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 October - 02.   

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

1934  Royal Indian Navy is formed on this day in history.   

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

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 October - 02 birdbaths installed in Union Square, SF   

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

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 this day in history.   

1942  RMS"Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338 in the Atlantic on October - 02.   

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 October - 02.   

1943  On this day in history japanse troops leave Kolombangara, Solomon Island   

1943  On October - 02 robert Nathaniel Dett, composer, dies at 60   

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

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  "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 this day in history.   

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

1950  On this day in history 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 October - 02 "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premiers on Television   

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

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1452  On October - 02 birth of king Richard III, of England (1483-85)   

1470  Isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524) was born on October - 02.   

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

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

1616  A Gryphius, writer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1704  On October - 02 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 October - 02 mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies   

1264  Urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies on October - 02.   

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

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

1564  On October - 02 andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49   

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