Page 6: Historical Events In May - 02

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

1932  Jack Benny's first radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network) on May - 02.   

1932  Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S Buck (The Good Earth) on May - 02.   

1932  On this day in history jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network)   

1933  On this day in history in Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions   

1934  Nazi-Germany begins People's court on May - 02.   

1936  "Peter &the Wolf" premieres in Moscow on this day in history.   

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

1936  "Peter & Wolf" premieres in Moscow on this day in history.   

1937  On May - 02 arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73   

1938  Ella Fitzgerald records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" on May - 02.   

1938  Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder (Our Town) on May - 02.   

1939  On this day in history lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yanks beat Tigers 22-2   

1941  Anti-British revolt, encouraged by Germany, takes place in Iraq on this day in history.   

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

1941  On this day in history martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy   

1941  On May - 02 nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists   

1941  FCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1 on this day in history.   

1942  Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1944  WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in NYC (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast on May - 02.   

1945  Allies occupy Wismar on May - 02.   

1945  On May - 02 berlin captured by Russian forces at the end of WW2   

1945  On May - 02 berlin surrenders to Russian troops   

1945  On May - 02 british Army enters Lubeck in the Baltic, sealing off German forces in Denmark.   

1945  On May - 02 dutch Queen Wilhelmina &Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen   

1945  On May - 02 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  On this day in history german Army in Italy surrenders   

1945  On this day in history russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders   

1945  Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste on May - 02.   

1945  On May - 02 martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies   

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

1947  On this day in history eugene O'Neill's "Moon for the Misbegotten," premieres in NYC   

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1360  On May - 02 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 this day in history.   

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

1601  On this day in history birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on this day in history.   

1695  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on May - 02.   

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.   

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  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on this day in history.   

0907  Death of Boris I of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

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  On May - 02 death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)   

1450  On May - 02 death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)