Saturday, June 2, 2012

June 2nd in History



1537 - Pope Paul III banned the enslavement of Indians.

1774 - The Quartering Act, which required American colonists to allow British soldiers into their houses, was reenacted.

1793 - Maximillian Robespierre initiated the "Reign of Terror". It was an effort to purge those suspected of treason against the French Republic.

1818 - The British army defeated the Maratha alliance in Bombay, India.

1851 - Maine became the first U.S. state to enact a law prohibiting alcohol.

1886 - Grover Cleveland became the second U.S. president to get married while in office. He was the first to have a wedding in the White House.

1924 - All American Indians were granted U.S. citizenship by the U.S. Congress.

1928 - Nationalist Chiang Kai-shek captured Peking, China.

1935 - George Herman "Babe" Ruth announced that he was retiring from baseball.


1946 - Italians voted by referendum to form a republic instead of a monarchy.

1953 - Queen Elizabeth II was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Commonwealth nations at Westminster Abbey.

1954 - U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy charged that there were communists working in the CIA and atomic weapons plan.

1979 - Pope John Paul II arrived in his native Poland on the first visit by a pope to a Communist country.

1999 - In South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC) won a major victory. ANC leader Thabo Mbeki was to succeed Nelson Mandela as the nation's President.

Famous Birthdays:


1740 - Marquis de Sade, French aristocrat, revolutionary and writer

1904 - Johnny Weissmuller, Olympic swimmer

1941 - Charlie Watts, Musician (Rolling Stones)












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