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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_2" title="May 2">May 2</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_of_Prayer" title="National Day of Prayer">National Day of Prayer</a></b> in the United States (2024); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_National_Flag_Day" title="Polish National Flag Day">Flag Day</a></b> in Poland
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1559" title="1559">1559</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterianism" title="Presbyterianism">Presbyterian</a> clergyman <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Knox" title="John Knox">John Knox</a></b> returned from exile to lead the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Reformation" title="Scottish Reformation">Scottish Reformation</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1889" title="1889">1889</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Wuchale" title="Treaty of Wuchale">Treaty of Wuchale</a></b> was signed, ending <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italo-Ethiopian_War_of_1887%E2%80%931889" title="Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889">the Italo-Ethiopian War</a></b>, but differences in translation later led to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Italo-Ethiopian_War" title="First Italo-Ethiopian War">another war</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964" title="1964">1964</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_USNS_Card" title="Attack on USNS Card">An explosion</a></b> attributed to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viet_Cong" title="Viet Cong">Viet Cong</a> commandos caused the escort carrier <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Card" title="USS Card">USNS <i>Card</i></a> to sink in the port of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh_City" title="Ho Chi Minh City">Saigon</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mireya_Moscoso" title="Mireya Moscoso">Mireya Moscoso</a></b> became the first woman to be elected <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Panama#Presidents_of_Panama_(1904%E2%80%93present)" title="List of heads of state of Panama">President of Panama</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Badakhshan_mudslides" title="2014 Badakhshan mudslides">Two mudslides</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badakhshan_Province" title="Badakhshan Province">Badakhshan Province</a>, Afghanistan, killed at least 350 people.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marutha_of_Tikrit" title="Marutha of Tikrit">Marutha of Tikrit</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 649); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Moser" title="Mary Moser">Mary Moser</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1819); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Meyerbeer" title="Giacomo Meyerbeer">Giacomo Meyerbeer</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1864); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engelbert_Humperdinck_(singer)" title="Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)">Engelbert Humperdinck</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1936)</p>
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