Page 6: Historical Events In August - 02

1953  Betty Jack Davis, singer (w/Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash on this day in history.   

1954  Tahar Ben Ammar appointed premier of Tunisia on this day in history.   

1954  Rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42 on August - 02.   

1955  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test   

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 this day in history 41st PGA Championship: Bob Rosburg shoots a 277 at Minneapolis GC   

1959  On August - 02 prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78   

1961  Beatles first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club on August - 02.   

1961  St Louis Cards (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 36-7 in Toronto on this day in history.   

1961  On August - 02 beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club   

1961  On this day in history giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies at 64   

1962  On this day in history nASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m   

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 August - 02.   

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 August - 02 milton B Babbitt, US composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49   

1966  Radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting on August - 02.   

1967  On this day in history uS's Lunar Orbiter 5 launched; enters lunar orbit Aug 5   

1967  On August - 02 claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77   

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

1971  On August - 02 ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77   

1972  Gold hits record $70 an ounce in London on this day in history.   

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  Fritz Lang, director (Cloak & Dagger, Metropolis), dies at 85 on August - 02.   

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  On this day in history thurmon Munson, NY Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32   

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1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on August - 02.   

1533  On August - 02 birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)   

1627  On August - 02 birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

1632  On this day in history birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)   

1672  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)   

1674  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

1696  On this day in history birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  On August - 02 birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)   

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

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

0686  John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on this day in history.   

0924  On August - 02 death of Ælfweard of Wessex   

1002  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1075  On August - 02 john VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies   

1100  Death of William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 on August - 02.   

1222  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on August - 02.