A Day that Lives in the Infirmary

Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions
-John Randolph

I don't know what to say other than 28 turned out to be a wizz bang of a year. I learnt some more about myself, others; and who the heck would have thought at this time last year I'd be where I am now......

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by
-John Masefield

Anyhow; to bore you greatly for this day, I've cobbled a list of interesting (to me) happenings and whom else might find this day important.

Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?
-Brigham Young

Birthdates which occurred on the date of June 01:
1801 Brigham Young, religious leader (Mormon church)/polygamist
1831 John B Hood, confederate general (lost Atlanta)
1878 John Masefield, England, 15th poet laureate (Salt-Water Ballads)
1907 Frank Whittle, inventor (jet engine)
1921 Nelson Riddle, Oradell NJ, musical conductor (Batman, Frank Sinatra)
1922 Joan Caulfield, East Orange NJ, actress (Liz-My Favorite Husband)
1926 Andy Griffith, Mount Airy NC, actor (Andy Griffith Show, Matlock)
1926 Marilyn Monroe [Norma Jean Baker], actress (Some Like It Hot)
1930 Edward Woodward, England, actor (Breaker Morant, Wickerman)
1933 Alan (the Horse), Ameche Wisc, NFL fullback (Baltimore Colts)
1934 Pat Boone, Florida, singer/actor (April Love, Cross & Switchblade)
1935 Reverend Ike SC, evangelist minister
1937 Morgan Freeman actor (Driving Mrs Daisy)
1947 Ron Wood, rock guitarist (Faces, Jeff Beck Group, Rolling Stones)
1948 Tom Sneva, US auto racer (Indianapolis 500-1983)
1955 Chiyonofuji, sumo wrestler
1973 Heidi Klum, model
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Deaths which occurred on June 01: 1968 Helen Keller blind & deaf, dies at 87
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On this day...
1495 1st written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland. Friar John Cor is the distiller
1638 1st earthquake recorded in US, at Plymouth, Mass
1774 British govt orders Port of Boston closed
1789 1st US congressional act becomes law (on administering oaths)
1792 Kentucky admitted as 15th US state
1796 Tennessee admitted as 16th US state
1808 1st US land-grant university founded-Ohio Univ, Athens, Ohio
1809 Allardyce Barclay begins a bet of walking 1 mile every hour for 1,000 hours. Each hour he walked a mile round trip from his home
1813 Capt John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship"
1835 6th national black convention (Phila)
1843 It snows in Buffalo & Rochester NY & Cleveland Ohio
1845 Homing pigeon completes 11,000 km trip (Namibia-London) in 55 days
1861 1st skirmish in the Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Va
1868 Texas constitutional convention meets in Austin
1869 Voting Machine patented by Thomas Edison
1888 California gets its 1st seismograph
1905 Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition opens in Portland, Oregon
1915 1st Zeppelin air raid over England
1925 Lou Gehrig replaces Wally Pipp (1st of record 2130 consec games)
1935 Yanks set solo HR record with 6 beat Boston 7-2
1938 Superman Comics launched
1939 1st night game at Phil's Shribe Park (Pirates 5, Phillies 2)
1939 1st televised heavyweight boxing match-Max Baer vs Lou Nova
1941 31.98 cm (12.59") rainfall, Burlington, Kansas (state 24-hr record)
1941 Germany bans all Catholic publications
1946 Assault wins Belmont Stakes & Triple Crown
1951 1st self-contained titanium plant opened Henderson Nevada
1957 1st US runner breaks 4 minute mile (Don Bowden)
1958 Charles de Gaulle becomes premier of France
1959 Constitution of Tunisia promulgated (National Day)
1962 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m
1966 George Harrison is impressed by Ravi Shankar's concert in London
1967 Beatles release Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in US & goes gold
1968 Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs Robinson" hits #1
1969 Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio & TV
1971 Ed Sullivan's final TV show
1973 Paul McCartney & Wings release "Live & Let Die"
1975 Ron Woods replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stone guitarist
1990 Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland for 1st time since 1974
1990 Dow Jones Avg hits a record high of 2,900.97
1991 Mount Pinatubo (Phillipines) erupts for 1st time in 600 years
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Holidays
China PR, Mongolia : Children's Festival Day
Kenya : Madaraka Day, a day to enjoy freedom
Philadelphia : Elfreth's Alley Day-celebrates oldest US street Samoa : Independence Day

...If you can make a girl laugh - you can make her do anything...
-Marilyn Monroe

Marylin Monroe, Bringham Young, Scotch, Sergeant Pepper's, Mt. Pinatubo.....I always thought there was something odd about this day......

Have a Happy Madaraka Day all!