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June 2

June 2 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1793 and 2023. French Revolution: François Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror.

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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.

The shape of the day

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.

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

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

    French Revolution: François Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror.

  2. 1805

    Napoleonic Wars

    Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptures from the British the island of Diamond Rock, which guards the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, Martinique.

  3. 1919

    Anarchism

    Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities.

  4. 1941

    World War II

    World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of Kondomari and Alikianos.

  5. 1955

    Soviet Union

    The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between the two countries, discontinued since 1948.

  6. 1979

    Pope John Paul II

    Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.

  7. 1997

    Denver

    In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later.

  8. 2003

    Mars

    Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.

  9. 2022

    Ankara

    Following a request from Ankara, the United Nations officially changed the name of the Republic of Turkey in the organization from what was previously known as "Turkey" to "Türkiye".

  10. 2023

    2023 Odisha train collision

    A collision between two passenger trains and a parked freight train near the city of Balasor, Odisha in eastern India, results in 296 deaths and more than 1,200 people injured.

Famous birthday twins

Born on June 2

Tomasz Wróblewski

b. 1980

Polish bass player and songwriter

Marcel Reich-Ranicki

b. 1920

Polish-German author and critic

Pope Pius X

b. 1835

Head of the Catholic Church from 1903 to 1914

Miyuki Sawashiro

b. 1985

Japanese voice actress and singer

Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg

b. 1838

Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Russia

Caroline Link

b. 1964

German director and screenwriter

Heinz Sielmann

b. 1917

German photographer and director

Tony Hadley

b. 1960

English singer-songwriter and actor

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

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted 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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