Historical Events In June - 02
Saturday, 30 September 2023
1958 Alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio on June - 02.
1959 Allen Ginsberg writes his poem "Lysergic Acid," SF on June - 02.
1960 Broadway theaters close (labor dispute between owners & Actors Equity) on this day in history.
1961 On this day in history george S Kaufman, playwright/dir/pulitzer prize winner, dies at 72
1962 On this day in history 32nd French Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (36 26 63 97 62)
1962 Franc S Finzgar, Slovic writer (Service Girls), dies on June - 02.
1963 On this day in history mickey Wright wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1964 Rolling Stones first US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass on this day in history.
1964 On this day in history "Follies Bergere" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances
1965 On June - 02 2nd of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India)
1966 US Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; first lunar soft-landing on this day in history.
1967 On this day in history race riots in Roxbury section of Boston
1967 Zamah Cunningham, actress (Menosha the Magnificent), dies at 74 on June - 02.
1969 On this day in history australian aircraft carrier "Melbourne" slices US destroyer "Frank E Evans" in half, killing 74. (South Vietnam)
1971 Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye), dies at 66 on this day in history.
1972 On this day in history dion & the Belmonts reunion concert at Madison Square Garden
1972 Franz Philipp, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1974 Elliott Sullivan, actor (Sergeant), dies at 66 on June - 02.
1975 Eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (1964-71 Nobel 1974), dies at 74 on June - 02.
1976 On this day in history alan Dewitt, actor (Mr Tyler-It's About Time), dies at 52
1977 On June - 02 nJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City
1977 On June - 02 forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod & Me), dies at 77
1979 On June - 02 john Paul II becomes first pope to visit a communist country (Poland)
1979 NASA launches space vehicle S-198 on this day in history.
1979 Pope John Paul II arrives in his native Poland -- the first-ever visit by a pontiff to a Communist country on June - 02.
1979 Jim Hutton, actor (Ellery Queen), dies of liver cancer at 45 on this day in history.
1981 Barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be on this day in history.
1983 Toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinatti on this day in history.
1983 Stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire on this day in history.
1984 Actress Jill Ireland has a radical masectomy on June - 02.
1984 B A Skiff discovers asteroid #3617 on June - 02.
1984 On June - 02 flight readiness firing of Discovery's main engines
1986 On this day in history nYC transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token
1986 Regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins on this day in history.
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