Today in History for 1st June 2024

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Historical Events

1660 - Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony
1958 - The Riverside International Raceway in Southern California opens with three 500-mile races in one weekend; Eddie Gray wins the Crown America 500 for NASCAR Grand National cars
1967 - Mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, D.C.
1975 - LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Pine Ridge GC: Kathy Whitworth wins her 3rd LPGA C'ship by 1 stroke from Sandra Haynie
1997 - LA Dodger Wilton Guerrero's bat breaks, revealing it is corked
2022 - US Coast Guard Admiral Linda Fagan, assumes post of Commandant, becoming 1st female commander of US military branch

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Famous Birthdays

1776 - George Schetky, Scottish-American cellist, music teacher, and composer, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1831)
1882 - John Drinkwater, English poet and playwright (Abraham Lincoln), born in Leytonstone, Essex (d. 1937)
1892 - Samuel L M Barlow II, American composer (Mon Ami Pierrot), born in New York City (d. 1982)
1922 - Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer (d. 2007)
1965 - Olga Nazarova, Russian athlete (Olympic gold 4x400m relay 1988, 92; World C'ship gold 4x400m relay 1991), born in Moscow, Russia
1990 - Carlota Ciganda, Spanish golfer (US Open 2018 3rd; 2 LPGA Tour titles), born in Pamplona, Spain

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Famous Deaths

1943 - Wilfrid B. Israel, Jewish activist
1954 - Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (Pelle Erobreren), dies at 84
1973 - Helen Parkhurst, American educator (The Dalton Plan), dies at 86
1995 - Prudence Hyman, English dancer, dies at 80
1999 - Christopher Cockerell, English engineer and inventor (Hovercraft), dies at 88
2008 - Tommy Lapid, Israeli journalist and politician (b. 1931)

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