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What happened in history on this day: June 1?
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- 193 - (or June 2) Rule of Emperor Didianus Julianus of Rome ends.
- 1495 - First written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls.
- 1503 - Birth of Wilhelm von Grumbach near Würzburg. Grumbach envied the power and land of the Bishop of Würzburg and at one point plundered Würzburg.
- 1533 - Anne Boleyn crowned Queen of England.
- 1563 - Birth of Robert Cecil Earl of Salisbury, English chief minister (1598-1625).
- 1676 - A Danish-Dutch fleet defeats a Swedish fleet off Öland. The Swedish ship Kronan turns too quickly, keels over, capsizes, explodes, and sinks, killing about 800 on board, with 42 surviving.
- 1685 - M. Jacques de Meulles pays French troops in Canada IOUs printed on backs of playing cards.
- 1702 - England enters the War of Spanish Succession.
- 1711 - The British Post Office Act of 1711 unites the Post Offices of England, Ireland, and Scotland, and regulates postal service in the West Indies, New York, and other British colonies in North America.
- 1720 - London restores 0.925 fine silver as sterling coinage standard, after 23 years of the Britannia 0.958 standard.
- 1774 - British government orders Port of Boston closed.
- 1789 - First US congressional act becomes law (on administering oaths).
- 1792 - Kentucky admitted as 15th US state.
- 1794 - Britain has first victory at sea versus France in war started in 1793, defeating the warship escort of a grain convoy.
- 1796 - Tennessee is admitted as 16th US state.
- 1801 - Birth of Brigham Young; religious leader (Mormon church), polygamist.
- 1804 - Birth of Mikhail Glinka in Novosspaskoye, Russia; composer (Jota Aragonesa).
- 1808 - First US land-grant university founded: Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.
- 1814 - Birth of Philip Kearney; American Civil War general (Union).
- 1823 - Louis Nicholas Davout, French field marshall, dies at age 53.
- 1825 - Birth of John Hunt Morgan; Brigadier General (Confederate cavalry commander).
- 1831 - Birth of John B Hood; Confederate general (lost Atlanta, Georgia).
- 1845 - Homing pigeon completes 11,000km trip (Namibia-London) in 55 days.
- 1847 - The first Communist political party, the Communist League, convenes in London, England.
- 1850 - Austria issues its first postage stamp, denominated 2 kreuzers.
- 1855 - US adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery.
- 1861 - First skirmish in the War Between the States: at Fairfax Court House, Virginia.
- 1861 - USA and CSA simultaneously stop mail interchange.
- 1866 - Renegade Irish Fenians invade Fort Erie, Ontario from the US.
- 1868 - Death of James Buchanan in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA; 15th US President (1857-61).
- 1868 - Texas constitutional convention meets in Austin.
- 1869 - Voting Machine patented by Thomas Edison.
- 1877 - US troops are authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico.
- 1878 - Birth of John Masefield in England; 15th poet laureate (Salt-Water Ballads).
- 1888 - In Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, California, formal opening of Ewing duplex-pendulum seismometer, Ewing horizontal-pendulum seismometers, and Gray-Ewing vertical seismometers.
- 1890 - Birth of Frank Morgan AKA Francis Wuppermann in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Maxwell House Coffee Time radio show, The Wizard of Oz movie (1939), Affairs of Cellini, Annie Get Your Gun).
- 1898 - Birth of Curtis Stevens; American two man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1932).
- 1898 - Birth of Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild in New York City, New York, USA; bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show).
- 1898 - Birth of Molly Picon; actress (Milk and Honey, Fiddler on the Roof).
- 1899 - Birth of Werner Janssen in New York City, New York, USA; conductor/composer (New Years Eve in New York).
- 1901 - Birth of John W Van Duren; playwright (I Remember Mama).
- 1905 - Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition opens in Portland, Oregon, USA.
- 1907 - -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), Sarmiento, Argentina (South American record low).
- 1907 - Birth of Frank Whittle; inventor (jet engine).
- 1909 - (to October 16) The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition is held in Seattle, Washington.
- 1911 - First US group insurance policy written, Passaic, New Jersey.
- 1918 - New York Yankees turn triple-play, beat Detroit Tigers 5-4.
- 1921 - Birth of Nelson Riddle in Oradell, New Jersey, USA; musician, arranger/composer (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Judy Garland, Peggy Lee, Nat Cole, Batman).
- 1921 - Race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA (21 whites and 60 blacks killed).
- 1922 - Birth of Abdul Rashid in Pakistan; field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960).
- 1922 - Birth of Joan Caulfield in East Orange, New Jersey, USA; actress (Liz Cooper - My Favorite Husband).
- 1923 - New York Giants beat Philadelphia Phillies, 22-5.
- 1925 - Birth of Richard Erdman in Enid, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Stalag 17, Anything Goes, Where's Raymond, Perry Mason, Pirates of Dark Water).
- 1926 - The Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition opens in Philadelphia.
- 1926 - Birth of Andy Griffith in Mount Airy, North Carolina, USA; actor (Andy Griffith Show, Matlock, Mayberry RFD).
- 1926 - Birth of Marilyn Monroe AKA Norma Jean Baker Mortenson in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Some Like It Hot).
- 1928 - Birth of Bob Monkhouse in Kent, England; comedian (Bonkers).
- 1928 - Birth of Georgi T Dobrovolsky in Odessa, Ukraine, Soviet Union; cosmonaut (Soyuz 11).
- 1930 - Birth of Pat Corley in Dallas, Texas, USA; actor (Phil - Murphy Brown TV show, Bay City Blues TV show, Hill St. Blues TV show, He's the Mayor TV show, Robert Kennedy and his Times, Roots, Fresno).
- 1930 - Birth of Edward Woodward in England; actor (Breaker Morant, Wickerman).
- 1930 - Birth of Ty Hardin in Illinois, USA; actor (Berserk, PT 109).
- 1933 - Birth of Alan (the Horse) Ameche in Wisconsin, USA; NFL fullback (Baltimore Colts).
- 1934 - Birth of Pat Boone in Florida, USA; singer/actor (April Love, Cross and Switchblade).
- 1934 - Birth of Peter Masterson in Texas, USA; actor (Ambush Bay).
- 1935 - Birth of James George; American weightlifter (Olympic-silver-1960/bronze-1956).
- 1935 - New York Yankees set solo home run record with six, beating Boston Braves 7-2.
- 1937 - Birth of Morgan Freeman; actor (Driving Mrs Daisy, Electric Company, Another World).
- 1937 - Chicago White Sox pitcher Bill Dietrich no-hits Saint Louis Browns, 8-0.
- 1938 - Superman comic book is launched.
- 1939 - First night baseball game at Philadelphia's Shribe Park (Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2).
- 1939 - First televised heavyweight boxing match, featuring Max Baer vs Lou Nova.
- 1939 - Birth of Cleavon (Jake) Little in Chikasha, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Dear John, Bagdad Cafe, True Colors, Temperatures Rising, Felony Squad, Another World, Blazing Saddles, Toy Soldiers).
- 1939 - British submarine Thetis sinks in Liverpool Bay with all 99 aboard.
- 1940 - Birth of René Auberjonois in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Clayton - Benson, McCabe and Mrs Miller, Boston Legal, Odo - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine).
- 1941 - 31.98 cm (12.59 inches) rainfall, Burlington, Kansas (state 24-hr record).
- 1941 - Birth of Edo de Waart in Amsterdam, Holland; conductor (Houston Opera-1976).
- 1941 - Germany bans all Catholic publications.
- 1941 - Evacuation of Crete ends; the remaining 9,000 British and 1,000 Greek soldiers surrender. Total losses of manpower in the fight for the island: British army 12,000; navy 2,000; Greek 5,000; German 6,000.
- 1943 - Birth of Richard Goode in The Bronx, New York, USA; concert pianist (1980 Avery Fisher Award).
- 1944 - Birth of Robert Powell in England; actor (Jigsaw Man, Shaka Zulu, Secrets).
- 1945 - Birth of Frederica Von Stade in Somerville, New Jersey, USA; mezzo-soprano (Die Zauberflöte).
- 1945 - Birth of Linda Scott; singer ("Hey Look at Me Now", "I've Told Every Little Star").
- 1946 - Birth of Brian Cox; actor (Deadwood).
- 1946 - Assault wins Belmont Stakes and Triple Crown.
- 1946 - Birth of Carol Neblett in Modesto, California, USA; soprano (New York City Opera).
- 1947 - Birth of Ron Wood; rock guitarist (The Faces, Jeff Beck Group, Rolling Stones).
- 1947 - The OPA, which issued WW II rationing coupons, disbands.
- 1948 - Birth of Tom Sneva; US auto racer (Indianapolis 500-1983).
- 1949 - First magazine on microfilm offered to subscribers (Newsweek).
- 1950 - Birth of Graham Russell; singer (Air Supply).
- 1950 - Birth of Powers Boothe; actor (Deadwood, 24, Phillip Marlowe Private Eye).
- 1951 - First self-contained titanium plant opened Henderson, Nevada, USA.
- 1951 - S Arend discovers asteroids #1592 Mathieu and #1593 Fagnes.
- 1953 - Birth of Diana Canova in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA; actress (Corrine - Soap).
- 1953 - Birth of Ronnie Dunn; country singer (Brooks and Dunn).
- 1956 - Birth of Lisa Hartman in Houston, Texas, USA; singer/actress (Tabitha, Knots Landing, Legend of Cadillac Jack, 2000 Malibu Road).
- 1956 - Birth of Robin Mattson; actress (Gina - Santa Barbara, Bonnie's Kids, Wolf Lake).
- 1958 - Charles de Gaulle becomes premier of France.
- 1958 - CBC-TV initiates Canada-wide television broadcasts.
- 1959 - Birth of Alan "Wild"er; rocker (Depeche Mode - "Just Can't Get Enough").
- 1959 - Constitution of Tunisia promulgated (National Day).
- 1960 - Birth of Simon Gallup; bassist (The Cure).
- 1961 - NBC airs the last The Dinah Shore Show TV show.
- 1961 - Birth of Paul Coffey; NHL forward (Edmonton Oilers, Pittsburgh Penguins).
- 1962 - Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit.
- 1963 - Birth of Mike Joyce; rocker (The Smiths - "Ask", "Panic", "London").
- 1963 - King Victor Emmanual III of Italy becomes Emperor of Ethiopia.
- 1963 - Jomo Kenyatta is sworn in as prime minister of Kenya.
- 1965 - A Penzias and R Wilson detect 3 degrees K primordial background radiation.
- 1965 - Explosion at Fukuoka, Japan kills 237 coal miners.
- 1966 - 2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights.
- 1966 - Toronto's CFTO transmits Canada's first colour TV.
- 1967 - The Beatles release "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album in US which goes gold.
- 1967 - Mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, DC.
- 1968 - Birth of Jason Donovan; rocker/actor (Neighbors).
- 1969 - Birth of Teri Polo; actress (West Wing, Wedding Bells, I'm With Her).
- 1969 - Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio and TV.
- 1970 - Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days.
- 1971 - CBS airs the Ed Sullivan Show for the last time, after running 22 years.
- 1971 - Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #2167 Erin.
- 1973 - Birth of Heidi Klum; model (Project Runway).
- 1974 - Massive explosion and fire in caprolactam plant at Flixborough, England, kills 28, injures 36 onsite, and 53 outside the works perimeter. The explosion damages 1821 houses, 167 shops and factories.
- 1974 - Brenda Ball disappears from Burien, Washington (Ted Bundy victim).
- 1975 - California Angels' Nolan Ryan fourth no-hitter beats Baltimore Orioles, 1-0.
- 1978 - The 1978 FIFA World Cup starts in Argentina.
- 1979 - Intel introduces the 4.77 MHz 8088 microprocessor. It was created as a stepping stone to the 8086, as it operates on 16 bits internally, but supports an 8-bit data bus, to use existing 8-bit device-controlling chips. It contains 29,000 transistors, using 3-micron technology, and can directly address 1 MB of memory. Speed is 0.33 MIPS.
- 1979 - Seattle Supersonics beat Washington Bullets for NBA championship, 4 games to 1.
- 1979 - The Vizianagaram district is formed in Andhra Pradesh, India.
- 1979 - The first black-led government of Rhodesia in 90 years takes power, in succession to Ian Smith and under his power-sharing deal.
- 1979 - Death of Werner Forssmann, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1904).
- 1980 - Birth of Damien Fahey; TV host (MTV's Total Request Live).
- 1980 - H Debehogne discovers asteroids #2543 Machado and #3411.
- 1980 - CNN (Cable News Network) debuts, as the world's first 24-hour television news network, from its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
- 1981 - Death of Carl Vinson, U.S. Congressman (born 1883).
- 1981 - Production of Chevrolet Corvette cars begins at a new plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. The first Corvette is a two-tone Beige over Dark Brown 1981 model.
- 1983 - The CBS TV network airs the last episode of Zorro and Son. Only five episodes were aired.
- 1984 - Birth of Taylor Handley; actor (Hidden Palms, The O.C.).
- 1984 - Weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev of USSR snatches a record 211kg.
- 1984 - Paramount releases the film Star Trek II: The Search for Spock to theaters.
- 1985 - Birth of Prince Christian of Hanover, son of Prince Ernst of Hanover.
- 1985 - Death of Richard Greene at age 67 of cardiac arrest; British actor (Adventures of Robin Hood TV show).
- 1987 - Errol W Barrow, Prime Minister of Barbados (1961-76), dies at age 67.
- 1987 - Rashid Karami Lebanon, ten-time Prime Minister of Lebanon, dies at age 65.
- 1989 - Typhoon Lagoon water park opens at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, covering 56 acres.
- 1989 - The SkyDome is opened in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- 1990 - Dow Jones Industrial Average hits a record high of 2,900.97.
- 1990 - The Cowboy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting.
- 1990 - U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production and begin destroying their respective stocks.
