2 June
Notable Births
Madison Hu
b. 2002
American actress (born 2002)
Fonua Pole
b. 2002
NZ Rugby league footballer
Kysaiah Pickett
b. 2001
Australian rules footballer
Jay Idzes
b. 2000
Indonesian footballer
Campbell Graham
b. 1999
Australian rugby league footballer
Scott the Woz
b. 1997
American video game review web series
Morissette (singer)
b. 1996
Filipino singer and songwriter (born 1996)
Adam Taggart
b. 1993
Australian soccer player (born 1993)
Pajtim Kasami
b. 1992
Swiss footballer (born 1992)
Dane Rampe
b. 1990
Australian rules footballer (born 1990)
Steve Smith (cricketer)
b. 1989
Australian cricketer (born 1989)
Sergio Agüero
b. 1988
Argentine footballer (born 1988)
Awkwafina
b. 1988
American actress, comedian,and rapper (born 1988)
Clayton Bartolo
b. 1987
Maltese politician (born 1987)
Yoann Huget
b. 1987
France international rugby union player
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
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)
Irwin Rose
d. 2015
American biologist
Alexander Shulgin
d. 2014
American chemist and recreational drug explorer (1925–2014)
Mario Bernardi
d. 2013
Canadian conductor and pianist
Chen Xitong
d. 2013
Chinese politician
Mandawuy Yunupingu
d. 2013
Australian musician (1956–2013)
Adolfo Calero
d. 2012
Nicaraguan politician (1931–2012)
Richard Dawson
d. 2012
British actor (1932–2012)
LeRoy Ellis
d. 2012
American basketball player (1940–2012)
Kathryn Joosten
d. 2012
American actress (1939–2012)
David Eddings
d. 2009
American fantasy writer (1931–2009)
Bo Diddley
d. 2008
American guitarist and singer (1928–2008)
Mel Ferrer
d. 2008
American actor, director and producer (1917–2008)
Huang Ju
d. 2007
Chinese politician (1938–2007)
Lou Gehrig
d. 1941
American baseball player (1903–1941)
On This Day in History
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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
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.
Air Canada Flight 797
1979
Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
Pope John Paul II
1967
Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States.
Luis Monge (mass murderer)
1967
Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran are brutally suppressed, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June.
West Berlin
1966
Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world.
Surveyor program
1964
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is formed.
Palestine Liberation Organization
1962
During the 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.
1962 FIFA World Cup
1958
Aeronaves de México Flight 111 crashes on approach to Guadalajara International Airport, killing 45.
Aeronaves de México Flight 111
1955
The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between the two countries, discontinued since 1948.
Soviet Union
1953
The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey becomes the first British coronation and one of the first major international events to be televised.
Coronation of Elizabeth II
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.
1946 Italian institutional referendum
1941
World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of Kondomari and Alikianos.
World War II