Page 7: Historical Events In June - 02

1958  Alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio on June - 02.   

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 June - 02.   

1962  32nd French Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (36 26 63 97 62) on June - 02.   

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  On June - 02 rolling Stones first US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass   

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  On this day in history 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  Australian aircraft carrier "Melbourne" slices US destroyer "Frank E Evans" in half, killing 74. (South Vietnam) on June - 02.   

1971  Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye), dies at 66 on June - 02.   

1972  On June - 02 dion & the Belmonts reunion concert at Madison Square Garden   

1972  On this day in history franz Philipp, composer, dies at 81   

1974  On this day in history elliott Sullivan, actor (Sergeant), dies at 66   

1975  On this day in history eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (1964-71 Nobel 1974), dies at 74   

1976  On this day in history alan Dewitt, actor (Mr Tyler-It's About Time), dies at 52   

1977  NJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 June - 02.   

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

1981  On June - 02 barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be   

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

1983  On June - 02 stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire   

1984  On June - 02 actress Jill Ireland has a radical masectomy   

1984  On June - 02 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  On June - 02 regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins   

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0926  On June - 02 birth of murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967)   

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

1535  On June - 02 birth of leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605)   

1577  On June - 02 birth of giovanni Righi, composer   

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

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

1715  On this day in history birth of herman-Francois Delange, composer   

1740  On June - 02 birth of marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine)   

0657  On June - 02 eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies   

0910  Death of Richilde of Provence, Queen of Western Francia on this day in history.   

1418  On this day in history death of katherine of Lancaster, wife of Henry III of Castile   

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

1567  On June - 02 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 this day in history.   

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