Page 8: Historical Events In April - 02

1979  Carroll D Rosenbloom, LA Rams president, dies at 72 on April - 02.   

1980  Wayne Gretzky becomes first teenager to score 50 goals in a season on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history dick Howorth, cricketer (Engld slow lefty all-rounder late 40's), dies   

1981  A Gilmore &P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3400 on April - 02.   

1982  Argentina seizes Malvinas (Falklands) Islands the start of the war with England on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history argentinian forces invade the British run Falkland Islands   

1984  On April - 02 georgetown beats Houston for NCAA basketball title   

1986  4 US passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece on this day in history.   

1986  On April - 02 george Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans   

1987  Buddy Rich drummer/orch leader (Away We Go), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history buddy Rich, drummer/orchestra leader (Away We Go), dies at 69   

1989  On April - 02 wrestlemania V-Hulk Hogan beats Randy "Macho Man" Savage   

1990  Aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history country singer Wynonna Judd's first appearance as a single act   

1992  On this day in history in Guelph Ontario a stable fire kills 69 horses at Mohawk Raceway; worst racetrack fire in Canadian history.   

1992  John Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallanos on this day in history.   

1992  On April - 02 space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands   

1992  On this day in history paula Kelly, singer/actress (Sweet Charity), dies at 72   

1993  Eugenie Leontovitch, actress (4 Sons, Homicidal), dies at 93 on April - 02.   

1994  Richard Davies, actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of heart attack at 79 on this day in history.   

1995  More than 80 top Australian rugby league players sign with Super League on this day in history.   

1995  Hannes Alfven, physicist (Nobel prize), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1997  Tomoyuki Tanaka, producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at 86 on this day in history.   

2000  On April - 02 french archaeologists announce they have discovered the remains of a 4,000-year-old queen's pyramid south of Cairo, complete with texts of special prayers previously found only with kings   

2005  Pope John Paul II dies; over 4 million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him on this day in history.   

2007  The Solomon Islands is shaken by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake, and hit by a subsequent tsunami on this day in history.   

2007  On April - 02 smoke ban in enclosed places in Wales   

2012  Oikos University, Oakland shooting kills seven people and injures 3 on this day in history.   

2013  9 mutilated bodies are found in an SUV in Tamaulipas, Mexico on April - 02.   

2017  Attack on visitors to Muslim shrine by a custodian and others in Sargodha, Pakistan leaves 20 dead on this day in history.   

2017  On April - 02 american golfer Lexi Thompson loses ANA Inspiration in Racho Mirage because of TV viewer emailing earlier infringement   

2018  NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament championship game: Villanova defeat Michigan 79–62 in San Antonio, Texas on this day in history.   

2019  Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns as President of Algeria amid widespread protests, after nearly two decades in office on this day in history.   

2020  Number of coronavirus COVID-19 cases worldwide passes 1 million, with 1,002,159 cases and 51,485 deaths reported, according to Johns Hopkins University Learn More on April - 02.   

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

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

1711  On April - 02 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1416  On April - 02 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  Death of Francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416) on this day in history.   

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