DAY IN HISTORY

Monday, June 1, 2020

Today is the 153rd day of 2020 and the 75th day of spring. TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1792, Kentucky was admitted as the 15th U.S. state.

In 1796, Tennessee was admitted as the 16th U.S. state.

In 1980, the Cable News Network (CNN) began broadcasting.

In 1990, President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signed an accord to halt production

of chemical weapons.

In 2009, General Motors Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Brigham Young (1801-1877), religious leader; Andy Griffith (1926-2012), actor; Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), actress; Pat Boone (1934- ), singersongwriter; Morgan Freeman (1937- ), actor; Brian Cox (1946- ), actor; Ronnie Wood (1947- ), guitarist; Powers Boothe (1948-2017), actor; Heidi Klum (1973- ), model/ TV personality; Alanis Morissette (1974- ), singer-songwriter; Amy Schumer (1981- ), actress/comedian; Justine Henin (1982- ), tennis player; Tom Holland (1996- ), actor.

TODAY'S FACT: The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” released on this day in 1967, was the first rock album to win a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1925, Lou Gehrig pinchhit for the New York Yankees, marking the first game in Gehrig’s record-setting streak of 2,130 consecutive games played.

TODAY'S QUOTE: “If you’re a true introvert, other people are basically energy vampires. You don’t hate them; you just have to be strategic about when you expose yourself to them -- like the sun.” - Amy Schumer, “The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo”

TODAY'S NUMBER: 1 — position held by “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” on Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” list, released in 2003 and revised in 2012.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (May 29) and full moon (June 5).