Page 8: Historical Events In May - 02

1972  Hugo Hartung, writer, dies at 69   

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

1974  Former Vice President Spiro Agnew is disbarred   

1975  Apple records closes down.   

1975  US Navy departs Vietnamese waters at end of evacuation.   

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

1977  "The King and I" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances   

1979  14th Academy of Country Music Awards Kenny Rogers and Barbara Mandrell win.   

1979  14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers and Barbara Mandrell win.   

1980  Joseph Doherty and 3 other IRA men arrested for murder.   

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

1980  Pope John Paul II begins African tour   

1980  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1980  Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies.   

1981  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   

1982  Falklands War Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men.   

1982  Helmut Dantine   

1982  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.   

1983  Marius F Duintjer, architect, dies.   

1984  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1984  Jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66   

1985  Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery   

1986  In this year, Dynamo Kiev claims 26th Europe Cup II   

1986  In Vancouver BC, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open Expo '86;.   

1986  Radiation released from the Chernobyl accident reach France, Britain.   

1986  Transportation Expo 86 opens in Vancouver British Columbia.   

1986  Henri Toivonen, Finnish rallydriver (b.1956).   

1988  Jackson Pollock's "Search" sold for $4800000   

1988  Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an ump.   

1990  South Africa and African National Congress open talks to end apartheid   

1990  David Rappaport, 3'11' actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38   

1991  Hal Bell, dies at 65   

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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 this day in history birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on this day in history.   

1601  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on May - 02.   

1660  On this day in history birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)   

1695  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on May - 02.   

1702  On this day in history birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)   

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  On May - 02 death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)   

0907  On this day in history death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  On this day in history death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)   

1250  On this day in history death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on May - 02.   

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