What happened on June 1?

Answer 1

4000 BC - Approximate domestication of the horse in the Eurasian steppes near Dereivka, central Ukraine (hypothesis only).

1215 - Beijing, under control of Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Beijing.

1676 - Battle of Öland: allied Danish-Dutch forces defeat the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, during the Scanian War (1675-79).

1792 - The session lasted only fourteen working days, but the delegates drafted Kentucky's first Constitution and submitted it to the United States Congress.

1846 - The embarrassed financial condition in which Gregory left the Papal States makes it doubtful how far his lavish expenditure in architectural and engineering works, and his magnificent patronage of learning in the hands of Mai, Mezzofanti, Gateano, Moroni, and others, were for the real benefit of his subjects.

1869 - Edison's first patented invention was a vote recorder for use by legislative bodies such as Congress.

1889 - On June 1, 1889, Wright married his first wife, Catherine Lee "Kitty" Tobin (1871-1959).

1899 - At the turn of the century, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) was still recovering from scandals and allegations of corruption that tarnished its reputation in the 1890s.

1914 - The Fatal Mallet is a 1914 American-made motion picture starring Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand.

1918 - The Battle of Belleau Wood (1 June 1918 - 26 June 1918) occurred during the German 1918 Spring Offensive in World War I, near the Marne River in France.

1926 - She was born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles, California, to Gladys Baker.

1937 - While the Electra was being repaired Earhart and Putnam secured additional funds and prepared for a second attempt.

1941 - Of course, General you know that after Crete we shall never do another Airborne operation.

1943 - In 1943, he signed with Columbia Records as a solo artist with initially great success, particularly during the musicians' recording strikes. Sinatra signed with Columbia on June 1, 1943, with the musicians' strike ten months old.

1964 - Kenya becomes a republic with Jomo Kenyatta as its 1st President.

1967 - David Bowie is the eponymously-titled debut album by rock musician David Bowie, released in 1967 by Deram Records, a Decca offshoot.

1967 - Beatles release "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in the US, goes on to spend 15 weeks at number one.

1972 - Amazing Grace is a 1972 album by R&B/gospel legend Aretha Franklin.

1982 - "Still Life" (American Concert 1981) is a live album by The Rolling Stones and was released in 1982.

1983 - Synchronicity is the fifth and final studio album by The Police, released in 1983.

1985 - More than 300 people have been arrested after an attempt by police to prevent a convoy of hippies reaching Stonehenge led to a violent confrontation.

1985 - Ran (乱?, "chaos" or "revolt") is a 1985 film written and directed by Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.

1987 - R.I.P. is the first album released by the Swiss thrash metal trio, Coroner.

1991 - Hero Ator (Miles O'Keeffe) helps a warrior woman rescue her father from an evil overlord.

1992 - The 1992 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Prince of Wales Conference and defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins and the Clarence Campbell Conference champion Chicago Blackhawks.

1997 - Game 1 Despite having a toe injury earlier, Scottie Pippen helped the Bulls to a 84-82 win over Utah on Sunday night.

1998 - European Central Bank is founded in Brussels to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy.

1999 - Enema of the State is the third studio album by American pop punk band Blink-182.

1999 - Straight Ahead is the fifth studio album by the American punk rock band Pennywise.

2001 - The Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing was a terrorist attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on June 1, 2001 in which a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a discotheque on a beachfront in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 21 teenagers and injuring 132.

2001 - The Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing was a terrorist attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on June 1, 2001 in which a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a discotheque on a beachfront in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 21 teenagers and injuring 132.

2003 - The Three Gorges Dam (simplified Chinese: 长江三峡大坝; traditional Chinese: 長江三峽大壩; pinyin: Chángjiāng Sānxiá Dàbà) is a hydroelectric river dam that spans the Yangtze River in the town of Sandouping, located in the Yiling District of Yichang, at the Hubei province, China. It is the world's largest electricity-generating plant of any kind.

2007 - Knocked Up is a 2007 American comedy film, co-produced, written and directed by Judd Apatow.

2007 - Something lurks in the dense jungle. Something horrible and cruel, a creature from beyond our world. His name is Arnold Schwarzenegger.

2007 - Wilson's new headquarters makes you feel like you're at Center Court at Wimbledon or taking the final shot as the clock runs out.

2008 - BALTIMORE - David Ortiz stuck around long enough yesterday to watch Manny Ramírez hit his 501st home run, one of three homers the Sox hit in a 9-4 spanking of the Baltimore Orioles, and while Ortiz reacted with his customary embrace of the left fielder, you might hear the sound of just one hand clapping in the immediate future.

2009 - Military aircraft and warships from France and Brazil were combing the equatorial Atlantic in a desperate quest to find the wreckage of an Air France jet that disappeared with 228 people on board, including five Britons, after encountering treacherous midnight weather off Brazil.

2009 - The filing triggered a number of immediate actions that affect the automaker, all of which lead to the temporary nationalization of the American icon for the foreseeable future.

2009 - The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show on NBC, which premiered on June 1, 2009.

2010 - Women under 60 and men under 50 who have diabetes but no other major risk factors for heart disease probably should not be on low-dose aspirin therapy, new research suggests.

2010 - SEATTLE - If Twins fans were surprised to see Michael Cuddyer playing second base Monday, imagine how Francisco Liriano felt.

2010 - Attorney General Eric Holder said today that federal authorities have opened criminal and civil investigations into the Gulf oil spill.