June 2

June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining.

Births:

• 1740 -- Marquis de Sade (heavily censored author: The 120 Days of Sodom, Justine)
• 1840 -- Thomas Hardy (poet, novelist: Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Far From the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native)
• 1857 -- Edward Elgar (english composer)
• 1955 -- Dana Carvey (actor, comedian)

Deaths:

• 1941 - Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees baseball player, from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ("Lou Gehrig's Disease").

Events:

• 1925 - Wally Pipp, first baseman of the New York Yankees, asks for a day off due to a headache. He is replaced in the lineup by Lou Gehrig, who also starts the next 2,128 games.

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December June 1 - June 3 - May 2 - July 2 - more historical anniversaries