2 June is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. The Gregorian calendar is the calendar widely used in the Western world. ... A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing an extra day or month in order to keep the calendar year in sync with an astronomical or seasonal year. ...

June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... (Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining, and the last day of June. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Events

• 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks.
• 576 - Benedict I becomes Pope.
• 657 - St. Eugene I becomes Pope.
• 1615 - First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.
• 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.
• 1774 - Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to let British soldiers into their homes, is reenacted.
• 1780 - The Derby, horse race, was first held.
• 1793 - Jean Paul Marat recites the names of 29 people to the French National Convention. Almost all of these are guillotined, followed by 17,000 more over the course of the next year during the Reign of Terror.
• 1800 - First smallpox vaccination in North America, at Trinity, Newfoundland.
• 1835 - P.T. Barnum and his circus begins first tour of the U.S.
• 1848 - Slavic congress in Prague begins.
• 1855 - the Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine
• 1865 - American Civil War ends - Forces under Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith surrender at Galveston, Texas, becoming the last to do so.
• 1886 - U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House, becoming the only president to wed in the executive mansion.
• 1896 - Guglielmo Marconi receives a patent for his newest invention: the radio
• 1897 - Mark Twain, responding to rumors that he was dead, is quoted by the New York Journal as saying, "The report of my death was an exaggeration."
• 1909 - Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• 1924 - U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
• 1925 - Wally Pipp, first baseman of the New York Yankees, asks for a day off due to a headache. He is replaced in the lineup by Lou Gehrig, who also starts the next 2,128 consecutive games.
• 1935 - Baseballer Babe Ruth announces he is going to retire from the sport.
• 1946 - Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum Italians decide to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After this referendum the king of Italy Umberto II di Savoia was exiled.
• 1953 - Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, the first to be televised.
• 1955 - USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
• 1965 - Vietnam War: The first contingent of Australian combat troops arrives in South Vietnam.
• 1966 - Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarumon the Moon, becoming the first US spacecraft to soft land on another world.
• 1967 - Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran turn into fights, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June.
• 1969 - In Ottawa, Canada the National Arts Center opens its doors to the public for the first time.
• 1979 - Pope John Paul II visits his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
• 1985 - Serial killer Leonard Lake is arrested near San Francisco, California for shoplifting.
• 1985 - R.J. Reynolds and Nabisco propose a merger
• 1995 - United States Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady's F-16 is shot down over Bosnia while patrolling the NATO no-fly zone.
• 1997 - Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 terrorist bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
• 1998 - Voters in California approved California Proposition 227, abolishing that state's bilingual education program.
• 1998 - The CIH computer virus is discovered in Taiwan.
• 1999 - The Bhutan Broadcasting Service finally brings television transmissions to the Kingdom for the first time.
• 2003 - Thousands of defeated Iraqi troops march on the U.S. occupation headquarters in Baghdad, demanding pay.
• 2004 - The first episode of Ken Jennings' incredible reign as Jeopardy! champion airs. He starts out with $37,201 and would go on to win more than two million dollars.
• 2005 - Sun Microsystems announces it will purchase Storage Technology Corporation for US$4.1 billion.

