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 this day in history.   

1969  Franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89 on May - 02.   

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

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  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 02.   

1972  On May - 02 hugo Hartung, writer, dies at 69   

1973  Alan Carney, actor (Herbie-Take it from Me), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1974  Former Vice President Spiro Agnew is disbarred on May - 02.   

1975  Apple records closes down on May - 02.   

1975  On this day in history uS Navy departs Vietnamese waters at end of evacuation.   

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

1977  On May - 02 "The King &I" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances   

1979  On this day in history 14th Academy of Country Music Awards Kenny Rogers &Barbara Mandrell win   

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

1980  On this day in history joseph Doherty &3 other IRA men arrested for murder   

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 this day in history.   

1980  On May - 02 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1980  Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes   

1982  On May - 02 argentina's only cruiser is sunk by a British submarine with a loss of more than 320 lives   

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

1982  Helmut Dantine 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   

1983  6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga CA on this day in history.   

1983  On May - 02 marius F Duintjer, architect, dies   

1984  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1984  On May - 02 jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66   

1985  Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery on this day in history.   

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

1986  On May - 02 in Vancouver BC, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open Expo '86;   

1986  On May - 02 radiation released from the Chernobyl accident reach France, Britain   

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1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on May - 02.   

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 May - 02 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  On May - 02 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  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on this day in history.   

0649  On May - 02 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 May - 02 death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)   

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

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.