Historical Events In October - 02
Friday, 29 March 2024
1931 On October - 02 thomas Johnstone Lipton, sportsman/merchant, dies
1932 NY Yankees sweep Chicago Cubs in 29th World Series on October - 02.
1933 Eugene O'Neill's comedy "Ah, Wilderness," premieres in NYC on October - 02.
1934 On this day in history royal Indian Navy is formed
1935 Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia) on this day in history.
1935 On this day in history mussolini's Italian armys attacks Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1936 On October - 02 1st alcohol power plant forms, Atchison, Kansas
1936 G H Simpson-Hayward, cricketer (Eng 1910, great lob bowlers), dies on this day in history.
1937 On this day in history fDR visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State
1938 On this day in history indian Bob Feller strikes out record 18 Tigers (Chester Laabs 5 times)
1939 Birdbaths installed in Union Square, SF on this day in history.
1940 17 German aircrafts shot down above England on October - 02.
1941 6 Parisian synagogues are bombed on October - 02.
1941 6 Paris synagogues are bombed by Gestapo on October - 02.
1942 On this day in history first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, Chicago
1942 RMS"Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338 in the Atlantic on this day in history.
1942 On October - 02 "Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338
1943 On October - 02 orders are given for the expulsion of all Danish Jews. Thanks to Danish underground operations, only 415 Jews are captured by the Germans. 7,000 are evacuated to Sweden.
1943 Japanse troops leave Kolombangara, Solomon Island on this day in history.
1943 Robert Nathaniel Dett, composer, dies at 60 on October - 02.
1944 On October - 02 nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people
1944 Rudolf Schmundt, German gen/Hitlers army adjunct, dies from injuries on October - 02.
1946 1st network soap opera-Faraway Hill-Dumont on October - 02.
1947 On this day in history "Music in My Heart" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 124 performances
1948 On October - 02 "Finian's Rainbow" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 725 perfs
1949 On October - 02 st Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3
1950 The comic strip "Peanuts" first appears, in 9 newspapers on this day in history.
1950 1st strip of Charlie Brown, "Li'l Folks," later "Peanuts" in 9 papers on October - 02.
1951 1st Netherland TV broadcast (Toverspiegel) on October - 02.
1955 On October - 02 "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premiers on Television
1955 O B Clarence, actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies on October - 02.
1956 First atomic power clock exhibited-NYC on October - 02.
1956 George Bancroft, actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74 on October - 02.
1958 On October - 02 marie Stopes, birth control pioneer, dies
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