Today in History for 1st June 2018:
Historical Events
1957 – 56th Women’s French Championships: Shirley Bloomer beats Dorothy Knode (6-1, 6-3)
1958 – Louise Suggs wins LPGA Gatlinburg Golf Open
1960 – WDTV TV channel 5 in Clarksburg-Weston, WV (CBS) begins broadcasting
1960 – “Finian’s Rainbow” closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances
1974 – Chemical plant explodes in Flixborough Lincolnshire killing 28 in UK
2009 – Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew were killed.
Famous Birthdays
1862 – Antonio JdC Feijo, Portuguese diplomat/poet (Bailatas)
1898 – Curtis Stevens, American 2 man bobsled (Olympic gold 1932)
1905 – Dinora de Carvalho, composer
1922 – Joan Caulfield, American model and actress (My Favorite Husband), born in West Orange, New Jersey (d. 1991)
1950 – Gennadi Mikhailovich Manakov, colonel/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-10, TM-16)
1996 – Tom Holland, English stage and film actor (Billy Elliot, Spider-man), born in Kingston-upon-Thames, England
Famous Deaths
1676 – Uggla, Swedish admiral (Öland), dies in battle
1868 – James Buchanan, 15th US President (1857-61), dies at 77
1941 – Hugh S Walpole, British novelist and playwright (Jeremy, Maradick at 40), dies at 57
1983 – Anna Seghers, writer, dies at 82
1991 – David Ruffin, American soul musician and early lead singer for The Temptations (My Girl, Ain’t Too Proud to Beg), dies of drug overdose at 50
1996 – Ray Combs, TV host (Family Feud), commits suicide at 40