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June 2
1851 - Maine became the first state to enact a law prohibiting alcohol.
1886 - President Grover Cleveland, age 49, became the first (and to date the only) U.S. president to get married in the White House when he married 21-year-old Frances Folsom.
1897 - Mark Twain was quoted by the New York Journal as saying, "the report of my death was an exaggeration." (Twain was responding to a report in the New York Herald that he was "grievously ill" and "possibly dying".)
1924 - Congress granted U.S. citizenship to all American Indians.
1946 - In Italy, a plebiscite rejected the monarchy in favor of a republic.
1953 - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in ceremonies at Westminster Abbey in London, 16 months following the death of her father, King George VI.
1962 - Soviet forces opened fire on striking workers in the Russian city of Novocherkassk, killing 24 people.
1966 - The U.S. space probe Surveyor 1 landed on the moon and began transmitting detailed photographs of the lunar surface.
1976 - Arizona Republic investigative reporter Don Bolles was mortally wounded by a bomb planted underneath his car; he died 11 days later. (Prosecutors believe Bolles was targeted because he had written stories that upset a liquor wholesaler; three men were convicted of the killing.)
1979 - Pope John Paul II arrived in his native Poland on the first visit by a pope to a communist country.
1981 - Nintendo released the Japanese video arcade game "Donkey Kong" in the United States.
1995 - A U.S. Air Force F-16C was shot down by a Bosnian Serb surface-to-air missile while on a NATO air patrol in northern Bosnia; the pilot, Capt. Scott F. O'Grady, was rescued by U.S. Marines six days later.
1997 - Timothy McVeigh was found guilty of the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City. (McVeigh was executed in 2001.)
1998 - Voters in California approved Proposition 227, requiring that all schoolchildren be taught in English.
2003 - The European Space Agency launched the Mars Express probe. Contact with the lander Beagle 2 was lost in December.
2009 - Scott Roeder, an anti-abortion activist, was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of late-term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller in Wichita, Kansas. (Roeder was later convicted and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 50 years.)
2010 - Amid the Deepwater Horizon oil spill crisis, BP chief executive Tony Hayward apologized for having told reporters, "I'd like my life back," calling the remark hurtful and thoughtless in a statement posted on Facebook.
2011 - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney announced his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
2012 - Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison after a court convicted him on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that forced him from power.
2015 - President Barack Obama signed the USA Freedom Act, extending three expiring surveillance provisions of the 9/11-era USA Patriot Act.
2019 - An out-of-control cruise ship rammed into a dock and a tourist riverboat on a busy Venice canal, injuring five people and renewing demands that cruise ships be kept out of the Italian city's lagoon.
Birthdays
25 - Sterling Beaumon (actor)
30 - Brittany Curran (actress)
32 - Awkwafina (actress/rapper)
32 - Amber Marshall (actress)
37 - Dan Cahoon (country singer)
40 - Abby Wambach (soccer player)
41 - Morena Baccarin (actress)
42 - Deon Richmond (actor)
42 - Justin Long (actor)
42 - Nikki Cox (actress)
42 - Dominic Cooper (actor)
43 - Zachary Quinto (actor)
43 - AJ Styles (professional wrestler)
48 - Wentworth Miller (actor)
48 - Wayne Brady (actor/comedian/TV host)
49 - Anthony Montgomery (actor)
50 - Paula Cale (actress)
52 - Andy Cohen (TV personality)
52 - Merril Bainbridge (singer)
56 - Navid Negahban (actor)
59 - Liam Cunningham (actor)
65 - Michael Steele (musician)
65 - Gary Grimes (actor)
65 - Dana Carvey (actor/comedian)
66 - Dennis Haysbert (actor)
68 - Gary Bettman (NHL commissioner)
70 - Joanna Gleason (actress)
72 - Jerry Mathers (actor)
77 - Charles Haid (actor)
79 - Charlie Watts (musician)
79 - Stacy Keach (actor)
82 - Ron Ely (actor)
83 - Sally Kellerman (actress/singer)
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Today in Sports History - June 2
1935 - Babe Ruth, at age 40, announced he was retiring from baseball.
1941 - Baseball great Lou Gehrig died at age 37 from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a rare type of paralysis now referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease."
1942 - Boston Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists in the U.S. Navy.
1948 - The NHL announced that the Art Ross Trophy would be awarded annually to the league scoring leader. Elmer Lach of the Montreal Canadiens was the first winner with 61 points in 1947-48.
1958 - Whitey Ford of the New York Yankees ties an American League record by striking out six consecutive batters.
1990 - Randy Johnson recorded the first no-hitter in franchise history for the Seattle Mariners.
2000 - Fred McGriff of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays became the 31st player in major league history with 400 career home runs.
2010 - Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga lost his bid for a perfect game against the Cleveland Indians with two outs in the ninth inning on a call that first base umpire Jim Joyce later admitted he had blown.
2015 - FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced his resignation as head of soccer's governing body just four days after being re-elected to the post amid a widening corruption scandal.
