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Events from History on May 02

1345 : "Quaden Maendach" in Gent: Battles between volders & weavers
1497 : John Cabot departs to North-America
1526 : German evangelical monarchy joins Schmalkaldische League
1536 : King Henry VIII accused Anna Boleyn of adultery & incest
1595 : King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Neth
1598 : France & Spain signs Peace of Vervins
1652 : Frederik Hendriks daughter Albertine Agnes marries Willem Frederik
1668 : 1st peace of Aken: ends French-Spanish war in The Netherlands
1668 : Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Devolution
1670 : King Charles II charters Hudson Bay Company
1703 : Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant
1749 : Empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform"
1750 : Carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di CaffŠ," premieres in Mantua
1776 : France & Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels
1780 : William Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris
1808 : Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid
1824 : Goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald)
1833 : Czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs
1845 : Domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilizaci¢n y Barbarie"
1847 : Sabbath famine
1853 : Franconi's Hippodrome opens (NYC)
1863 : South defeats North in Battle of Chancellorsville, Va
1863 : Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville, wounded by his own men
1865 : Pres Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis
1876 : Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League
1878 : US stops minting 20› coin
1885 : "Good Housekeeping" magazine is 1st published
1885 : Congo Free State forms by King Leopold II of Belgium
1887 : G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence
1887 : Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film
1889 : Abyssinian emperor Menelik II/Italy signs Treaty of Wichale
1890 : Territory of Oklahoma created
1900 : George Bernard Shaws "You Never Can Tell," premieres in London
1902 : "A Trip To The Moon," the 1st science fiction film released
1905 : French newspapers publish lists of Jules Vernes unpublished work
1907 : Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian govt
1909 : Honus Wagner steals his way around bases in 1st inning against Cubs
1911 : French troops occupy FŠs El Bali Morocco
1915 : Old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road
1916 : 2nd Ave & Bronx Terrace renamed Bronx Blvd; Seward Pl renamed Sycamore
1916 : Ave; Herald Ave renamed Dickinson Ave; Monroe & Selwyn Avenue named
1916 : US president Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act
1917 : Cin Fred Tooney & Chic's Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn
1919 : 1st US air passenger service starts
1921 : Begin 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper-Silesia
1922 : WBAP-AM begins broadcasting from Ft Worth Texas
1923 : Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0
1924 : Netherlands refuses to recognize USSR
1925 : Kezar Stadium in SF's Golden Gate Park opens
1926 : US military intervenes in Nicaragua
1927 : Intl Economic Conference (52 countries including USSR) opens
1927 : Pulitzer prize awarded to Louis Bromfield (Early Autumn)
1928 : KPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions
1930 : Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st
1930 : ballpark with permanently installed lights
1932 : Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network)
1932 : Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S Buck (Good Earth)
1933 : In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions
1934 : Nazi-Germany begins People's court
1936 : "Peter & Wolf" premieres in Moscow
1936 : Emperor Haile Selassie & family flee Abyssinia
1938 : Ella Fitzgerald records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"
1938 : Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder (Our Town)
1941 : FCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1
1941 : Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy
1941 : Nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists
1941 : Ted Williams lowest average (.308) in year he hit over .400
1942 : Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma
1943 : German troops vacate Jefna Tunisia
1944 : WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in NYC (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast
1945 : Allies occupy Wismar
1945 : Dutch Queen Wilhelmina & Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen
1945 : German Army in Italy surrenders
1945 : Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders
1945 : Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste
1946 : Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die
1947 : Eugene O'Neill's "Moon for the Misbegotten," premieres in NYC
1949 : Bolivian state of siege proclaimed
1949 : Don Newcombe, 1st start, shuts out Cincinnati on 5 hits to win 3-0
1950 : Carlo Terrons "Giuditta," premieres in Milan
1950 : Dutch 1st Chamber accept Laws on immigration
1950 : Dutch PM Malan recognizes South-Africa but not China PR
1952 : 1st performance of John Cage's "Water Music"
1952 : 1st scheduled jet airliner passenger service began with a BOAC Comet
1952 : Operations begin at United Suriname Workers of Netherlands
1952 : which flew from London to Johannesburg carrying 36 passengers
1953 : Feisal II installed as king of Iraq
1953 : Hussein I installed as king of Jordan
1954 : Stan Musial hits 5 HRs in a doubleheader
1955 : India poses discrimination "onaanraakbaren" punishable
1955 : Pulitzer prize awarded Tennessee Williams for (Cat on Hot Tin Roof)
1955 : WGBH TV channel 2 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1956 : US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus
1956 : US Methodist church disallows race separation
1960 : "American Bandstand's" Dick Clark
1960 : Harry Belafonte 2nd Carnegie Hall performance
1960 : House investigating committee, looking into payola questions
1960 : Pulitzer prize awarded to Al Drury (Advice & Consent)
1962 : OAS strikes in Algeria
1962 : US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 : WMHT TV channel 17 in Schenectady-Alby-Tro, NY (PBS) 1st broadcast
1964 : Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1965 : "New Faces of 1965" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 52 performances
1965 : Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service
1966 : Pulitzer prize awarded Arthur M Schlesinger Jr (Thousand Days)
1968 : 1st performance of Roger Sessions' 8th Symphony
1968 : Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London
1968 : Israeli television begins transmitting
1969 : British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to NY
1970 : 1st woman jockey at Kentucky Derby (Diane Crump)
1970 : KOAI (now KNAZ) TV channel 2 in Flagstaff, AZ (NBC) 1st broadcast
1972 : Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine. 126 die (Kellogg Idaho)
1972 : Lt General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA
1972 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974 : Former VP Spiro Agnew disbarred
1975 : Apple records closes down
1977 : "King & I" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances
1979 : "Quadrophenia" premieres in London
1979 : -May 10] Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) begins nonstop ride, cycling 187 hrs,
1979 : 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers & Barbara Mandrell
1979 : 28 min, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka
1980 : Joseph Doherty & 3 other IRA men arrested for murder
1980 : Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in S Africa
1980 : Pope John Paul II begins African tour
1980 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981 : Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes
1982 : Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British
1982 : submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men
1983 : 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga Calif
1984 : "Sunday in the Park with George" opens at Booth NYC for 604 perfs
1984 : Indians' Andre Thornton ties record for most walks (6 in 16 inn)
1984 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1985 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1986 : Transportation Expo 86 opens in Vancouver, BC
1988 : Balt Orioles sign a 15 year lease to remain in Balt & get a new park
1988 : David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow," premieres in NYC
1988 : Jackson Pollock's "Search" sold for $4,800,000
1988 : Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an ump
1990 : "Some Americans Abroad" opens at Vivian Beaumont NYC for 62 perfs
1990 : South Africa & African National Congress open talks to end apartheid
1991 : Pope John Paul II's encyclical on Centesimus annus
1992 : "High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club" opens at H Hayes NYC 14 perfs
1992 : Yugoslav Army seize Bosnian Pres Alija Izetbegovic
1993 : "5 Guys Named Moe" closes at Eugene O'Neill NYC after 445 perfs
1993 : "Candida" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
1993 : "Redwood Curtain" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 40 perfs
1993 : "Tango Passion" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances
1994 : Bus crashes into a tree at Gdansk Poland, 30 killed
1994 : Dr Kervokian found innocent on assisting suicides
1994 : Michael Bolton found plagurized Isley Bros "Love is Wonderful Thing"
1995 : "Hamlet" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 121 performances
1995 : Expos bat out of order against Mets in 6th inning
1995 : Serb missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six
1997 : Donald Trump & Marla Maples announce they are separating
1997 : Mercury Mail announces its 1 millionth internet subscriber
1997 : Police arrest transsexual hooker Atisone Seiuli with Eddie Murphy
1997 : Republic of Texas security chief Robert Scheidt surrenders
1998 : 124th Kentucky Derby

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