This Day In History

June 2nd

1886  President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in a White House ceremony, becoming the only president to marry while in office.
1924  Congress granted citizenship to all Indians.
1933  President Franklin D. Roosevelt has the first swimming pool to be built inside the White House
1941  Lou Gehrig dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
1966  The United States probe Surveyor 1 landed on the moon.
1985  R.J. Reynolds merged with Nabisco (National Biscuit Company) and created a $4.9 billion conglomerate
1986  Live proceedings from the US Senate first televised.
1990  Actor Rex Harrison dies at age 82.

1740  Marquis de Sade
1840  Writer Thomas Hardy
1941  Actor Stacy Keach
1948  Child Actor Jerry Mathers
1955  Comedian & SNL Alumni Dana Carvey

Top of the Chart Hits Courtesy of...

1957

• Love Letters in the Sand - Pat Boone

• A Teenager's Romance - Ricky Nelson

• I Like Your Kind of Love - Andy Williams

• Four Walls - Ferlin Husky

1958

• All I Have to Do is Dream - The Everly Brothers

• Do You Want to Dance - Bobby Freeman

• Book of Love - The Monotones

• The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley

1965

• Help Me, Rhonda - The Beach Boys

• Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs

• It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones

• Engine Engine #9 - Roger Miller

1966

• When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge

• A Groovy Kind of Love - The Mindbenders

• Paint it, Black - The Rolling Stones

• Red Rubber Ball - Cyrkle

1973

• My Love - Paul McCartney & Wings

• I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby - Barry White

• Playground in My Mind - Clint Holmes

• Satin Sheets - Jeanne Pruett

1974

• The Streak - Ray Stevens

• You Make Me Feel Brand New - The Stylistics

• The Entertainer - Marvin Hamlisch

• Pure Love - Ronnie Milsap

1981

• Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes

• Angel of the Morning - Juice Newton

• Take It on the Run - REO Speedwagon

• Elvira - The Oak Ridge Boys

1982

• Ebony & Ivory - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder

• Did It in a Minute - Daryl Hall & John Oates

• Don't You Want Me - The Human League

• Just to Satisfy You - Waylon & Willie

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