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25 top intel officers, and crew of 4 were killed in helicopter crash in the Mull of Kintyre.
On June 2, 1994, one of the worst peacetime disasters in British military aviation occurred when a RAF Chinook helicopter (ZA576) crashed into a hillside on the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland, killing all 29 people on board.
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II takes place on June 2, 1953, at Westminster Abbey in London, marking the formal ascension of Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor to the British throne.
Robert and Edward Kennedy, open the children’s zoo in Regent’s Park
On this date, Robert and Edward Kennedy, the youngest sons of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., then U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, opened the Children’s Zoo in Regent’s Park, London.
A proposal for the penalty kick is accepted by the Football Association
The Proposal for the Penalty Kick is Accepted by the Football Association. The idea was the brainchild of William McCrum, a goalkeeper from Milford, Co. Armagh, and was championed by Jack Reid of the Irish Football Association. Designed to punish serious fouls near the goal, the penalty kick became a key part of modern football.
The town of Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh is virtually destroyed by an accidental fire
An accidental fire devastates the town of Enniskillen, destroying a significant portion of the settlement: