Tuesday, May 2, 2017 is a Tuesday. It is day 122 of 2017 (33.4% through the year), ISO week 18, in Q2.
Calendar Specifications
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2014: Russo-Ukrainian War: Forty-eight people were killed during a confrontation between pro-Russian protesters and pro-Ukrainian unity protesters in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to May 2.
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Historical Milestones
Russo-Ukrainian War: Forty-eight people were killed during a confrontation between pro-Russian protesters and pro-Ukrainian unity protesters in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa.
Russo-Ukrainian war →Two mudslides in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, killed at least 350 people.
2014 Badakhshan mudslides →The Conservative Party of Canada won enough seats in the federal election to establish their first majority government.
Conservative Party of Canada →Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six in his private residential compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Killing of Osama bin Laden →The Chaitén volcano in Chile began to erupt for the first time since around 1640.
Chaitén (volcano) →Cyclone Manou formed in the Indian Ocean; over the next two weeks it struck Madagascar and left more than 100,000 people homeless.
Cyclone Manou →Mireya Moscoso (pictured) became the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
Mireya Moscoso →Croatian War of Independence: Serb forces began rocket attacks on the Croatian capital Zagreb, killing 7 people and injuring around 200 others.
Croatian War of Independence →Henri Toivonen was killed in an accident while leading the Tour de Corse rally, resulting in FISA banning the popular Group B rally cars for the following season.
Henri Toivonen →Falklands War: HMS Conqueror sank the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano (pictured), the only ship ever to have been deliberately sunk by a nuclear submarine in battle.
Falklands War →Vietnam War: An explosion attributed to Viet Cong commandos caused the escort carrier USNS Card to sink in the port of Saigon.
Vietnam War →World War II: General Helmuth Weidling, the German commander of Berlin, surrendered to Soviet forces led by Marshal Georgy Zhukov, ending the Battle of Berlin.
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Questions & Answers
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 falls on a Tuesday.
3,421 days ago (9 years, 4 months, 11 days ago). It is day 122 of 2017 with 243 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Tuesday, May 2, 2017 is written as II.V.MMXVII (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is First Quarter (approx. 37% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Taurus.