Events June 2 - Gaiseric leads the Vandals into Rome and plunder the city for two weeks. ... The Vandals were an East Germanic tribe that entered the late Roman Empire, and created a state in North Africa, centered on the city of Carthage. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1... Events Births Deaths Categories: 576 ... Benedict I was pope from June 2, 575 to 579. ... The Pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Catholic Church. ... Events June 2 - Pope Eugene I dies and is subsequently canonized. ... Eugene I, pope (655-657), was a native of Rome. ... The Pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Catholic Church. ... Events June 2 - First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France. ... The Récollets (English: Recollects) were a French branch of the Roman Catholic order, the Franciscans (Latin: Ordo Fratrum Minorum), first established in France about 1570. ... A missionary is a propagator of religion, often an evangelist or other representative of a religious community who works among those outside of that community. ... Motto: Don de Dieu feray valoir (Gift of God shall make prosper) Area: 547. ... Location within France Rouen (pronounced in French, sometimes also ) is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northern France, and presently the capital of the Upper Normandy région. ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Pontiacs Rebellion was a war launched in 1763 by Native Americans (American Indians) who were dissatisfied with British rule in the Great Lakes region and the Ohio Country after the British victory in the French and Indian War. ... Mackinaw City is a village in Emmet County, with a small portion lying within Cheboygan County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... For other uses of Chippewa, see Chippewa (disambiguation). ... Fort Michilimackinac was an 18th century French, and later British, fort and trading post in the Great Lakes of North America. ... High School lacrosse action. ... 1774 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Please put this back up. ... The Quartering Act is the name of at least two laws passed by Britains Parliament. ... Starting in the late 16th century, the English began to colonize North America. ... 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Derby (pronounced dar-bee ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jean-Paul Marat Jean-Paul Marat (May 24, 1743 - July 13, 1793), was a Swiss-born scientist and physician, who made much of his career in England, but is best known as a French Revolutionary. ... This article is about a legislative body and constitutional convention during the French Revolution. ... Public guillotining in Lons-le-Saunier, 1878 Guillotine from Baden (reconstruction) The Maiden, an older Scottish design Portrait of Dr. Guillotin The guillotine is a machine used for the mechanized application of capital punishment by decapitation. ... The Reign of Terror (June 1793 – July 1794) was a period in the French Revolution characterized by brutal repression. ... 1800 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) is a highly contagious disease unique to humans. ... Vaccination is a term coined by Edward Jenner for the process of administering live, albeit weakened, microbes to patients, with the intent of conferring immunity against a targeted form of a related disease agent. ... World map showing North America (geographically) A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere, bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by... 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891), American showman who is best remembered for his entertaining hoaxes and for founding the circus that eventually became Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Prague (Czech: Praha, see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... smoke weed The Portland Rum Riot, also called the Maine Law Riot, was a brief but violent period of civil unrest that occurred in Portland, Maine on June 2, 1855. ... Location in Maine Founded  -Incorporated 1786   County Cumberland County Mayor Jill C. Duson Area  - Total  - Water 136. ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... The American Civil War (1861–1865) was fought in North America within the United States of America, between twenty-three mostly northern states of the Union and the Confederate States of America, a coalition of eleven southern states that declared their independence and claimed the right of secession from the... Motto: Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God our Vindicator) Anthem: God Save the South (unofficial) Dixie (popular) Capital Montgomery, Alabama February 4, 1861–May 29, 1861 Richmond, Virginia May 29, 1861–April 9, 1865 Danville, Virginia April 3–April 10, 1865 Largest city New Orleans February 4, 1861 until captured May... Portrait of Edmund Kirby Smith during the Civil War Edmund Kirby Smith (May 16, 1824 – March 28, 1893) was a career U.S. Army officer, an educator, and a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, notable for his command of the Trans-Mississippi Department of the... Street scene, The Strand. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was the 22nd (1885–1889) and 24th (1893–1897) President of the United States, and the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms. ... Frances Folsom Cleveland (July 21, 1864 – October 29, 1947), wife of Grover Cleveland, was First Lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and 1893 to 1897. ... The southern side of the White House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Guglielmo Marconi Guglielmo Marconi, GCVO (25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937) was an Italian electrical engineer and Nobel laureate, known for the development of a practical wireless telegraphy system commonly known as the radio. Marconi was President of the Accademia dItalia and a member of the Fascist Grand Council... A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to a person for a fixed period of time in exchange for the regulated, public disclosure of certain details of a device, method, process or substance (known as an invention) which is new, inventive and useful. ... In general terms, an invention is an object, process or technique which displays an element of novelty. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular American humorist, novelist, writer and lecturer. ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Hon Alfred Deakin Alfred Deakin (3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919 ), Australian politician, was a leader of the movement for Australian federation and later second Prime Minister of Australia. ... The current (25th) Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard (sitting, fifth from left), with his Cabinet, 1999 The office of Prime Minister is in practice the most powerful political office in the Commonwealth of Australia. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. ... Citizenship is membership in a political community (originally a city but now usually a state), and carries with it rights to political participation; a person having such membership is a citizen. ... A Sioux in traditional dress including war bonnet, circa 1908. