Historical Events In October - 02

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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1452  On October - 02 birth of king Richard III, of England (1483-85)   

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  Jacob Louys, Flemish engraver was born on October - 02.   

1616  A Gryphius, writer was born on this day in history.   

1644  François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724) was born on October - 02.   

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 October - 02.   

0939  Death of Giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49 on October - 02.   

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  On October - 02 john Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37   

1559  On this day in history death of jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483)   

1564  Andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49 on October - 02.   

1588  Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies on this day in history.