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June 1, 2005 Dutch reject a referendum on the E.U. constitution June 1, 2001 The heir to the Nepalese throne killed his parents and eight other family members before shooting himself, after an argument over his choice of a bride June 1, 1997 10th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $5,400,186 June 1, 1997 1st New York Women Film Festival opens June 1, 1997 51st Tony Awards: Titanic and Last Night of Ballyhoo win June 1, 1997 Ameritech Senior Golf Open June 1, 1997 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Michelob Light Classic June 1, 1997 Donovan Bailey beats Michael Johnson in 150m race June 1, 1997 Heartland LPGA Classic June 1, 1997 Los Angeles Dodger Wilton Guerrero's bat breaks, revealing it is corked June 1, 1997 Vijay Singh wins Golf Memorial at Muirfield Village CC, 14 under par June 1, 1996 MTV Movie Awards June 1, 1996 Sony does not renew lease on megatron in Times Square June 1, 1995 68th National Spell Bee: Justin Tyler Carroll wins spelling xanthosis June 1, 1995 Rangers' Kenny Rogers scoreless inning streak ends after 39 June 1, 1994 FX Channel, Cable Network, debuts June 1, 1994 Gen H Norman Schwarzkopf released from hospital after prostate surgery June 1, 1994 Guns n Roses drummer Matthew Sorum files to divorce Kai June 1, 1993 Connie Chung joins Dan Rather as anchors of CBS Evening News June 1, 1993 Guatemala president Jorge Serrano overthrown by army June 1, 1993 Melchior Ndadaye elected President of Burundi June 1, 1992 America West Arena opens in Phoenix June 1, 1992 Stanley Cup: Pittsburgh Penguins sweep Chicago Blackhawks in 4 games June 1, 1991 Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time in 600 years June 1, 1991 Roseanne Arnold and Tom Arnold wed again, they divorced later June 1, 1990 "Cemetery Club" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City after 56 performances June 1, 1990 Cowboy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting June 1, 1990 Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland for 1st time since 1974 June 1, 1990 Dow Jones Avg hits a record high of 2,900.97 June 1, 1989 62nd National Spelling Bee: Scott Isaacs wins spelling spoliator June 1, 1989 Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house June 1, 1989 Robin Givens and Mike Tyson granted final divorce in New Jersey June 1, 1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Shubert Theatre, Los Angeles June 1, 1988 "Morton Downey, Jr. Show," debuts in TV syndication June 1, 1988 Train crash in Zeeland Neth, kills 2 June 1, 1987 Phil Niekro 314th combines with Joe to have most wins by bros (530) June 1, 1986 32nd LPGA Championship won by Pat Bradley June 1, 1986 40th Tony Awards: I'm Not Rappaport and Mystery of Edwin Drood win June 1, 1985 "Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" by David Lee Roth hits #12 June 1, 1985 Viv Richards scores 300 in a day on the way to 322 vs. Warwicks cricket June 1, 1985 Weird Al Yankovic released his Dare To Be Stupid LP June 1, 1984 Douglas H Mitchell, QC of Calgary becomes 6th CFL Commissioner June 1, 1984 KWK-AM in St. Louis MO changes call letters to KGLD June 1, 1984 Netherlands' Lubbers government gives 48 sites for cruise missiles June 1, 1984 Weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev of U.S.S.R. snatches a record 211 kg June 1, 1982 Rickey Henderson is fastest to reach 50 stolen bases in a year June 1, 1980 1st transmission of CNN, Cable News Network June 1, 1980 ANC sets fire to Sasol oil installations in South Africa June 1, 1980 Barbra Streisand appears at an ACLU Benefit in California June 1, 1980 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championshipship June 1, 1980 Steve Garvey, hits the 7,000th Dodger home run June 1, 1980 Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting June 1, 1979 33rd NBA Championship: Sea Supersonics beat Washington Bullets, 4 games to 1 June 1, 1979 Rhodesian bishop Able Muzorewa becomes premier June 1, 1979 Ted Coombs began a 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to New York City June 1, 1979 Wings release "Old Siam, Sir" June 1, 1978 Cricket Test debut of David