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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2" title="June 2">June 2</a></b>: <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festa_della_Repubblica" title="Festa della Repubblica">Festa della Repubblica</a></b></i> in Italy (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946" title="1946">1946</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1805" title="1805">1805</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Diamond_Rock" title="Battle of Diamond Rock">A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptured</a></b> the British-held <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Rock" title="Diamond Rock">Diamond Rock</a>, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort-de-France" title="Fort-de-France">Fort-de-France</a>, Martinique.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886" title="1886">1886</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_of_Grover_Cleveland_and_Frances_Folsom" title="Wedding of Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom">The wedding</a></b> of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland" title="Grover Cleveland">Grover Cleveland</a></b> and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Cleveland" title="Frances Cleveland">Frances Folsom</a></b> took place in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a>, the only time a U.S. president used that building for the ceremony.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953" title="1953">1953</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Coronation of Elizabeth II">was crowned</a></b> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a> in London.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967" title="1967">1967</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Benno_Ohnesorg" title="Killing of Benno Ohnesorg">Benno Ohnesorg</a></b>, a German university student, was killed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Berlin" title="West Berlin">West Berlin</a> while protesting against the visit of Shah <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi" title="Mohammad Reza Pahlavi">Mohammad Reza Pahlavi</a> of Iran; the anarchist militant <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_June_Movement" title="2 June Movement">2 June Movement</a></b> was later named after the incident.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983" title="1983">1983</a> – After an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_landing" title="Emergency landing">emergency landing</a> due to an in-flight fire, 23 passengers aboard <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Canada_Flight_797" title="Air Canada Flight 797">Air Canada Flight 797</a></b> were killed when a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashover" title="Flashover">flashover</a> occurred as the aircraft's doors opened.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogata_K%C5%8Drin" title="Ogata Kōrin">Ogata Kōrin</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1716); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_Casely-Hayford" title="Adelaide Casely-Hayford">Adelaide Casely-Hayford</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1868); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fazal_Ilahi_Chaudhry" title="Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry">Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1982)</p>
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