Page 6: Historical Events In October - 02

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

1932  On this day in history nY Yankees sweep Chicago Cubs in 29th World Series   

1933  Eugene O'Neill's comedy "Ah, Wilderness," premieres in NYC on October - 02.   

1934  On October - 02 royal Indian Navy is formed   

1935  Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia) on this day in history.   

1935  Mussolini's Italian armys attacks Abyssinia (Ethiopia) on October - 02.   

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 October - 02.   

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  On October - 02 17 German aircrafts shot down above England   

1941  On this day in history 6 Parisian synagogues are bombed   

1941  6 Paris synagogues are bombed by Gestapo on October - 02.   

1942  On this day in history 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  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  On October - 02 japanse troops leave Kolombangara, Solomon Island   

1943  Robert Nathaniel Dett, composer, dies at 60 on October - 02.   

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  1st network soap opera-Faraway Hill-Dumont on this day in history.   

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

1948  On October - 02 "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  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  O B Clarence, actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies on October - 02.   

1956  First atomic power clock exhibited-NYC on this day in history.   

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

1958  On this day in history marie Stopes, birth control pioneer, dies   

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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 this day in history birth of jacob Louys, Flemish engraver   

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

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 October - 02 birth of frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer   

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

0939  On October - 02 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 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 October - 02 bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies