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 April - 02 rudolph P Cleveringa, Dutch anti-nazi lawyer   

1898  Adoption of U.S. Naval Academy coat of arms on this day in history.   

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

1900  On April - 02 heinrich Besseler, German musicologist   

1901  Anis Fuleihan, composer on April - 02.   

1902  On this day in history the first motion picture theater opens (LA)   

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

1902  Danilo Svara, composer on April - 02.   

1905  Cairo-Capetown railway opens on this day in history.   

1905  Edmond Jouhaud, general on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history 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 April - 02 buddy Ebsen, Belleville Il, actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones)   

1909  On April - 02 jean Kurt Forest, composer   

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  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 April - 02.   

1914  The birth of Sir Alec Guinness, English actor of stage and screen on this day in history.   

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  Belyavskij disc asteroid #851 Zeissia ͔ Wladilena ͕ Nansenia on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history german troops overtake Bois de Caillette   

1917  Pres Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany on April - 02.   

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

1917  On April - 02 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  Jack Webb, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet) on this day in history.   

1921  Prof Albert Einstein lectures in New York City on his new theory of relativity on April - 02.   

1922  On April - 02 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 April - 02.   

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1348  On April - 02 birth of andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385)   

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

1602  On this day in history birth of maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan   

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

1653  Prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708) was born on April - 02.   

1711  Jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool) was born on this day in history.   

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

1272  Death of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209) on this day in history.   

1335  Death of Duke Henry of Carinthia (b. circa 1265) on this day in history.   

1412  On this day in history death of ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer (b. ????)   

1416  On this day in history ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52   

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

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

1640  Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45 on this day in history.