Page 8: Historical Events In April - 02

1979  On this day in history carroll D Rosenbloom, LA Rams president, dies at 72   

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

1980  Dick Howorth, cricketer (Engld slow lefty all-rounder late 40's), dies on April - 02.   

1981  On April - 02 a Gilmore &P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3400   

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

1982  On April - 02 argentinian forces invade the British run Falkland Islands   

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

1986  On April - 02 4 US passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece   

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

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

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

1989  Wrestlemania V-Hulk Hogan beats Randy "Macho Man" Savage on this day in history.   

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

1992  Country singer Wynonna Judd's first appearance as a single act on April - 02.   

1992  In Guelph Ontario a stable fire kills 69 horses at Mohawk Raceway; worst racetrack fire in Canadian history on April - 02.   

1992  On April - 02 john Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallanos   

1992  Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands on this day in history.   

1992  On April - 02 paula Kelly, singer/actress (Sweet Charity), dies at 72   

1993  On this day in history eugenie Leontovitch, actress (4 Sons, Homicidal), dies at 93   

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 April - 02.   

1995  On April - 02 hannes Alfven, physicist (Nobel prize), dies at 86   

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

2000  On this day in history 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 April - 02.   

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

2007  Smoke ban in enclosed places in Wales on this day in history.   

2012  Oikos University, Oakland shooting kills seven people and injures 3 on April - 02.   

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

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

2019  Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns as President of Algeria amid widespread protests, after nearly two decades in office on April - 02.   

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  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 this day in history birth of maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan   

1618  Francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction) was born on April - 02.   

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

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  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  Death of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209) on April - 02.   

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

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  Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45 on this day in history.