Historical Events for 1st June 2023

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193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated
1808 - 1st US land-grant university founded as Ohio University in Athens, Ohio
1861 - US and Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange
1941 - 12.59" (31.98 cm) rainfall, in Burlington, Kansas (state 24-hr record)
1945 - WLB-AM in Minneapolis Minn changes call letters to KUOM
1947 - OPA, which issued WW II rationing coupons, disbands
1952 - French Championships Women's Tennis: Doris Hart beats fellow American Shirley Fry 6-4, 6-4 for her 2nd French singles title
1970 - "Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens hits #1
1997 - Hugo Banzer wins the Presidential elections in Bolivia.
1998 - European Central Bank is founded in Brussels to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy

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