Page 6: Historical Events In August - 02

1953  Betty Jack Davis, singer (w/Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash on this day in history.   

1954  Tahar Ben Ammar appointed premier of Tunisia on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42   

1955  USSR performs nuclear test on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies   

1956  On August - 02 albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109   

1958  On August - 02 jordan & Iraq disolve their Arab Federation, after 3 months   

1958  On August - 02 joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80   

1959  On this day in history 41st PGA Championship: Bob Rosburg shoots a 277 at Minneapolis GC   

1959  Prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history beatles first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club   

1961  St Louis Cards (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 36-7 in Toronto on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club   

1961  On this day in history giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies at 64   

1962  On August - 02 nASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m   

1963  On this day in history oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge, US anthropologist/writer, dies at 61   

1964  North Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin and so it starts on this day in history.   

1964  On August - 02 race riot in Jersey City NJ   

1964  On this day in history uS destroyer attacked by Vietnamese torpedo boats in Gulf of Tonkin   

1964  Jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history morley Safer's sends first Vietnam report indicating we are losing   

1965  On this day in history milton B Babbitt, US composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49   

1966  Radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting on August - 02.   

1967  On this day in history uS's Lunar Orbiter 5 launched; enters lunar orbit Aug 5   

1967  On this day in history claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77   

1969  On this day in history clarence Dickinson, composer, dies at 96   

1971  On August - 02 ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77   

1972  On this day in history gold hits record $70 an ounce in London   

1972  Brian Cole, vocalist/bassist (Association), dies of overdose at 29 on August - 02.   

1973  Jean-Pierre Melville, director (Bob Le Flambeur), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1976  Fritz Lang, director (Cloak & Dagger, Metropolis), dies at 85 on August - 02.   

1978  On August - 02 carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79   

1979  Gilda Radner Live From New York opens on Broadway on August - 02.   

1979  On August - 02 thurmon Munson, NY Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32   

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1455  On this day in history birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)   

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.   

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

1632  On this day in history birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)   

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on August - 02.   

1674  On August - 02 birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)   

1696  On August - 02 birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on August - 02.   

0257  Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on this day in history.   

0640  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on August - 02.   

0686  On August - 02 john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies   

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on this day in history.   

1002  On August - 02 abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64   

1075  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on August - 02.   

1100  On August - 02 death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44   

1222  On this day in history death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)