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02 Jun 1615
First Rcollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City from Rouen France
02 Jun 1619
England and the Netherlands sign treaty about trading in the Indies
02 Jun 1633
Prince Frederick Henry conquers fort Rhine at Cologne
02 Jun 1676
Battle at Palermo French beats Dutch and Spanish fleet
02 Jun 1763
Pontiacs Rebellion At what is now Mackinaw City Michigan Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrisons attention with a game of lacrosse then chasing a ball into the fort
02 Jun 1774
Intolerable Acts Amendment to original Quartering Act enacted allows governors in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses outhouses barns or other buildings if suitable quarters not provided
02 Jun 1780
Anti-Catholic demonstration attacks parliament in London
02 Jun 1797
1st ascent of Great Mountain (4622) in Adirondack NY (C Broadhead)
02 Jun 1851
1st US alcohol prohibition law enacted (Maine)
02 Jun 1855
The Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland Maine
02 Jun 1857
James Gibbs of Virginia patents the chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine
02 Jun 1858
Donati Comet 1st seen named after its discoverer
02 Jun 1862
Robert E. Lee takes command of Confederate armies of North Virgina during US Civil War
02 Jun 1862
Raid at Earlys Maryland towards Washington D.C.
02 Jun 1865
At Galveston Kirby-Smith surrenders Trans-Mississippi Dept
02 Jun 1869
Clevelands Forest City play their 1st game (vs Cincinnati Red Stockings)
02 Jun 1873
Construction begins on Clay St (San Francisco) for worlds 1st cable railroad
02 Jun 1875
James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US
02 Jun 1876
Hristo Botev a Bulgarian poet and national revolutionary is killed in Stara Planina
02 Jun 1883
1st night baseball under lights Fort Wayne Indiana
02 Jun 1896
30th Belmont Henry Griffin aboard Hastings wins in 224.5
02 Jun 1899
Black Americans observed day of fasting in protest against lynchings
02 Jun 1901
Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday (NY)
02 Jun 1902
2nd statewide initiative & referendum law adopted in Oregon
02 Jun 1904
Professor Schron finds microbe that causes photosynthesis
02 Jun 1908
33rd Preakness Eddie Dugan riding Royal Tourist wins in 146.4
02 Jun 1909
43rd Belmont Eddie Dugan riding Joe Madden wins in 221.6
02 Jun 1909
Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time
02 Jun 1910
1st roundtrip flight over English Channel (C S Rolls England)
02 Jun 1913
1st strike settlement mediated by US Department of Labor - railroad clerks
02 Jun 1913
Demonstrations for general voting right in Netherlands
02 Jun 1919
Pulitzer prize awarded to Carl Sandburg (Cornhuskers)
02 Jun 1920
Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene ONeill (Beyond the Horizon)
02 Jun 1922
Suffy McInnis (1st base) ends an errorless string of 1700 chances
02 Jun 1924
Snyder Act US citizenship granted to all American Indians
02 Jun 1928
Kraft building on the original 1918 design rolls out Velveeta cheese
02 Jun 1930
Sarah Dickson becomes 1st woman Presbyterian elder in US Cincinnati
02 Jun 1932
German Chancellor Franz von Papen forms his Cabinet of the Barons
02 Jun 1934
French Championships Mens Tennis Gottfried von Cramm of Germany wins 1st of 2 French titles beats Australian Jack Crawford 6-4 7-9 3-6 7-5 6-3
02 Jun 1934
39th Womens French Championships Margaret Scriven beats Helen Jacobs (7-5 4-6 6-1)
02 Jun 1935
French Championships Mens Tennis Englishman Fred Perry wins his only French title beating Gottfried von Cramm of Germany 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-3
02 Jun 1935
40th Womens French Championships Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling beats Simonne Mathieu (6-2 6-1)
02 Jun 1936
General Anastasio Somoza Garca takes over as dictator of Nicaragua
02 Jun 1943
99th Pursuit Squadron flies 1st combat mission (over Italy)
02 Jun 1944
Herzogenbusch concentration camp near Vught Netherlands is disbanded by Allied forces one of two SS-run camps outside Germany
02 Jun 1946
Italian plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy (National Day)
02 Jun 1947
Louisiana Lady opens at Century Theater NYC for 4 performances
02 Jun 1950
St Louis Browns pitcher Harry Dorish swipes home vs Washington Senators
02 Jun 1951
Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Evangelii praecones
02 Jun 1952
Maurice Olley of General Motors begins designing the Corvette
02 Jun 1954
John Costello (Cons) becomes premier of Ireland
02 Jun 1955
The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries discontinued since 1948.
