Daily Almanac: June 02, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 6:18 a.m.
SET: 9:12 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 92 °F
LOW: 64 °F

Today is…

• Hug an Atheist Day
• National Bubba Day
• National Doughnut Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1953 Queen Elizabeth II is crowned. The coronation in London’s Westminster Abbey was the first televised major international event in history. Elizabeth’s accession to the throne followed the death of her father, King George VI, 16 months previously.
• 1946 Italy becomes a parliamentary republic. The transition from a monarchy to today’s Italian Republic was effected by the favorable outcome of a referendum, in which 89 percent of Italians, also including women for the first time, took part.
• 1847 Felix Mendelssohn’s Wedding March is used at a wedding for the first time. Dorothy Carew and Tom Daniel were the first to use the iconic piece for their wedding ceremony. The event that made the work world famous was the wedding of Victoria, Princess Royal and Prince Frederick William of Prussia in 1858.

Births On This Day:

• 1857 Edward Elgar
English composer
• 1740 Marquis de Sade

French author

Deaths On This Day:

• 2008 Bo Diddley
American singer-songwriter, guitarist
• 1941 Lou Gehrig
American baseball player