Historical Events In May - 02
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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