On This Day
This Day in History: (2-June)
Margaret II, Countess of Flanders (d. 1278)
Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, ruler of Ilkhanate (d. 1335)
Ferdinand I of Naples (d. 1494)
Charles, Duke of Vendôme (d. 1537)
Pope Leo XI (d. 1605)
Rudolf Christian, Count of East Frisia, Ruler of East Frisia (d. 1628)
Rutger von Ascheberg, Courland-born soldier in Swedish service (d. 1693)
Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter (d. 1649)
Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon (d. 1709)
William Salmon, English medical writer (d. 1713)
Jabez Bowen, American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1815)
Marquis de Sade, French philosopher and politician (d. 1814)
Alessandro Cagliostro, Italian occultist and explorer (d. 1795)
John Randolph of Roanoke, American planter and politician, 8th United States Ambassador to Russia (d. 1833)
William Lawson, English-Australian explorer and politician (d. 1850)
Daniel Pollen, Irish-New Zealand politician, 9th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1896)
Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (d. 1905)
Pope Pius X (d. 1914)
Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg (d. 1900)
Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (d. 1928)
Edward Elgar, English composer and educator (d. 1934)
Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
Concordia Selander, Swedish actress and manager (d. 1935)
Felix Weingartner, Croatian-Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1942)
George Lohmann, English cricketer (d. 1901)
Jack O'Connor, American baseball player and manager (d. 1937)
Charles Stewart Mott, American businessman and politician, 50th Mayor of Flint, Michigan (d. 1973)
Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader (d. 1912)
Walter Egan, American golfer (d. 1971)
Thurman Arnold, American lawyer and judge (d. 1969)
Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral and pilot (d. 1945)
Lotte Reiniger, German animator and director (d. 1981)
Edwin Way Teale, American environmentalist and photographer (d. 1980)
Frank Runacres, English painter and educator (d. 1974)
Johnny Weissmuller, Hungarian-American swimmer and actor (d. 1984)
Dorothy West, American journalist and author (d. 1998)
John Lehmann, English poet and publisher (d. 1987)
Hector Dyer, American sprinter (d. 1990)
Joe McCluskey, American runner (d. 2002)
Barbara Pym, English author (d. 1980)
Elsie Tu, English-Hong Kong educator and politician (d. 2015)
Johnny Bulla, American golfer (d. 2003)
Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian spy (d. 1992)
Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and director (d. 2006)
Ruth Atkinson, Canadian-American illustrator (d. 1997)
Kathryn Tucker Windham, American journalist and author (d. 2011)
Nat Mayer Shapiro, American painter (d. 2005)
Frank G. Clement, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Tennessee (d. 1969)
Yolande Donlan, American-English actress (d. 2014)
Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-German author and critic (d. 2013)
Tex Schramm, American businessman (d. 2003)
Johnny Speight, English screenwriter and producer (d. 1998)
Betty Freeman, American photographer and philanthropist (d. 2009)
Ernie Royal, American trumpet player (d. 1983)
Sigmund Sternberg, Hungarian-English businessman and philanthropist (d. 2016)
András József Szennay, Hungarian priest (d. 2012)
Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2002)
Carmen Silvera, Canadian-English actress (d. 2002)
Lloyd Shapley, American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
June Callwood, Canadian journalist, author, and activist (d. 2007)
Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (d. 1977)
Milo O'Shea, Irish-American actor (d. 2013)
W. Watts Biggers, American author, screenwriter, and animator (d. 2013)
Christopher Slade, English lawyer and judge
Erzsi Kovács, Hungarian singer (d. 2014)
Rafael A. Lecuona, Cuban-American gymnast and academic (d. 2014)
Norton Juster, American architect, author, and academic
Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player (d. 2007)
Pete Conrad, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1999)
Jerry Lumpe, American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)
Johnny Carter, American singer (d. 2009)
Carol Shields, American-Canadian novelist and short story writer (d. 2003)
Dimitri Kitsikis, Greek poet and educator
Volodymyr Holubnychy, Ukrainian race walker
Rosalyn Higgins, English lawyer and judge
Sally Kellerman, American actress
Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
Robert Paul, Canadian figure skater and choreographer
Deric Washburn, American screenwriter and playwright
Kevin Brownlow, English historian and author
George William Penrose, Lord Penrose, Scottish lawyer and judge
Charles Miller, American musician (d. 1980)
John Schlee, American golfer (d. 2000)
Constantine II of Greece
Ünal Aysal, Turkish businessman
Stacy Keach, American actor
