12 History Lessons + 5 Births & 6 Deaths for June 1, 2025
Today’s History:
- 1495 – A monk in Scotland records the first known batch of Scotch whisky.
- 1533 – Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England as the wife of Henry VIII.
- 1792 – Kentucky becomes the 15th state admitted to the United States.
- 1796 – Tennessee becomes the 16th state admitted to the United States.
- 1869 – Thomas Edison receives his first patent (for the electric vote recorder).
- 1926 – Marilyn Monroe is born in Los Angeles, California.
- 1938 – Superman makes his first appearance in Action Comics #1.
- 1946 – Television licenses are first issued in the United Kingdom.
- 1967 – The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in the U.S.
- 1980 – CNN (Cable News Network) launches as the first 24-hour news channel.
- 2001 – Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal dies after a shooting spree that killed much of the royal family.
- 2009 – General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, marking one of the largest industrial failures in U.S. history.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1937 – Morgan Freeman, Academy Award-winning actor (Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption) (88)
- 1967 – Ronnie Wood, English rock guitarist (The Rolling Stones) (58)
- 1974 – Alanis Morissette, Canadian-American singer-songwriter (Jagged Little Pill) (51)
- 1980 – Oliver James, British actor (What a Girl Wants) (45)
- 1996 – Tom Holland, British actor (Spider-Man: No Way Home) (29)
Today’s Deaths:
- 1943 – Leslie Howard, British actor (Gone with the Wind), killed when his plane is shot down (50)
- 1968 – Helen Keller, American author, lecturer, and activist, the first deafblind person to earn a degree (87)
- 2008 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer and cultural icon (71)
- 2014 – Ann B. Davis, American actress known for The Brady Bunch (88)
- 2018 – William Phipps, American actor and voice of Prince Charming in Disney’s Cinderella (96)
- 2019 – Michel Serres, French philosopher and author (88)
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