Page 8: Historical Events In May - 02

1968  On this day in history donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69   

1969  On May - 02 british liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York   

1969  Franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On May - 02 apple records closes down   

1975  On May - 02 uS Navy departs Vietnamese waters at end of evacuation.   

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

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

1980  On May - 02 pope John Paul II begins African tour   

1980  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1980  On May - 02 clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies   

1981  On May - 02 radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes   

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

1982  Helmut Dantine on May - 02.   

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  On this day in history marius F Duintjer, architect, dies   

1984  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66   

1985  On this day in history hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery   

1986  Dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II on May - 02.   

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

1986  Radiation released from the Chernobyl accident reach France, Britain on this day in history.   

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

1451  On May - 02 birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)   

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on May - 02.   

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

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  On this day in history 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 May - 02.   

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

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

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

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.   

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)