1357 – Peace of Ath signed (in modern Belgium), settles Brabant succession
1861 – 1st Civil War land battle-Union defeats Confederacy at Philippi, West Virginia
1925 – Eddie Collins, is 6th to get 3,000 hits
1956 – Marlene Bauer Hagge wins LPGA Pittsburgh Golf Open
1968 – Valerie Solanas, author of SCUM Manifesto, attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times
1973 – 72nd Men’s French Open: Ilie Năstase beats Nikola Pilic (6-3, 6-3, 6-0)
1973 – “Smith” closes at Eden Theater NYC after 17 performances
1980 – Jimmy Carter wins enough delegates for renomination
1989 – Leaking pipe in Asha, USSR, causes 2 trains to catch fire; 460 die
2001 – 55th Tony Awards: “The Producers” and “Proof” win
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 2nd June 2018
1848 – The Slavic congress in Prague begins.
1934 – 39th Women’s French Championships: Margaret Scriven beats Helen Jacobs (7-5, 4-6, 6-1)
1950 – St Louis Browns pitcher Harry Dorish swipes home vs Washington Senators
1956 – Yugoslav president Tito visits Moscow
1958 – Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford fans 6 in a row to tie an AL record
1968 – WBLG (now WTVQ) TV channel 62 in Lexington, KY (ABC) 1st broadcast
1975 – James A Healy, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop, consecrated (Maine)
1976 – East Timor People’s Assembly accepts annexation by Indonesia
1989 – 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, protecting students demonstrating for democracy
2015 – 100 volunters in Bhutan set a world record for tree planting – 49,672 in 1 hour