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

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 this day in history.  

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  Birdbaths installed in Union Square, SF on October - 02.  

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 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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1943  Japanse troops leave Kolombangara, Solomon Island on this day in history.  

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

1944  On October - 02 nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 October - 02.  

1951  On October - 02 1st Netherland TV broadcast (Toverspiegel)  

1955  On this day in history "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premiers on Television  

1955  On this day in history o B Clarence, actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies  

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

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

1538  On October - 02 birth of saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584)  

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

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 this day in history birth of guillaume Poitevin, composer  

1704  Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1113  On this day in history 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 October - 02.  

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

1564  Andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49 on October - 02.  

1588  Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies on this day in history.