May 2......

May 2 is the 122nd (123rd in leap years) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 243 days remaining in the year on this date.

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Doubt "There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking." — Alfred Korzybski

Stupidest Quote from the Right for the Day: On Neo-Fascism "A dictatorship would be a lot easier." — George W. Bush

Thought for the day: "Deprive a mirror of its silver and even the Czar won't see his face."

{Disclaimer: I have attempted to give credit to the many different sources that I get entries. Any failure to do so is unintentional. Any statement enclosed by brackets like these are the opinion of the blogger, A Proud Liberal.}

EVENTS

● 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.

● 1335 - Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia.

● 1345 - "Quaden Maendach" in Gent: Battles between volders & weavers

● 1497 - John Cabot departs to North-America

● 1507 - Two years after entering the Augustinian monastery at Erfurt, future German reformer Martin Luther, 23, was consecrated a priest. (Luther remained in the order until 1521, when he was excommunicated from the Catholic Church.)

● 1519 - Renaissance polymath Leonardo Da Vinci dies, Cloux, France.

● 1526 - German evangelical monarchy joins Schmalkaldische League

● 1536 - King Henry VIII accused Anna Boleyn of adultery & incest

● 1568 - Mary I of Scotland escapes from Loch Leven Castle, where she had been imprisoned by Sir William Douglas.

● 1595 - King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Netherlands

● 1598 - France & Spain signs Peace of Vervins

● 1668 - 1st peace of Aken: ends French-Spanish war in The Netherlands

● 1668 - Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Devolution

● 1670 - King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.

● 1672 - John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.

● 1703 - Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant

● 1749 - Empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform"

● 1776 - France & Spain agree to donate arms to American rebels

● 1780 - William Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris

● 1797 - A mutiny in the British navy spread from Spithead to the rest of the fleet.

● 1798 - The black General Toussaint L’ouverture forced British troops to agree to evacuate the port of Santo Domingo.

● 1808 - Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation.

● 1813 - Napoleon defeated a Russian and Prussian army at Grossgorschen.

● 1816 - Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Charlotte Augusta are wed.

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

● 1830 - Birth of Richard Trevellick, founder of American National Labor Union.

● 1833 - Czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs

● 1845 - Domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilización y Barbarie"

● 1847 - Sabbath famine

● 1863 - American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering for the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia 8 days later.

● 1865 - President Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis

● 1866 - Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.

● 1872 - A lectureship was established at Yale Divinity School in memory of American clergyman Lyman Beecher (1775-1863). The lectures were to cover topics on preaching and the work of the Christian ministry.

● 1878 - US stops minting 20¢ coin

● 1885 - Cree and Assiniboine warriors won the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.

● 1885 - The Congo Free State is established by King Léopold II of Belgium.

● 1887 - G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence

● 1887 - Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film

● 1889 - Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, which gives Italy control over Eritrea.

● 1890 - Territory of Oklahoma created

● 1896 - U.S. Marines landed at Corinto, Nicaragua to "protect" U.S. interests, after a newly elected government nationalizes foreign assets; the invasion comes a year and a day after a similar expedition.

● 1900 - Oscar II, King of Sweden, declares support for Britain at the time of the Second Boer War.

● 1903 - Benjamin Spock, the American pediatrician whose books on child rearing influenced generations of parents, was born.

● 1905 - French newspapers publish lists of Jules Vernes unpublished work

● 1907 - Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian Government

● 1911 - First worker compensation law in U.S. enacted in Wisconsin.

● 1911 - French troops occupy Fès El Bali Morocco

● 1916 - US President Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act

● 1919 - General strike in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

● 1919 - Beginning of general strike which eventually includes 50,000 of all trades in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

● 1919 - Munich Soviet leader, anarchist/pacifist Gustav Landauer asassinated by soldiers sent to subdue the Bavarian insurrection.

● 1919 - 1st US air passenger service starts

● 1921 - Begin 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper-Silesia

● 1922 - Birth of missions pioneer Bob Finley. In 1953 he chartered the Christian Aid Mission in Washington, D.C. Today, this evangelical group works in over 40 countries, and is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia.

● 1924 - U.S. Supreme Court upholds the involuntary sterilization of mentally retarded persons.

