Historical Events In May - 02

1968  On this day in history donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69   

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 May - 02.   

1970  On May - 02 twenty-six persons were rescued by a VC-8 helicopter from a Dutch Antillean Airlines DC-9 ditched in the Caribbean.   

1972  Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine - 126 die (Kellogg Idaho) on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history lieutenant General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA   

1972  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

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

1973  Alan Carney, actor (Herbie-Take it from Me), dies at 61 on May - 02.   

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

1975  On May - 02 apple records closes down   

1975  US Navy departs Vietnamese waters at end of evacuation on May - 02.   

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

1977  On this day in history "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 this day in history.   

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

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

1980  On this day in history pope John Paul II begins African tour   

1980  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 02.   

1980  On May - 02 clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies   

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  Helmut Dantine on May - 02.   

1982  On May - 02 falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men   

1983  On this day in history 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga CA   

1983  Marius F Duintjer, architect, dies on May - 02.   

1984  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 02.   

1984  On this day in history jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66   

1985  On May - 02 hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery   

1986  On May - 02 dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II   

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

1986  Radiation released from the Chernobyl accident reach France, Britain on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

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  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 May - 02.   

0373  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on May - 02.   

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on May - 02.   

0756  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on this day in history.   

0907  On this day in history 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 May - 02 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.