| 2/6/2024 | The men's table tennis team of Panathinaikos with Costas Konstantinopoulos, Konstantinos Angelakis and Emmanuel Lebesson defeat Arteal 3-0 sets in the final and win the Europa Conference Trophy, the third most important competition in the sport |
| 2/6/2007 | During the “Papaflessia” International Track & Field Meeting in Kalamata, Louis Tsatoumas jumps 8.66m. (wind +1.60) breaking the greek national record in long jump held by Kostas Koukodimos (8.36 0 5/6/1994, Chania, Crete). This is the second all-time best performance in Europe and the eighth all-time best in the world (the best during the last 12 years) |
| 2/6/2006 | The first international golf tournament, Aegean Pro-Am, is organized at the facilities of Crete Golf Club at Hersonissos, Crete. |
| 2/6/1997 | Diego Maradona makes his debut in argentinian TV hosting a chat show |
| 2/6/1991 | The Andretti family dominates the Indy Cars Miller 200 race in Wisconsin. Michael ranks first, John second and Mario third |
| 2/6/1990 | AEK Athens win their first League Cup by defeating Olympiacos 3-2 |
| 2/6/1985 | After the Heysel tragedy UEFA bans all english clubs from every european football competition for an indefinite period of time |
| 2/6/1980 | Following the decision of the 3-Member Investigative Committee, Iraklis is relegated to Division B’. The team was found guilty of trying to bribe PAOK’s Filotas Pellios on 17/5/1980, a few days before the National Cup semifinal against PAOK. |
| 2/6/1979 | Panathinaikos defeats Olympiacos by 79-72 in front of 30000 spectators at Panathinaiko (Kallimarmaro) Stadium and win the 4th Greek Basketball Cup title and 1st in the team’s history. Apostolos Kontos (20), Andreas Papantoniou (16), Dimitris Kokolakis (15) Takis Koroneos (12) are some of Panathinaikos’ scorers, coached by Kostas Politis. Olympiacos, on the other hand, is coached by Kostas Mourouzis and Steve Giatzoglou scores 28 points. |
| 2/6/1978 | Santiago Bernabeu, Real Madrid’s former player, coach and president for the last 35 years, dies. With him, the “Queen” won six European championships and 16 national championships and built the impressive stadium of 95.000 seats, which is named after him |
| 2/6/1971 | Ajax defeat Panathinaikos 2-0 (van Dijk, Kapsis-own goal) in the European Champions Cup final at Wembley. Panathinaikos stars (Domazos, Kamaras, Economopoulos, Kamaras) did their best against a team that was to make history in world football |
| 2/6/1970 | 43-year-old Ferenc Puskas, the "Galloping Major" of Real Madrid and national team of Hungary, becomes Panathianikos coach. Puskas will lead Panathinaikos to the final of the Champions Cup against Ajax at Wembley one year later |
| 2/6/1969 | Radivoj Korac dies in the hospital after a car accident, which happened the previous day near Sarajevo. Three years after his death, FIBA sets up a competition known as ''Korac Cup'' and his country’s basketball federation will not allow basketball games to be played in Yugoslavia on June 2nd. 30-year-old popularly nicknamed "Žucko" ('the yellow one') scored 99 points in 1964, in a game that ended 155-57, and almost topped Wilt Chamberlain’s record |
| 2/6/1963 | Kostas Nestoridis scores all 5 goals in the victory of AEK against Iraklis (5-0) and becomes the second player who scores 5 goals, since the foundation of the Division A of the Greek Football Championship, after Tsokataridis of Doxa Drama |
| 2/6/1952 | The first TV broadcast takes place in Quebec, Canada and it is the first that is transmitted worldwide. Eurovision Song Contest is also broadcasted for the first time. |
| 2/6/1941 | Baseball's ''Iron Horse'' Lou Gehrig dies aged 37 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - now called Lou Gehrig's disease |
| 2/6/1940 | With Kleanthis Vikelidis in its roster, Aris is defeated with 1-0 by Panathinaikos at the Leoforos Stadium at the final of the Greek football Cup. The match is played during wartime, on the eve of the allies’ win at Dunkirk |
| 2/6/1925 | New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig plays, as a substitute to Wally Pipp, the first game in his streak of 2,130 consecutive games. It will be the longest such streak until 6/9/1995 when it will be broken by Cal Ripken Jr. of Baltimore Orioles with 2,131, a streak which will end at 2,632 games. |
| 2/6/1891 | The International Football Association Board, after much debate, approves the idea of the penalty kick, "the kick of death" as it was originally known, presented by the Irish Football Association. The invention of the penalty kick is credited to the goalkeeper and businessman William McCrum in 1890 in Milford, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It will be introduced in the 1891-92 season |
| 2/6/1883 | First unofficial baseball match under lights. Fort Wayne beat Quincy (19-11) in Indiana |
| 2/6/1780 | The Derby Stakes, known colloquially as The Derby or internationally as the Epsom Derby, is held for the first time. It is considered one of the most prestigious flat thoroughbred horse races in the world and is one of the five British Classic Races and is the second leg of the English Triple Crown. The race will take place each year on the first weekend in June at Epsom Downs Racecourse, Epsom, Surrey, England. |
