June 2
Today is the 154th day of 2016, there are 212 days left in the year.
1851 - Maine became the first state to enact a law prohibiting alcohol.
1886 - President Grover Cleveland, age 49, married Frances Folsom, age 21, in a White House ceremony.
1897 - Mark Twain was quoted by the New York Journal as saying "the report of my death was an exaggeration".
1924 - Congress granted U.S. citizenship to all American Indians.
1946 - The Italian monarchy was abolished in favor of a republic.
1953 - Queen Elizabeth II of Britain was crowned in Westminster Abbey, 16 months after the death of her father, George VI.
1979 - Pope John Paul II arrived in his native Poland on the first visit by a pope to a Communist country.
1981 - The Japanese video arcade game "Donkey Kong" made its U.S. debut.
1986 - For the first time, the public could watch the proceedings of the U.S. Senate on television as a six-week experiment began with the launch of the channel C-SPAN2. (Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network)
1997 - Timothy McVeigh was convicted of murder and conspiracy in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people.
1998 - Voters in California passed Proposition 227, requiring that all schoolchildren be taught in English.
2011 - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney announced his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
2012 - Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison after a court convicted him on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that forced him from power.
Birthdays
26 - Eddie Lacy (football player)
26 - Brittany Curran (actress)
28 - Amber Marshall (actress)
28 - Zuri Hall (TV host)
29 - Katie Kelly (soccer player)
29 - Sonakshi Sinha (actress)
30 - ZZ Ward (blues singer)
35 - Velvet Sky (professional wrestler)
36 - Abby Wambach (soccer player)
37 - Morena Baccarin (actress)
38 - Justin Long (actor)
39 - Zachary Quinto (actor)
39 - AJ Styles (professional wrestler)
44 - Wentworth Miller (actor)
44 - Wayne Brady (actor)
48 - Andy Cohen (TV host)
61 - Dana Carvey (actor)
63 - Keith Allen (actor)
68 - Jerry Mathers (actor)
74 - Maree Cheatham (actress)
75 - Charlie Watts (drummer)
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Today in Sports History - June 2
1883 - The first baseball game played under electric lights was played in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
1903 - The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Brooklyn Dodgers play a tripleheader.
1935 - Babe Ruth announced his retirement from baseball.
1941 - Baseball hall of famer Lou Gehrig died at age 37 from a degenerative disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, now referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease.
1948 - The NHL announced that the Art Ross Trophy would be awarded annually to the league scoring leader. Elmer Lach of the Montreal Canadiens was the first winner with 61 points in 1947-48.
1989 - Eric Davis of the Cincinnati Reds hits for the cycle.
1990 - Randy Johnson achieved the first no-hitter in franchise history for the Seattle Mariners.
2000 - Fred McGriff of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays became the 31st player in major league history to hit 400 home runs.
2000 - Nebraska defeated Stanford 7-3 in the first game of the Stanford Super Regional.
2001 - Nebraska defeated Rice 9-6 to win the Lincoln Super Regional and advanced to the College World Series for the first time in school history.
2002 - Nebraska defeated Southwest Missouri State 14-3 to win the Lincoln Regional.
2006 - Nebraska lost to Manhattan 4-1 in the opening game of the Lincoln Regional.
2007 - Nebraska defeated Monmouth 6-5 in an elimination game of the Tempe Regional.
2010 - Ken Griffey Jr. of the Seattle Mariners announces his retirement from baseball at age 40. Griffey ends his career fifth on the all-time home run list with 630.
2011 - Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga lost his bid for a perfect game against the Cleveland Indians with two outs in the ninth inning on a call that first base umpire Jim Joyce later admitted he'd blown.
Today is the 154th day of 2016, there are 212 days left in the year.
1851 - Maine became the first state to enact a law prohibiting alcohol.
1886 - President Grover Cleveland, age 49, married Frances Folsom, age 21, in a White House ceremony.
1897 - Mark Twain was quoted by the New York Journal as saying "the report of my death was an exaggeration".
1924 - Congress granted U.S. citizenship to all American Indians.
1946 - The Italian monarchy was abolished in favor of a republic.
1953 - Queen Elizabeth II of Britain was crowned in Westminster Abbey, 16 months after the death of her father, George VI.
1979 - Pope John Paul II arrived in his native Poland on the first visit by a pope to a Communist country.
1981 - The Japanese video arcade game "Donkey Kong" made its U.S. debut.
1986 - For the first time, the public could watch the proceedings of the U.S. Senate on television as a six-week experiment began with the launch of the channel C-SPAN2. (Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network)
1997 - Timothy McVeigh was convicted of murder and conspiracy in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people.
1998 - Voters in California passed Proposition 227, requiring that all schoolchildren be taught in English.
2011 - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney announced his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
2012 - Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison after a court convicted him on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that forced him from power.
Birthdays
26 - Eddie Lacy (football player)
26 - Brittany Curran (actress)
28 - Amber Marshall (actress)
28 - Zuri Hall (TV host)
29 - Katie Kelly (soccer player)
29 - Sonakshi Sinha (actress)
30 - ZZ Ward (blues singer)
35 - Velvet Sky (professional wrestler)
36 - Abby Wambach (soccer player)
37 - Morena Baccarin (actress)
38 - Justin Long (actor)
39 - Zachary Quinto (actor)
39 - AJ Styles (professional wrestler)
44 - Wentworth Miller (actor)
44 - Wayne Brady (actor)
48 - Andy Cohen (TV host)
61 - Dana Carvey (actor)
63 - Keith Allen (actor)
68 - Jerry Mathers (actor)
74 - Maree Cheatham (actress)
75 - Charlie Watts (drummer)
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Today in Sports History - June 2
1883 - The first baseball game played under electric lights was played in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
1903 - The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Brooklyn Dodgers play a tripleheader.
1935 - Babe Ruth announced his retirement from baseball.
1941 - Baseball hall of famer Lou Gehrig died at age 37 from a degenerative disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, now referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease.
1948 - The NHL announced that the Art Ross Trophy would be awarded annually to the league scoring leader. Elmer Lach of the Montreal Canadiens was the first winner with 61 points in 1947-48.
1989 - Eric Davis of the Cincinnati Reds hits for the cycle.
1990 - Randy Johnson achieved the first no-hitter in franchise history for the Seattle Mariners.
2000 - Fred McGriff of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays became the 31st player in major league history to hit 400 home runs.
2000 - Nebraska defeated Stanford 7-3 in the first game of the Stanford Super Regional.
2001 - Nebraska defeated Rice 9-6 to win the Lincoln Super Regional and advanced to the College World Series for the first time in school history.
2002 - Nebraska defeated Southwest Missouri State 14-3 to win the Lincoln Regional.
2006 - Nebraska lost to Manhattan 4-1 in the opening game of the Lincoln Regional.
2007 - Nebraska defeated Monmouth 6-5 in an elimination game of the Tempe Regional.
2010 - Ken Griffey Jr. of the Seattle Mariners announces his retirement from baseball at age 40. Griffey ends his career fifth on the all-time home run list with 630.
2011 - Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga lost his bid for a perfect game against the Cleveland Indians with two outs in the ninth inning on a call that first base umpire Jim Joyce later admitted he'd blown.
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