02 Jun 1958
Brooks Robinson hits into 1st of record 4 triple plays
02 Jun 1960
Broadway theaters close (labor dispute between owners & Actors Equity)
02 Jun 1962
French Championships Womens Tennis In an all-Australian final Margaret Smith beats doubles partner Lesley Turner 6-3 3-6 7-5
02 Jun 1964
Folies Bergre opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances
02 Jun 1964
Rolling Stones 1st US concert tour debuts in Lynn Massachusetts
02 Jun 1965
2nd of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35000 (Ganges River India)
02 Jun 1966
US Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum 1st lunar soft-landing
02 Jun 1968
Canadians must get government permission to export silver
02 Jun 1968
WBLG (now WTVQ) TV channel 62 in Lexington KY (ABC) 1st broadcast
02 Jun 1969
Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne slices US destroyer USS Frank E Evans in half killing 74 (South Vietnam)
02 Jun 1971
15th European Cup Ajax beats Panathinaikos 2-0 at London
02 Jun 1972
Two British soldiers die in an IRA land mine attack near Rosslea County Fermanagh
02 Jun 1973
Nash at Nine closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 21 performances
02 Jun 1973
French Open Womens Tennis Margaret Court of Australia beats American teenager Chris Evert 6-7 7-6 6-4 for her 5th and last French singles crown
02 Jun 1975
James A Healy 1st black Roman Catholic bishop consecrated (Maine)
02 Jun 1975
VP Rockefeller finds no pattern of illegal activities at CIA
02 Jun 1976
East Timor Peoples Assembly accepts annexation by Indonesia
02 Jun 1977
New Jersey allows casino gambling in Atlantic City
02 Jun 1980
Your Arms Too Short to Box... opens at Ambassador NYC for 149 performances
02 Jun 1982
Blues in the Night opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 53 performances
02 Jun 1983
1980 movie Attack of the Killer Tomatoes released in Germany
02 Jun 1983
Toilet catches fire on Air Canadas DC-9 23 die at Cincinnati
02 Jun 1984
Welcome To Fun Zone hosted by Dr Demento airs on NBC-TV
02 Jun 1984
Flight readiness firing of Discoverys main engines
02 Jun 1985
39th Tony Awards Biloxi Blues and Big River win
02 Jun 1985
Andreas Papandreous PASOK-party wins election in Greece
02 Jun 1985
RJ Reynolds Company proposed a merger with Nabisco
02 Jun 1986
NYC transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token
02 Jun 1986
Regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins
02 Jun 1988
61st National Spell Bee Rageshree Ramachandran wins spelling elegiacal
02 Jun 1988
Consumer Reports calls for a ban on the Suzuki Samurai automobile
02 Jun 1989
14 year old Scott Isaacs spells spoliator to win Spelling Bee
02 Jun 1991
45th Tony Awards Lost in Yonkers & Will Rogers Follies win
02 Jun 1991
Seppo Raty of Finland improves his world javelin record to 318 1
02 Jun 1991
Three Andrettis finished 1-2-3 in the Miller 200 at Wisconsin
02 Jun 1992
Wilson Phillips release their second album Shadows & Light
02 Jun 1994
67th National Spelling Bee Ned Andrews wins spelling antediluvian
02 Jun 1994
Chinook helicopter crashes in North Scotland (29 killed)
02 Jun 1994
Sharon Stone files 12m lawsuit against her jeweler
02 Jun 1999
The Bhutan Broadcasting Service brings television transmissions to the Kingdom for the first time
02 Jun 2002
56th Tony Awards Thoroughly Modern Millie The Goat or Who is Sylvia win
02 Jun 2002
Crime drama The Wire created by David Simon and starring Idris Elba and Dominic West debuts on HBO
02 Jun 2003
Europe launches its first voyage to another planet Mars. The European Space Agencys Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan.
