Historical Events In May - 02

1968  Donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69 on May - 02.  

1969  British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York on this day in history.  

1969  Franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89 on May - 02.  

1970  Twenty-six persons were rescued by a VC-8 helicopter from a Dutch Antillean Airlines DC-9 ditched in the Caribbean on May - 02.  

1972  On May - 02 electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine - 126 die (Kellogg Idaho)  

1972  Lieutenant General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA on May - 02.  

1972  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  

1972  Hugo Hartung, writer, dies at 69 on May - 02.  

1973  On May - 02 alan Carney, actor (Herbie-Take it from Me), dies at 61  

1974  On this day in history former Vice President Spiro Agnew is disbarred  

1975  On this day in history apple records closes down  

1975  US Navy departs Vietnamese waters at end of evacuation on May - 02.  

1975  USS Midway off-loaded at Utapao, Thailand, over 40 USAF helicopters used in South Vietnam evacuation operations on this day in history.  

1977  On this day in history "The King &I" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances  

1979  14th Academy of Country Music Awards Kenny Rogers &Barbara Mandrell win on this day in history.  

1979  14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers &Barbara Mandrell win on May - 02.  

1980  On May - 02 joseph Doherty &3 other IRA men arrested for murder  

1980  Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa on this day in history.  

1980  On this day in history pope John Paul II begins African tour  

1980  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 02.  

1980  Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies on this day in history.  

1981  Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes on this day in history.  

1982  Argentina's only cruiser is sunk by a British submarine with a loss of more than 320 lives on this day in history.  

1982  Falklands War Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men on May - 02.  

1982  Helmut Dantine on this day in history.  

1982  On May - 02 falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men  

1983  6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga CA on May - 02.  

1983  Marius F Duintjer, architect, dies on this day in history.  

1984  On May - 02 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

1984  Jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1985  Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery on this day in history.  

1986  On this day in history dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II  

1986  On May - 02 in Vancouver BC, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open Expo '86;  

1986  On this day in history radiation released from the Chernobyl accident reach France, Britain  

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1360  On May - 02 birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)  

1451  On this day in history birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)  

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on this day in history.  

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on May - 02.  

1601  On May - 02 birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)  

1660  On this day in history birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)  

1695  On May - 02 birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)  

1702  On this day in history birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)  

0373  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on May - 02.  

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on this day in history.  

0756  On May - 02 death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)  

0907  Death of Boris I of Bulgaria on May - 02.  

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on this day in history.  

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

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on this day in history.  

1450  On this day in history death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)