10 Timeline Memories:- 1813] Making a motto: The Navy gets its motto when mortally wounded Chesapeake commander Capt. James Lawrence says "Don't give up the ship" during a losing battle with a British frigate...
- 1925] They call it the streak: Lou Gehrig
pinch-hits for Yankees shortstop Pee Wee Wanninger and singles in the first of his record 2,130 consecutive games played... The next day he replaces Wally Pipp, who sits because of a headache and Gehrig’s record will stand until 1995…1958] Vive le France: Charles de Gaulle becomes premier of France...1961] Both sides now: New York, California and Illinois radio stations debut FM multiplex stereo. One year later the FCC makes FM standard…1968] ‘Happy Trails’: Helen Keller, who earned a college degree despite being blind and deaf most of her life, dies in her sleep in Westport (CT) at the age of 87…1991] David Ruffin, lead singer of the Temptations dies from a cocaine overdose in Philadelphia at 50…1997] Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X is critically burned in a fire set by her 12-year old grandson in her Yonkers apartment. Shabazz will die from her burns on June 23 at 61…1980] This is CNN: Ted Turner starts the Cable News Network (CNN)…1994] Reg-gie, Reg-gie, Reg-gie: Reggie Miller puts on one of the greatest scoring displays in NBA history when he scores 25 of his 39 points in the 4th quarter to help Indiana beat the Knicks in game 5 of their East Conference Playoffs. The Knicks will come back to win the series in seven games…2001] Suicide bomber: 21 are killed in a Tel Aviv nightclub when a suicide bomber blows himself up...2007] Pass on Chinese toothpaste: The FDA warns consumers to avoid using toothpaste made in China because it might contain a poisonous chemical used in antifreeze. Not only that, but right after using the toothpaste, it makes you feel like brushing your teeth again...2007] Dr. Death walks: Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian walks out of a Michigan prison, where he'd spent eight years for ending the life of a man suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease...For more on June 1st:C L I C K:
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