Historical Events In July - 02

1973  Swede Savage dies from injuries at Indianapolis 500 on July - 02.  

1973  Betty Grable, US actress (How to Marry a Millionaire), dies at 56 on July - 02.  

1975  On this day in history james Robertson Justice, actor (DR at Large, Dr om Love), dies at 70  

1976  On July - 02 formal reunification of North & South Vietnam  

1976  Supreme Court ruled death penalty not inherently cruel or unusual on this day in history.  

1976  Frances Howard, actress (Swan, Shock Punch), dies at 73 on July - 02.  

1977  On this day in history sweden's Bj”orn B”rg won Wimbeldon men's singles over Jimmy Connors  

1977  On July - 02 vladimir V Nabokov, Russian/US writer (Lolita), dies at 78  

1980  Grateful Dead's Bob Weir & Mickey Hart are arrested for incitement on July - 02.  

1981  L E Gonzalez discovers asteroid #3495 Colchagua on July - 02.  

1981  Robert Emmett Keane, actor (Rookie Cop, Red Dragon), dies on July - 02.  

1982  Larry Walters using lawn chair & 42 helium balloons, rose to 16,000' on July - 02.  

1982  Soyuz T-6 returns to Earth on July - 02.  

1982  On this day in history poul Rovsing Olsen, composer, dies at 59  

1984  Ramiro Cortes, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1985  European Space Agency launches Giotto to Halley's Comet on July - 02.  

1985  Proto launched to Halley's Comet on this day in history.  

1986  Supreme Court upheld affirmative action in 2 rulings on July - 02.  

1987  Karl Linnas accused Nazi, dies of heart failure in Russia on July - 02.  

1987  On July - 02 michael Bennet Chorus Line director, dies of AIDS at 44  

1987  Karl Linnas, accused Nazi, dies of heart failure in Russia on July - 02.  

1988  On July - 02 steffi Graff beats Martina Navratilova for Wimbeldon crown  

1990  Imelda Marcos & Adnan Khashoggi found not guilty of racketeering on July - 02.  

1990  On July - 02 muntu Myeza, S Afr anti-apartheid activist, dies in auto at 39  

1991  On July - 02 lee Remick actress, dies at 55 from cancer  

1991  Lee Remick, actress (Days of Wine & Roses), dies of cancer at 55 on July - 02.  

1992  Borisav Pekic, Serbian writer/politician, dies on July - 02.  

1993  On this day in history death of Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop Sir Edward's name is closely associated with the courage and endurance of Australian prisoners of war of the Japanese  

1993  Don Drysdale, pitcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 56 on this day in history.  

2005  Live 8, a series of 10 simultaneous concerts take place throughout the world, raising interest in the Make Poverty History campaign on this day in history.  

2007  On July - 02 10th anniversary of the collapse of the Thai baht, which triggered the Asian Financial Crisis.  

2007  On this day in history venus and Saturn are in conjunction, separation 46 arcsecs.  

2012  GlaxoSmithKline settle the largest healthcare fraud case in history for US$3 Billion on this day in history.  

2013  On July - 02 16 people are killed and 200 are injured in protest clashes at Cairo University against Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi  

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1029  Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094) was born on July - 02.  

1262  Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312) was born on July - 02.  

1363  On July - 02 birth of mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401)  

1489  Thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr was born on this day in history.  

1492  On July - 02 birth of elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495)  

1581  On this day in history birth of johann Staden, composer  

1589  Guillaume van Messaus, composer was born on July - 02.  

1636  Daniel Speer, composer was born on this day in history.  

0783  Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies on this day in history.  

0936  On July - 02 henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, dies  

1298  On July - 02 adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43  

1504  Stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies on this day in history.  

1566  Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62 on July - 02.  

1582  On this day in history death of akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528)  

1591  On July - 02 death of vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)  

1619  Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies on this day in history.