Historical Events In August - 02
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
1953 Betty Jack Davis, singer (w/Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash on August - 02.
1954 On this day in history tahar Ben Ammar appointed premier of Tunisia
1954 Rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42 on August - 02.
1955 On August - 02 uSSR performs nuclear test
1955 Ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.
1956 Albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109 on August - 02.
1958 Jordan & Iraq disolve their Arab Federation, after 3 months on August - 02.
1958 On this day in history joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80
1959 41st PGA Championship: Bob Rosburg shoots a 277 at Minneapolis GC on this day in history.
1959 Prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.
1961 Beatles first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club on this day in history.
1961 On this day in history st Louis Cards (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 36-7 in Toronto
1961 Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club on this day in history.
1961 Giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies at 64 on this day in history.
1962 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m on August - 02.
1963 On this day in history oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge, US anthropologist/writer, dies at 61
1964 North Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin and so it starts on this day in history.
1964 Race riot in Jersey City NJ on this day in history.
1964 US destroyer attacked by Vietnamese torpedo boats in Gulf of Tonkin on August - 02.
1964 Jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69 on August - 02.
1965 On this day in history morley Safer's sends first Vietnam report indicating we are losing
1965 Milton B Babbitt, US composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49 on this day in history.
1966 On August - 02 radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting
1967 On August - 02 uS's Lunar Orbiter 5 launched; enters lunar orbit Aug 5
1967 Claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77 on August - 02.
1969 Clarence Dickinson, composer, dies at 96 on August - 02.
1971 Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77 on August - 02.
1972 On this day in history gold hits record $70 an ounce in London
1972 On this day in history brian Cole, vocalist/bassist (Association), dies of overdose at 29
1973 Jean-Pierre Melville, director (Bob Le Flambeur), dies at 57 on August - 02.
1976 On August - 02 fritz Lang, director (Cloak & Dagger, Metropolis), dies at 85
1978 Carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79 on August - 02.
1979 Gilda Radner Live From New York opens on Broadway on August - 02.
1979 Thurmon Munson, NY Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32 on August - 02.
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