Historical Events In October - 02
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1931 On this day in history thomas Johnstone Lipton, sportsman/merchant, dies
1932 On October - 02 nY Yankees sweep Chicago Cubs in 29th World Series
1933 Eugene O'Neill's comedy "Ah, Wilderness," premieres in NYC on October - 02.
1934 Royal Indian Navy is formed on October - 02.
1935 On this day in history italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1935 Mussolini's Italian armys attacks Abyssinia (Ethiopia) on October - 02.
1936 1st alcohol power plant forms, Atchison, Kansas on this day in history.
1936 G H Simpson-Hayward, cricketer (Eng 1910, great lob bowlers), dies on this day in history.
1937 FDR visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State on October - 02.
1938 Indian Bob Feller strikes out record 18 Tigers (Chester Laabs 5 times) on this day in history.
1939 On this day in history birdbaths installed in Union Square, SF
1940 On this day in history 17 German aircrafts shot down above England
1941 6 Parisian synagogues are bombed on this day in history.
1941 On this day in history 6 Paris synagogues are bombed by Gestapo
1942 First self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, Chicago on October - 02.
1942 RMS"Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338 in the Atlantic on October - 02.
1942 "Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338 on October - 02.
1943 Orders are given for the expulsion of all Danish Jews. Thanks to Danish underground operations, only 415 Jews are captured by the Germans. 7,000 are evacuated to Sweden on this day in history.
1943 On this day in history japanse troops leave Kolombangara, Solomon Island
1943 Robert Nathaniel Dett, composer, dies at 60 on October - 02.
1944 On October - 02 nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people
1944 Rudolf Schmundt, German gen/Hitlers army adjunct, dies from injuries on this day in history.
1946 1st network soap opera-Faraway Hill-Dumont on October - 02.
1947 On this day in history "Music in My Heart" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 124 performances
1948 On October - 02 "Finian's Rainbow" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 725 perfs
1949 On this day in history st Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3
1950 On October - 02 the comic strip "Peanuts" first appears, in 9 newspapers
1950 1st strip of Charlie Brown, "Li'l Folks," later "Peanuts" in 9 papers on October - 02.
1951 1st Netherland TV broadcast (Toverspiegel) on this day in history.
1955 On October - 02 "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premiers on Television
1955 O B Clarence, actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies on October - 02.
1956 First atomic power clock exhibited-NYC on this day in history.
1956 George Bancroft, actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74 on October - 02.
1958 Marie Stopes, birth control pioneer, dies on October - 02.
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