Aeronaves de México Flight 111 crashes on approach to Guadalajara International Airport, killing 45. Date: June 2, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 2 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)

During the FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history. Date: June 2, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 2 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is formed. Date: June 2, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 2 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today)

Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world. Date: June 2, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 2 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)

Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran are brutally suppressed, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June. Date: June 2, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 2 📅 Events…

Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States. Date: June 2, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 2 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today)

Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country. Date: June 2, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 2 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)

After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place. Date: June 2, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 2 📅…

The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12. Date: June 2, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 2 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)

In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later. Date: June 2, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June…