Historical Events In June - 02

1883  On this day in history 1st night baseball under lights, Ft Wayne Indiana  

1883  On this day in history bokke R S Pollema, Dutch Frisian journalist/author (Lock of Hair)  

1886  On this day in history grover Cleveland is first to wed during presidency (Frances Folsom)  

1886  On June - 02 u.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in a White House ceremony.  

1886  On June - 02 grover Cleveland is 1st to wed during presidency (Frances Folsom)  

1890  On this day in history hedda Hopper, [Elda Furry], PA, gossip columnist (From Under My Hat)  

1891  Ernst Kunz, composer on June - 02.  

1896  Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio on this day in history.  

1896  30th Belmont: Henry Griffin aboard Hastings wins in 2:24.5 on June - 02.  

1896  Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies on June - 02.  

1897  Mark Twain, responding to rumors that he was dead at age 61, is quoted by the New York Journal as saying "The report of my death was an exaggeration." on June - 02.  

1897  On this day in history mark Twain, responding to rumors that he was dead at age 61, is quoted by the New York Journal as saying: "The report of my death was an exaggeration."  

1899  Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings on June - 02.  

1899  On June - 02 royal Beal, Brookline MA, actor (Death of a Salesman)  

1900  On this day in history david Wynne, composer  

1901  Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday (NY) on June - 02.  

1901  On June - 02 michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days)  

1901  James A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Margaret Fleming), dies on June - 02.  

1902  2nd statewide initiative & referendum law adopted, in Oregon on June - 02.  

1903  On June - 02 the birth of Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and 'Tarzan'  

1903  On this day in history netherlands Korfball League forms  

1904  On this day in history professor Schron finds microbe that causes photosynthesis  

1904  On June - 02 johnny Weissmuller, actor (Tarzan)/100m swimmer (Oly-5 gold-1924, 28)  

1907  On this day in history dorothy West, US journalist/author (Living is Easy)  

1908  On this day in history 33rd Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Royal Tourist wins in 1:46.4  

1908  Gordon Weir, cricketer (NZ batsman in 11 Tests 1930-37) on June - 02.  

1908  On this day in history redvers H Buller, English general, dies at 68  

1909  On June - 02 43rd Belmont: Eddie Dugan aboard Joe Madden wins in 2:21.6  

1909  On June - 02 robin Orr, composer  

1910  Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea on this day in history.  

1910  On this day in history the first roundtrip flight over the English Channel (C.S. Rolls, England)  

1910  On June - 02 1st roundtrip flight over English Channel (C S Rolls, England)  

1911  On this day in history xia Hong, writer  

1913  On this day in history the first strike settlement mediated by US Dep't of Labor-RR clerks  

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0926  Murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967) was born on June - 02.  

1504  On June - 02 birth of george/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht  

1535  On June - 02 birth of leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605)  

1577  Giovanni Righi, composer was born on June - 02.  

1614  On this day in history birth of benjamin Rogers, composer  

1624  On this day in history birth of jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96)  

1715  On June - 02 birth of herman-Francois Delange, composer  

1740  On this day in history birth of marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine)  

0657  Eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies on June - 02.  

0910  Death of Richilde of Provence, Queen of Western Francia on June - 02.  

1418  On this day in history death of katherine of Lancaster, wife of Henry III of Castile  

1564  Gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies on this day in history.  

1567  Death of Shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain on this day in history.  

1572  Death of Thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl, executed at 36 on June - 02.  

1575  On this day in history pieter Aertsen, [Long Worm], painter, dies at about 65  

1581  Death of James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland on June - 02.