Page 6: Historical Events In October - 02

1931  On this day in history thomas Johnstone Lipton, sportsman/merchant, dies   

1932  On this day in history nY Yankees sweep Chicago Cubs in 29th World Series   

1933  On October - 02 eugene O'Neill's comedy "Ah, Wilderness," premieres in NYC   

1934  Royal Indian Navy is formed on October - 02.   

1935  Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia) on October - 02.   

1935  On October - 02 mussolini's Italian armys attacks Abyssinia (Ethiopia)   

1936  1st alcohol power plant forms, Atchison, Kansas on this day in history.   

1936  On October - 02 g H Simpson-Hayward, cricketer (Eng 1910, great lob bowlers), dies   

1937  FDR visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history indian Bob Feller strikes out record 18 Tigers (Chester Laabs 5 times)   

1939  Birdbaths installed in Union Square, SF on this day in history.   

1940  17 German aircrafts shot down above England on this day in history.   

1941  6 Parisian synagogues are bombed on this day in history.   

1941  6 Paris synagogues are bombed by Gestapo on October - 02.   

1942  On October - 02 first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, Chicago   

1942  On this day in history rMS"Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338 in the Atlantic   

1942  On this day in history "Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338   

1943  On this day in history orders are given for the expulsion of all Danish Jews. Thanks to Danish underground operations, only 415 Jews are captured by the Germans. 7,000 are evacuated to Sweden.   

1943  Japanse troops leave Kolombangara, Solomon Island on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history robert Nathaniel Dett, composer, dies at 60   

1944  Nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people on October - 02.   

1944  Rudolf Schmundt, German gen/Hitlers army adjunct, dies from injuries on October - 02.   

1946  1st network soap opera-Faraway Hill-Dumont on October - 02.   

1947  "Music in My Heart" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 124 performances on October - 02.   

1948  "Finian's Rainbow" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 725 perfs on October - 02.   

1949  St Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3 on this day in history.   

1950  On October - 02 the comic strip "Peanuts" first appears, in 9 newspapers   

1950  1st strip of Charlie Brown, "Li'l Folks," later "Peanuts" in 9 papers on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history 1st Netherland TV broadcast (Toverspiegel)   

1955  "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premiers on Television on this day in history.   

1955  O B Clarence, actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies on this day in history.   

1956  On October - 02 first atomic power clock exhibited-NYC   

1956  George Bancroft, actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74 on October - 02.   

1958  On this day in history marie Stopes, birth control pioneer, dies   

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1452  King Richard III, of England (1483-85) was born on October - 02.   

1470  On October - 02 birth of isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524)   

1538  Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584) was born on October - 02.   

1595  Jacob Louys, Flemish engraver was born on this day in history.   

1616  On October - 02 birth of a Gryphius, writer   

1644  On October - 02 birth of françois-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724)   

1646  Guillaume Poitevin, composer was born on October - 02.   

1704  On this day in history birth of frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer   

0472  On this day in history olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies   

0939  Death of Giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49 on October - 02.   

1113  On this day in history mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies   

1264  Urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies on this day in history.   

1517  John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37 on this day in history.   

1559  Death of Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483) on October - 02.   

1564  Andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49 on October - 02.   

1588  On this day in history bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies