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 June - 02 broadway theaters close (labor dispute between owners & Actors Equity)   

1961  George S Kaufman, playwright/dir/pulitzer prize winner, dies at 72 on June - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history mickey Wright wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1974  On June - 02 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 June - 02.   

1977  On June - 02 nJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City   

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 June - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

1979  Jim Hutton, actor (Ellery Queen), dies of liver cancer at 45 on June - 02.   

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

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

1983  On this day in history stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire   

1984  Actress Jill Ireland has a radical masectomy on this day in history.   

1984  On June - 02 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 this day in history.   

1986  Regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins on this day in history.   

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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 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  On this day in history birth of benjamin Rogers, composer   

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

1715  Herman-Francois Delange, composer was born on June - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history pieter Aertsen, [Long Worm], painter, dies at about 65   

1581  Death of James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland on this day in history.