Page 8: 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  On this day in history franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89   

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

1972  Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine - 126 die (Kellogg Idaho) on May - 02.   

1972  Lieutenant General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA on this day in history.   

1972  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 02.   

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 May - 02.   

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

1975  On this day in history 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 May - 02 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 May - 02 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  On May - 02 pope John Paul II begins African tour   

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

1980  On this day in history clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies   

1981  Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes on May - 02.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on May - 02.   

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on May - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

0907  Death of Boris I of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1450  Death of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396) on May - 02.