June 1
1533 - Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was crowned Queen Consort of England.
1792 - Kentucky became the 15th state.
1796 - Tennessee became the 16th state.
1812 - President James Madison, in a message to Congress, recounted what he called Britain's "series of acts hostile to the United States as an independent and neutral nation"; Congress ended up declaring war.
1813 - The mortally-wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, gave the order, "Don't give up the ship" during a losing battle with the British frigate HMS Shannon during the War of 1812.
1868 - James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States (1857-1861), died near Lancaster, Pennsylvania at age 77.
1916 - Louis Brandeis took his seat as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, the first Jewish-American to serve on the nation's highest court.
1926 - Actress Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortensen in Los Angeles.
1938 - The first issue of Action Comics went on sale, which featured the debut of the now iconic character "Superman".
1943 - A civilian flight from Portugal to England was shot down by Germany during World War II, killing all 17 people on board, including actor Leslie Howard.
1958 - Gen. Charles De Gaulle became the premier of France.
1968 - Helen Heller, blind and deaf author and lecturer, died at age 87.
1980 - The Cable News Network (CNN) made its cable television debut.
2001 - Nepal's Crown Prince Dipendra went on a shooting spree, killing his father, mother, sister, brother and other members of the royal family before shooting himself.
2009 - Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330 carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of everyone on board.
2009 - General Motors filed for Chapter 11, becoming the largest U.S. industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection.
2009 - Conan O'Brien debuted as host of NBC's "Tonight Show," succeeding Jay Leno. (He stepped down the following January following a dispute with the network.)
2010 - Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife Tipper announced their separation after 40 years of marriage.
2012 - A judge in Sanford, Florida, revoked the bond of the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with murdering Trayvon Martin and ordered him returned to jail within 48 hours, saying George Zimmerman and his wife had misled the court about how much money they had available when his bond was set at $150,000. (Zimmerman was ultimately acquitted of the murder charge.)
2017 - President Donald Trump declared he was pulling the U.S. from the landmark Paris climate agreement. (President Joe Biden signed an order returning the U.S. to that accord on his first day in office.)
2020 - Police violently broke up a peaceful and legal protest by thousands of people in Lafayette Park across from the White House, using chemical agents, clubs and punches to send protesters fleeing; the protesters had gathered following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis a week earlier. President Donald Trump, after declaring himself “the president of law and order” and threatening to deploy the U.S. military in a Rose Garden speech, then walked across the empty park to be photographed holding a Bible in front of St. John’s Church, which had been damaged a night earlier in a protest fire.
2020 - A Minneapolis medical examiner classified George Floyd's death as a homicide, saying his heart stopped as police restrained him and compressed his neck.
2021 - The Biden administration suspended oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a drilling program approved by the Trump administration.
2021 - The Biden administration formally ended a Trump-era immigration policy that forced asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court.
2021 - Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a measure making Florida the latest state to bar transgender girls and women from playing on public school teams intended for students identified as girls at birth.
2021 - The Vatican released new provisions of Catholic Church law that explicitly criminalized the sexual abuse of adults by priests who abuse their authority.
Birthdays
22 - Willow Shields (actress)
25 - Scarlett Leithold (model)
26 - Tom Holland (actor)
31 - Chloe Khan (model)
31 - Zazie Beetz (actress)
38 - Taylor Handley (actor)
38 - Nikki Glaser (comedian)
40 - Justine Henin (tennis player)
41 - Amy Schumer (actress/comedian)
41 - Johnny Pemberton (actor)
41 - Brandi Carlile (singer)
45 - Sarah Wayne Callies (actress)
48 - Alanis Morissette (singer)
49 - Heidi Klum (model/TV host/actress)
50 - Rick Gomez (actor)
53 - Tony Bennett (basketball coach)
53 - Teri Polo (actress)
54 - Jason Donovan (actor/singer)
61 - Mark Curry (actor/comedian)
63 - Alan Wilder (singer)
66 - Tom Irwin (actor)
66 - Lisa Hartman Black (actress)
69 - Ronnie Dunn (singer)
72 - John M. Jackson (actor)
72 - Gemma Craven (actress)
75 - Jonathan Pryce (actor)
75 - Ronnie Wood (musician)
76 - Brian Cox (actor)
85 - Morgan Freeman (actor)
88 - Pat Boone (singer)
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Today in Sports History - June 1
1925 - Future New York Yankees Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig plays in the first of what would become his record 2,130 consecutive games played.
