Page 6: Historical Events In April - 02

1944  On April - 02 mikulas Moyzes, composer, dies at 71   

1945  1st US units reach east coast of Okinawa on April - 02.   

1947  UN places former Japanese mandated islands under U.S. trusteeship on April - 02.   

1947  On this day in history carlo Terron's "Il diamente del profeta," premieres in Rome   

1947  Joseph Hardstaff, cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for Eng 1907-08), dies on April - 02.   

1950  On this day in history 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  Bernard Lyot inventor (chronograph), dies on April - 02.   

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  Jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1954  Plans to build Disneyland first announced on this day in history.   

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

1955  Halifax Nova Scotia the opening of Angus L. Macdonald Bridge linking Halifax and Dartmouth and I was there on April - 02.   

1955  On April - 02 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright   

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

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

1956  On April - 02 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 this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history national Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA   

1958  Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record) on April - 02.   

1958  On April - 02 antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens   

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

1960  On this day in history uSS Glacier begins 12 days of relief operations, providing helicopter and boat transportation and emergency supplies to residents of Paramaribo, Brazil after floods.   

1960  On this day in history cuba buys oil from USSR   

1961  August Defresne, Dutch director (Anno Christi 969), dies at 67 on April - 02.   

1962  On April - 02 the first official Panda crossing is opened outside Waterloo station, London.   

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

1963  On April - 02 uSSR launches Luna 4; missed Moon by 8,500 km   

1964  USSR launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned on this day in history.   

1964  Josef Klaus succeeds Alfons Gorbach as chancellor of Austria 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  On April - 02 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  Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer was born on this day in history.   

1632  On April - 02 birth of georg Caspar Weckler, composer   

1653  Prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.   

1711  On this day in history birth of jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1507  On this day in history 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.