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

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

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

1977  Vladimir V Nabokov, Russian/US writer (Lolita), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

1981  On July - 02 l E Gonzalez discovers asteroid #3495 Colchagua   

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

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 July - 02 poul Rovsing Olsen, composer, dies at 59   

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

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

1987  On July - 02 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  On this day in history imelda Marcos & Adnan Khashoggi found not guilty of racketeering   

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  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 July - 02.   

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

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 July - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

1262  Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312) was born on this day in history.   

1363  Mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401) was born on this day in history.   

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  Johann Staden, composer was born on July - 02.   

1589  On this day in history birth of guillaume van Messaus, composer   

1636  On July - 02 birth of daniel Speer, composer   

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

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

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 July - 02.   

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

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

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