Historical Events In April - 02

1944  On this day in history mikulas Moyzes, composer, dies at 71   

1945  On this day in history 1st US units reach east coast of Okinawa   

1947  On April - 02 uN places former Japanese mandated islands under U.S. trusteeship   

1947  Carlo Terron's "Il diamente del profeta," premieres in Rome on April - 02.   

1947  On April - 02 joseph Hardstaff, cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for Eng 1907-08), dies   

1950  On April - 02 wTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1951  On April - 02 first Navy use of jet aircraft as a bomber, launched from a carrier, USS Princeton.   

1951  On this day in history simon Barere pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall   

1951  On this day in history simon Barere, pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall   

1952  On April - 02 bernard Lyot inventor (chronograph), dies   

1952  Bernard F Lyot, Fren astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter), dies at 55 on April - 02.   

1953  Raab forms his 1st government in Austria on April - 02.   

1953  On this day in history jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56   

1954  On April - 02 plans to build Disneyland first announced   

1954  Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced [see Jan 26] on April - 02.   

1955  On this day in history halifax Nova Scotia the opening of Angus L. Macdonald Bridge linking Halifax and Dartmouth and I was there   

1955  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright   

1956  Soap operas "As the World Turns" &"Edge of Night" premieres on TV on April - 02.   

1956  On this day in history peter Ustinovs' "Romanoff & Juliet," premieres in Manchester   

1956  On this day in history albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82   

1957  On April - 02 in Toronto 22-year-old Elvis Presley plays two concerts before 23,000 people at Maple Leaf Gardens; his second concert, before 15,000 fans   

1958  Last load of bitumen on Pacific Highway between Sydney and Brisbane is laid 18km south of Taree, NSW on April - 02.   

1958  National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA on this day in history.   

1958  On April - 02 wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record)   

1958  Antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens on April - 02.   

1959  On this day in history benjamin Christensen, Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery), dies at 79   

1960  On April - 02 uSS Glacier begins 12 days of relief operations, providing helicopter and boat transportation and emergency supplies to residents of Paramaribo, Brazil after floods.   

1960  Cuba buys oil from USSR on this day in history.   

1961  On April - 02 august Defresne, Dutch director (Anno Christi 969), dies at 67   

1962  On this day in history the first official Panda crossing is opened outside Waterloo station, London.   

1963  Explorer 17 attains Earth orbit (254/914 km) on April - 02.   

1963  USSR launches Luna 4; missed Moon by 8,500 km on this day in history.   

1964  On April - 02 uSSR launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned   

1964  On this day in history josef Klaus succeeds Alfons Gorbach as chancellor of Austria   

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1348  On April - 02 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 April - 02 birth of francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction)   

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

1711  On this day in history 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  Death of Duke Henry of Carinthia (b. circa 1265) on April - 02.   

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

1416  On this day in history 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  On April - 02 matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45