1851 - Maine became the first state to enact a law prohibiting alcohol.
1886 - President Grover Cleveland, age 49, became the first (and to date the only) U.S. president to get married in the White House when he married 21-year-old Frances Folsom.
1897 - Mark Twain was quoted by the New York Journal as saying, "the report of my death was an exaggeration." (Twain was responding to a report in the New York Herald that he was "grievously ill" and "possibly dying".)
1924 - Congress granted U.S. citizenship to all American Indians.
1946 - In Italy, a plebiscite rejected the monarchy in favor of a republic.
1953 - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in ceremonies at Westminster Abbey in London, 16 months following the death of her father, King George VI.
1962 - Soviet forces opened fire on striking workers in the Russian city of Novocherkassk, killing 24 people.
1966 - The U.S. space probe Surveyor 1 landed on the moon and began transmitting detailed photographs of the lunar surface.
1976 - Arizona Republic investigative reporter Don Bolles was mortally wounded by a bomb planted underneath his car; he died 11 days later. (Prosecutors believe Bolles was targeted because he had written stories that upset a liquor wholesaler; three men were convicted of the killing.)
1979 - Pope John Paul II arrived in his native Poland on the first visit by a pope to a communist country.
1981 - Nintendo released the Japanese video arcade game "Donkey Kong" in the United States.
1995 - A U.S. Air Force F-16C was shot down by a Bosnian Serb surface-to-air missile while on a NATO air patrol in northern Bosnia; the pilot, Capt. Scott F. O'Grady, was rescued by U.S. Marines six days later.
1997 - Timothy McVeigh was found guilty of the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City. (McVeigh was executed in 2001.)
1998 - Voters in California approved Proposition 227, requiring that all schoolchildren be taught in English.
2003 - The European Space Agency launched the Mars Express probe. Contact with the lander Beagle 2 was lost in December.
2009 - Scott Roeder, an anti-abortion activist, was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of late-term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller in Wichita, Kansas. (Roeder was later convicted and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 50 years.)
2010 - Amid the Deepwater Horizon oil spill crisis, BP chief executive Tony Hayward apologized for having told reporters, "I'd like my life back," calling the remark hurtful and thoughtless in a statement posted on Facebook.
2011 - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney announced his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
2012 - Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison after a court convicted him on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that forced him from power.
2015 - President Barack Obama signed the USA Freedom Act, extending three expiring surveillance provisions of the 9/11-era USA Patriot Act.
2019 - An out-of-control cruise ship rammed into a dock and a tourist riverboat on a busy Venice canal, injuring five people and renewing demands that cruise ships be kept out of the Italian city's lagoon.
Birthdays
25 - Sterling Beaumon (actor)
30 - Brittany Curran (actress)
32 - Awkwafina (actress/rapper)
32 - Amber Marshall (actress)
37 - Dan Cahoon (country singer)
40 - Abby Wambach (soccer player)
41 - Morena Baccarin (actress)
42 - Deon Richmond (actor)
42 - Justin Long (actor)
42 - Nikki Cox (actress)
42 - Dominic Cooper (actor)
43 - Zachary Quinto (actor)
43 - AJ Styles (professional wrestler)
48 - Wentworth Miller (actor)
48 - Wayne Brady (actor/comedian/TV host)
49 - Anthony Montgomery (actor)
50 - Paula Cale (actress)
52 - Andy Cohen (TV personality)
52 - Merril Bainbridge (singer)
56 - Navid Negahban (actor)
59 - Liam Cunningham (actor)
65 - Michael Steele (musician)
65 - Gary Grimes (actor)
65 - Dana Carvey (actor/comedian)
66 - Dennis Haysbert (actor)
68 - Gary Bettman (NHL commissioner)
70 - Joanna Gleason (actress)
72 - Jerry Mathers (actor)
77 - Charles Haid (actor)
79 - Charlie Watts (musician)
79 - Stacy Keach (actor)
82 - Ron Ely (actor)
83 - Sally Kellerman (actress/singer)
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Today in Sports History - June 2
1935 - Babe Ruth, at age 40, announced he was retiring from baseball.
1941 - Baseball great Lou Gehrig died at age 37 from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a rare type of paralysis now referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease."
1942 - Boston Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists in the U.S. Navy.
1948 - The NHL announced that the Art Ross Trophy would be awarded annually to the league scoring leader. Elmer Lach of the Montreal Canadiens was the first winner with 61 points in 1947-48.
1958 - Whitey Ford of the New York Yankees ties an American League record by striking out six consecutive batters.
1990 - Randy Johnson recorded the first no-hitter in franchise history for the Seattle Mariners.
2000 - Fred McGriff of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays became the 31st player in major league history with 400 career home runs.
2010 - Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga lost his bid for a perfect game against the Cleveland Indians with two outs in the ninth inning on a call that first base umpire Jim Joyce later admitted he had blown.
2015 - FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced his resignation as head of soccer's governing body just four days after being re-elected to the post amid a widening corruption scandal.
