Talk:June 1

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June 1 Wreckage of American Airlines Flight 1420 1676 – Scanian War: The Swedish warship Kronan, one of the largest ships in the world at the time, sank at the Battle of Öland with the loss of around 800 men. 1857 – The Revolution of the Ganhadores, the first general strike in Brazil, began in Salvador, Bahia. 1974 – In an informal article in a medical journal, Henry Heimlich introduced the concept of abdominal thrusts, commonly known as the Heimlich maneuver, to treat victims of choking. 1988 – Group representation constituencies were introduced to the parliament of Singapore. 1999 – On landing at Little Rock National Airport in the U.S. state of Arkansas, American Airlines Flight 1420 overran the runway and crashed (wreckage pictured), resulting in 11 deaths. Kitabatake Chikafusa (d. 1354) Louisa Caroline Tuthill (d. 1879) Tom Holland (b. 1996) Faizul Waheed (d. 2021) More anniversaries: May 31 June 1 June 2

Removed/moved entries

Moved to March 31:

• 1774 - American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed.

Nope, was on March 31. See Boston Port Act. --mav 05:28, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Moved to May 2:

• 1829 - Captain James Stirling founds the Swan River Colony in Western Australia.

A ship called the Parmelia landed that day and the dear governor did not found the colony. Moved to May 2. --mav 05:28, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Moved to July 4:

• 1840 - Samuel Cunard completes passage of a 700 ton wooden paddlewheel steamer from Liverpool, England to Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The Britannia was the seond transatlantic ship of the Cunard Line (but the first to carry passengers as its main cargo). It was launched on February 5, 1840 and did not depart for its first voyage until July 4 that year. --mav 05:28, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Moved to May 4:

• 1855 - American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua and reinstates slavery

It did happen sometime in June, but I could not confirm an exact date from a reliable source. He did set sail on May 4. --mav 05:28, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Moved to May 27:

• 1933 - The Century of Progress world's fair opens in Chicago, Illinois

Nope - it started a few days before. --mav 05:28, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Moved to July 1:

• 1958 - The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada.
• 1966 - First Canadian colour television broadcast

Nope - those happened on July 1. --mav 05:28, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Removed:

• 1977 - The Soviet Union charges civil rights leader Anatoly Sharansky with treason.

It was sometime in 1977, but I could not confirm an exact date. --mav 05:28, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Removed:

• 2001 - Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John Forbes Nash (A Beautiful Mind) remarries ex-wife Alicia; she divorced him in 1963

Not at all relevant to world history. --mav 05:28, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Removed:

• Nirvana of Buddhists.

Could not find a confirming source for this. Nirvana Day for Buddhists is in February. Don't know what this is referring to.

Pamela Low

Here's an article on her death, if that is needed.

She's not important enough to be listed on a Day article. Lkjhgfdsa 0 (talk) 17:41, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

1992 Births

Anybody else see that? For someone reason I can't remove it. I don't think Maddy Jacobs being drunk has anything to do with births on this date. Do you? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.38.12.175 (talk) 05:39, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

A person being drunk is never important enough to be on a Day article, even if the person is a world leader. Lkjhgfdsa 0 (talk) 17:41, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Do we include fictional events?

If we do, today is the day of the Pulse from Dark Angel. Just thought I'd mention it. Xavius, the Satyr Lord (talk) 20:24, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Fictional events should never be included on Day articles. They are about important real events only. Lkjhgfdsa 0 (talk) 17:41, 16 November 2009 (UTC)