06-01-2011, 08:03 PM
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June 2nd
1740 ~ Birthday of Marquis de Sade, Famous French Pervert.
1835 ~ Start of P.T. Barnum’s circus’ first tour of the U.S.
1840 ~ Birthday of Thomas Hardy, Poet & Novelist.
1897 ~ Mark Twain, responding to rumors that he was dead, was quoted as saying, "The report of my death was an exaggeration."
1946 ~ Italians voted to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic.
1953 ~ Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
1966 ~ First U.S. Lunar soft landing, by Surveyor 1.
1990 ~ Death of Rex Harrison, English actor.
1994 ~ Death of David Stove, Australian philosopher of Science.
2003 ~ ESA’s Mars Express was launched.
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