Page 6: Historical Events In April - 02

1944  Mikulas Moyzes, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

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

1947  On April - 02 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 this day in history.   

1950  WTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting on April - 02.   

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

1951  On April - 02 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  On April - 02 bernard F Lyot, Fren astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter), dies at 55   

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

1953  On April - 02 jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56   

1954  On this day in history plans to build Disneyland first announced   

1954  On this day in history plans to build Disneyland 1st announced [see Jan 26]   

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 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 April - 02 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 this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1959  Benjamin Christensen, Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

1960  Cuba buys oil from USSR on April - 02.   

1961  August Defresne, Dutch director (Anno Christi 969), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

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  USSR launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned on April - 02.   

1964  Josef Klaus succeeds Alfons Gorbach as chancellor of Austria on this day in history.   

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1348  Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385) was born on April - 02.   

1565  On this day in history birth of cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)   

1602  Maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan was born on April - 02.   

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

1628  Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer was born on this day in history.   

1632  On April - 02 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  Jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool) was born on April - 02.   

1118  Boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

1272  On April - 02 death of richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209)   

1335  On April - 02 death of duke Henry of Carinthia (b. circa 1265)   

1412  On April - 02 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 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