Page 7: Historical Events In June - 02

1958  On this day in history alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio   

1959  Allen Ginsberg writes his poem "Lysergic Acid," SF on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history broadway theaters close (labor dispute between owners & Actors Equity)   

1961  George S Kaufman, playwright/dir/pulitzer prize winner, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1962  On June - 02 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 June - 02 mickey Wright wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open   

1964  Rolling Stones first US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass on June - 02.   

1964  On this day in history "Follies Bergere" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances   

1965  On this day in history 2nd of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India)   

1966  On June - 02 uS Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; first lunar soft-landing   

1967  On June - 02 race riots in Roxbury section of Boston   

1967  On June - 02 zamah Cunningham, actress (Menosha the Magnificent), dies at 74   

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 June - 02.   

1972  Dion & the Belmonts reunion concert at Madison Square Garden on June - 02.   

1972  Franz Philipp, composer, dies at 81 on June - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

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 June - 02.   

1979  Pope John Paul II arrives in his native Poland -- the first-ever visit by a pontiff to a Communist country on this day in history.   

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 June - 02.   

1983  On June - 02 toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinatti   

1983  Stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history actress Jill Ireland has a radical masectomy   

1984  On this day in history b A Skiff discovers asteroid #3617   

1984  On this day in history flight readiness firing of Discovery's main engines   

1986  NYC transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token on this day in history.   

1986  Regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins on this day in history.   

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0926  Murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967) was born on this day in history.   

1504  On this day in history birth of george/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht   

1535  Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605) was born on this day in history.   

1577  On this day in history birth of giovanni Righi, composer   

1614  On June - 02 birth of benjamin Rogers, composer   

1624  Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96) was born on this day in history.   

1715  On June - 02 birth of herman-Francois Delange, composer   

1740  Marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine) was born on this day in history.   

0657  On this day in history eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies   

0910  Death of Richilde of Provence, Queen of Western Francia on June - 02.   

1418  Death of Katherine of Lancaster, wife of Henry III of Castile on this day in history.   

1564  On June - 02 gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies   

1567  On this day in history death of shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain   

1572  Death of Thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl, executed at 36 on this day in history.   

1575  Pieter Aertsen, [Long Worm], painter, dies at about 65 on June - 02.   

1581  On this day in history death of james Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland