Page 6: 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  On October - 02 eugene O'Neill's comedy "Ah, Wilderness," premieres in NYC   

1934  On this day in history royal Indian Navy is formed   

1935  On this day in history italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia)   

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

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  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 October - 02.   

1939  Birdbaths installed in Union Square, SF on this day in history.   

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

1941  6 Parisian synagogues are bombed on October - 02.   

1941  On October - 02 6 Paris synagogues are bombed by Gestapo   

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  On October - 02 "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 this day in history.   

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  On October - 02 nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people   

1944  On this day in history rudolf Schmundt, German gen/Hitlers army adjunct, dies from injuries   

1946  On October - 02 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  "Finian's Rainbow" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 725 perfs on October - 02.   

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 October - 02.   

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

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

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

1955  On this day in history o B Clarence, actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies   

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 October - 02.   

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

1595  Jacob Louys, Flemish engraver was born on October - 02.   

1616  A Gryphius, writer was born on this day in history.   

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

1646  Guillaume Poitevin, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0472  Olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies on October - 02.   

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

1113  On this day in history mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies   

1264  On October - 02 urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies   

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  On this day in history andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49   

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