Historical Events In 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  On this day in history s Arend discovers asteroids #1592 Mathieu & #1593 Fagnes  

1951  Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer/historian, dies at 85 on June - 01.  

1952  East Germany closes its links with West on June - 01.  

1952  John Dewey, US philosopher (Common Faith), dies at 92 on June - 01.  

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

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

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

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

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

1960  On this day in history 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 June - 01 king Victor Emmanual III of Italy, becomes Emperor of Ethiopia  

1964  Rutkowski Bronislaw, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1965  A Penzias & R Wilson detect 3ø K primordial background radiation on June - 01.  

1965  Explosion at Fukuoka, Japan kills 237 coal miners on June - 01.  

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

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  On this day in history mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, DC  

1968  Helen Keller blind & deaf, dies at 87 on June - 01.  

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  On this day in history soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days  

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

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

1971  Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #2167 Erin on June - 01.  

1971  Reinhold Niebuhr, US theologist (Nature & Destiny of Man), dies at 78 on June - 01.  

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  

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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  Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (d. 1550) was born on this day in history.  

1503  On this day in history birth of wilhelm von Grumbach, German lt col  

1549  Allesandre Spontone, composer was born on this day in history.  

1563  On this day in history birth of robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, English prime minister (1598-1612)  

1611  On this day in history birth of felician Schwab, composer  

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

1340  On this day in history jan III van Diest, bishop of Utrecht (1322-40), dies  

1434  Jagiello, King of Lithuania/Poland, dies on June - 01.  

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

1571  Death of John Story, English Catholic on this day in history.  

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

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