Page 8: Historical Events In May - 02

1968  On May - 02 donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69   

1969  British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89   

1970  Twenty-six persons were rescued by a VC-8 helicopter from a Dutch Antillean Airlines DC-9 ditched in the Caribbean on May - 02.   

1972  Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine - 126 die (Kellogg Idaho) on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history lieutenant General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA   

1972  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 02.   

1972  Hugo Hartung, writer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1973  Alan Carney, actor (Herbie-Take it from Me), dies at 61 on May - 02.   

1974  Former Vice President Spiro Agnew is disbarred on May - 02.   

1975  Apple records closes down on this day in history.   

1975  On May - 02 uS Navy departs Vietnamese waters at end of evacuation.   

1975  USS Midway off-loaded at Utapao, Thailand, over 40 USAF helicopters used in South Vietnam evacuation operations on May - 02.   

1977  "The King &I" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances on this day in history.   

1979  On May - 02 14th Academy of Country Music Awards Kenny Rogers &Barbara Mandrell win   

1979  On May - 02 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers &Barbara Mandrell win   

1980  On May - 02 joseph Doherty &3 other IRA men arrested for murder   

1980  On May - 02 pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa   

1980  Pope John Paul II begins African tour on May - 02.   

1980  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 02.   

1980  Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies on May - 02.   

1981  On May - 02 radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes   

1982  Argentina's only cruiser is sunk by a British submarine with a loss of more than 320 lives on this day in history.   

1982  On May - 02 falklands War Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men   

1982  On May - 02 helmut Dantine   

1982  On this day in history falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men   

1983  On May - 02 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga CA   

1983  Marius F Duintjer, architect, dies on this day in history.   

1984  On May - 02 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1984  Jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66 on May - 02.   

1985  On this day in history hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery   

1986  On May - 02 dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II   

1986  In Vancouver BC, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open Expo '86; on May - 02.   

1986  Radiation released from the Chernobyl accident reach France, Britain on May - 02.   

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1360  On May - 02 birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)   

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on May - 02.   

1458  On this day in history birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on May - 02.   

1601  On May - 02 birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

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

1695  On May - 02 birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)   

1702  On May - 02 birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)   

0373  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on May - 02.   

0649  On May - 02 maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies   

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

0907  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on this day in history.   

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