What happened on June 2 ?

926 - Murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967)

1535 - Pope Leo XI (d. 1605)

1731 - Martha Washington, First American first lady (d. 1802)

1740 - Marquis de Sade, French author (d. 1814)

1743 - Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, Sicilian Occultist (d. 1795)

1773 - John Randolph, U.S. Senator from Virginia (d. 1833)

1823 - Gédéon Ouimet, French Canadian politician (d. 1905)

1835 - Pope Pius X (d. 1914)

1840 - Thomas Hardy, English writer (d. 1928)

1857 - Edward Elgar, English composer (d. 1934)

1857 - Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)

1863 - Felix Weingartner, Yugoslavian conductor (d. 1942)

1865 - George Lohmann, English cricketer (d. 1901)

1887 - Howard Johnson, American songwriter (d. 1941)

1891 - Thurman Arnold, American attorney and jurist (d. 1969)

1899 - Lotte Reiniger, German film director (d. 1981)

1904 - Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (d. 1984)

1907 - Dorothy West, American writer (d. 1998)

1913 - Barbara Pym, English novelist (d. 1980)

1915 - Walter Tetley, American voice actor (d. 1975)

1917 - Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and filmmaker

1920 - Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-born German critic

1920 - Tex Schramm, American football team president and general manager (d. 2003)

1920 - Frank G. Clement, U.S. governor of Tennessee (d. 1969)

1922 - Charlie Sifford, American golfer

1926 - Milo O'Shea, Irish actor

1929 - Norton Juster, American author and architect

1930 - Pete Conrad, American astronaut (d. 1999)

1935 - Carol Shields, American-born novelist (d. 2003)

1936 - Sally Kellerman, American actress

1937 - Jimmy Jones (singer), American singer and songwriter

1940 - King Constantine II of Greece

1941 - Stacy Keach, American actor

1941 - Charlie Watts, English musician (The Rolling Stones)

1941 - William Guest, American singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips)

1943 - Charles Haid, American actor

1943 - Ilayaraaja, Indian composer

1944 - Marvin Hamlisch, American composer and musician

1945 - Jon Peters, American film producer and hairdresser

1946 - Peter Sutcliffe, English murderer

1948 - Jerry Mathers, American actor

1949 - Heather Couper, British astronomer

1949 - Frank Rich, American theater critic and political columnist

1951 - Larry Robinson, Canadian hockey player

1952 - Gary Bettman, American NHL commissioner

1953 - Craig Stadler, American golfer

1954 - Dennis Haysbert, American actor

1955 - Dana Carvey, American actor and comedian

1955 - Michael Steele (musician), bassist, singer and songwriter (The Bangles)

1956 - Mani Ratnam, Indian director

1957 - King Lizzard, American entertainer

1958 - Lawrence Pfohl, American professional wrestler

1959 - Lydia Lunch, American singer

1960 - Kyle Petty, American race car driver

1960 - Tony Hadley, English singer (Spandau Ballet)

1965 - Mark Waugh, Australian cricketer

1965 - Steve Waugh, Australian cricketer

1968 - Jon Culshaw, British impressionist and comedian

1971 - Anthony Montgomery, American actor

1972 - Wayne Brady, American actor and comedian

1972 - Wentworth Miller, American actor

1974 - Gata Kamsky, American chess player

1976 - Earl Boykins, American basketball player

1976 - Tim Rice-Oxley, English musician (Keane)

1978 - Nikki Cox, American actress

1978 - Justin Long, American actor

1978 - A.J. Styles, American professional wrestler

1980 - Fabrizio Moretti, American rock drummer (The Strokes)

1982 - Andres Nuiamäe, Estonian soldier (killed in action) (d. 2004)

1982 - Jewel Staite, Canadian actress

1983 - Christopher Higgins, Professional hockey player

1988 - Sergio Agüero, Argentinian footballer

1988 - Patrik Berglund, Swedish hockey player

1989 - Freddy Adu, Ghanaian-born footballer