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| June 1is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 203 days remaining until the end of time. |
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| 1495 1st written record of Scotch Whisky appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Friar John Cor, of blessed memory, is the distiller |
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| 1850 The first convict ship arrives in Western Australia carrying 75 male convicts. |
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| 1938 Superman 1st appears in DC Comics' Action Comics Series issue #1 |
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| 1939 1st boxing match to be televised— Lou Nova defeats Max Baer |
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| 1951 International Cheese treaty is signed |
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| 1963 Jomo Kenyatta becomes 1st premier of Kenya and dares anyone to call him "Jomo, the Homo" anymore |
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| 1974 The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine. |
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| 1974 "My Girl Bill" by Jim Stafford hits #12. Here’s "Our Girl Al" |
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| 1979 Ted Coombs begins a 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to New York City and half-way back |
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| 1980 Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting |
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| 1991 Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time in 600 years. Danny Pintauro (California), however, is still looking to erupt |
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| 1994 Gen H Norman Schwarzkopf released from hospital after prostate surgery. Here’s Norm and what the doctor saw |
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| 2001 Crown Prince Diprenda (left), the heir to the Nepalese throne kills his parents and eight other family members before shooting himself, after an argument over his choice of a bride. Nepal kicks out his bumbling uncle, the new king, Gyanendra, and becomes a republic on May 29, 2008 |
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| 2007 Dr. Jack Kevorkian is released from prison after serving eight years of his 10-25 year prison term for second-degree murder in the 1998 assisted suicide death of Thomas Youk, 52, of Oakland County, Michigan. |
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| 1926 Marilyn Monroe, The Ultimate Sex Symbol/US actress/singer |
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| 1934 Pat Boone, US singer/actor/asshole homophobe with little dick |
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| 1936 Bekim Fehmiu, Bosnian actor |
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| 1946 Brian Cox, Scottish actor |
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| 1968 Jason Donovan, Australian actor/singer |
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| 1973 Adam Garcia, Australian actor |
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| 1971 Mario Cimarro, Cuban actor |
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| 1973 Glenn Manton, Aussie Rules footie |
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| 1983 Jake Silbermann, US actor/Noah, half of Nuke, the gay couple on As the World Turns |
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| 1729 Matthaeus de Cock, very popular Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1725-29), leaves ‘em wanting more |
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| 1975 Steve Prefontaine, very pretty US runner/5K (Olympics-4-1972), runs out of time |
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| 1981 Arthur C. Nielsen, US businessman, sees his ratings take a nosedive |
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| 2008 Yves Saint Laurent, French couturier, is in stitches |
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