Page 8: Historical Events In July - 02

1973  Swede Savage dies from injuries at Indianapolis 500 on this day in history.   

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

1975  James Robertson Justice, actor (DR at Large, Dr om Love), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1976  Formal reunification of North & South Vietnam on this day in history.   

1976  On July - 02 supreme Court ruled death penalty not inherently cruel or unusual   

1976  On this day in history frances Howard, actress (Swan, Shock Punch), dies at 73   

1977  Sweden's Bj”orn B”rg won Wimbeldon men's singles over Jimmy Connors on this day in history.   

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

1980  On July - 02 grateful Dead's Bob Weir & Mickey Hart are arrested for incitement   

1981  On this day in history l E Gonzalez discovers asteroid #3495 Colchagua   

1981  On July - 02 robert Emmett Keane, actor (Rookie Cop, Red Dragon), dies   

1982  On this day in history larry Walters using lawn chair & 42 helium balloons, rose to 16,000'   

1982  On July - 02 soyuz T-6 returns to Earth   

1982  Poul Rovsing Olsen, composer, dies at 59 on July - 02.   

1984  Ramiro Cortes, composer, dies at 50 on July - 02.   

1985  European Space Agency launches Giotto to Halley's Comet on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history proto launched to Halley's Comet   

1986  On this day in history supreme Court upheld affirmative action in 2 rulings   

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

1987  On this day in history michael Bennet Chorus Line director, dies of AIDS at 44   

1987  On this day in history karl Linnas, accused Nazi, dies of heart failure in Russia   

1988  Steffi Graff beats Martina Navratilova for Wimbeldon crown on this day in history.   

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

1990  On this day in history muntu Myeza, S Afr anti-apartheid activist, dies in auto at 39   

1991  Lee Remick actress, dies at 55 from cancer on July - 02.   

1991  Lee Remick, actress (Days of Wine & Roses), dies of cancer at 55 on this day in history.   

1992  Borisav Pekic, Serbian writer/politician, dies on this day in history.   

1993  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 on July - 02.   

1993  On July - 02 don Drysdale, pitcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 56   

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

2007  On this day in history 10th anniversary of the collapse of the Thai baht, which triggered the Asian Financial Crisis.   

2007  On July - 02 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  On July - 02 birth of caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094)   

1262  On this day in history birth of arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312)   

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

1489  Thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr was born on July - 02.   

1492  Elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.   

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

1589  Guillaume van Messaus, composer was born on this day in history.   

1636  Daniel Speer, composer was born on July - 02.   

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

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

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

1504  On this day in history stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies   

1566  Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1582  Death of Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528) on this day in history.   

1591  Death of Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520) on July - 02.   

1619  Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies on July - 02.