Page 6: Historical Events In May - 02

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

1932  Jack Benny's first radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network) on May - 02.   

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

1932  On May - 02 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 May - 02 nazi-Germany begins People's court   

1936  On May - 02 "Peter &the Wolf" premieres in Moscow   

1936  On May - 02 emperor Haile Selassie &family flee Abyssinia   

1936  "Peter & Wolf" premieres in Moscow on May - 02.   

1937  Arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73 on May - 02.   

1938  On this day in history ella Fitzgerald records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"   

1938  Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder (Our Town) on May - 02.   

1939  On this day in history 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  FCC approves regular scheduled commercial TV broadcasts to begin July 1 on May - 02.   

1941  On this day in history martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy   

1941  On this day in history nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists   

1941  On May - 02 fCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1   

1942  On May - 02 japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma   

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

1943  On May - 02 german troops vacate Jefna Tunisia   

1944  On this day in history wABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in NYC (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast   

1945  Allies occupy Wismar on May - 02.   

1945  Berlin captured by Russian forces at the end of WW2 on May - 02.   

1945  Berlin surrenders to Russian troops on May - 02.   

1945  British Army enters Lubeck in the Baltic, sealing off German forces in Denmark on this day in history.   

1945  Dutch Queen Wilhelmina &Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen on May - 02.   

1945  On this day in history 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   

1945  German Army in Italy surrenders on May - 02.   

1945  Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history yugoslav troops occupy Trieste   

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

1946  Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die on this day in history.   

1947  On May - 02 eugene O'Neill's "Moon for the Misbegotten," premieres in NYC   

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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 this day in history.   

1458  On May - 02 birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on May - 02.   

1601  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on May - 02.   

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on this day in history.   

1695  On May - 02 birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)   

1702  On May - 02 birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)   

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

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on May - 02.   

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  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on this day in history.   

1250  On May - 02 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 May - 02 death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)