June 2
Birthdays:
1978 ~ Justin Long (né Justin Jacob Long), American actor. His great-great grandfather was Louisiana politician Huey Long. He was born in Fairfield, Connecticut.
1972 ~ Wayne Brady (né Wayne Alphonso Brady), African-American comedian and game show host. He was born in Columbus, Georgia.
1958 ~ Tootie Robbins (né James Elbert Robbins; d. Aug. 2, 2020), African-American hard-hitting professionalnfootball offensive tackle. He was born in Windsor, North Carolina. He died at age 62 of Covid-19 in Chandler, Arizona.
1955 ~ Dana Carvey (né Dana Thomas Carvey), American comedian and actor. He was born in Missoula, Montana.
1953 ~ Cornel West (né Cornel Ronald West), African-American philosopher, political activist and social critic. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1951 ~ Gilbert Baker (d. Mar. 31, 2017), American gay activist who created the rainbow flag. He was born in Chanute, Kansas. He died at age 65 in New York, New York.
1948 ~ Jerry Mathers (né Gerald Patrick Mathers), American actor. He is best known for his role as Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver on the television sit-com Leave It to Beaver. He was born in Sioux City, Iowa.
1944 ~ Marvin Hamlisch (né Marvin Frederick Hamlisch; d. Aug. 6, 2012), American composer, conductor and pianist who rewrote Hollywood’s songbook. He was born in New York, New York. He died of respiratory failure at age 68 in Los Angeles, California.
1943 ~ Charles Haid (né Charles Maurice Haid, III), American actor and director. He is best known for his role as Officer Andy Renko from the television series Hill Street Blues. He was born in San Francisco, California.
1941 ~ Charlie Watts (né Charles Robert Watts; d. Aug. 24, 2021), English drummer and reluctant rock star who drove theThe Rolling Stones. He was the quiet and dignified drummer who served as The Rolling Stones rock-solid timekeeper through 58 years, 30 studio albums and countless tours. He was born and died in London, England. He died at age 80 following an illness.
1940 ~ Constantine II, King of Greece (d. Jan. 10, 2023). He was the last king of Greece. He reigned from March 1964 until the abolishment of the monarchy in 1973. In 1964, he married Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark (b. 1946). He was of the House of Glücksburg. He was the son of Paul, King of Greece and Frederica, Princess of Hanover. He was Greek Orthodox. He died at age 82.
1938 ~ Gene Michael (né Eugene Richard Michael; d. Sept. 7, 2017), American professional baseball player and shortstop who built a Yankees dynasty. He was known as the Stick due to his lanky physique. He was born in Kent, Ohio. He died of a heart attack at age 79 in Oldsmar, Florida.
1937 ~ Sally Kellerman (née Sally Clare Kellerman; d. Feb. 24, 2022), American actress. She is best known for her role as Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan in the 1970 movie M*A*S*H. She was born in Long Beach, California. She died of heart failure at age 84 in Woodland Hills, California.
1935 ~ Carol Shields (née Carol Ann Warner; d. July 16, 2003), American-born Canadian novelist. She is best known for her novel, The Stone Diaries. She was born in Oak Park, Illinois. She died of breast cancer at age 68 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
1930 ~ Pete Conrad (né Charles Conrad, Jr.; d. July 8, 1999), American astronaut. He was a part of the Apollo 12 mission and became the 3rd man to walk on the moon. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died at age 69 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Ojai, California.
1929 ~ Norton Juster (d. Mar. 8, 2021) American architect and children’s author. He is best known for his book, The Phantom Tollbooth. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died in North Hampton, Massachusetts at age 91.
1926 ~ Milo O’Shea (né Milo Donal O’Shea; d. Apr. 2, 2013), Irish character actor. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. He died at age 86 in Manhattan, New York.
1923 ~ Lloyd Shapley (né Lloyd Stowell Shapley; d. Mar. 12, 2016), American mathematician and economist. He was the recipient of the 2012 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He died at age 92 in Tucson, Arizona.
1922 ~ Charlie Sifford (né Charles Luther Sifford; d. Feb. 3, 2015), African-American professional golfer who shattered racial barriers. He was the first African-American to play on the PGA tour. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004. He was known for chomping on a cigar while on the links. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He died at age 92 in Cleveland, Ohio.
1921 ~ Betty Freeman (née Betty Wishnick; d. Jan. 3, 2009), American philanthropist and photographer. She was born in Chicago, Illinois. She died at age 87 in Beverly Hills, California.
1916 ~ George Houser (né George Mills Houser; d. Aug. 19, 2015), American Methodist minister and civil rights activist who led the First Freedom Ride. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He was 99 years old in Santa Rosa, California.
1904 ~ Johnny Weissmuller (né Johann Peter Weißmüller; d. Jan. 20, 1984), Hungarian-born American swimmer and actor, best known for his role as Tarzan in the movies. He died at age 79 of pulmonary edema in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico.
1899 ~ Lotte Reiniger (née Charlotte Reiniger; d. June 19, 1981), German film director and pioneer in silhouette animation. She died less than 3 weeks after her 82nd birthday.
1857 ~ Karl Adolph Gjellerup (d. Oct. 13, 1919), Danish writer and recipient of the 1917 Nobel Prize in Literature. He died at age 62.
1857 ~ Sir Edward Elgar, 1st Baronet (né Edward William Elgar; d. Feb. 23, 1934), English composer, best known for Pomp and Circumstance. He died at age 76.
1840 ~ Thomas Hardy (d. Jan. 11, 1928), English writer best known for his novels, Jude the Obscure and Far from the Madding Crowd. He died at age 87.
1835 ~ Pope Pius X (né Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto; d. Aug. 20, 1914). He was Pope from August 1903 until his death 11 years later. He is best known for vigorously opposing modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine. He died of a heart attack at age 79. He was made a saint in 1954.
1740 ~ Marquis de Sade (né Donatien Alphonse François de Sade; d. Dec. 2, 1814), French author, politician, and philosopher. He was born in Paris, France. He died at age 74.
1731 ~ Martha Washington (née Martha Dandridge, d. May 22, 1802), 1st First Lady and wife of President George Washington. She was the widow of Daniel Custis when she married George Washington. She had several children from her first marriage. She and George Washington had no children. The Julian calendar notes her birthday as occurring on June 2, 1731. She was born in Chestnut Grove, Virginia, British America. She died about less than 2 weeks before her 71st birthday at Mount Vernon, Virginia.
1535 ~ Pope Leo XI (né Alessandro Ottaviano de’ Medici; d. Apr. 27, 1605). He was Pope for less than a month, from April 1 until April 27, 1605. He died at age 69.
1448 ~ Domenico Ghirlandiao (d. Jan. 11, 1494), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. He was born and died in Florence, Italy. He died at age 45.
1423 ~ Ferdinand I, King of Naples (né Ferdinando Trastámara d'Aragona; d. Jan. 25, 1494). He ruled Naples from June 1458 until his death in January 1494. He was married twice. His first wife was Isabella of Clermont (1424 ~ 1465). When they married, he was the Duke of Calabria. They were the parents of Alfonso II, King of Naples. His second wife was Joanna of Aragon (1455 ~ 1517). He was of the House of Trastámara. He was the illegitimate son of Alfonso V, King of Aragon and his mistress, Giraldona Carlino. He was Roman Catholic. He died at age 70.
Events that Changed the World:
2022 ~ First day of a four-day holiday in the United Kingdom to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1926 ~ 2002). The Jubilee marks the Queen’s 70th year on the British Throne.
2012 ~ Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (1928 ~ 2020) was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Following the ouster of his successor, Mohamed Morsi (1951 ~ 2019), Mubarak was released from prison in August 2013. He was retried, and in May 2015, he and his sons were convicted of corruption and sent to prison. He was acquitted and released from prison in March 2017.
