June 2.

Today is a very special day. Did you know:

• 455 - The Vandals sack Rome


• 1098 - the First Crusade begins


• 1835 - PT Barnum and his circus start their first tour of the United States!


• 1886 - President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House, becoming the only president to wed in the executive mansion


• 1896 - Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his newest invention: the radio


• 1946 - birth of the Italian Republic


• 1953 - the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; the first major international event to be televised


• 1979 - Pope John Paul II visits his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country

And people born on this day include:

• Martha Washington


• Marquis de Sade


• Thomas Hardy


• Johnny Weissmuller


• Stacy Keach


• Charlie Watts


• Dana Carvey


• Kyle Petty
  

It is also Children's Day in North Korea.

Happy Birthday Mike, Sandra, and Tutu!!! Here's to another year full of everything you could ever wish for!