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June 2

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Coronation of Elizabeth II

73 years ago

Born this day

1835

Pius X

Would be 191

Oldest record

491st

Leo XI

birth anniversary

Famous births8

1535 · 491 yrs

Leo XI

Pope Leo XI (Italian: Leone XI; 2 June 1535 – 27 April 1605), born Alessandro di Ottaviano de' Medici, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1 April 1605 to his death, on 27 April 1605. His pontificate is one of the briefest in history, lasting under a month.

ReligionWould be 491

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1740 · 286 yrs

Marquis de Sade

Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade ( SA(H)D; French:; 2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814) was a French writer, libertine, political activist, and nobleman best known for his libertine novels and imprisonment for sex crimes, blasphemy, and pornography.

LiteratureWould be 286

Photo: Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo · Public domain

1803 · 223 yrs

Michael Glinka

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (Russian: Михаил Иванович Глинка, romanized: Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, IPA:; 1 June 1804 – 15 February 1857) was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognition within his own country and is often regarded as the fountainhead of Russian classical music.

MusicWould be 223

Photo: Sergey Lvovich Levitsky · Public domain

1835 · 191 yrs

Pius X

Pope Pius X (Italian: Pio X; born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto; 2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914) was head of the Catholic Church from 4 August 1903 until his death in August 1914. He opposed modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine, and promoted liturgical reforms and Thomist scholastic theology.

ReligionWould be 191

Photo: Ernest Walter Histed · Public domain

1840 · 186 yrs

Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist, poet and architect. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Wordsworth.

LiteratureWould be 186

Photo: Bain News Service, publisher · Public domain

1857 · 169 yrs

Karl Adolph Gjellerup

Karl Adolph Gjellerup (Danish:; 2 June 1857 – 11 October 1919) was a Danish poet and novelist who together with his compatriot Henrik Pontoppidan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917. He is associated with the Modern Breakthrough period of Scandinavian literature.

LiteratureWould be 169

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1914 · 112 yrs

Yuri Andropov

Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (15 June 1914 – 9 February 1984) was a Soviet politician who served as the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from late 1982 until his death in 1984. He previously served as the chairman of the KGB from 1967 until 1982.

MilitaryWould be 112

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1988 · 38 yrs

Sergio Agüero

Sergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo (born 2 June 1988), also known as Kun Agüero, is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation and one of the greatest players in the history of the Premier League.

SportsAge 38

Photo: Кирилл Венедиктов · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous deaths1

1882 · 144 yrs

Giuseppe Garibaldi

Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi (Italian:; 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, revolutionary and republican. He contributed to the Unification of Italy (Risorgimento) and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy.

MilitaryWould be 219

Photo: In album: Cartes-de-visite portraits of U.S. Army officers, children, and others, p. 15, right. · Public domain

Events1

1953 · 73 yrs

Coronation of Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II is crowned in the first coronation to be televised.

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