Page 6: Historical Events In October - 02

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  Eugene O'Neill's comedy "Ah, Wilderness," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history royal Indian Navy is formed   

1935  On October - 02 italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia)   

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

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

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

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 October - 02.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1942  On October - 02 "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  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  On this day in history nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people   

1944  On October - 02 rudolf Schmundt, German gen/Hitlers army adjunct, dies from injuries   

1946  On this day in history 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 October - 02.   

1949  St Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3 on October - 02.   

1950  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 October - 02.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1595  On this day in history birth of jacob Louys, Flemish engraver   

1616  On October - 02 birth of a Gryphius, writer   

1644  François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724) was born on this day in history.   

1646  On October - 02 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  On October - 02 death of giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49   

1113  Mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies on this day in history.   

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

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