Page 6: Historical Events In October - 02
Friday, 20 June 2025
1931 Thomas Johnstone Lipton, sportsman/merchant, dies on this day in history.
1932 On October - 02 nY Yankees sweep Chicago Cubs in 29th World Series
1933 On October - 02 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 1st alcohol power plant forms, Atchison, Kansas on October - 02.
1936 G H Simpson-Hayward, cricketer (Eng 1910, great lob bowlers), dies on October - 02.
1937 FDR visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State on this day in history.
1938 On October - 02 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 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 RMS"Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338 in the Atlantic on this day in history.
1942 On October - 02 "Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338
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 October - 02 nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people
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 this day in history.
1947 "Music in My Heart" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 124 performances on this day in history.
1948 "Finian's Rainbow" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 725 perfs on this day in history.
1949 St Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3 on October - 02.
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 October - 02.
1955 O B Clarence, actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies on this day in history.
1956 First atomic power clock exhibited-NYC on October - 02.
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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