Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/June 2
Births
[edit]- 1731 - Martha Washington, (pictured) First American first lady (d. 1802)
- 1740 - Marquis de Sade, French author (d. 1814)
- 1840 - Thomas Hardy, English writer (d. 1928)
- 1857 - Edward Elgar, English composer (d. 1934)
- 1904 - Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (d. 1984)
- 1940 - King Constantine II of Greece (d. 2023)
- 1941 - Charlie Watts, English musician (The Rolling Stones) (d. 2021)
- 1978 - Justin Long, American actor
- 1989 - Freddy Adu, Ghanaian-born footballer
Deaths
[edit]- 1882 - Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian revolutionary (b. 1807)
- 1941 - Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (b. 1903)
- 1961 - George S. Kaufman, American playwright (b. 1889)
- 1970 - Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian poet (b. 1888)
- 1990 - Rex Harrison, English actor (b. 1908)