In History – Happy Birthday Jerry Mathers

TODAY IN HISTORY - June 2nd:

1875 - Alexander Graham Bell makes first sound transmission
1883 - 1st night baseball under lights, Fort Wayne Indiana
1928 - Velveeta Cheese created by Kraft
1935 - Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player
2004 - Ken Jennings begins his 74-game winning streak on the syndicated game show Jeopardy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1948 - Jerry Mathers, Sioux City Iowa, actor (Beaver-Leave It To Beaver)
1955 - Dana Carvey, Missoula MT, comedian (SNL, Garth-Wayne's World)
1960 - Kyle Petty, American racing car driver
1972 - Wayne Brady, Columbus, Georgia, American actor and comedian (The Wayne Brady Show, Whose Line Is It Anyway?)

GOODBYE TO:

1927 - Lizzie Borden, American woman acquitted of the murder of her parents, dies at 66
1941 - Lou Gehrig, 1st baseman (NY Yankee), dies of ALS in Riverdale NY at 37
1990 - Rex Harrison, actor (My Fair Lady), dies of cancer at 82

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