Some signi cant events occurred on May 2. Here is a quiz on observances, birthdays and everything else that happened on the day
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This British football legend who was the runner up for the Ballon D’Or in 1999, was born on this day. He is married to a singer of a well-known pop group. Identify the footballer.
◣ QUESTION 2
Tony Blair took charge as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on this day in 1997. Which party did he belong to and how many terms did he serve as the PM?
◣ QUESTION 3
Identify this best selling novel about rural life in turn-of-the century-China that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1932. Also name the author of the book.
◣ QUESTION 4
The first movie in a popular comic book saga was released on this day in 2008. The superhero is based on a comic book co-created by Stan Lee. Name the movie.
◣ QUESTION 5
This song by Pink Floyd was banned in South Africa on this day by the Apartheid government as students had begun using it as a protest anthem. Identify the song.
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Questions and Answers to the previous day’s daily quiz: 1. The reason why May 1 was chosen as labour
Ans: May 1 was chosen by the American Federation of Labour to commemorate a general strike in the U.S. which had begun on May 1, 1886
2. This incident is considered significant to the origins of the International Workers' Day. Ans: Haymarket aair
3. This was a social movement to regulate the length of a working day, preventing excesses and abuses of working time. Ans: Eight-hour day
4. The U.S. celebrates labour Day on this date as well.
Ans: September 1
5. This political party first organised the May Day celebration in India. Ans: Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan
Ans: Triumph of Labour in Marina Beach, Chennai. The statue is installed close to the site where the country's first commemoration of May Day was held Early Birds:
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