Historical Events In April - 02

1944  On April - 02 mikulas Moyzes, composer, dies at 71   

1945  1st US units reach east coast of Okinawa on April - 02.   

1947  On April - 02 uN places former Japanese mandated islands under U.S. trusteeship   

1947  Carlo Terron's "Il diamente del profeta," premieres in Rome on this day in history.   

1947  Joseph Hardstaff, cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for Eng 1907-08), dies on April - 02.   

1950  On this day in history wTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1951  First Navy use of jet aircraft as a bomber, launched from a carrier, USS Princeton on April - 02.   

1951  Simon Barere pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall on April - 02.   

1951  On April - 02 simon Barere, pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall   

1952  On April - 02 bernard Lyot inventor (chronograph), dies   

1952  Bernard F Lyot, Fren astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter), dies at 55 on April - 02.   

1953  Raab forms his 1st government in Austria on April - 02.   

1953  On this day in history jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56   

1954  Plans to build Disneyland first announced on this day in history.   

1954  On April - 02 plans to build Disneyland 1st announced [see Jan 26]   

1955  On this day in history halifax Nova Scotia the opening of Angus L. Macdonald Bridge linking Halifax and Dartmouth and I was there   

1955  US female Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright on this day in history.   

1956  Soap operas "As the World Turns" &"Edge of Night" premieres on TV on April - 02.   

1956  On this day in history peter Ustinovs' "Romanoff & Juliet," premieres in Manchester   

1956  Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history in Toronto 22-year-old Elvis Presley plays two concerts before 23,000 people at Maple Leaf Gardens; his second concert, before 15,000 fans   

1958  Last load of bitumen on Pacific Highway between Sydney and Brisbane is laid 18km south of Taree, NSW on this day in history.   

1958  National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA on April - 02.   

1958  On April - 02 wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record)   

1958  Antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens on this day in history.   

1959  Benjamin Christensen, Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history uSS Glacier begins 12 days of relief operations, providing helicopter and boat transportation and emergency supplies to residents of Paramaribo, Brazil after floods.   

1960  Cuba buys oil from USSR on this day in history.   

1961  August Defresne, Dutch director (Anno Christi 969), dies at 67 on April - 02.   

1962  On April - 02 the first official Panda crossing is opened outside Waterloo station, London.   

1963  On this day in history explorer 17 attains Earth orbit (254/914 km)   

1963  On this day in history uSSR launches Luna 4; missed Moon by 8,500 km   

1964  On this day in history uSSR launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned   

1964  Josef Klaus succeeds Alfons Gorbach as chancellor of Austria on April - 02.   

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1348  On April - 02 birth of andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385)   

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  On this day in history birth of francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction)   

1628  Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer was born on this day in history.   

1632  Georg Caspar Weckler, composer was born on April - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Duke Henry of Carinthia (b. circa 1265) on April - 02.   

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  Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45 on this day in history.