Today is Monday, May 2, the 123rd day of 2016. There are 243 days left in the year.
Today’s birthdays: Singer Engelbert Humperdinck is 80. Former International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge is 74. Actress-activist Bianca Jagger is 71. Singer-songwriter Larry Gatlin is 68. Actress Christine Baranski is 64. Fashion designer Donatella Versace is 61. Movie director Stephen Daldry is 56. Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne Johnson (AKA The Rock) is 44. Soccer player David Beckham is 41. Olympic gold medal figure skater Sarah Hughes is 31.
In 1536, Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, was charged with adultery; she was beheaded 17 days later.
In 1863, during the Civil War, Confederate General Thomas ‘‘Stonewall’’ Jackson was accidentally wounded by his own men at Chancellorsville, Va.; he died eight days later.
In 1941, General Mills began shipping its new cereal, ‘‘Cheerioats,’’ to six test markets. (It was later renamed ‘‘Cheerios.’’)
In 1945, the Soviet Union announced the fall of Berlin, and the Allies reported the surrender of German troops in Italy.
In 1994, Nelson Mandela claimed victory in the wake of South Africa’s first democratic elections; President F.W. de Klerk acknowledged defeat.
In 2011, Osama bin Laden was killed by elite American forces at his Pakistan compound, then quickly buried at sea after a decade on the run.
In 2015, Catherine, duchess of Cambridge, gave birth to a daughter; Charlotte became fourth in the line of succession to the throne.