Historical Events In April - 02

1892  Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dut baron/genealogist, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1894  On this day in history 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  Heinrich Besseler, German musicologist on April - 02.  

1901  On this day in history anis Fuleihan, composer  

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

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

1902  Danilo Svara, composer on this day in history.  

1905  On this day in history cairo-Capetown railway opens  

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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  Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday on this day in history.  

1908  On April - 02 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  Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37 on April - 02.  

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  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  Alec Guinness, London England, British actor (Bridge on River Kwai) on April - 02.  

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

1916  Belyavskij disc asteroid #851 Zeissia ͔ Wladilena ͕ Nansenia on April - 02.  

1916  On April - 02 german troops overtake Bois de Caillette  

1917  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1919  On this day in history antoon J Hubben, Dutch mayor (Maasbree)/trade union leader  

1920  On this day in history jack Webb, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet)  

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

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

1923  Hugh Overton, British diplomat on April - 02.  

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

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

1618  On April - 02 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 April - 02.  

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 April - 02.  

1118  On April - 02 boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies  

1272  Death of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209) on April - 02.  

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 April - 02.  

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

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

1507  Death of Francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416) on April - 02.  

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