Historical Events In May - 02
Friday, 29 March 2024
1930 On this day in history des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights
1932 On May - 02 jack Benny's first radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network)
1932 On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S Buck (The Good Earth)
1932 On this day in history jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network)
1933 On May - 02 in Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions
1934 On this day in history nazi-Germany begins People's court
1936 On this day in history "Peter &the Wolf" premieres in Moscow
1936 On May - 02 emperor Haile Selassie &family flee Abyssinia
1936 "Peter & Wolf" premieres in Moscow on this day in history.
1937 On this day in history arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73
1938 On this day in history ella Fitzgerald records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"
1938 Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder (Our Town) on this day in history.
1939 On this day in history lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yanks beat Tigers 22-2
1941 On May - 02 anti-British revolt, encouraged by Germany, takes place in Iraq.
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 On May - 02 nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists
1941 On May - 02 fCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1
1942 On this day in history japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma
1942 68th Kentucky Derby: Wayne D Wright aboard Shut Out wins in 2:04.4 on May - 02.
1943 German troops vacate Jefna Tunisia on this day in history.
1944 On May - 02 wABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in NYC (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast
1945 Allies occupy Wismar on May - 02.
1945 On this day in history berlin captured by Russian forces at the end of WW2
1945 Berlin surrenders to Russian troops on this day in history.
1945 British Army enters Lubeck in the Baltic, sealing off German forces in Denmark on this day in history.
1945 On this day in history dutch Queen Wilhelmina &Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen
1945 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 on this day in history.
1945 German Army in Italy surrenders on May - 02.
1945 On this day in history russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders
1945 Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste on this day in history.
1945 Martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies on May - 02.
1946 On May - 02 prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die
1947 On this day in history eugene O'Neill's "Moon for the Misbegotten," premieres in NYC
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