Historical Events In May - 02

1968  Donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69 on May - 02.   

1969  British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York on this day in history.   

1969  Franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1970  Twenty-six persons were rescued by a VC-8 helicopter from a Dutch Antillean Airlines DC-9 ditched in the Caribbean on this day in history.   

1972  On May - 02 electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine - 126 die (Kellogg Idaho)   

1972  On May - 02 lieutenant General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA   

1972  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1972  Hugo Hartung, writer, dies at 69 on May - 02.   

1973  Alan Carney, actor (Herbie-Take it from Me), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1974  Former Vice President Spiro Agnew is disbarred on this day in history.   

1975  Apple records closes down on May - 02.   

1975  On this day in history uS Navy departs Vietnamese waters at end of evacuation.   

1975  USS Midway off-loaded at Utapao, Thailand, over 40 USAF helicopters used in South Vietnam evacuation operations on this day in history.   

1977  "The King &I" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances on this day in history.   

1979  14th Academy of Country Music Awards Kenny Rogers &Barbara Mandrell win on May - 02.   

1979  On May - 02 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers &Barbara Mandrell win   

1980  Joseph Doherty &3 other IRA men arrested for murder on this day in history.   

1980  Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa on May - 02.   

1980  Pope John Paul II begins African tour on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1980  On this day in history clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies   

1981  Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes on this day in history.   

1982  On May - 02 argentina's only cruiser is sunk by a British submarine with a loss of more than 320 lives   

1982  Falklands War Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history helmut Dantine   

1982  On May - 02 falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men   

1983  6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga CA on this day in history.   

1983  Marius F Duintjer, architect, dies on this day in history.   

1984  On May - 02 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1984  Jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1985  Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery on May - 02.   

1986  On May - 02 dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II   

1986  In Vancouver BC, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open Expo '86; on May - 02.   

1986  Radiation released from the Chernobyl accident reach France, Britain on this day in history.   

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1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on this day in history.   

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on May - 02.   

1458  On this day in history birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

1551  On May - 02 birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)   

1601  On this day in history birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

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

1695  On May - 02 birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)   

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on May - 02.   

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  On May - 02 death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)   

0907  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on this day in history.   

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.   

1300  On May - 02 death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)   

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