Tukuk-OS📅 June 2
15 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on June 2? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 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.
- 2010 — A gunman carried out a shooting spree in Cumbria, England, killing 12 people and injuring 11 others before committing suicide.
- 2008 — Artist Tim Buckley published "Loss" as part of his webcomic Ctrl+Alt+Del.
Tim Buckley (comics)Loss (Ctrl+Alt+Del)Ctrl+Alt+Del (webcomic)
- 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.
- 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.
- 1973 — Della Aleksander co-presented an episode of Open Door on transgender women's lives.
- 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.
- 1962 — One of the most violent football matches took place at the World Cup as Chile defeated Italy in a group match.
Association football1962 FIFA World CupBattle of Santiago (1962 FIFA World Cup)
- 1955 — The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration, legitimising different interpretations of Marxism in non-Soviet countries.
- 1953 — Queen Elizabeth II was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.
- 1919 — First Red Scare: The anarchist followers of Luigi Galleani (pictured) set off eight bombs in eight cities across the United States.
- 1886 — The wedding of Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom (wedding depicted) took place in the White House, in the only time that a U.S. president has married in the building.
Wedding of Grover Cleveland and Frances FolsomGrover ClevelandFrances Cleveland
- 1878 — Anarchist Karl Nobiling attempted to assassinate German Emperor Wilhelm I.
- 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.
- 1802 — Henry Hacking killed the Aboriginal Australian resistance fighter Pemulwuy after Philip Gidley King ordered that he be brought in dead or alive.
Births
- 2002 — Madison Hu, American actress
- 2002 — Fonua Pole, New Zealand rugby league player
- 2001 — Kysaiah Pickett, Australian rules footballer
- 2000 — Jay Idzes, Indonesian footballer
- 1999 — Campbell Graham, Australian rugby league player
- 1997 — Scott Wozniak, American YouTuber
- 1996 — Morissette, Filipina singer-songwriter
- 1993 — Adam Taggart, Australian footballer
- 1992 — Pajtim Kasami, Swiss footballer
- 1990 — Dane Rampe, Australian rules footballer
- 1989 — Steve Smith, Australian cricketer
- 1988 — Sergio Agüero, Argentine footballer
Deaths
- 2024 — Larry Allen, American football player (born 1971)
- 2024 — Rob Burrow, English rugby league footballer (born 1982)
- 2024 — David Levy, Israeli politician (born 1937)
- 2024 — Janis Paige, American actress and singer (born 1922)
- 2015 — Fernando de Araújo, East Timorese politician, President of East Timor (born 1963)
Fernando de Araújo (East Timorese politician)President of Timor-Leste
- 2015 — Irwin Rose, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)
- 2014 — Ivica Brzić, Serbian footballer and manager (born 1941)
- 2014 — Nikolay Khrenkov, Russian bobsledder (born 1984)
- 2014 — Alexander Shulgin, American pharmacologist and chemist (born 1925)
- 2013 — Mario Bernardi, Canadian pianist and conductor (born 1930)
- 2013 — Chen Xitong, Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (born 1930)
- 2013 — Mandawuy Yunupingu, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1956)
Observances & holidays
- Children's Day (North Korea)
- Christian feast day: Ahudemmeh (Syriac Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: Alexander (martyr)
- Christian feast day: Elmo
- Christian feast day: Felix of Nicosia
- Christian feast day: Marcellinus and Peter
- Christian feast day: Martyrs of Lyon, including Blandina
- Christian feast day: Pope Eugene I
- Christian feast day: Pothinus
- Christian feast day: Blessed Sadok and 48 Dominican martyrs from Sandomierz
- Christian feast day: June 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Civil Aviation Day (Azerbaijan)
- Coronation of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, also Social Forestry Day (Bhutan)
- Day of Hristo Botev (Bulgaria)
- Decoration Day (Canada)
- Festa della Repubblica (Italy)
- Gawai Dayak, harvest festival in the state of Sarawak (Malaysia)
- International Sex Workers Day
- Telangana Day (Telangana, India)
- Alberti Day (New York City, USA)
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