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What happend on 2. June in History
In our data base we found 331 events happened on 2. June:
• 455: Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks [category: Events]
• 891: Al-Muwaffaq, Abbasid regent (b. 842) [category: Deaths]
• 910: Richilde of Provence (b. 845) [category: Deaths]
• 926: Emperor Murakami of Japan (d. 967) [category: Births]
• 1098: First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city. The second siege would later start on June 7. [category: Events]
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• 1418: Catherine of Lancaster, Spanish wife of Henry III of Castile (b. 1373) [category: Deaths]
• 1423: Ferdinand I of Naples (d. 1494) [category: Births]
• 1535: Pope Leo XI (d. 1605) [category: Births]
• 1567: Shane O'Neill, Irish king of the O'Neill dynasty (b. 1530) [category: Deaths]
• 1581: James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (b. 1525) [category: Deaths]
• 1615: First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France. [category: Events]
• 1676: Franco-Dutch War: France ensured the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the Battle of Palermo. [category: Events]
• 1692: Bridget Bishop is the first person to go to trial in the Salem witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Found guilty, she is hanged on June 10. [category: Events]
• 1693: John Wildman, English soldier and politician (b. 1621) [category: Deaths]
• 1701: Madeleine de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1607) [category: Deaths]
• 1716: Ogata Korin, Japanese painter (b. 1658) [category: Deaths]
• 1720: Jeremiah Shepard, American minister (b. 1648) [category: Deaths]
• 1731: Martha Washington, American wife of George Washington, 1st First Lady of the United States (d. 1802) [category: Births]
• 1740: Marquis de Sade, French author (d. 1814) [category: Births]
• 1743: Alessandro Cagliostro, Sicilian occultist (d. 1795) [category: Births]
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• 1754: Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish minister (b. 1680) [category: Deaths]
• 1761: Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1685) [category: Deaths]
• 1763: Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort. [category: Events]
• 1773: John Randolph of Roanoke, American planter and politician (d. 1833) [category: Births]
• 1774: William Lawson, English-Australian explorer (d. 1850) [category: Births]
• 1774: Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided. [category: Events]
• 1785: Jean Paul de Gua de Malves, French mathematician (b. 1713) [category: Deaths]
• 1793: French Revolution: François Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror. [category: Events]
• 1805: Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptures Diamond Rock, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, from the British. [category: Events]
• 1806: William Tate, English painter (b. 1747) [category: Deaths]
• 1815: Philip Kearny, American general (d. 1862) [category: Births]
• 1823: Gédéon Ouimet, French-Canadian politician (d. 1905) [category: Births]
• 1833: Simon Byrne, Irish boxer (b. 1806) [category: Deaths]
• 1835: Pope Pius X (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1835: P. T. Barnum and his circus start their first tour of the United States. [category: Events]
• 1838: Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1840: Thomas Hardy, English writer (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1848: The Slavic congress in Prague begins. [category: Events]
• 1853: Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English soldier (b. 1777) [category: Deaths]
• 1855: The Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine. [category: Events]
• 1857: Edward Elgar, English composer (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1857: Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1860: Roger de Barbarin, French trap shooter (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1861: Concordia Selander, Swedish actress (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1863: Felix Weingartner, Yugoslavian conductor (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1865: George Lohmann, English cricketer (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1865: Ner Middleswarth, American politician (b. 1783) [category: Deaths]
• 1866: Fenian raids: Fenians are victorious in both the Battle of Ridgeway and the Battle of Fort Erie. [category: Events]
• 1869: Jack O'Connor, American baseball player (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1875: Charles Stewart Mott, businessman, philanthropist, and politician (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1875: Józef Kremer, Polish philosopher (b. 1806) [category: Deaths]
• 1876: Hristo Botev, Bulgarian revolutionary and poet (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1876: Hristo Botev, a national revolutionary of Bulgaria, is killed in Stara Planina [category: Events]
• 1878: Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader, victim of the RMS Titanic sinking (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1881: Walter Egan, American golfer (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1881: Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1801) [category: Deaths]
• 1882: Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (b. 1807) [category: Deaths]
• 1886: U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House, becoming the only president to wed in the executive mansion. [category: Events]
• 1887: Howard Johnson, American songwriter (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1891: Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1891: Thurman Arnold, American attorney and jurist (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1896: Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his newest invention: the radio. [category: Events]
• 1899: Lotte Reiniger, German director (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1901: George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1904: Frank Runacres, English artist (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1904: Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1907: Dorothy West, American writer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1907: John Lehmann, English poet, editor, and publisher (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1908: Michael Peto, Hungarian/British photojournalist (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1909: Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time. [category: Events]
• 1910: Charles Rolls, co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane. [category: Events]
