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June 2: Day of the Week
June 2, 2024 is the 154th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 212 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is domingo.
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Here’s the June calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
June 2 Historical Event(s)
1676
Franco-Dutch War: France ensured the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the Battle of Palermo.
1774
Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
1835
P. T. Barnum and his circus start their first tour of the United States.
1876
Hristo Botev, a national revolutionary of Bulgaria, is killed in Stara Planina
1924
U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
1966
Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft land on another world.
1967
Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran turn into riots, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June.
1979
Pope John Paul II first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
1997
In Denver, Colorado, 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, Oklahoma.
1999
The Bhutan Broadcasting Service brings television transmissions to the Kingdom for the first time.
Who were born on June 2?
1823
Gédéon Ouimet, French Canadian politician (d. 1905)
1922
Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1932
Sammy Turner, American singer
1953
Cornel West, American civil rights activist
1965
Jim Knipfel, American autobiographer and journalist
1983
Leela James, American singer-songwriter
1984
Max Boyer, Canadian professional wrestler
1985
Ana Cristina, American singer, composer, and actress
1986
Curtis Lofton, American football player
1987
Darin Zanyar, Swedish singer
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters OEOAYOVZX? Check your answers here: Word scramble OEOAYOVZX. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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