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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John Alton
Cinematographer
5-Oct-1901 2-Jun-1996 An American in Paris
Alfred Austin
Poet
30-May-1835 2-Jun-1913 Poet Laureate of England, 1892-1913
Bunny Berigan
Jazz Musician
2-Nov-1908 2-Jun-1942 Jazz trumpeter great
Rene Bond
Pornstar
11-Oct-1950 2-Jun-1996 Teenage Fantasies
Stephen Boyd
Actor
4-Jul-1931 2-Jun-1977 Ben-Hur
George Brown
Politician
2-Sep-1914 2-Jun-1985 UK Foreign Secretary, 1966-68
Sir Redvers Henry Buller
Military
7-Dec-1839 2-Jun-1908 Chief of Staff during Boer War
Imogene Coca
Actor
18-Nov-1908 2-Jun-2001 Your Show of Shows
Ray Combs
Game Show Host
3-Apr-1956 2-Jun-1996 Host of Family Feud 1988-94
Richard Dawson
Game Show Host
20-Nov-1932 2-Jun-2012 Host of Family Feud, 1976-85
Bo Diddley
Guitarist
30-Dec-1928 2-Jun-2008 Blues diddler and rectangular guitarist
David Eddings
Author
7-Jul-1931 2-Jun-2009 The Belgariad
Mel Ferrer
Actor
25-Aug-1917 2-Jun-2008 War and Peace
Thomas Gaisford
Scholar
22-Dec-1779 2-Jun-1855 English classical scholar
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Military
4-Jul-1807 2-Jun-1882 Privateer, Italian hero
Lou Gehrig
Baseball
19-Jun-1903 2-Jun-1941 Played 2,130 consecutive games
Jack Gilford
Actor
25-Jul-1908 2-Jun-1990 Save the Tiger
Leo Gorcey
Actor
3-Jun-1917 2-Jun-1969 Bowery Boy
Rex Harrison
Actor
5-Mar-1908 2-Jun-1990 My Fair Lady
Josephine Hart
Author
1-Mar-1942 2-Jun-2011 Damage
James A. Herne
Playwright
1-Feb-1839 2-Jun-1901 Shore Acres
Jean Hersholt
Actor
12-Jul-1886 2-Jun-1956 Founder, Motion Picture Relief Fund
Jim Hutton
Actor
31-May-1934 2-Jun-1979 Ellery Queen
Helen Hull Jacobs
Tennis
6-Aug-1908 2-Jun-1997 Winner of 10 Grand Slam titles
Chloe Jones
Pornstar
17-Jun-1975 2-Jun-2005 Where the Boys Aren't 17
Kathryn Joosten
Actor
20-Dec-1939 2-Jun-2012 Karen McCluskey on Desperate Housewives
Raj Kapoor
Actor
14-Dec-1924 2-Jun-1988 Top 20th Century Hindi megastar
George S. Kaufman
Playwright
16-Nov-1889 2-Jun-1961 You Can't Take It With You
Sammy Kaye
Musician
13-Mar-1910 2-Jun-1987 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye
Nile Kinnick
Football
9-Jul-1918 2-Jun-1943 Winner, 1939 Heisman Trophy
Forrest Lewis
Actor
5-Nov-1899 2-Jun-1977 Character actor
Dick Mayer
Golf
28-Aug-1924 2-Jun-1989 Winner, 1957 US Open
Ann Nelson
Actor
27-May-1916 2-Jun-1992 Mrs. Gertrude Berg on Fame
Nicephorus Patriarcha
Religion
c. 758 AD 2-Jun-829 AD Patriarch of Constantinople
Hy Peskin
Photographer
5-Nov-1915 2-Jun-2005 Sports photojournalist
Robert C. Randall
Victim
23-Jan-1948 2-Jun-2001 First recipient of federal marijuana
Jesse W. Reno
Inventor
4-Aug-1861 2-Jun-1947 Invented the escalator
James Rolph, Jr.
Government
23-Aug-1869 2-Jun-1934 Mayor of San Francisco, 1912-31
Vita Sackville-West
Author
9-Mar-1892 2-Jun-1962 The Land
Andres Segovia
Guitarist
21-Feb-1893 2-Jun-1987 Greatest classical guitarist
Jouett Shouse
Politician
10-Dec-1879 2-Jun-1968 Congressman from Kansas, 1915-19
Loyd Sigmon
Radio Personality
6-May-1909 2-Jun-2004 SigAlert inventor
Norton Simon
Business
5-Feb-1907 2-Jun-1993 Founder, Norton Simon Museum
John Frank Stevens
Engineer
25-Apr-1853 2-Jun-1943 Chief engineer of the Panama Canal
Dorothy Stickney
Actor
21-Jun-1896 2-Jun-1998 Broadway star of Life With Father
Amos Tversky
Psychologist
16-Mar-1937 2-Jun-1996 Cognitive psychologist, studied risks




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