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  On this day in history franc S Finzgar, Slovic writer (Service Girls), dies   

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

1964  Rolling Stones first US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass on June - 02.   

1964  On June - 02 "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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Franz Philipp, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1974  Elliott Sullivan, actor (Sergeant), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1975  Eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (1964-71 Nobel 1974), dies at 74 on June - 02.   

1976  On June - 02 alan Dewitt, actor (Mr Tyler-It's About Time), dies at 52   

1977  NJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City on June - 02.   

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  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 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 this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinatti   

1983  Stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire on this day in history.   

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

1984  B A Skiff discovers asteroid #3617 on this day in history.   

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

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

1986  On June - 02 regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins   

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0926  Murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967) was born on June - 02.   

1504  On this day in history birth of george/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht   

1535  Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605) was born on June - 02.   

1577  Giovanni Righi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1614  Benjamin Rogers, composer was born on this day in history.   

1624  Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96) was born on this day in history.   

1715  Herman-Francois Delange, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of richilde of Provence, Queen of Western Francia   

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

1564  On this day in history gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies   

1567  Death of Shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain on this day in history.   

1572  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of james Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland