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01 Jun 0193
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The Roman emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated. |
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01 Jun 0794
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Charles the Great opens general synod in Frankfurt
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01 Jun 1215
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Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu. |
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01 Jun 1252
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Alfonso X is elected King of Castile and León. |
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01 Jun 1283
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Albrecht I van Habsburg becomes ruler of Austrian / Bull market
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01 Jun 1298
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Residents of Riga and Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Livonian Order in the Battle of Turaida. |
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01 Jun 1459
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Pope Pius II opens Congress of Mantua
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01 Jun 1495
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1st written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Friar John Cor is the distiller
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01 Jun 1495
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A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of Scotch whisky. |
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01 Jun 1526
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Parliament of Spiers: Lutheran monarchy freed of their belief
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01 Jun 1533
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Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England. |
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01 Jun 1535
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Combined forces loyal to Charles V attack and expel the Ottomans from Tunis during the Conquest of Tunis. |
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01 Jun 1562
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Emperor Ferdinand and Sultan Suleiman signs treaty
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01 Jun 1568
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Duke van Alva beheads 18 nobles in Brussels
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01 Jun 1608
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Valse Dimitri forms his 2nd Russian anti-Government
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01 Jun 1638
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1st earthquake recorded in US, at Plymouth, Massachusetts
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01 Jun 1641
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France and Portugal sign anti-Spanish covenant
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01 Jun 1648
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The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War. |
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01 Jun 1649
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Czar Aleksei throws out English merchants from Moscow
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01 Jun 1649
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Start of the Sumuroy Revolt: Filipinos in Northern Samar led by Agustin Sumuroy revolt against Spanish colonial authorities. |
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01 Jun 1657
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1st Quakers arrives in New Amsterdam (NY)
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01 Jun 1660
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Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. |
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01 Jun 1670
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In Dover, England, Charles II of Great Britain and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover, which will force England into the Third Anglo-Dutch War. |
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01 Jun 1679
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Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scottish
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01 Jun 1679
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The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog. |
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01 Jun 1746
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French troops conquer Antwerp
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01 Jun 1774
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Boston Port Bill: British government orders Port of Boston closed
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01 Jun 1779
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Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, is court-martialed for malfeasance. |
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01 Jun 1789
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1st US Congressional act becomes law (on administering oaths)
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01 Jun 1792
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Kentucky admitted as 15th US state
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01 Jun 1792
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Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States. |
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01 Jun 1794
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English fleet under Richard Earl Howe defeats French
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01 Jun 1794
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The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars. |
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01 Jun 1796
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Tennessee admitted as 16th US state
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01 Jun 1808
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1st US land-grant university founded-Ohio Univ, Athens, Ohio
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01 Jun 1812
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War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom. |
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01 Jun 1813
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James Lawrence, the mortally-wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, gives his final order: "Don't give up the ship!" |
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01 Jun 1815
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Napoleon promulgates a revised Constitution after it passes a plebiscite. |
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01 Jun 1831
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James Clark Ross becomes the first European at the Magnetic North Pole. |
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01 Jun 1834
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HMS Beagle for anchor in Port Famine, Magallanes Street
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01 Jun 1835
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6th national black convention (Philadelphia)
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01 Jun 1836
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Charles Darwin returns to Cape Town
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01 Jun 1843
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It snows in Buffalo and Rochester New York and Cleveland Ohio
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01 Jun 1843
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Sojourner Truth leaves New York to begin her career as antislavery activist
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01 Jun 1845
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Homing pigeon completes 11,000 km trip (Namibia-London) in 55 days
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01 Jun 1855
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US adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery
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01 Jun 1855
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The American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua. |
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01 Jun 1857
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Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published. |
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01 Jun 1861
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1st skirmish in Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Virginia
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01 Jun 1861
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British territorial waters and ports off-limits during Civil War
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01 Jun 1861
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Skirmish at Arlington Mills, Virginia
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01 Jun 1861
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US and Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange
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01 Jun 1861
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American Civil War: Battle of Fairfax Court House: The first land battle of the American Civil War after the Battle of Fort Sumter, producing the first Confederate combat casualty. |
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01 Jun 1862
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2nd / last day of battle at Fair Oaks / 7 Pines Va (11,165 casualties)
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01 Jun 1862
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Gen Lee assumes command after Joe Johnston is injured at 7 Pines
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01 Jun 1862
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Slavery abolished in all US possessions
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01 Jun 1862
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American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory. |
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01 Jun 1864
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Confederate cruiser The Georgia sold to The English
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01 Jun 1866
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General Dutch Typographer Union forms
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01 Jun 1866
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Renegade Irish Fenians invade Ft Erie Ontario from US
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01 Jun 1868
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Texas constitutional convention meets in Austin
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01 Jun 1868
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The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico. |
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01 Jun 1869
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Voting machine patented (Thomas A Edison)
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01 Jun 1877
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Society of American Artists forms
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01 Jun 1877
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US troops authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico
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01 Jun 1879
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Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War. |
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01 Jun 1880
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1st pay telephone installed
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01 Jun 1880
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US census at 50,155,783
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01 Jun 1881
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Bell Phone opens 1st Dutch telephone exchange
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01 Jun 1888
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California gets its 1st seismograph
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01 Jun 1890
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US census at 62,622,250
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01 Jun 1890
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The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns. |
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01 Jun 1893
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Opera "Falstaff" is produced (Berlin)
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01 Jun 1898
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Trans-Mississippi International Exposition opens in Omaha
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01 Jun 1900
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British army occupiers Pretoria South-Africa
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01 Jun 1902
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Blue-White United soccer team of Amsterdam forms
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01 Jun 1905
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Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition opens in Portland, Oregon
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01 Jun 1908
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John Krohn begins walk around perimeter of US, which took 357 days
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01 Jun 1909
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Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition opens in Seattle
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01 Jun 1910
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SC Enschede soccer team forms in Enschede
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01 Jun 1910
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Robert Falcon Scott's second South Pole expedition leaves Cardiff. |
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01 Jun 1911
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1st US group insurance policy written, Passaic, New Jersey
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01 Jun 1912
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Stormvogels soccer team forms in Ijmuiden
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01 Jun 1913
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The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War. |
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01 Jun 1915
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1st Zeppelin air raid over England
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01 Jun 1916
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German attack on Fort Vaux, Verdun
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01 Jun 1916
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Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court. |
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01 Jun 1917
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Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WWI
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01 Jun 1918
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Excelsior Maassluis soccer team forms in Maassluis
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01 Jun 1918
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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
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01 Jun 1918
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World War I: Western Front: Battle for Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince. |
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01 Jun 1919
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Rhineland Republic forms in Wiesbaden
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01 Jun 1920
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RKSV Volendam soccer team forms in Volendam
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01 Jun 1921
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Race riot in Tulsa Okla (21 whites & 60 blacks killed)
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01 Jun 1921
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Tulsa race riot: Civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma. |
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01 Jun 1922
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The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded. |
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01 Jun 1923
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New York Giants beat Phillies, 22-5, Giants score in every inning
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01 Jun 1925
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Lou Gehrig replaces Wally Pipp (1st of record 2130 consecutive games)
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01 Jun 1926
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Ignacy Mocicki elected President of Poland
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01 Jun 1929
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The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires. |
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01 Jun 1930
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6th French Mens Tennis: Henri Cochet beats Bill Tilden (36 86 63 61)
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01 Jun 1930
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6th French Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (62 61)
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01 Jun 1930
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Alphense Boys soccer team forms in Alphen on Rhine
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01 Jun 1931
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Rozenburg soccer team forms in Rozenburg
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01 Jun 1932
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Lunteren soccer team forms in Lunteren
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01 Jun 1933
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Charlie Chaplin weds Paulette Goddard
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01 Jun 1935
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Driving test and license plates introduced in England
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01 Jun 1935
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Yanks set solo HR record with 6 beat Boston 7-2
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01 Jun 1936
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"Lux Radio Theater" moved from NYC to Hollywood
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01 Jun 1936
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Queen Mary completes its maiden voyage, arriving in New York
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01 Jun 1937
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Chicago White Sox Bill Dietrich no-hits St. Louis Browns, 8-0
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01 Jun 1937
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Prince Konoye becomes Japanese Premier
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01 Jun 1938
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Protective baseball helmets 1st worn by batters
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01 Jun 1939
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1st boxing match to be televised, Lon Nova defeats Max Baer
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01 Jun 1939
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British sub "Thetis" sinks in Liverpool Bay with all 99 aboard
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01 Jun 1939
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Retired German Colonel-General Gerd von Runstedt returns to service
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01 Jun 1939
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First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter-bomber airplane. |
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01 Jun 1940
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Coffee and tea rationed in Holland
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01 Jun 1940
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General Major Bernard Montgomery returns to London
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01 Jun 1940
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Nazi occupiers kick Jews out of Dutch air guard
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01 Jun 1941
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12.59" (31.98 cm) rainfall, Burlington Kansas (state 24-hr record)
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01 Jun 1941
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British troops occupy Bagdad Iraq
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01 Jun 1941
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Germany bans all Catholic publications
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01 Jun 1941
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Germany occupies Kreta
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01 Jun 1941
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New York Giant Mel Ott hits his 400th HR and his 1,500th RBI
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01 Jun 1941
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World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany. |
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01 Jun 1941
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The Farhud, a pogrom of Iraqi Jews, takes place in Baghdad. |
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01 Jun 1943
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Germany shoots down a civilian flight from Lisbon to London, all die
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01 Jun 1943
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Pirates Rip Sewell 1st throws his dew-drop (eephus) ball in a game
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01 Jun 1943
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British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing the actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation that its shooting down was an attempt to kill the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. |
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01 Jun 1944
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Gen Montgomery / Patton / Bradley / Dempsey / Crerar meet in Portsmouth
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01 Jun 1944
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Nazi occupiers make it punishable to give aid to allied pilots
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01 Jun 1945
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WLB-AM in Minneapolis Minn changes call letters to KUOM
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01 Jun 1946
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78th Belmont: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:30.8
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01 Jun 1946
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Spijkenisse soccer team forms in Spijkenisse
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01 Jun 1946
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Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" (leader) of Romania during World War II, is executed. |
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01 Jun 1947
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OPA, which issued WWII rationing coupons, disbands
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01 Jun 1947
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Photosensitive glass developed
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01 Jun 1948
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Israel and Arabs agree to a cease fire
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01 Jun 1949
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1st magazine on microfilm offered to subscribers (Newsweek)
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01 Jun 1949
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British government grants Cyrenaica (East-Libya) independence
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01 Jun 1949
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KSL TV channel 5 in Salt Lake City, UT (CBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Jun 1949
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Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz wed for the second time
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01 Jun 1949
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Microfilm copies of "Newsweek" magazine 1st offered
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01 Jun 1950
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WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
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01 Jun 1951
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1st self-contained titanium plant opens (Henderson Nevada)
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01 Jun 1951
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International Cheese treaty signed
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01 Jun 1952
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Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cross Country Weathervane Golf Tournament
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01 Jun 1952
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Catholic church puts Andre Gides "Labor" on the index
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01 Jun 1953
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KMJ (now KSEE) TV channel 24 in Fresno, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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01 Jun 1953
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WDAY TV channel 6 in Fargo, ND (ABC / NBC) begins broadcasting
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01 Jun 1954
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Emile Zatopek runs record 6 mile: (27:59.2) / 10,000m (28:54.2)
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01 Jun 1955
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Habib Bourguiba ends exile from Tunisia
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01 Jun 1957
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1st US runner breaks 4 minute mile (Don Bowden)
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01 Jun 1958
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Belgian Christian-democrats win parliamentary election
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01 Jun 1958
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Charles de Gaulle elected Premier of France
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01 Jun 1958
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Louise Suggs wins LPGA Gatlinburg Golf Open
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01 Jun 1958
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Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months. |
