Historical Events In June - 02

1958  On June - 02 alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio   

1959  On June - 02 allen Ginsberg writes his poem "Lysergic Acid," SF   

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  Mickey Wright wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open on this day in history.   

1964  Rolling Stones first US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass on this day in history.   

1964  On June - 02 "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 June - 02.   

1967  Race riots in Roxbury section of Boston on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history dion & the Belmonts reunion concert at Madison Square Garden   

1972  On June - 02 franz Philipp, composer, dies at 81   

1974  On June - 02 elliott Sullivan, actor (Sergeant), dies at 66   

1975  Eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (1964-71 Nobel 1974), dies at 74 on June - 02.   

1976  On June - 02 alan Dewitt, actor (Mr Tyler-It's About Time), dies at 52   

1977  On this day in history nJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City   

1977  Forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod & Me), dies at 77 on June - 02.   

1979  John Paul II becomes first pope to visit a communist country (Poland) on June - 02.   

1979  On June - 02 nASA launches space vehicle S-198   

1979  On June - 02 pope John Paul II arrives in his native Poland -- the first-ever visit by a pontiff to a Communist country.   

1979  Jim Hutton, actor (Ellery Queen), dies of liver cancer at 45 on June - 02.   

1981  Barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be on June - 02.   

1983  Toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinatti on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire   

1984  Actress Jill Ireland has a radical masectomy on June - 02.   

1984  On June - 02 b A Skiff discovers asteroid #3617   

1984  On June - 02 flight readiness firing of Discovery's main engines   

1986  On June - 02 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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0926  Murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967) was born on this day in history.   

1504  George/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht was born on this day in history.   

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

1577  On June - 02 birth of giovanni Righi, composer   

1614  On this day in history birth of benjamin Rogers, composer   

1624  On June - 02 birth of jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96)   

1715  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1418  Death of Katherine of Lancaster, wife of Henry III of Castile on June - 02.   

1564  Gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies on June - 02.   

1567  Death of Shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain on June - 02.   

1572  On June - 02 death of thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl, executed at 36   

1575  On June - 02 pieter Aertsen, [Long Worm], painter, dies at about 65   

1581  Death of James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland on this day in history.