4_2 Events in History.

348 Historic Events for April 2

1878 1st issue of Rotterdam's Newspaper Event
1883 Battle at Bamako: French assault on Fabous arm forces attack Event
1884 London prison for debtors closed Event
1890 Marinus FAG Campbell, bibliographer, dies at 70 Death
1891 Max Ernst, Germany, painter/sculptor (founded surrealism) Birth
1892 Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dut baron/genealogist, dies at 79 Death
1894 Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer (Swiss Air) Birth
1894 Rudolph P Cleveringa, Dutch anti-nazi lawyer Birth
1900 Heinrich Besseler, German musicologist Birth
1900 1st edition of The Volk published (Amsterdam) Event

1901 Anis Fuleihan, composer Birth
1902 Country singer Wynonna Judd's 1st appearance as a single act Event
1902 Soccer team MVV '02 forms in Maastricht Event
1902 1st motion picture theater opens (LA) Event
1902 Danilo Svara, composer Birth
1905 Cairo-Capetown railway opens Event
1905 Edmond Jouhaud, general Birth
1905 Kurt Adler, therapist/writer Birth
1905 Serge Lifar, Kiev, dancer, choreographer (Paris Op‚ra Ballet) Birth
1906 South Africa complete a 4-1 series drubbing of England Event
1908 Buddy Ebsen, Belleville Il, actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones) Birth
1908 Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday Event
1909 Jean Kurt Forest, composer Birth
1910 Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, German theologist, dies at 79 Death
1910 Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37 Death