Historical Events In April - 02

1944  On this day in history mikulas Moyzes, composer, dies at 71   

1945  1st US units reach east coast of Okinawa on April - 02.   

1947  UN places former Japanese mandated islands under U.S. trusteeship on April - 02.   

1947  On April - 02 carlo Terron's "Il diamente del profeta," premieres in Rome   

1947  Joseph Hardstaff, cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for Eng 1907-08), dies on this day in history.   

1950  On April - 02 wTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1951  First Navy use of jet aircraft as a bomber, launched from a carrier, USS Princeton on this day in history.   

1951  Simon Barere pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall on this day in history.   

1951  On April - 02 simon Barere, pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall   

1952  Bernard Lyot inventor (chronograph), dies on this day in history.   

1952  On April - 02 bernard F Lyot, Fren astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter), dies at 55   

1953  Raab forms his 1st government in Austria on this day in history.   

1953  On April - 02 jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56   

1954  On this day in history plans to build Disneyland first announced   

1954  Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced [see Jan 26] on April - 02.   

1955  On this day in history halifax Nova Scotia the opening of Angus L. Macdonald Bridge linking Halifax and Dartmouth and I was there   

1955  US female Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright on April - 02.   

1956  Soap operas "As the World Turns" &"Edge of Night" premieres on TV on April - 02.   

1956  Peter Ustinovs' "Romanoff & Juliet," premieres in Manchester on this day in history.   

1956  Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82 on April - 02.   

1957  On April - 02 in Toronto 22-year-old Elvis Presley plays two concerts before 23,000 people at Maple Leaf Gardens; his second concert, before 15,000 fans   

1958  On this day in history last load of bitumen on Pacific Highway between Sydney and Brisbane is laid 18km south of Taree, NSW.   

1958  On this day in history national Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA   

1958  On this day in history wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record)   

1958  Antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens on April - 02.   

1959  Benjamin Christensen, Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history uSS Glacier begins 12 days of relief operations, providing helicopter and boat transportation and emergency supplies to residents of Paramaribo, Brazil after floods.   

1960  Cuba buys oil from USSR on this day in history.   

1961  August Defresne, Dutch director (Anno Christi 969), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history the first official Panda crossing is opened outside Waterloo station, London.   

1963  Explorer 17 attains Earth orbit (254/914 km) on this day in history.   

1963  USSR launches Luna 4; missed Moon by 8,500 km on this day in history.   

1964  USSR launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned on this day in history.   

1964  Josef Klaus succeeds Alfons Gorbach as chancellor of Austria on April - 02.   

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1348  On this day in history birth of andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385)   

1565  On April - 02 birth of cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)   

1602  On April - 02 birth of maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan   

1618  On this day in history birth of francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction)   

1628  Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer was born on this day in history.   

1632  On this day in history birth of georg Caspar Weckler, composer   

1653  Prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708) was born on April - 02.   

1711  On April - 02 birth of jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool)   

1118  Boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies on April - 02.   

1272  Death of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209) on this day in history.   

1335  On April - 02 death of duke Henry of Carinthia (b. circa 1265)   

1412  Death of Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer (b. ????) on this day in history.   

1416  On this day in history ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52   

1502  On this day in history arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies   

1507  Death of Francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416) on this day in history.   

1640  Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45 on this day in history.