Historical Events In June - 02
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1958 Alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio on this day in history.
1959 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
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 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 On June - 02 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 Dion & the Belmonts reunion concert at Madison Square Garden on June - 02.
1972 On June - 02 franz Philipp, composer, dies at 81
1974 On June - 02 elliott Sullivan, actor (Sergeant), dies at 66
1975 Eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (1964-71 Nobel 1974), dies at 74 on this day in history.
1976 Alan Dewitt, actor (Mr Tyler-It's About Time), dies at 52 on this day in history.
1977 On this day in history nJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City
1977 On June - 02 forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod & Me), dies at 77
1979 On this day in history john Paul II becomes first pope to visit a communist country (Poland)
1979 On June - 02 nASA launches space vehicle S-198
1979 On June - 02 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 Barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be on June - 02.
1983 On June - 02 toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinatti
1983 On June - 02 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 Flight readiness firing of Discovery's main engines on June - 02.
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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