Birth
Time: Tuesday May 2, 1972 at 11:54:00 PM
Place: Hayward, California, U.S.
Details: Dwayne Douglas Johnson was born on May 2, 1972, in Hayward, California, to Ata Johnson (née Maivia; born 1948) and former professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles; 1944).
‹ Earlier in historyRajang Area Security CommandTuesday Apr 18, 1972 Later in history ›Queen Elizabeth II visited the WindsorsThursday May 18, 1972
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Facebook, Inc.-Facebook announced App Center
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Facebook, Inc.-Announcing The Location of Its International Headquarters
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Facebook, Inc.-Organization Pages
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Wednesday Oct 5, 2011 - Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-Tweaking Sheryl Sandberg’s Wikipedia Page
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Thursday Jun 7, 2012 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-Facebook Joined The Fortune 500 List For The First Time
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Facebook, Inc.-The Company Received Its First Investment
Jun, 2004 - Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Oculus-Dev Kit
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Facebook, Inc.-The Company Dropped "The" From Its Name
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Jun, 2004 - Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-Facebook Deleted 17 accounts Related To The 2018 American Elections
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Facebook, Inc.-The Company Celebrated Its 10th anniversary
Monday Feb 3, 2014 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-The "Like" Button Was First Enabled
Monday Feb 9, 2009 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-Launching A High-School Version of The Site
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Facebook, Inc.-Facebook announced That It Would be Buying WhatsApp
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Thursday Apr 7, 2016 - Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Tesla, Inc.-Tesla glass technology group
Nov, 2016 - Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-Over One Billion Users Connected Via a Mobile Device
Jan, 2014 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
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Facebook, Inc.-Microsoft Purchased a 1.6% Share of Facebook
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Facebook, Inc.-Facebook was granted a Patent On Certain Aspects of Its News Feed
Tuesday Feb 23, 2010 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
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Google LLC-Announcing a New $25 Million Round of Funding
Monday Jun 7, 1999 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-Compete.com Study
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Facebook, Inc.-Facebook In association With Major News Portals Launched "Instant Articles"
Wednesday May 13, 2015 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-Zuckerberg Hosted Visiting Chinese Politician Lu Wei
Monday Dec 8, 2014 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-Facebook Modified Its Logo
Friday Apr 19, 2013 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-Facebook announced It Would Offer Its Own Dating Service
May, 2018 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Tesla, Inc.-The world's second best selling plug-in electric car
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Google LLC-The Company Moved Its Offices To Palo Alto
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Facebook, Inc.-Facebook announced a Fee-based Communications Tool Called Workplace
Oct, 2016 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-Facebook won an Emmy For Its animated Short film "Henry"
Sep, 2016 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-Facebook announced Deep Text
Jun, 2016 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Tesla, Inc.-Tesla announced that the Model Y would use the Model 3 platform
Aug, 2017 - Palo Alto, California, U.S.
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Feb, 2018 - Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Tesla, Inc.-Musk described a future "Model Y"
Oct, 2015 - Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-The Format of Individual User Pages Was Revamped
Sep, 2011 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
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Tuesday Jul 1, 2003 - Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Tesla, Inc.-Tesla Model 3 Production reached 5,000 per week
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Facebook, Inc.-Facebook Released its Blueprints of Surround 360 Camera
2016 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-The First company To Lose Over $100 Billion Worth of Market Capitalization In One Day
Thursday Jul 26, 2018 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
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Thursday Feb 28, 2019 - Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-Facebook announced Its Bug Bounty Program
Friday Jul 29, 2011 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
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Thursday Jun 7, 2018 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
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Friday Sep 28, 2018 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
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Apr, 2015 - Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Tesla, Inc.-The Tesla Semi official announcement
Thursday Nov 16, 2017 - Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-Facebook Launched Facebook Pages for Brands and Celebrities
2007 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-Facebook Expanded The Gender Setting
Feb, 2014 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-Facebook introduced The 3D Posts Feature
Wednesday Oct 11, 2017 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-The 2018 Fortune 500 List
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Facebook, Inc.-Facebook's Monthly Active Users Passed One Billion
Oct, 2012 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
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May, 2017 - Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Tesla, Inc.-New master plan for Tesla
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Facebook, Inc.-Pulling Facebook's Apps From Windows Phone
Tuesday Apr 30, 2019 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-Facebook's Option To View and Load Pictures Stopped Working
Wednesday Jul 3, 2019 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
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Thursday Jan 11, 2018 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
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Facebook, Inc.-Facebook Settled Federal Trade Commission Charges
Tuesday Nov 29, 2011 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Google LLC-Google Was Initially Funded by an Contribution of $100,000
Aug, 1998 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-Facebook Introduced "Facebook Beta"
Sunday Jul 20, 2008 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
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Wednesday Apr 24, 2019 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Tesla, Inc.-Tesla and Toyota announced a partnership
Thursday May 20, 2010 - Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-Facebook announced It Would Spend Up To US$1 Billion On Original Shows
Sep, 2017 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
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2017 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
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May, 2015 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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2010 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-The Company announced Its New Vision
Thursday May 2, 2019 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
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Thursday Dec 12, 2013 - California, U.S.