• 1913: Barbara Pym, English novelist (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1913: Walter Andreas Schwarz, German singer-songwriter and author (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1915: Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian activist, agent, and office (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1915: Walter Tetley, American voice actor (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1917: Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and filmmaker (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1917: Max Showalter, American actor (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1918: Kathryn Tucker Windham, American writer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1918: Ruth Atkinson, American cartoonist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1919: Nat Mayer Shapiro, American painter (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1919: Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities. [category: Events]
• 1920: Frank G. Clement, American politician, 41st Governor of Tennessee (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1920: Johnny Speight, English scriptwriter (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1920: Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-German critic [category: Births]
• 1920: Tex Schramm, American football manager (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1921: András József Szennay, Hungarian priest and clergyman (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1921: Betty Freeman, American philanthropist and photographer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1922: Charlie Sifford, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1922: Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1924: Al Ruscio, American actor [category: Births]
• 1924: June Callwood, Canadian journalist and activist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1924: U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States. [category: Events]
• 1926: Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1926: Milo O'Shea, Irish actor [category: Births]
• 1927: W. Watts Biggers, American novelist and animator [category: Births]
• 1929: Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1929: Norton Juster, American author and architect [category: Births]
• 1929: Enrique Gorostieta, Mexican soldier (b.1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Bob Lillis, baseball player [category: Births]
• 1930: Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1930: Pete Conrad, American astronaut (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1931: Larry Jackson, baseball player (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1931: William Donaldson, American businessman and politician [category: Births]
• 1932: Sammy Turner, American singer [category: Births]
• 1933: Frank Jarvis, American athlete (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Johnny Carter, American singer (The Flamingos and The Dells) (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1935: Carol Shields, American novelist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1935: Dimitri Kitsikis, Greek educator and poet [category: Births]
• 1935: Roger Brierley, English actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1936: Jean Nelissen, Dutch journalist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1936: Rex Gildo, German singer and actor (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1937: Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1937: Robert Paul, Canadian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1937: Sally Kellerman, American actress [category: Births]
• 1937: Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Kevin Brownlow, English historian and author [category: Births]
• 1940: Constantine II of Greece [category: Births]
• 1941: Charlie Watts, English drummer, producer, and composer (The Rolling Stones and Blues Incorporated) [category: Births]
• 1941: Jeff Winkless, American voice actor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1941: Stacy Keach, American actor [category: Births]
• 1941: William Guest, American singer-songwriter and producer (Gladys Knight & the Pips) [category: Births]
• 1941: Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: World War II: German paratoopers murder Greek civilians in the village of Kondomari. [category: Events]
• 1942: Maree Cheatham, American actress [category: Births]
• 1942: Bunny Berigan, American singer, trumpeter, and bandleader (The Dorsey Brothers) (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Charles Haid, American actor [category: Births]
• 1943: Ilaiyaraaja, Indian singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and director [category: Births]
• 1944: Marvin Hamlisch, American composer, conductor, and pianist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1945: Jane Bonnie Newman, American politician [category: Births]
• 1945: Jon Peters, American film producer [category: Births]
• 1946: Lasse Hallström, Swedish director [category: Births]
• 1946: Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer [category: Births]
• 1946: Song Dae Kwan, Korean singer [category: Births]
• 1946: Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum, king Umberto II of Italy is exiled. [category: Events]
• 1947: Mark Elder, English conductor [category: Births]
• 1947: John Gretton, British businessman and politician (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Jerry Mathers, American actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Karl Brandt, German SS officer (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Karl Gebhardt, German physician (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Viktor Brack, German physician (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Waldemar Hoven, German physician (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Wolfram Sievers, German SS officer (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Frank Rich, American critic and columnist [category: Births]
• 1949: Heather Couper, English astronomer [category: Births]
• 1949: Jack Pierce, American baseball player (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1950: Joanna Gleason, Canadian actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1951: Arnold Mühren, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1951: Larry Robinson, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1952: Gary Bettman, American businessman [category: Births]
• 1952: Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Cornel West, American philosopher, author, critic, actor, and activist [category: Births]
• 1953: Craig Stadler, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1953: Keith Allen, Welsh comedian, actor, singer, and writer [category: Births]
• 1953: The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories & Head of the Commonwealth, the first major international event to be televised. [category: Events]
• 1954: Dennis Haysbert, American actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Dana Carvey, American actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Michael Steele, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Bangles and The Runaways) [category: Births]
• 1955: Nandan Nilekani, Indian entrepreneur and co-founder of Infosys [category: Births]
• 1955: The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948. [category: Events]
