June 2 – What Holiday Is Today and Main Events
On Tuesday, June 2, a number of holidays are celebrated in Ukraine and worldwide. Several important events also took place on this day in the past.
June 2 in Ukraine and worldwide is the World Eating Disorders Awareness Day. This day was established in 2016 by international organizations and activists to draw attention to the problem of eating disorders, raise public awareness, and support people facing such illnesses.
What church holiday is today
Today, June 2, believers celebrate the Day of Remembrance of Saint Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople. A prominent church figure, theologian, and defender of the veneration of holy icons. He was born around 758 in Constantinople and became Patriarch of Constantinople in 806. During the period of iconoclasm, Saint Nicephorus firmly defended the veneration of icons, for which he suffered persecution from Emperor Leo V the Armenian. In 815, he was removed from the patriarchal throne and sent into exile, where he spent the rest of his life.
Calendar of important events on June 2
- 455 – The Vandal army captures Rome and for two weeks ruthlessly plunders the city, devastating its treasures and cultural heritage;
- 1537 – Pope Paul III issues a bull solemnly recognizing that the indigenous peoples of America are full human beings with souls and prohibits their enslavement;
- 1652 – Near Batih, the combined army of Zaporizhian Cossacks and Crimean Tatars under Bohdan Khmelnytsky deals a crushing defeat to the Polish army led by Marcin Kalinowski;
- 1851 – The American state of Maine becomes the first in the USA to officially introduce "dry law," banning the sale and production of alcohol;
- 1857 – James Gibbs from Virginia receives a patent for a sewing machine with a single-thread stitch – one of the important innovations in sewing production;
- 1859 – On Japan's main island, Honshu, the city of Yokohama is founded, which later becomes one of the key trade and port centers of the country;
- 1896 – Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi officially patents a device for wireless signal transmission – the radio;
- 1918 – Germany and Austria-Hungary legally recognize the authority of Hetman Pavlo Skoropadskyi in Ukraine, confirming it at the international level;
- 1924 – The US Congress passes a decision to grant full citizenship to all Native Americans – Indians;
- 1946 – Following a nationwide referendum in Italy, the monarchy is abolished, and the country is declared a republic;
- 1953 – The official coronation of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, takes place in London; she later becomes the longest-reigning monarch in the country's history;
- 1976 – A Yak-40 passenger plane lands in the Osokorky district of Kyiv – an event that became notable in the history of city aviation;
- 1996 – Ukraine officially completes the process of nuclear disarmament and loses its status as a nuclear-armed state;
- 2010 – The Quebec Parliament (Canada) unanimously recognizes the Holodomor of 1932–1933 as an act of genocide against the Ukrainian people and establishes a Day of Remembrance for the victims of this tragedy.
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