12 History Lessons + 2 Births & 6 Deaths for June 2, 2025
Today’s History:
- 455 – The Vandals sack Rome, looting the city for two weeks.
- 1098 – First Crusade: Crusaders capture Antioch after an eight-month siege.
- 1774 – The Quartering Act, allowing British troops to be housed in American homes, is re-enacted by Parliament.
- 1886 – U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House — the only president to wed there.
- 1924 – U.S. Congress grants full citizenship to Native Americans through the Indian Citizenship Act.
- 1946 – Italy abolishes its monarchy and becomes a republic after a nationwide referendum.
- 1953 – Queen Elizabeth II is crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.
- 1966 – Surveyor 1 lands on the Moon, transmitting photos back to Earth.
- 1979 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Poland, beginning a historic nine-day pilgrimage.
- 1997 – Timothy McVeigh is convicted for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
- 2012 – Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life in prison for the deaths of protestors.
- 2014 – King Juan Carlos I of Spain announces his abdication in favor of his son Felipe VI.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1972 – Wentworth Miller, British-American actor (Prison Break) (53)
- 1981 – Nikki Cox, American actress (Unhappily Ever After) (44)
Today’s Deaths:
- 1882 – Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and unification hero (74)
- 1941 – Lou Gehrig, legendary New York Yankees first baseman, from ALS (37)
- 1987 – Andrés Segovia, Spanish classical guitarist and music pioneer (94)
- 1990 – Rex Harrison, British actor (My Fair Lady) (82)
- 2008 – Bo Diddley, American rock and roll pioneer (Bo Diddley, Who Do You Love) (79)
- 2016 – Muhammad Ali, three-time world heavyweight boxing champion and activist (74)
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