Page 4: Historical Events In April - 02

1892  Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dut baron/genealogist, dies at 79 on April - 02.   

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

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

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

1900  On April - 02 heinrich Besseler, German musicologist   

1901  On this day in history anis Fuleihan, composer   

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

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

1902  Danilo Svara, composer on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history cairo-Capetown railway opens   

1905  Edmond Jouhaud, general on this day in history.   

1906  South Africa complete a 4-1 series drubbing of England on April - 02.   

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  Arnie Herber, NFL QB (Green Bay Packers, NY Giants) on this day in history.   

1910  On April - 02 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  On this day in history sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang-Party in China   

1914  On April - 02 the birth of Sir Alec Guinness, English actor of stage and screen   

1914  On April - 02 alec Guinness, London England, British actor (Bridge on River Kwai)   

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

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  On April - 02 pres Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany   

1917  On April - 02 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 this day in history antoon J Hubben, Dutch mayor (Maasbree)/trade union leader   

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  Nikolaj G Bassov, Russia, atomic physicist (laser, Nobel 1964) on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history hugh Overton, British diplomat   

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  On April - 02 birth of cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)   

1602  On April - 02 birth of maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan   

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

1628  On April - 02 birth of constantin Christian Dedekind, composer   

1632  Georg Caspar Weckler, composer was born on April - 02.   

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

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

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

1416  On April - 02 ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52   

1502  On this day in history arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies   

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

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