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Walter Clement Pipp (February 17, 1893 - January 11, 1965) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball, now best remembered as the man who lost his starting role to Lou Gehrig at the beginning of Gehrigs streak of 2,130 consecutive games. ... The New York Yankees are a Major League baseball team based in The Bronx, New York City. ... Henry Louis Gehrig, born Ludwig Heinrich Gehrig (June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941), was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the New York Yankees and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Picture of Fenway Park. ... George Herman Ruth, (b. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The birth of the Italian republic (officially on June 2, 1946) is a key event of Italian contemporary history. ... A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ... A monarchy, (from the Greek monos, one, and archein, to rule) is a form of government that has a monarch as Head of State. ... In a broad definition a republic is a state or country that is led by people who do not base their political power on any principle beyond the control of the people living in that state or country. ... Umberto II, occasionally anglicized as Humbert II, (September 15, 1904 - March 18, 1983), the last King of Italy, nicknamed the King of May (Italian Re di Maggio), was born the Prince of Piedmont. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, born 21 April 1926), styled Her Majesty The Queen, is the Queen regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the end of World War II to the Yugoslav wars. ... Since 1948 there was a sincere rift in the relationships between the USSR and the SFR Yugoslavia as Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito established a socialist regime disregarding Stalin. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the National Liberation Front (NLF, or Viet Cong) against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and their allies—notably the United States military in support of... Official language Vietnamese Capital Saigon Last President Duong Van Minh Last Prime Minister Vu Van Mau Area  - Total  - % water 173,809km² N/A Population  - Total  - Density 19,370,000 (1973 est. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Diagram of Surveyor lunar landing spacecraft (NASA) The Surveyor Program comprised unmanned spaceflights to the Moon, with soft landings, without returning (although Surveyor 6 became the first spacecraft to lift off the moon). ... Surveyor 1 was the first lunar lander in the American Surveyor program that explored the Moon. ... Crust composition Oxygen 43% Silicon 21% Aluminium 10% Calcium 9% Iron 9% Magnesium 5% Titanium 2% Nickel 0. ... ... Ariane 5 lifts off with the Rosetta space probe on March 2, 2004. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Boroughs of West Berlin West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. ... Shah (in Persian: شاه), from the Old Persian word khshathra-pava (king), popularly referred to as satrap by the Greeks, is the Persian term for a monarch and used by the former rulers of Persia as well as the rulers of the Persian Empire. ... Benno Ohnesorg (October 15, 1940 _ June 2, 1967) was a German university student killed by a police officer on June 2, 1967, during a demonstration in Berlin against the visit of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, to Germany. ... Look up terrorist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Movement 2 June was a well known West German militant group based in West Berlin. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Pope John Paul II (Latin: ), born Karol Józef WojtyÅ‚a (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005), reigned as pope of the Catholic Church for almost 27 years, from 16 October 1978 until his death, making his the third-longest reign in the history of the Papacy according to the... The Pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Catholic Church. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ... Leonard Lake (July 20, 1946–June 6, 1985) was an alleged U.S. serial killer. ... The downtown San Francisco skyline, looking east from the central part of the city. ... Shoplifting is theft of merchandise for sale in a shop, store, or other retail establishment, usually by a would-be patron or customer. ... Reynolds American Inc. ... Nabisco logo Nabisco is a U.S.-based manufacturer of cookies and snacks, including brands such as Chips Ahoy, Fig Newtons, Mallomars, Oreos, Ritz Crackers, Teddy Grahams, Triscuits, and Wheat Thins. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Seal of the Air Force. ... Scott OGrady is a retired United States Air Force captain who gained prominence after he was shot down in his F-16 on June 2, 1995 while patrolling the no-fly zone over Bosnia. ... The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a modern multi-role jet fighter aircraft built in the United States and used by dozens of countries all over the world. ... Bosnia and Herzegovina (officially Bosna i Hercegovina, shortened to BiH, also in English variously written Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina) is a mountainous country in the western Balkans. ... The NATO flag NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Timothy McVeigh Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001), considered by the FBI an American domestic terrorist, was executed for his part in the April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City bombing. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Damage to the Murrah building before cleanup began. ... Aerial view of Alfred P. Murrah building after bombing The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was a United States Government complex located in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 200 N.W. 5th Street that was the target of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. ... Downtown Oklahoma City The State Capitol of Oklahoma From The South Founded Incorporated   County Oklahoma County Mayor Mick Cornett Area  - Total  - Water 1,608. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Senators Dianne Feinstein (D) Barbara Boxer (D) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... CIH, also known as Chernobyl or Spacefiller, is a computer virus written by Chen Ing Hau of Taiwan. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Bhutan Broadcasting Service is the national radio and television service in Bhutan. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A street map of Baghdad Average temperature (red) and precipitations (blue) in Baghdad For other meanings see Baghdad (disambiguation) Baghdad (Arabic: ) is the capital of Iraq and the Baghdad Province. ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ken Jennings on Jeopardy!. Kenneth Wayne Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) holds the record for the longest winning streak on the syndicated game show Jeopardy!, as well as other records. ... Jeopardy! logo (1994–1996) Jeopardy! is a popular international television game show, originally devised by Merv Griffin, who also created Wheel of Fortune. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sun Microsystems (Sun Microsystems, Inc. ... Storage Technology Corporation (StorageTek) is a worldwide technology company that delivers a broad range of data storage offerings. ...

