June 2 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for June 2
In the headlines today:

2003	Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa is discovered using an illegal 'corked bat' in a game against Tampa.
1985	The R.J. Reynolds and Nabisco companies announce merger plans. The new company would later be named RJR Nabisco.
1985	Los Angeles Lakers center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Jerry West's post-season NBA career scoring record with 4,458 points.
1979	Pope John Paul II arrives in his native Poland -- the first papal visit inside the Iron Curtain. (photo credit: NARA)
1964	The first nuclear powered merchant ship, the S.S. Savannah, arrives in New York City.
1953	Elizabeth II is crowned Queen of Britain.
1946	Italy becomes a republic, by a vote of the people.
1941	Baseball slugger Lou Gehrig dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in New York. The malady is now referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease.
1933	US president Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the White House swimming pool.
1924	The US Congress grants citizenship to all American Indians.
1897	Mark Twain, responding to rumors that he had died, is quoted as saying: "The report of my death was an exaggeration."
1894	The Field Museum of Natural History opens in Chicago.
1886	US president Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in a White House ceremony.
1851	Maine becomes the first state to enact a law prohibiting alcohol.