Page 8: Historical Events In May - 02

1968  Donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

1972  Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine - 126 die (Kellogg Idaho) on May - 02.   

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

1972  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1972  Hugo Hartung, writer, dies at 69 on May - 02.   

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  On May - 02 apple records closes down   

1975  US Navy departs Vietnamese waters at end of evacuation on May - 02.   

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 May - 02.   

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

1979  On this day in history 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers &Barbara Mandrell win   

1980  Joseph Doherty &3 other IRA men arrested for murder on this day in history.   

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 May - 02.   

1980  Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies on this day in history.   

1981  Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes on this day in history.   

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

1982  On May - 02 helmut Dantine   

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

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

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

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

1984  Jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1985  Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery on this day in history.   

1986  Dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II on May - 02.   

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

1986  On this day in history radiation released from the Chernobyl accident reach France, Britain   

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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  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0373  On this day in history 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 May - 02.   

0907  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  On May - 02 death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)   

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

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 May - 02.