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  On this day in history tahar Ben Ammar appointed premier of Tunisia   

1954  Rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1955  USSR performs nuclear test on this day in history.   

1955  Ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies on August - 02.   

1956  Albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109 on August - 02.   

1958  On August - 02 jordan & Iraq disolve their Arab Federation, after 3 months   

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 02 st Louis Cards (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 36-7 in Toronto   

1961  On this day in history beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club   

1961  On August - 02 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  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 August - 02 uS destroyer attacked by Vietnamese torpedo boats in Gulf of Tonkin   

1964  Jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting   

1967  On August - 02 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 August - 02 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 August - 02.   

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 August - 02.   

1976  Fritz Lang, director (Cloak & Dagger, Metropolis), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79   

1979  Gilda Radner Live From New York opens on Broadway on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

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

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 August - 02 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  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on August - 02.   

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  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  On August - 02 death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)