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Historical Events on June 2

  • First Crusade

    1098

    First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later.

  • French Revolution

    1793

    French Revolution: François Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror.

  • Napoleonic Wars

    1805

    Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptures Diamond Rock, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, from the British.

  • World War II

    1941

    World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the village of Kondomari.

  • Soviet Union

    1955

    The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.

  • Pope John Paul II

    1979

    Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.

  • Denver

    1997

    In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is 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, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later.

  • Mars

    2003

    Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.

  • Telangana

    2014

    Telangana officially becomes the 29th state of India.

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