Page 6: Historical Events In August - 02

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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  Prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78 on August - 02.   

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 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  NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m on August - 02.   

1963  Oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge, US anthropologist/writer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1964  North Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin and so it starts on August - 02.   

1964  Race riot in Jersey City NJ on this day in history.   

1964  On August - 02 uS destroyer attacked by Vietnamese torpedo boats in Gulf of Tonkin   

1964  On this day in history 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  Milton B Babbitt, US composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77   

1969  Clarence Dickinson, composer, dies at 96 on August - 02.   

1971  On this day in history 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  On this day in history jean-Pierre Melville, director (Bob Le Flambeur), dies at 57   

1976  On August - 02 fritz Lang, director (Cloak & Dagger, Metropolis), dies at 85   

1978  Carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79 on August - 02.   

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

1979  Thurmon Munson, NY Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32 on August - 02.   

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1455  On this day in history birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)   

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

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on August - 02.   

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on this day in history.   

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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