In this article, we are providing Worldwide June 2nd Events and Birthdays of Important Personalities. You can also get information about Historical facts of the day June 2nd in the areas like military, Politics, Science, Music, Sports, Arts, Entertainment, Births and Deaths and more information in this article.Many people want to know What is special about today. The Interesting Historical Facts that occurred around the world are mentioned. You can also find What happened in History Today in this article.
Also see – June 1st in History & June 3rd in History
June 2nd | What Happened In History Today?
This Day in History | |
1537 | The Indians enslavement is banned by Pope Paul III. |
1774 | The Quartering Act, which required American colonists to allow British soldiers into their houses, was reenacted. |
1793 | Maximilien Robespierre initiated the “Reign of Terror”. It was an effort to purge those suspected of treason against the French Republic |
1818 | The British army defeated the Maratha alliance in Bombay, India. |
1835 | P.T. Barnum launched his first traveling show. The main attraction was Joice Heth. Heth was reputed to be the 161-year-old nurse of George Washington. |
1851 | Maine became the first U.S. state to enact a law prohibiting alcohol. |
1883 | The first baseball game under electric lights was played in Fort Wayne, Indiana. |
1886 | Grover Cleveland became the second U.S. president to get married while in office. He was the first to have a wedding in the White House. |
1896 | Guglielmo Marconi’s radio telegraphy device was patented in Great Britain. |
1897 | Mark Twain, at age 61, was quoted by the New York Journal as saying “the report of my death was an exaggeration.” He was responding to the rumors that he had died. |
1910 | The first person to fly non-stop and double cross the English Channel is Charles Stewart Roll. |
1924 | All American Indians were granted U.S. citizenship by the U.S. Congress. |
1928 | Nationalist Chiang Kai-shek captured Peking, China. |
1930 | Mrs. M. Niezes of Panama gave birth to the first baby to be born on a ship while passing through the Panama Canal. |
1935 | George Herman “Babe” Ruth announced that he was retiring from baseball. |
1937 | “The Fabulous Dr. Tweedy” was broadcast on NBC radio for the first time. |
1946 | Italians voted by referendum to form a republic instead of a monarchy. |
1954 | U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy charged that there were communists working in the CIA and atomic weapons plants. |
1957 | CBS-TV interviewed Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. |
1966 | The first soft landing on the Moon, Surveyor 1, the U.S. space probe, landed on the moon and started sending photographs back to Earth of the Moon’s surface. |
1969 | The National Arts Center in Canada opened its doors to the public. |
1979 | On the first visit by a pope to a Communist country, Pope John Paul II arrived in his native Poland. |
1985 | 1985 – A major merger with Nabisco that would create a $4.9 billion conglomerate was proposed by The R.J. Reynolds Company. 1985 – Before the national anthem was played, Tommy Sandt was ejected from a major-league baseball game About a call against his team the night before, he had complained to the umpire. |
1995 | Captain Scott F. O’Grady’s U.S. Air Force F-16C was shot down by Bosnian Serbs. He was rescued six days later. |
1998 | 1998 – To pay $9 million to settle charges of dumping waste at sea, Royal Caribbean Cruises agreed. |
1999 | In South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC) won a major victory. Thabo Mbeki, ANC leader was to succeed Nelson Mandela as the nation’s president. |
2003 | 2003 – Companies could not be sued under a trademark law for using information in the public domain without giving credit to the originator is ruled by The U.S. Supreme Court. Fox against suing Dastar Corp. over their use of World War II footage the case had originated with 20th Century. |
June 2nd Famous Birthdays
After listing out the Today Famous Birthdays, now we are providing the information of What happened in India Today. Many events have occurred on this day in History. The Historical facts that are important and occurred in India on June 2nd are listed below. The famous Historic events, famous peoples births, and deaths that are occurred in India are listed in below table. The list of Today In Indian History in the below table are listed in Chronological Order.
Today Famous Birthdays | |
1740 | Marquis de Sade – French aristocrat, revolutionary and writer |
1840 | Thomas Hardy- Novelist and poet of the naturalist movement |
1904 | Johnny Weissmuller- Olympic swimmer, he was the sixth actor to portray Tarzan in movies |
1908 | Ben Grauer- Radio and television personality |
1917 | Max Showalter -Stage actor, composer, pianist, singer- |
1926 | Milo O’Shea – Actor |
1927 | Carl Butler – Country music singer |
1930 | Pete Conrad (Charles “Pete” Conrad, Jr.)- American naval officer, third person to walk on the moon |
1933 | Barry Levinson- Screenwriter, film director, actor |
1937 | Sally Kellerman- Actress |
1939 | Charles Miller (Charles “Charlie” Miller)- Scottish football player. |
1941 | Stacy Keach- Actor William Guest- Singer (Gladys Knight and The Pips) Charlie Watts – Musician (Rolling Stones) Rolling Stone Merchandise |
1943 | Charles Haid- Actor (“Hill Street Blues”) |
1944 | Marvin Hamlisch- Composer |
1945 | Jon Peters (John H. Peters) – Movie producer |
1948 | Jerry Mathers – Actor (“Leave it to Beaver”) |
1950 | Joanna Gleason – Actress |
1953 | Diana Canova – Actress |
1954 | Dennis Haysbert – Actor |
1955 | Dana Carvey – Comedian, actor (“Saturday Night Live,” “Moving”)Gary Grimes – Actor |
1959 | Lydia Lynch – Singer, poet, writer, actress Michael Steele – Musician (Bangles) Tony Hadley – Musician (Spandau Ballet) |
1960 | Kyle Petty – Auto racer |
1968 | Merril Bainbridge- Singer, songwriter |
1970 | B-Real- Musician (Cypress Hill) |
1972 | Wayne Brady – Actor, comedian (“Whose Line is it Anyway”) Wentworth Miller – Actor (“Prison Break”) |
1977 | Zachary Quinto- Actor (“Heroes”) |
1978 | Nikki Cox – Actress Justin Long – Actor (“Dodgeball,” “Live Free or Die Hard”) Dominic Cooper – Actor |
1980 | Irish Grinstead – Musician (702) |
What happened in India Today
After listing out the Today Famous Birthdays, now we are providing the information of What happened in India Today.Many events are occurred on this day in History.The Historical facts that are important and occurred in India on June 2nd are listed below. The famous Historic events, famous peoples births and deaths that are occurred in India are listed in below table. The list of Today In Indian History in the below table are listed in Chronological Order.
Today In Indian History | |
1756 | To Siraj-ud-Daulah ,the English stronghold in Bengal, Fort William was surrendered. |
1900 | A freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, Sri Ram Sharma Acharya passed away |
1908 | In Maniktala Bomb explosion case, Sri Aurobindo, a freedom fighter, was arrested |
1943 | Ilaiyaraaja, the Indian singer-songwriter and producer, was born today |
1953 | Mountaineer Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and his Nepalese Sherpa guide Tenzing became the first men to conquer Mount Everest |
1955 | Nandan Nilekani, the Indian entrepreneur and politician, was born |
1956 | Mani Ratnam, the renowned Indian film director, was born |
1975 | India’s First Sponge Iron project inaugurated at Vijayawada |
1988 | Raj Kapoor, the famous film actor, director and Dadasaheb Phalke award, passed away |
2004 | Dom Moraes, the Indian writer and poet, passed away |
2014 | Telangana officially became the 29th state of India |
