June 01
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
1637–75, French missionary and explorer in North America, a Jesuit priest.
Brigham Young
religious leader (1801)
Francis Edgar Stanley
inventor, manufacturer (1849)
William Sloane Coffin, Jr.
social activist (1924)
Marilyn Monroe
actress (1926)
Morgan Freeman
actor (1937)