June 2 is National Bubba Day National Bubba Day is celebrated across the United States each year on June 2nd. According to Wikipedia, “bubba” is a relationship nickname formed from brother and given to boys, especially eldest male siblings, to indicate their role in the family.
National Rocky Road Day
I Love My Dentist Day
International Sex Workers’ Day (aka International Whore Day)
In the year 455, the Sack of Rome: Vandals entered Rome, and plundered the city for two weeks.
The first Récollet missionaries arrived at Quebec City, from Rouen, France in 1615. The Récollet are more commonly known as the Franciscans. The Recollect friars are said to have brewed the first beer in New France in 1620.
On June 2, 1692, Bridget Bishop was the first person to go to trial in the Salem witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Found guilty, she was hanged on June 10.
Birthday of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (June 2, 1731), First Lady 1789-1797, wife of George Washington.
June 2, 1774, Intolerable Acts: Amendment to original Quartering Act enacted, allowed governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters not provided.
Birthday of Helen Herron Taft (June 2, 1861), wife of William Howard Taft; first lady from 1909-1913.
June 2, 1886 – The U.S. President Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom in the White House, becoming the only president to wed in the executive mansion.
Birthday of Edwin J. Shoemaker (June 2, 1907), American inventor and engineer who created the recliner chair and started the La-Z-Boy furniture company.
June 2, 1924 – The U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act (aka the Snyder Act) into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
In 1928, Kraft’s Velveeta Cheese was invented. It was packaged using the 1921 invention of a tinfoil lining that could house the cheese inside a wooden box. Its special cooking properties quickly caught on. When melted, it was as smooth as velvet (hence its name), and it would never curdle when heated.
June 2, 1953 – The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories & Head of the Commonwealth, the first major international event to be televised. She wore three different crowns on this day – one on the way to Westminster Abbey, one to be crowned Queen, and one for the procession from the Abbey.
June 2, 1997 – In Denver, Colorado, Timothy McVeigh was 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, Oklahoma. He was executed four years later.