Births

• 926 - Murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967)
• 1535 - Pope Leo XI (d. 1605)
• 1740 - Marquis de Sade, French author (d. 1814)
• 1773 - John Randolph, U.S. Senator from Virginia (d. 1833)
• 1835 - Pope Pius X (d. 1914)
• 1840 - Thomas Hardy, English poet, novelist (d. 1928)
• 1857 - Edward Elgar, English composer (d. 1934)
• 1857 - Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
• 1863 - Felix Weingartner, Yugoslavian conductor (d. 1942)
• 1865 - George Lohmann, English cricketer (d. 1901)
• 1887 - Howard Johnson, American songwriter (d. 1941)
• 1891 - Thurman Arnold, American attorney and jurist (d. 1969)
• 1899 - Lotte Reiniger, German film director (d. 1981)
• 1904 - Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (d. 1984)
• 1907 - Dorothy West, American writer (d. 1998)
• 1913 - Barbara Pym, English novelist (d. 1980)
• 1917 - Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and filmmaker
• 1920 - Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish critic
• 1920 - Tex Schramm, American football team president and general manager (d. 2003)
• 1922 - Charlie Sifford, American golfer
• 1929 - Norton Juster, American author and architect
• 1935 - Carol Shields, American-born novelist (d. 2003)
• 1936 - Sally Kellerman, American actress
• 1940 - King Constantine II of Greece
• 1941 - Stacy Keach, American actor
• 1941 - Charlie Watts, English musician (The Rolling Stones)
• 1942 - Barry Levinson, American producer
• 1944 - Marvin Hamlisch, American composer and musician
• 1946 - Peter Sutcliffe, English murderer
• 1948 - Jerry Mathers, American actor
• 1949 - Heather Couper, British astronomer
• 1949 - Frank Rich, American theater critic and political columnist
• 1951 - Larry Robinson, Canadian hockey player
• 1953 - Craig Stadler, American golfer
• 1954 - Dennis Haysbert, American actor
• 1955 - Dana Carvey, American actor and comedian
• 1957 - King Lizzard, Las Vegas Entertainer
• 1958 - Lawrence Pfohl, American professional wrestler
• 1959 - Lydia Lunch, American singer
• 1960 - Kyle Petty, American race car driver
• 1962 - Clyde Drexler, American basketball player
• 1965 - Mark Waugh, Australian cricketer
• 1965 - Steve Waugh, Australian cricketer
• 1971 - Anthony Montgomery, American actor
• 1972 - Wayne Brady, American actor and comedian
• 1976 - Earl Boykins, American basketball player
• 1978 - A.J. Styles, American professional wrestler
• 1978 - Justin Long, American Actor (Waiting)
• 1982 - Andres Nuiamäe, Estonian soldier KIA in Iraq (d. 2004)
• 1982 - Jewel Staite, Canadian actress
• 1989 - Freddy Adu, Ghanaian footballer

