On This Day for June 2 - Elizabeth II crowned queen, Johnny Weissmuller is featured, and more

Created: 2020-06-02 10:03 Updated: 2020-06-02 10:03 Notebook: On this Day in History

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June 02

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

Johnny Weissmuller

FEATURED EVENT

1953

Elizabeth II crowned queen

MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2008: American singer, songwriter, and guitarist Bo Diddley, who was one of the most influential performers of rock music's early period, died in Florida. [Take our quiz about rock and roll.]

1997: A jury in Denver, Colorado, found Timothy McVeigh of the militia movement guilty of murder and conspiracy in the deaths of 168 people in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, and he was executed in June 2001.

1946: In the aftermath of World War II, the people of Italy passed a referendum to replace the governing monarchy with a republic. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about Italy and France.]

1941: American professional baseball player Lou Gehrig, who was nicknamed “the Iron Horse” for his record-setting number of consecutive games played, died in New York City, two years after being diagnosed with ALS. [Test your knowledge of baseball.]

1940: Constantine II, king of Greece from 1964 to 1974, was born in Psikhikó, near Athens.

1886: Frances Folsom, age 21, married U.S. President Grover Cleveland in the White House and became the youngest first lady in American history. [ Take our quiz about U.S. first ladies.]

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ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY

1930

Pete Conrad
American astronaut

1840

Thomas Hardy
British writer

1953

Cornel West
American philosopher and political activist

1740

Marquis de Sade
French author

1904

Johnny Weissmuller
American athlete and actor