CoM Moderators Posted May 2 Posted May 2 1809 - Dartmoor Prison in England opens to house French prisoners of war 1906 - Tsar Nicolas II of Russia dismisses his moderate Prime Minister Witte and appoints Ivan Goremykin, a conservative bureaucrat 1950 - Dutch PM Malan recognizes South-Africa but not People's Republic of China 1956 - US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus 1979 - 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers and Barbara Mandrell win 1985 - US performs underground nuclear test "Towanda" at Nevada Test Site, with an estimated 150 ton yield 1993 - "Tango Passion" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances 1998 - 124th Kentucky Derby: Kent Desormeaux aboard Real Quiet wins in 2:02.20 2011 - E. coli O104:H4 outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick 2019 - Drone delivers a kidney for transplant surgery in Baltimore, Maryland, for the first time More Historical Events »
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