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Tuesday, 2 June 2026

Day 153 of 2026 · 212 days remaining in the year · Week 23

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11 Births

10 Events

21 Total entries

★ Born on this day 11 entries

1491

King Henry the VIII (Never lost his head)...

US Politics & Government 535 yrs ago

1740

Marquis de Sade

US 286 yrs ago

1835

Pope Pius X.

US Religion 191 yrs ago

1857

Sir Edward Elgar, composer (Pomp and Circumstance.)

US Arts & Culture 169 yrs ago

1904

Johnny Weissmuller (The original Tarzan).

US 122 yrs ago

1927

Phillip Burton

US 99 yrs ago

1941

Charlie Watts

US 85 yrs ago

1941

Stacey Keach, actor.

US Arts & Culture 85 yrs ago

1948

Jerry Mathers, The Beaver (leave it to him...)

US 78 yrs ago

1955

Dana Carvey, of Saturday Night Live fame (The Church Lady...)

US Religion 71 yrs ago

1978

Nikki Cox, actress ("Unhappily Ever After").

US Arts & Culture 48 yrs ago

► Events on this day 10 entries

1835

P.T. Barnum and his circus begin their first tour of the U.S.

US 191 yrs ago

1851

Maine enacts a law prohibiting alcohol.

US 175 yrs ago

1858

The Donati Comet first seen, named after its discoverer.

US Space & Astronomy 168 yrs ago

1873

Ground broken on San Francisco's Clay Street for world's first cable-powered railroad.

US Media & Broadcasting 153 yrs ago

1883

First baseball game played under electric lights in Fort Wayne, IN.

US Sport 143 yrs ago

1897

Mark Twain is quoted as saying "The report of my death was an exaggeration.

US Geography & Exploration 129 yrs ago

1924

Congress grants U.S. Citizenship to all American Indians.

US Politics & Government 102 yrs ago

1941

Lou Gehrig dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

US 85 yrs ago

1953

Queen Elizabeth II is crowned 16 months after the death of her father King George VI.

US Politics & Government 73 yrs ago

1966

U.S. Space Probe Surveyor I lands on the moon.

US Space & Astronomy 60 yrs ago