June 1
1792
Kentucky became the 15th state in the United States.
1796
Tennessee became the 16th state in the United States.
1938
The first issue of Action Comics, featuring Superman, was published.
1958
General Charles De Gaulle became the premier of France.
1968
Helen Keller, blind and deaf author-lecturer, died.
1980
Cable News Network (CNN) debuted.
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.
Birthdays
Jacques Marquette
French Jesuit missionary and explorer (1637)
Brigham Young
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints leader (1801)
Francis Edgar Stanley
inventor, manufacturer (1849)
William Sloane Coffin, Jr.
social activist (1924)
Marilyn Monroe
actress (1926)
Morgan Freeman
actor (1937)