Historical Events In June - 02

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

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

1960  On June - 02 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  On this day in history 32nd French Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (36 26 63 97 62)   

1962  On June - 02 franc S Finzgar, Slovic writer (Service Girls), dies   

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 June - 02.   

1964  On June - 02 "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 June - 02.   

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

1967  Race riots in Roxbury section of Boston on June - 02.   

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

1969  On this day in history 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 this day in history dion & the Belmonts reunion concert at Madison Square Garden   

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

1974  Elliott Sullivan, actor (Sergeant), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1975  Eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (1964-71 Nobel 1974), dies at 74 on June - 02.   

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

1977  NJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City on this day in history.   

1977  Forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod & Me), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1979  On this day in history 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 June - 02.   

1979  On June - 02 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 June - 02 toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinatti   

1983  Stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire on June - 02.   

1984  On this day in history actress Jill Ireland has a radical masectomy   

1984  B A Skiff discovers asteroid #3617 on June - 02.   

1984  Flight readiness firing of Discovery's main engines on June - 02.   

1986  NYC transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605)   

1577  On June - 02 birth of giovanni Righi, composer   

1614  Benjamin Rogers, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0657  Eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies on this day in history.   

0910  Death of Richilde of Provence, Queen of Western Francia on June - 02.   

1418  On June - 02 death of katherine of Lancaster, wife of Henry III of Castile   

1564  Gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1567  Death of Shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain on June - 02.   

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