Page 7: Historical Events In June - 02

1958  Alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio on this day in history.   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1964  On this day in history rolling Stones first US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass   

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 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  Zamah Cunningham, actress (Menosha the Magnificent), dies at 74 on June - 02.   

1969  On this day in history australian aircraft carrier "Melbourne" slices US destroyer "Frank E Evans" in half, killing 74. (South Vietnam)   

1971  On June - 02 charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye), dies at 66   

1972  Dion & the Belmonts reunion concert at Madison Square Garden on this day in history.   

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

1974  Elliott Sullivan, actor (Sergeant), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1975  On June - 02 eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (1964-71 Nobel 1974), dies at 74   

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

1977  On June - 02 nJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City   

1977  Forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod & Me), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1981  On this day in history barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be   

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

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

1984  Actress Jill Ireland has a radical masectomy on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history 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 June - 02.   

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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 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  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  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  On June - 02 death of richilde of Provence, Queen of Western Francia   

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

1564  On this day in history 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  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.