Page 6: Historical Events In May - 02

1930  On this day in history des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights   

1932  Jack Benny's first radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network) on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S Buck (The Good Earth)   

1932  On this day in history jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network)   

1933  In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history nazi-Germany begins People's court   

1936  On this day in history "Peter &the Wolf" premieres in Moscow   

1936  Emperor Haile Selassie &family flee Abyssinia on this day in history.   

1936  "Peter & Wolf" premieres in Moscow on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73   

1938  On May - 02 ella Fitzgerald records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"   

1938  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder (Our Town)   

1939  On May - 02 lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yanks beat Tigers 22-2   

1941  On May - 02 anti-British revolt, encouraged by Germany, takes place in Iraq.   

1941  On this day in history fCC approves regular scheduled commercial TV broadcasts to begin July 1   

1941  Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy on this day in history.   

1941  Nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists on May - 02.   

1941  FCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1 on this day in history.   

1942  Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma on this day in history.   

1942  68th Kentucky Derby: Wayne D Wright aboard Shut Out wins in 2:04.4 on this day in history.   

1943  On May - 02 german troops vacate Jefna Tunisia   

1944  On May - 02 wABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in NYC (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast   

1945  On May - 02 allies occupy Wismar   

1945  On May - 02 berlin captured by Russian forces at the end of WW2   

1945  Berlin surrenders to Russian troops on May - 02.   

1945  British Army enters Lubeck in the Baltic, sealing off German forces in Denmark on May - 02.   

1945  On this day in history dutch Queen Wilhelmina &Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen   

1945  First Helicopter Rescue--Lieutenant August Kleisch, USCG, flying a HNS-1 helicopter rescued 11 Canadian airmen that were marooned in northern Labrador about 125 miles from Goose Bay on this day in history.   

1945  German Army in Italy surrenders on May - 02.   

1945  Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders on May - 02.   

1945  Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste on this day in history.   

1945  On May - 02 martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies   

1946  Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die on May - 02.   

1947  Eugene O'Neill's "Moon for the Misbegotten," premieres in NYC on May - 02.   

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1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on May - 02.   

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on May - 02.   

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on May - 02.   

1551  On this day in history birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)   

1601  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on this day in history.   

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on May - 02.   

1695  On this day in history birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)   

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on May - 02.   

0373  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on this day in history.   

0649  On this day in history maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies   

0756  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on this day in history.   

0907  Death of Boris I of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

1230  On this day in history death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)   

1250  On this day in history death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1300  On this day in history death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)   

1450  On this day in history death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)