Today in History
2 June
201 births · 114 deaths · 42 events recorded
Notable Births
All 201 ›
Madison Hu
b. 2002
American actress (born 2002)
Fonua Pole
b. 2002
NZ Rugby league footballer
Kysaiah Pickett
b. 2001
Australian rules footballer
Miyuki Sawashiro
b. 1985
Japanese voice actress (born 1985)
Morena Baccarin
b. 1979
American actress (born 1979)
Sally Kellerman
b. 1937
American actress (1937–2022)
Adelaide Casely-Hayford
b. 1865
Sierra Leonean educator (1868–1960)
John Randolph of Roanoke
b. 1773
American politician (1773–1833)
Notable Deaths
All 114 ›
Larry Allen
d. 2024
American football player (1971–2024)
Rob Burrow
d. 2024
English rugby league footballer (1982–2024)
David Levy (Israeli politician)
d. 2024
Israeli politician (1937–2024)
Janis Paige
d. 2024
American actress and singer (1922–2024)
Peter Sallis
d. 2017
English actor (1921–2017)
Fernando de Araújo (East Timorese politician)
d. 2015
President of East Timor (1963–2015)
Alexander Shulgin
d. 2014
American chemist and recreational drug explorer (1925–2014)
Lou Gehrig
d. 1941
American baseball player (1903–1941)
On This Day in History
All 42 ›
2023
A collision between two passenger trains and a parked freight train near the city of Balasor, Odisha in eastern India, results in 296 deaths and more than 1,200 people injured.
2023 Odisha train collision
2022
Following a request from Ankara, the United Nations officially changed the name of the Republic of Turkey in the organization from what was previously known as "Turkey" to "Türkiye".
Ankara
2014
Telangana officially becomes the 29th state of India, formed from ten districts of northwestern Andhra Pradesh.
Telangana
2012
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
President of Egypt
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.
Mars
1998
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-91, the final mission of the Shuttle-Mir program.
Space Shuttle Discovery
1997
In Denver, 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, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later.
Denver
1990
The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12.
June 1990 Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak