Page 4: Historical Events In April - 02

1892  On April - 02 willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dut baron/genealogist, dies at 79   

1894  Rudolph P Cleveringa, Dutch anti-nazi lawyer on April - 02.   

1898  On April - 02 adoption of U.S. Naval Academy coat of arms   

1900  1st edition of The Volk published (Amsterdam) on this day in history.   

1900  Heinrich Besseler, German musicologist on this day in history.   

1901  Anis Fuleihan, composer on April - 02.   

1902  On April - 02 the first motion picture theater opens (LA)   

1902  1st motion picture theater opens (LA) on this day in history.   

1902  On April - 02 danilo Svara, composer   

1905  On April - 02 cairo-Capetown railway opens   

1905  On this day in history edmond Jouhaud, general   

1906  South Africa complete a 4-1 series drubbing of England on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday   

1908  On this day in history buddy Ebsen, Belleville Il, actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones)   

1909  Jean Kurt Forest, composer on April - 02.   

1910  On April - 02 arnie Herber, NFL QB (Green Bay Packers, NY Giants)   

1910  On this day in history boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37   

1911  Charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer (Tap) on April - 02.   

1912  Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power on this day in history.   

1912  On April - 02 sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang-Party in China   

1914  The birth of Sir Alec Guinness, English actor of stage and screen on April - 02.   

1914  Alec Guinness, London England, British actor (Bridge on River Kwai) on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history antony Dornhorst, professor of medicine   

1916  On April - 02 belyavskij disc asteroid #851 Zeissia ͔ Wladilena ͕ Nansenia   

1916  German troops overtake Bois de Caillette on April - 02.   

1917  On this day in history pres Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany   

1917  On this day in history jeannette Rankin becomes 1st women member of US House of Reps   

1917  Dabbs Greer, Fairview Mo, actor (Gunsmoke, Little House on Prairie) on April - 02.   

1919  On April - 02 antoon J Hubben, Dutch mayor (Maasbree)/trade union leader   

1920  On April - 02 jack Webb, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet)   

1921  On this day in history prof Albert Einstein lectures in New York City on his new theory of relativity   

1922  On April - 02 nikolaj G Bassov, Russia, atomic physicist (laser, Nobel 1964)   

1923  On this day in history hugh Overton, British diplomat   

1924  Denis Rooke, CEO (British Gas) on April - 02.   

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1348  Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385) was born on this day in history.   

1565  On this day in history birth of cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)   

1602  Maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan was born on this day in history.   

1618  Francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction) was born on this day in history.   

1628  On this day in history birth of constantin Christian Dedekind, composer   

1632  On April - 02 birth of georg Caspar Weckler, composer   

1653  On this day in history birth of prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708)   

1711  Jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool) was born on April - 02.   

1118  On this day in history boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies   

1272  On this day in history death of richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209)   

1335  On this day in history death of duke Henry of Carinthia (b. circa 1265)   

1412  Death of Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer (b. ????) on this day in history.   

1416  Ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1502  Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies on this day in history.   

1507  Death of Francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416) on this day in history.   

1640  On April - 02 matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45