Historical Events In April - 02

1979  On April - 02 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  On this day in history dick Howorth, cricketer (Engld slow lefty all-rounder late 40's), dies   

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

1982  On April - 02 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 this day in history georgetown beats Houston for NCAA basketball title   

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

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

1989  On this day in history 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  Country singer Wynonna Judd's first appearance as a single act on April - 02.   

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 this day in history space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands   

1992  Paula Kelly, singer/actress (Sweet Charity), dies at 72 on April - 02.   

1993  On April - 02 eugenie Leontovitch, actress (4 Sons, Homicidal), dies at 93   

1994  On this day in history richard Davies, actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of heart attack at 79   

1995  On this day in history more than 80 top Australian rugby league players sign with Super League   

1995  Hannes Alfven, physicist (Nobel prize), dies at 86 on April - 02.   

1997  Tomoyuki Tanaka, producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at 86 on April - 02.   

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  On April - 02 pope John Paul II dies; over 4 million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1632  Georg Caspar Weckler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1653  Prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.   

1711  On this day in history birth of jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool)   

1118  On this day in history 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 April - 02.   

1412  On this day in history death of ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer (b. ????)   

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 April - 02.   

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 April - 02.