Page 6: Historical Events In May - 02

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

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  Nazi-Germany begins People's court on May - 02.   

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

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  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  Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yanks beat Tigers 22-2 on this day in history.   

1941  Anti-British revolt, encouraged by Germany, takes place in Iraq on May - 02.   

1941  FCC approves regular scheduled commercial TV broadcasts to begin July 1 on this day in history.   

1941  Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy on May - 02.   

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

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 May - 02 berlin surrenders to Russian troops   

1945  British Army enters Lubeck in the Baltic, sealing off German forces in Denmark on this day in history.   

1945  On May - 02 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  On May - 02 german Army in Italy surrenders   

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

1945  Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste on May - 02.   

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

1946  On this day in history 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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1360  On this day in history birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)   

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  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 02.   

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

1702  On this day in history birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)   

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

0649  On this day in history maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies   

0756  On this day in history death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)   

0907  On this day in history death of boris I of Bulgaria   

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

1250  On this day in history death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on this day in history.   

1450  On this day in history death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)