* Astronomy

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Gardner Pinnacles was first discovered on June 2, 1820 by the American whaler Maro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardner_Pinnacles

The Russian polar expedition of 1900 - 1902 was commissioned by the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences to study the Arctic Ocean
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_polar_expedition_of_1900%E2%80%9302

On 2 June 1621, the Dutch West India Company was granted a charter for a trade monopoly in the West Indies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_West_India_Company

HMS Astronomer was sunk by U-58 on 2 June, 1940
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t54052026/hms-astronomer/

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June 2nd 1955 is the official birthday of the Baikonur cosmodrome.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3058973/baikonur-lease/

Space dogs Lisa ("Fox" or "Vixen") and Ryzhik ("Ginger") flew to an altitude of 100 km on 2 June 1954.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_space_dogs#Lisa_and_Ryzhik

OSCAR II is the second amateur radio satellite launched into Low Earth Orbit on June 2, 1962
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSCAR_2

Surveyor 1 landed on the Moon on June 2, 1966.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t31274708/surveyor-1/

The Venera 15 spacecraft was launch in 1983
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_15

The British satellite Ariel 6 was launched in 1979.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_6

The fist Space 1999 Eagle Transporter was launched on June 2, 1992
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Transporter

STS-91 was the final Space Shuttle mission to the Mir space station launched on 2 June 1998.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-91

NASA's first X-43A test on June 2, 2001 failed because the Pegasus booster lost control
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_X-43

Mars Express launched from Baikonur on 2 June 2003, at 17:45 UTC (18:45 BST).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beagle_2

The SERVIS-2 satellite was launched, at 01:59 GMT, 2nd June, 2010.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t10400177/servis-2-satellite/

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Yi So-yeon (born June 2, 1978) is a scientist who became the first Korean to fly in space
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_So-yeon

Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. (June 2, 1930 - July 8, 1999) was an American engineer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49418382/pete-conrad-1930-1999/

Mark Lewis "Roman" Polansky (born June 2, 1956) is an American aerospace engineer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_L._Polansky

Yaroslav Kirillovich Golovanov (2 June 1932 - 21 May 2003 ) was a Russian journalist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaroslav_Golovanov

Clair Cameron Patterson (June 2, 1922 - December 5, 1995) was an American geochemist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clair_Cameron_Patterson

Jonathan Peter Culshaw (born 2 June 1968) is an English impressionist and comedian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Culshaw

Frank Shu (born June 2, 1943), is an American astrophysicist, astronomer and author.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Shu

Heather Anita Couper (born 2 June 1949) is a British astronomer who popularised astronomy
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43154013/heather-couper/

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Earth 2100 is a television program that was presented by the ABC network on June 2, 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_2100

Capricorn One is a 1977 thriller movie about a Mars landing hoax.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capricorn_One

World War Z premièred in London on June 2, 2013
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_Z_(film)

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The discovery of a planet, MOA-2007-BLG-192Lb, was announced on June 2, 2008.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOA-2007-BLG-192L#Planetary_system

Re-discovery of Comet Encke on 2 June 1822 by Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Encke#Discovery

Comet Donati, or Donati's Comet was first observed on June 2, 1858.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45233271/comet-donati/

Title: The Great Meteor of June 2 [1912]
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1912CiUO....3Q..29.

Fireball Over Midwest June 2, 2011 (3rd June, UT)
http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2011/556

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Meteorites

On a Supposed Aerolite or Meteorite Found in the Trunk of an Old Willow Tree in the Battersea Fields (January 1, 1854)
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55578224/battersea-fields-meteorite/

The Utrecht (L6) meteorite fell in Utrecht, Netherlands, on the 2nd June, 1843.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49418328/utrecht-meteorite/

The Buschhof (L6) meteorite fell in Latvia, on the 2nd June, 1863.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49418334/buschhof-meteorite/

The Meester-Cornelis (H5) meteorite fell in Jakarta Raya, Indonesia, on the 2nd June, 1915.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49418350/meester-cornelis-meteorite/

In 2007, Greg Bruce found the La Ciénega meteorite while prospecting for gold nuggets.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55578262/la-cinega-meteorite/

The Dishchii'bikoh (LL7) ordinary chondrite fell in Arizona, USA on the 2nd June 2016
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t63614026/dishchiibikoh-meteorite/