CoM Moderators Posted June 2 Posted June 2 Historical Events 1896 - 30th Belmont: Henry Griffin aboard Hastings wins in 2:24.5 1943 - 99th Pursuit Squadron flies 1st combat mission (over Italy) 1978 - Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen fourth studio album "Darkness on the Edge of Town" 1985 - RJ Reynolds Company proposed a merger with Nabisco 2024 - Chinese spacecraft Chang'e-6 successfully lands on the far side of the Moon on a mission to analyse and collect rock samples More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1715 - Herman-François Delange, Belgian composer, born in Liège, Dutch Republic (d. 1781) 1903 - Mario Pilati, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1938) 1906 - (Abraham) "Albert" Sandler, British violinist and 'light music' orchestra leader, born in Mile End Old Town, London (d. 1948) 1955 - Gary Grimes, American actor (Summer of '42, Class of '44), born in San Francisco, California 1970 - B-Real [Louis Freese], American rapper (Cypress Hill), born in Los Angeles, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1802 - Pemulwuy [Bembilwuyam] Indigenous Australian (Bidjigal) who resisted colonization, shot to death, his head later sent to Joseph Banks (b. c. 1750) 1962 - Vita Sackville-West, English novelist, poet (The Land) and gardener (Sissinghurst), dies at 70 1962 - Fran Saleški Finžgar, Slovene folk writer (Our Blood, Service Girls), dies at 91 1972 - Franz Philipp, German composer, dies at 81 2012 - Kathryn Joosten, American actress (Desperate Housewives), dies of lung cancer at 72 More Famous Deaths »
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