{"id":936,"date":"2026-06-01T08:09:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T08:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=936"},"modified":"2026-06-01T08:09:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T08:09:24","slug":"today-in-history-june-1-cruise-ship-capsizes-in-chinas-yangtze-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=936","title":{"rendered":"Today in History: June 1, cruise ship capsizes in China\u2019s Yangtze River"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today is Monday, June 1, the 152nd day of 2026. There are 213 days left in the year.<\/p>\n

Read more Kebab Shop and its beef supplier targeted in E. coli lawsuit<\/a><\/p>\n

Today in history:<\/h4>\n

On June 1, 2015, a cruise ship carrying more than 450 people capsized and sank in a severe storm on China\u2019s Yangtze River, leaving hundreds missing. Only a handful of people survived the sinking of the Eastern Star.<\/p>\n

Also on this date:<\/h4>\n

In 1813, the mortally wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, gave the order, \u201cDon\u2019t give up the ship,\u201d during a losing battle with the British frigate HMS Shannon during the War of 1812.<\/p>\n

In 1916, the Senate voted 47-22 to confirm Louis Brandeis as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, the first Jewish American to serve on the nation\u2019s highest bench.<\/p>\n

In 1943, a civilian flight from Portugal to England was shot down by German bombers during World War II, killing all 17 people aboard, including actor Leslie Howard.<\/p>\n

In 1957, Don Bowden, a student at the University of California at Berkeley, became the first American to run a mile in under four minutes during a meet in Stockton, California, with a time of 3:58.7.<\/p>\n

In 1962, former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was executed after being found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his actions during World War II.<\/p>\n

In 1980, Cable News Network, the first 24-hour television news channel, made its debut.<\/p>\n

Read more Two Sonoma vineyards that made history on the wine scene<\/a><\/p>\n

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In 1990, U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signed an agreement to stop producing and reduce existing stockpiles of chemical weapons held by the two Cold War superpowers.<\/p>\n

In 2001, Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shot and killed nine members of the Nepalese royal family, including his parents, King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya, before mortally wounding himself.<\/p>\n

In 2008, a fire at Universal Studios Hollywood destroyed 3 acres (1.2 hectares) of the studio\u2019s property, including a vault holding as many as 175,000 irreplaceable master audio recordings from hundreds of musicians including Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Aretha Franklin, Elton John and Nirvana.<\/p>\n

In 2009, General Motors filed for Chapter 11 reorganization, becoming the largest U.S. industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection.<\/p>\n

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In 2011, Endeavour concluded its final flight of the 30-year space shuttle era, landing before dawn at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Atlantis would carry out the last shuttle flight in history a month later.)<\/p>\n

In 2020, police forcefully disbanded a protest by thousands of people in Lafayette Park across from the White House, using chemical agents, clubs and punches, who rallied against the police killing of a Black man, George Floyd, by a white officer in Minneapolis a week earlier.<\/p>\n

Read more City Lights\u2019 new works festival features familiar faces<\/a><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Birthdays:<\/h4>\n
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  • Singer Pat Boone is 92.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Morgan Freeman is 89.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Brian Cox is 80.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Jonathan Pryce is 79.<\/li>\n
  • Rock musician Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones) is 79.<\/li>\n
  • Country singer-songwriter Ronnie Dunn is 73.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Lisa Hartman Black is 70.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Teri Polo is 57.<\/li>\n
  • Model-TV personality Heidi Klum is 53.<\/li>\n
  • Singer Alanis Morissette is 52.<\/li>\n
  • Singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile is 45.<\/li>\n
  • Actor-comedian Amy Schumer is 45.<\/li>\n
  • Tennis Hall of Famer Justine Henin is 44.<\/li>\n
  • Comedian Nikki Glaser is 42.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Zazie Beetz is 35.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Tom Holland is 30.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Willow Shields is 26.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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