Talk:June 2

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June 2: Festa della Repubblica in Italy (1946)

Elizabeth II on her coronation day

1805 – Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptured the British-held Diamond Rock, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, Martinique.
1886 – The wedding of Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom took place in the White House, the only time a U.S. president used that building for the ceremony.
1953 – Queen Elizabeth II (pictured) was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.
1967 – Benno Ohnesorg, a German university student, was killed in West Berlin while protesting against the visit of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran; the anarchist militant 2 June Movement was later named after the incident.
1983 – After an emergency landing due to an in-flight fire, 23 passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 were killed when a flashover occurred as the aircraft's doors opened.

Ogata Kōrin (d. 1716)
Adelaide Casely-Hayford (b. 1868)
Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (d. 1982)

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Moved / removed[edit]

Moved to June 12:

1912 - Carl Laemmle creates Universal Studios

Nope - that was on June 12 [1] --mav 04:15, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)

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1952 - Television broadcasting begins in Canada, at Montreal, Quebec.

1952 in Canada gives a September date, and from what I can tell that is correct. --mav 04:15, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)

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1954 - U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy charges that Communists have infiltrated the Central Intelligence Agency

It did happen, but I could not be confirmed it for this date. --mav 04:15, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Useless external links[edit]

1st link: June 2: http://www. ilsonline.it/ seems to be non relevant advertisement for online language school

Needs articles:[edit]

"Fast Eddie" Parker Frederick Mellinger

Crusades[edit]

By Thomas F madden states that Antioch was breached on June 2.Tourskin 04:01, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

St Erasmus to St Elmo[edit]

Why was the link to St Erasmus piped as St Elmo? Why the change? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 11:15, 2 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]