Page 6: Historical Events In October - 02

1931  Thomas Johnstone Lipton, sportsman/merchant, dies on this day in history.   

1932  On October - 02 nY Yankees sweep Chicago Cubs in 29th World Series   

1933  On October - 02 eugene O'Neill's comedy "Ah, Wilderness," premieres in NYC   

1934  On October - 02 royal Indian Navy is formed   

1935  Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia) on October - 02.   

1935  On October - 02 mussolini's Italian armys attacks Abyssinia (Ethiopia)   

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 October - 02.   

1938  Indian Bob Feller strikes out record 18 Tigers (Chester Laabs 5 times) on this day in history.   

1939  On October - 02 birdbaths installed in Union Square, SF   

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

1941  On this day in history 6 Parisian synagogues are bombed   

1941  6 Paris synagogues are bombed by Gestapo on October - 02.   

1942  First self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, Chicago on October - 02.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1943  Japanse troops leave Kolombangara, Solomon Island on this day in history.   

1943  On October - 02 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  On this day in history 1st network soap opera-Faraway Hill-Dumont   

1947  "Music in My Heart" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 124 performances on this day in history.   

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

1949  St Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3 on October - 02.   

1950  The comic strip "Peanuts" first appears, in 9 newspapers on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history 1st strip of Charlie Brown, "Li'l Folks," later "Peanuts" in 9 papers   

1951  On October - 02 1st Netherland TV broadcast (Toverspiegel)   

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  First atomic power clock exhibited-NYC on October - 02.   

1956  On October - 02 george Bancroft, actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74   

1958  On this day in history marie Stopes, birth control pioneer, dies   

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

1470  Isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524) was born on this day in history.   

1538  On October - 02 birth of saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584)   

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

1616  On October - 02 birth of a Gryphius, writer   

1644  On October - 02 birth of françois-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724)   

1646  On October - 02 birth of guillaume Poitevin, composer   

1704  On October - 02 birth of frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer   

0472  Olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies on this day in history.   

0939  Death of Giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49 on this day in history.   

1113  On October - 02 mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies   

1264  Urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies on this day in history.   

1517  John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37 on October - 02.   

1559  On this day in history death of jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483)   

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

1588  On this day in history bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies