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UPI Almanac for Monday, June 1, 2020

On June 1, 2009, Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 people on board.

By United Press International
On June 1, 2009, Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 people on board. File Photo courtesy of the Brazilian Air Force
1 of 2 | On June 1, 2009, Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 people on board. File Photo courtesy of the Brazilian Air Force | License Photo

Today is Monday, June 1, the 153rd day of 2020 with 213 to follow.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mercury and Saturn.

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Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include Jacques Marquette, Jesuit priest/French explorer of the Mississippi, in 1637; Mormon leader Brigham Young in 1801; actor Frank Morgan in 1890; actor Marilyn Monroe in 1926; actor Andy Griffith in 1926; actor Edward Woodward in 1930; singer Pat Boone in 1934 (age 86); novelist Colleen McCullough in 1937; actor Morgan Freeman in 1937 (age 83); actor Cleavon Little in 1939; actor Rene Auberjonois in 1940; mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade in 1945 (age 75); actor Jonathan Pryce in 1947 (age 73); musician Ronnie Wood in 1947 (age 73); actor Diana Canova in 1953 (age 67); singer Ronnie Dunn in 1953 (age 67); actor Lisa Hartman Black in 1956 (age 64); comedian/actor Mark Curry in 1961 (age 59); actor Teri Polo in 1969 (age 51); model Heidi Klum in 1973 (age 47); singer Alanis Morissette in 1974 (age 46); actor Sarah Wayne Callies in 1977 (age 43); actor Amy Schumer in 1981 (age 39); actor Tom Holland in 1996 (age 24); actor Willow Shields in 2000 (age 20).

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On this date in history:

In 1880, the first public pay telephone began operation in New Haven, Conn.

In 1958, Charles de Gaulle became prime minister of France with emergency powers amid the collapse of the Fourth Republic. He was elected president of France at the end of the year amid the rise of the Fifth Republic.

In 1962, Israel hanged Adolf Eichmann for his part in the killing of 6 million Jews by Nazi Germany in World War II.

In 1964, the U.S. Supreme Court banned prayers and Bible teaching in public schools on the constitutional grounds of separation of church and state.

In 1968, Helen Keller, a world-renowned author and lecturer despite being blind and deaf from infancy, died in Westport, Conn., at the age of 87.

In 1973, Prime Minister George Papadopoulos abolished the Greek monarchy and proclaimed Greece a republic with himself as president.

In 1980, the Cable News Network -- CNN -- TV's first all-news service, went on the air.

In 1993, President Jorge Serrano Elias of Guatemala was ousted by the military.

In 1997, Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X's widow, sustained injuries when her 12-year-old grandson, Malcolm Shabazz, set fire to her apartment. She died nearly a month later.

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In 1997, teacher Jonathan Levin, the son of Time Warner's then-chairman, Gerald Levin, was tortured and killed by a former student who knew him to be wealthy and was seeking money. The student, Corey Arthur, was found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. His alleged accomplice, Montoun Hart, was acquitted despite a signed, 11-page confession.

In 2008, a fire at Universal Studios Hollywood burned two city blocks and destroyed iconic movie sets, including those from When Harry Met Sally, The Sting and Back to the Future.

In 2009, Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 people on board.

In 2015, the Eastern Star, a passenger ship traveling along the Yangtze River from the eastern city of Nanjing, flipped during a violent storm, killing approximately 400 people.

In 2019, an early penalty goal by Mohamed Salah and a strike in the final minutes by substitute Divock Origi gave Liverpool a 2-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League final.


A thought for the day: American comedian/actor Jerry Seinfeld said, "A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking."

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