Page 6: Historical Events In May - 02

1930  Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights on May - 02.   

1932  Jack Benny's first radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network) on May - 02.   

1932  On May - 02 pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S Buck (The Good Earth)   

1932  On May - 02 jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network)   

1933  On May - 02 in Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions   

1934  Nazi-Germany begins People's court on this day in history.   

1936  On May - 02 "Peter &the Wolf" premieres in Moscow   

1936  Emperor Haile Selassie &family flee Abyssinia on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history "Peter & Wolf" premieres in Moscow   

1937  Arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73 on May - 02.   

1938  On this day in history ella Fitzgerald records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"   

1938  On May - 02 pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder (Our Town)   

1939  Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yanks beat Tigers 22-2 on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history anti-British revolt, encouraged by Germany, takes place in Iraq.   

1941  FCC approves regular scheduled commercial TV broadcasts to begin July 1 on this day in history.   

1941  Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy on May - 02.   

1941  Nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists on this day in history.   

1941  On May - 02 fCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1   

1942  Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma on May - 02.   

1942  68th Kentucky Derby: Wayne D Wright aboard Shut Out wins in 2:04.4 on this day in history.   

1943  German troops vacate Jefna Tunisia on May - 02.   

1944  WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in NYC (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast on May - 02.   

1945  On May - 02 allies occupy Wismar   

1945  On this day in history berlin captured by Russian forces at the end of WW2   

1945  On this day in history berlin surrenders to Russian troops   

1945  On this day in history british Army enters Lubeck in the Baltic, sealing off German forces in Denmark.   

1945  On May - 02 dutch Queen Wilhelmina &Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen   

1945  First Helicopter Rescue--Lieutenant August Kleisch, USCG, flying a HNS-1 helicopter rescued 11 Canadian airmen that were marooned in northern Labrador about 125 miles from Goose Bay on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history german Army in Italy surrenders   

1945  Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history yugoslav troops occupy Trieste   

1945  On this day in history martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies   

1946  Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die on May - 02.   

1947  Eugene O'Neill's "Moon for the Misbegotten," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on this day in history.   

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on May - 02.   

1458  On May - 02 birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on this day in history.   

1601  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on May - 02.   

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on May - 02.   

1695  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.   

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.   

0373  On this day in history death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)   

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on May - 02.   

0756  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on May - 02.   

0907  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on May - 02.   

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on May - 02.   

1300  On this day in history death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)   

1450  Death of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396) on this day in history.