June 2
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Events
- 1818 – Andrew Jackson writes to John C. Calhoun about his capture of Pensacola and announces the Seminole War was over.
- 1828 – First Methodist Church holds its first services in its first permanent home at the northeast corner of Tarragona and Intendencia Streets.
- 1844 – Jonathan Walker sails from Mobile to salvage a copper-laden ship wrecked near Pensacola.
- 1975 - Elvis Presley performed at the Mobile Municipal Auditiorium.
- 2004 – Escambia County Sheriff Ron McNesby is cleared of wrongdoing in the discounted sale of county-owned trailers to a political contributor.
- 2015 - Dave Matthews and Emmylou Harris perform in concert at The Wharf Amphitheater in Orange Beach.
- 2016 - US Marine Captain Jeff Kuss dies when his Blue Angel jet crashes near Smyrna, Tennessee.