Historical Events In August - 02
Friday, 03 July 2020
1953 On this day in history betty Jack Davis, singer (w/Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash
1954 On August - 02 tahar Ben Ammar appointed premier of Tunisia
1954 On August - 02 rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42
1955 On August - 02 uSSR performs nuclear test
1955 Ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies on August - 02.
1956 Albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109 on this day in history.
1958 Jordan & Iraq disolve their Arab Federation, after 3 months on this day in history.
1958 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80 on August - 02.
1959 41st PGA Championship: Bob Rosburg shoots a 277 at Minneapolis GC on August - 02.
1959 Prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.
1961 On this day in history beatles first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club
1961 St Louis Cards (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 36-7 in Toronto on August - 02.
1961 On August - 02 beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club
1961 Giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies at 64 on August - 02.
1962 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m on August - 02.
1963 Oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge, US anthropologist/writer, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1964 On this day in history north Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin and so it starts
1964 On August - 02 race riot in Jersey City NJ
1964 On this day in history uS destroyer attacked by Vietnamese torpedo boats in Gulf of Tonkin
1964 On this day in history jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69
1965 Morley Safer's sends first Vietnam report indicating we are losing on this day in history.
1965 Milton B Babbitt, US composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49 on August - 02.
1966 Radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting on this day in history.
1967 On this day in history 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 On this day in history clarence Dickinson, composer, dies at 96
1971 On this day in history ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77
1972 Gold hits record $70 an ounce in London on August - 02.
1972 Brian Cole, vocalist/bassist (Association), dies of overdose at 29 on August - 02.
1973 On August - 02 jean-Pierre Melville, director (Bob Le Flambeur), dies at 57
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 this day in history.
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