What are the important events that happened on June 2? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

June 2: Facts & Myths About This Day

June 2 is the 153^rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 212 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 20, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 485,784 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectapentacontatrigon’ day.

Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 260 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,546 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

June 2 Historical Events

• 1676 –
  Franco-Dutch War: France ensured the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the Battle of Palermo.
• 1692 –
  Bridget Bishop is the first person to go to trial in the Salem witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Found guilty, she is hanged on June 10.
• 1848 –
  The Slavic congress in Prague begins.
• 1866 –
  Fenian raids: Fenians are victorious in both the Battle of Ridgeway and the Battle of Fort Erie.
• 1953 –
  The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories & Head of the Commonwealth, the first major international event to be televised.
• 1967 –
  Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran turn into riots, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June.
• 1979 –
  Pope John Paul II first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
• 1995 –
  United States Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady’s F-16 is shot down over Bosnia while patrolling the NATO no-fly zone.
• 1997 –
  In Denver, Colorado, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
• 2004 –
  Ken Jennings begins his 74-game winning streak on the syndicated game show Jeopardy!

Who were born on June 2?

• 1731 –
  Martha Washington, First American first lady (d. 1802)
• 1861 –
  Concordia Selander, Swedish actress (d. 1935)
• 1917 –
  Max Showalter, American actor (d. 2000)
• 1920 –
  Frank G. Clement, Governor of Tennessee (d. 1969)
• 1930 –
  Bob Lillis, baseball player
• 1934 –
  Johnny Carter, American doo wop singer (d. 2009)
• 1940 –
  King Constantine II of Greece
• 1942 –
  Maree Cheatham, American actress
• 1970 –
  Andy McCollum, American football player
• 1971 –
  Kateřina Jacques, Czech politician

Who died on June 2?

• 829 –
  Saint Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 758)
• 1806 –
  William Tate, English painter (b. 1747)
• 1853 –
  Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, British peer and soldier (b. 1777)
• 1882 –
  Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian revolutionarist (b. 1807)
• 1941 –
  Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (b. 1903)
• 1987 –
  Anthony de Mello, Indian Jesuit priest and psychotherapist (b. 1931)
• 2004 –
  Loyd Sigmon, American amateur radio broadcaster (b. 1909)
• 2005 –
  Samir Kassir, Lebanese journalist and teacher (b. 1950)
• 2006 –
  Vince Welnick, musician, keyboardist (The Grateful Dead) (b. 1951)
• 2009 –
  David Eddings, American fantasy writer (b. 1931)