On this day — May 2

Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing.

by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.

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.

mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others are taken ill.

forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.

It began on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims killed 78 Christians at Yelwa, Nigeria. In response, about 630 Muslims were killed by Christians on May 2.

Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.

the Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina fires cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing seven and wounding over 175 civilians.

which allows a number of East Germans to defect.

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

The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.

Idaho, killing 91 workers.