Page 4: Historical Events In April - 02

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

1894  On this day in history rudolph P Cleveringa, Dutch anti-nazi lawyer   

1898  On this day in history adoption of U.S. Naval Academy coat of arms   

1900  1st edition of The Volk published (Amsterdam) on April - 02.   

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

1901  On this day in history anis Fuleihan, composer   

1902  The first motion picture theater opens (LA) on this day in history.   

1902  1st motion picture theater opens (LA) on April - 02.   

1902  Danilo Svara, composer on this day in history.   

1905  On April - 02 cairo-Capetown railway opens   

1905  On this day in history edmond Jouhaud, general   

1906  On April - 02 south Africa complete a 4-1 series drubbing of England   

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 this day in history arnie Herber, NFL QB (Green Bay Packers, NY Giants)   

1910  Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37 on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer (Tap)   

1912  Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power on April - 02.   

1912  Sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang-Party in China on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history the birth of Sir Alec Guinness, English actor of stage and screen   

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

1915  Antony Dornhorst, professor of medicine on April - 02.   

1916  On this day in history belyavskij disc asteroid #851 Zeissia ͔ Wladilena ͕ Nansenia   

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

1917  Pres Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany on this day in history.   

1917  On April - 02 jeannette Rankin becomes 1st women member of US House of Reps   

1917  On this day in history dabbs Greer, Fairview Mo, actor (Gunsmoke, Little House on Prairie)   

1919  Antoon J Hubben, Dutch mayor (Maasbree)/trade union leader on this day in history.   

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

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

1922  On this day in history nikolaj G Bassov, Russia, atomic physicist (laser, Nobel 1964)   

1923  Hugh Overton, British diplomat on this day in history.   

1924  Denis Rooke, CEO (British Gas) on this day in history.   

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1348  On this day in history birth of andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385)   

1565  Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599) was born on this day in history.   

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

1618  On this day in history birth of francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction)   

1628  Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer was born on this day in history.   

1632  Georg Caspar Weckler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1653  On April - 02 birth of prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708)   

1711  On April - 02 birth of jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool)   

1118  Boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer (b. ????)   

1416  Ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52 on April - 02.   

1502  Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies on April - 02.   

1507  On April - 02 death of francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416)   

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