Page 6: Historical Events In October - 02

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

1932  On October - 02 nY Yankees sweep Chicago Cubs in 29th World Series   

1933  On this day in history eugene O'Neill's comedy "Ah, Wilderness," premieres in NYC   

1934  On this day in history royal Indian Navy is formed   

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

1935  Mussolini's Italian armys attacks Abyssinia (Ethiopia) on October - 02.   

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

1936  G H Simpson-Hayward, cricketer (Eng 1910, great lob bowlers), dies on this day in history.   

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 October - 02.   

1939  Birdbaths installed in Union Square, SF on this day in history.   

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  First self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, Chicago on October - 02.   

1942  On this day in history rMS"Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338 in the Atlantic   

1942  "Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338 on this day in history.   

1943  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 on this day in history.   

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

1943  Robert Nathaniel Dett, composer, dies at 60 on October - 02.   

1944  On this day in history nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people   

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

1946  On October - 02 1st network soap opera-Faraway Hill-Dumont   

1947  On October - 02 "Music in My Heart" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 124 performances   

1948  "Finian's Rainbow" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 725 perfs on October - 02.   

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

1950  The comic strip "Peanuts" first appears, in 9 newspapers on this day in history.   

1950  1st strip of Charlie Brown, "Li'l Folks," later "Peanuts" in 9 papers on this day in history.   

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

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

1955  On this day in history o B Clarence, actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies   

1956  On October - 02 first atomic power clock exhibited-NYC   

1956  On October - 02 george Bancroft, actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74   

1958  Marie Stopes, birth control pioneer, dies on this day in history.   

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1452  On this day in history birth of king Richard III, of England (1483-85)   

1470  On this day in history birth of isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524)   

1538  Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584) was born on October - 02.   

1595  On this day in history birth of jacob Louys, Flemish engraver   

1616  A Gryphius, writer was born on this day in history.   

1644  François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724) was born on October - 02.   

1646  On this day in history birth of guillaume Poitevin, composer   

1704  Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer was born on this day in history.   

0472  On October - 02 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 October - 02 mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies   

1264  Urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies on this day in history.   

1517  On this day in history john Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37   

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

1564  On October - 02 andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49   

1588  Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies on October - 02.