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This is a list of selected June 2 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
Republic Day in Italy unreferenced stub
455 – Following the death of Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III, the Vandals led by King Genseric sacked Rome, looting treasure from the city and taking Empress Licinia Eudoxia and her daughters hostage. Vandals has refimprove section, Sack of Rome (455) is stubby
1098First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ended as Crusader forces captured the city, but the Seljuk Turks would later start a second siege of Antioch a few days later. unreferenced sections, refimprove section
1763Pontiac's War: The local Ojibwe captured Fort Michilimackinac in present-day Mackinaw City, Michigan, after diverting the garrison's attention with a game of stickball, then chasing a ball into the fort. needs more footnotes
1924U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States. no footnotes
1946 – Italians voted to abolish the monarchy and establish the Italian Republic, exiling King Umberto II. refimprove
1966Surveyor 1 landed on the Moon. no footnotes
1995United States Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady was shot down by a Bosnian Serb Army SA-6 surface-to-air missile while patrolling the NATO no-fly zone over Bosnia in an F-16, but he was able to eject safely and was then rescued six days later. inappropriate tone
2003 – The Mars Express space probe, the first planetary mission of the European Space Agency, was launched. refimprove

Eligible

  • 2010 – A lone gunman went on a shooting spree in Cumbria, England, killing 12 people and injuring 11 others before committing suicide.

June 2

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