Page 7: Historical Events In June - 02

1958  Alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio   

1959  Allen Ginsberg writes his poem "Lysergic Acid," SF.   

1960  Broadway theaters close (labor dispute between owners and Actors Equity).   

1961  George S Kaufman, playwright/dir/pulitzer prize winner, dies at 72.   

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

1962  Franc S Finzgar, Slovic writer (Service Girls), dies   

1963  In this year, Mickey Wright claims LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open.   

1964  Rolling Stones inaugural US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass   

1964  "Follies Bergere" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances.   

1965  2nd of 2 cyclones in less than a month results in the deaths of 35000 (Ganges R India)   

1966  US Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; inaugural lunar soft-landing   

1967  Race riots in Roxbury section of Boston   

1967  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).   

1971  Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye), dies at 66   

1972  Dion and the Belmonts reunion concert at Madison Square Garden.   

1972  Franz Philipp, composer, dies at 81.   

1974  Elliott Sullivan, actor (Sergeant), dies at 66   

1975  Eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (1964-71 Nobel 1974), dies at 74   

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

1977  NJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City.   

1977  Forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod and Me), dies at 77.   

1979  John Paul II is recorded as becoming inaugural pope to visit a communist country (Poland)   

1979  NASA launches space vehicle S-198.   

1979  Pope John Paul II arrives in his native Poland -- the inaugural-ever visit by a pontiff to a Communist country   

1979  Jim Hutton, actor (Ellery Queen), dies of liver cancer at 45   

1981  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   

1983  Stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire   

1984  Actress Jill Ireland has a radical masectomy.   

1984  B A Skiff discovers asteroid #3617.   

1984  Flight readiness firing of Discovery's main engines   

1986  NYC transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token   

1986  Regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins   

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0926  Murakami: Emperor of japan   

1504  George/joris van egmont: Bishop of utrecht   

1535  Leo xi: [alessandro o de' medici], italy, pope (1605)   

1577  Giovanni righi: Composer   

1614  Benjamin rogers: Composer   

1624  Jan iii sobieski: King of poland (1674-96)   

1715  Herman-francois delange: Composer   

1740  Marquis de sade: 1st known sadist/writer (justine)   

0657  Death of Eugene i: Italian pope (654-7),   

0910  Death of Richilde of provence: Queen of western francia   

1418  Death of Katherine of lancaster: Wife of henry iii of castile   

1564  Death of Gellius faber: [jelle smit], fries theologist,   

1567  Death of Shane o'neill: Irish chieftain   

1572  Death of Thomas howard 4th duke of norfolk: English earl, executed at 36   

1575  Pieter aertsen: [long worm], painter,   

1581  James douglas: 4th earl of morton, regent of scotland