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On This Day · The 153rd day of the year

June 2

June 2's recorded history is unusually compressed, gathered within recent centuries rather than reaching into antiquity. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

♊ZodiacGemini ◈BirthstonePearl ❀Birth flowerRose

Gemini is the sign for June 2 — read more on the Gemini page, or see June's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on June 2?

June 2 is the 153rd day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1793 and 2023. Famous people born on June 2 include Tomasz Wróblewski, Marcel Reich-Ranicki and Pope Pius X.

Released on June 2

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Game Fatekeeper
  • TV The Ferry Man 10th Anniversary
  • TV Not Suitable for Work
  • TV Ashes to Crown
  • TV Morpheus

2023

  • Game Street Fighter 6

2022

  • Game Souldiers

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1793

    French Revolution

  2. 1805

    Napoleonic Wars

  3. 1919

    Anarchism

  4. 1941

    World War II

  5. 1955

    Soviet Union

  6. 1979

    Pope John Paul II

  7. 1997

    Denver

  8. 2003

    Mars

  9. 2022

    Ankara

  10. 2023

    2023 Odisha train collision

Famous birthday twins

Born on June 2

Tomasz Wróblewski

b. 1980

Marcel Reich-Ranicki

b. 1920

Pope Pius X

b. 1835

Miyuki Sawashiro

b. 1985

Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg

b. 1838

Caroline Link

b. 1964

Heinz Sielmann

b. 1917

Tony Hadley

b. 1960

Deaths

  • 2024Larry Allen
  • 1997Helen Jacobs
  • 1988Raj Kapoor
  • 1967Killing of Benno Ohnesorg
  • 1948Karl Gebhardt
  • 1882Giuseppe Garibaldi

Holidays & observances

  • —Children's Day (North Korea)
  • —Christian feast day: Ahudemmeh (Syriac Orthodox Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Alexander (martyr)
  • —Christian feast day: Elmo
  • —Christian feast day: Felix of Nicosia
  • —Christian feast day: Marcellinus and Peter
  • —Christian feast day: Martyrs of Lyon, including Blandina
  • —Christian feast day: Pope Eugene I

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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