Page 8: Historical Events In May - 02

1968  Donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69 on May - 02.   

1969  British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York on May - 02.   

1969  Franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1970  Twenty-six persons were rescued by a VC-8 helicopter from a Dutch Antillean Airlines DC-9 ditched in the Caribbean on this day in history.   

1972  On May - 02 electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine - 126 die (Kellogg Idaho)   

1972  Lieutenant General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA on May - 02.   

1972  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1972  Hugo Hartung, writer, dies at 69 on May - 02.   

1973  On this day in history alan Carney, actor (Herbie-Take it from Me), dies at 61   

1974  On this day in history former Vice President Spiro Agnew is disbarred   

1975  Apple records closes down on this day in history.   

1975  US Navy departs Vietnamese waters at end of evacuation on this day in history.   

1975  USS Midway off-loaded at Utapao, Thailand, over 40 USAF helicopters used in South Vietnam evacuation operations on May - 02.   

1977  "The King &I" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances on this day in history.   

1979  On May - 02 14th Academy of Country Music Awards Kenny Rogers &Barbara Mandrell win   

1979  On May - 02 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers &Barbara Mandrell win   

1980  Joseph Doherty &3 other IRA men arrested for murder on this day in history.   

1980  Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa on this day in history.   

1980  Pope John Paul II begins African tour on May - 02.   

1980  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1980  Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies on May - 02.   

1981  On May - 02 radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes   

1982  Argentina's only cruiser is sunk by a British submarine with a loss of more than 320 lives on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history falklands War Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men   

1982  On May - 02 helmut Dantine   

1982  On this day in history falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men   

1983  6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga CA on May - 02.   

1983  Marius F Duintjer, architect, dies on this day in history.   

1984  On May - 02 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1984  Jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66 on May - 02.   

1985  On this day in history hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery   

1986  Dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II on May - 02.   

1986  In Vancouver BC, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open Expo '86; on this day in history.   

1986  Radiation released from the Chernobyl accident reach France, Britain on May - 02.   

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1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1551  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)   

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.   

0373  On this day in history 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 May - 02.   

0907  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on this day in history.   

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

1300  On this day in history death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)   

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