Historical Events In April - 02

1979  On April - 02 carroll D Rosenbloom, LA Rams president, dies at 72   

1980  Wayne Gretzky becomes first teenager to score 50 goals in a season on this day in history.   

1980  Dick Howorth, cricketer (Engld slow lefty all-rounder late 40's), dies on this day in history.   

1981  A Gilmore &P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3400 on this day in history.   

1982  Argentina seizes Malvinas (Falklands) Islands the start of the war with England on April - 02.   

1982  On this day in history argentinian forces invade the British run Falkland Islands   

1984  Georgetown beats Houston for NCAA basketball title on April - 02.   

1986  On April - 02 4 US passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece   

1986  George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans on April - 02.   

1987  On April - 02 buddy Rich drummer/orch leader (Away We Go), dies at 69   

1987  On April - 02 buddy Rich, drummer/orchestra leader (Away We Go), dies at 69   

1989  Wrestlemania V-Hulk Hogan beats Randy "Macho Man" Savage on this day in history.   

1990  On April - 02 aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at 85   

1992  Country singer Wynonna Judd's first appearance as a single act on this day in history.   

1992  In Guelph Ontario a stable fire kills 69 horses at Mohawk Raceway; worst racetrack fire in Canadian history on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history john Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallanos   

1992  On April - 02 space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands   

1992  Paula Kelly, singer/actress (Sweet Charity), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1993  On April - 02 eugenie Leontovitch, actress (4 Sons, Homicidal), dies at 93   

1994  On April - 02 richard Davies, actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of heart attack at 79   

1995  On April - 02 more than 80 top Australian rugby league players sign with Super League   

1995  On April - 02 hannes Alfven, physicist (Nobel prize), dies at 86   

1997  Tomoyuki Tanaka, producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at 86 on April - 02.   

2000  On April - 02 french archaeologists announce they have discovered the remains of a 4,000-year-old queen's pyramid south of Cairo, complete with texts of special prayers previously found only with kings   

2005  On this day in history pope John Paul II dies; over 4 million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him.   

2007  On this day in history the Solomon Islands is shaken by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake, and hit by a subsequent tsunami.   

2007  Smoke ban in enclosed places in Wales on April - 02.   

2012  On this day in history oikos University, Oakland shooting kills seven people and injures 3   

2013  On April - 02 9 mutilated bodies are found in an SUV in Tamaulipas, Mexico   

2017  Attack on visitors to Muslim shrine by a custodian and others in Sargodha, Pakistan leaves 20 dead on this day in history.   

2017  American golfer Lexi Thompson loses ANA Inspiration in Racho Mirage because of TV viewer emailing earlier infringement on this day in history.   

2018  NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament championship game: Villanova defeat Michigan 79–62 in San Antonio, Texas on this day in history.   

2019  On April - 02 abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns as President of Algeria amid widespread protests, after nearly two decades in office.   

2020  On this day in history number of coronavirus COVID-19 cases worldwide passes 1 million, with 1,002,159 cases and 51,485 deaths reported, according to Johns Hopkins University Learn More   

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1348  Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385) was born on April - 02.   

1565  Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599) was born on April - 02.   

1602  Maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan was born on this day in history.   

1618  On April - 02 birth of francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction)   

1628  On this day in history birth of constantin Christian Dedekind, composer   

1632  Georg Caspar Weckler, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1711  Jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool) was born on April - 02.   

1118  On this day in history boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies   

1272  On April - 02 death of richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209)   

1335  On this day in history death of duke Henry of Carinthia (b. circa 1265)   

1412  On April - 02 death of ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer (b. ????)   

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

1502  Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies on April - 02.   

1507  Death of Francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416) on April - 02.   

1640  On this day in history matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45