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  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  Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network) on this day in history.   

1933  In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions on May - 02.   

1934  On May - 02 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  Arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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 May - 02 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 this day in history 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 May - 02.   

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

1942  Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma on May - 02.   

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  Allies occupy Wismar on this day in history.   

1945  Berlin captured by Russian forces at the end of WW2 on May - 02.   

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

1945  Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste on this day in history.   

1945  Martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies on this day in history.   

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

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.   

1458  On this day in history birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on this day in history.   

1601  On this day in history birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

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

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  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  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria   

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

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 this day in history.