June 1 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for June 1
In the headlines today:

2003	Actor Richard Chamberlain (Dr. Kildare, The Thorn Birds), 69, reveals he is gay in a TV interview broadcast on Dateline NBC.
1997	Malcolm X's widow, Betty Shabazz, dies in an apartment fire in Yonkers, NY.
1990	CNN, the Cable News Network, makes its debut.
1975	California Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan hurls the fourth no-hitter of his career.
1968	Helen Keller, blind and deaf author-lecturer, dies at age 87 at her home in Westport, Connecticut.
1958	Charles de Gaulle becomes premier of France.
1944	The noontime siesta, or nap, period for workers is abolished by the Mexican government.
1943	Actor Leslie Howard is killed when a civilian flight from Lisbon to London is shot down by the Germans, during WWII.
1868	James Buchanan, 15th president of the US, dies near Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
1813	Captain James Lawrence, commanding the US warship Chesapeake, coins the phrase "Don't give up the ship," as his crew fights valiantly against a British frigate.
1796	Tennessee becomes the 16th state of the US.
1792	Kentucky becomes the 15th state to join the US.