Page 7: Historical Events In June - 02

1958  Alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio on June - 02.   

1959  On June - 02 allen Ginsberg writes his poem "Lysergic Acid," SF   

1960  On June - 02 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  32nd French Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (36 26 63 97 62) on this day in history.   

1962  Franc S Finzgar, Slovic writer (Service Girls), dies on this day in history.   

1963  On June - 02 mickey Wright wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open   

1964  On this day in history rolling Stones first US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass   

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 June - 02.   

1967  On this day in history race riots in Roxbury section of Boston   

1967  On this day in history 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 June - 02.   

1972  On June - 02 dion & the Belmonts reunion concert at Madison Square Garden   

1972  Franz Philipp, composer, dies at 81 on June - 02.   

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 June - 02 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 this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire   

1984  On June - 02 actress Jill Ireland has a radical masectomy   

1984  On June - 02 b A Skiff discovers asteroid #3617   

1984  Flight readiness firing of Discovery's main engines on June - 02.   

1986  On June - 02 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  On this day in history birth of murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967)   

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  On this day in history birth of giovanni Righi, composer   

1614  On this day in history birth of benjamin Rogers, composer   

1624  On June - 02 birth of jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96)   

1715  Herman-Francois Delange, composer was born on June - 02.   

1740  On June - 02 birth of marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine)   

0657  Eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies on this day in history.   

0910  Death of Richilde of Provence, Queen of Western Francia on June - 02.   

1418  On June - 02 death of katherine of Lancaster, wife of Henry III of Castile   

1564  Gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1567  Death of Shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain on June - 02.   

1572  On June - 02 death of thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl, executed at 36   

1575  On this day in history pieter Aertsen, [Long Worm], painter, dies at about 65   

1581  On this day in history death of james Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland