June 2

Today in History
• 0455 - King Gaiseric and the Vandals sack Rome - Rome looted for 14 days
• 1625 - Prince Frederick Henry sworn in as viceroy of Holland/Zealand
• 1627 - English king Charles I establishes Guyana Company
• 1763 - Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort
• 1774 - Intolerable Acts: Amendment to original Quartering Act enacted
• 1797 - Surveyor Charles Brodhead achieves 1st ascent of Giant Mountain in Adirondack, New York
• 1835 - P. T. Barnum and his circus begin 1st tour of US
• 1851 - 1st US alcohol prohibition law enacted (Maine)


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• American Indian Citizenship Day
• Isabel Province Day
• Republic Day Italy
• National Donut Day
• National First Ladies Day
• National Leave the Office Early Day
• National Rotisserie Chicken Day
• Platinum Jubilee bank holiday

Birthdays
• 0926 - Murakami, Emperor of Japan
• 1491 - Henry VIII, King of England, 1509-47
• 1535 - Leo XI [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605)
• 1624 - Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96)
• 1732 - Martha Washington, born in the Province of Virginia, 1st American First Lady
• 1758 - Cornelis R T Krayenhoff, Dutch fortress engineer/cartographer
• 1773 - John Randolph [of Roanoke], American planter, Congressman and Minister to Russia
• 1821 - Ion Bratianu, Lib, premier of Romania, 1876-88