June 1
Today is the 152nd day of 2017, there are 213 days left in the year.
1792 - Kentucky became the 15th state.
1796 - Tennessee became the 16th state.
1813 - The mortally wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, gave the order, "Don't give up the ship" during a losing battle with the British frigate HMS Shannon in the War of 1812.
1868 - James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, died near Lancaster, Pennsylvania at age 77.
1926 - Actress Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortensen in Los Angeles.
1927 - Lizzie Borden, accused but acquitted of the 1892 ax murders of her father, Andrew, and her stepmother, Abby, died in Fall River, Massachusetts, at age 66.
1938 - The first issue of "Action Comics" was published, which featured the debut of Superman.
1958 - Gen. Charles De Gaulle became premier of France.
1968 - Helen Keller, blind and deaf author-lecturer, died in Westport, Connecticut at age 87.
1980 - The Cable News Network (CNN) made its debut.
2001 - Nepal's Crown Prince Dipendra went on a shooting spree, killing his father, mother, sister, brother, and other members of the royal family before shooting himself.
2007 - Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian walked out of a Michigan prison, where he'd spent eight years for ending the life of a man suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease.
2009 - Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330 carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, crashed in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of everyone on board.
2009 - General Motors filed for Chapter 11, becoming the largest U.S. industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection.
2009 - Conan O'Brien debuted as the host of NBC's "Tonight Show". (He stepped down the following January after a dispute with the network.)
2010 - Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, announced their separation after 40 years of marriage.
Birthdays
20 - Scarlett Leithold (model)
21 - Tom Holland (actor)
25 - Jenna McDougall (singer)
26 - Chloe Khan (model)
36 - Amy Schumer (actress/comedian)
40 - Sarah Wayne Callies (actress)
40 - Danielle Harris (actress)
43 - Alanis Morissette (singer)
44 - Heidi Klum (model)
48 - Teri Polo (actress)
71 - Brian Cox (actor)
80 - Morgan Freeman (actor)
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Today in Sports History - June 1
1923 - New York Giants rout the Philadelphia Phillies, 22-5.
1925 - Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig's streak of playing in 2,130 consecutive games began when he entered a game as a pinch hitter for the New York Yankees.
1938 - Batting helmets were worn for the first time in a Major League game featuring the Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Athletics.
1939 - First televised heavyweight boxing match, featuring Max Baer vs Lou Nova.
1941 - Mel Ott hit his 400th career home run and drove in his 1,500th RBI.
1946 - Assault wins the Belmont Stakes and horse racing's Triple Crown.
1957 - Don Bowden, a student at the University of California at Berkeley, became the first American to break the four-minute mile during a meet in Stockton, California, in a time of 3:58.7.
1975 - Nolan Ryan of the California Angels throws his fourth career no-hitter in a 1-0 win over the Baltimore Orioles. It was also Ryan's 100th career victory.
1979 - The Seattle Supersonics defeat the Washington Bullets in five games to win the NBA championship.
1989 - Toronto's SkyDome opens.
1992 - The Pittsburgh Penguins sweep the Chicago Blackhawks to win the Stanley Cup.
2001 - Nebraska opened the Lincoln Super Regional with a 7-0 win over Rice.
2002 - Nebraska defeated Marist 9-1 in the second round of the Lincoln Regional.
2003 - Nebraska defeated Southwest Missouri State 9-5 in the Lincoln Regional, but then fell in a second-game rematch to the Bears 7-0 to be eliminated from the NCAA Tournament. The Huskers ended the season with a record of 47-18.
2007 - Nebraska lost to UC-Riverside 10-5 in the opening game of the Tempe Regional in Arizona.
2008 - Nebraska lost to Oral Roberts in an elimination game in the Lincoln Regional by a score of 8-0 to end the season with a 41-16-1 record.
2014 - Nebraska lost to Cal State-Fullerton in an elimination game at the Stillwater Region by a score of 4-3 to end the year with a 41-21 record.
2014 - The Los Angeles Kings beat the Chicago Blackhawks to advance to the Stanley Cup Final. It was the first time in NHL history that a team won a series in Game 7 on the road for the third consecutive series.
Today is the 152nd day of 2017, there are 213 days left in the year.
1792 - Kentucky became the 15th state.
1796 - Tennessee became the 16th state.
1813 - The mortally wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, gave the order, "Don't give up the ship" during a losing battle with the British frigate HMS Shannon in the War of 1812.
1868 - James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, died near Lancaster, Pennsylvania at age 77.
1926 - Actress Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortensen in Los Angeles.
1927 - Lizzie Borden, accused but acquitted of the 1892 ax murders of her father, Andrew, and her stepmother, Abby, died in Fall River, Massachusetts, at age 66.
1938 - The first issue of "Action Comics" was published, which featured the debut of Superman.
1958 - Gen. Charles De Gaulle became premier of France.
1968 - Helen Keller, blind and deaf author-lecturer, died in Westport, Connecticut at age 87.
1980 - The Cable News Network (CNN) made its debut.
2001 - Nepal's Crown Prince Dipendra went on a shooting spree, killing his father, mother, sister, brother, and other members of the royal family before shooting himself.
2007 - Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian walked out of a Michigan prison, where he'd spent eight years for ending the life of a man suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease.
2009 - Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330 carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, crashed in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of everyone on board.
2009 - General Motors filed for Chapter 11, becoming the largest U.S. industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection.
2009 - Conan O'Brien debuted as the host of NBC's "Tonight Show". (He stepped down the following January after a dispute with the network.)
2010 - Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, announced their separation after 40 years of marriage.
Birthdays
20 - Scarlett Leithold (model)
21 - Tom Holland (actor)
25 - Jenna McDougall (singer)
26 - Chloe Khan (model)
36 - Amy Schumer (actress/comedian)
40 - Sarah Wayne Callies (actress)
40 - Danielle Harris (actress)
43 - Alanis Morissette (singer)
44 - Heidi Klum (model)
48 - Teri Polo (actress)
71 - Brian Cox (actor)
80 - Morgan Freeman (actor)
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Today in Sports History - June 1
1923 - New York Giants rout the Philadelphia Phillies, 22-5.
1925 - Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig's streak of playing in 2,130 consecutive games began when he entered a game as a pinch hitter for the New York Yankees.
1938 - Batting helmets were worn for the first time in a Major League game featuring the Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Athletics.
1939 - First televised heavyweight boxing match, featuring Max Baer vs Lou Nova.
1941 - Mel Ott hit his 400th career home run and drove in his 1,500th RBI.
1946 - Assault wins the Belmont Stakes and horse racing's Triple Crown.
1957 - Don Bowden, a student at the University of California at Berkeley, became the first American to break the four-minute mile during a meet in Stockton, California, in a time of 3:58.7.
1975 - Nolan Ryan of the California Angels throws his fourth career no-hitter in a 1-0 win over the Baltimore Orioles. It was also Ryan's 100th career victory.
1979 - The Seattle Supersonics defeat the Washington Bullets in five games to win the NBA championship.
1989 - Toronto's SkyDome opens.
1992 - The Pittsburgh Penguins sweep the Chicago Blackhawks to win the Stanley Cup.
2001 - Nebraska opened the Lincoln Super Regional with a 7-0 win over Rice.
2002 - Nebraska defeated Marist 9-1 in the second round of the Lincoln Regional.
2003 - Nebraska defeated Southwest Missouri State 9-5 in the Lincoln Regional, but then fell in a second-game rematch to the Bears 7-0 to be eliminated from the NCAA Tournament. The Huskers ended the season with a record of 47-18.
2007 - Nebraska lost to UC-Riverside 10-5 in the opening game of the Tempe Regional in Arizona.
2008 - Nebraska lost to Oral Roberts in an elimination game in the Lincoln Regional by a score of 8-0 to end the season with a 41-16-1 record.
2014 - Nebraska lost to Cal State-Fullerton in an elimination game at the Stillwater Region by a score of 4-3 to end the year with a 41-21 record.
2014 - The Los Angeles Kings beat the Chicago Blackhawks to advance to the Stanley Cup Final. It was the first time in NHL history that a team won a series in Game 7 on the road for the third consecutive series.
