Page 6: Historical Events In October - 02

1931  Thomas Johnstone Lipton, sportsman/merchant, dies on October - 02.   

1932  NY Yankees sweep Chicago Cubs in 29th World Series on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history eugene O'Neill's comedy "Ah, Wilderness," premieres in NYC   

1934  On this day in history royal Indian Navy is formed   

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

1935  Mussolini's Italian armys attacks Abyssinia (Ethiopia) on this day in history.   

1936  On October - 02 1st alcohol power plant forms, Atchison, Kansas   

1936  G H Simpson-Hayward, cricketer (Eng 1910, great lob bowlers), dies on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history fDR visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State   

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 October - 02.   

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

1941  On October - 02 6 Parisian synagogues are bombed   

1941  6 Paris synagogues are bombed by Gestapo on this day in history.   

1942  First self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, Chicago on October - 02.   

1942  On October - 02 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  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 on this day in history.   

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

1943  Robert Nathaniel Dett, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1944  Nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history rudolf Schmundt, German gen/Hitlers army adjunct, dies from injuries   

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

1947  On this day in history "Music in My Heart" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 124 performances   

1948  On this day in history "Finian's Rainbow" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 725 perfs   

1949  On October - 02 st Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3   

1950  The comic strip "Peanuts" first appears, in 9 newspapers on this day in history.   

1950  On October - 02 1st strip of Charlie Brown, "Li'l Folks," later "Peanuts" in 9 papers   

1951  1st Netherland TV broadcast (Toverspiegel) on October - 02.   

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

1955  On October - 02 o B Clarence, actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies   

1956  On this day in history first atomic power clock exhibited-NYC   

1956  On October - 02 george Bancroft, actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74   

1958  Marie Stopes, birth control pioneer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1470  Isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524) was born on this day in history.   

1538  On this day in history birth of saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584)   

1595  On October - 02 birth of jacob Louys, Flemish engraver   

1616  On October - 02 birth of a Gryphius, writer   

1644  On this day in history birth of françois-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724)   

1646  On this day in history birth of guillaume Poitevin, composer   

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

0472  On October - 02 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 October - 02.   

1517  On this day in history john Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37   

1559  Death of Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483) on this day in history.   

1564  Andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1588  Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies on October - 02.