● 1924 - Netherlands refuses to recognize USSR

● 1926 - In India, Hindu women gained the right to seek elected office.

● 1926 - US military intervenes in Nicaragua. They did not depart until 1933.

● 1927 - International Economic Conference (52 countries including USSR) opens

● 1933 - Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler bans trade unions.

● 1934 - Nazi-Germany begins People's court

● 1936 - Emperor Haile Selassie & family flee Abyssinia

● 1941 - Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy

● 1941 - Nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists

● 1941 - Hostilities broke out between British forces in Iraq and that country’s pro-German faction.

● 1941 - The Federal Communications Commission agreed to let regular scheduling of TV broadcasts by commercial TV stations begin on July 1, 1941. This was the start of network television.

● 1942 - Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma

● 1943 - German troops vacate Jefna Tunisia

● 1945 - Allies occupy Wismar

● 1945 - Dutch Queen Wilhelmina & Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen

● 1945 - World War II: Fall of Berlin – The Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the Reichstag building. German forces surrender in Italy. German forces surrender to the New Zealand Army in Trieste.

● 1946 - "Battle of Alcatraz" - Alcatraz Federal prison, San Francisco is taken over by six inmates following failed escape attempt

● 1949 - Bolivian state of siege proclaimed

● 1949 - American missionary and martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: 'The man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.'

● 1950 - Dutch 1st Chamber accept Laws on immigration

● 1950 - Dutch PM Malan recognizes South-Africa but not China People's Republic

● 1952 - The world's first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden voyage, flying from London to Johannesburg.

● 1953 - Hussein is crowned King of Jordan.

● 1953 - Feisal II installed as king of Iraq

● 1955 - Parliament forbids discrimination by caste, India.

● 1956 - US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus

● 1956 - The General Conference of the Methodist Church, held in Minneapolis, demanded abolishment of racial segregation in all Methodist churches.

● 1957 - Joseph R. McCarthy, Senator R-WI and general all around nut case, died at age 48.

● 1958 - Ernesto Nazareno, anti-nuclear activist, arrested and tortured, Philippines.

● 1960 - Caryl Chessman was executed. He was a convicted sex offender and had become a best selling author while on death row.

● 1962 - OAS strikes in Algeria

● 1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

● 1963 - Berthold Seliger launches near Cuxhaven a rocket with three stages with a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.

● 1964 - Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the USS Card while docked at Saigon. Viet Cong forces are suspected of placing a bomb on the ship.

● 1965 - Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service

● 1967 - Armed Black Panther contingent marches into California State Assembly in Sacramento in protest against a bill that would ban the carrying of unconcealed weapons.

● 1968 - Despite the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr., his Poor Peoples' March on Washington, D.C. begins, led by successor Ralph Abernathy.

● 1968 - Protest at University of Nanterre escalates into French student strike. By May 13, over ten million French are out on a sympathy strike.

● 1968 - Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London

● 1968 - Israeli television begins transmitting

● 1969 - Crackdown on student protests in US; About 200 students calling for educational reforms at Columbia University give up their sit-in after a supreme court judge issues a warrant for their arrest.

● 1969 - The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.

● 1970 - Student anti-war protesters at Ohio's Kent State University burn down the campus ROTC building. The National Guard took control of the campus.

● 1971 - Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland address a "G.I. Anti-War Rally" in Tacoma.

● 1972 - J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI for 48 years, died at age 77. {It seems the only way he was leaving the FBI post was dead.}

● 1972 - Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine - 126 die (Kellogg Idaho)

● 1972 - Lieutenant General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA

● 1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

● 1974 - Former Vice President Spiro Agnew is disbarred

● 1980 - Joseph Doherty & 3 other IRA men arrested for murder

● 1980 - Pope John Paul II begins African tour

● 1980 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

● 1982 - Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men

● 1983 - 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga CA

● 1984 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

● 1984 - Thirty-three thousand West German metalworkers strike for 35-hour week.

● 1985 - E.F. Hutton, one of the U.S.'s largest brokerage companies, pleads guilty to 2,000 federal charges related to the manipulation of its checking accounts. The company agrees to pay $2 million in fines and to pay back up to $8 million to banks it had defrauded, still only a fraction of the money it had stolen. Crime pays.

● 1985 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

● 1989 - Communist Hungary begins dismantling 150-mile-long fence on Austrian-Hungarian border.

● 1990 - South Africa & African National Congress open talks to end apartheid

● 1991 - Pope John Paul II's encyclical on Centesimus annus

● 1992 - Yugoslav Army seize Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic

● 1993 - Authorities said that they had recovered the remains of David Koresh from the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, TX.

● 1994 - Nelson Mandela claimed victory after South Africa's first democratic elections.

● 1994 - Bus crashes into a tree at Gdansk Poland, 30 killed

● 1994 - Dr Kevokian found innocent on assisting suicides

● 1995 - Serb missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six

● 1997 - Republic of Texas security chief Robert Scheidt surrenders

● 1997 - The Labour Party's Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, ending 18 years of Conservative Party rule. At 44, he is the youngest prime minister for 185 years.

● 1998 - India - A year and a half before Seattle, two hundred thousand protest World Trade Organization and Multilateral Agreement on Investments.

● 1998 - Silent marches outside eight gunmaking corporations' headquarters across U.S.

● 1998 - The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the EU's monetary policy.

● 1999 - Panamanian election: Mireya Moscoso, of the Armulfista Party, became the first woman to be elected President of Panama.

● 2000 - Bill Clinton announces that GPS access equivalent to the U.S. military would be available for regular citizens.

● 2000 - Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands unveiled the Man With Two Hats monument in Ottawa on May 11, 2002, and the other in Apeldoorn on May 2, 2000. Symbolically linking both Netherlands and Canada for their assistance throughout the Second World War.

● 2005 - Airwork Flight 23 crashes after structural failure.

BIRTHS

● 1360 - Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)

● 1451 - René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)

● 1551 - William Camden, English historian (d. 1623)

● 1601 - Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar (d. 1680)

● 1660 - Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1725)

● 1695 - Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born French architect (d. 1766)

● 1702 - Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)

● 1729 - Catherine (II) the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-96) (d.1796)

● 1737 - William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)

● 1740 - Elias Boudinot, President of the American Continental Congress (d. 1821)

● 1772 - Novalis, German writer (d. 1801)

● 1773 - Henrik Steffens, Norwegian-born philosopher (d. 1845)

● 1802 - Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (d. 1870)

● 1810 - Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (d. 1874)

● 1828 - Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915)

● 1837 - Henry Martyn Robert, American army officer; author of "Robert's Rules of Order" (d. 1923)

● 1853 - Antonio Maura, Spanish statesman; prime minister five times between 1903 and 1922 (d. 1925)

● 1859 - Jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927)

● 1860 - Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist (d. 1904)

● 1865 - Clyde Fitch, American playwright (d. 1909)

● 1873 - Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1944)

● 1879 - James F. Byrnes, American politician; secretary of state (1945-47) (d. 1972)

● 1881 - Alexander Kerensky, Russian politician (d. 1970)

● 1884 - Elijah McCoy, Canadian-born inventor (d. 1929)

● 1885 - Hedda Hopper, American gossip columnist (d. 1966)

● 1886 - Gottfried Benn, German author (d. 1956)

● 1887 - Vernon Castle, English dancer (d. 1918)

● 1887 - Eddie Collins, American baseball player (d. 1951)

● 1890 - E. E. Smith, American writer (d. 1965)

● 1892 - Manfred von Richthofen, German World War I pilot - the Red Baron (d. 1918)

● 1895 - Lorenz Hart, American lyricist (d. 1943)

● 1897 - J. Fred Coots, American songwriter (d. 1985)

● 1903 - Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and author (d. 1998)

● 1906 - Philippe Halsman, American photographer (d. 1979)

● 1907 - Pinky Lee, American vaudeville performer (d. 1993)

● 1910 - Alexander Bonnyman, U.S. Marine (d. 1943)

● 1912 - Axel Cäsar Springer, German publisher (d. 1985)

● 1913 - Nigel Patrick, English actor (d. 1981)

● 1915 - Doris Fisher, American songwriter (d. 2003)

● 1920 - Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (d. 2004)

● 1920 - Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian writer and ecological activist (d. 2000)

● 1921 - Satyajit Ray, Indian director (d. 1992)

● 1922 - A.M. Rosenthal, Canadian-born newspaper editor

● 1922 - Serge Reggiani, Italian-born French singer and actor (d. 2004)