• 1956: Jan Lammers, Dutch race car driver [category: Births]
• 1956: Malcolm Garrett, English graphic designer [category: Births]
• 1956: Mani Ratnam, Indian director [category: Births]
• 1956: Jean Hersholt, Danish actor and humanitarian (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Jonathan Stack, American filmmaker [category: Births]
• 1957: Mark Lawrenson, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1958: Lex Luger, American wrestler and football player [category: Births]
• 1959: Charlie Huddy, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1959: Erwin Olaf, Dutch photographer [category: Births]
• 1959: Lydia Lunch, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, 8-Eyed Spy, and Harry Crews) [category: Births]
• 1959: Rineke Dijkstra, Dutch photographer [category: Births]
• 1960: Kyle Petty, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1960: Tony Hadley, English singer-songwriter and actor (Spandau Ballet) [category: Births]
• 1961: Dez Cadena, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Misfits, Black Flag, Osaka Popstar, DC3, The Gentlemen, and Loaded) [category: Births]
• 1961: George S. Kaufman, American playwright (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Vita Sackville-West, English writer and gardener (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: During the 1962 FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history. [category: Events]
• 1963: Anand Abhyankar, Indian actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1964: Caroline Link, German director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1965: Jim Knipfel, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1965: Mark Waugh Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1965: Steve Waugh, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1966: Pedro Guerra, Spanish singer-songwriter, musician, and composer [category: Births]
• 1966: Petra van Staveren, Dutch swimmer [category: Births]
• 1966: Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft land on another world. [category: Events]
• 1967: Mike Stanton, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1967: Benno Ohnesorg, German student and activist (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1967: Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran turn into riots, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June. [category: Events]
• 1968: Andy Cohen, American television host and author [category: Births]
• 1968: Beetlejuice, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Jason Falkner, American musician, songwriter, and producer (Jellyfish and The Grays) [category: Births]
• 1968: Jon Culshaw, English comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1968: André Mathieu, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Cy Chadwick, English actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Leo Gorcey, American actor (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Andy McCollum, American football player [category: Births]
• 1970: B-Real, American rapper, producer, and actor (Cypress Hill and Kush) [category: Births]
• 1970: Albert Lamorisse, French director and screenwriter (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Bruce McLaren, New Zealand race car driver and designer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian poet (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Anthony Montgomery, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Jo Koy, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1971: Kateřina Jacques, Czech politician [category: Births]
• 1972: Raúl Ibáñez, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Simon Staho, Danish director [category: Births]
• 1972: Wayne Brady, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Wentworth Miller, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Neifi Perez, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Gata Kamsky, American chess player [category: Births]
• 1974: Matt Serra, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1974: Hiroshi Kazato, Japanese race car driver (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brazilian mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1976: Earl Boykins, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Martin Čech, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1976: Queen 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso of Lesotho [category: Births]
• 1976: Tim Rice-Oxley, English musician and composer (Keane and Mt. Desolation) [category: Births]
• 1976: Juan José Torres, Bolivian politician and military leader, 61st President of Bolivia (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Kenneth Mason, English geographer (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Zachary Quinto, American actor and producer [category: Births]
• 1977: Albert Bittlmayer, German footballer (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Stephen Boyd, Irish actor (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: A.J. Styles, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1978: Deon Richmond, American actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Dominic Cooper, English actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Justin Long, American actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Nikki Cox, American actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Butterfly Boucher, Australian singer-songwriter, musician, and producer [category: Births]
• 1979: Morena Baccarin, Brazilian actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Jim Hutton, American actor (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Pope John Paul II first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country. [category: Events]
• 1980: Abby Wambach, American soccer player and coach [category: Births]
• 1980: Bobby Simmons, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Fabrizio Moretti, Brazilian-American musician (The Strokes and Little Joy) [category: Births]
• 1980: Tomasz Wróblewski, Polish musician (Behemoth) and (Vesania) [category: Births]
• 1981: Catherine Manoukian, Canadian violinist [category: Births]
• 1981: Chin-hui Tsao, Taiwanese baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Nikolay Davydenko, Russian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1981: Velvet Sky, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1982: Jewel Staite, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Brooke White, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (Jack and White) [category: Births]
• 1983: Christopher Higgins, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Leela James, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1983: Rafi Khawar, Pakistani actor and model [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Stan Rogers, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place. [category: Events]
• 1984: Max Boyer, Canadian wrestler [category: Births]
• 1984: Georgios Kasassoglou, Greek musician (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Ana Cristina, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Jacqueline Fernandez, Sri Lankan actress and model, Miss Sri Lanka Universe 2006 [category: Births]
