About the day » Tuesday June 2, 1953Calender converter

• Lummie Post († 1955)
• paul white, warrington († 2010)
• Carel Philip François Kersbergen, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Peter Koppes († 2014)
• Claudine JUGNIER, Migennes, 89257, Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France († 2016)
• Alice Marianne Kootstra, Enschede, Nederland († 2016)
• Elizabeth Anne "Liz" FERNYHOUGH (WILSON) († 2005)
• Like van Son, Breda († 1978)
• Dave Ludwig Jacobus de Keijzer († 2006)
• Arnoldus Cornelis van Klaveren, Naaldwijk († 1998)

• Aleida Harmsen (87), Ooststellingwerf
• Catharina Wilhelmina van der Meijden (89), Amsterdam
• Baron Armand of Favereau (83), Ixelles, Brabant, Belgium
• Adrianus Pieterson (82), Rotterdam
• Albert Arthur HILLIER (72), Tasmania, Australia
• Annie Elizabeth Brady (66)
• martien Bock (55), Venray
• Antoon Mulder (64), Apeldoorn Gld
• Aaltje Guichelaar (78), USA
• Antonetta van Alebeek (83), 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1951 » Alexander Wylie, Lord Kinclaven, Scottish lawyer, judge, and educator
• 1951 » Arnold Mühren, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1951 » Gilbert Baker, American artist, gay rights activist, and designer of the rainbow flag († 2017)
• 1951 » Larry Robinson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1952 » Gary Bettman, American commissioner of the National Hockey League
• 1953 » Cornel West, American philosopher, author, and academic
• 1953 » Craig Stadler, American golfer
• 1953 » Vidar Johansen, Norwegian saxophonist
• 1954 » Dennis Haysbert, American actor and producer
• 1955 » Dana Carvey, American comedian and actor

• 1947 » John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Karl Brandt, German SS officer (b. 1904)
• 1948 » Karl Gebhardt, German physician (b. 1897)
• 1948 » Viktor Brack, German physician (b. 1904)
• 1948 » Waldemar Hoven, German physician (b. 1903)
• 1948 » Wolfram Sievers, German SS officer (b. 1905)
• 1952 » Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall (b. 1880)
• 1956 » Jean Hersholt, Danish-American actor and director (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Lyda Borelli, Italian actress (b. 1884)
• 1961 » George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1889)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Robert
8. Peter
9. Pieter
10. Petrus
11. Adrianus
12. Jacobus
13. Dirk
14. John
15. Wilhelmus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Yvonne
11. Margaretha
12. Petronella
13. Geertruida
14. Linda
15. Alida
16. Jacoba

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
• January 31 » A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom.
• February 3 » The Batepá massacre occurred in São Tomé when the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners unleashed a wave of violence against the native creoles known as forros.
• March 3 » A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
• May 29 » Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
• June 8 » An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
• December 8 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.

The temperature on June 2, 1953 was between 3.9 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 16.9 mm of rain during 10.4 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.