June 1st
Today in America's Past
1657 | Civil Rights: The first Quakers arrive in New Amsterdam.
1774 | British tyrants imposed the Boston Port Act, closing the port in punishment of the Boston Tea Party.
1789 | Congress: The first Congressional act becomes law.
1792 | Statehood: Kentucky granted statehood.
1796 | Statehood: Tennessee granted statehood.
1796 |War of Independence: Britain’s last troops withdraw from the USA.
1801 | Cleric Brigham Young was born.
1813 | War of 1812: Captain John Lawrence uttered the Navy motto, "Don't give up the ship.”
1833 | SCOTUS: Justice John Marshall Harlan was born.
1856 | “Know-Nothing Riots” in Washington, D.C.
1866 | In what became a series of raids, renegade Irish Fenians from the US invaded Fort Erie, Ontario.
1868 | POTUS: President James Buchanan died.
1869 | Thomas Edison granted his first patent for the Electric Vote Recorder.
1925 | SCOTUS: The Court decided Pierce v. Society of Sisters.
1926 | Actress Marilyn Monroe was born.
1927 | Lizzie Borden died.
1934 | Entertainer Pat Boone was born.
1937 | Actor Morgan Freeman was born.
1952 | Philosopher John Dewey died.
1953 | Serial killer David Berkowitz was born.
1965 | Football Pro Curly Lambeau died.
1968 | Helen Keller died.
1971 | Cleric Reinhold Neibuler died.
1981 | Actress Amy Schumer was born.