TODAY IN HISTORY

JUNE 2

1537		Pope Paul III bans the enslavement of Indians in the New World.
1774		The Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to allow British soldiers into their houses, is reenacted.
1793		Maximillian Robespierre, a member of France's Committee on Public Safety, initiates the "Reign of Terror."
1818		The British army defeats the Maratha alliance in Bombay, India.
1859		French forces cross the Ticino River.
1865		At Galveston, Texas, Confederate general Edmund Kirby Smith surrenders the Trans-Mississippi Department to Union forces.
1883		The first baseball game under electric lights is played in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
1886		Grover Cleveland becomes the first American president to wed while in office.
1910		Charles Stewart Rolls, one of the founders of Rolls-Royce, becomes the first man to fly an airplane nonstop across the English Channel both ways. Tragically, he becomes Britain's first aircraft fatality the following month when his biplane breaks up in midair.
1924		The United States grants full citizenship to American Indians.
1928		Nationalist Chiang Kai-shek captures Peking, China, in a bloodless takeover.
1942		The American aircraft carriers Enterprise, Hornet and Yorktown move into their battle positions for the Battle of Midway.
1944		Allied "shuttle bombing" of Germany begins, with bombers departing from Italy and landing in the Soviet Union.
1946		Italian citizens vote by referendum for a republic.
1948		Jamaican-born track star Herb McKenley sets a new world record for the 400 yard dash.
1953		Elizabeth II is crowned queen of England at Westminster Abbey.
1954		Senator Joseph McCarthy charges that there are communists working in the CIA and atomic weapons plants.
1969		The Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne slices the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half off the shore of South Vietnam.

TRIVIA

Name the river, along with its source and overall direction, that is approximately 3,900 miles long and carries the greatest volume of water of any river in the world.
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THE FIRST WORD

Fred

He even might be called a "Fred"—cycling lingo for loser. Getting it all right would still elicit snickers if he called the outfit a uniform.

A female Fred is sometimes called a "Wilma" or a "Doris." The blogger behind BikeSnobNYC has also identified the Nü-Fred, who adopts the gear and attitude of the fixed-gear cyclist without (perhaps) the skill.

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NOW YOU KNOW

Members of Generation X—those now in their late 30s to late 40s—lost a greater share of their net worth during the financial crisis than older Americans. They’re also less likely to recoup it. While Boomers look set to replace 82 percent of their lost income, Gen Xers are on track to replace just half of their pre-retirement income if they stop working at 65.
The Wall Street Journal

PEOPLE BEING PEOPLE

A Georgia college student faked his own kidnapping to avoid telling his parents he was flunking English. After receiving the F grade, Aftab Aslam, 19, texted his parents on behalf of a group of make-believe abductors, warning them not to call police or he would be killed. He camped out for eight days but came home when the weather turned cold and rainy, and was arrested for making false statements.

TODAY IN HISTORY

JUNE 1

193		The Roman emperor, Marcus Didius, is murdered in his palace.
1533		Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's new queen, is crowned.
1774		The British government orders the port of Boston closed.
1789		The first U.S. congressional act on administering oaths becomes law.
1812		American navy captain James Lawrence, mortally wounded in a naval engagement with the British, exhorts to the crew of his vessel, the Chesapeake, "Don't give up the ship!"
1862		General Robert E. Lee assumes command of the Confederate army outside Richmond after General Joe Johnston is injured at Seven Pines.
1864		The Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, begins as Confederate general Robert E. Lee tries to turn Union general Ulysses S. Grant's flank.
1868		James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, dies.
1877		U.S. troops are authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico.
1915		Germany conducts the first zeppelin air raid over England.
1916		The National Defense Act increases the strength of the U.S. National Guard by 450,000 men.
1921		A race riot erupts in Tulsa, Oklahoma, killing 85 people.
1939		The Douglas DC-4 makes its first passenger flight from Chicago to New York.
1941		The German Army completes the capture of Crete as the Allied evacuation ends.
1942		America begins sending Lend-Lease materials to the Soviet Union.
1958		Charles de Gaulle becomes premier of France.
1963		Governor George Wallace vows to defy an injunction ordering integration of the University of Alabama.
1978		The U.S. reports finding wiretaps in the American embassy in Moscow.

AND I QUOTE

"No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar."-Abraham Lincoln