Historical Events In June - 01

1926  On this day in history ignacy Mocicki elected president of Poland  

1926  On this day in history andy Griffith, Mount Airy NC, actor (Andy Griffith Show, Matlock)  

1926  On this day in history vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer, dies at 64  

1927  On this day in history colleen McCullough, writer  

1928  Bob Monkhouse, Kent England, comedian (Bonkers) on June - 01.  

1929  Yehudi Wyner, composer on June - 01.  

1930  On June - 01 6th French Mens Tennis: Henri Cochet beats Bill Tilden (36 86 63 61)  

1930  Edward Woodward, Croydon England, actor (Breaker Morant, Wickerman) on this day in history.  

1931  Rozenburg soccer team forms in Rozenburg on this day in history.  

1932  Lunteren soccer team forms in Lunteren on June - 01.  

1932  On June - 01 francis Cameron, cricketer (NZ pace bowler took 61 wickets 1961-65)  

1933  On this day in history century of Progress world's fair opens in Chicago  

1933  Alan "the Horse" Ameche, Wisc, NFL fullback (Baltimore Colts) on this day in history.  

1934  Pat Boone, Florida, singer/actor (April Love, Cross & Switchblade) on June - 01.  

1935  James George, US, weightlifter (Olympic-silver-1960/bronze-1956) on June - 01.  

1935  Alberto Cametti, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1937  On this day in history the birth of Morgan Freeman, American film actor ('Driving Miss Daisy')  

1938  On this day in history superman Comics launched  

1939  On this day in history british sub "Thetis" sinks in Liverpool Bay with all 99 aboard  

1939  The first televised heavyweight boxing match-Max Baer vs Lou Nova on this day in history.  

1941  31.98 cm (12.59") rainfall, Burlington, Kansas (state 24-hr record) on this day in history.  

1941  On June - 01 germany bans all Catholic publications  

1941  On June - 01 hMS CALCUTTA (AA)sunk in the Eastern Mediterranean, north west of Alexandria, Egypt by 2 bombs from German Ju88 bombers.255 survivors  

1941  On this day in history hugh S Walpole, British writer (Killer & the Slain), dies  

1942  Treblinka opens on June - 01.  

1942  On this day in history ernest Pingoud, composer, dies at 53  

1943  Actor Leslie Howard dies today when a civilian flight from Lisbon to London is shot down by the Germans during WWII, killing all on board on June - 01.  

1943  Leslie Howard, actor (Romeo & Juliet), Nazis shot down his plane at 50 on this day in history.  

1946  On this day in history ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Romania, executed  

1947  The OPA, which issued WW II rationing coupons, disbands on June - 01.  

1948  On June - 01 sonny Boy Williamson, [John Lee], blues player, dies at 34  

1949  The first magazine on microfilm offered to subscribers (Newsweek) on June - 01.  

1951  S Arend discovers asteroids #1592 Mathieu & #1593 Fagnes on this day in history.  

1951  On this day in history rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer/historian, dies at 85  

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

1300  On June - 01 birth of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (d. 1338)  

1480  On June - 01 birth of tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (d. 1550)  

1503  Wilhelm von Grumbach, German lt col was born on this day in history.  

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

1563  On June - 01 birth of robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, English prime minister (1598-1612)  

1611  Felician Schwab, composer was born on this day in history.  

1633  On June - 01 birth of geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (d. 1687)  

0193  Death of Didius Julianus, ship owner/emperor of Rome (193), murdered at 61 on this day in history.  

1191  On June - 01 philips van de Elzas, count of Vlanderen, dies  

1340  Jan III van Diest, bishop of Utrecht (1322-40), dies on this day in history.  

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

1568  Death of Duke of Alva, & 18 nobles, beheaded on this day in history.  

1571  On this day in history death of john Story, English Catholic  

1616  Death of Tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543) on this day in history.  

1625  Death of Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (b. 1568) on June - 01.