Page 8: Historical Events In April - 02

1979  Carroll D Rosenbloom, LA Rams president, dies at 72 on April - 02.   

1980  Wayne Gretzky becomes first teenager to score 50 goals in a season on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history dick Howorth, cricketer (Engld slow lefty all-rounder late 40's), dies   

1981  A Gilmore &P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3400 on April - 02.   

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

1982  On this day in history argentinian forces invade the British run Falkland Islands   

1984  Georgetown beats Houston for NCAA basketball title on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history 4 US passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece   

1986  On April - 02 george Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans   

1987  Buddy Rich drummer/orch leader (Away We Go), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

1989  Wrestlemania V-Hulk Hogan beats Randy "Macho Man" Savage on April - 02.   

1990  On April - 02 aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at 85   

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

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

1992  On April - 02 john Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallanos   

1992  On April - 02 space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands   

1992  Paula Kelly, singer/actress (Sweet Charity), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1993  Eugenie Leontovitch, actress (4 Sons, Homicidal), dies at 93 on April - 02.   

1994  On this day in history richard Davies, actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of heart attack at 79   

1995  On this day in history more than 80 top Australian rugby league players sign with Super League   

1995  Hannes Alfven, physicist (Nobel prize), dies at 86 on April - 02.   

1997  Tomoyuki Tanaka, producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at 86 on this day in history.   

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  The Solomon Islands is shaken by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake, and hit by a subsequent tsunami on April - 02.   

2007  On this day in history smoke ban in enclosed places in Wales   

2012  Oikos University, Oakland shooting kills seven people and injures 3 on this day in history.   

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

2017  Attack on visitors to Muslim shrine by a custodian and others in Sargodha, Pakistan leaves 20 dead on this day in history.   

2017  On April - 02 american golfer Lexi Thompson loses ANA Inspiration in Racho Mirage because of TV viewer emailing earlier infringement   

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

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

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 April - 02.   

1565  On April - 02 birth of cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)   

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

1618  Francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction) was born on April - 02.   

1628  On April - 02 birth of constantin Christian Dedekind, composer   

1632  Georg Caspar Weckler, composer was born on April - 02.   

1653  On April - 02 birth of prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708)   

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

1118  On April - 02 boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies   

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 April - 02.   

1416  On this day in history ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52   

1502  Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies on this day in history.   

1507  On this day in history death of francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416)   

1640  On April - 02 matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45