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This Day In History: June 1st

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0193: The Roman Emperor, Marcus Didius, was murdered in his palace.

1533: Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s new queen, was crowned.

1774: The British government ordered the Port of Boston closed.

1789: The first U.S. congressional act on administering oaths became law.

1792: Kentucky became the 15th state of the U.S.

1796: Tennessee became the 16th state of the U.S.

1861: The first skirmish of the U.S. Civil War took place at the Fairfax Court House, Virginia.

1869: Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric voting machine.

1877: U.S. troops were authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico.

1915: Germany conducted the first zeppelin air raid over England.

1916: The National Defense Act increased the strength of the U.S. National Guard by 450,000 men.

1921: A race riot erupted in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 85 people were killed.

1935: The Ingersoll-Waterbury Company reported that it had produced 2.5 million Mickey Mouse watches during its 2-year association with Disney.

1938: Baseball helmets were worn for the first time.

1938: Superman, the world's first super hero, appeared in the first issue of Action Comics.

1939: The Douglas DC-4 made its first passenger flight from Chicago to New York.

1941: The German Army completed the capture of Crete as the Allied evacuation ended.

1942: The U.S. began sending Lend-Lease materials to the Soviet Union.

1943: During World War II, Germans shot down a civilian flight from Lisbon to London.

1944: The French resistance was warned by a coded message from the British that the D-Day invasion was imminent.

1944: Siesta was abolished by the government of Mexico.

1953: Raymond Burr mad his network-TV acting debut. It was in "The Mask of Medusa" on ABC-TV's "Twilight Theater."

1954: In the Peanuts comic strip, Linus' security blanket made its debut.

1958: Charles de Gaulle became the premier of France.

1961: Radio listeners in New York, California, and Illinois were introduced to FM multiplex stereo broadcasting. A year later the FCC made this a standard.

1963: Governor George Wallace vowed to defy an injunction that ordered the integration of the University of Alabama.

1968: Helen Keller died. She had been deaf and blind since the age of 18 months. During her life she learned to speak, ride horses, and the waltz. She also graduated from Radcliffe cum laude.

1970: Zimbabwe came into existence. It was formerly known as Rhodesia.

1973: The James Bond movie "Live and Let Die" opened.

1977: The Soviet Union formally charged Jewish human rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky with treason. He was imprisoned until 1986.

1978: The U.S. reported the finding of wiretaps in the American embassy in Moscow.

1980: Cable News Network (CNN) made its debut as the first all-news station.

1989: Disney World's "Typhoon Lagoon" opened.

1995: At Disneyland Paris, the attraction "Space Mountain: From The Earth to the Moon" opened.

1998: In the U.S., the FDA approved a urine-only test for the AIDS virus.

1998: A $124 million suit was brought against Goodyear Tire & Rubber that alleged discrimination towards black workers.

2008: The Phoenix Mars Lander became the first NASA spacecraft to scoop Martian soil.

2009: The first event, a George Strait concert, was held at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX.

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