Today In History

Today is Saturday, June 2, the 153rd day of 2018. There are 212 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

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

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.)

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

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

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

› 2002: A fire broke out at Buckingham Palace, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people and marring the fourday celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s 50 years on the throne.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actress-singer Sally Kellerman is 81. Actor Ron Ely is 80. Filmmaker and movie historian Kevin Brownlow is 80. Actor Stacy Keach is 77. Rock musician Charlie Watts is 77. Actor Jerry Mathers is 70. Actress Joanna Gleason is 68. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is 66. Actor Dennis Haysbert is 64. Comedian Dana Carvey is 63. Actor Gary Grimes is 63. Pop musician Michael Steele is 63. Rock singer Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet) is 58. Actor Liam Cunningham is 57. Actor Navid Negahban is 54. Singer Merril Bainbridge is 50. Actor Anthony Montgomery is 47. Actor-comedian Wayne Brady is 46. Actor Wentworth Miller is

46. Rock musician Tim Rice-Oxley (Keane) is 42. Actor Zachary Quinto is

41. Actor Dominic Cooper is 40. Actress Nikki Cox is 40. Actor Justin Long is 40. Actor Deon Richmond is 40. Actress Morena Baccarin is 39. Rhythm and blues singer Irish Grinstead (702) is

38. Olympic gold medal soccer player Abby Wambach is 38. Country singer Dan Cahoon (Marshall Dyllon) is 35. Actress Brittany Curran is 28. Actor Sterling Beaumon is 23.