Page 7: Historical Events In June - 02

1958  Alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio on this day in history.   

1959  On June - 02 allen Ginsberg writes his poem "Lysergic Acid," SF   

1960  Broadway theaters close (labor dispute between owners & Actors Equity) on June - 02.   

1961  On this day in history george S Kaufman, playwright/dir/pulitzer prize winner, dies at 72   

1962  On this day in history 32nd French Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (36 26 63 97 62)   

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 this day in history.   

1964  Rolling Stones first US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass on June - 02.   

1964  On this day in history "Follies Bergere" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances   

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

1966  US Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; first lunar soft-landing on June - 02.   

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

1967  Zamah Cunningham, actress (Menosha the Magnificent), dies at 74 on June - 02.   

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

1971  Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye), dies at 66 on June - 02.   

1972  Dion & the Belmonts reunion concert at Madison Square Garden on June - 02.   

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

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

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

1976  On this day in history alan Dewitt, actor (Mr Tyler-It's About Time), dies at 52   

1977  NJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City on June - 02.   

1977  On June - 02 forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod & Me), dies at 77   

1979  On this day in history john Paul II becomes first pope to visit a communist country (Poland)   

1979  NASA launches space vehicle S-198 on this day in history.   

1979  Pope John Paul II arrives in his native Poland -- the first-ever visit by a pontiff to a Communist country on June - 02.   

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

1981  On June - 02 barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be   

1983  On this day in history toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinatti   

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

1984  On June - 02 actress Jill Ireland has a radical masectomy   

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

1984  On June - 02 flight readiness firing of Discovery's main engines   

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  On this day in history birth of murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967)   

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

1535  Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605) was born on June - 02.   

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

1614  On this day in history birth of benjamin Rogers, composer   

1624  On this day in history birth of jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96)   

1715  On June - 02 birth of herman-Francois Delange, composer   

1740  Marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine) was born on June - 02.   

0657  On June - 02 eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies   

0910  On June - 02 death of richilde of Provence, Queen of Western Francia   

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

1564  On June - 02 gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies   

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

1572  On this day in history death of thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl, executed at 36   

1575  Pieter Aertsen, [Long Worm], painter, dies at about 65 on June - 02.   

1581  Death of James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland on June - 02.