Page 8: Historical Events In July - 02

1973  Swede Savage dies from injuries at Indianapolis 500 on July - 02.   

1973  On July - 02 betty Grable, US actress (How to Marry a Millionaire), dies at 56   

1975  James Robertson Justice, actor (DR at Large, Dr om Love), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history formal reunification of North & South Vietnam   

1976  Supreme Court ruled death penalty not inherently cruel or unusual on July - 02.   

1976  On this day in history frances Howard, actress (Swan, Shock Punch), dies at 73   

1977  Sweden's Bj”orn B”rg won Wimbeldon men's singles over Jimmy Connors on this day in history.   

1977  On July - 02 vladimir V Nabokov, Russian/US writer (Lolita), dies at 78   

1980  On this day in history grateful Dead's Bob Weir & Mickey Hart are arrested for incitement   

1981  L E Gonzalez discovers asteroid #3495 Colchagua on this day in history.   

1981  On July - 02 robert Emmett Keane, actor (Rookie Cop, Red Dragon), dies   

1982  Larry Walters using lawn chair & 42 helium balloons, rose to 16,000' on July - 02.   

1982  Soyuz T-6 returns to Earth on this day in history.   

1982  On July - 02 poul Rovsing Olsen, composer, dies at 59   

1984  On this day in history ramiro Cortes, composer, dies at 50   

1985  European Space Agency launches Giotto to Halley's Comet on this day in history.   

1985  Proto launched to Halley's Comet on July - 02.   

1986  On this day in history supreme Court upheld affirmative action in 2 rulings   

1987  On July - 02 karl Linnas accused Nazi, dies of heart failure in Russia   

1987  On July - 02 michael Bennet Chorus Line director, dies of AIDS at 44   

1987  On July - 02 karl Linnas, accused Nazi, dies of heart failure in Russia   

1988  On this day in history steffi Graff beats Martina Navratilova for Wimbeldon crown   

1990  Imelda Marcos & Adnan Khashoggi found not guilty of racketeering on this day in history.   

1990  Muntu Myeza, S Afr anti-apartheid activist, dies in auto at 39 on this day in history.   

1991  Lee Remick actress, dies at 55 from cancer on this day in history.   

1991  Lee Remick, actress (Days of Wine & Roses), dies of cancer at 55 on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history borisav Pekic, Serbian writer/politician, dies   

1993  On July - 02 death of Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop Sir Edward's name is closely associated with the courage and endurance of Australian prisoners of war of the Japanese   

1993  On July - 02 don Drysdale, pitcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 56   

2005  Live 8, a series of 10 simultaneous concerts take place throughout the world, raising interest in the Make Poverty History campaign on this day in history.   

2007  On this day in history 10th anniversary of the collapse of the Thai baht, which triggered the Asian Financial Crisis.   

2007  On July - 02 venus and Saturn are in conjunction, separation 46 arcsecs.   

2012  On this day in history glaxoSmithKline settle the largest healthcare fraud case in history for US$3 Billion   

2013  16 people are killed and 200 are injured in protest clashes at Cairo University against Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on this day in history.   

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1029  Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094) was born on July - 02.   

1262  On July - 02 birth of arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312)   

1363  Mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401) was born on this day in history.   

1489  Thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr was born on July - 02.   

1492  On July - 02 birth of elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495)   

1581  Johann Staden, composer was born on July - 02.   

1589  Guillaume van Messaus, composer was born on this day in history.   

1636  Daniel Speer, composer was born on July - 02.   

0783  Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies on July - 02.   

0936  On July - 02 henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, dies   

1298  On this day in history adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43   

1504  Stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies on this day in history.   

1566  Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1582  Death of Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528) on July - 02.   

1591  Death of Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520) on this day in history.   

1619  On July - 02 olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies