Talk:June 1
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June 1: International Children's Day, Madaraka Day in Kenya.
- 1495 - Friar John Cor recorded the first known batch of scotch whisky.
- 1779 - Benedict Arnold (pictured) was court-martialed for malfeasance.
- 1922 - A police force in Northern Ireland called the Royal Ulster Constabulary was founded.
- 1938 - The first Superman comic was published.
- 1980 - The Cable News Network began broadcasting.
Recent days: May 31 – May 30 – May 29
[edit] Removed/moved entries
Moved to March 31:
- 1774 - American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed.
Nope, was on March 31. See Boston Port Act. --mav 05:28, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Moved to May 2:
- 1829 - Captain James Stirling founds the Swan River Colony in Western Australia.
A ship called the Parmelia landed that day and the dear governor did not found the colony. Moved to May 2. --mav 05:28, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Moved to July 4:
- 1840 - Samuel Cunard completes passage of a 700 ton wooden paddlewheel steamer from Liverpool, England to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The Britannia was the seond transatlantic ship of the Cunard Line (but the first to carry passengers as its main cargo). It was launched on February 5, 1840 and did not depart for its first voyage until July 4 that year. --mav 05:28, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Moved to May 4:
- 1855 - American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua and reinstates slavery
It did happen sometime in June, but I could not confirm an exact date from a reliable source. He did set sail on May 4. --mav 05:28, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Moved to May 27:
- 1933 - The Century of Progress world's fair opens in Chicago, Illinois
Nope - it started a few days before. --mav 05:28, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Moved to July 1:
- 1958 - The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada.
- 1966 - First Canadian colour television broadcast
Nope - those happened on July 1. --mav 05:28, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Removed:
- 1977 - The Soviet Union charges civil rights leader Anatoly Sharansky with treason.
It was sometime in 1977, but I could not confirm an exact date. --mav 05:28, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Removed:
- 2001 - Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John Forbes Nash (A Beautiful Mind) remarries ex-wife Alicia; she divorced him in 1963
Not at all relevant to world history. --mav 05:28, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
