June 1

June 1 is the 152nd day of the year, a day to...

hang around
1946 - Ion Antonescu executed
1962 - Adolf Eichmann hanged in Israel

shopping
1485 - Matthias of Hungary takes Vienna from Frederick III

singing
1969 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono record Give Peace a Chance, the first single recorded by a solo Beatle, from their hotel bed

sending
1980 - Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting

Happy Birthday

1780 - Carl von Clausewitz, Prussian general
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_von_Clausewitz

1790 - Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Raimund

1926 - Marilyn Monroe, American actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe

1937 - Morgan Freeman, American actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Freeman

1973 - Heidi Klum, German model
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Klum

1974 - Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer-songwriter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alanis_Morissette