Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/June 2

Births

 * 1731 - Martha Washington, (pictured) First American first lady (d. 1802)
 * 1740 - Marquis de Sade, French author (d. 1814)
 * 1840 - Thomas Hardy, English writer (d. 1928)
 * 1857 - Edward Elgar, English composer (d. 1934)
 * 1904 - Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (d. 1984)
 * 1940 - King Constantine II of Greece (d. 2023)
 * 1941 - Charlie Watts, English musician (The Rolling Stones) (d. 2021)
 * 1978 - Justin Long, American actor
 * 1989 - Freddy Adu, Ghanaian-born footballer

Deaths

 * 1882 - Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian revolutionary (b. 1807)
 * 1941 - Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (b. 1903)
 * 1961 - George S. Kaufman, American playwright (b. 1889)
 * 1970 - Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian poet (b. 1888)
 * 1990 - Rex Harrison, English actor (b. 1908)

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