Today is Tuesday, June 2, the 153rd day of 2009. There are 213 days left in the year.
1851 _ First U.S. alcohol prohibition law enacted (Maine)
1883 _ First night baseball under lights, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
1910 _ Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea
1924 _ U.S. citizenship granted to all American Indians
1936 _ Gen. Anastasio Somoza takes over as dictator of Nicaragua
1946 _ Italian plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy (National Day)
1964 _ Rolling Stones first U.S. concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass.
1969 _ Australian aircraft carrier ``Melbourne" slices U.S. destroyer
``Frank E. Evans" in half, killing 74 (South Vietnam)
1979 _ John Paul II becomes first pope to visit a communist country (Poland)
1989 _ 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens protecting students demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing