Today in history…Babe Retires/Ted Enlists/Lou Gehrig Dies

TODAY IN HISTORY...June 2nd:

1875 - Alexander Graham Bell makes first sound transmission
1928 - Velveeta Cheese created by Kraft
1933 - FDR authorizes 1st swimming pool built inside the White House
1935 - Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player
1942 - Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists as a Navy aviator
2004 - Ken Jennings begins his 74-game winning streak on the syndicated game show Jeopardy!.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1941 - Stacy Keach, Savannah Ga, actor (Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer)
1948 - Jerry Mathers, Sioux City Iowa, actor (Beaver-Leave It To Beaver)
1960 - Kyle Petty, American race car dr
1972 - Wayne Brady, Columbus, Georgia, American actor and comedian (The Wayne Brady Show, Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
2012 - Actress Drew Barrymore (37) weds writer Will Kopelman in Montecito, California

GOODBYE TO:

1927 - Lizzie Borden, American, acquitted of murder, dies at 68
1941 - Lou Gehrig, 1st baseman (NY Yankee), dies of ALS in Riverdale NY at 37

To see more historical events that happened on June 2nd, click here: http://www.historyorb.com/day/june/2?p=3

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