1944 - Stan Spence of the Washington Senators goes 6-for-6 at the plate against the St. Louis Browns.
1957 - Don Bowden, a student at the University of California at Berkeley, became the first American to break the four-minute mile during a meet in Stockton, California, in a time of 3:58.7.
1975 - Nolan Ryan of the California Angels ties a MLB record with his fourth career no-hitter in a 1-0 win over the Baltimore Orioles.
1978 - The Seattle Supersonics defeat the Washington Bullets in five games to win the NBA championship; it was the also the first major pro sports championship for the city of Seattle.
1982 - Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics becomes the fastest to steal 50 bases in a season.
1992 - The Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Chicago Blackhawks in five games to win the Stanley Cup.
1993 - Phoenix Suns guard Dan Majerle sets a then-NBA playoff record with 8 three-pointers in a 120-114 win over the Seattle Supersonics.
1994 - Indianus Pacers guard Reggie Miller hits an NBA playoff record 5 three-pointers in the 4th quarter of a 93-86 win over the New York Knicks.
1995 - Pitcher Kenny Rogers of the Texas Rangers sees his scoreless innings pitched streak end at 39 in a 6-3 win over the Minnesota Twins.
2012 - Johan Santana throws the first no-hitter in the 50-year history of the New York Mets in a 8-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
2019 - Mexican-American boxer Andy Ruiz Jr. produces a huge upset when he stops English champion Anthony Joshua in the seventh round at Madison Square Garden, winning the IBF, WBO, IBO and WBA world heavyweight titles.
1533 - Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was crowned Queen Consort of England.
1792 - Kentucky became the 15th state.
1796 - Tennessee became the 16th state.
1812 - President James Madison, in a message to Congress, recounted what he called Britain's "series of acts hostile to the United States as an independent and neutral nation"; Congress ended up declaring war.
1813 - The mortally-wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, gave the order, "Don't give up the ship" during a losing battle with the British frigate HMS Shannon during the War of 1812.
1868 - James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States (1857-1861), died near Lancaster, Pennsylvania at age 77.
1916 - Louis Brandeis took his seat as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, the first Jewish-American to serve on the nation's highest court.
1926 - Actress Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortensen in Los Angeles.
1938 - The first issue of Action Comics went on sale, which featured the debut of the now iconic character "Superman".
1943 - A civilian flight from Portugal to England was shot down by Germany during World War II, killing all 17 people on board, including actor Leslie Howard.
1958 - Gen. Charles De Gaulle became the premier of France.
1968 - Helen Heller, blind and deaf author and lecturer, died at age 87.
1980 - The Cable News Network (CNN) made its cable television debut.
2001 - Nepal's Crown Prince Dipendra went on a shooting spree, killing his father, mother, sister, brother and other members of the royal family before shooting himself.
2009 - Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330 carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of everyone on board.
2009 - General Motors filed for Chapter 11, becoming the largest U.S. industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection.
2009 - Conan O'Brien debuted as host of NBC's "Tonight Show," succeeding Jay Leno. (He stepped down the following January following a dispute with the network.)
2010 - Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife Tipper announced their separation after 40 years of marriage.
2012 - A judge in Sanford, Florida, revoked the bond of the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with murdering Trayvon Martin and ordered him returned to jail within 48 hours, saying George Zimmerman and his wife had misled the court about how much money they had available when his bond was set at $150,000. (Zimmerman was ultimately acquitted of the murder charge.)
