What happend on 2nd June

01.06
03.06
2004

The first episode of Ken Jennings' incredible reign as Jeopardy! champion airs. He starts out with $37,201 and would go on to win more than two million dollars.

2003

Thousands of defeated Iraqi troops march on the U.S. occupation headquarters in Baghdad, demanding pay.

1999

The Bhutan Broadcasting Service finally brings television transmissions to the Kingdom for the first time.

1998

The CIH computer virus is discovered in Taiwan.

1998

Voters in California approved California Proposition 227, abolishing that state's bilingual education program.

1997

Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 terrorist bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

1995

United States Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady's F-16 is shot down over Bosnia while patrolling the NATO no-fly zone.

1985

R.J. Reynolds and Nabisco propose a merger

1985

Serial killer Leonard Lake is arrested near San Francisco, California for shoplifting.

1979

Pope John Paul II visits his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.