Page 6: Historical Events In May - 02
Sunday, 16 November 2025
1930 On this day in history des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights 

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

1932 Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S Buck (The Good Earth) on this day in history. 

1932 Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network) on this day in history. 

1933 In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions on May - 02. 

1934 Nazi-Germany begins People's court on May - 02. 

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

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

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

1937 On this day in history arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73 

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

1938 On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder (Our Town) 

1939 On this day in history lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yanks beat Tigers 22-2 

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 On May - 02 martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy 

1941 On May - 02 nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists 

1941 On this day in history 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 On May - 02 german troops vacate Jefna Tunisia 

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 Berlin captured by Russian forces at the end of WW2 on May - 02. 

1945 On May - 02 berlin surrenders to Russian troops 

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

1945 On this day in history 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 May - 02. 

1945 German Army in Italy surrenders on May - 02. 

1945 Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders on May - 02. 

1945 Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste on May - 02. 

1945 Martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies on this day in history. 

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

1947 Eugene O'Neill's "Moon for the Misbegotten," premieres in NYC on May - 02. 

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