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Jun 02 1535

Leo XI [Alessandro O de Medici] Italian Pope (1605)

Jun 02 1577

Giovanni Righi Italian composer and friar born in Fabriano (d. 1539)

Jun 02 1758

Cornelis R T Krayenhoff Dutch fortress engineercartographer

Jun 02 1773

John Randolph [of Roanoke] American planter Congressman (Virginia) and Minister to Russia born in Cawsons Virginia (d. 1833)

Jun 02 1774

William Lawson explorer of New South Wales Australia (d. 1850)

Jun 02 1815

Philip Kearny American Major General (Union Army) born in NYC New York (d. 1862)

Jun 02 1821

Ion Bratianu (Lib) premier of Romania (1876-88)

Jun 02 1823

Gdon Ouimet French Canadian politician (d. 1905)

Jun 02 1824

Samuel Wilks British Physician and founding father of clinical science born in London England

Jun 02 1831

Benjamin Hardin Helm Brigadier General (Conf)Lincolns brother-in-law

Jun 02 1831

Jan G Palm Curacao bandmasterchoir mastercomposer

Jun 02 1835

Pius X [Giuseppe Sarto] 257th Roman Catholic pope (1903-14)

Jun 02 1840

Thomas Hardy poet and novelist (Far from the Madding Crowd) born in Higher Bockhampton Dorset (d. 1928)

Jun 02 1849

Paul-Albert Besnard French painter and graphic artist (La femme) born in Paris France (d. 1909)

Jun 02 1857

Karl Adolph Gjellerup poet (Poutnici Svetem Nobel 1917) born in Roholte Denmark (d. 1919)

Jun 02 1863

Paul Felix Weingartner German conductor (Zara Dalmatia)

Jun 02 1864

Ben Webster British actor (Old Curiosity Shop) born in London England (d. 1947)

Jun 02 1865

George Lohmann England cricket medium pace bowler (18 Tests 112 wickets 10.75) born in Kensington England (d. 1901)

Jun 02 1879

Adolf Herckenrath Flemish playwrightpoet (Avondvlam)

Jun 02 1883

Bokke R S Pollema Dutch Frisian journalistauthor (Lock of Hair)

Jun 02 1891

Ernst Kunz Swiss composer born in Bern (d. 1980)

Jun 02 1891

Thurman Arnold American attorney and jurist (d. 1969)

Jun 02 1899

Royal Beal American actor (Death of a Salesman) born in Brookline Massachusetts (d. 1969)

Jun 02 1899

Tan Malaka Indonesian philosopher and founder (Indonesian Communist) born in Limapuluh Koto Dutch East Indies (d. 1949)

Jun 02 1900

David Wynne Welsh composer (Owain ab Urien) born in Penderyn (d. 1983)

Jun 02 1904

Johnny Weissmuller American actor (Tarzan) swimmer (5 Olympic gold 1924 28) born in Freidorf Romania (d. 1984)

Jun 02 1907

Dorothy West US journalistauthor (Living is Easy)

Jun 02 1908

Gordon Weir cricketer (NZ batsman in 11 Tests 1930-37)

Jun 02 1909

Robin Orr Scottish composer born in Brechin (d. 2006)

Jun 02 1911

Xiao Hong Chinese writer (The Field of Life and Death) born in Hulan County Heilongjiang Province (d. 1942)

Jun 02 1913

Barbara Pym romantic author (Very Private Eye) (d. 1980)

Jun 02 1913

Bert Farber American orchestra leader (Arthur Godfrey Vic Damone) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 2005)

Jun 02 1913

Walter Andreas Schwarz German singer and author (d. 1992)

Jun 02 1615 First Rcollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City from Rouen France

Jun 02 1619 England and the Netherlands sign treaty about trading in the Indies

Jun 02 1633 Prince Frederick Henry conquers fort Rhine at Cologne

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