Gower, vs. Pakistan, Edgbaston, scores 58 June 1, 1978 High Council destroys judgment against war criminal Pieter Menten June 1, 1977 British Virgin Islands adopts constitution June 1, 1977 Russia charges Jewish rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky with treason June 1, 1977 South Carolina Heerenveen soccer team forms in Heerenveen June 1, 1975 "Chicago" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 947 performances June 1, 1975 21st LPGA Championship won by Kathy Whitworth June 1, 1975 California Angel Nolan Ryan 4th no-hitter beats Baltimore Orioles, 1-0 June 1, 1975 Cars in Netherlands must have seatbelts June 1, 1975 Ron Woods replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stone guitarist June 1, 1974 "My Girl Bill" by Jim Stafford hits #12 June 1, 1974 Chemical plant explodes in Flixborough Lincs kills 29 in UK June 1, 1973 George Harrison's "Living in the Material World" goes gold June 1, 1973 Greek President Papadopoulos asks for "parliamentary presidential republic" June 1, 1973 Paul McCartney and Wings release "Live and Let Die" June 1, 1972 Dmitri Shostakovitch's 15th Symphony, Dutch premieres in West Berlin June 1, 1972 Tswanaland becomes Bophuthatswana in South Africa June 1, 1972 West German police arrest RAF-leader Andreas Baader June 1, 1971 "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" opens at Golden New York City for 31 performances June 1, 1971 Ed Sullivan's final TV show on CBS June 1, 1970 "Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens hits #1 June 1, 1970 Com Bowie Kuhn reprimands Astro Jim Bouton for writing "Ball Four" June 1, 1970 Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days June 1, 1970 Tigers Al Kaline collides with another player and swallows his tongue June 1, 1969 Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio and TV June 1, 1968 100th Belmont: Gus Gustines aboard Stage Door Johnny wins in 2:27.2 June 1, 1968 Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs Robinson" hits #1 June 1, 1967 Beatles release Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in U.S. and goes gold June 1, 1967 Mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, D.C. June 1, 1966 2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights June 1, 1966 George Harrison is impressed by Ravi Shankar's concert in London June 1, 1966 Joaquin Balaguer elected president of Dominican Republic June 1, 1966 Shortwave station Radio New York Worldwide changes calls from WRUL to WNYW June 1, 1965 A Penzias and R Wilson detect 3 degrees K primordial background radiation June 1, 1965 coal mine explosion in Fukuoka Japan kills 236 June 1, 1963 "El Watusi" by Ray Barreto hits #17 June 1, 1963 Jomo Kenyatta becomes 1st premier of Kenya June 1, 1963 King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, becomes Emperor of Ethiopia June 1, 1962 Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit June 1, 1962 Roda JC soccer team reforms in Kerkrade June 1, 1962 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m June 1, 1961 FM multiplex stereo broadcasting 1st heard June 1, 1960 "Finian's Rainbow" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 12 performances June 1, 1960 WDTV TV channel 5 in Clarksburg-Weston, WV (CBS) begins broadcasting June 1, 1959 2-time champ Monterrey Mexico barred from 1959 Little League competition for using players outside predetermined geographical area June 1, 1959 Constitution of Tunisia promulgated (National Day) June 1, 1958 Belgian christian-democrats win parliamentary election June 1, 1958 Charles de Gaulle elected premier of France June 1, 1958 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Gatlinburg Golf Open June 1, 1957 1st U.S. runner breaks 4 minute mile (Don Bowden) June 1, 1955 Habib Bourguiba ends exile from Tunisia June 1, 1954 Emile Zatopek runs record 6 mile: (27:59.2)/10,000m (28:54.2) June 1, 1953 KMJ (now KSEE) TV channel 24 in Fresno, California (NBC) begins broadcasting June 1, 1953 WDAY TV channel 6 in Fargo, ND (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting June 1, 1952 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cross Country Weathervane Golf Tournament June 1, 