193 - The Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated.
1495 - A monk, Girolamo Savonarola, is burned at the stake for heresy in Florence, Italy.
1792 - Kentucky becomes the 15th state of the United States.
1813 - The mortally wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, Captain James Lawrence, gives the famous order, "Don't give up the ship!"
1831: British explorer James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole.
1861: The first skirmish in the American Civil War takes place at Fairfax Court House, Virginia.
1916 - Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jewish person to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
1938: Superman makes his debut in Action Comics #1.
1946: The United Kingdom introduces
the first television licenses.
1965: A coal mine explosion in
Fukuoka, Japan, kills 236 people.
1967: The Rolling Stones arrive in
New York City for their first US tour.
1967 - The Beatles release their
iconic album, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in the United
Kingdom.
1974 - The Heimlich maneuver, a technique used to save choking victims, is published in the journal "Emergency Medicine."
1974: The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
1979: Rhodesia becomes Zimbabwe,
ending 90 years of white rule.
1980: CNN, the first 24-hour news
channel, launches.
1990 - The first post-apartheid
multi-racial elections are held in South Africa.
2009 - Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, resulting in the deaths of all 228 people on board.
2017 - United States President Donald Trump announces the country's withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement.
These are just a few of the many big events that have happened on June 1st. It is a day that has seen both great triumphs and great tragedies.
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