First Lady’s Day, observed on June 2 in Virginia, honors Martha Washington’s birthday and celebrates the lasting contributions of all U.S. First Ladies to the nation’s heritage and history.
Daily Calendar for Tuesday, June 2, 2026
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Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Born
- Martha Washington (U.S. First Lady) –
- Thomas Hardy (writer) –
- Helen Louise Herron Taft (U.S. First Lady) –
- Edwin Way Teale (naturalist and photographer; born in Joliet, Illinois) –
- Clair Cameron Patterson (geochemist) –
- Jerry Mathers (actor) –
- Dana Carvey (comedian & actor) –
- Kyle Petty (NASCAR driver) –
- Wayne Brady (comedian & actor) –
- Wentworth Miller (actor) –
Died
- Andres Segovia (guitarist) –
- Sylvester Ritter (professional wrestler known as Junkyard Dog”“) –
- Flora Lewis (journalist) –
- Bo Diddley (musician) –
- Mel Ferrer (actor & director) –
- Chris Haney (inventor of Trivial Pursuit) –
- Kathryn Joosten (actress) –
- Richard Dawson (game show host) –
Events
- In Fort Wayne, Indiana, the first baseball game was played under electric lights at night –
- Grover Cleveland became the first president to marry in the White House –
- Congress granted citizenship to Native Americans born in the U.S. –
- Kraft’s Velveeta invented –
- Mariners’ Museum established in Newport News, Virginia –
- President FDR formally accepted the swimming pool addition to the White House –
- Elizabeth II crowned queen of England –
- US spacecraft Surveyor I made successful soft landing on the Moon and began to relay first close up pictures of the Moon –
- 13-year-old Anurag Kashyap correctly spelled “appoggiatura” to win National Scripps Spelling Bee –
- Actor Patrick Stewart was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace –
- At the White House, Sir Paul McCartney accepted the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song –
- Sukanya Roy won 84th Scripps National Spelling Bee with word cymotrichous”“ –
Weather
- Parts of the Midwest were visited by 65 tornadoes –
- Several tornadoes were sighted in northeastern Colorado as thunderstorms ripped through the area leaving golfball-size hail –
- Around 5 p.m., a tornado touched down for about 10 minutes near Three Hills in Alberta, Canada. –