Historical Events In October - 02

1931  On this day in history thomas Johnstone Lipton, sportsman/merchant, dies   

1932  NY Yankees sweep Chicago Cubs in 29th World Series on this day in history.   

1933  On October - 02 eugene O'Neill's comedy "Ah, Wilderness," premieres in NYC   

1934  On October - 02 royal Indian Navy is formed   

1935  Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia) on October - 02.   

1935  On October - 02 mussolini's Italian armys attacks Abyssinia (Ethiopia)   

1936  On October - 02 1st alcohol power plant forms, Atchison, Kansas   

1936  On October - 02 g H Simpson-Hayward, cricketer (Eng 1910, great lob bowlers), dies   

1937  FDR visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State on this day in history.   

1938  Indian Bob Feller strikes out record 18 Tigers (Chester Laabs 5 times) on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history birdbaths installed in Union Square, SF   

1940  17 German aircrafts shot down above England on October - 02.   

1941  6 Parisian synagogues are bombed on this day in history.   

1941  6 Paris synagogues are bombed by Gestapo on October - 02.   

1942  On this day in history first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, Chicago   

1942  On October - 02 rMS"Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338 in the Atlantic   

1942  "Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338 on October - 02.   

1943  On this day in history orders are given for the expulsion of all Danish Jews. Thanks to Danish underground operations, only 415 Jews are captured by the Germans. 7,000 are evacuated to Sweden.   

1943  Japanse troops leave Kolombangara, Solomon Island on October - 02.   

1943  On this day in history robert Nathaniel Dett, composer, dies at 60   

1944  On October - 02 nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people   

1944  Rudolf Schmundt, German gen/Hitlers army adjunct, dies from injuries on October - 02.   

1946  On this day in history 1st network soap opera-Faraway Hill-Dumont   

1947  "Music in My Heart" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 124 performances on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history "Finian's Rainbow" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 725 perfs   

1949  On this day in history st Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3   

1950  On this day in history the comic strip "Peanuts" first appears, in 9 newspapers   

1950  1st strip of Charlie Brown, "Li'l Folks," later "Peanuts" in 9 papers on October - 02.   

1951  On this day in history 1st Netherland TV broadcast (Toverspiegel)   

1955  "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premiers on Television on October - 02.   

1955  On October - 02 o B Clarence, actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies   

1956  On this day in history first atomic power clock exhibited-NYC   

1956  On this day in history george Bancroft, actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74   

1958  On this day in history marie Stopes, birth control pioneer, dies   

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1452  King Richard III, of England (1483-85) was born on this day in history.   

1470  Isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524) was born on this day in history.   

1538  On this day in history birth of saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584)   

1595  On October - 02 birth of jacob Louys, Flemish engraver   

1616  On October - 02 birth of a Gryphius, writer   

1644  On this day in history birth of françois-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724)   

1646  Guillaume Poitevin, composer was born on this day in history.   

1704  On this day in history birth of frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer   

0472  On this day in history olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies   

0939  Death of Giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49 on this day in history.   

1113  On this day in history mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies   

1264  On this day in history urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies   

1517  John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37 on October - 02.   

1559  On October - 02 death of jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483)   

1564  Andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49 on October - 02.   

1588  Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies on this day in history.