Page 7: Historical Events In June - 02

1958  On this day in history alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio   

1959  On this day in history allen Ginsberg writes his poem "Lysergic Acid," SF   

1960  Broadway theaters close (labor dispute between owners & Actors Equity) on this day in history.   

1961  George S Kaufman, playwright/dir/pulitzer prize winner, dies at 72 on June - 02.   

1962  32nd French Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (36 26 63 97 62) on June - 02.   

1962  Franc S Finzgar, Slovic writer (Service Girls), dies on June - 02.   

1963  Mickey Wright wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open on June - 02.   

1964  On June - 02 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  On June - 02 2nd of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India)   

1966  On June - 02 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 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  Dion & the Belmonts reunion concert at Madison Square Garden on this day in history.   

1972  On June - 02 franz Philipp, composer, dies at 81   

1974  On this day in history 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 June - 02.   

1977  On this day in history nJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City   

1977  On this day in history forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod & Me), dies at 77   

1979  On June - 02 john Paul II becomes first pope to visit a communist country (Poland)   

1979  NASA launches space vehicle S-198 on June - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

1983  On June - 02 toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinatti   

1983  Stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire on June - 02.   

1984  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1986  NYC transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token on June - 02.   

1986  Regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins on June - 02.   

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0926  On this day in history birth of murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967)   

1504  On June - 02 birth of george/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht   

1535  Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605) was born on this day in history.   

1577  On June - 02 birth of giovanni Righi, composer   

1614  Benjamin Rogers, composer was born on June - 02.   

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  On June - 02 eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies   

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

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

1564  On June - 02 gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies   

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

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