Historical Events In June - 02

1913  1st strike settlement mediated by US Dept of Labor-RR clerks on this day in history.  

1913  On June - 02 barbara Pym, romantic author (Very Private Eye)  

1914  On June - 02 glenn Curtiss flies his Langley Aerodrome  

1915  Lester del Rey, US, sci-fi author (Moon Trilogy, Marooned on Mars) on June - 02.  

1916  On June - 02 german troops under Lt Rackow take Fort Vaux  

1917  Capt. William Avery Bishop Cdn. (Royal Flying Corps.) wins the Victoria Cross for service over France on this day in history.  

1917  On June - 02 max Showalter, Caldwell Ks, actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show)  

1919  Pulitzer prize awarded to Carl Sandburg (Cornhuskers) on this day in history.  

1920  On June - 02 pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O'Neill (Beyond the Horizon)  

1920  On June - 02 michael James O'Hehir, commentator/journalist  

1921  Alexander Salkind, producer (Superman) on June - 02.  

1922  On this day in history suffy McInnis (1st base) ends an errorless string of 1,700 chances  

1922  On June - 02 charlie Sifford, American go  

1923  On this day in history del Simmons, rocker (Capt Beefheart)  

1924  On June - 02 the U.S. Congress grants citizenship to all American Indians.  

1924  Snyder Act: US citizenship granted to all American Indians on June - 02.  

1925  NY Yankee Lou Gehrig begins his 2,130 consecutive game streak on June - 02.  

1926  On June - 02 milo O'Shea, Dublin Ireland, actor (Barbarella, Romeo & Juliet)  

1927  On this day in history andre Vandernoot, Flemish conductor (Royal Flemish Opera)  

1927  Eduard GHH Cuypers, architect (De Hooge Vuursche), dies at 67 on June - 02.  

1928  Velveeta Cheese created by Kraft on this day in history.  

1928  On June - 02 john Anthony Bowden Cuddon, writer/teacher  

1929  Alcides Lanza, composer on June - 02.  

1929  Charles Coventry, cricketer (13 runs in 2 Tests Eng v S Af 1889), dies on June - 02.  

1930  Sarah Dickson becomes first woman Presbyterian elder in US, Cincinnati on this day in history.  

1930  On June - 02 the first baby born on a vessel passing through Panama Canal  

1930  On this day in history sarah Dickson becomes 1st woman Presbyterian elder in US, Cincinnati  

1930  On this day in history charles Pete Conrad Jr, Phila, USN/astro (Gem 5 11, Ap 12, Skylab 2)  

1931  Larry Jackson, baseball player on June - 02.  

1932  On this day in history franz von Papen "Cabinet of the Baron" premieres  

1932  On June - 02 barry Levinson, Baltimore MD, director (Rainman)  

1933  On June - 02 wNJ-AM in Newark NJ goes off the air  

1933  FDR authorizes 1st swimming pool built inside the White House on June - 02.  

1933  On this day in history bob Rozario, Shanghai China, orch leader (Tony Orlando, Marie)  

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0926  Murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967) was born on this day in history.  

1504  George/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht was born on June - 02.  

1535  Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605) was born on June - 02.  

1577  On June - 02 birth of giovanni Righi, composer  

1614  On June - 02 birth of benjamin Rogers, composer  

1624  Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96) was born on this day in history.  

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

1740  Marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine) was born on this day in history.  

0657  Eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies on this day in history.  

0910  On this day in history death of richilde of Provence, Queen of Western Francia  

1418  Death of Katherine of Lancaster, wife of Henry III of Castile on June - 02.  

1564  On this day in history gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies  

1567  Death of Shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain on June - 02.  

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  On June - 02 death of james Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland