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 this day in history.   

1932  On May - 02 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  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 May - 02 nazi-Germany begins People's court   

1936  "Peter &the Wolf" premieres in Moscow on May - 02.   

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

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

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

1938  Ella Fitzgerald records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" on this day in history.   

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  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  FCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1 on May - 02.   

1942  On this day in history japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma   

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

1943  On this day in history 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  Allies occupy Wismar on this day in history.   

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

1945  Berlin surrenders to Russian troops on May - 02.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1945  Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders on this day in history.   

1945  Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste on this day in history.   

1945  On May - 02 martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies   

1946  Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history eugene O'Neill's "Moon for the Misbegotten," premieres in NYC   

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1360  On May - 02 birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)   

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on May - 02.   

1458  On May - 02 birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

1551  On this day in history birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)   

1601  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on May - 02.   

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1300  On this day in history 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 May - 02.