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What happened in history on this day: June 2?
On June 2 in ...
- 1797 - First ascent of "Great Mountain" (4,622 feet) in Adirondack, New York, by C. Broadhead.
- 1835 - P.T. Barnum and his circus begin first tour of US.
- 1851 - First US alcohol prohibition law enacted (Maine).
- 1857 - James Gibbs of Virginia, USA patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine.
- 1864 - Battle of Cold Harbour, day two.
- 1865 - At Galveston, Texas, Confederate States Army General Edmund Kirby Smith signs surrender of the Trans-Mississippi Department of the Confederacy.
- 1866 - Renegade Irish Fenians surrender to US forces.
- 1873 - Ground broken on Clay Steet (San Francisco, California) for world's first cable railroad.
- 1899 - The government of the Philippines declares war on the USA.
- 1899 - Black Americans observe day of fasting to protest lynchings.
- 1902 - Second statewide initiative and referendum law adopted, in Oregon.
- 1913 - First strike settlement mediated by US Department of Labor: railroad clerks.
- 1941 - US Navy commissions first "baby flattop" experimental aircraft carrier, USS Long Island, converted from SS Mormacmail merchant ship.
- 1945 - Audie Murphy is awarded the Medal of Honor.
- 1952 - General Motors executives are formally presented with Harley Earl's proposal for a two-seater sports car. General Motors president Charles Wilson and Chevrolet general manager Thomas Keating approve completing a prototype for the 1953 Motorama. The project is code-named "Opel Sports Car".
- 1967 - Race riots in Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1969 - Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne slices US destroyer.
- 1977 - New Jersey allows casino gambling in Atlantic City.
- 1983 - Air Canada DC-9 plane from Texas to Toronto makes an emergency landing at Cincinnati, Ohio, with fire in the washroom; 23 of 46 passengers die. Cause may have been overheated flush motor.
- 1986 - New York City transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token.
- 1986 - Regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins.
- 1989 - Fourteen-year old Scott Isaacs spells "spoliator" to win US National Spelling Bee.
- 1990 - The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 88 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 9. 37 tornadoes occur in Indiana, eclipsing the previous record of 21 during the Super Outbreak of April 1974.
- 1997 - In Denver, Colorado, 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 - California voters approve Proposition 227, abolishing the state's bilingual education program.
- 2000 - U. S. President William Jefferson Clinton is awarded the Charlemagne prize of the city of Aachen, Germany. Clinton is the first American president to win the prize which is given for contributions toward the unity of Europe.
- 2003 - The US Mint releases the 2003 Maine quarter dollar coin to circulation.
- 2005 - The US Bureau of Engraving and Printing makes its last print run of postage stamps.
- 2005 - At the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo, a US $20 gold coin, 1927-D PCGS MS-66 sells for US$1.65 million.
- 2006 - A fireball is reported crossing Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and Canada, estimated to be 20 miles above the Earth's surface. A sonic boom is heard over Minnesota.
- 2007 - Four people are charged with a terror plot to blow up JFK International Airport in New York.
- 2008 - The US Mint releases the 2008 Arizona state quarter-dollar coin to circulation. The reverse design of the Grand Canyon and a saguaro cactus was created by US Mint Medallic Sculptor Joseph F. Menna.
- 2015 - US Senate passes USA Freedom Act, replacing portions of the lapsed USA Patriot Act.
- 2022 - USA 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee won by 14-year-old Harini Logan, winning $50,000.
Births on June 2
- 1913 - Birth of Bert Farber in Brooklyn, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone).
- 1917 - Birth of Max Showalter in Caldwell, Kansas, USA; actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show).
- 1930 - Birth of Charles Pete Conrad Junior in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; US Navy/astronaut (Gemini 5, Gemini 11, Apollo 12, Skylab 2).
- 1932 - Birth of Sammy Turner in Patterson, New Jersey, USA; singer ("Lavender Blue Moods").
- 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 Albert Innaurato in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; playwright/director (Age in Soho).
- 1948 - Birth of Jerry Mathers in Sioux City, Iowa, USA; actor (Beaver - Leave It To Beaver).
- 1953 - Birth of Craig Stadler in San Diego, California, USA; PGA golfer (Masters 1982).
- 1955 - Birth of Garry Grimes in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Summer of '42, Class of '44).
Deaths on June 2
- 1941 - Lou Gehrig, Mew York Yankees great, dies at age 37 of ALS in Riverdale, New York.
- 1988 - Horace A Hildreth (Governor-Maine, 1945-49), dies at age 85.
- 1990 - Frederick Mellinger, founder of Fredericks of Hollywood, dies at age 76.
- 2015 - Death of Irwin Rose, American Nobel biochemist (born 1926).
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