Historical Events In August - 02

1953  On this day in history betty Jack Davis, singer (w/Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash  

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

1954  On this day in history rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42  

1955  USSR performs nuclear test on August - 02.  

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

1956  On August - 02 albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109  

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 this day in history.  

1959  41st PGA Championship: Bob Rosburg shoots a 277 at Minneapolis GC on this day in history.  

1959  On this day in history prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78  

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  Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club on this day in history.  

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

1962  On August - 02 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 August - 02 north Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin and so it starts  

1964  Race riot in Jersey City NJ on August - 02.  

1964  US destroyer attacked by Vietnamese torpedo boats in Gulf of Tonkin on this day in history.  

1964  On August - 02 jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69  

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

1965  On this day in history milton B Babbitt, US composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49  

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  On this day in history 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  On August - 02 gold hits record $70 an ounce in London  

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  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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.  

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  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on August - 02.  

1674  On this day in history birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)  

1696  Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia was born on August - 02.  

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

0257  On this day in history stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies  

0640  On this day in history severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies  

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