FRIDAY, June 02, 2023

1886-Grover Cleveland is first to wed during presidency (Frances Folsom)

1899-Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings

1910-Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea

1924-U.S. citizenship granted to all American Indians

1925-NY Yankee Lou Gehrig begins his 2,130 consecutive game streak

1953-Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey

1965-Second of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges River, India)

1966-U.S. Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; first lunar soft-landing

1967 Race riots in Roxbury section of Boston

1977-NJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City

1983-Toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinatti

1986-Regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins

1989-14 year old Scott Isaacs spells “spoliator” to win 1989 Spelling Bee