● 1924 - Theodore Bikel, Austrian-born actor and singer

● 1925 - Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor (d. 2007)

● 1926 - Gérard D. Lévesque, Quebec politician (d. 1993)

● 1929 - Link Wray, American guitarist (d. 2005)

● 1932 - Engelbert Humperdinck, Singer

● 1935 - King Faisal II of Iraq (d. 1958)

● 1935 - Lance LeGault, American actor

● 1936 - Engelbert Humperdinck, British-born singer

● 1936 - Michael Rabin, American violinist (d. 1972)

● 1937 - Lorenzo Music, American actor (d. 2001)

● 1938 - Chief Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (d. 1996)

● 1939 - Sumio Iijima, Japanese physicist

● 1941 - Clay Carroll, American baseball player

● 1942 - Jacques Rogge, Belgian International Olympic Committee president

● 1945 - Sarah Weddington, American attorney

● 1945 - Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan socialite, ex-wife of Mick Jagger

● 1945 - Gene Deckerhoff, American sports announcer

● 1945 - Judge Dread, English musician (d. 1998)

● 1945 - R.C. Bannon, Country singer

● 1946 - Lesley Gore, American singer

● 1946 - David Suchet, English actor

● 1948 - Larry Gatlin, American musician

● 1949 - Alan Titchmarsh, English television presenter

● 1950 - Lou Gramm, American musician (Foreigner)

● 1950 - Duncan Gay, Australian politician

● 1952 - Christine Baranski, American actress ("Cybil," "The Birdcage")

● 1953 - Valery Gergiev, Russian-born conductor

● 1954 - Angela Bofill, R&B singer

● 1955 - Donatella Versace, Italian fashion designer

● 1956 - David Rhodes, English guitarist

● 1961 - Steve James, English snooker player

● 1962 - Jimmy White, English snooker player

● 1962 - Ty Herndon, Country singer

● 1962 - Elizabeth Berridge, Actress

● 1962 - Ray Traylor, American professional wrestler (d. 2004)

● 1965 - Félix José, Dominican baseball player

● 1966 - Belinda Stronach, Canadian politician

● 1967 - Mika Brzezinski, American journalist

● 1968 - Midorikawa Hikaru, Japanese voice actor

● 1968 - Jeff Agoos, American footballer

● 1968 - Ziana Zain, Malaysian singer and actress

● 1969 - Brian Lara, Trinidadian West Indies cricketer

● 1969 - Todd Sucherman, Rock musician (Styx)

● 1972 - The Rock, American professional wrestler and actor

● 1972 - Paul Adcock, English footballer

● 1973 - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German film director and screenwriter

● 1974 - Garðar Thór Cortes, Icelandic tenor

● 1974 - Andy Johnson, Welsh footballer

● 1975 - David Beckham, English footballer

● 1977 - Fredrik Malm, Swedish politician

● 1977 - Jenna Von Oy, Actress

● 1978 - Steve Bays, Canadian musician

● 1979 - Jason Chimera, Canadian ice hockey player

● 1979 - Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2003)

● 1980 - Tim Borowski, German footballer

● 1980 - Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Canadian skateboarder

● 1980 - Zat Knight, English footballer

● 1980 - Troy Murphy, American basketball player

● 1980 - Brad Richards, Canadian ice hockey player

● 1981 - Matt Murray, English footballer

● 1981 - Chris Kirkland, English footballer

● 1982 - Lorie, French singer

● 1983 - Gaius Charles, Actor ("Friday Night Lights")

● 1984 - Saulius Mikoliūnas, Lithuanian footballer

● 1984 - Thabo Sefolosha, Swiss basketball player

● 1985 - Sarah Hughes, American figure skater

● 1985 - Kyle Busch, American race car driver

● 1985 - Lily Allen, English singer and songwriter

● 1986 - James Kirk, Canadian actor

● 1987 - Nana Kitade, Japanese singer

● 1990 - Kay Panabaker, American actress ("Summerland")

● 1996 - Megan McKinnon, Canadian actress

DEATHS

● 373 - Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)

● 756 - Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)

● 907 - Boris I of Bulgaria

● 1230 - William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)

● 1300 - Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)

● 1450 - William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)

● 1519 - Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor and painter (b. 1452)

● 1564 - Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (b. 1500)

● 1627 - Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (b. 1560)

