Historical Events In April - 02

1979  On this day in history carroll D Rosenbloom, LA Rams president, dies at 72   

1980  Wayne Gretzky becomes first teenager to score 50 goals in a season on April - 02.   

1980  On April - 02 dick Howorth, cricketer (Engld slow lefty all-rounder late 40's), dies   

1981  On this day in history a Gilmore &P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3400   

1982  Argentina seizes Malvinas (Falklands) Islands the start of the war with England on April - 02.   

1982  On April - 02 argentinian forces invade the British run Falkland Islands   

1984  On this day in history georgetown beats Houston for NCAA basketball title   

1986  On April - 02 4 US passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece   

1986  George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans on this day in history.   

1987  Buddy Rich drummer/orch leader (Away We Go), dies at 69 on April - 02.   

1987  On April - 02 buddy Rich, drummer/orchestra leader (Away We Go), dies at 69   

1989  On April - 02 wrestlemania V-Hulk Hogan beats Randy "Macho Man" Savage   

1990  Aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at 85 on April - 02.   

1992  Country singer Wynonna Judd's first appearance as a single act on April - 02.   

1992  On this day in history in Guelph Ontario a stable fire kills 69 horses at Mohawk Raceway; worst racetrack fire in Canadian history.   

1992  John Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallanos on this day in history.   

1992  Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history paula Kelly, singer/actress (Sweet Charity), dies at 72   

1993  Eugenie Leontovitch, actress (4 Sons, Homicidal), dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1994  On April - 02 richard Davies, actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of heart attack at 79   

1995  On April - 02 more than 80 top Australian rugby league players sign with Super League   

1995  On April - 02 hannes Alfven, physicist (Nobel prize), dies at 86   

1997  On April - 02 tomoyuki Tanaka, producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at 86   

2000  On this day in history french archaeologists announce they have discovered the remains of a 4,000-year-old queen's pyramid south of Cairo, complete with texts of special prayers previously found only with kings   

2005  Pope John Paul II dies; over 4 million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him on this day in history.   

2007  On this day in history the Solomon Islands is shaken by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake, and hit by a subsequent tsunami.   

2007  On April - 02 smoke ban in enclosed places in Wales   

2012  On this day in history oikos University, Oakland shooting kills seven people and injures 3   

2013  9 mutilated bodies are found in an SUV in Tamaulipas, Mexico on April - 02.   

2017  On April - 02 attack on visitors to Muslim shrine by a custodian and others in Sargodha, Pakistan leaves 20 dead   

2017  American golfer Lexi Thompson loses ANA Inspiration in Racho Mirage because of TV viewer emailing earlier infringement on this day in history.   

2018  NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament championship game: Villanova defeat Michigan 79–62 in San Antonio, Texas on April - 02.   

2019  Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns as President of Algeria amid widespread protests, after nearly two decades in office on this day in history.   

2020  On this day in history number of coronavirus COVID-19 cases worldwide passes 1 million, with 1,002,159 cases and 51,485 deaths reported, according to Johns Hopkins University Learn More   

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1348  Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385) was born on this day in history.   

1565  Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599) was born on this day in history.   

1602  Maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan was born on this day in history.   

1618  On this day in history birth of francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction)   

1628  Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer was born on April - 02.   

1632  On this day in history birth of georg Caspar Weckler, composer   

1653  Prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.   

1711  Jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool) was born on April - 02.   

1118  Boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies on April - 02.   

1272  Death of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209) on April - 02.   

1335  On April - 02 death of duke Henry of Carinthia (b. circa 1265)   

1412  Death of Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer (b. ????) on this day in history.   

1416  On April - 02 ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52   

1502  On this day in history arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies   

1507  Death of Francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416) on this day in history.   

1640  Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45 on April - 02.