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Historical Events
on June 1st
- Lead Story
- CNN launches,1980
- American Revolution
- Benedict Arnold is court-martialed,1779
- Automotive
- Nissan Motor Company founded,1934
- Civil War
- Battle of Cold Harbor begins,1864
- Cold War
- Soviets charge Shcharansky with treason,1977
- Crime
- Opening statements begin in Scott Peterson murder trial,2004
- Disaster
- Coal mine explosion kills 236 in Japan,1965
- General Interest
- Crete falls to German forces,1941
- De Gaulle reassumes French leadership,1958
- Helen Keller dies,1968
- Superpowers to destroy chemical weapons,1990
- Hollywood
- Marilyn Monroe born,1926
- Literary
- Coleridge begins to publish The Friend,1809
- Music
- The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,1967
- Old West
- John Wesley Hardin arrives in Abilene,1871
- Presidential
- Future President Hoover caught in Boxer Rebellion,1900
- Sports
- George Mikan dies,2005
- Vietnam War
- Top U.S. officials meet in Honolulu,1964
- Vietnam Veterans group announces support for Nixon,1971
- World War I
- Germans launch attack on British lines in Ypres Salient,1916
- World War II
- News of death camp killings becomes public for first time,1942
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