Today in History: Osama bin Laden is killed by the United States in 2011

The following is a chronological list of notable events that occurred on May 2 throughout history:

1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.

1611 – The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.

1808 – Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.

1876 – The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.

1906 – Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.

1945 – World War II: The Soviet Union announces the fall of Berlin.

1964 – First ascent of Shishapangma, the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.

1986 – Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster.

1998 – The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union’s monetary policy.

2011 – Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI’s most wanted man, is killed by the United States Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Pakistan.