2004 ~ Ken Jennings (b. 1974) began his 74-game winning streak on the game show, Jeopardy!
1964 ~ The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was formed.
1953 ~ Elizabeth II, (1926 ~ 2022) was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories. This event was the first major international event to be televised. She had ascended to the throne a year earlier, following the death of her father.
1946 ~ In a referendum, Italians voted to make Italy a republic instead of a monarchy. Following this decision, Umberto II di Savoia (1904 ~ 1983), King of Italy, was went into exile.
1935 ~ Babe Ruth (1895 ~ 1948) retired after spending 22 years playing in Major League baseball.
1924 ~ President Calvin Coolidge (1872 ~ 1933) signed the Indian Citizenship Act, which granted citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
1896 ~ Guglielmo Marconi (1874 ~ 1963) applied for a patent for his invention of the radio.
1886 ~ President Grover Cleveland (1837 ~ 1908) married Frances Folsom (1864 ~ 1947) in the White House. He was 27 years older that his new wife, who was only 21 years old. Before their marriage, she had been his ward. He is the only United States President to marry while in office.
1855 ~ The Portland Rum Riots began in Portland, Maine. The riots were in response to the law that prohibited the sale and manufacture of alcohol in Maine.
1835 ~ P.T. Barnum (1810 ~ 1891) and his circus began their first tour of the United States.
1774 ~ The British Parliament enacted the Quartering Act, which allowed a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns or other buildings if other suitable quarters were not provided.
1692 ~ Bridget Bishop (1632 ~ 1692) became the first person to go to trial in the Salem Witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. She was found guilty and was hanged on June 10, 1692.
1098 ~ The first Siege of Antioch ended when Crusaders, during the First Crusade, took the city by force.
455 ~ The traditional date attributed to when Vandals entered Rome and sacked the city for two weeks.
Good-Byes:
2020 ~ Chris Trousdale (né Chris Ryan Pask Trousdale; b. June 11, 1985), American singer and actor who performed with the short-lived boy band Dream Street. He later appeared in Disney Channel shows such as Shake It Up and Austin & Ally. He was born in New Port Richey, Florida. He died in Burbank, California 9 days before his 35th birthday of complications of Covid-19.
2020 ~ Roberto Gervaso (d. July 9, 1937), Italian author. He was born in Rome, Italy. He died in Milan, Italy about a month before his 83rd birthday.
2018 ~ Paul Boyer (né Paul Delos Boyer, b. July 31, 1918), American biochemist and 1997 Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry. He was born in Provo, Utah. He died of respiratory failure at age 99 in Los Angeles, California.
2017 ~ Jack O’Neill (b. Mar. 27, 1923), American surfer who invented the modern wetsuit. He was born in Denver, Colorado. He died at age 94 in Santa Cruz, California.
2015 ~ Irwin Rose (né Irwin Allan Rose; b. July 16, 1926), American biologist and recipient of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died at age 88 in Deerfield, Massachusetts.
2014 ~ Alexander Shulgin (né Alexander Theodore Shulgin, b. June 17, 1925), American chemist and pharmacologist who introduced the world to Ecstasy. He was born in Berkeley, California. He died 15 days before his 89th birthday in Lafayette, California.
2012 ~ Richard Dawson (né Colin Lionel Emm; b. Nov. 20, 1932), English-American actor, comedian and game-show host. He is best known for his role in Hogan’s Heroes. In his later career, he became a game show host of Family Feud. He died of esophageal cancer at age 79 in Los Angeles, California.
2012 ~ Adolfo Calero (b. Dec. 22, 1931), Nicaraguan who led the Nicaraguan Democratic Force, the largest contras rebel group opposing the Sandinista government. He died of complications of pneumonia and kidney disease at age 80.
