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 June - 02.   

1960  On June - 02 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  On June - 02 32nd French Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (36 26 63 97 62)   

1962  On June - 02 franc S Finzgar, Slovic writer (Service Girls), dies   

1963  Mickey Wright wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open on this day in history.   

1964  On June - 02 rolling Stones first US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass   

1964  "Follies Bergere" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances on June - 02.   

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

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 this day in history 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  On June - 02 charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye), dies at 66   

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 this day in history.   

1976  Alan Dewitt, actor (Mr Tyler-It's About Time), dies at 52 on June - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On June - 02 jim Hutton, actor (Ellery Queen), dies of liver cancer at 45   

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 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  Flight readiness firing of Discovery's main engines on this day in history.   

1986  NYC transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token on June - 02.   

1986  On June - 02 regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins   

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0926  On this day in history birth of murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967)   

1504  On June - 02 birth of george/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht   

1535  Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605) was born on June - 02.   

1577  Giovanni Righi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1614  On June - 02 birth of benjamin Rogers, composer   

1624  On this day in history birth of jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96)   

1715  Herman-Francois Delange, composer was born on June - 02.   

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

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

0910  On this day in history death of richilde of Provence, Queen of Western Francia   

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

1564  On this day in history gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies   

1567  On June - 02 death of shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain   

1572  On this day in history 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.