June 2

• June 2, 455
  Rome is sacked by King of the Vandals Genseric, who carries a number of Roman citizens to be slaves and loots amounts of treasure from the city, but does not burn the buildings of the city
• June 2, 1537
  Pope Paul III bans the enslavement of Indians in the New World by the bulls Sublimus Dei
• June 2, 1780
  In England, the Earl of Derby originates first horse racing event on sweepstakes basis, the Epsom Derby
• June 2, 1864
  The Russian–Circassian War, begun in 1763, ends leaving about a million Circassians of the northwest Caucasus dead
• June 2, 1875
  Alexander Graham Bell makes his first complex sound transmission
• June 2, 1899
  The government of the Philippines declares war on the United States officially starting Philippine-American War
• June 2, 1936
  General Anastasio Somoza takes over as dictator of Nicaragua after the president of Nicaragua Juan Bautista Sacasa resigns
• June 2, 1946
  Italian plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy
• June 2, 1953
  Elizabeth II of Britain is crowned at Westminster Abbey