2011 ~ Josephine Hart, Baroness Saatchi (b. Mar. 1, 1942), Irish writer. She died of cancer at age 69.
2008 ~ Bo Diddley (né Ellas Otha Bates; b. Dec. 30, 1928), African-American musician, singer and songwriter. He was born in McComb, Mississippi. He died at age 79 in Archer, Florida.
2008 ~ Mel Ferrer (né Melchor Gastón Ferrer; b. Aug. 25, 1917), American actor. Audrey Hepburn was one of 5 his wives. He was born in Elberon, New Jersey. He died of heart failure at age 90 in Santa Barbara, California.
2001 ~ Imogene Coca (née Emogeane Coca; b. Nov. 18, 1908), American actress. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She died at age 92 in Westport, Connecticut.
2000 ~ Gerald Whitrow (né Gerald James Whitrow; b. June 9, 1912), English mathematician. He died 7 days before his 88th birthday.
1996 ~ Amos Tversky (né Amos Nathan Tversky; b. Mar. 16, 1937), Israeli cognitive and mathematical psychologist. He collaborated with Daniel Kahneman, who was awarded the Nobel Prize 6 years after Tversky’s death. He was born in Haifa, Israel. He died of melanoma at age 56 in Stanford, California.
1990 ~ Sir Rex Harrison (né Reginald Carey Harrison, b. Mar. 5, 1908), English actor best known for his role of Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady. He died of pancreatic cancer at age 82 in New York, New York.
1987 ~ Sammy Kaye (né Samuel Zarnocay, Jr.; b. Mar. 13, 1910), American musician, bandleader, and saxophonist. He was born in Lakewood, Ohio. He died at age 77 in Ridgewood, New Jersey.
1962 ~ Vita Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson (née Victoria Mary Sackville-West; b. Mar. 9, 1892), English writer and garden designer. She died of cancer at age 70.
1961 ~ George S. Kaufman (né George Simon Kaufman; b. Nov. 16, 1889), American playwright. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He died at age 71 in New York, New York.
1951 ~ John Erskine (b. Oct. 5, 1879), American educator and author. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died at age 70.
1951 ~ Émile-Auguste Chartier (b. Mar. 3, 1868), French philosopher and journalist. He died at age 82.
1942 ~ Andrew Forsyth (né Andrew Russell Forsyth; b. June 18, 1858), Scottish mathematician. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He died 2 weeks before his 84thbirthday in South Kensington, England.
1941 ~ Lou Gehrig (né Henry Louis Gehrig; b. June 19, 1903), American professional baseball player. He was born in Manhattan, New York. He died 17 days before his 38th birthday in the Bronx, New York. He suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), now often referred to as Lou Gehrig Diseases.
1785 ~ Jean Paul de Gua de Malves (b. 1713), French mathematician. The exact date of his birth is unknown.
1647 ~ Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark (b. Apr. 10, 1603), member or the Danish royal family. He was heir apparent to the throne of Norway but died before becoming king. He was married to Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony (1617 ~ 1668). He was of the House of Oldenburg. He was the son of Christian IV, King of Denmark and Anne Catherine of Brandenburg. He was Lutheran. They married in 1634. He died at age 44.
1418 ~ Catherine of Lancaster (b. Mar. 31, 1373), Queen consort of Henry III, King of Castile (1379 ~ 1406). They married in 1388. She was of the House of Lancaster. She was the daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Infanta Constance of Castile. She was Roman Catholic. She died of a stroke at age 45.
910 ~ Richilde of Provence (b. 845), Empress consort of the Carolingian Empire. She was the second wife of Charles III, Holy Roman Emperor (823 ~ 877). They married in 870 after the death of his first wife. She was of the House of Bivinds. She was the daughter of Bivin of Gorze and an unnamed mother. The exact date of her birth is not known. She died at about age 64 or 65.
657 ~ Pope Eugene I. He was Pope from August 654 until his death 3 years later. He was born and died in Rome. The date of his birth is unknown.
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