2 June 2020 - Tuesday

Events of the day:

June 2, 1856 founded the city of Blagoveshchensk, the administrative center of the Amur region

June 2, 1857 in the US patented stitch sewing machine

June 2, 1864 in Moscow, opened the first zoo in Russia

June 2, 1892 in Kiev It opened the first line of electric tram in the Russian Empire

June 2, 1955 based Baikonur space center

year 1946 - according to the results of the referendum in Italy decided to shift from a monarchical form of government to the republican (photo)

1953 - Westminster Abbey held a solemn ceremony of the coronation of the Queen of England Elizabeth II of (photo)

1955 - is based first and the world's largest cosmodrome "Baikonur" (photo)

1962 - "Novocherkassk massacre" - in the city of Novocherkassk, Rostov region authorities used weapons to suppress the demonstrators workers, killing 26 people (photo)

1973 - in Amsterdam, the Museum of Vincent van Gogh (photo)

Birthday party:

On this day were born:

Marquis de Sade

Alessandro Cagliostro

Konstantin Pobedonostsev

Johnny Weissmuller

Yuri Timoshenko (Tarapunka)

Yaroslav Golovanov

Yunna Moritz

On this day, died:

Giuseppe Garibaldi

Bruce McLaren

Raj Kapoor

Evgeny Belousov

Nikolai Ozerov

Svyatoslav Fedorov

Vyacheslav Canines

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