On this day — June 2

Odisha in eastern India, results in 296 deaths and more than 1,200 people injured.

the United Nations officially changed the name of the Republic of Turkey in the organization from what was previously known as "Turkey" to "Türkiye".

formed from ten districts of northwestern Andhra Pradesh.

The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.

the final mission of the Shuttle-Mir program.

Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12.

twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.

becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.

in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States.

during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June.

spacecraft to soft-land on another world.

police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.