Page 6: Historical Events In May - 02

1930  Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights on May - 02.   

1932  Jack Benny's first radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network) on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S Buck (The Good Earth)   

1932  Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network) on this day in history.   

1933  In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions on May - 02.   

1934  Nazi-Germany begins People's court on this day in history.   

1936  On May - 02 "Peter &the Wolf" premieres in Moscow   

1936  Emperor Haile Selassie &family flee Abyssinia on May - 02.   

1936  "Peter & Wolf" premieres in Moscow on May - 02.   

1937  On this day in history arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73   

1938  On May - 02 ella Fitzgerald records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"   

1938  On May - 02 pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder (Our Town)   

1939  Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yanks beat Tigers 22-2 on May - 02.   

1941  On May - 02 anti-British revolt, encouraged by Germany, takes place in Iraq.   

1941  FCC approves regular scheduled commercial TV broadcasts to begin July 1 on May - 02.   

1941  Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy on May - 02.   

1941  Nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history fCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1   

1942  On this day in history japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma   

1942  68th Kentucky Derby: Wayne D Wright aboard Shut Out wins in 2:04.4 on this day in history.   

1943  German troops vacate Jefna Tunisia on May - 02.   

1944  On this day in history wABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in NYC (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast   

1945  Allies occupy Wismar on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history berlin captured by Russian forces at the end of WW2   

1945  On May - 02 berlin surrenders to Russian troops   

1945  On this day in history british Army enters Lubeck in the Baltic, sealing off German forces in Denmark.   

1945  Dutch Queen Wilhelmina &Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history first Helicopter Rescue--Lieutenant August Kleisch, USCG, flying a HNS-1 helicopter rescued 11 Canadian airmen that were marooned in northern Labrador about 125 miles from Goose Bay   

1945  German Army in Italy surrenders on this day in history.   

1945  Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history yugoslav troops occupy Trieste   

1945  On this day in history martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies   

1946  On this day in history prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die   

1947  Eugene O'Neill's "Moon for the Misbegotten," premieres in NYC on May - 02.   

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1360  On this day in history birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)   

1451  On this day in history birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)   

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on May - 02.   

1551  On this day in history birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)   

1601  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on this day in history.   

1660  On May - 02 birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)   

1695  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.   

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on May - 02.   

0373  On May - 02 death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)   

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on May - 02.   

0756  On May - 02 death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)   

0907  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  On this day in history death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)   

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.   

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on this day in history.   

1450  Death of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396) on this day in history.