This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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                               By Scott Labrecque 
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Births:  
 
05/02/1551 William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) 
05/02/1601 Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (lantern) 
05/02/1660 Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigran

05/02/1729 Catherine II (the Great), empress of Russia (1762-96) 
05/02/1729 Florian Johann Deller, composer 
05/02/1740 Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society 
05/02/1752 Ludwig August Lebrun, composer 
05/02/1754 Vicente Martin y Soler, composer 
05/02/1768 Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist 
05/02/1779 John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) 
05/02/1810 Hans Christian Lumbye, composer 
05/02/1810 Leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903) 
05/02/1817 Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer 
05/02/1821 Abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908 
05/02/1837 Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) 
05/02/1840 Theodor Herzl, Austria, journalist/founded Zionist movement 
05/02/1843 Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer 
05/02/1844 Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents 
05/02/1846 Zygmunt Noskowski, composer 
05/02/1849 Frst Bernhard HM von Blow, German chancellor/Prussian PM (1900-09)

05/02/1855 Theodore Moses Tobani, composer 
05/02/1857 Frederic Cliffe, composer 
05/02/1859 Eugene D'Harcourt, composer 
05/02/1860 D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form) 
05/02/1860 Theodor Herzl, Austria journalist (founded zionism) 
05/02/1872 G G van der Hoeven, Dutch editor-in-chief (NRC) 
05/02/1884 Fran‡ois de Vries, economist 
05/02/1887 Edward Collins, NY, Hall of Fame infielder (White Sox, A's) 
05/02/1890 E[dward] E[lmer] 'Doc' Smith, US, sci-fi author (Triplanetary) 
05/02/1892 Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, [Red Baron], German WW I ace 
05/02/1893 Beppie Nooij, actress [or 5/13/1912] 
05/02/1895 Peggy Bacon, Ridgefield Ct, author/illustrator (Off With Their Heads

05/02/1898 Jef [Josephus C F] Last, poet/Spanish politician 
05/02/1902 Brian Aherne, actor (Juarez) 
05/02/1903 Benjamin Spock, pediatrician/author (Common Sense Book of Bay Care) 
05/02/1903 Oivin Fjeldstad, composer 
05/02/1904 Georgi Dimitrov, composer 
05/02/1905 Alan Rawsthorne, Haslingden England, composer (Cort‚ges) 
05/02/1906 Aileen Riggin, Newport RI, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1920, 24)

05/02/1906 Maurice Thiriet, composer 
05/02/1908 William Bakewell, LA Calif, actor (Stage manager-Pinky Lee Show) 
05/02/1912 Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate 
05/02/1912 Marten Toonder, writer/cartoonist (Mr Bommel) 
05/02/1915 Jan Hanus, composer 
05/02/1915 Van Alexander, NYC, orch leader (Gordon MacRae Show) 
05/02/1919 Than Wyenn, NYC, actor (Pete Kelly's Blues) 
05/02/1920 Jacob Gilboa, composer 
05/02/1921 Satyajit Ray, Calcutta India, director (Goddess, Adversary) 
05/02/1923 Christina Spierenburg, singer 
05/02/1924 Aafje Heynis, singer 
05/02/1924 Theodore Bikel, folk singer/actor (Russians Are Coming) 
05/02/1925 John Neville, actor (Adventures of Baron Mnchausen) 
05/02/1925 Roscoe Lee Browne, Woodbury NJ, actor (McCoy, Saunders-Soap) 
05/02/1925 Svatopluk Havelka, composer 
05/02/1929 Edward Levy Irving, composer 
05/02/1929 Luc Ferrari, composer 
05/02/1932 Bruce Glover, Chicago Ill, actor (Diamonds are Forever) 
05/02/1932 Kees de Galan, economist 
05/02/1932 Malcolm Leyland Lipkin, composer 
05/02/1935 Feisal II, King of Iraq (1939-58) 
05/02/1935 Hoessein ibn Talal, King of Jordan (1952-  ) 
05/02/1936 Michael Rabin, NYC, violinist (In Memorium) 
05/02/1936 Quinn Redeker, Woodstock Ill, actor (Dan Raven, Young & Restless) 
05/02/1937 Lorenzo Music, Bkln NY, writer/actor (Carlton-Rhoda) 
05/02/1940 Roger Robinson, Seattle Wash, actor (Warren-Friends, Newman's Law) 
05/02/1940 Sari van Heemskerck Pillis-Duvekot, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD) 
05/02/1941 Jules W˜denbosch, premier Suriname 
05/02/1945 Bianca P‚rez Morena de Macias Jagger, Nicaragua, model/Mick's ex-wif

