Page 8: Historical Events In May - 02

1968  Donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

1969  On this day in history franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89   

1970  On this day in history twenty-six persons were rescued by a VC-8 helicopter from a Dutch Antillean Airlines DC-9 ditched in the Caribbean.   

1972  Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine - 126 die (Kellogg Idaho) on May - 02.   

1972  On this day in history lieutenant General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA   

1972  On May - 02 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1972  On this day in history hugo Hartung, writer, dies at 69   

1973  On this day in history 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  Apple records closes down on this day in history.   

1975  US Navy departs Vietnamese waters at end of evacuation on this day in history.   

1975  USS Midway off-loaded at Utapao, Thailand, over 40 USAF helicopters used in South Vietnam evacuation operations on May - 02.   

1977  On May - 02 "The King &I" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances   

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

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

1980  Joseph Doherty &3 other IRA men arrested for murder on this day in history.   

1980  On May - 02 pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa   

1980  Pope John Paul II begins African tour on this day in history.   

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

1980  On this day in history clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies   

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

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

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

1982  On May - 02 helmut Dantine   

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

1983  On May - 02 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga CA   

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 May - 02.   

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

1986  Dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history in Vancouver BC, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open Expo '86;   

1986  Radiation released from the Chernobyl accident reach France, Britain on May - 02.   

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

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

1601  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)   

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on May - 02.   

0373  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on this day in history.   

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

0756  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on this day in history.   

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  On May - 02 death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered   

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

1450  On May - 02 death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)