TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON: JUNE 1
4000 BC Approximate domestication of the horse in the Eurasian steppes near Dereivka, central Ukraine (hypothesis only)
0193 The Roman emperor, Marcus Didius, is murdered in his palace.
1215 Beijing, under control of Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Beijing
1495 1st written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland. Friar John Cor is the distiller
1533 Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s new queen, is crowned.
1774 The British government orders the port of Boston closed.
1792 Kentucky became the 15th state in the United States.
1796 Tennessee became the 16th state in the United States.
1812 American navy captain James Lawrence, mortally wounded in a naval engagement with the British, exhorts to the crew of his vessel, the Chesapeake, “Don’t give up the ship!”
1861 The first skirmish of the U.S. Civil War took place at the Fairfax Court House, Virginia.
1869 Voting Machine patented by Thomas Edison
1877 U.S. troops are authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico.
1916 The National Defense Act increases the strength of the U.S. National Guard by 450,000 men.
1921 A race riot erupted in Tulsa, OKlahoma. 85 people were killed.
1938 The first issue of Action Comics, featuring Superman, was published.
1942 America begins sending Lend-Lease materials to the Soviet Union.
1954 In the Peanuts comic strip, Linus’ security blanket made its debut.
1963 Governor George Wallace vows to defy an injunction ordering integration of the University of Alabama.
1964 Kenya becomes a republic with Jomo Kenyatta as its 1st President
1974 The Heimlich maneuver is published
1978 The U.S. reports finding wiretaps in the American embassy in Moscow.
1979 Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) ends 90 years of white rule
1979 In the U.S., the government-controlled ceiling on oil prices ends. The control was phased out over 28 months.
1980 Ted Turner’s Cable News Network begins broadcasting
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.
2009 General Motors filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. The filing made GM the largest U.S. industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection.
2009 Air France flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic
REFERENCE: HISTORY.NET, ONTHISDAY.COM, TIMEANDDATE.COM, INFOPLEASE.COM, FACTMONSTER.COM, SCOPESYS.COM, ON-THIS-DAY.COM, THEPEOPLEHISTORY.COM
