Page 7: Historical Events In June - 02
Monday, 12 May 2025
1958 On June - 02 alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio
1959 On this day in history allen Ginsberg writes his poem "Lysergic Acid," SF
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 this day in history.
1962 32nd French Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (36 26 63 97 62) on this day in history.
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 Rolling Stones first US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass on this day in history.
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 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 On June - 02 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 this day in history.
1971 Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye), dies at 66 on June - 02.
1972 On June - 02 dion & the Belmonts reunion concert at Madison Square Garden
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 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 On June - 02 john Paul II becomes first pope to visit a communist country (Poland)
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 Jim Hutton, actor (Ellery Queen), dies of liver cancer at 45 on this day in history.
1981 On June - 02 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 June - 02 stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire
1984 On this day in history actress Jill Ireland has a radical masectomy
1984 On June - 02 b A Skiff discovers asteroid #3617
1984 On this day in history flight readiness firing of Discovery's main engines
1986 NYC transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token on this day in history.
1986 On this day in history regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins
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