370 Historic Events for June 2
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Yaroslav Kirillovich Golovyanov, cosmonaut
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Barry Levinson, Baltimore MD, director (Rainman)
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Sammy Turner, Patterson, NJ, singer (Lavender Blue Moods)
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| 1933 |
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WNJ-AM in Newark NJ goes off the air
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| 1933 |
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FDR authorizes 1st swimming pool built inside the White House
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Bob Rozario, Shanghai China, orch leader (Tony Orlando, Marie)
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Jerry Lumpe, baseball player
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Johnny Carter, US singer (Give your baby a standing ovation)
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| 1935 |
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Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player
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| 1936 |
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Gen Anastasio Somoza takes over as dictator of Nicaragua
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Vladimir Golubnichy, USSR, 20K walker (Olympic-gold-1960, 68)
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Sally Kellerman, Long Beach Cal, actress (M*A*S*H, Back to School)
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| 1937 |
Death |
Louis Vierne, composer, dies at 66
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Jimmy Jones, rocker
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Frits Wols, [Eugene W Wong Loi Sing], Suriname, sec-gen (UNESCO)
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Gene Michael, baseball shortstop/manager/general manger (NY Yankees)
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Charles Miller, rock flutist/saxophonist (War)
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Jim Maloney, baseball pitcher
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| 1940 |
Death |
Willem E Roelofs, painter/cartoonist, dies
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| 1940 |
Event |
Heavy German bombing on Dunkirk beach
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Horace Clarke, baseball 2nd baseman (NY Yankees)
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Constantine II, deposed King of Greece (1964-73)
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Christopher Bernau, Santa Barbara CA, actor (Guiding Light)
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| 1941 |
Death |
Lou Gehrig, 1st baseman (NY Yankee), dies of ALS in Riverdale NY at 37
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| 1941 |
Birth |
William Guest, Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knight Show)
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