Historical Events In April - 02
Monday, 16 May 2022
1979 On April - 02 carroll D Rosenbloom, LA Rams president, dies at 72
1980 Wayne Gretzky becomes first teenager to score 50 goals in a season on April - 02.
1980 On this day in history dick Howorth, cricketer (Engld slow lefty all-rounder late 40's), dies
1981 A Gilmore &P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3400 on April - 02.
1982 On this day in history argentina seizes Malvinas (Falklands) Islands the start of the war with England
1982 On April - 02 argentinian forces invade the British run Falkland Islands
1984 On April - 02 georgetown beats Houston for NCAA basketball title
1986 4 US passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece on this day in history.
1986 George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans on this day in history.
1987 Buddy Rich drummer/orch leader (Away We Go), dies at 69 on April - 02.
1987 Buddy Rich, drummer/orchestra leader (Away We Go), dies at 69 on this day in history.
1989 Wrestlemania V-Hulk Hogan beats Randy "Macho Man" Savage on April - 02.
1990 On this day in history aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at 85
1992 On this day in history country singer Wynonna Judd's first appearance as a single act
1992 In Guelph Ontario a stable fire kills 69 horses at Mohawk Raceway; worst racetrack fire in Canadian history on this day in history.
1992 John Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallanos on April - 02.
1992 On this day in history space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands
1992 On April - 02 paula Kelly, singer/actress (Sweet Charity), dies at 72
1993 Eugenie Leontovitch, actress (4 Sons, Homicidal), dies at 93 on April - 02.
1994 On this day in history richard Davies, actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of heart attack at 79
1995 More than 80 top Australian rugby league players sign with Super League on April - 02.
1995 On this day in history hannes Alfven, physicist (Nobel prize), dies at 86
1997 On April - 02 tomoyuki Tanaka, producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at 86
2000 On April - 02 french archaeologists announce they have discovered the remains of a 4,000-year-old queen's pyramid south of Cairo, complete with texts of special prayers previously found only with kings
2005 On April - 02 pope John Paul II dies; over 4 million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him.
2007 The Solomon Islands is shaken by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake, and hit by a subsequent tsunami on this day in history.
2007 On April - 02 smoke ban in enclosed places in Wales
2012 Oikos University, Oakland shooting kills seven people and injures 3 on April - 02.
2013 9 mutilated bodies are found in an SUV in Tamaulipas, Mexico on this day in history.
2017 On this day in history attack on visitors to Muslim shrine by a custodian and others in Sargodha, Pakistan leaves 20 dead
2017 On this day in history american golfer Lexi Thompson loses ANA Inspiration in Racho Mirage because of TV viewer emailing earlier infringement
2018 On this day in history nCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament championship game: Villanova defeat Michigan 79–62 in San Antonio, Texas
2019 Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns as President of Algeria amid widespread protests, after nearly two decades in office on this day in history.
2020 Number of coronavirus COVID-19 cases worldwide passes 1 million, with 1,002,159 cases and 51,485 deaths reported, according to Johns Hopkins University Learn More on April - 02.
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