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  UN places former Japanese mandated islands under U.S. trusteeship on this day in history.  

1947  Carlo Terron's "Il diamente del profeta," premieres in Rome on this day in history.  

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

1950  On this day in history wTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting  

1951  On this day in history first Navy use of jet aircraft as a bomber, launched from a carrier, USS Princeton.  

1951  On April - 02 simon Barere pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall  

1951  Simon Barere, pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall on April - 02.  

1952  On this day in history bernard Lyot inventor (chronograph), dies  

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1952  On this day in history bernard F Lyot, Fren astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter), dies at 55  

1953  On April - 02 raab forms his 1st government in Austria  

1953  Jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56 on April - 02.  

1954  Plans to build Disneyland first announced on April - 02.  

1954  Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced [see Jan 26] on this day in history.  

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

1955  US female Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright on this day in history.  

1956  Soap operas "As the World Turns" &"Edge of Night" premieres on TV on this day in history.  

1956  On April - 02 peter Ustinovs' "Romanoff & Juliet," premieres in Manchester  

1956  On April - 02 albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82  

1957  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 on this day in history.  

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

1958  On April - 02 national Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA  

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

1958  Antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens on this day in history.  

1959  Benjamin Christensen, Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery), dies at 79 on April - 02.  

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  The first official Panda crossing is opened outside Waterloo station, London on April - 02.  

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  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  On April - 02 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  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  On this day in history birth of georg Caspar Weckler, composer  

1653  On this day in history birth of prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708)  

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 April - 02 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  Ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1502  On April - 02 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.