● 1667 - George Wither, English writer (b. 1588)

● 1683 - Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (b. 1613)

● 1711 - Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English statesman (b. 1641)

● 1802 - Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch statesman (b. 1762)

● 1810 - Rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, divine (b.1740)

● 1819 - Mary Moser, English painter (b. 1744)

● 1857 - Alfred de Musset, French writer (b. 1810)

● 1864 - Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer (b. 1791)

● 1927 - Ernest Starling, British physiologist (b. 1866)

● 1945 - Martin Bormann, Nazi official (b. 1900)

● 1945 - Ludwig Stumpfegger, German SS doctor (b. 1910)

● 1945 - Joe Corbett, baseball player (b. 1875)

● 1957 - Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator (b. 1908)

● 1960 - Caryl Chessman, American robber and rapist (b. 1921)

● 1964 - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-born politician (b. 1879)

● 1969 - Franz von Papen, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)

● 1972 - J. Edgar Hoover, American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)

● 1979 - Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)

● 1980 - George Pál, Hungarian-born film director (b. 1908)

● 1980 - Clarrie Grimmett, Australian cricketer (b. 1891)

● 1983 - Norm Van Brocklin, American football star (b. 1926)

● 1984 - Jack Barry, television game show producer and host (b. 1918)

● 1985 - Attilio Bettega, Italian rallydriver (b.1951)

● 1985 - Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1909)

● 1986 - Henri Toivonen, Finish rallydriver (b.1956)

● 1989 - Giuseppe Siri, Italian Catholic Cardinal (b. 1906)

● 1989 - Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer (b. 1902)

● 1990 - David Rappaport, English actor (b. 1951)

● 1992 - Wilbur Mills, American politician (b. 1909)

● 1995 - Michael Hordern, English actor (b. 1911)

● 1997 - John Carew Eccles, Australian neurophysiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)

● 1997 - Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator (b. 1921)

● 1998 - Hideto "hide" Matsumoto, Japanese musician (b. 1964)

● 1998 - Kevin Lloyd, British actor (b. 1949)

● 1998 - Justin Fashanu, English footballer (b. 1961)

● 1999 - Oliver Reed, English actor (b. 1938)

● 2001 - Ted Rogers, British comedian (b. 1935)

● 2001 - Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (b. 1961)

● 2002 - John Nathan-Turner, English television producer (b. 1947)

● 2002 - W. T. Tutte, English-born codebreaker (b. 1917)

● 2005 - Kenneth B. Clark, American psychologist (b. 1914)

● 2005 - Wee Kim Wee, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915)

● 2006 - Louis Rukeyser, American columnist (b. 1933)

HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES

● Roman Catholic:
● St. Afra
● St. Aigulf
● St. Aldhelm
● St. Alphaeus
● St. Anastasius XIII
● St. Ansuinus
● St. Aquila
● St. Athanasius
● St. Atto
● St. Augustine of Canterbury
● St. Ausonius
● St. Austregisilus
● St. Barrfoin
● St. Basiliscus
● St. Basilissa
● St. Basilla
● St. Baudelius
● St. Becan
● St. Berencardus
● St. Bernard of Montjoux
● St. Bernardine of Siena
● St. Bobo
● St. Boethian
● St. Boris
● St. Bruno
● Martyrs of Cappadocia
● St. Caraunus
● Sts. Castus & Emilius
● St. Conall
● St. Conon
● St. Constantine the Great
● St. Crispin of Viterbo
● St. David I
● St. Desiderius
● St. Didier
● St. Dionysius of Milan
● Sts. Donatian & Rogatian
● St. Dunchadh
● St. Dyfan
● St. Egilhard
● St. Eleutherius
● St. Emilius
● Sts. Epiphanius and Basileus
● St. Ethelbert
● St. Eugene de Mazenod
● St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk
● Sts. Eutychius & Florentius
● Sts. Exuperius and Zoe
● St. Faustinus
● St. Felicissimus
● St. Felix of Seville
● St. Frederick
● St. Fugatius and Damian
● St. Fulk
● St. Genistus
● St. Gerard de Lunel
● St. Germanus
● St. Goban
● St. Gollen
● St. Guinizo
● St. Helen
● St. Heliconis
● St. Hilary
● St. Ivo
● St. Jessica
● St. Joanna
● St. John Baptist Machado
● St. John Baptist Rossi
● St. John de Atares
● St. John del Prado
● St. John Hoan
● St. Joseph Luu
● St. Julia
● St. Julius of Dorostorum
● St. Justus of Urgel
● St. Leo of Troyes
● St. Leontius
● St. Madeline Sophie Barat
● St. Mafalda
● St. Manaen
● St. Marcian of Ravenna
● St. Maria Magdalen Dei Pazzi
● St. Mariana de Paredes
● St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi
● St. Matthew Phuong
● St. Maximinus of Trier
● St. Maximus
● St. Maximus & Victorinus
● St. Melangell
● St. Meletius
● Martyrs of Mesopotamia
● St. Michael Ho-Dinh-Hy
● St. Michael of Synnada
● St. Neachtian
● St. Nicetas of Pereaslav
● Sts. Nicostratus, Antiochus, and Companions
● St. Oduvald
● St. Patrick
● St. Paul Hanh
● St. Peter Pareuzi
● St. Philip Neri
● St. Plautilla
● St. Podius
● Sts. Polyeuctus, Victorius and Donatus
● St. Quadratus
● St. Quiteria
● St. Ranulphus
● St. Restituta of Sora
● St. Rita of Cascia
● St. Robustian
● St. Romanus of Subiaco
● St. Saturninus
● St. Secundus & Companions
● St. Senator
● St. Serapion the Sindonite
● St. Thalelaeus
● St. Theobald of Vienne
● St. Theodore of Pavia
● St. Theodosia & Companions
● Sts. Timothy, Polius & Eutychius
● St. Ultan
● St. Urban
● St. Valens
● St. Valentine
● St. Vincent of Porto
● Sts. Vindemialis, Eugene, & Longinus
● Sts. Votus, Felix, & John
● St. Waldebert, Walbert or Gaubert
● St. Wiborada
● St. William Arnaud
● St. William of Gellone
● St. William of Rochester
● St. Zachary
● St. Zenobius
● St. Zenobius
● St. Zoellus
● Bl. Eva of Liege
● Bl. John Forest
● Bl. John of Cetina
● Bl. John Shert
● Bl. Margaret Pole
● Bl. Martyrs of Toulouse
● Bl. Matthias of Arima
● Bl. Peter of the Assumption
● Bl. Peter Sanz
● Bl. Richard Thirkeld
● Bl. Robert Johnson
● Bl. Thomas Ford
● Ven. Bede

● Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar for April 20 (Civil Date: May 2)
● St. Theodore Trichinas ("the Hair-shirt Wearer"), hermit near Constantinople.
● St. Anastasius, abbot of Sinai.
● Blessed Gregory and Blessed Anastasius, Patriarch of Antioch.
● Hieromartyr Anastasius II, Patriarch of Antioch.
● St. Alexander, abbot of Oshevensk.
● Child-martyr Gabriel of Slutsk.
● Saints Betran and Theotimus, Bishops in Lesser Scythia.
● Saints Athanasius and Ioasaph of Meteora, monks.
● Apostle Zacchaeus, Bishop of Caesarea.
● Repose of Schemamonk Ignatius of St. Nicephorus Monastery in Olonets (1852).

● Bulgarian Orthodox Church:
● St. Tsar Boris

● Lutheran, Anglican:
● St. Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria/doctor

● Bahá'í Faith: 12th and last day of the Festival of Ridván

● Antigua, Montserrat, St Christopher, USSR : Labor Day

● Bhutan : 3rd King's Birthday

● Burma : Peasants' Day

● Indonesia - Indonesia National Education Day

● Iran - Teacher's Day

● Lesotho : King's Birthday

● Madrid Region - Day of the Region.

● Poland - Flag Day, an official holiday to honour the Flag of Poland

● Slovenia - second day of Labour Day

● These Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
● New Orleans: McDonogh Day (1850) - (Friday)
● Zambia: Labour Day - (Monday)


Click on this LINK to see original Wikipedia list with many having links with details.

Additional facts taken from:

On this day in the New York Times

The BBC’s Take on the day

On This Day Website

Geov Parrish's this Day in Radical History, things that happened on this day that you never had to memorize in school.

Scope Systems Any Day Website

Roman Catholic Saint of the Day

Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar

Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004

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