Page 7: Historical Events In June - 02

1958  On this day in history alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio   

1959  On this day in history allen Ginsberg writes his poem "Lysergic Acid," SF   

1960  On this day in history broadway theaters close (labor dispute between owners & Actors Equity)   

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

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

1962  Franc S Finzgar, Slovic writer (Service Girls), dies on June - 02.   

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

1964  Rolling Stones first US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass on this day in history.   

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  Race riots in Roxbury section of Boston on June - 02.   

1967  Zamah Cunningham, actress (Menosha the Magnificent), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1972  On June - 02 dion & the Belmonts reunion concert at Madison Square Garden   

1972  On this day in history franz Philipp, composer, dies at 81   

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

1975  On June - 02 eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (1964-71 Nobel 1974), dies at 74   

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

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  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 June - 02 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  Stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire on this day in history.   

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

1984  On June - 02 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  Regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins on this day in history.   

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0926  On this day in history birth of murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967)   

1504  George/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1715  On this day in history birth of herman-Francois Delange, composer   

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

0657  Eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies on June - 02.   

0910  On this day in history death of richilde of Provence, Queen of Western Francia   

1418  Death of Katherine of Lancaster, wife of Henry III of Castile on June - 02.   

1564  Gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies on June - 02.   

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

1572  On June - 02 death of thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl, executed at 36   

1575  On June - 02 pieter Aertsen, [Long Worm], painter, dies at about 65   

1581  On June - 02 death of james Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland