Historical Events In August - 02
Sunday, 20 September 2020
1953 Betty Jack Davis, singer (w/Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash on this day in history.
1954 On August - 02 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 On August - 02 ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies
1956 Albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109 on this day in history.
1958 On this day in history jordan & Iraq disolve their Arab Federation, after 3 months
1958 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80 on this day in history.
1959 On this day in history 41st PGA Championship: Bob Rosburg shoots a 277 at Minneapolis GC
1959 On this day in history prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78
1961 On August - 02 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 this day in history.
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 Oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge, US anthropologist/writer, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1964 North Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin and so it starts on August - 02.
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 On August - 02 jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69
1965 On August - 02 morley Safer's sends first Vietnam report indicating we are losing
1965 On this day in history milton B Babbitt, US composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49
1966 Radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting on this day in history.
1967 US's Lunar Orbiter 5 launched; enters lunar orbit Aug 5 on August - 02.
1967 Claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77 on this day in history.
1969 Clarence Dickinson, composer, dies at 96 on this day in history.
1971 Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77 on August - 02.
1972 On August - 02 gold hits record $70 an ounce in London
1972 On August - 02 brian Cole, vocalist/bassist (Association), dies of overdose at 29
1973 Jean-Pierre Melville, director (Bob Le Flambeur), dies at 57 on this day in history.
1976 Fritz Lang, director (Cloak & Dagger, Metropolis), dies at 85 on this day in history.
1978 Carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.
1979 On August - 02 gilda Radner Live From New York opens on Broadway
1979 Thurmon Munson, NY Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32 on this day in history.
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