Page 6: Historical Events In October - 02

1931  On October - 02 thomas Johnstone Lipton, sportsman/merchant, dies   

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

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

1934  Royal Indian Navy is formed on this day in history.   

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

1935  Mussolini's Italian armys attacks Abyssinia (Ethiopia) on October - 02.   

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

1936  G H Simpson-Hayward, cricketer (Eng 1910, great lob bowlers), dies on October - 02.   

1937  On this day in history fDR visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State   

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

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

1940  17 German aircrafts shot down above England on this day in history.   

1941  On October - 02 6 Parisian synagogues are bombed   

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

1942  On October - 02 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  On this day in history 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.   

1943  On October - 02 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 this day in history.   

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

1948  On this day in history "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  On this day in history the comic strip "Peanuts" first appears, in 9 newspapers   

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

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

1955  On October - 02 "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premiers on Television   

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 this day in history george Bancroft, actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74   

1958  Marie Stopes, birth control pioneer, dies on this day in history.   

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1452  King Richard III, of England (1483-85) was born on October - 02.   

1470  Isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524) was born on October - 02.   

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

1595  On October - 02 birth of jacob Louys, Flemish engraver   

1616  On this day in history birth of a Gryphius, writer   

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  Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1559  On October - 02 death of jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483)   

1564  Andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49 on October - 02.   

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