EVENTS
- 1868 – The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ends, with Johnson being found not guilty by one vote.
- 1889 – Opening of the first Eiffel Tower elevator to the public.
- 1896 – Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
- 1908 – Engineers make the first major oil find in the Middle East. The discovery in Masjed Soleyman in Iran had a major impact on the country’s and the world region’s economy and politics. More than half of the world’s oil reserves are located in the Middle East.
- 1923 – The 24 Hours of Le Mans is held for the first time. Only three competitors completed the race in 1923. The winners were André Lagarde and Albert Leonard of France, who covered 2210 kilometers in 24 hours.
- 1940 – The Dunkirk evacuation began in order to save the British Expeditionary Force trapped by advancing German armies on the northern coast of France. Boats and vessels of all shapes and sizes ferried 200,000 British and 140,000 French and Belgian soldiers across the English Channel by June 2nd.
Dunkirk evacuation - 1970 – The Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2. The Russian plane, sometimes nicknamed Concordski, first took to the skies in 1968, two months before the Concorde.
- 1972 – The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
BIRTHDAYS
- 1878 – Interpretive dancer Isadora Duncan (1878-1927) was born in San Francisco
- 1886 – Actor, singer Al Jolson (1886-1950) was born in St. Petersburg, Russia
- 1907 – John Wayne (Actor famous for westerns)
John Wayne - 1926 – Miles Davis (Jazz Trumpeteer)
- 1948 – Stevie Nicks (Singer with Fleetwood Mac)
- 1949 – Hank Williams Junior (Singer)
- 1951 – Sally Ride (Astronaut)
- 1964 – Lenny Kravitz (Singer)
- 1966 – Helena Bonham Carter (Actress)
- 1975 – Lauryn Hill (American singer-songwriter, producer, actress)
DEATHS
- 735 – Bede (English monk, historian, theologian)
- 1703 – Samuel Pepys (English administrator, politician)
- 1908 – Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community)
- 1976 – Martin Heidegger (German philosopher)
- 2008 – Sydney Pollack (American director)
Sydney Pollack
