Historical events on June 2
JUNE 2, 1886
The wedding of Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom took place in the White House, in the only time that a U.S. president has married in the building.
The wedding of President Grover Cleveland, who was 49 years old, and his bride Frances Folsom, who was 21 years old, took
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JUNE 2, 1955
The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration, legitimising different intepretations of Marxism in non-Soviet countries.
The Belgrade declaration is a document signed by President of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev on 2 June
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JUNE 2, 1805
Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptured the British-held Diamond Rock, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, Martinique.
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a global series of conflicts fought between the French First Republic (1803–1804)/First French Empire (1804–1815) under the
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JUNE 2, 1953
Queen Elizabeth II was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She had been
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JUNE 2, 2010
A gunman carried out a shooting spree in Cumbria, England, killing 12 people and injuring 11 others before committing suicide.
The Cumbria shootings was a shooting spree that occurred on 2 June 2010 when a lone gunman, taxi driver Derrick Bird, killed
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JUNE 2, 1995
Bosnian War: U.S. Air Force captain Scott O'Grady was shot down while patrolling the NATO no-fly zone over Bosnia, but ejected safely and was rescued six days later.
The Bosnian War was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is
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JUNE 2, 2023
A collision between two passenger trains and a parked freight train near the city of Balasore, Odisha, in eastern India resulted in 296 deaths and more than 1,200 people injured.
On 2 June 2023, three trains collided in Balasore district in the east Indian state of Odisha. The accident occurred around 19:00
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JUNE 2, 1967
Benno Ohnesorg, a German university student, was killed in West Berlin while protesting against the visit of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran; the anarchist militant 2 June Movement was later named after the incident.
Benno Ohnesorg was a West German university student killed by a policeman during a demonstration in West Berlin. His death spurred the
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JUNE 2, 1919
First Red Scare: The anarchist followers of Luigi Galleani (pictured) set off eight bombs in eight cities across the United States.
The first Red Scare was a period during the early 20th-century history of the United States marked by a widespread fear of
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JUNE 2, 1802
Henry Hacking killed the Aboriginal Australian resistance fighter Pemulwuy after Philip Gidley King ordered that he be brought in dead or alive.
Henry Hacking was an English-born sailor and explorer who was one of the first British colonists in New South Wales. He is
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JUNE 2, 1983
After an emergency landing due to an in-flight fire, 23 passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 were killed when a flashover occurred as the aircraft's doors opened.
An emergency landing is a premature landing made by an aircraft in response to an emergency involving an imminent or ongoing threat
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