Google LLC-The Company Was Incorporated
Friday Sep 4, 1998 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-The Federal Trade Commission Opened an Investigation Into The Matter
Monday Mar 26, 2018 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Tesla, Inc.-Unveiling The Model Y
Thursday Mar 14, 2019 - Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Oculus-Entity Within
Sep, 2018 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Oculus-The first Generation
2018 - California, U.S.
MacOS-The Unix-like NeXTSTEP
1989 - Redwood City, California, U.S.
On This Day - 2 May
Mamluks-Attempt Turanshah assassinated at his camp in Fariskur
Monday May 2, 1250 - Faraskour, Damietta, Egypt
Leonardo da Vinci-Death
Friday May 2, 1519 - Clos Lucé, Amboise, France
German revolutions of 1848–1849-"State Committee for the Defence and Implementation of the Constitution"
Wednesday May 2, 1849 - Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
Hungarian–Romanian War-Hungary Sued For Peace
Friday May 2, 1919 - Hungary
Eiffel Tower-A bust of Gustave Eiffel by Antoine Bourdelle was unveiled
Thursday May 2, 1929 - Paris, France
Adolf Hitler-All trade unions dissolve
Tuesday May 2, 1933 - Germany
World War II-Franco-Soviet pact
Thursday May 2, 1935 - Paris, France
World War II-Anglo–Iraqi War
Friday May 2, 1941 - Iraq
Adolf Hitler-Berlin surrendered
Wednesday May 2, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
Martin Bormann-The Battle In Berlin Ended
Wednesday May 2, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
Martin Bormann-Death
Wednesday May 2, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
World War II-Spring 1945 offensive in Italy
Wednesday May 2, 1945 - Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and the Veneto regions, northern Italy
Lucky Luciano-Costello's Assassination Attempt
Thursday May 2, 1957 - New York, U.S.
Croatian War of Independence-A Croat policeman was killed
Thursday May 2, 1991 - Tovarnik, Croatia
Bosnian War-Cutting Sarajevo in two
Saturday May 2, 1992 - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tony Blair-Blair as a Prime Minister
Friday May 2, 1997 - England
SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)-More cases in China
Sunday May 2, 2004 - China
Lionel Messi-Team's greatest-ever score at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Saturday May 2, 2009 - Madrid, Spain
Bin Laden-Death
Monday May 2, 2011 - Abbottabad, Pakistan
Justin Trudeau-2011 Federal Election
Monday May 2, 2011 - Papineau, Canada
Dwayne Johnson-His 39th Birthday
Monday May 2, 2011 - Miami, Florida, U.S.
Marvel Studios-Ghost Rider and Punisher rights had reverted to Marvel from Sony and Lionsgate respectively
Thursday May 2, 2013 - U.S.
Prince William-Princess Charlotte Birth
Saturday May 2, 2015 - London, United Kingdom
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge-Princess Charlotte
Saturday May 2, 2015 - London, England, U.K.
Xiaomi-Xiaomi go to the exchange market
Wednesday May 2, 2018 - Anningzhuang Rd, Haidian District, Beijing, China
Facebook, Inc.-The Company announced Its New Vision
Thursday May 2, 2019 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-Almost All Africa
Saturday May 2, 2020 - Africa
John André Birth
Saturday May 2, 1750 - London
May 1972
Edward VIII-Queen Elizabeth II visited the Windsors
Thursday May 18, 1972 - France
Richard Nixon-The President and First Lady Visit to The Soviet Union
Monday May 22, 1972 - Moscow, Russia
Richard Nixon-Nixon Approved a Five-year Cooperative Program
Wednesday May 24, 1972 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Edward VIII-Death
Sunday May 28, 1972 - Gif-sur-Yvette, Paris, France
Johan Cruyff-Second European Cup
Wednesday May 31, 1972 - Rotterdam, Netherlands
1972
Garry Kasparov-Mikhail Botvinnik's chess school
1972 - Soviet Union, (Azerbaijan)
Visa Inc.-Licenses had been granted in 15 countries
1972 - U.S.
Amancio Ortega-Confecciones Goa
1972 - Spain
Statue of Liberty-Immigration museum
1972 - New York, U.S.
DC Comics-Giant
1972 - U.S.
Howard Hughes: The Aviator-Howard Hughes Corporation
1972 - U.S.
Microprocessor-The Intel 8008
1972 - California, U.S.
Joe Biden-First U.S. Senate election
1972 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Richard Nixon-Nixon Entered His Name On The New Hampshire Primary Ballot
Wednesday Jan 5, 1972 - New Hampshire, U.S.
Justin Trudeau-Christened
Sunday Jan 16, 1972 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Donald Trump-Trump was reclassified
1972 - U.S.
