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 this day in history.   

1932  On May - 02 pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S Buck (The Good Earth)   

1932  On May - 02 jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network)   

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 May - 02 "Peter &the Wolf" premieres in Moscow   

1936  On this day in history emperor Haile Selassie &family flee Abyssinia   

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 May - 02.   

1941  On May - 02 fCC approves regular scheduled commercial TV broadcasts to begin July 1   

1941  On this day in history martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy   

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

1941  On May - 02 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  German troops vacate Jefna Tunisia on May - 02.   

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  Berlin captured by Russian forces at the end of WW2 on May - 02.   

1945  On May - 02 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  German Army in Italy surrenders on this day in history.   

1945  On May - 02 russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders   

1945  On this day in history yugoslav troops occupy Trieste   

1945  Martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies on May - 02.   

1946  Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die on May - 02.   

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 this day in history birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)   

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on May - 02.   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on May - 02.   

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

1660  On this day in history birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)   

1695  On May - 02 birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)   

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on May - 02.   

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

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on this day in history.   

0756  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on this day in history.   

0907  Death of Boris I of Bulgaria on May - 02.   

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on May - 02.   

1250  On May - 02 death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on May - 02.   

1450  Death of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396) on May - 02.