Historical Events In August - 02
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1953 Betty Jack Davis, singer (w/Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash on August - 02.
1954 On August - 02 tahar Ben Ammar appointed premier of Tunisia
1954 Rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.
1955 On August - 02 uSSR performs nuclear test
1955 On this day in history ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies
1956 Albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109 on this day in history.
1958 Jordan & Iraq disolve their Arab Federation, after 3 months on this day in history.
1958 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80 on August - 02.
1959 On August - 02 41st PGA Championship: Bob Rosburg shoots a 277 at Minneapolis GC
1959 Prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.
1961 Beatles first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club on August - 02.
1961 St Louis Cards (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 36-7 in Toronto on August - 02.
1961 Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club on August - 02.
1961 On this day in history giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies at 64
1962 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m on August - 02.
1963 Oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge, US anthropologist/writer, dies at 61 on August - 02.
1964 North Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin and so it starts on August - 02.
1964 On this day in history race riot in Jersey City NJ
1964 US destroyer attacked by Vietnamese torpedo boats in Gulf of Tonkin on August - 02.
1964 Jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69 on this day in history.
1965 Morley Safer's sends first Vietnam report indicating we are losing on August - 02.
1965 Milton B Babbitt, US composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49 on this day in history.
1966 Radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting on August - 02.
1967 US's Lunar Orbiter 5 launched; enters lunar orbit Aug 5 on this day in history.
1967 On August - 02 claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77
1969 On this day in history clarence Dickinson, composer, dies at 96
1971 On August - 02 ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77
1972 Gold hits record $70 an ounce in London on August - 02.
1972 Brian Cole, vocalist/bassist (Association), dies of overdose at 29 on this day in history.
1973 Jean-Pierre Melville, director (Bob Le Flambeur), dies at 57 on August - 02.
1976 On August - 02 fritz Lang, director (Cloak & Dagger, Metropolis), dies at 85
1978 On this day in history carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79
1979 Gilda Radner Live From New York opens on Broadway on August - 02.
1979 Thurmon Munson, NY Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32 on August - 02.
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