June 2
\n1886
\nGrover Cleveland became the first U.S. president to get married in the White House.<\/p>\n
1924
\nCongress granted U.S. citizenship to all American Indians.<\/p>\n
1941
\nBaseball great, Lou Gehrig died of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, ALS, a rare type of paralysis now referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease.<\/p>\n
1946
\nIn Italy, a plebiscite rejected the monarchy in favor of a republic.<\/p>\n
1953
\nQueen Elizabeth II of Britain was crowned in Westminster Abbey.<\/p>\n
1997
\nTimothy McVeigh was found guilty of the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n
2003
\nThe European Space Agency launched the Mars Express probe. Contact with the lander Beagle 2 was lost in December.<\/p>\n
Birthdays
\nMartha Washington
\nwife of George Washington (1731)<\/p>\n
John Randolph
\nlegislator (1773)<\/p>\n
Thomas Hardy
\nnovelist (1840)<\/p>\n
Sir Edward William Elgar
\ncomposer (1857)<\/p>\n
Johnny Weissmuller
\nswimmer (1904)<\/p>\n
Barbara Pym
\nwriter (1913)<\/p>\n
Cornel West
\nscholar (1953)<\/p>\n
Freddy Adu
\nSoccer (1989)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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