Page 7: Historical Events In June - 02

1958  Alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio on this day in history.   

1959  On June - 02 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 June - 02.   

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 June - 02.   

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  On this day in history "Follies Bergere" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances   

1965  2nd of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India) on June - 02.   

1966  US Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; first lunar soft-landing on June - 02.   

1967  Race riots in Roxbury section of Boston on June - 02.   

1967  Zamah Cunningham, actress (Menosha the Magnificent), dies at 74 on June - 02.   

1969  Australian aircraft carrier "Melbourne" slices US destroyer "Frank E Evans" in half, killing 74. (South Vietnam) on June - 02.   

1971  On this day in history charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye), dies at 66   

1972  On this day in history dion & the Belmonts reunion concert at Madison Square Garden   

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

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 June - 02.   

1976  Alan Dewitt, actor (Mr Tyler-It's About Time), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1977  On June - 02 nJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City   

1977  Forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod & Me), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1979  NASA launches space vehicle S-198 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  Actress Jill Ireland has a radical masectomy on this day in history.   

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

1984  On this day in history flight readiness firing of Discovery's main engines   

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 this day in history.   

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

1535  On June - 02 birth of leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605)   

1577  On June - 02 birth of giovanni Righi, composer   

1614  On this day in history 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  Marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine) was born on June - 02.   

0657  Eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies on June - 02.   

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  On this day in history death of shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain   

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

1575  On June - 02 pieter Aertsen, [Long Worm], painter, dies at about 65   

1581  On June - 02 death of james Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland