Page 6: Historical Events In October - 02

1931  Thomas Johnstone Lipton, sportsman/merchant, dies on this day in history.   

1932  NY Yankees sweep Chicago Cubs in 29th World Series on October - 02.   

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

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

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  Indian Bob Feller strikes out record 18 Tigers (Chester Laabs 5 times) on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history birdbaths installed in Union Square, SF   

1940  17 German aircrafts shot down above England on October - 02.   

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  RMS"Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338 in the Atlantic on October - 02.   

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

1943  On October - 02 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 October - 02.   

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

1944  On this day in history nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people   

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

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

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

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

1949  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 1st Netherland TV broadcast (Toverspiegel)   

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  First atomic power clock exhibited-NYC on this day in history.   

1956  George Bancroft, actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1958  Marie Stopes, birth control pioneer, dies on October - 02.   

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1452  King Richard III, of England (1483-85) was born on this day in history.   

1470  On this day in history birth of isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524)   

1538  Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584) was born on this day in history.   

1595  Jacob Louys, Flemish engraver was born on October - 02.   

1616  A Gryphius, writer was born on October - 02.   

1644  François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724) was born on October - 02.   

1646  On October - 02 birth of guillaume Poitevin, composer   

1704  On October - 02 birth of frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer   

0472  Olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies on this day in history.   

0939  On this day in history death of giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49   

1113  On October - 02 mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies   

1264  On this day in history urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies   

1517  John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37 on October - 02.   

1559  On October - 02 death of jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483)   

1564  On this day in history andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49   

1588  On October - 02 bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies