Historical Events In October - 02

1931  On this day in history thomas Johnstone Lipton, sportsman/merchant, dies   

1932  On this day in history nY Yankees sweep Chicago Cubs in 29th World Series   

1933  Eugene O'Neill's comedy "Ah, Wilderness," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1934  Royal Indian Navy is formed on October - 02.   

1935  On October - 02 italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia)   

1935  Mussolini's Italian armys attacks Abyssinia (Ethiopia) on this day in history.   

1936  On October - 02 1st alcohol power plant forms, Atchison, Kansas   

1936  G H Simpson-Hayward, cricketer (Eng 1910, great lob bowlers), dies on this day in history.   

1937  FDR visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history indian Bob Feller strikes out record 18 Tigers (Chester Laabs 5 times)   

1939  On this day in history birdbaths installed in Union Square, SF   

1940  17 German aircrafts shot down above England on October - 02.   

1941  On October - 02 6 Parisian synagogues are bombed   

1941  On this day in history 6 Paris synagogues are bombed by Gestapo   

1942  On this day in history first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, Chicago   

1942  RMS"Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338 in the Atlantic on October - 02.   

1942  On this day in history "Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338   

1943  Orders are given for the expulsion of all Danish Jews. Thanks to Danish underground operations, only 415 Jews are captured by the Germans. 7,000 are evacuated to Sweden on October - 02.   

1943  On this day in history japanse troops leave Kolombangara, Solomon Island   

1943  On this day in history robert Nathaniel Dett, composer, dies at 60   

1944  Nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people on October - 02.   

1944  On October - 02 rudolf Schmundt, German gen/Hitlers army adjunct, dies from injuries   

1946  1st network soap opera-Faraway Hill-Dumont on October - 02.   

1947  On October - 02 "Music in My Heart" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 124 performances   

1948  On October - 02 "Finian's Rainbow" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 725 perfs   

1949  On this day in history st Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3   

1950  On this day in history the comic strip "Peanuts" first appears, in 9 newspapers   

1950  On October - 02 1st strip of Charlie Brown, "Li'l Folks," later "Peanuts" in 9 papers   

1951  1st Netherland TV broadcast (Toverspiegel) on this day in history.   

1955  "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premiers on Television on this day in history.   

1955  O B Clarence, actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history first atomic power clock exhibited-NYC   

1956  George Bancroft, actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1958  Marie Stopes, birth control pioneer, dies on October - 02.   

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1452  King Richard III, of England (1483-85) was born on this day in history.   

1470  On October - 02 birth of isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524)   

1538  On this day in history birth of saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584)   

1595  Jacob Louys, Flemish engraver was born on this day in history.   

1616  A Gryphius, writer was born on October - 02.   

1644  On this day in history birth of françois-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724)   

1646  On October - 02 birth of guillaume Poitevin, composer   

1704  On this day in history birth of frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer   

0472  On October - 02 olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies   

0939  Death of Giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49 on October - 02.   

1113  Mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies on this day in history.   

1264  Urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies on October - 02.   

1517  On this day in history john Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37   

1559  Death of Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483) on October - 02.   

1564  Andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1588  On October - 02 bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies