Historical Events In April - 02

1979  Carroll D Rosenbloom, LA Rams president, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1980  Wayne Gretzky becomes first teenager to score 50 goals in a season on April - 02.  

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  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 April - 02.  

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  George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans on April - 02.  

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

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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 April - 02.  

1992  On April - 02 country singer Wynonna Judd's first appearance as a single act  

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

1992  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1997  On April - 02 tomoyuki Tanaka, producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at 86  

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

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

2012  On April - 02 oikos University, Oakland shooting kills seven people and injures 3  

2013  On this day in history 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  American golfer Lexi Thompson loses ANA Inspiration in Racho Mirage because of TV viewer emailing earlier infringement on April - 02.  

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

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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  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 this day in history birth of georg Caspar Weckler, composer  

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 this day in history.  

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

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  On April - 02 death of ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer (b. ????)  

1416  On this day in history ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52  

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

1507  On April - 02 death of francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416)  

1640  Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45 on this day in history.