Page 7: 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 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  On June - 02 32nd French Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (36 26 63 97 62)   

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

1963  On June - 02 mickey Wright wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open   

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 June - 02.   

1966  On June - 02 uS Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; first lunar soft-landing   

1967  Race riots in Roxbury section of Boston on this day in history.   

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 June - 02.   

1972  Dion & the Belmonts reunion concert at Madison Square Garden on this day in history.   

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

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  Forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod & Me), dies at 77 on June - 02.   

1979  On June - 02 john Paul II becomes first pope to visit a communist country (Poland)   

1979  NASA launches space vehicle S-198 on June - 02.   

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  Jim Hutton, actor (Ellery Queen), dies of liver cancer at 45 on this day in history.   

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

1984  B A Skiff discovers asteroid #3617 on this day in history.   

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

1986  On June - 02 nYC transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token   

1986  Regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins on June - 02.   

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

1504  George/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht was born on June - 02.   

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

1577  Giovanni Righi, composer was born on June - 02.   

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

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

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

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

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 June - 02.   

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