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01 Jun 1959
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2-time champ Monterrey Mexico barred from 1959 Little League competition for using players outside predetermined geographical area
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01 Jun 1959
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Constitution of Tunisia promulgated (National Day)
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01 Jun 1960
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WDTV TV channel 5 in Clarksburg-Weston, WV (CBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Jun 1960
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New Zealand's first official television broadcast commences at 7.30 pm from Auckland. |
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01 Jun 1961
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FM multiplex stereo broadcasting 1st heard
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01 Jun 1962
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Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit
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01 Jun 1962
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Roda JC soccer team reforms in Kerkrade
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01 Jun 1962
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USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m
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01 Jun 1962
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Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel. |
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01 Jun 1962
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The Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting concludes, among other things, that the British public did not want commercial radio broadcasting. |
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01 Jun 1963
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"El Watusi" by Ray Barreto hits #17
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01 Jun 1963
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Jomo Kenyatta becomes 1st Premier of Kenya
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01 Jun 1963
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King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, becomes Emperor of Ethiopia
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01 Jun 1963
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Kenya gains internal self-rule (Madaraka Day). |
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01 Jun 1965
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Coal mine explosion in Fukuoka Japan kills 236
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01 Jun 1966
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2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights
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01 Jun 1966
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Joaquin Balaguer elected President of Dominican Republic
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01 Jun 1966
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Shortwave station Radio New York Worldwide changes calls from WRUL to WNYW
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01 Jun 1967
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Mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, DC
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01 Jun 1967
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles is released. |
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01 Jun 1968
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100th Belmont: Gus Gustines aboard Stage Door Johnny wins in 2:27.2
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01 Jun 1969
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Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio and TV
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01 Jun 1970
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"Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens hits #1
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01 Jun 1970
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Com Bowie Kuhn reprimands Astro Jim Bouton for writing "Ball Four"
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01 Jun 1970
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Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days
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01 Jun 1970
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Tigers Al Kaline collides with another player and swallows his tongue
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01 Jun 1972
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Tswanaland becomes Bophuthatswana in South Africa
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01 Jun 1972
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West German police arrest RAF-leader Andreas Baader
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01 Jun 1973
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Greek President Papadopoulos asks for "Parliamentary Presidential Republic"
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01 Jun 1973
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Paul McCartney andWings release "Live andLet Die"
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01 Jun 1974
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"My Girl Bill" by Jim Stafford hits #12
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01 Jun 1974
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Bundy victim Brenda Ball disappears from Burien, Washington
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01 Jun 1974
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Chemical plant explodes in Flixborough Lincs kills 29 in the UK
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01 Jun 1974
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Flixborough disaster: An explosion at a chemical plant kills 28 people. |
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01 Jun 1974
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The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine. |
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01 Jun 1975
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"Chicago" opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 947 performances
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01 Jun 1975
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21st LPGA Championship won by Kathy Whitworth
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01 Jun 1975
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California Angel Nolan Ryan 4th no-hitter beats Baltimore Orioles, 1-0
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01 Jun 1975
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Cars in the Netherlands must have seatbelts
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01 Jun 1975
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Ron Woods replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stone guitarist
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01 Jun 1976
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Great-Britain and Iceland terminate codfish war
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01 Jun 1977
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British Virgin Islands adopts constitution
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01 Jun 1977
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Russia charges Jewish rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky with treason
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01 Jun 1977
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SC Heerenveen soccer team forms in Heerenveen
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01 Jun 1978
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High Council destroys judgment against war criminal Pieter Menten
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01 Jun 1978
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The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed. |
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01 Jun 1979
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33rd NBA Championship: Sea Supersonics beat Washington Bullets, 4 games to 1
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01 Jun 1979
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Rhodesian Bishop Able Muzorewa becomes Premier
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01 Jun 1979
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Wings release "Old Siam, Sir"
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01 Jun 1979
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The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power. |
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01 Jun 1980
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1st transmission of CNN, Cable News Network
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01 Jun 1980
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ANC sets fire to Sasol oil installations in South Africa
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01 Jun 1980
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Barbra Streisand appears at an ACLU Benefit in California
