Part of the Bin Laden News

Date: 02 May 2011

By Jenna Wortham

Jenna Wortham

Some people posted photos of President Obama speaking, snapped from television and laptop screens — as if to say, “We are all a part of this.”

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Police Step Up Efforts on News of Bin Laden’s Death

Date: 02 May 2011

By Karen Zraick and Joseph Goldstein

Karen Zraick

The commissioner says the authorities “know of no specific plot against New York,” but have added shifts and increased officers’ public profile nonetheless.

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