Lou Nanne, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager
Charlie Watts, English drummer, songwriter, and producer
Mike Ahern, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Queensland
Charles Haid, American actor and director
Crescenzio Sepe, Italian cardinal
Robert Elliott, American actor (d. 2004)
Marvin Hamlisch, American composer and conductor (d. 2012)
Richard Long, English painter, sculptor, and photographer
Bonnie Newman, American businessman and politician
Lasse Hallström, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter
Jerry Mathers, American actor
Heather Couper, English astronomer and physicist
Frank Rich, American journalist and critic
Jonathan Evans, Welsh lawyer and politician
Joanna Gleason, Canadian actress and singer
Anne Phillips, English theorist and academic
Momčilo Vukotić, Serbian footballer and manager
Gilbert Baker, American artist, gay rights activist, and designer of the rainbow flag (d. 2017)
Arnold Mühren, Dutch footballer and manager
Larry Robinson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Alexander Wylie, Lord Kinclaven, Scottish lawyer, judge, and educator
Gary Bettman, American commissioner of the National Hockey League
Vidar Johansen, Norwegian saxophonist
Craig Stadler, American golfer
Cornel West, American philosopher, author, and academic
Dennis Haysbert, American actor and producer
Dana Carvey, American comedian and actor
Nandan Nilekani, Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys
Mani Ratnam, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
Michael Steele, American singer-songwriter and bass player
Jan Lammers, Dutch race car driver
Mark Lawrenson, English footballer and manager
Lex Luger, American wrestler and football player
Rineke Dijkstra, Dutch photographer
Lydia Lunch, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
Erwin Olaf, Dutch photographer
Olga Bondarenko, Russian runner
Tony Hadley, English singer-songwriter and actor
Kyle Petty, American race car driver and sportscaster
Dez Cadena, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Mark Plaatjes, South African-American runner and coach
Anand Abhyankar, Indian actor (d. 2012)
Caroline Link, German director and screenwriter
Russ Courtnall, Canadian ice hockey player
Mark Waugh Australian cricketer and journalist
Steve Waugh, Australian cricketer
Pedro Guerra, Spanish singer-songwriter
Petra van Staveren, Dutch swimmer
Remigija Nazarovienė, Lithuanian heptathlete and coach
Mike Stanton, American baseball player
Merril Bainbridge, Australian singer-songwriter
Andy Cohen, American television host
Kurt Abbott, American baseball player
David Wheaton, American tennis player, radio host, and author
B Real, American rapper and actor
Kateřina Jacques, Czech translator and politician
Wayne Brady, American actor, comedian, game show host, and singer
Raúl Ibañez, American baseball player
Wentworth Miller, American actor and screenwriter
Marko Kristal, Estonian footballer and manager
Neifi Pérez, Dominican-American baseball player
Gata Kamsky, Russian-American chess player
Matt Serra, American mixed martial artist
Salvatore Scibona, American author
Earl Boykins, American basketball player
Martin Čech, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2007)
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer
Tim Rice-Oxley, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Teet Allas, Estonian footballer
A.J. Styles, American wrestler
Zachary Quinto, American actor and producer
Dominic Cooper, English actor
Nikki Cox, American actress
Justin Long, American actor
Yi So-yeon, biotechnologist and astronaut, the first Korean in space
Luke Williamson, Australian rugby league player
Morena Baccarin, Brazilian-American actress
Butterfly Boucher, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Natalia Rodríguez, Spanish runner
Fabrizio Moretti, Brazilian-American drummer
Bobby Simmons, American basketball player
Richard Skuse, English rugby player
Abby Wambach, American soccer player and coach
Tomasz Wróblewski, Polish bass player and songwriter
Nikolay Davydenko, Russian tennis player
Chin-hui Tsao, Taiwanese baseball player
Jewel Staite, Canadian actress
Chris Higgins, American ice hockey player
Leela James, American singer-songwriter
Toni Livers, Swiss skier
Brooke White, American singer-songwriter and actress
Jack Afamasaga, New Zealand rugby league player
Max Boyer, Canadian wrestler
Feleti Mateo, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
Miyuki Sawashiro, Japanese voice actress and singer
Maggie Thrash, American graphic novelist and writer
Todd Carney, Australian rugby league player
Maryka Holtzhausen, South African netball player
Yoann Huget, French rugby player
Matthew Koma, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Angelo Mathews, Sri Lankan cricketer
Darin Zanyar, Swedish singer-songwriter
Sergio Agüero, Argentinian footballer
Patrik Berglund, Swedish ice hockey player
Freddy Adu, Ghanaian-American footballer
Steven Smith, Australian cricketer
Pajtim Kasami, Swiss footballer
Adam Taggart, Australian footballer