What happend on 2nd June

01.06
03.06
1969

In Ottawa, Canada the National Arts Center opens its doors to the public for the first time.

1967

Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran turn into riots, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June.

1966

Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarumon the Moon, becoming the first US spacecraft to soft land on another world.

1965

Vietnam War: The first contingent of Australian combat troops arrives in South Vietnam.

1955

USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.

1953

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, the first to be televised.

1946

Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum Italians decide to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After this referendum the king of Italy Umberto II di Savoia was exiled.

1935

Baseballer Babe Ruth announces he is going to retire from the sport.

1925

Wally Pipp, first baseman of the New York Yankees, asks for a day off due to a headache. He is replaced in the lineup by Lou Gehrig, who also starts the next 2,128 consecutive games.

1924

U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.