05/02/1945 Bob Henrit, English pop drummer (Kinks-Waterloo Sunset) 
05/02/1945 Goldy McJohn, rocker (Steppenwolf) 
05/02/1945 Randy Cain, US soul singer (4 Gents/Delfonics) 
05/02/1946 Lesley Gore, Tenafly NJ, singer (cries at her own party) 
05/02/1946 Robert Henriit, rocker (Argent) 
05/02/1947 Bill Lowery, (Rep-R-CA, 1981-  ) 
05/02/1948 Larry Gatlin, Seminole Tx, country singer (Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady) 
05/02/1949 Joey Phillips, percussionist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover) 
05/02/1950 Lou Gramm, rocker (Foreigner-Want to Know What Love is) 
05/02/1953 'Keith' Jamaal Wilkes, NBA forward (Golden State-Rookie of Yr 1975) 
05/02/1954 Bulelani T Ngcuka, South African attorney/UDF-leader 
05/02/1959 Brian Tochi, LA Calif, actor (Dr Alan Poe-St Elsewhere, Renegades) 
05/02/1961 Doctor Robert, [Bruce R Howard], rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways) 
05/02/1962 Elizabeth Berridge, Westchester NY, actress (Amadeus, Funhouse) 
05/02/1977 Jenna Von Oy, actress (Seven-Blossom) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
05/02/ 649 Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies 
05/02/1250 Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered 
05/02/1488 Jacob van Horne, Burgundy statesman, dies 
05/02/1519 Leonardo Da Vinci, artist/scientist, dies at 67 
05/02/1567 Marin Drzic, Croatian playwright (Dundo Maroje), dies 
05/02/1669 Pieter Jansz Post, master builder (Waag, Gouda), dies at 61 
05/02/1685 Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter, buried 
05/02/1727 Paul Aler, French jesuit/poet (Gradus ad Parnassum), dies at 70 
05/02/1799 Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58 
05/02/1818 Herman W Daendels, governor-gen of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55 
05/02/1845 August Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48 
05/02/1849 David H Chass‚, baron/gen (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84 
05/02/1857 LC Alfred the Musset, French poet (Lesson caprices Marianne), dies 
05/02/1864 Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72 
05/02/1892 Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 69 
05/02/1897 William Cleaver Francis Robinson, composer, dies at 63 
05/02/1919 Gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies 
05/02/1937 Arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 74 
05/02/1945 Martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies 
05/02/1954 Pauline de Cock-Manifarges, singer, dies at 82 
05/02/1955 Tadeusz Jarecki, composer, dies at 66 
05/02/1957 Joseph McCarthy, commie hunting senator (R), dies at 47 
05/02/1957 Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern, composer, dies at 53 
05/02/1958 Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist, dies 
05/02/1959 Yryo Henrik Kilpinen, composer, dies at 67 
05/02/1960 Caryl Chessman, rapist executed after 12 years of appeals at 39 
05/02/1963 Tomas Vackar, composer, dies at 17 
05/02/1963 Wyck Brooks, US historian (Ordeal of Mark Twain), dies at 77 
05/02/1964 Nancy N Witcher Astor, US/Eng feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor, dies 
05/02/1968 Donald L Hall, US flyer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69 
05/02/1969 Franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89 
05/02/1972 J Edgar Hoover, head of FBI (1924-72)/cross dresser, dies at 77 
05/02/1973 Alan Carney, actor (Herbie-Take it from Me), dies at 61 
05/02/1982 Hugh Marlowe, actor (Ellery Queen), dies at 71 
05/02/1983 Marius F Duintjer, architect, dies 
05/02/1984 Jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66 
05/02/1984 Piet van Aken, Flemish writer (Failing God, Niggers), dies at 64 
05/02/1985 Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery 
05/02/1985 Milton S Eisenhower, US diplomat, dies at 85 
05/02/1990 David Rappaport, 3'11' actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38 
05/02/1990 William Levi Dawson, composer, dies at 90 
05/02/1992 Lee Salk, baby doctor/author, dies at 77 of cardiac arrest 
05/02/1992 Margareth Wallmann, Austrian opera director, dies at 88 
05/02/1992 Wilbur Mills, (Rep-D-Ark)/involved with Fanne Foxe, dies at 82 
05/02/1993 WLPM, the Short, Dutch 2nd chamber member (KVP, 1945-73), dies at 83

