June 11533 - Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s new queen and second wife, was crowned Consort of England. 1774 - The British government ordered the Port of Boston closed. 1789 - The first U.S. congressional act on administering oaths became law. 1792 - Kentucky became the 15th state of the U.S. 1794 - The Fourth Battle of Ushant (also known as the Glorious First of June) took placed between the Kingdom of Britain and the First French Republic. It was the largest and first naval conflict during the French Revolutionary Wars. 1796 - Tennessee became the 16th state of the U.S. 1813 - During the War of 1812, Captain James Lawrence of the USS Chesapeake gave the order "Don't give up the ship." The Chesapeake lost the battel with the British frigate HMS Shannon. 1831 - James Clark Ross became the first European at the North Magnetic Pole where he planted a British flag. 1861 - The first skirmish of the U.S. Civil War took place at the Fairfax Court House, Virginia. 1868 - The U.S. Federal Government sing and agreement with the Navajo that ended the Navajo Wars. The treaty allowed for the return of Navajo held in internment camps at Fort Sumner. 1869 - Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric voting machine. 1877 - U.S. troops were authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico. 1892 - The General Electric Company (GE) began operations after the merging of the Edison General Electric and the Thomson-Houston Electric companies. 1896 - In Paris, France, the first recorded automobile theft occurred. The Peugeot of Baron de Zuylen de Nyevelt was stolen by his mechanic. 1915 - Germany conducted the first zeppelin air raid over England. 1916 - The National Defense Act increased the strength of the U.S. National Guard by 450,000 men. 1916 - Louis Brandeis took his seat as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. He was the first Jewish American to serve on the highest court in the United States. 1921 - A race riot erupted in Tulsa, OKlahoma. 85 people were killed. 1935 - The Ingersoll-Waterbury Company reported that it had produced 2.5 million Mickey Mouse watches during its 2-year association with Disney. 1938 - Baseball helmets were worn for the first time. 1939 - The Douglas DC-4 made its first passenger flight from Chicago to New York. 1941 - The German Army completed the capture of Crete as the Allied evacuation ended. 1942 - The U.S. began sending Lend-Lease materials to the Soviet Union. 1943 - During World War II, Germans shot down a civilian flight from Lisbon to London. 1944 - The French resistance was warned by a coded message from the British that the D-Day invasion was imminent. 1944 - Siesta was abolished by the government of Mexico. 1953 - Raymond Burr made his network-TV acting debut. It was in "The Mask of Medusa" on ABC-TV's "Twilight Theater." 1954 - In the Peanuts comic strip, Linus' security blanket made its debut. 1957 - In Stockton, CA, Don Bowden became the first American to break the four-minute mile (3:58.7). 1958 - Charles de Gaulle became the premier of France. 1958 - IBM ended its design of machines that contained electronic tubes. 1961 - Radio listeners in New York, California, and Illinois were introduced to FM multiplex stereo broadcasting. A year later the FCC made this a standard. 1963 - Governor George Wallace vowed to defy an injunction that ordered the integration of the University of Alabama. 1964 - Kenya became a republic. 1970 - Zimbabwe came into existence. It was formerly known as Rhodesia. 1972 - In Iraq, The Ba'athist government nationalized the western-owned Iraq Petroleum Company and turned operations over to the Iraq National Oil Company. 1974 - The Heimlich maneuver, used for rescuing choking victims, was published in the journal Emergency Medicine. 1977 - The Soviet Union formally charged Jewish human rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky with treason. He was imprisoned until 1986. 1978 - The U.S. reported the finding of wiretaps in the American embassy in Moscow. 1979 - In the U.S., the government-controlled ceiling on oil prices ends. The control was phased out over 28 months. 1980 - Cable News Network (CNN) made its debut as the first all-news station. 1988 - The European Central Bank of Brussels was established. 1989 - Disney World's "Typhoon Lagoon" opened. 1995 - At Disneyland Paris, the attraction "Space Mountain: From The Earth to the Moon" opened. 1998 - In the U.S., the FDA approved a urine-only test for the AIDS virus. 1998 - A $124 million suit was brought against Goodyear Tire & Rubber that alleged discrimination towards black workers. 1999 - Merrill Lynch chairman David Komansky announced that the firm would soon allow its customers to buy and sell stocks over the Internet. 2008 - The Phoenix Mars Lander became the first NASA spacecraft to scoop Martian soil. 2009 - The first event, a George Strait concert, was held at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX. Today in Texas History 2009 - General Motors filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. The filing made GM the largest U.S. industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection. 2011 - Space Shuttle Endeavour made its final landing after 25 flights. 2017 - U.S. President Donald Trump declared he was pulling the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement. 2021 - The Biden administration suspended oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The act reveresed a drilling program approved by the Trump administration. |