On This Day June 2nd

 OTD

June 2nd is the one-hundred-fifty-third day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 212 days remain until the end of the year.

 

Events

455 – Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome and plunder the city for two weeks.

1692 – Bridget Bishop is the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts; she was found guilty and later hanged.

1835 – P. T. Barnum and his circus start their first tour of the United States.

1910 – Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.

1924 – U.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.

2003 – Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.

 

Birthdays

1644 – William Salmon, English medical writer (d. 1713)

1840 – Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (d. 1928)

1878 – Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader, was the bandleader on the Titanic (d. 1912)

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

1923 – Lloyd Shapley, American mathematician, and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)

1941 – Charlie Watts, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 2021)

1960 – Kyle Petty, American race car driver and sportscaster

1972 – Wayne Brady, American actor, comedian, game show host, and singer.

 

Holiday Highlight

National Cancer Survivors Day

The first celebration of National Cancer Survivors Day was held on June 5, 1988. The style of commemoration has always been that of an open network, with local municipalities, hospitals, and other groups all staging such festivities as parades and rallies, individually but concurrently. According to the NCSD website, anyone can register an event and gain the support of the wider organization. The organization offers a range of resources, including a roster of speakers — medical professionals, major and minor celebrities, authors, and more —available to help host events in their respective towns and cities.

NCSD celebrations have been diverse, including art exhibits, carnivals, contests, and testimonies by high-profile survivors. In 2008, the fanfare included a commencement by U.S. President George W. Bush side-by-side with the director of the National Cancer Institute. This variety of activities ensures that there's something for everyone to enjoy and participate in.

Generally, official coverage of National Cancer Survivors Day is provided by the magazine “Coping with Cancer.” During the 2020 celebration, as the magazine reported, many events were canceled or changed to online-only or socially distanced versions, but the day still included a drive-through ‘red carpet’ celebration in Louisville, Kentucky with vehicles all decked out in pink and red; pink corsets and plumage donned in a parade by the New Orleans Pussyfooters in that city; a virtual Ribbon Walk in Fort Wayne, Indiana; and many more unique instances of coming together in solidarity with survivors.

The process for registering your own NCSD event is straightforward and streamlined on their web page, ncsd.org. So, this June, why not join the ranks of survivors and allies in your hometown in connection with the wider event? Make it a fun and meaningful day. Registering is easy, so there's no reason not to get involved!

 

Holidays And Observance

American Indian Citizenship Day

Children's Awareness Memorial Day

I Love My Dentist Day

International Sex Workers Day

National Bubba Day

National Cancer Survivors Day

National Child's Day

National Frozen Yogurt Day

National Gun Violence Awareness Day

National Rocky Road Ice Cream Day

National Rotisserie Chicken Day

Yell "Fudge" at the Cobras in North America Day

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