Disasters with highest death tolls-1972 Iran Blizzard
Feb, 1972 - Iran
First Sudanese Civil War-The Addis Ababa Agreement
Mar, 1972 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Shaquille O'Neal-Birth
Monday Mar 6, 1972 - Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
1973 oil crisis-OPEC threatens "appropriate sanctions"
Saturday Mar 11, 1972 - Vienna, Austria
Father's Day-Permanent national holiday
1972 - U.S.
Marlon Brando-The Godfather
Tuesday Mar 14, 1972 - U.S.
Brexit-Treaty of Accession
1972 - Brussels, Belgium
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-Santiago Conference
Thursday Apr 13, 1972 - Santiago, Chile
Justin Trudeau-Visit of U.S. President Richard M. Nixon
Friday Apr 14, 1972 - Canada
Yasunari Kawabata-Death Mystery
Sunday Apr 16, 1972 - Japan
Communist insurgency in Sarawak-Rajang Area Security Command
Tuesday Apr 18, 1972 - Sarawak, Malaysia
Edward VIII-Queen Elizabeth II visited the Windsors
Thursday May 18, 1972 - France
Richard Nixon-The President and First Lady Visit to The Soviet Union
Monday May 22, 1972 - Moscow, Russia
Joe Biden-Biden defeated Republican incumbent J. Caleb Boggs to become the junior U.S. senator from Delaware
1972 - Delaware, U.S.
Richard Nixon-Nixon Approved a Five-year Cooperative Program
Wednesday May 24, 1972 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Edward VIII-Death
Sunday May 28, 1972 - Gif-sur-Yvette, Paris, France
Johan Cruyff-Second European Cup
Wednesday May 31, 1972 - Rotterdam, Netherlands
1973 oil crisis-Iraq nationalizes Iraq Petroleum Company's (IPC) concession
Thursday Jun 1, 1972 - Iraq
Edward VIII-The Funeral
Monday Jun 5, 1972 - London, England, United Kingdom
1973 oil crisis-OPEC moves to prevent companies whose interests were nationalized in Iraq
Friday Jun 9, 1972 - Vienna, Austria
Richard Nixon-McGovern Secured The Democratic Nomination
Saturday Jun 10, 1972 - California, U.S.
Popeyes-Chicken on the Run
Monday Jun 12, 1972 - Arabi, Louisiana, U.S.
Richard Nixon-Five Men Were Caught breaking Into The Democratic party Headquarters
Saturday Jun 17, 1972 - The Democratic party headquarters, Watergate complex, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Flag of Bhutan-Bhutan flag code of conduct
Monday Jun 19, 1972 - Bhutan
Zinedine Zidane-Birth
Friday Jun 23, 1972 - Marseille, France
Red Dog (Pilbara)-First owner "Colin Cummings"
1972 - Dampier, Western Australia
Atari, Inc.-Foundation of Atari
Wednesday Jun 28, 1972 - Sunnyvale, California, United States
DC Comics-DC titles featured a new circular logo
Jul, 1972 - U.S.
Richard Nixon-Nixon was renominated at the 1972 Republican National Convention
Monday Aug 21, 1972 - Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
Stan Lee-Assuming the role of publisher
1972 - New York, U.S.
Coverture-Extended from Coverture
1972 - U.S.
Johan Cruyff-Intercontinental Cup
Friday Sep 22, 1972 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
1973 oil crisis-Libya acquires a 50 percent interest in two ENI concessions
Saturday Sep 30, 1972 - Libya
Richard Branson-Virgin Records
1972 - England, United Kingdom
Eminem-Birth
Tuesday Oct 17, 1972 - St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
Joe Biden-Biden argued for strict adherence to the treaty (SALT I)
1972 - U.S.
Kroger-Kroger built an ultra-modern dairy plant
1972 - Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Kroger-Kroger exited Milwaukee
1972 - U.S.
1973 oil crisis-OPEC approves the plan providing for 25 percent government ownership of all Western oil interests operating
Friday Oct 27, 1972 - Vienna, Austria
Hong Kong independence-Request of the People's Republic of China
Thursday Nov 2, 1972 - Hong Kong, China
Richard Nixon-One of The Largest Landslide Election Victories In American History
Tuesday Nov 7, 1972 - U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 1,000 for the first time
Tuesday Nov 14, 1972 - New York, U.S.
Bart Millard-Birth
Friday Dec 1, 1972 - Greenville, Texas, U.S.
Ted Bundy-Bundy joined Governor Daniel J. Evans' re-election campaign
1972 - Washington, U.S.
Martin Bormann-Construction workers uncovered Human Remains near Lehrter Station
Thursday Dec 7, 1972 - West Berlin, West Germany
Joe Biden-Biden's wife and one-year-old daughter Naomi were killed
Monday Dec 18, 1972 - Hockessin, Delaware, U.S.
Harry S. Truman-Death
Tuesday Dec 26, 1972 at 07:50:00 AM - Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Vietnam War-Military Deaths In 1972
1972 - Vietnam
Nintendo-New ventures
1972 - Kyoto, Japan