Daily Calendar - June 2

 The 153rd day of the year, 212 days left until the New Year.

Church Calendar

The feast following the Descent of the Holy Spirit.

The Synod of the Cross of Manglisi. Saints: Zabulon and Sosana, parents of the holy apostles Nino (IV)*; Martyrs: Talales, Alexander and Asteras, Aegeans (284); Martyr Ascalon (287); Metropolitan Alexy of Moscow (Removal of the Holy Parts, 1431).

Born:

1729 — Princess Sophia Frederica Augusta Anhalt-Zerbst, future Empress Catherine II of Russia. Died in 1796.

1771 — Novalis, German romantic writer, philosopher. Died 1801.

1854 — Thedo Jordania, historian. Died 1916.

1859 — Jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer, journalist. Died 1927.

1900 — Tamar Ishkhneli, People's Artist of Georgia, singer. Died 1994.

1904 — Salvador Dali, famous painter. Died 1989.

Died:

1519 — Leonardo da Vinci, one of the greatest artists and scientists of the Renaissance.

1900 — Ivan Aivazovsky, Russian painter.

Events:

1509 — The Spaniards founded San Juan, Puerto Rico.

1968 — Student unrest begins in Paris.

Holidays in countries around the world:

Azerbaijan - Civil Aviation Day.

Italy - Republic Day.

Bulgaria - Hristo Botev Day (Day of fighters who died in the fight against the Ottoman Empire).