370 Historic Events for June 2
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| 1903 |
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Netherlands Korfball League forms
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Johnny Weissmuller, actor (Tarzan)/100m swimmer (Oly-5 gold-1924, 28)
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| 1904 |
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Professor Schron finds microbe that causes photosynthesis
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Dorothy West, US journalist/author (Living is Easy)
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| 1908 |
Death |
Redvers H Buller, English general, dies at 68
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Gordon Weir, cricketer (NZ batsman in 11 Tests 1930-37)
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| 1908 |
Event |
33rd Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Royal Tourist wins in 1:46.4
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Robin Orr, composer
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| 1909 |
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43rd Belmont: Eddie Dugan aboard Joe Madden wins in 2:21.6
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| 1910 |
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Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea
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| 1910 |
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1st roundtrip flight over English Channel (C S Rolls, England)
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Xia Hong, writer
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Bert Farber, Bkln NY, orch leader (Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone)
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| 1913 |
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1st strike settlement mediated by US Dept of Labor-RR clerks
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| 1913 |
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Demonstrations for general voting right in Neth
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Barbara Pym, romantic author (Very Private Eye)
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| 1914 |
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Glenn Curtiss flies his Langley Aerodrome
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Walter Tetley, NYC, animation voice (Sherman-Bullwinkle Show)
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Robert Moffat Palmer, composer
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Lester del Rey, US, sci-fi author (Moon Trilogy, Marooned on Mars)
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Betty Furness, actress, journalist/consumer advisor (NYC, WNBC)
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| 1916 |
Event |
German troops under Lt Rackow take Fort Vaux
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Max Showalter, Caldwell Ks, actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show)
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| 1919 |
Event |
Pulitzer prize awarded to Carl Sandburg (Cornhuskers)
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| 1920 |
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O'Neill (Beyond the Horizon)
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