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What happened in history on this day: June 1?
On June 1 in ...
- 1939 - First televised heavyweight boxing match, featuring Max Baer vs Lou Nova.
- 1958 - CBC-TV initiates Canada-wide television broadcasts.
- 1961 - NBC airs the last The Dinah Shore Show TV show.
- 1966 - Toronto's CFTO transmits Canada's first colour TV.
- 1969 - Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio and TV.
- 1971 - CBS airs the Ed Sullivan Show for the last time, after running 22 years.
- 1983 - The CBS TV network airs the last episode of Zorro and Son. Only five episodes were aired.
- 1984 - Paramount releases the film Star Trek II: The Search for Spock to theaters.
- 1990 - Sony releases the film Total Recall to theaters.
- 2008 - At the Universal Studios lot in Los Angeles, California, the 17th annual MTV Movie Awards are announced. Some winners:
Best movie: Transformers,
Best director: Michael Bay for Transformers,
Best comedic performance: Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End,
Best villain award: Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,
Best male performance: Will Smith in I Am Legend,
Best female performance: Ellen Page in Juno,
Lifetime achievement: Adam Sandler.
Births on June 1
- 1890 - Birth of Frank Morgan AKA Francis Wuppermann in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Maxwell House Coffee Time radio show, The Wizard of Oz movie (1939), Affairs of Cellini, Annie Get Your Gun).
- 1898 - Birth of Molly Picon; actress (Milk and Honey, Fiddler on the Roof).
- 1921 - Birth of Nelson Riddle in Oradell, New Jersey, USA; musician, arranger/composer (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Judy Garland, Peggy Lee, Nat Cole, Batman).
- 1922 - Birth of Joan Caulfield in East Orange, New Jersey, USA; actress (Liz Cooper - My Favorite Husband).
- 1925 - Birth of Richard Erdman in Enid, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Stalag 17, Anything Goes, Where's Raymond, Perry Mason, Pirates of Dark Water).
- 1926 - Birth of Andy Griffith in Mount Airy, North Carolina, USA; actor (Andy Griffith Show, Matlock, Mayberry RFD).
- 1926 - Birth of Marilyn Monroe AKA Norma Jean Baker Mortenson in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Some Like It Hot).
- 1928 - Birth of Bob Monkhouse in Kent, England; comedian (Bonkers).
- 1930 - Birth of Pat Corley in Dallas, Texas, USA; actor (Phil - Murphy Brown TV show, Bay City Blues TV show, Hill St. Blues TV show, He's the Mayor TV show, Robert Kennedy and his Times, Roots, Fresno).
- 1930 - Birth of Edward Woodward in England; actor (Breaker Morant, Wickerman).
- 1930 - Birth of Ty Hardin in Illinois, USA; actor (Berserk, PT 109).
- 1934 - Birth of Pat Boone in Florida, USA; singer/actor (April Love, Cross and Switchblade).
- 1934 - Birth of Peter Masterson in Texas, USA; actor (Ambush Bay).
- 1937 - Birth of Morgan Freeman; actor (Driving Mrs Daisy, Electric Company, Another World).
- 1939 - Birth of Cleavon (Jake) Little in Chikasha, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Dear John, Bagdad Cafe, True Colors, Temperatures Rising, Felony Squad, Another World, Blazing Saddles, Toy Soldiers).
- 1940 - Birth of René Auberjonois in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Clayton - Benson, McCabe and Mrs Miller, Boston Legal, Odo - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine).
- 1944 - Birth of Robert Powell in England; actor (Jigsaw Man, Shaka Zulu, Secrets).
- 1946 - Birth of Brian Cox; actor (Deadwood).
- 1950 - Birth of Powers Boothe; actor (Deadwood, 24, Phillip Marlowe Private Eye).
- 1953 - Birth of Diana Canova in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA; actress (Corrine - Soap).
- 1956 - Birth of Lisa Hartman in Houston, Texas, USA; singer/actress (Tabitha, Knots Landing, Legend of Cadillac Jack, 2000 Malibu Road).
- 1956 - Birth of Robin Mattson; actress (Gina - Santa Barbara, Bonnie's Kids, Wolf Lake).
- 1968 - Birth of Jason Donovan; rocker/actor (Neighbors).
- 1969 - Birth of Teri Polo; actress (West Wing, Wedding Bells, I'm With Her).
- 1973 - Birth of Heidi Klum; model (Project Runway).
- 1980 - Birth of Damien Fahey; TV host (MTV's Total Request Live).
- 1984 - Birth of Taylor Handley; actor (Hidden Palms, The O.C.).
Deaths on June 1
- 1985 - Death of Richard Greene at age 67 of cardiac arrest; British actor (Adventures of Robin Hood TV show).
- 1994 - Death of Frances Heflin at age 70 of lung cancer; actress (Mona Kane Tyler - All My Children TV show).
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