Historical Events For June - 01

1952  On this day in history east Germany closes its links with West  

1952  On this day in history john Dewey, US philosopher (Common Faith), dies at 92  

1955  F Melius Christiansen, composer, dies at 84 on June - 01.  

1958  Charles de Gaulle becomes premier of France on June - 01.  

1958  On June - 01 general De Gaulle named the premier of France  

1959  On this day in history constitution of Tunisia promulgated (National Day)  

1960  Lester Patrick NHL coach/star, dies at 76 on June - 01.  

1960  On this day in history lester Patrick, NHL coach/star, dies at 76  

1962  Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit on this day in history.  

1962  On June - 01 uSAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m  

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1963  On this day in history king Victor Emmanual III of Italy, becomes Emperor of Ethiopia  

1964  Rutkowski Bronislaw, composer, dies at 66 on June - 01.  

1965  A Penzias & R Wilson detect 3ø K primordial background radiation on this day in history.  

1965  Explosion at Fukuoka, Japan kills 237 coal miners on this day in history.  

1966  On June - 01 2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights  

1966  On this day in history george Harrison is impressed by Ravi Shankar's concert in London  

1967  On June - 01 beatles release Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in US & goes gold  

1967  Mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, DC on this day in history.  

1968  On June - 01 helen Keller blind & deaf, dies at 87  

1968  On this day in history simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs Robinson" hits #1  

1968  On this day in history helen Keller, blind & deaf/author (Let us Have Faith), dies at 87  

1969  On this day in history tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio & TV  

1970  Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days on June - 01.  

1970  G Ungaretti, writer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1971  Ed Sullivan's final TV show on this day in history.  

1971  On this day in history perth Observatory discovers asteroid #2167 Erin  

1971  On this day in history reinhold Niebuhr, US theologist (Nature & Destiny of Man), dies at 78  

1973  Greece becomes a republic, scrapping its monarchy on this day in history.  

1973  Paul McCartney & Wings release "Live & Let Die" on this day in history.  

1973  On June - 01 harvey S Firestone Jr, US tire manufacturer, dies at 75  

1974  On this day in history bundy victim Brenda Ball disappears from Burien, Wash  

1975  On this day in history calif Angel Nolan Ryan 4th no-hitter beats Balt Orioles, 1-0  

1975  Ron Woods replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stone guitarist on June - 01.  

1975  Steve Prefontaine, 5K (Olympics-4-1972), dies at 25 on June - 01.  

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1076  Mstislav I of Kiev (d. 1132) was born on June - 01.  

1300  On this day in history birth of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (d. 1338)  

1480  On this day in history birth of tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (d. 1550)  

1503  On June - 01 birth of wilhelm von Grumbach, German lt col  

1549  Allesandre Spontone, composer was born on June - 01.  

1563  Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, English prime minister (1598-1612) was born on June - 01.  

1611  On June - 01 birth of felician Schwab, composer  

1633  Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (d. 1687) was born on June - 01.  

0193  Death of Didius Julianus, ship owner/emperor of Rome (193), murdered at 61 on June - 01.  

1191  On this day in history philips van de Elzas, count of Vlanderen, dies  

1340  Jan III van Diest, bishop of Utrecht (1322-40), dies on June - 01.  

1434  On this day in history jagiello, King of Lithuania/Poland, dies  

1568  On June - 01 death of duke of Alva, & 18 nobles, beheaded  

1571  On June - 01 death of john Story, English Catholic  

1616  Death of Tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543) on June - 01.  

1625  On this day in history death of honoré d'Urfé, French writer (b. 1568)