SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019

1774 — British government orders Port of Boston closed

1796 — Tennessee admitted as 16th U.S. state

1835 — 6th national black convention

1868 — Texas constitutional convention meets in Austin

1869 — Voting Machine patented by Thomas Edison

1877 — U.S. troops authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico

1893 — The opera "Falstaff" is produced in Berlin

1898 — Trans-Mississippi International Exposition opens in Omaha

1909 — Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition opens in Seattle

1933 — Century of Progress world’s fair opens in Chicago

1935 — Yanks set solo HR record with 6 beat Boston 7-2