Today is Monday, June 1, the 152nd day of 2009. There are 213 days left in the year.
1495 _ First written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls
of Scotland; Friar John Cor is the distiller
1893 _ The opera ``Falstaff" is produced (Berlin)
1915 _ First Zeppelin air raid over England
1933 _ Century of Progress world's fair opens in Chicago
1958 _ Charles de Gaulle becomes premier of France
1968 _ Simon & Garfunkel's ``Mrs. Robinson" hits No. 1
1969 _ Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio and TV
1980 _ Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting
1984 _ Weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev of USSR snatches a record 211 kg
1991 _ Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for first time in 600 years