Events Bohai is conquered by the Khitan Births Emperor Murakami of Japan Deaths Categories: 926 ... Murakami can refer to: Emperor Murakami of Japan, the 62nd Emperor of Japan. ... His Majesty Emperor Akihito of Japan The Emperor of Japan (天皇 tennō) is a constitutionally-recognized symbol of the Japanese nation and the unity of its people. ... Events Emperor Reizei ascends to the throne of Japan The Khazar capital of Atil falls to the Kievan Rus around this year Births Deaths Emperor Murakami of Japan Abu al-Faraj Ali of Isfahan, scholar. ... Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga (now Montreal) June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ... Leo XI, né Alessandro Ottaviano de Medici (June 2, 1535–April 27, 1605), was pope from April 1, 1605 to April 27 of the same year. ... Events April 13 - Tsar Boris Godunow dies - Feodor II accedes to the throne May 16 - Paul V becomes Pope June 1 - Russian troops in Moscow imprison Feodor II and his mother. ... Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ... Portrait of the Marquis de Sade by Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (c. ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1773 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Autographed portrait of John Randolph John Randolph (June 2, 1773 - May 24, 1833) was a Representative and a Senator from Virginia, USA. He was born in Cawsons, Virginia, and was known as John Randolph of Roanoke to distinguish him from relatives. ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... His Holiness Pope Saint Pius X, born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto (June 2, 1835 – August 20, 1914), was Pope from 1903 to 1914, succeeding Pope Leo XIII. He was the first pope since the Counter-Reformation Pope St. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Photograph of Hardy Thomas Hardy, OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was a novelist and poet, generally regarded as among the greatest poets and novelists in English literature. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Sir Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (2 June 1857 â€“ 23 February 1934) was an English composer, born in the small village of Lower Broadheath outside Worcester, Worcestershire, to William Elgar, a piano tuner and music dealer, and his wife Ann. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Karl Gjellerup (June 2, 1857 - October 13, 1919) was a Danish poet and novelist who together with his compatriot Henrik Pontoppidan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917. ... The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words of Alfred Nobel, produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Felix (Edler von Münzberg) Weingartner (June 2, 1863 – May 7, 1942) was a conductor, composer and pianist. ... This article is about the year. ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... George Lohmann (born June 2, 1865; died December 1, 1901) is regarded as one the greatest bowlers of all time. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... Howard Johnson (June 2, 1887-May 1, 1941) was a song lyricist. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 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Dorothy West (June 2, 1907 - August 16, 1998) was a novelist and short story writer who was part of the Harlem Renaissance. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Barbara Mary Crampton Pym (June 2, 1913 - January 11, 1980) was an English novelist. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... Heinz Sielmann (born June 2, 1917 in Rheydt [now Mönchengladbach], Germany ) is a world renowned wildlife photographer, zoologist and documentary filmmaker. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Marcel Reich-Ranicki (born 2 June 1920, at WÅ‚ocÅ‚awek, Poland) is a famous German literary critic, and a member of the literary group Gruppe 47. ... Texas Earnest Schramm, Jr. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Charlie Sifford (born June 2, 1922) was the first African American golfer to play on the PGA TOUR beginning in 1961. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Norton Juster is an American architect and author. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Carol Shields, CC , OM , D.Litt. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 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Barry Levinson Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer of film and television. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Marvin Hamlisch (born June 2, 1944) is one of the most successful composers of the twentieth century. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Peter Sutcliffe (born June 2, 1946), infamous as the Yorkshire Ripper, was convicted in 1981 of the murders of thirteen women and attacks on seven more from 1975 to 1980. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jerry Mathers (born June 2, 1948) in Sioux City, Iowa, USA), is probably best known for his role in the television sitcom series Leave it to Beaver (1957-1963), in which he starred as Theodore Beaver Cleaver in a somewhat ideal family. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Heather Couper (born June 2, 1949) is a British astronomer who popularised astronomy in the 1990s and 2000s on British Television, often alongside Patrick Moore on the programme The Sky at Night. ... Frank Rich (born June 2, 1949) is a columnist for The New York Times. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Larry Robinson, born June 2, 1951 in Winchester, Ontario, Canada, was a star player and a coach in the National Hockey League. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Craig Stadler (born June 2, 1953 in San Diego, California) is an American professional golfer. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dennis Haysbert (June 2, 1954) is an African-American actor perhaps best known as the character David Palmer from the American television show 24. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Kyle Pettys official NASCAR portrait. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Clyde Drexler at a book signing Clyde Austin The Glide Drexler (born June 22, 1962 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a former NBA all-star guard. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Mark Edward Waugh AM (born June 2, 1965) is a well-loved Australian cricketer. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Anthony T. Montgomery (born June 2, 1971 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American actor best known in the role of Ensign Travis Mayweather on the television series Star Trek: Enterprise. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... 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Justin Long (born June 2, 1978 in Fairfield, Connecticut) is a film and television actor who left Vassar College in 1998, following his sophomore year, to pursue a career in the performing arts. ... Waiting is a comedy movie starring Ryan Reynolds, Justin Long and Anna Faris about a bunch of twenty-somethings working at Shenanigans, a restaurant that has them doing their practical jokes and sitting around talking about sex all day. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Andres Nuiamäe Andres Nuiamäe (June 2, 1982 - February 28, 2004) was a Junior Sargeant of the Estonian Army, assigned to the ESTPLA-8 unit in Baghdad, Iraq. ... KIA is a three-letter abbreviation for killed in action, a term often used in military histories and narratives to count the number of casualties in a conflict, or the status of an individual. ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Deaths

