June 2
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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.
- 1977 - 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. US Air Force Major Alex Turner safely ejects prior to the crash of his Thunderbird jet near Colorado Springs, Colorado.