Page 6: Historical Events In August - 02

1953  On this day in history betty Jack Davis, singer (w/Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash   

1954  Tahar Ben Ammar appointed premier of Tunisia on this day in history.   

1954  Rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42 on August - 02.   

1955  USSR performs nuclear test on August - 02.   

1955  Ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109   

1958  On August - 02 jordan & Iraq disolve their Arab Federation, after 3 months   

1958  On this day in history joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80   

1959  41st PGA Championship: Bob Rosburg shoots a 277 at Minneapolis GC on August - 02.   

1959  Prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history beatles first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club   

1961  On August - 02 st Louis Cards (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 36-7 in Toronto   

1961  On this day in history beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club   

1961  Giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history nASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m   

1963  On this day in history oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge, US anthropologist/writer, dies at 61   

1964  North Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin and so it starts on this day in history.   

1964  On August - 02 race riot in Jersey City NJ   

1964  US destroyer attacked by Vietnamese torpedo boats in Gulf of Tonkin on this day in history.   

1964  Jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69 on August - 02.   

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  On this day in history radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting   

1967  On this day in history uS's Lunar Orbiter 5 launched; enters lunar orbit Aug 5   

1967  Claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1969  Clarence Dickinson, composer, dies at 96 on August - 02.   

1971  Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77 on August - 02.   

1972  On August - 02 gold hits record $70 an ounce in London   

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 this day in history.   

1976  Fritz Lang, director (Cloak & Dagger, Metropolis), dies at 85 on August - 02.   

1978  Carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79 on August - 02.   

1979  Gilda Radner Live From New York opens on Broadway on August - 02.   

1979  On this day in history thurmon Munson, NY Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32   

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1455  On this day in history birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)   

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on August - 02.   

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on August - 02.   

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on August - 02.   

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on August - 02.   

1674  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on August - 02.   

1696  Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia was born on August - 02.   

1703  On August - 02 birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)   

0257  On August - 02 stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies   

0640  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on August - 02.   

0686  On this day in history john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies   

0924  On August - 02 death of Ælfweard of Wessex   

1002  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on August - 02.   

1075  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on this day in history.   

1100  On this day in history death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44   

1222  On this day in history death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)