2017 - President Donald Trump declared he was pulling the U.S. from the landmark Paris climate agreement. (President Joe Biden signed an order returning the U.S. to that accord on his first day in office.)
2020 - Police violently broke up a peaceful and legal protest by thousands of people in Lafayette Park across from the White House, using chemical agents, clubs and punches to send protesters fleeing; the protesters had gathered following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis a week earlier. President Donald Trump, after declaring himself “the president of law and order” and threatening to deploy the U.S. military in a Rose Garden speech, then walked across the empty park to be photographed holding a Bible in front of St. John’s Church, which had been damaged a night earlier in a protest fire.
2020 - A Minneapolis medical examiner classified George Floyd's death as a homicide, saying his heart stopped as police restrained him and compressed his neck.
2021 - The Biden administration suspended oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a drilling program approved by the Trump administration.
2021 - The Biden administration formally ended a Trump-era immigration policy that forced asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court.
2021 - Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a measure making Florida the latest state to bar transgender girls and women from playing on public school teams intended for students identified as girls at birth.
2021 - The Vatican released new provisions of Catholic Church law that explicitly criminalized the sexual abuse of adults by priests who abuse their authority.
Birthdays
22 - Willow Shields (actress)
25 - Scarlett Leithold (model)
26 - Tom Holland (actor)
31 - Chloe Khan (model)
31 - Zazie Beetz (actress)
38 - Taylor Handley (actor)
38 - Nikki Glaser (comedian)
40 - Justine Henin (tennis player)
41 - Amy Schumer (actress/comedian)
41 - Johnny Pemberton (actor)
41 - Brandi Carlile (singer)
45 - Sarah Wayne Callies (actress)
48 - Alanis Morissette (singer)
49 - Heidi Klum (model/TV host/actress)
50 - Rick Gomez (actor)
53 - Tony Bennett (basketball coach)
53 - Teri Polo (actress)
54 - Jason Donovan (actor/singer)
61 - Mark Curry (actor/comedian)
63 - Alan Wilder (singer)
66 - Tom Irwin (actor)
66 - Lisa Hartman Black (actress)
69 - Ronnie Dunn (singer)
72 - John M. Jackson (actor)
72 - Gemma Craven (actress)
75 - Jonathan Pryce (actor)
75 - Ronnie Wood (musician)
76 - Brian Cox (actor)
85 - Morgan Freeman (actor)
88 - Pat Boone (singer)
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Today in Sports History - June 1
1925 - Future New York Yankees Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig plays in the first of what would become his record 2,130 consecutive games played.
1944 - Stan Spence of the Washington Senators goes 6-for-6 at the plate against the St. Louis Browns.
1957 - Don Bowden, a student at the University of California at Berkeley, became the first American to break the four-minute mile during a meet in Stockton, California, in a time of 3:58.7.
1975 - Nolan Ryan of the California Angels ties a MLB record with his fourth career no-hitter in a 1-0 win over the Baltimore Orioles.
1978 - The Seattle Supersonics defeat the Washington Bullets in five games to win the NBA championship; it was the also the first major pro sports championship for the city of Seattle.
1982 - Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics becomes the fastest to steal 50 bases in a season.
1992 - The Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Chicago Blackhawks in five games to win the Stanley Cup.
1993 - Phoenix Suns guard Dan Majerle sets a then-NBA playoff record with 8 three-pointers in a 120-114 win over the Seattle Supersonics.
1994 - Indianus Pacers guard Reggie Miller hits an NBA playoff record 5 three-pointers in the 4th quarter of a 93-86 win over the New York Knicks.
1995 - Pitcher Kenny Rogers of the Texas Rangers sees his scoreless innings pitched streak end at 39 in a 6-3 win over the Minnesota Twins.
2012 - Johan Santana throws the first no-hitter in the 50-year history of the New York Mets in a 8-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
2019 - Mexican-American boxer Andy Ruiz Jr. produces a huge upset when he stops English champion Anthony Joshua in the seventh round at Madison Square Garden, winning the IBF, WBO, IBO and WBA world heavyweight titles.
