Historical Events In June - 01

1948  Sonny Boy Williamson, [John Lee], blues player, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history the first magazine on microfilm offered to subscribers (Newsweek)   

1951  On June - 01 s Arend discovers asteroids #1592 Mathieu & #1593 Fagnes   

1951  Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer/historian, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1952  On June - 01 east Germany closes its links with West   

1952  On June - 01 john Dewey, US philosopher (Common Faith), dies at 92   

1955  On June - 01 f Melius Christiansen, composer, dies at 84   

1958  On this day in history charles de Gaulle becomes premier of France   

1958  On this day in history general De Gaulle named the premier of France   

1959  Constitution of Tunisia promulgated (National Day) on this day in history.   

1960  Lester Patrick NHL coach/star, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1960  On June - 01 lester Patrick, NHL coach/star, dies at 76   

1962  On June - 01 oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit   

1962  USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m on this day in history.   

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

1964  On June - 01 rutkowski Bronislaw, composer, dies at 66   

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 June - 01.   

1966  On this day in history 2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights   

1966  George Harrison is impressed by Ravi Shankar's concert in London on June - 01.   

1967  Beatles release Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in US & goes gold on this day in history.   

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

1968  Helen Keller blind & deaf, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1968  Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs Robinson" hits #1 on this day in history.   

1968  On June - 01 helen Keller, blind & deaf/author (Let us Have Faith), dies at 87   

1969  On June - 01 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 June - 01.   

1971  On June - 01 ed Sullivan's final TV show   

1971  Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #2167 Erin on this day in history.   

1971  Reinhold Niebuhr, US theologist (Nature & Destiny of Man), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1973  On June - 01 greece becomes a republic, scrapping its monarchy   

1973  On this day in history paul McCartney & Wings release "Live & Let Die"   

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

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1076  On June - 01 birth of mstislav I of Kiev (d. 1132)   

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

0193  On this day in history death of didius Julianus, ship owner/emperor of Rome (193), murdered at 61   

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

1340  On June - 01 jan III van Diest, bishop of Utrecht (1322-40), dies   

1434  On June - 01 jagiello, King of Lithuania/Poland, dies   

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

1571  Death of John Story, English Catholic on June - 01.   

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.