02 Jun 2009
Switzerland officially enters the global recession
02 Jun 1996
US Open Womens Golf Pine Needles GC Annika Srenstam retains her title by 6 shots from Kris Tschetter
02 Jun 1997
Albert Belles Chicago White Sox tying 27-game hitting streak ends
02 Jun 1997
Timothy McVeigh found guilty of 1995 Oklahoma City bombing killing 168
02 Jun 1998
The CIH computer virus is discovered in Taiwan
02 Jun 2014
The unity government is sworn into power in Palestine it agrees to the following recognition of Israel compliance to diplomatic agreements renunciation of violence
02 Jun 2014
Former Liberation Front guerilla fighter Salvador Snchez Cern 69 is sworn in as president in El Salvador
02 Jun 2014
Telangana with Hyderabad as its capital becomes Indias 29th state after it is separated from Andhra Pradesh
02 Jun 2015
US Congress passes new legislation to reform National Security Agency procedures restricting gathering of phone records
02 Jun 2015
FIFA President Sepp Blatter announces his resignation 5 days after his re-election amid FIFAs involvement in a bribery scandal
02 Jun 2015
100 volunters in Bhutan set a world record for tree planting - 49672 in 1 hour
02 Jun 2017
Wonder Woman directed by Patty Jenkins released earns over 100 million in North American in its opening weekend - domestic record for a female director
02 Jun 2018
Socialist Pedro Snchez is sworn in as Spanish Prime Minister
02 Jun 1916
Battle of Verdun German troops launch attack on Fort Vaux with flamethrowers forcing French defenders inside. The fort changes hand 16 times during the entire Battle of Verdun.
02 Jun 1932
Fisherman George W. Perry catches the world record largemouth bass weighing in at 22 pounds 4 ounces at Lake Montgomery Georgia
02 Jun 1934
French Championship Womens Tennis Englands defending champion Margaret Scriven beats American Helen Jacobs 7-5 4-6 6-1
02 Jun 1971
European Cup Final Wembley Stadium London Ajax beats Panathinaikos 2-0 Dutch champions begin 3-year period of domination
02 Jun 1997
Timothy McVeigh found guilty of 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168
02 Jun 2019
US Open Womens Golf CC of Charleston Lee Jeong-eun of South Korea wins her first major title beats runners-up Lexi Thompson Agel Yin and Ryu So-yeon by 2 strokes
02 Jun 1797
Surveyor Charles Brodhead achieves the 1st ascent of Giant Mountain (4626 feet) in Adirondack New York the 1st of any Adirondack High Peak [1]
02 Jun 1916
Battle of Verdun German troops under Lt Rackow launch attack on Fort Vaux with flamethrowers forcing French defenders inside. The fort changes hand 16 times during the entire Battle of Verdun.
