Page 8: Historical Events In May - 02

1968  Donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history british liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York   

1969  On this day in history franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89   

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 this day in history electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine - 126 die (Kellogg Idaho)   

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

1972  On May - 02 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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  Apple records closes down on May - 02.   

1975  On this day in history 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 on May - 02.   

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

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

1979  On this day in history 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  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 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  On this day in history 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 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 May - 02.   

1983  On May - 02 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga CA   

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

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

1984  Jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66 on May - 02.   

1985  Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery on May - 02.   

1986  On this day in history dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II   

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  On this day in history birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)   

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 this day in history.   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on May - 02.   

1601  On May - 02 birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

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 May - 02 birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)   

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

0649  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history 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.