Today In History

Today is Friday, June 2, the 153rd day of 2017. There are 212 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1897: Mark Twain was quoted by the New York Journal as saying from London that “the report of my death was an exaggeration.”

ON THIS DATE

› 1886: President Grover Cleveland, 49, married Frances Folsom, 21, in the Blue Room of the White House. (To date, Cleveland is the only president to marry in the executive mansion.)

› 1924: Congress passed, and President Calvin Coolidge signed, a measure guaranteeing full American citizenship for all Native Americans born within U.S. territorial limits.

› 1946: Italy held a referendum which resulted in the Italian monarchy being abolished in favor of a republic.

› 1953: The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place in London’s Westminster Abbey, 16 months after the death of her father, King George VI.

› 1966: U.S. space probe Surveyor 1 landed on the moon and began transmitting detailed photographs.

› 1986: For the first time, the public could watch the proceedings of the U.S. Senate on television as a six-week experiment began.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actress-singer Sally Kellerman is 80. Actor Ron Ely is 79. Actor Stacy Keach is 76. Rock musician Charlie Watts is 76. Actress Joanna Gleason is 67. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is 65. Actor Dennis Haysbert is 63. Comedian Dana Carvey is

62. Actor Gary Grimes is

62. Pop musician Michael Steele is 62. Rock singer Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet) is 57. Actor Liam Cunningham is 56. Actor Navid Negahban is 53. Rapper B-Real (Cypress Hill) is 47. Actress Paula Cale is 47. Actor Anthony Montgomery is 46. Actor-comedian Wayne Brady is 45. Actor Wentworth Miller is 45. Rock musician Tim Rice-Oxley (Keane) is 41. Actor Zachary Quinto is 40. Actor Dominic Cooper is 39. Actress Nikki Cox is 39. Actor Justin Long is 39. Actor Deon Richmond is

39. Rock musician Fabrizio Moretti (The Strokes) is

37. Olympic gold medal soccer player Abby Wambach is 37. Country singer Dan Cahoon (Marshall Dyllon) is 34. Singer-songwriter ZZ Ward is 31. Actress Brittany Curran is 27. Actor Sterling Beaumon is 22.