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 May - 02.  

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 this day in history hugo Hartung, writer, dies at 69  

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

1974  On May - 02 former Vice President Spiro Agnew is disbarred  

1975  On this day in history apple records closes down  

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

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

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

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

1980  On May - 02 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 May - 02.  

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

1982  Helmut Dantine on this day in history.  

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

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

1983  On this day in history 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 May - 02.  

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

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  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 this day in history birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)  

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 this day in history.  

0373  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on this day in history.  

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on this day in history.  

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

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 May - 02.