02 Jun 2015
100 volunteers in Bhutan set a world record for tree planting - 49672 in 1 hour
02 Jun 2020
New outbreak of Ebola has killed five people in city of Mbandaka Democratic Republic of Congo
02 Jun 2020
Brazilian death toll passes 30000 from COVID-19 at 31199 with 555383 number of cases confirmed 2nd only to the US
02 Jun 2020
UK death toll from COVID-19 passes 50000 (50032) according to its Office of National Statistics
02 Jun 1882
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza festival welcomed in Paris
02 Jun 1947
Monte Carlo and Alma Sanders musical Louisiana Lady opens at Century Theater NYC runs for 4 performances
02 Jun 1967
Capitol Records releases The Beatles album Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band in the US it is their first album with identical track listings in US and UK and goes to number one for 15 weeks in US 22 weeks in UK
02 Jun 1980
Your Arms Too Short To Box With God opens at Ambassador NYC for 149 performances
02 Jun 1869
Clevelands Forest City play their 1st baseball game against the Cincinnati Red Stockings
02 Jun 1985
39th Tony Awards Biloxi Blues (play) and Big River (musical) win
02 Jun 1991
45th Tony Awards Lost in Yonkers (play) & The Will Rogers Follies (musical) win
02 Jun 1996
50th Tony Awards Master Class (play) & Rent (musical) win
02 Jun 2002
56th Tony Awards Thoroughly Modern Millie (musical) & The Goat or Who is Sylvia (play) win
02 Jun 2018
Ringo Starrs thirteenth All-Starr Band debuts in concert members include Steve Lukather Gregg Rolie Colin Hay Graham Gouldman Gregg Bissonette and Warren Ham
02 Jun 2022
Queen Elizabeth II marks her Platinum Jubilee with four days of celebrations starting with a military parade at Buckingham Palace [1]
02 Jun 1865
Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith surrenders his Trans-Mississippi Department to Union forces at Galveston Texas he then flees to Mexico to avoid charges of treason
02 Jun 1883
Chicagos elevated train system the L opens to traffic [1]
02 Jun 1903
First patent for adrenaline (epinephrine) granted to Japanese-American chemist Jokichi Takamine [1]
02 Jun 1922
MLB first baseman Stuffy McInnis ends an errorless string of 1700 chances while playing for the Boston red Sox (1921) and Cleveland Indians ()
02 Jun 1941
WWII British Royal Navy captures U-110 its 1st German U-boat after gathering valuable code machinery they sink the vessel
02 Jun 1989
14-year-old Scott Isaacs spells spoliator to win Spelling Bee
02 Jun 2023
A three-train collision in Indias Balasore district Odisha state leaves 288 dead and more than 1000 people injured in the countrys worst rail accident this century [1]
02 Jun 2023
US Army renames Fort Bragg in North Carolina as Fort Liberty as part of effort to remove Confederate names from military bases namesake Braxton Bragg served in the US Army (1837-56) and the Confederate Army (1861-65)
02 Jun 1851
First US alcohol prohibition law enacted in Maine
02 Jun 1871
Nevada State Senate convicts Governor David Butler in impeachment trial on charges of using some of the state school fund for personal use the state Supreme Court then removes him from office
02 Jun 1899
Black Americans observe a day of fasting in protest against lynchings
02 Jun 1904
German professor Otto von Schron gives a public demonstration of a microbe that causes phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis)
02 Jun 1965
Second of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35000 in the Ganges River region India
02 Jun 2024
Chinese spacecraft Change-6 successfully lands on the far side of the Moon on a mission to analyse and collect rock samples [1]
02 Jun 2024
Mexico elects former Mayor of Mexico City Claudia Sheinbaum as its first woman president [1]
02 Jun 1930
Sarah Dickson becomes 1st woman US Presbyterian elder in Cincinnati Ohio
02 Jun 1932
Fisherman George W. Perry catches the world-record largemouth bass weighing 22 pounds 4 ounces at Lake Montgomery in Georgia
02 Jun 1951
Clifford Odets stage drama The Country Girl starring Uta Hagen closs at the Lyceum Theatre NYC after 235 performances
02 Jun 1975
James A. Healy becomes the first Black Roman Catholic bishop in the US in Portland Maine
02 Jun 1984
British actress Jill Ireland (52) has a radical mastectomy
02 Jun 1989
14-year-old Scott Isaacs spells spoliator to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee
02 Jun 2003
Europe launches its first mission to another planet Mars the European Space Agencys Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
02 Jun 2015
100 volunteers in Bhutan set a world record for planting 49672 trees in 1 hour