On 2 June 1982,  Pope John Paul II become the first reigning Pope to visit Wales.

The pontiff's message in Welsh of "Bendith Duw arnoch" - "the blessing of God be on you" - was received with enthusiastic applause from the crowds gathered in Pontcanna Fields, earlier in.the day he had been awarded the freedom of Cardiff,  

On 2nd June 1869, the Mold Riots occurred

When John Young, the English manager of the Leeswood Green Colliery announced a pay cut and the banning of the use of the Welsh language underground, miners took  him to the police station and all of his furniture to the railway station.

Seven miners were arrested and subsequently, Ismael Jones and John Jones, were sentenced to a month's hard labour.  After hearing the verdict, a large crowd became incensed and began to through missiles at the soldiers escorting the convicted men to the railway station.  The soldiers opened fire in retaliation and four of the crowd were killed.

The coroner's inquest into the deaths, which returned a verdict of "Justifiable Homicide" became a farce, as the coroner, who was partially deaf, had to use an ear trumpet to hear the evidence. 

However, the tragedy forced the Authorities to rethink  the way in which they dealt with public disorder in the future.  

On this day 2002, the Llangernyw Yew was designated as one of 50 Great British Trees as part of the celebrations of the golden jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

The Llangernyw Yew resides in the churchyard of St. Dygain's Church in Llangernyw, Clwyd.  It is over 4,000 years old, meaning it was planted sometime in the prehistoric Bronze Age — and it's still growing.  

On 2nd June 1862, the Vale of Llangollen Railway Line opened to passengers, linking Llangollen to the rail network for the first time.  

The Vale of Llangollen Railway was built as a spur from the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway at Ruabon to the town of Llangollen. It was initially opened for goods only on 1 December 1861 and to passenger traffic on 2 June 1862, and was worked by the Great Western Railway and subsequently the Western Region of British Railways.   A portion of it survives as part of the heritage Llangollen Railway.