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Daily Calendar for Sunday, June 1, 2014

Born

  • Francis Edgar Stanley (American inventor) –
  • Freelan Oscar Stanley (American inventor) –
  • Marilyn Monroe (actress) –
  • Andy Griffith (actor) –
  • Pat Boone (singer) –
  • Morgan Freeman (actor) –
  • Teri Polo (actress) –
  • Heidi Klum (model) –
  • Alanis Morissette (singer & songwriter) –

Died

  • James Buchanan (15th U.S. president) –
  • Leslie Howard (actor) –
  • Helen Keller (blind, deaf, and mute author) –
  • Yves Saint Laurent (fashion designer) –
  • Julian and Adrian Riester (92-year-old identical twin friars died hours apart, each from heart failure) –
  • Ann B. Davis (actress) –

Events

  • Earthquake shook Plymouth, MA–
  • Kentucky admitted into the Union as the 15th state–
  • Tennessee admitted into the Union as the 16th state–
  • Captain James Lawrence ordered crew, Don’t give up the ship!–
  • A lake appeared this month in Salton Sink, Colorado Desert, California–
  • Corning Glass Works in N.Y. announced the invention of photosensitive glass–
  • The Cable News Network (CNN) made its debut–
  • Thirteen-year old Katharine Close spelled β€œursprache” correctly to win the 79th Annual Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. She was the first champion ever from New Jersey–

Weather

  • Hail up to four inches in diameter fell in parts of Maine during a series of severe thunderstorms across central and northern New England–
  • Thirty-nine degrees F in Springfield, Illinois–
  • An EF-3 tornado caused extensive damage from Westfield to Charlton, Massachusetts–
  • 1” snow, Delta Junction, Alaska–

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