June 2
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[change] Births
- 1731 - Martha Washington, wife of George Washington, first First Lady of the United States (d. 1802)
- 1740 - Marquis de Sade, French writer (d. 1814)
- 1835 - Nikolai Rubinstein, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1881)
- 1840 - Thomas Hardy, English poet, novelist (d. 1928)
- 1857 - Edward Elgar, English composer (d. 1934)
- 1861 - Helen Herron Taft, First Lady of the United States, wife of William Howard Taft (d. 1943)
- 1904 - Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (d. 1984)
- 1928 - Stig Claesson, Swedish writer and illustrator (d. 2008)
- 1936 - Sally Kellerman, American actress
- 1948 - Todd Rundgren, American singer and producer
- 1956 - Mani Ratnam, Indian film director
- 1960 - Olga Bondarenko, Russian Olympic gold medalist (athletics)
- 1976 - Tim Rice-Oxley, Enlish musician
- 1987 - Darin Zanyar, Swedish singer
[change] Deaths
[change] Events
- 1953- Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.