Historical Events In June - 02

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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0926  Murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967) was born on June - 02.   

1504  George/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht was born on this day in history.   

1535  Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605) was born on June - 02.   

1577  Giovanni Righi, composer was born on June - 02.   

1614  On June - 02 birth of benjamin Rogers, composer   

1624  On this day in history birth of jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96)   

1715  On this day in history birth of herman-Francois Delange, composer   

1740  On this day in history birth of marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine)   

0657  On this day in history eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies   

0910  Death of Richilde of Provence, Queen of Western Francia on this day in history.   

1418  Death of Katherine of Lancaster, wife of Henry III of Castile on this day in history.   

1564  On this day in history gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies   

1567  Death of Shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain on this day in history.   

1572  Death of Thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl, executed at 36 on June - 02.   

1575  Pieter Aertsen, [Long Worm], painter, dies at about 65 on June - 02.   

1581  Death of James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland on this day in history.