Page 7: Historical Events In June - 02

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

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

1960  Broadway theaters close (labor dispute between owners & Actors Equity) on June - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

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 June - 02.   

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

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

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

1967  On this day in history race riots in Roxbury section of Boston   

1967  Zamah Cunningham, actress (Menosha the Magnificent), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

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

1977  NJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City on June - 02.   

1977  On June - 02 forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod & Me), dies at 77   

1979  On this day in history john Paul II becomes first pope to visit a communist country (Poland)   

1979  On this day in history nASA launches space vehicle S-198   

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

1979  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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  B A Skiff discovers asteroid #3617 on June - 02.   

1984  Flight readiness firing of Discovery's main engines on this day in history.   

1986  On June - 02 nYC transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token   

1986  On this day in history regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins   

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

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  On this day in history 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 June - 02.   

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

1740  Marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine) was born on June - 02.   

0657  Eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies on this day in history.   

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

1418  On June - 02 death of katherine of Lancaster, wife of Henry III of Castile   

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

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

1572  Death of Thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl, executed at 36 on June - 02.   

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

1581  On June - 02 death of james Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland