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Birthday June 01, 1563 Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, English chief minister (1598-1625) |
Birthday June 01, 1801 Brigham Young, Mormon church leader, polygamist |
Birthday June 01, 1804 Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer |
Birthday June 01, 1878 John Masefield, English poet |
Birthday June 01, 1898 Molly Picon, Actress |
Birthday June 01, 1907 Frank Whittle, inventor of a jet engine |
Birthday June 01, 1921 Nelson Riddle, musical conductor |
Birthday June 01, 1926 Marilyn Monroe born |
Birthday June 01, 1926 Andy Griffith, (Matlock, sheriff of Mayberry) |
Birthday June 01, 1926 Marilyn Monroe, (Norma Jean Baker), Actress (Some Like It Hot) |
Birthday June 01, 1928 Georgi T. Dobrovolsky, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 11) |
Birthday June 01, 1934 Pat Boone singer |
Birthday June 01, 1939 Cleavon Little, Actor |
Birthday June 01, 1945 Linda Scott |
Birthday June 01, 1945 Frederica von Stade, opera singer |
Birthday June 01, 1947 Ron Wood, rock guitarist (Faces/Rolling Stones) |
Birthday June 01, 1948 Tom Sneva, US auto racer |
Birthday June 01, 1955 Chiyonofuji, sumo wrestler |
History June 01, 1638 1st earthquake recorded in U.S. - at Plymouth - Mass |
History June 01, 1779 Benedict Arnold is court-martialed |
History June 01, 1792 Kentucky becomes 15th state |
History June 01, 1796 Tennessee becomes 16th state |
History June 01, 1809 Coleridge begins to publish The Friend |
History June 01, 1813 Capt John Lawrence utters Navy motto 'Don't give up the ship' |
History June 01, 1845 Homing pigeon completes 11 -000 km trip (Namibia-London) in 55 days |
History June 01, 1861 US & Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange |
History June 01, 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor begins |
History June 01, 1865 US adventurer Wm. Walker conquers Nicaragua - reestablishes slavery |
History June 01, 1866 Renegade Irish Fenians invade Fort Erie Ontario from US |
History June 01, 1871 John Wesley Hardin arrives in Abilene |
History June 01, 1877 U.S. troops authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico |
History June 01, 1900 Future President Hoover caught in Boxer Rebellion |
History June 01, 1916 Germans launch attack on British lines in Ypres Salient |
History June 01, 1918 Yanks turn triple play - beat Tigers 5-4 |
History June 01, 1925 Lou Gehrig replaces Wally Pipp starts 2130 game streak |
History June 01, 1933 Century of Progress world's fair opens in Chicago |
History June 01, 1934 Nissan Motor Company founded |
History June 01, 1935 Yanks set solo HR record with 6 beat Boston 7-2 |
History June 01, 1939 1st TV heavyweight boxing match - Max Baer vs Lou Nova |
History June 01, 1941 Crete falls to German forces |
History June 01, 1942 News of death camp killings becomes public for first time |
History June 01, 1949 1st magazine on microfilm offered to subscribers - Newsweek |
History June 01, 1951 1st self-contained titanium plant opened Henderson Nevada |
History June 01, 1957 1st US runner breaks 4 minute mile - Don Bowden |
History June 01, 1958 De Gaulle reassumes French leadership |
History June 01, 1959 constitution of Tunisia promulgated (National Day) |
History June 01, 1964 Top U.S. officials meet in Honolulu |
History June 01, 1965 Coal mine explosion kills 236 in Japan |
History June 01, 1965 A Penzias and R. Wilson detect 3 degree Kelvin primordial background |
History June 01, 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - by the Beatles - is released |
History June 01, 1967 Beatles release "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" |
History June 01, 1967 The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
History June 01, 1968 Helen Keller dies |
History June 01, 1970 Soyuz 9 launched into earth orbit for 18 days |
History June 01, 1971 Vietnam Veterans group announces support for Nixon |
History June 01, 1971 Ed Sullivan's final show |
History June 01, 1977 Soviets charge Shcharansky with treason |
History June 01, 1984 weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev of USSR snatches a record 211 kg |
History June 01, 1990 Superpowers to destroy chemical weapons |
History June 01, 2004 Opening statements begin in Scott Peterson murder trial |
History June 01, 2005 George Mikan dies |