This day in History - June 2

370 Historic Events for June 2
1941 Birth Charlie Watts, drummer (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar)
1941 Birth Oda Mayumi, Tokyo, resident artist (Green Gulch Zen Center)
1941 Birth Stacy Keach, Savannah Ga, actor (Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer)
1942 Birth Marie Cheatham, Okla, actress (Search for Tomorrow, Guiding Light)
1942 Event Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists as a Navy aviator
1943 Event 99th Pursuit Squadron flies 1st combat mission (over Italy)
1943 Birth Charles Haid, SF Ca, actor (Andy Renko-Hill St Blues, Altered States)
1943 Birth John Lilipaly, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
1943 Birth Maarten B Engwirda, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (D66)
1943 Event German assault on Sebastopol Krim, begins
1944 Event Judendurchgangslager Vught disbands
1944 Birth Marvin Hamlisch, NYC, composer/pianist (Sting, Chorus Line)
1944 Birth Poul Jensen, Denmark, yachting (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
1944 Birth Garo Yepremian, NFL place kicker (Miami Dolphins)
1944 Event Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery dine in Portsmouth
1945 Birth Bob Benrit, rocker
1946 Birth Roger Freed, baseball player
1946 Event Italian plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy (National Day)
1947 Birth Jan Ferraris, LPGA golfer
1947 Death Hermann Darewsky, composer, dies at 64
1947 Event Hungarian premier Ferenc Nagy resigns
1947 Event "Louisiana Lady" opens at Century Theater NYC for 4 performances
1948 Birth Jerry Mathers, Sioux City Iowa, actor (Beaver-Leave It To Beaver)
1948 Birth Albert Innaurato, Phila, playwright/director (Age in Soho)
1949 Event Transjordan renamed Jordan