Page 6: Historical Events In August - 02
Thursday, 10 July 2025
1953 Betty Jack Davis, singer (w/Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash on August - 02.
1954 Tahar Ben Ammar appointed premier of Tunisia on August - 02.
1954 On August - 02 rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42
1955 USSR performs nuclear test on August - 02.
1955 On August - 02 ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies
1956 On this day in history albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109
1958 On August - 02 jordan & Iraq disolve their Arab Federation, after 3 months
1958 On this day in history joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80
1959 On this day in history 41st PGA Championship: Bob Rosburg shoots a 277 at Minneapolis GC
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 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 North Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin and so it starts on August - 02.
1964 On this day in history 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 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 Radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting on August - 02.
1967 US's Lunar Orbiter 5 launched; enters lunar orbit Aug 5 on this day in history.
1967 On August - 02 claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77
1969 On August - 02 clarence Dickinson, composer, dies at 96
1971 On this day in history ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77
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 this day in history.
1973 On August - 02 jean-Pierre Melville, director (Bob Le Flambeur), dies at 57
1976 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1979 Thurmon Munson, NY Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32 on August - 02.
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