Historical Events In May - 02

1930  On May - 02 des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights   

1932  Jack Benny's first radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network) on this day in history.   

1932  On May - 02 pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S Buck (The Good Earth)   

1932  Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network) on May - 02.   

1933  On this day in history in Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions   

1934  On this day in history nazi-Germany begins People's court   

1936  "Peter &the Wolf" premieres in Moscow on this day in history.   

1936  On May - 02 emperor Haile Selassie &family flee Abyssinia   

1936  "Peter & Wolf" premieres in Moscow on May - 02.   

1937  On this day in history arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73   

1938  Ella Fitzgerald records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" on this day in history.   

1938  On May - 02 pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder (Our Town)   

1939  Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yanks beat Tigers 22-2 on May - 02.   

1941  Anti-British revolt, encouraged by Germany, takes place in Iraq on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history fCC approves regular scheduled commercial TV broadcasts to begin July 1   

1941  On May - 02 martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy   

1941  On this day in history nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists   

1941  On this day in history fCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1   

1942  Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history 68th Kentucky Derby: Wayne D Wright aboard Shut Out wins in 2:04.4   

1943  German troops vacate Jefna Tunisia on this day in history.   

1944  On May - 02 wABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in NYC (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast   

1945  Allies occupy Wismar on this day in history.   

1945  On May - 02 berlin captured by Russian forces at the end of WW2   

1945  On this day in history berlin surrenders to Russian troops   

1945  British Army enters Lubeck in the Baltic, sealing off German forces in Denmark on this day in history.   

1945  Dutch Queen Wilhelmina &Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history first Helicopter Rescue--Lieutenant August Kleisch, USCG, flying a HNS-1 helicopter rescued 11 Canadian airmen that were marooned in northern Labrador about 125 miles from Goose Bay   

1945  German Army in Italy surrenders on May - 02.   

1945  Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history yugoslav troops occupy Trieste   

1945  Martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies on May - 02.   

1946  On this day in history prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die   

1947  On May - 02 eugene O'Neill's "Moon for the Misbegotten," premieres in NYC   

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1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on May - 02.   

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.   

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on May - 02.   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on May - 02.   

1601  On May - 02 birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

1660  On May - 02 birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)   

1695  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.   

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.   

0373  On May - 02 death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)   

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on May - 02.   

0756  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on this day in history.   

0907  On this day in history death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  On May - 02 death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)   

1250  On May - 02 death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on May - 02.   

1450  On May - 02 death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)