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 August - 02.   

1955  USSR performs nuclear test on August - 02.   

1955  On this day in history ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies   

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

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

1958  Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80 on August - 02.   

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

1959  Prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On this day in history oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge, US anthropologist/writer, dies at 61   

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  US destroyer attacked by Vietnamese torpedo boats in Gulf of Tonkin on this day in history.   

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

1965  Morley Safer's sends first Vietnam report indicating we are losing on August - 02.   

1965  On August - 02 milton B Babbitt, US composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49   

1966  On August - 02 radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting   

1967  On this day in history 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 this day in history clarence Dickinson, composer, dies at 96   

1971  On this day in history ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77   

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

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 this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1533  On this day in history birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)   

1627  On August - 02 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 this day in history birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.   

0257  Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on August - 02.   

0640  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on this day in history.   

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

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on August - 02.   

1002  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on August - 02.   

1075  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on August - 02.   

1100  Death of William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 on this day in history.   

1222  On August - 02 death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)