- 1990 - Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army shoot and kill Major Michael Dillon-Lee and Private William Robert Davies of the British Army. Dillon-Lee is killed outside his home in Dortmund, Germany and Davies is killed at a railway station in Lichfield, England.
- 1990 - Sony releases the film Total Recall to theaters.
- 1990 - Death of Clyde McCoy at age 86; trumpeter/bandleader ("Sugar Blues").
- 1991 - At the Consumer Electronics Show, Nintendo announces the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super NES). The 16-bit system will use new game cartridges, and compact discs using a CD-ROM drive developed with Philips N.V.
- 1991 - Death of David Ruffin at age 50 of a cocaine overdose in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; lead singer (Temptations - "My Girl", "Ain't Too Proud To Beg").
- 1992 - Terrorist Carlos (the Jackal) is sentenced to life imprisonment.
- 1992 - The Pittsburgh Penguins sweep the Chicago Blackhawks in four games in the NHL Stanley Cup Finals.
- 1994 - Death of Frances Heflin at age 70 of lung cancer; actress (Mona Kane Tyler - All My Children TV show).
- 1997 - Chivas wins their 10th Verano 1997 championship 7-2 against Toros Neza.
- 1997 - Hugo Banzer wins the Presidential elections in Bolivia.
- 1999 - The Napster peer-to-peer file-sharing network debuts.
- 2000 - Mount Etna erupts on the island of Sicily.
- 2001 - Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal kills his father (King Birendra), his mother (Queen Aiswarya), and other members of the royal family with an assault rifle and then shoots himself, dying June 4.
- 2001 - A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21, mostly teenagers, in the Dolphinarium disco in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- 2002 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Sacramento Kings 112-106, to win Game 7 of the National Basketball Association's 2002 Western Conference Finals.
- 2003 - The Group of Eight (G8) summit opens in Évian-les-Bains, France, to tight security and tens of thousands of protesters.
- 2003 - The People's Republic of China begins filling the lake behind the massive Three Gorges Dam, raising the water level near the dam over 100 metres.
- 2003 - In China, a farmer in Sichuan Province discovers a hoard of thousands of ancient coins, stacked 2 metres high, and 1.5 metres diameter, weighing at least 7 tons. The coins mostly date to the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279 C.E.).
- 2005 - A Dutch referendum on the draft European Union constitution votes 61 percent to 39 to reject it.
- 2007 - U.S. warships bombard a Somali village where Islamic militants had set up a base.
- 2007 - A 2100-year-old melon is discovered by archaeologists in western Japan.
- 2008 - Elections in Macedonia: ruling Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski's coalition wins a majority.
- 2008 - Death of Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer, after a long illness, in Paris at age 71.
- 2008 - A large fire ravages a theme park at Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California, destroying a King Kong attraction and a set from the film Back to the Future. Over 300 firefighters fought the blaze.
- 2008 - At the Universal Studios lot in Los Angeles, California, the 17th annual MTV Movie Awards are announced. Some winners:
- Best movie: Transformers,
- Best director: Michael Bay for Transformers,
- Best comedic performance: Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End,
- Best villain award: Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,
- Best male performance: Will Smith in I Am Legend,
- Best female performance: Ellen Page in Juno,
- Lifetime achievement: Adam Sandler.
- 2009 - Air France Airbus A330-300 flight AF447 from Rio, Brazil, to Paris, France, crashes in the Atlantic Ocean, 650km off Brazil's coast. All 228 people on board are killed, the worst loss of life in Air France's history.
- 2009 - American car-maker General Motors files for bankruptcy, the third-largest in U.S. history and the largest ever in U.S. manufacturing. The U.S. government will provide US$30 billion of additional taxpayer funds to restructure.
- 2009 - New USA requirement goes into effect for passports or other approved identification to be shown at all entry points.
- 2010 - Ira and Larry GoldBerg Auctioneers sell a Roman gold aureus of Marcus Junius Brutus, circa 42 BCE, graded Choice AU by NGC, finest of eight known, for US$603,750.
- 2015 - The Oriental Star ferry on the Yangzi river in the People's Republic of China capsizes in a tornado. An estimated 400 people die.
- 2016 - The Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's longest and deepest railway tunnel, is opened following two decades of construction work.
- 2017 - The U.S. announces its decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement in due time.
- 2021 - Death of Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (born 1943).
- 2022 - Robert Golob is sworn in as prime minister of Slovenia.
- 2022 - Death of Marion Barber III at age 38, found dead in his home in Frisco, Texas; football player (running back for NFL Dallas Cowboys).
- 2022 - Death of Barry Sussman at age 87; American newspaper editor (Washington Post).
- 2023 - Death of Cynthia Weil at age 82; lyricist ("You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin'", "On Broadway").
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