On this day: June 2
Events
Release of What Price Hollywood?June 2, 1932 · Film- Release of Darkness on the Edge of TownJune 2, 1978 · Music
- Release of I'm a RebelJune 2, 1980 · Music
Founding of UniqloJune 2, 1984 · Companies- Release of A Kind of MagicJune 2, 1986 · Music
- Release of WhitneyJune 2, 1987 · Music
Founding of Naver CorporationJune 2, 1999 · Companies
Release of Heroes of the StormJune 2, 2015 · Gaming
Release of Dua LipaJune 2, 2017 · Music
Release of ValorantJune 2, 2020 · Gaming
2024 Mexican general electionJune 2, 2024 · Politics
Born on this day
Domenico GhirlandaioJune 2, 1448 – January 11, 1494 · Art
Leo XIJune 2, 1535 – April 27, 1605 · World History
Isaac van OstadeJune 2, 1621 – October 16, 1649 · Art
Marquis de SadeJune 2, 1740 – December 2, 1814 · Culture
Nils Gabriel SefströmJune 2, 1787 – November 30, 1845 · Science
Pyotr LavrovJune 2, 1823 – February 6, 1900 · Science
Pius XJune 2, 1835 – August 20, 1914 · World History
Nikolai RubinsteinJune 2, 1835 – March 11, 1881 · Music
Andrey MarkovJune 2, 1856 – July 20, 1922 · Science
Paul von JankóJune 2, 1856 – March 17, 1919 · Technology
Karl Adolph GjellerupJune 2, 1857 – October 11, 1919 · Culture
Edward ElgarJune 2, 1857 – February 23, 1934 · Music
Felix von WeingartnerJune 2, 1863 – May 7, 1942 · Music
Friedrich Wilhelm FoersterJune 2, 1869 – January 9, 1966 · Culture
Fedor TokarevJune 2, 1871 – June 7, 1968 · Technology
Parashqevi QiriaziJune 2, 1880 – December 17, 1970 · Music
Lotte ReinigerJune 2, 1899 – June 19, 1981 · Film
Max AubJune 2, 1903 – July 22, 1972 · Art
Carlo ScarpaJune 2, 1906 – November 28, 1978 · Culture- Walter Andreas SchwarzJune 2, 1913 – April 1, 1992 · Music
Tapio WirkkalaJune 2, 1915 – May 19, 1985 · Art
Clair Cameron PattersonJune 2, 1922 – December 5, 1995 · Science
Lloyd ShapleyJune 2, 1923 – March 12, 2016 · Politics
Pete ConradJune 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999 · Space
Dimitris KitsikisJune 2, 1935 – August 28, 2021 · Culture
Stacy KeachJune 2, 1941 – present · Music
Marvin HamlischJune 2, 1944 – August 6, 2012 · Music
Richard LongJune 2, 1945 – present · Art
Lasse HallströmJune 2, 1946 – present · Film
Heather CouperJune 2, 1949 – February 19, 2020 · Science- Joanna GleasonJune 2, 1950 – present · Film
Cornel WestJune 2, 1953 – present · Culture
E. Allen EmersonJune 2, 1954 – October 15, 2024 · Science
Mani RatnamJune 2, 1955 – present · Film
Mark L. PolanskyJune 2, 1956 – present · Space
Lydia LunchJune 2, 1959 – present · Film
Liam CunninghamJune 2, 1961 – present · Film
Lisandro AlonsoJune 2, 1975 – present · Film
Tim Rice-OxleyJune 2, 1976 – present · Music
Yi So-YeonJune 2, 1978 – present · Space