• 1986: Curtis Lofton, American football player [category: Births]
• 1986: Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Darin, Swedish singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1987: Maryka Holtzhausen, South African netball player [category: Births]
• 1987: Sonakshi Sinha, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Anthony de Mello, Indian priest and psychotherapist (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Sammy Kaye, American bandleader (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Patrik Berglund, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1988: Sergio Agüero, Argentinian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Raj Kapoor, Indian actor, producer, and director (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Freddy Adu, Ghanaian-American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1989: Steven Smith, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1989: Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Brittany Curran, American actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Jack Gilford, American actor (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Rex Harrison, English actor (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12. Petersburg, Indiana, is the hardest-hit town in the outbreak, with 6 deaths. [category: Events]
• 1992: Pajtim Kasami, Swiss footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Philip Dunne, American director and writer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Johnny Mize, American baseball player (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Antonio Spavone, Italian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1994: Jemma McKenzie-Brown, English actress [category: Births]
• 1994: David Stove, Australian philosopher (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: An RAF Chinook helicopter crashes in Scotland killing all 29 on board. The original cause of the crash is ruled as pilot error, this verdict is overturned in 2011. [category: Events]
• 1995: United States Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady's F-16 is shot down over Bosnia while patrolling the NATO no-fly zone. [category: Events]
• 1996: Amos Tversky, Israeli psychologist (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: John Alton, American cinematographer (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Leon Garfield, English author (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Ray Combs, American comedian, actor, and game show host (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Anthony Conteh, English Footballer [category: Births]
• 1997: Doc Cheatham, American trumpeter, singer, and bandleader (McKinney's Cotton Pickers) (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: In Denver, Colorado, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [category: Events]
• 1998: Junkyard Dog, American wrestler (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican musician (The Wailers) (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: The Bhutan Broadcasting Service brings television transmissions to the Kingdom for the first time. [category: Events]
• 2000: Gerald James Whitrow, English mathematician and historian (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Svyatoslav Fyodorov, Russian ophthalmologist, politician, and educator (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Imogene Coca, American actress (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Joey Maxim, American boxer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Hugo van Lawick, Dutch filmmaker and photographer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan. [category: Events]
• 2004: Loyd Sigmon, American broadcaster (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Ken Jennings begins his 74-game winning streak on the syndicated game show Jeopardy! [category: Events]
• 2005: Chloe Jones, American porn actress (b. 1975) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Gunder Gundersen, Norwegian skier (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Samir Kassir, Lebanese journalist and teacher (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Keith Smith, English rugby player (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Vince Welnick, American keyboardist (The Grateful Dead, The Tubes, and Missing Man Formation) (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Huang Ju, Chinese politician (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Kentarō Haneda, Japanese pianist and composer (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Bo Diddley, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Mel Ferrer, American actor, director and producer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: David Eddings, American writer (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Willem Duys, Dutch television host and producer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Adolfo Calero, Nicaraguan businessman and leader of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Avraham Botzer, Israeli navy commander (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: David C. Garrett, Jr., American businessman (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Frazier Mohawk, American record producer and photographer, and publicist (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jan Gmelich Meijling, Dutch politician (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Kathryn Joosten, American actress (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: LeRoy Ellis, American basketball player (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Oliver, Congolese chimpanzee (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Richard Dawson, English-American actor, comedian, and game show host (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. [category: Events]
• _: Alexander (martyr) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Blandina [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Children's Day (North Korea) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Coronation Day of Fourth Druk Gyalpo (Bhutan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of Hristo Botev and the people died for the freedom and the independence of Bulgaria (Bulgaria) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Elmo [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Felix of Nicosia [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Festa della Repubblica, commemorates the Italian constitutional referendum, 1946 that led to the birth of the Italian Republic and the end of the monarchy. (Italy) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Isabel Province Day (Isabel Province, Solomon Islands) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: June 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Marcellinus and Peter [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pope Eugene I [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pothinus [category: Holidays and observances]