Page 8: Historical Events In May - 02

1968  On this day in history donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69   

1969  British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York on this day in history.   

1969  Franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1970  Twenty-six persons were rescued by a VC-8 helicopter from a Dutch Antillean Airlines DC-9 ditched in the Caribbean on May - 02.   

1972  Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine - 126 die (Kellogg Idaho) on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history lieutenant General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA   

1972  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history hugo Hartung, writer, dies at 69   

1973  On May - 02 alan Carney, actor (Herbie-Take it from Me), dies at 61   

1974  Former Vice President Spiro Agnew is disbarred on May - 02.   

1975  Apple records closes down on this day in history.   

1975  On May - 02 uS Navy departs Vietnamese waters at end of evacuation.   

1975  USS Midway off-loaded at Utapao, Thailand, over 40 USAF helicopters used in South Vietnam evacuation operations on May - 02.   

1977  "The King &I" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances on this day in history.   

1979  14th Academy of Country Music Awards Kenny Rogers &Barbara Mandrell win on this day in history.   

1979  14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers &Barbara Mandrell win on May - 02.   

1980  On May - 02 joseph Doherty &3 other IRA men arrested for murder   

1980  Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa on this day in history.   

1980  Pope John Paul II begins African tour on May - 02.   

1980  On May - 02 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1980  On this day in history clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies   

1981  Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes on May - 02.   

1982  On this day in history argentina's only cruiser is sunk by a British submarine with a loss of more than 320 lives   

1982  Falklands War Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men on this day in history.   

1982  Helmut Dantine on this day in history.   

1982  Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men on May - 02.   

1983  On May - 02 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga CA   

1983  On this day in history marius F Duintjer, architect, dies   

1984  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1984  On May - 02 jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66   

1985  On this day in history hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery   

1986  On May - 02 dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II   

1986  On this day in history in Vancouver BC, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open Expo '86;   

1986  On this day in history radiation released from the Chernobyl accident reach France, Britain   

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

1451  On May - 02 birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)   

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

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 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  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.   

0373  On May - 02 death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)   

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  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on this day in history.   

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.   

1300  On May - 02 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)