1731
Jun 2, Martha Dandridge, the first First Lady of the United States, was born. Widow of Daniel Park Custis, she married George Washington in 1759.

1930
Jun 2, Sarah Dickson became the 1st woman Presbyterian elder in US in Cincinnati.

1993
Jun 2, South Africa's Supreme Court upheld Winnie Mandela's conviction for kidnapping four young blacks, but said she would not have to serve her five-year prison term

1998
Jun 2, Monica Lewinsky hired a new defense team, Jacob Stein and Plato Cacheris, replacing William H. Ginsburg as her lead attorney.

2007
Jun 2, Kelsey Smith (18) went missing when she went to a Target store in the Overland Park suburb of Kansas City to buy a gift for her boyfriend. On June 6 police found her body in a wooded area near Grandview, Mo., about 20 miles east of the Target store. Edwin R. Hall (26) was arrested shortly after her body was found. In 2008 Hall pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison.

2009
Jun 2, British media reported that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is quitting her post following the scandal over lawmakers' expenses.

2012
Jun 2, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II arrived at Epsom racecourse to kick off four days of celebrations for her diamond jubilee.

2012
Jun 2, In north China's Shaanxi province authorities forced Feng Jianmei to abort her 7-month pregnancy because she was unable to pay a 40,000 yuan ($6,270) fine for exceeding China's "one-child" population control policy. Graphic images of the abortion were later posted online showing the bloody corpse of her baby and caused an uproar in the country. On June 15 a deputy mayor visited Feng and her husband in the hospital, apologized to them and said officials would be suspended amid an investigation. In July the couple agreed to a compensation settlement from local authorities for 70,000 yuan ($11,000).