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*  1908 - "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" registered for copyright

*  1918 - General Motors acquired the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware

* 1932 - Jack Benny's 1st radio show premiers on NBC

* In 1979 - CMA Awards...Kenny Rogers won Best Male Vocalist and his song "The Gambler" was Song Of The Year!  Barbara Mandrell won Best Female Vocalist and Willie Nelson was named Entertainer of the Year!

* 1988 - Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an ump

* 1997 - Donald Trump & Marla Maples announce their separation

* 2011 - Osama bin Laden (suspected mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks and FBI's most wanted man) killed by US Special Forces in Pakistan

 

Other famous events this day...Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was born in 1972. To see more events that happened on 5/2, visit http://www.historyorb.com/day/may/2?p=2

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