Page 8: Historical Events In April - 02

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

1980  On this day in history wayne Gretzky becomes first teenager to score 50 goals in a season   

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

1981  A Gilmore &P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3400 on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history argentina seizes Malvinas (Falklands) Islands the start of the war with England   

1982  Argentinian forces invade the British run Falkland Islands on this day in history.   

1984  Georgetown beats Houston for NCAA basketball title on this day in history.   

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

1986  George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans on this day in history.   

1987  On April - 02 buddy Rich drummer/orch leader (Away We Go), dies at 69   

1987  On April - 02 buddy Rich, drummer/orchestra leader (Away We Go), dies at 69   

1989  Wrestlemania V-Hulk Hogan beats Randy "Macho Man" Savage on April - 02.   

1990  On April - 02 aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at 85   

1992  Country singer Wynonna Judd's first appearance as a single act on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1992  On April - 02 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 April - 02.   

1995  More than 80 top Australian rugby league players sign with Super League on April - 02.   

1995  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

2007  The Solomon Islands is shaken by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake, and hit by a subsequent tsunami on April - 02.   

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  9 mutilated bodies are found in an SUV in Tamaulipas, Mexico on this day in history.   

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

2017  On this day in history 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 April - 02.   

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

2020  On April - 02 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   

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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 this day in history.   

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 April - 02.   

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

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 this day in history birth of jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool)   

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  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 April - 02.   

1416  Ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1502  Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies on this day in history.   

1507  Death of Francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416) on April - 02.   

1640  On this day in history matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45