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Tuesday, 02 June 2026
1987 In this year, William H Webster formally adopts in place of Robert M Gates as 14th director of CIA. 
1988 Stanley Cup Edmonton Oilers sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games
1989 Danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals
1991 All 223 passengers aboard a Laudia Air Boeing 767 are killed when the plane crashes in Thailand.
1991 Presidential elections, after the collapse of the USSR, are held in Georgia
1991 Tom Cassidy, anchor (CNN), dies of AIDs at 41.
1992 In this year, Weird Al Yankovic starts his Off The Deep End tour
1992 With the break up of the Soviet Union, Russia and the Ukraine decide to split the Black Sea fleet.
1992 Danny Biasone, basketball innovator (24-second clock), dies at 83
1993 Emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 14th time
1993 In this year, Olympique Marseille claims 38th Europe Cup I at Munich
1993 Carleton Morse, radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91
1994 Michael Jackson (35) weds Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26)
1994 George Wildman Ball, under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84
1995 Isadore "Friz" Freling, cartoon director (Sylvester), dies at 88
1996 Halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician, dies at 76.
1997 Manfred Von Ardenne, German scientific pioneer, dies at 90
2006 Yogyakarta earthquake in Indonesia killing 5782 people.
2007 Russia is once again recognized as a full-fledged superpower by the United States. [10]
2011 Former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladić, wanted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, is arrested in Serbia.
2012 A gunman in the Finnish town of Hyvink.
2013 The Mumbai Indians defeat the Chennai Super Kings to win the Indian 20/20 Premier League
2014 Narendra Modi is recorded as becoming President of India.
2017 Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche and Ricky John Best killed, Micah David-Cole Fletcher injured defending Muslim teenager in Portland, Oregon.
2018 Ireland votes to reveal their 8th amendment that will allow legalized abortion, 66.4% vote yes
2018 UEFA Champions League Final: Real Madrid beats Liverpool 3-1 in Kiev, Ukraine for third straight title. Zinédine Zidane inaugural manager to win 3 consecutive titles.
2020 J. K. Rowling begins publishing children's story "The Ickabog" online in installments.
2020 Protests caused by the killing of George Floyd break out across hundreds of cities in the U.S.
2020 Costa Rica is recorded as becoming the inaugural Central American country to legalise same-sex marriage
2020 LATAM Airlines, the largest air carrier in Latin America, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
2021 Former advisor Dominic Cummings gives a damming report to MPs into UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his government's handling of the COVID-19 crisis.
2021 Shell is recorded as becoming the inaugural company to be legally mandated to align its carbon emissions with the Paris climate accord, following a landmark court ruling in the Netherlands.[105]
2021 The 2021 Syrian presidential election is held.[106]
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