TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2017. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

1533 - Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s new queen, was crowned.

1774 - The British government ordered the Port of Boston closed. 1850 - The first convicts arrive in Fremantle, Western Australia, to help populate the waning Swan River colony. 1896 - In Paris, France, the first recorded automobile theft occurred. The Peugeot of Baron de Zuylen de Nyevelt was stolen by his mechanic.

1915 - Germany conducted the first zeppelin air raid over England.

1941 - The German Army completed the capture of Crete as the Allied evacuation ended. 1943 - During the Second World War, Germans shot down a civilian flight from Lisbon to London. 1944 - The French resistance was warned by a coded message from the British that the D-Day invasion was imminent.

1944 - Siesta was abolished by the government of Mexico. 1954 - In the Peanuts comic strip, Linus’ security blanket made its debut.

1958 - Charles de Gaulle became the premier of France.

1970 - Zimbabwe came into existence. It was formerly known as Rhodesia.

1972 - In Iraq, The Ba’athist government nationalised the western-owned Iraq Petroleum Company and turned operations over to the Iraq National Oil Company.

1977 - The Soviet Union formally charged Jewish human rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky with treason. He was imprisoned until 1986.