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June 2

5 sourced moments from June 2 in history: Marconi Filed the First Wireless Telegraphy Patent (1896); Native Americans were granted U.S. citizenship (1924); Elizabeth II's was the first coronation service shown on TV (1953), plus 2 more.

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5 things happened on June 2

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1979 Religion & Beliefs · Major Religions

Pope John Paul II's Pilgrimage to Poland

In June 1979, the first Polish pope returned home and lit a spark that helped bring down the Iron Curtain.

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1966 Space · Space Exploration

Surveyor 1 made the first US soft Moon landing in 1966

Four months after the Soviet Luna 9, NASA's first Surveyor flew itself down to the Ocean of Storms on its very first try.

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1953 History · Modern

Elizabeth II's was the first coronation service shown on TV

Cameras entered Westminster Abbey for the first time in 1953, and for the first time Britain's TV audience outnumbered radio listeners.

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1924 Society & Economy · Politics & Law

Native Americans were granted U.S. citizenship

On June 2, 1924, a single stroke of the presidential pen made some 125,000 Native Americans citizens of a country built on their land.

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1896 Technology · Inventions

Marconi Filed the First Wireless Telegraphy Patent

A 22-year-old inventor walked into the British Patent Office and claimed the invisible airwaves for human messages.

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