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| June 2 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 202 days remaining until the end of time. |
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| 455 Vandals sack Rome |
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| 1774 England passes Quartering Act, mandating Colonists must board English troops–but not do their laundry. |
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| 1886 Grover Cleveland is 1st to wed during presidency to quell those nasty gay rumors that Perez Hilton has been spreading |
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| 1896 S-s-smokin' hot Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio |
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| 1910 Pygmies are discovered in Dutch New Guinea |
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| 1924 Snyder Act: US citizenship granted to all American Indians. Mighty white of them. |
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| 1928 Velveeta Cheese (in the loosest sense of the word) is created by Kraft |
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| 1949 Transjordan renamed Jordan in recognition of the wholeness and equality of all transjordaned people. They make very ugly chicks, IMHO |
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| 1981 Barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be. To her credit, Miss Hepburn does not reply, "WTF, Baba?" |
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| 1983 Toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinnati. Moral of the story--always chew a Rolaid before smoking in the loo. |
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| 1984 "Welcome To Fun Zone" hosted by Dr. Demento airs on NBC-TV. Indeed! |
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| 1989 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens protecting students demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing |
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| 1997 Timothy McVeigh, US terrorist, is found guilty of 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 men, women and children. |
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| 1740 Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade, innocent-looking omnisexual French aristocrat/revolutionary/author/kinky bugger |
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| 1970 Walter Nudo, Canadian-born Italian actor/appropriately, his name means "nude" |
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| 1972 Wentworth Miller, maybe gay English-born US actor/rumored boyfriend of a certain adored Brothers & Sisters actor |
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| 1927 Lizzie Borden, maybe gay US accused murderess, gets whacked |
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| 1962 Vita Sackville-West, bisexual English novelist, exits lickety-split |
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| 1977 Stephen Boyd [William Millar], maybe gay US actor (Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur, Lisa), searches for an island in the sun |
