June 2, 2012

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison.

June 2, 2003

UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said thee was no proof that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

June 2, 1924

The United States Congress granted U.S. citizenship to all native American Indians.

June 2, 1858

A comet was detected by and named after Dr Donati of Florence; 16 days later it nearly collided with venus.

June 2, 1953

Elizabeth II was crowned Queen of the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon, as well as Head of the Commonwealth of Nations.

June 3, 1992

The largest ever environmental summit opened in Rio de Janeiro, with 178 nations taking part.

June 3, 1973

A Soviet Tupolev 144 supersonic airliner crashed at the Paris Air Show, killing 15 people.

June 3, 1964

The Rolling Stones began their first American tour.

June 3, 1769

Captain Cook, a year into his circumnavigation of the world, observed the transit of Venus across the Sun, the main purpose of his voyage.

June 3, 2001

Alejandro Toledo was elected president of Peru, the first indigenous South American president to be democratically elected in 500 years.