• 829 - Saint Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 758)
• 1418 - Katherine of Lancaster, queen of Henry III of Castile
• 1567 - Shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain
• 1581 - James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland
• 1693 - John Wildman, English soldier and politician
• 1701 - Madeleine de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1607)
• 1716 - Ogata Korin, Japanese painter
• 1754 - Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (b. 1680)
• 1761 - Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1685)
• 1876 - Hristo Botev, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1848)
• 1882 - Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian revolutionarist (b. 1807)
• 1901 - George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary (b. 1844)
• 1933 - Frank Jarvis, American athlete (b. 1878)
• 1941 - Lou Gehrig, baseball player (b. 1903)
• 1956 - Jean Hersholt, Danish actor and humanitarian (b. 1886)
• 1961 - George S. Kaufman, American playwright (b. 1889)
• 1962 - Vita Sackville-West, English writer, and gardener (b. 1892)
• 1967 - Benno Ohnesorg, German student of Romance languages and literature (b. 1940)
• 1970 - Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car racer, designer, and manufacturer (b. 1937)
• 1970 - Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian poet (b. 1888)
• 1982 - Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (b. 1904)
• 1987 - Sammy Kaye, American bandleader (b. 1910)
• 1987 - Andres Segovia, Spanish guitarist (b. 1893)
• 1990 - Rex Harrison, English actor (b. 1908)
• 1992 - Phillip Dunne, American film director (b. 1908)
• 1996 - Ray Combs, American game show host and comedian (b. 1956)
• 1996 - Leon Garfield, English children's author (b. 1921)
• 1998 - Sylvester Ritter, American professional wrestler (b. 1953)
• 2001 - Imogene Coca, American actress (b. 1908)
• 2001 - Joey Maxim, American boxer (b. 1922)
• 2003 - Fred Blassie, American professional wrestler (b. 1918)
• 2005 - George Mikan, American basketball player (b. 1924)
• 2005 - Samir Kassir, Lebanese journalist and teacher (b. 1950)

