Page 6: Historical Events In December - 01
Tuesday, 02 June 2026
1929 Game of Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe 

1930 Ruth Nichols is recorded as becoming inaugural woman pilot to cross the continent 

1930 NHL drops 20 minute slashing-about-the-head penalty. 

1931 Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint. 

1932 Amadeo Vives, composer, dies at 61. 

1933 Hitler declares legal unity of German state and Nazi party 

1933 Rudolf Hess and Earnest Rohm become a minister in Hitler govt. 

1934 Leningrad mayor Sergey Kirov assassinated, used by Stalin as the excuse to begin the Great Purge of 1934-38 

1934 Sergei M Kirov, Josef Stalin's collaborator, assassinated in Leningrad. 

1935 Woody Allen, American actor, director and producer is born. 

1935 Woody Allen (Allen Konigsberg) was born this day. 

1935 Austria has world's 1st Day of Postage Stamp. 

1935 Bernard Schmidt, inventor (Schmidt camera), dies 

1936 Bell Labs tests coaxial cable for TV use. 

1936 EW Brundin and FF Lyon obtain patent on soilless culture of plants 

1936 Lou Rawls (Louis Allen) was born this day. 

1936 2nd Heisman Trophy Award: Larry Kelley, Yale (E). 

1937 Japan recognizes Franco govt. 

1938 A fine of One Billion Marks is levied against German Jews for the destruction caused during Kristallnacht. 

1938 School bus and train collide in Salt Lake City Utah. 

1939 Lee Trevino golfer was born this day 

1939 SS-Fuhrer Himmler begins deportation of Polish Jews 

1939 Max Fiedler, composer, dies at 79. 

1940 Richard Pryor actor was born this day 

1941 US Civil Air Patrol (CAP) organizes. 

1941 British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Python. 

1941 Horace Chapman, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa, 39 runs, 1 wkt), dies 

1942 Gasoline rationed in US. 

1943 FDR, Churchill and Stalin agree to Operation Overlord (D-Day) 

1944 Béla Bartòk's Concerto for orchestra, premieres 

1945 Bette Midler actress was born this day. 

1945 Bette Midler, American actress and singer is born. 

1945 CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Winnipeg, 35-0 at Toronto 

1945 Harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer, dies at 64 

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