1952 Catholic church puts Andre Gides "Labor" on the index June 1, 1951 1st self-contained titanium plant opens (Henderson Nevada) June 1, 1951 International Cheese treaty signed June 1, 1950 WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast June 1, 1949 1st magazine on microfilm offered to subscribers (Newsweek) June 1, 1949 British government grants Cyrenaica (East-Libya) independence June 1, 1949 KSL TV channel 5 in Salt Lake City, UT (CBS) begins broadcasting June 1, 1949 Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz wed for the second time June 1, 1949 Microfilm copies of "Newsweek" magazine 1st offered June 1, 1948 Israel and Arabs agree to a cease fire June 1, 1947 OPA, which issued WW II rationing coupons, disbands June 1, 1947 Photosensitive glass developed June 1, 1946 78th Belmont: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:30.8 June 1, 1946 Spijkenisse soccer team forms in Spijkenisse June 1, 1945 WLB-AM in Minneapolis Minnesota changes call letters to KUOM June 1, 1944 Gen Montgomery/Patton/Bradley/Dempsey/Crerar meet in Portsmouth June 1, 1944 Nazi occupiers make it punishable to give aid to allied pilots June 1, 1943 Germany shoots down a civilian flight from Lisbon to London, all die June 1, 1943 Pirates Rip Sewell 1st throws his dew-drop (eephus) ball in a game June 1, 1941 12.59" (31.98 cm) rainfall, Burlington Kansas (state 24-hr record) June 1, 1941 British troops occupy Bagdad Iraq June 1, 1941 Germany bans all Catholic publications June 1, 1941 Germany occupies Kreta June 1, 1941 New York Giant Mel Ott hits his 400th HR and his 1,500th RBI June 1, 1940 Coffee and tea rationed in Holland June 1, 1940 Gen-mjr Bernard Montgomery returns to London June 1, 1940 Nazi occupiers kick Jews out of Dutch air guard June 1, 1939 1st boxing match to be televised, Lon Nova defeats Max Baer June 1, 1939 1st night game at Phil's Shribe Park (Pirates 5, Phillies 2) June 1, 1939 British sub "Thetis" sinks in Liverpool Bay with all 99 aboard June 1, 1939 Retired German Col-gen Gerd von Runstedt returns to service June 1, 1938 Protective baseball helmets 1st worn by batters June 1, 1938 Superman 1st appears in DC Comics' Action Comics Series issue #1 June 1, 1937 Chicago White Sox Bill Dietrich no-hits St. Louis Browns, 8-0 June 1, 1937 Prince Konoye becomes Japanese premier June 1, 1936 "Lux Radio Theater" moved from New York City to Hollywood June 1, 1936 Queen Mary completes its maiden voyage, arriving in New York June 1, 1935 Yanks set solo HR record with 6 beat Boston 7-2 June 1, 1934 AFC '34 soccer team forms in Alkmaar June 1, 1933 Century of Progress world's fair opens in Chicago June 1, 1933 Charlie Chaplin weds Paulette Goddard June 1, 1932 Lunteren soccer team forms in Lunteren June 1, 1931 Rozenburg soccer team forms in Rozenburg June 1, 1930 6th French Mens Tennis: Henri Cochet beats Bill Tilden (36 86 63 61) June 1, 1930 6th French Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (62 61) June 1, 1930 Alphense Boys soccer team forms in Alphen on Rhine June 1, 1930 Bradman scores cricket 191 Australia vs. Hampshire, 240 mins, 26 fours June 1, 1926 Ignacy Mocicki elected president of Poland June 1, 1925 Lou Gehrig replaces Wally Pipp (1st of record 2130 consec games) June 1, 1923 New York Giants beat Phillies, 22-5, Giants score in every inning June 1, 1921 Race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 61 people killed June 1, 1920 RKSV Volendam soccer team forms in Volendam June 1, 1919 Rhineland Republic forms in Wiesbaden June 1, 1918 Excelsior Maassluis soccer team forms in Maassluis June 1, 1918 White Sox losing 5-4 against New York Yankees, load the bases in 9th with no outs Chick Gandil lines to Frank Baker who turns a triple play June 1, 1917 Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I June 1, 1916 German attack on Fort Vaux, Verdun June 1, 1915 1st Zeppelin air raid over England June 1, 1914 Oscar Egg bicycles world record time (44,247 km) June 1, 1912 Stormvogels soccer team forms in Ijmuiden June 1, 1911 1st U.S. group insurance policy written, Passaic, New Jersey June 1, 1910 South Carolina Enschede soccer team forms in Enschede June 1, 