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01 Jun 1980
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Beth Daniel wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championshipship
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01 Jun 1980
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Steve Garvey, hits the 7,000th Dodger home run
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01 Jun 1980
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Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting. |
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01 Jun 1982
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Rickey Henderson is fastest to reach 50 stolen bases in a year
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01 Jun 1984
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Douglas H Mitchell, QC of Calgary becomes 6th CFL Commissioner
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01 Jun 1984
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KWK-AM in St. Louis MO changes call letters to KGLD
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01 Jun 1984
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Weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev of the USSR snatches a record 211 kg
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01 Jun 1985
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Weird Al Yankovic released his Dare To Be Stupid LP
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01 Jun 1986
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32nd LPGA Championship won by Pat Bradley
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01 Jun 1987
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Phil Niekro 314th combines with Joe to have most wins by bros (530)
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01 Jun 1988
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"Les Miserables, " opens at Shubert Theatre, LA
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01 Jun 1988
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"Morton Downey Jr Show, " debuts in TV syndication
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01 Jun 1988
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Train crash in Zeeland Neth, kills 2
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01 Jun 1989
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62nd National Spelling Bee: Scott Isaacs wins spelling spoliator
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01 Jun 1989
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Robin Givens and Mike Tyson granted final divorce in New Jersey
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01 Jun 1990
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"Cemetery Club" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 56 performances
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01 Jun 1990
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Cowboy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
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01 Jun 1990
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Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland for 1st time since 1974
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01 Jun 1990
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Dow Jones Average hits a record high of 2,900.97
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01 Jun 1990
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George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production. |
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01 Jun 1991
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Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time in 600 years
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01 Jun 1991
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Roseanne Arnold and Tom Arnold wed again, they divorced later
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01 Jun 1992
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America West Arena opens in Phoenix
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01 Jun 1992
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E Lamps (20 year lightbulb) introduced
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01 Jun 1992
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Snowfall in Colorado
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01 Jun 1992
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Stanley Cup: Pittsburgh Penguins sweep Chicago Blackhawks in 4 games
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01 Jun 1993
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Brooklyn New York begins recycling
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01 Jun 1993
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Connie Chung joins Dan Rather as anchors of CBS Evening News
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01 Jun 1993
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Guatemala President Jorge Serrano overthrown by army
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01 Jun 1993
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Melchior Ndadaye elected President of Burundi
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01 Jun 1993
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Dobrinja mortar attack: Thirteen are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in Dobrinja, west of Sarajevo. |
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01 Jun 1994
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FX Channel, Cable Network, debuts
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01 Jun 1994
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Gen H Norman Schwarzkopf released from hospital after prostate surgery
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01 Jun 1994
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Guns n Roses drummer Matthew Sorum files to divorce Kai
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01 Jun 1995
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68th National Spelling Bee: Justin Tyler Carroll wins spelling xanthosis
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01 Jun 1996
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MTV Movie Awards
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01 Jun 1996
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Sony does not renew lease on megatron in Times Square
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01 Jun 1997
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1st New York Women Film Festival opens
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01 Jun 1997
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51st Tony Awards: Titanic and Last Night of Ballyhoo win
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01 Jun 1997
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Ameritech Senior Golf Open
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01 Jun 1997
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Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Michelob Light Classic
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01 Jun 1997
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Heartland LPGA Classic
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01 Jun 1997
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Vijay Singh wins Golf Memorial at Muirfield Village Country Club - 14 under par
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01 Jun 1999
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American Airlines Flight 1420 slides and crashes while landing at Little Rock National Airport, killing 11 people on a flight from Dallas to Little Rock. |
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01 Jun 2001
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Nepalese royal massacre: Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of his family including his father and mother, King Birendra of Nepal and Queen Aiswarya. |
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01 Jun 2001
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Dolphinarium massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv. |
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01 Jun 2003
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The People's Republic of China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam. |
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01 Jun 2009
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Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed. |
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01 Jun 2009
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General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history. |
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01 Jun 2011
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A rare tornado outbreak occurs in New England; a strong EF3 tornado strikes Springfield, Massachusetts, during the event, killing four people. |
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01 Jun 2014
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A bombing at a football field in Mubi, Nigeria, kills at least 40 people. |
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