Page 6: Historical Events In May - 02

1930  Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights on May - 02.   

1932  Jack Benny's first radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network) on May - 02.   

1932  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S Buck (The Good Earth)   

1932  Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network) on May - 02.   

1933  In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history nazi-Germany begins People's court   

1936  "Peter &the Wolf" premieres in Moscow on this day in history.   

1936  On May - 02 emperor Haile Selassie &family flee Abyssinia   

1936  On this day in history "Peter & Wolf" premieres in Moscow   

1937  On May - 02 arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73   

1938  On this day in history ella Fitzgerald records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"   

1938  On this day in history 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 May - 02.   

1941  On this day in history fCC approves regular scheduled commercial TV broadcasts to begin July 1   

1941  Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy on this day in history.   

1941  Nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history fCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1   

1942  On May - 02 japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma   

1942  68th Kentucky Derby: Wayne D Wright aboard Shut Out wins in 2:04.4 on May - 02.   

1943  On May - 02 german troops vacate Jefna Tunisia   

1944  On May - 02 wABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in NYC (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast   

1945  On May - 02 allies occupy Wismar   

1945  Berlin captured by Russian forces at the end of WW2 on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history berlin surrenders to Russian troops   

1945  British Army enters Lubeck in the Baltic, sealing off German forces in Denmark on May - 02.   

1945  Dutch Queen Wilhelmina &Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen on this day in history.   

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 May - 02.   

1945  German Army in Italy surrenders on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders   

1945  On this day in history yugoslav troops occupy Trieste   

1945  On this day in history martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies   

1946  On May - 02 prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die   

1947  Eugene O'Neill's "Moon for the Misbegotten," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on May - 02.   

1451  On May - 02 birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)   

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on this day in history.   

1551  On May - 02 birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)   

1601  On May - 02 birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on May - 02.   

1695  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on May - 02.   

1702  On May - 02 birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)   

0373  On May - 02 death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)   

0649  On May - 02 maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies   

0756  On May - 02 death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)   

0907  Death of Boris I of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

1230  On this day in history death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)   

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on May - 02.   

1300  On May - 02 death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)   

1450  Death of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396) on this day in history.