Historical Events In May - 02
Sunday, 24 September 2023
1930 Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights on this day in history.
1932 On this day in history jack Benny's first radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network)
1932 Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S Buck (The Good Earth) on May - 02.
1932 Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network) on this day in history.
1933 In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions on May - 02.
1934 Nazi-Germany begins People's court on this day in history.
1936 On this day in history "Peter &the Wolf" premieres in Moscow
1936 Emperor Haile Selassie &family flee Abyssinia on this day in history.
1936 "Peter & Wolf" premieres in Moscow on May - 02.
1937 On this day in history arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73
1938 Ella Fitzgerald records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" on this day in history.
1938 On May - 02 pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder (Our Town)
1939 On this day in history lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yanks beat Tigers 22-2
1941 Anti-British revolt, encouraged by Germany, takes place in Iraq on this day in history.
1941 On May - 02 fCC approves regular scheduled commercial TV broadcasts to begin July 1
1941 On May - 02 martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy
1941 Nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists on May - 02.
1941 On this day in history fCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1
1942 Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma on this day in history.
1942 On this day in history 68th Kentucky Derby: Wayne D Wright aboard Shut Out wins in 2:04.4
1943 On May - 02 german troops vacate Jefna Tunisia
1944 WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in NYC (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast on this day in history.
1945 On this day in history allies occupy Wismar
1945 On this day in history berlin captured by Russian forces at the end of WW2
1945 On this day in history berlin surrenders to Russian troops
1945 On May - 02 british Army enters Lubeck in the Baltic, sealing off German forces in Denmark.
1945 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina &Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen on this day in history.
1945 On this day in history first Helicopter Rescue--Lieutenant August Kleisch, USCG, flying a HNS-1 helicopter rescued 11 Canadian airmen that were marooned in northern Labrador about 125 miles from Goose Bay
1945 On this day in history german Army in Italy surrenders
1945 Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders on this day in history.
1945 Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste on this day in history.
1945 On this day in history martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies
1946 Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die on this day in history.
1947 On May - 02 eugene O'Neill's "Moon for the Misbegotten," premieres in NYC
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