June 02

1953

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

Ireland

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 …

1994

25 top intel officers, and crew of 4 were killed in helicopter crash in the Mull of Kintyre.

Ireland

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 …