Page 7: Historical Events In June - 02

1958  On June - 02 alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio   

1959  Allen Ginsberg writes his poem "Lysergic Acid," SF on June - 02.   

1960  Broadway theaters close (labor dispute between owners & Actors Equity) on this day in history.   

1961  George S Kaufman, playwright/dir/pulitzer prize winner, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1962  32nd French Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (36 26 63 97 62) on June - 02.   

1962  On this day in history franc S Finzgar, Slovic writer (Service Girls), dies   

1963  Mickey Wright wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open on June - 02.   

1964  On June - 02 rolling Stones first US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass   

1964  "Follies Bergere" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances on June - 02.   

1965  On this day in history 2nd of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India)   

1966  On this day in history uS Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; first lunar soft-landing   

1967  On June - 02 race riots in Roxbury section of Boston   

1967  On June - 02 zamah Cunningham, actress (Menosha the Magnificent), dies at 74   

1969  On June - 02 australian aircraft carrier "Melbourne" slices US destroyer "Frank E Evans" in half, killing 74. (South Vietnam)   

1971  On this day in history charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye), dies at 66   

1972  On this day in history dion & the Belmonts reunion concert at Madison Square Garden   

1972  On June - 02 franz Philipp, composer, dies at 81   

1974  On this day in history elliott Sullivan, actor (Sergeant), dies at 66   

1975  On this day in history eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (1964-71 Nobel 1974), dies at 74   

1976  On June - 02 alan Dewitt, actor (Mr Tyler-It's About Time), dies at 52   

1977  On this day in history nJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City   

1977  On this day in history forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod & Me), dies at 77   

1979  John Paul II becomes first pope to visit a communist country (Poland) on this day in history.   

1979  On June - 02 nASA launches space vehicle S-198   

1979  Pope John Paul II arrives in his native Poland -- the first-ever visit by a pontiff to a Communist country on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history jim Hutton, actor (Ellery Queen), dies of liver cancer at 45   

1981  Barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be on this day in history.   

1983  Toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinatti on June - 02.   

1983  On June - 02 stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire   

1984  Actress Jill Ireland has a radical masectomy on June - 02.   

1984  On this day in history b A Skiff discovers asteroid #3617   

1984  Flight readiness firing of Discovery's main engines on this day in history.   

1986  NYC transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token on June - 02.   

1986  On this day in history regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins   

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0926  Murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967) was born on this day in history.   

1504  On June - 02 birth of george/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht   

1535  On June - 02 birth of leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605)   

1577  Giovanni Righi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1614  Benjamin Rogers, composer was born on June - 02.   

1624  Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96) was born on June - 02.   

1715  Herman-Francois Delange, composer was born on this day in history.   

1740  On this day in history birth of marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine)   

0657  On this day in history eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies   

0910  Death of Richilde of Provence, Queen of Western Francia on this day in history.   

1418  Death of Katherine of Lancaster, wife of Henry III of Castile on this day in history.   

1564  On this day in history gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies   

1567  On June - 02 death of shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain   

1572  Death of Thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl, executed at 36 on this day in history.   

1575  Pieter Aertsen, [Long Worm], painter, dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1581  On this day in history death of james Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland