SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2013

Today is Saturday, June 1, the 152nd day of 2013. There are 214 days left in the year.

1495 ― First written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland; Friar John Cor is the distiller

1845 ― Homing pigeon completes 11,000-km trip (Namibia-London) in 55 days

1869 ― Voting machine patented by Thomas Edison

1893 ― The opera “Falstaff” is produced (Berlin)

1938 ― Superman Comics launched

1958 ― Charles de Gaulle becomes premier of France

1967 ― Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in U.S. and go gold

1969 ― Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio and TV

1990 ― Dow Jones Average hits a record high of 2,900.97

1991 ― Mt. Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for first time in 600 years