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