05/02/1994 Louis Calaferte, writer (Requiem of the Innocents), dies at 65 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
05/02/1345 'Quaden Maendach' in Gent: Battles between volders & weavers 
05/02/1526 German evangelical monarchy joins Schmalkaldische League 
05/02/1536 King Henry VIII accuses Anna Boleyn of adultery/incest 
05/02/1595 King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Neth 
05/02/1598 Peace of Vervins 
05/02/1652 Frederik Hendriks daughter Albertine Agnes marries Willem Frederik 
05/02/1668 1st peace of Aken: ends French/Spanish war in The Netherlands 
05/02/1668 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Devolution 
05/02/1670 Hudson Bay Company founded 
05/02/1776 France & Spain agree to donate arms to American rebels 
05/02/1780 William Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris 
05/02/1808 Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid 
05/02/1824 Goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald) 
05/02/1845 Domingo Sarmiento publishes 'Civilizaci¢n y Barbarie' 
05/02/1847 Sabbath famine 
05/02/1863 South defeats North in Battle of Chancellorsville, Va 
05/02/1864 N R Pogson discovers asteroid #80 Sappho 
05/02/1865 Pres Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis 
05/02/1876 Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League 
05/02/1878 US stops minting 20› coin 
05/02/1885 'Good Housekeeping' magazine is 1st published 
05/02/1885 Congo Free State established by King Leopold II of Belgium 
05/02/1887 G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence 
05/02/1890 Territory of Oklahoma created 
05/02/1907 Belgium: Jules baron de Trooz forms govt 
05/02/1915 Old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road 
05/02/1919 1st US air passenger service starts 
05/02/1920 1st game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis 
05/02/1921 Begin 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper-Silesia 
05/02/1922 WBAP-AM begins broadcasting from Ft Worth Texas 
05/02/1923 Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0 
05/02/1924 Netherlands refuses to recognize USSR 
05/02/1925 Kezar Stadium in SF's Golden Gate Park opens 
05/02/1926 US military intervenes in Nicaragua 
05/02/1927 Intl Economic Conference (52 countries including USSR) opens 
05/02/1927 Pulitzer prize awarded to Louis Bromfield (Early Autumn) 
05/02/1928 KPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions 
05/02/1932 Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network) 
05/02/1932 Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S Buck (Good Earth) 
05/02/1933 Germany forbids trade union 
05/02/1934 Nazi-Germany begins People's court 
05/02/1935 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1926 Demiddelaer 
05/02/1936 'Peter & Wolf' premieres in Moscow 
05/02/1936 Emperor Haile Selassie & family flee Abyssinia 
05/02/1938 Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder (Our Town) 
05/02/1939 Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yanks beat Tigers 22-

05/02/1941 Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy 
05/02/1941 Nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists 
05/02/1941 Ted Williams lowest average (.308) in year he hit over .400 
05/02/1944 WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in NYC (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcas

