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 June - 02.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1964  On this day in history "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 this day in history.  

1967  On this day in history 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  Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1972  On this day in history dion & the Belmonts reunion concert at Madison Square Garden  

1972  Franz Philipp, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1979  On June - 02 john Paul II becomes first pope to visit a communist country (Poland)  

1979  NASA launches space vehicle S-198 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1981  Barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be on this day in history.  

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

1983  Stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire on this day in history.  

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

1984  B A Skiff discovers asteroid #3617 on June - 02.  

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

1986  On this day in history 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 June - 02.  

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

1614  Benjamin Rogers, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

0910  Death of Richilde of Provence, Queen of Western Francia on June - 02.  

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 this day in history.  

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.