06-01-2005, 05:25 AM
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June 1st
1495 ~ Friar John Cor :wingang: recorded the first known batch of scotch whisky.
1660 ~ Mary Dyer was hanged in Boston, Massachusetts for defying a law banning Quakers from the colony. She is considered to be the last religious martyr in North America.
1801 ~ Birthday of Brigham Young, Mormon church leader and American western settler.
1804 ~ Birthday of Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer.
1890 ~ The U.S. Census Bureau began using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
1918 ~ World War I: Battle for Belleau Wood began, during which came forth the famous phrase "Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?" Heroes indeed!
1926 ~ Birthday of Marilyn Monroe, Actress.
1938 ~ Action Comics issued the first Superman comic.
1965 ~ Birthday of Nigel Short, English chess player.
1967 ~ The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released.
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