Page 8: Historical Events In May - 02

1968  Donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69 on May - 02.   

1969  On May - 02 british liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York   

1969  Franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

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 May - 02.   

1972  On May - 02 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 this day in history.   

1975  On May - 02 apple records closes down   

1975  US Navy departs Vietnamese waters at end of evacuation on this day in history.   

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

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  Joseph Doherty &3 other IRA men arrested for murder on May - 02.   

1980  Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa on this day in history.   

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

1980  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

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

1981  Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes on May - 02.   

1982  On May - 02 argentina's only cruiser is sunk by a British submarine with a loss of more than 320 lives   

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

1982  Helmut Dantine on this day in history.   

1982  Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men on May - 02.   

1983  6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga CA on this day in history.   

1983  On May - 02 marius F Duintjer, architect, dies   

1984  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 02.   

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

1985  On May - 02 hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery   

1986  Dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II on this day in history.   

1986  On May - 02 in Vancouver BC, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open Expo '86;   

1986  On May - 02 radiation released from the Chernobyl accident reach France, Britain   

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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  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  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 May - 02.   

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

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  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on May - 02.   

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on May - 02.   

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on May - 02.   

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