Historical Events In October - 02

1931  On October - 02 thomas Johnstone Lipton, sportsman/merchant, dies   

1932  On this day in history nY Yankees sweep Chicago Cubs in 29th World Series   

1933  On this day in history eugene O'Neill's comedy "Ah, Wilderness," premieres in NYC   

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 this day in history.   

1936  1st alcohol power plant forms, Atchison, Kansas on October - 02.   

1936  On October - 02 g H Simpson-Hayward, cricketer (Eng 1910, great lob bowlers), dies   

1937  On October - 02 fDR visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State   

1938  On this day in history indian Bob Feller strikes out record 18 Tigers (Chester Laabs 5 times)   

1939  Birdbaths installed in Union Square, SF on October - 02.   

1940  On October - 02 17 German aircrafts shot down above England   

1941  6 Parisian synagogues are bombed on this day in history.   

1941  On October - 02 6 Paris synagogues are bombed by Gestapo   

1942  On this day in history first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, Chicago   

1942  On this day in history rMS"Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338 in the Atlantic   

1942  On this day in history "Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338   

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 October - 02.   

1943  On October - 02 japanse troops leave Kolombangara, Solomon Island   

1943  On October - 02 robert Nathaniel Dett, composer, dies at 60   

1944  Nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people on October - 02.   

1944  On this day in history rudolf Schmundt, German gen/Hitlers army adjunct, dies from injuries   

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  "Finian's Rainbow" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 725 perfs on this day in history.   

1949  On October - 02 st Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3   

1950  The comic strip "Peanuts" first appears, in 9 newspapers on this day in history.   

1950  1st strip of Charlie Brown, "Li'l Folks," later "Peanuts" in 9 papers on this day in history.   

1951  On October - 02 1st Netherland TV broadcast (Toverspiegel)   

1955  "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premiers on Television on this day in history.   

1955  O B Clarence, actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies on October - 02.   

1956  On this day in history first atomic power clock exhibited-NYC   

1956  George Bancroft, actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74 on October - 02.   

1958  Marie Stopes, birth control pioneer, dies on this day in history.   

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1452  King Richard III, of England (1483-85) was born on this day in history.   

1470  On October - 02 birth of isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524)   

1538  Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584) was born on October - 02.   

1595  On this day in history birth of jacob Louys, Flemish engraver   

1616  On this day in history birth of a Gryphius, writer   

1644  On October - 02 birth of françois-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724)   

1646  Guillaume Poitevin, composer was born on this day in history.   

1704  On October - 02 birth of frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer   

0472  Olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies on this day in history.   

0939  On October - 02 death of giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49   

1113  Mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies on October - 02.   

1264  Urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies on October - 02.   

1517  John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37 on October - 02.   

1559  On October - 02 death of jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483)   

1564  On this day in history andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49   

1588  Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies on October - 02.