Historical Events In April - 02

1892  Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dut baron/genealogist, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history rudolph P Cleveringa, Dutch anti-nazi lawyer   

1898  On April - 02 adoption of U.S. Naval Academy coat of arms   

1900  On April - 02 1st edition of The Volk published (Amsterdam)   

1900  On April - 02 heinrich Besseler, German musicologist   

1901  On April - 02 anis Fuleihan, composer   

1902  The first motion picture theater opens (LA) on this day in history.   

1902  On April - 02 1st motion picture theater opens (LA)   

1902  Danilo Svara, composer on April - 02.   

1905  Cairo-Capetown railway opens on this day in history.   

1905  Edmond Jouhaud, general on April - 02.   

1906  South Africa complete a 4-1 series drubbing of England on April - 02.   

1908  Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday on April - 02.   

1908  On this day in history buddy Ebsen, Belleville Il, actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones)   

1909  Jean Kurt Forest, composer on this day in history.   

1910  On April - 02 arnie Herber, NFL QB (Green Bay Packers, NY Giants)   

1910  Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37 on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer (Tap)   

1912  Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power on this day in history.   

1912  Sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang-Party in China on this day in history.   

1914  On April - 02 the birth of Sir Alec Guinness, English actor of stage and screen   

1914  Alec Guinness, London England, British actor (Bridge on River Kwai) on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history antony Dornhorst, professor of medicine   

1916  Belyavskij disc asteroid #851 Zeissia ͔ Wladilena ͕ Nansenia on April - 02.   

1916  German troops overtake Bois de Caillette on April - 02.   

1917  On April - 02 pres Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany   

1917  Jeannette Rankin becomes 1st women member of US House of Reps on this day in history.   

1917  On April - 02 dabbs Greer, Fairview Mo, actor (Gunsmoke, Little House on Prairie)   

1919  On April - 02 antoon J Hubben, Dutch mayor (Maasbree)/trade union leader   

1920  On April - 02 jack Webb, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet)   

1921  Prof Albert Einstein lectures in New York City on his new theory of relativity on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history nikolaj G Bassov, Russia, atomic physicist (laser, Nobel 1964)   

1923  On this day in history hugh Overton, British diplomat   

1924  On April - 02 denis Rooke, CEO (British Gas)   

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1348  Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385) was born on April - 02.   

1565  Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599) was born on this day in history.   

1602  On April - 02 birth of maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan   

1618  Francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction) was born on this day in history.   

1628  On this day in history birth of constantin Christian Dedekind, composer   

1632  On this day in history birth of georg Caspar Weckler, composer   

1653  Prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.   

1711  Jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool) was born on April - 02.   

1118  On this day in history boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies   

1272  Death of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209) on this day in history.   

1335  On this day in history death of duke Henry of Carinthia (b. circa 1265)   

1412  On April - 02 death of ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer (b. ????)   

1416  On this day in history ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52   

1502  Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies on this day in history.   

1507  Death of Francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416) on this day in history.   

1640  On this day in history matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45