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 May - 02.   

1969  Franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89 on May - 02.   

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

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

1972  On this day in history hugo Hartung, writer, dies at 69   

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

1974  On May - 02 former Vice President Spiro Agnew is disbarred   

1975  Apple records closes down on May - 02.   

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

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

1977  On May - 02 "The King &I" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances   

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

1979  On this day in history 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  Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa on this day in history.   

1980  On May - 02 pope John Paul II begins African tour   

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  Argentina's only cruiser is sunk by a British submarine with a loss of more than 320 lives on May - 02.   

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

1982  Helmut Dantine on May - 02.   

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

1983  On this day in history 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga CA   

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

1984  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1984  On May - 02 jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66   

1985  Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery on May - 02.   

1986  On this day in history dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II   

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  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on this day in history.   

1451  On May - 02 birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)   

1458  On May - 02 birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

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

1601  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on May - 02.   

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  On this day in history birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)   

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

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on this day in history.   

0756  On this day in history death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)   

0907  On this day in history death of boris I of Bulgaria   

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)