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June 2 in History
Historical Events on June 2
1098
First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later.
1793
French Revolution: François Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror.
1805
Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptures Diamond Rock, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, from the British.
1896
Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
1941
World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the village of Kondomari.
1979
Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
1997
In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later.
2003
Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
2012
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
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Famous Birthdays on June 2
1423
Ferdinand I of Naples
1977
A.J. Styles
1988
Sergio Agüero
1989
Steve Smith (cricketer, born 1989)
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Famous Deaths on June 2
1882
Giuseppe Garibaldi
1941
Lou Gehrig
1962
Vita Sackville-West
2008
Bo Diddley
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