Historical Events In April - 02

1979  On April - 02 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  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 this day in history.  

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  Georgetown beats Houston for NCAA basketball title on this day in history.  

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

1986  On this day in history george Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans  

1987  Buddy Rich drummer/orch leader (Away We Go), dies at 69 on April - 02.  

1987  Buddy Rich, drummer/orchestra leader (Away We Go), dies at 69 on April - 02.  

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 April - 02 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  Paula Kelly, singer/actress (Sweet Charity), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1993  Eugenie Leontovitch, actress (4 Sons, Homicidal), dies at 93 on this day in history.  

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

1995  On April - 02 more than 80 top Australian rugby league players sign with Super League  

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

1997  On this day in history tomoyuki Tanaka, producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at 86  

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 April - 02.  

2007  On April - 02 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 this day in history.  

2013  On this day in history 9 mutilated bodies are found in an SUV in Tamaulipas, Mexico  

2017  On April - 02 attack on visitors to Muslim shrine by a custodian and others in Sargodha, Pakistan leaves 20 dead  

2017  American golfer Lexi Thompson loses ANA Inspiration in Racho Mirage because of TV viewer emailing earlier infringement on this day in history.  

2018  NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament championship game: Villanova defeat Michigan 79–62 in San Antonio, Texas on April - 02.  

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

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 this day in history birth of andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385)  

1565  Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599) was born on April - 02.  

1602  Maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan was born on this day in history.  

1618  Francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction) was born on this day in history.  

1628  On this day in history birth of constantin Christian Dedekind, composer  

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  Jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool) was born on this day in history.  

1118  Boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies on April - 02.  

1272  Death of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209) on April - 02.  

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  On April - 02 ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52  

1502  Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies on April - 02.  

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 April - 02.