Page 6: Historical Events In August - 02
Saturday, 19 July 2025
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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