05/02/1945 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina & Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Queries 
05/02/1945 Germany Army in Italy surrenders 
05/02/1945 Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders 
05/02/1945 Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste 
05/02/1946 Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die 
05/02/1949 Bolivian state of siege proclaimed 
05/02/1949 Pulitzer prize awarded to Arthur Miller (Death of a salesman) 
05/02/1950 Dutch 1st Chamber accept Laws on immigration 
05/02/1950 Dutch PM Malan recognizes South-Africa but not China PR 
05/02/1952 1st commercial jet plane, BOAC Comet 
05/02/1952 Operations begin at United Suriname Workers of Netherland 
05/02/1953 Dark Star, noses out Native Dancer to win Kentucky Derby 
05/02/1953 Feisal II intalled as king of Iraq 
05/02/1953 Hussein I intalled as king of Jordan 
05/02/1954 Stan Musial hits 5 HRs in a doubleheader 
05/02/1955 India poses discrimination 'onaanraakbaren' punishable 
05/02/1955 Pulitzer prize awarded Tennessee Williams for (Cat on Hot Tin Roof) 
05/02/1955 WGBH TV channel 2 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting 
05/02/1956 US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus 
05/02/1956 US Methodist church disallows race separation 
05/02/1960 Pulitzer prize awarded to Al Drury (Advice & Consent) 
05/02/1962 OAS strikes in Algeria 
05/02/1962 WMHT TV channel 17 in Schenectady-Alby-Tro, NY (PBS) 1st broadcast 
05/02/1964 Beatles' 'Beatles' 2nd Album' goes #1 & stays #1 for for 5 weeks 
05/02/1964 Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA champ 
05/02/1964 Northern Dancer wins Kentucky Derby 
05/02/1965 Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service 
05/02/1966 Pulitzer prize awarded Arthur M Schlesinger Jr (Thousand Days) 
05/02/1967 Tor Maple Leafs beat Mont Canadiens 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup 
05/02/1968 Boston beats Los Angeles, 4 games to 2, for NBA championship 
05/02/1968 Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London 
05/02/1968 Israelli television begins transmitting 
05/02/1970 1st woman jockey at Kentucky Derby (Diane Crump) 
05/02/1970 KOAI (now KNAZ) TV channel 2 in Flagstaff, AZ (NBC) 1st broadcast 
05/02/1972 Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine. 126 die (Kellogg Idaho) 
05/02/1973 A R Klemola discovers asteroid #2014 Vasilevskis 
05/02/1974 Former VP Spiro Agnew disbarred 
05/02/1975 Apple records closes down 
05/02/1978 Portland Trail Blazers win their only NBA championship, in 4 games 
05/02/1979 'Quadrophenia' premieres in London 
05/02/1980 Joseph Doherty & 3 other IRA men arrested for murder 
05/02/1980 Pope John Paul II begins African tour 
05/02/1981 Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes 
05/02/1982 Argentina cruiser Belgrano off Falkland Islands sinks; about 300 die

05/02/1983 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga Calif 
05/02/1984 Mattingly's single breaks up Lamarr Hoyt's perfect game bid 
05/02/1986 Transportation Expo 86 opens in Vancouver, BC 
05/02/1987 Chris Mccarron on Alysheba wins 113rd Kentucky Derby (2:03.4) 
05/02/1988 Balt Orioles sign a 15 year lease to remain in Balt & get a new park

05/02/1988 Jackson Pollock's 'Search' sold for $4,800,000 
05/02/1990 South Africa & African National Congress open talks to end apartheid

05/02/1991 Pope John Paul II's encyclical on Centesimus annus 
05/02/1992 Lil E Tees (17-1 shot) wins 118th Kentucky Derby 
05/02/1994 Bus crashes into a tree at Gdansk Poland, 30 killed 
05/02/1994 Dr Kervokian found innocent on assisting suicides 
05/02/1994 Michael Bolton found plagurized Isley Bros 'Love is Wonderful Thing'

  
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