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition opens in Seattle June 1, 1908 John Krohn begins walk around perimeter of U.S., which took 357 days June 1, 1907 -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), Sarmiento, Argentina (South American record) June 1, 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition opens in Portland, Oregon June 1, 1902 Blue-White United soccer team of Amsterdam forms June 1, 1900 British army occupiers Pretoria South-Africa June 1, 1899 Cricket test debut of Wilfred Rhodes and Victor Trumper in Grace's last June 1, 1898 Trans-Mississippi International Exposition opens in Omaha June 1, 1893 Opera "Falstaff" is produced (Berlin) June 1, 1890 U.S. census at 62,622,250 June 1, 1888 California gets its 1st seismograph June 1, 1881 Bell Phone opens 1st Dutch telephone exchange June 1, 1880 1st pay telephone installed June 1, 1880 U.S. census at 50,155,783 June 1, 1877 Society of American Artists forms June 1, 1877 U.S. troops authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico June 1, 1872 6th Belmont: James Roe aboard Joe Daniels wins in 2:58 June 1, 1869 Voting machine patented by Thomas A. Edison June 1, 1868 Texas constitutional convention meets in Austin June 1, 1866 General Dutch Typographer Union forms June 1, 1866 Renegade Irish Fenians invade Ft. Erie, Ontario from U.S. June 1, 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia (Gaines' Mill, Gaines' Farm) June 1, 1864 Confederate cruiser The Georgia sold to The English June 1, 1862 2nd/last day of battle at Fair Oaks/7 Pines Virginia (11,165 casualties) June 1, 1862 Gen Lee assumes command after Joe Johnston is injured at 7 Pines June 1, 1862 Slavery abolished in all U.S. possessions June 1, 1861 1st skirmish in Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Virginia June 1, 1861 British territorial waters and ports off-limits during Civil War June 1, 1861 Skirmish at Arlington Mills, Virginia June 1, 1861 U.S. and Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange June 1, 1855 U.S. adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery June 1, 1845 Homing pigeon completes 11,000 km trip (Namibia-London) in 55 days June 1, 1843 It snows in Buffalo and Rochester New York and Cleveland Ohio June 1, 1843 Sojourner Truth leaves New York to begin her career as antislavery activist June 1, 1836 Charles Darwin returns to Capetown June 1, 1835 6th national black convention (Phila) June 1, 1834 HMS Beagle for anchor in Port Famine, Magallanes Street June 1, 1813 Capt John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship" June 1, 1809 Allardyce Barclay begins a bet of walking 1 mile every hour for 1,000 hours. Each hour he walked a mile round trip from his home June 1, 1808 1st U.S. land-grant university founded at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio June 1, 1796 Last of Britain's troops withdraws from U.S. June 1, 1796 Tennessee admitted as 16th U.S. state June 1, 1794 English fleet under Richard Earl Howe defeats French June 1, 1792 Kentucky admitted as 15th U.S. state June 1, 1789 1st U.S. congressional act becomes law (on administering oaths) June 1, 1774 Boston Port Bill: British government orders Port of Boston closed June 1, 1746 French troops conquer Antwerp June 1, 1679 Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scottish June 1, 1670 Engl king Charles II and Fr king Louis XIV sign anti-Dutch treaty June 1, 1657 1st Quakers arrives in New Amsterdam (New York) June 1, 1649 Czar Aleksei throws out English merchants from Moscow June 1, 1641 France and Portugal sign anti-Spanish covenant June 1, 1638 1st earthquake recorded in U.S., at Plymouth, Mass June 1, 1608 Valse Dimitri forms his 2nd Russian anti-govt June 1, 1568 Duke van Alva beheads 18 nobles in Brussels June 1, 1562 Emperor Ferdinand and Sultan Suleiman signs treaty June 1, 1533 Anna Boleyn crowned queen of England June 1, 1526 Parliament of Spiers: Lutheran monarchy freed of their belief June 1, 1495 1st written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Friar John Cor is the distiller June 1, 1459 Pope Pius II opens congress of Mantua June 1, 1283 Albrecht I van Habsburg becomes ruler of Austrian/Bull market |