Page 6: Historical Events In August - 02

1953  Betty Jack Davis, singer (w/Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash on August - 02.   

1954  On August - 02 tahar Ben Ammar appointed premier of Tunisia   

1954  On this day in history rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42   

1955  USSR performs nuclear test on this day in history.   

1955  Ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.   

1956  On August - 02 albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109   

1958  Jordan & Iraq disolve their Arab Federation, after 3 months on August - 02.   

1958  On August - 02 joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80   

1959  On August - 02 41st PGA Championship: Bob Rosburg shoots a 277 at Minneapolis GC   

1959  Prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78 on August - 02.   

1961  On August - 02 beatles first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club   

1961  On August - 02 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 August - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

1963  Oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge, US anthropologist/writer, dies at 61 on August - 02.   

1964  On this day in history north Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin and so it starts   

1964  On this day in history race riot in Jersey City NJ   

1964  On August - 02 uS destroyer attacked by Vietnamese torpedo boats in Gulf of Tonkin   

1964  Jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69 on August - 02.   

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  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  On this day in history claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77   

1969  On this day in history clarence Dickinson, composer, dies at 96   

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  Brian Cole, vocalist/bassist (Association), dies of overdose at 29 on August - 02.   

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  On August - 02 carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79   

1979  On this day in history 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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1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on this day in history.   

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on August - 02.   

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on August - 02.   

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on August - 02.   

1674  On this day in history birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)   

1696  On August - 02 birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on August - 02.   

0257  On August - 02 stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies   

0640  On August - 02 severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies   

0686  On August - 02 john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies   

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on this day in history.   

1002  On this day in history abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64   

1075  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on this day in history.   

1100  On this day in history death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44   

1222  On this day in history death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)