Page 6: Historical Events In May - 02
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
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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