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What happened in history on this day: June 2?
On June 2 in ...
- 1952 - TV broadcasting starts in Canada when Radio Canada's Channel 2 in Montreal begins airing a test pattern.
- 1969 - ABC airs the last Peyton Place TV show.
- 1989 - Buena Vista releases the film Dead Poets Society to theaters.
- 1999 - After decades of fighting off outside technological influences like television, the King of Bhutan allows television transmissions to commence in the Kingdom for the first time, coinciding with the King's Silver Jubilee.
- 1999 - The final episode of US TV show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine airs.
Births on June 2
- 1904 - Birth of John Weissmuller in Timisoara, Romania; actor (Tarzan), 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1924, 1928).
- 1917 - Birth of Max Showalter in Caldwell, Kansas, USA; actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show).
- 1926 - Birth of Milo O'Shea; actor (Barbarella, Romeo and Juliet).
- 1936 - Birth of Sally Kellerman in Long Beach, California, USA; actress (M*A*S*H, Back to School).
- 1941 - Birth of Stacy Keach in Savannah, Georgia, USA; actor (Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer).
- 1941 - Birth of William Guest in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; singer (Gladys Knight Show).
- 1943 - Birth of Charles Haid in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Andy Renko - Hill Street Blues, Altered States).
- 1948 - Birth of Jerry Mathers in Sioux City, Iowa, USA; actor (Beaver - Leave It To Beaver).
- 1950 - Birth of Joanna Gleason in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (Morgan - Hello Larry).
- 1955 - Birth of Garry Grimes in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Summer of '42, Class of '44).
Deaths on June 2
- 1967 - Zamah Cunningham, actress (Menosha the Magnificent), dies at age 74.
- 1976 - Alan Dewitt, actor (Mr Tyler - It's About Time), dies at age 52.
- 1977 - Forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod and Me), dies at age 77.
- 1979 - Jim Hutton, actor (Ellery Queen), dies at age 45.
- 1990 - Death of Rex Harrison at age 82 of pancreatic cancer; actor (My Fair Lady, Ed Sullivan Show, The US Steel Hour, The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries, Omnibus).
- 1990 - Death of Jack Gilford AKA Yankel Gellman at age 81 of stomach cancer; character actor (Cracker Jacks commercials (1960-1972), Soap TV show, The Duck Factory, Apple Pie, Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers, David Frost Revue).
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