June 2
People born on this day are Gemini.
- 1967
Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States.
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Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
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After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.
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The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12.
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In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 11 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.
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Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-91, the final mission of the Shuttle-Mir program.
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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.
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Twelve people are killed and eleven others injured in a spree shooting in Cumbria, England, before the perpetrator takes his own life.
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Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
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Telangana officially becomes the 29th state of India, formed from ten districts of northwestern Andhra Pradesh.
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Following a request from Ankara, the United Nations officially changes the name of the Republic of Turkey in the organization from what was previously known as "Turkey" to "Türkiye".
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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.
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2002Madison Hu, American actress
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2002Fonua Pole, New Zealand rugby league player
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2001Kysaiah Pickett, Australian rules footballer
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2000Jay Idzes, Indonesian footballer
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1999Campbell Graham, Australian rugby league player
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1997Scott Wozniak, American YouTuber
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1996Morissette, Filipina singer-songwriter
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1993Adam Taggart, Australian footballer
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1992Pajtim Kasami, Swiss footballer
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1990Dane Rampe, Australian rules footballer
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1989Steve Smith, Australian cricketer
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1988Sergio Agüero, Argentine footballer
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