Page 8: Historical Events In July - 02

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

1973  On July - 02 betty Grable, US actress (How to Marry a Millionaire), dies at 56   

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

1976  On July - 02 frances Howard, actress (Swan, Shock Punch), dies at 73   

1977  On July - 02 sweden's Bj”orn B”rg won Wimbeldon men's singles over Jimmy Connors   

1977  Vladimir V Nabokov, Russian/US writer (Lolita), dies at 78 on July - 02.   

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  Robert Emmett Keane, actor (Rookie Cop, Red Dragon), dies on this day in history.   

1982  On July - 02 larry Walters using lawn chair & 42 helium balloons, rose to 16,000'   

1982  On this day in history soyuz T-6 returns to Earth   

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  On July - 02 european Space Agency launches Giotto to Halley's Comet   

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

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

1987  On July - 02 karl Linnas accused Nazi, dies of heart failure in Russia   

1987  Michael Bennet Chorus Line director, dies of AIDS at 44 on July - 02.   

1987  Karl Linnas, accused Nazi, dies of heart failure in Russia on this day in history.   

1988  Steffi Graff beats Martina Navratilova for Wimbeldon crown on July - 02.   

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

1990  Muntu Myeza, S Afr anti-apartheid activist, dies in auto at 39 on July - 02.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1993  Don Drysdale, pitcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 56 on July - 02.   

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

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  On July - 02 glaxoSmithKline settle the largest healthcare fraud case in history for US$3 Billion   

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

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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  Mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1589  On July - 02 birth of guillaume van Messaus, composer   

1636  On this day in history birth of daniel Speer, composer   

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  Adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43 on July - 02.   

1504  On July - 02 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  On this day in history death of akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528)   

1591  On this day in history death of vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)   

1619  On July - 02 olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies