Today in History: May 2, Nelson Mandela claims election victory
At present is Friday May the nd day of There are days left in the year The present day in history On May Nelson Mandela claimed supremacy in the wake of South Africa s first democratic elections Also on this date In during the Civil War Confederate Gen Thomas Stonewall Jackson was accidentally wounded by his own men at Chancellorsville Virginia he died eight days later Related Articles Currently in History May Obama announces killing of Osama bin Laden At present in History April Monica Seles attacked during tennis match This day in History April Los Angeles riots after Rodney King verdict In the modern day in History April Abu Ghraib torture images made society What s at peril with cuts to federal humanities funding in Colorado Book awards library hours educational guidance and more In the U S Supreme Court in Buck v Bell upheld - a Virginia law allowing the forced sterilization of people in order to promote the medical of the recipient and the welfare of society In a fire at the Sunshine silver mine in Kellogg Idaho claimed the lives of miners who succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning In Tony Blair whose Labour Party crushed John Major s long-reigning Conservatives in a national electoral process became Britain s youngest prime minister in years at age In al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden who d been killed hours earlier in a raid by American forces at his Pakistan compound was buried at sea In Michael Slager a white former police officer whose killing of Walter Scott an unarmed Black man running from a traffic stop was captured on cellphone video pleaded guilty to federal civil rights charges in Charleston South Carolina Slager would be sentenced to years in prison In in a Fox News interview attorney Rudy Giuliani noted President Donald Trump had reimbursed Trump s personal lawyer Michael Cohen for in hush money paid to porn actor Stormy Daniels days before the presidential balloting comments that appeared to contradict Trump s past states that he didn t know the source of the money In a draft was leaked of a Supreme Court ruling throwing out the landmark Roe v Wade abortion rights ruling that had stood for a half-century The court cautioned that the draft was not final The decision would be published in essentially the same form the following month At present s Birthdays Singer Engelbert Humperdinck is Actor David Suchet SOO -shay is Sen Peter Welch D-Vt is Singer-songwriter Larry Gatlin is Rock singer Lou Gramm Foreigner is Actor Christine Baranski is Basketball Hall of Famer Jamaal Wilkes is Fashion designer Donatella Versace is Filmmaker Stephen Daldry is Country singer Ty Herndon is Actor-wrestler Dwayne The Rock Johnson is Former soccer athlete David Beckham is Actor Kumail Nanjiani is Actor Ellie Kemper is Singer Lily Allen is NASCAR driver Kyle Busch is Olympic figure skating gold medalist Sarah Hughes is Musician Lucy Dacus is Princess Charlotte of Wales is
