June 2

Events

 * 1896 – receives a patent for his newest invention: the radio.

Births

 * 1857 –, English composer (d. 1934)
 * 1863 –, Yugoslavian conductor (d. 1942)
 * 1887 –, American songwriter (d. 1941)
 * 1913 –, German singer and author (d. 1992)
 * 1932 –, American singer
 * 1937 –, American singer and songwriter
 * 1941 –, English musician (The Rolling Stones)
 * 1941 –, American singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
 * 1943 –, Indian composer
 * 1944 –, American composer and musician
 * 1946 –, Korean singer
 * 1947 –, British opera and symphony conductor
 * 1955 –, American musician (The Bangles)
 * 1961 –, American musician (Black Flag)
 * 1966 –, Spanish songwriter and singer
 * 1970 –, American rapper (Cypress Hill)
 * 1976 –, English musician (Keane)
 * 1980 –, Brazilian-born rock drummer (The Strokes)
 * 1983 –, American singer
 * 1983 –, American singer-songwriter
 * 1985 –, Cuban American singer,composer, and actress
 * 1987 –, Swedish Singer
 * 1989 –, American guitarist and composer.

Deaths

 * 1937 –, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
 * 1942 –, American jazz musician (b. 1908)
 * 1968 –, Quebec pianist and composer (b. 1929)
 * 1983 –, Canadian musician (b. 1949)
 * 1984 –, Greek musician (b. 1908)
 * 1987 –, Spanish guitarist (b. 1893)
 * 1997 –, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1905)
 * 1999 –, Jamaican musician (The Wailers) (b. 1949)
 * 2004 –, American amateur radio broadcaster (b. 1909)
 * 2007 –, Japanese composer (b. 1949)
 * 2008 –, American musician (b. 1928)