Events Egbert of Wessex conquers Mercia and is recognized as Bretwalda. ... Saint Nicephorus (c. ... Events End of the reign of Empress Koken of Japan; she is succeeded by Emperor Junnin. ... Events May 19 - Capture of Paris by John, Duke of Burgundy September - Beginning of English Siege of Rouen Mircea the Old, ruler of Wallachia dies and is succeeded by Vlad I Uzurpatorul. ... Katherine of Lancaster (also known as Catherine Plantagenet and as Queen Catalina of Castile and Leon) (1372/1373-2 June 1418) was the daughter of John of Gaunt and his second wife, Constance of Castile. ... Henry III (October 4, 1379 — 1406), sometimes known as Henry the Sufferer or Henry the Infirm (Spanish: Enrique el Doliente) was the son of John I and succeeded him as King of Castile and León in 1390. ... Events The Duke of Alva arrives in the Netherlands with Spanish forces to suppress unrest there. ... Shane ONeill (c. ... Events January 16 - English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism April 4 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. July 26 - The Northern Netherlands proclaim their independence from Spain in the Oath of Abjuration. ... James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (c. ... Events January 11 - Eruption of Mt. ... Sir John Wildman (c. ... Events January 18 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia. ... Madeleine de Scudéry (November 15, 1607 - June 2, 1701), often known simply as Mademoiselle de Scudéry, was a French writer. ... Events January 20 - Tidal wave swept along the Bristol Channel, killing 2000 people. ... // Events Natchez, one of the oldest towns on the Mississippi, founded. ... Ogata Korin (尾形 光琳, ca. ... 1754 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Ebenezer Erskine (June 22, 1680 - June 2, 1754), was a Scottish church leader, chief founder of the Secession Church (formed of dissenters from the Church of Scotland). ... Events First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there. ... 1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jonas Alströmer Jonas Alströmer (7 January 1685 - 2 June 1761) was a pioneer of agriculture and industry in Sweden. ... Events February 6 - James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King James II of England and Ireland and King James VII of Scotland. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Hristo Botev Hristo Botev (Bulgarian: Христо Ботев), also known as Khristo Botev, was a Bulgarian poet and revolutionary. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Garibaldi in 1866 Giuseppe Garibaldi (July 4, 1807 – June 2, 1882) was an Italian patriot and soldier of the Risorgimento. ... 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Reverend Doctor. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Frank Washington Jarvis (August 31, 1878 - June 2, 1933) was an American athlete, and the Olympic 100 m champion of 1900. ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Henry Louis Gehrig, born Ludwig Heinrich Gehrig (June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941), was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the New York Yankees and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jean Hersholt (July 12, 1886 - June 2, 1956) was an Danish actor. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889 - June 2, 1961) was a playwright, director, producer, humorist, and drama critic noted for his many collaborations with other writers and his contributions to 20th century American comedy. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Front dustjacket of The Land, designed by George Plank. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Benno Ohnesorg (October 15, 1940 _ June 2, 1967) was a German university student killed by a police officer on June 2, 1967, during a demonstration in Berlin against the visit of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, to Germany. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Bruce Leslie McLaren (30 August 1937–2 June 1970), born in Auckland, New Zealand, was a race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888-1970) was an Italian poet. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (January 1, 1904 - June 2, 1982) was President of Pakistan from August 14, 1973 until his resignation on September 16, 1978 Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry was born in the city of Gujrat in the Punjab province on January 1, 1904. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sammy Kaye (born Samuel Zarnocay, Jr. ... 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Andr s Segovia (February 21, 1893 – June 3, 1987) was a Spanish classical guitarist and is generally considered to be the father of the modern classical guitar movement by most modern scholars. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rex Harrison Sir Reginald Carey Rex Harrison (March 5, 1908–June 2, 1990) was a British theatre and film actor. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Raymond Neil Combs, Jr. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Leon Garfield, born 14 July 1921 in Brighton, Sussex, England, died 2 June 1996, was a writer of fiction best known for his historical novels for children. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Junkyard Dog Sylvester Ritter (December 13, 1953 - June 2, 1998) was a professional wrestler best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation as Junkyard Dog. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Imogene Coca (November 18, 1908 - June 2, 2001) was an American comic actress. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Giuseppe Antonio Berardinelli, (March 28, 1922-June 2, 2001), was an American boxer. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Classy Freddie Blassie along with Hulk Hogan. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... George Lawrence Mikan, Jr. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Samir Kassir (Arabic: سـمـيـر قـصـيـر; 1960–June 2, 2005) was a Palestinian-Lebanese university professor, journalist and historian. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Holidays and observances

• The Greek Orthodox Church commemorates Saint Nicephorus' death - see also March 13
• Italy's Festa della Repubblica (Republic Day), which commemorates the birth of the Repubblica Italiana and the end of the monarchy.

Greek Orthodox Church can refer to: the Orthodox Church of Constantinople, headed by the Patriarch of Constantinople, who is also the first among equals of the Eastern Orthodox Communion. ... Saint Nicephorus (c. ... March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... Republic Day is the name of a public holiday in several countries to commemorate the day when they first became republics . ... The birth of the Italian republic (officially on June 2, 1946) is a key event of Italian contemporary history. ...

External links

• BBC: On This Day

June 1 - June 3 - May 2 - July 2 -- listing of all days June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... Condensed list of historical anniversaries. ...