Page 8: Historical Events In July - 02

1973  On this day in history swede Savage dies from injuries at Indianapolis 500   

1973  Betty Grable, US actress (How to Marry a Millionaire), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1975  On July - 02 james Robertson Justice, actor (DR at Large, Dr om Love), dies at 70   

1976  Formal reunification of North & South Vietnam on July - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1984  On this day in history ramiro Cortes, composer, dies at 50   

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

1985  Proto launched to Halley's Comet on July - 02.   

1986  Supreme Court upheld affirmative action in 2 rulings on this day in history.   

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

1987  Michael Bennet Chorus Line director, dies of AIDS at 44 on this day in history.   

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

1988  On this day in history steffi Graff beats Martina Navratilova for Wimbeldon crown   

1990  On July - 02 imelda Marcos & Adnan Khashoggi found not guilty of racketeering   

1990  Muntu Myeza, S Afr anti-apartheid activist, dies in auto at 39 on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history lee Remick actress, dies at 55 from cancer   

1991  On July - 02 lee Remick, actress (Days of Wine & Roses), dies of cancer at 55   

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

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

2005  On July - 02 live 8, a series of 10 simultaneous concerts take place throughout the world, raising interest in the Make Poverty History campaign.   

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

2007  Venus and Saturn are in conjunction, separation 46 arcsecs on July - 02.   

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

2013  On this day in history 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  On July - 02 birth of arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312)   

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

1489  On this day in history birth of thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr   

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 July - 02.   

1636  On July - 02 birth of daniel Speer, composer   

0783  Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies on July - 02.   

0936  Henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, dies on this day in history.   

1298  On July - 02 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  On this day in history olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies