On This Day in History
14 Years ago in 2001
Events
In 1980 CNN, the world’s first 24-hour television news network, makes its debut.
1934 Nissan Motor Company is founded
1864 Battle of Cold Harbor begins
1965 Coal Mine Explosion kills 236 people in Japan
1958 Charles De Gaulle reassures French leadership
1968 Helen Keller dies
1990 U.S and Soviets make an agreement to end production of chemical weapons and begin destruction of both of the nations’ reserves of them.
Most Popular...
Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, David and Victoria Beckham, Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Ben Stiller, Tom Hanks, Eddie Murphy, Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson, Jennifer Lopez, PDiddy, Denzel Washington, Jennifer Anniston, Brad Pitt, Courtney Cox, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Jim Carrey, David Spade, and Mike Meyers
Music:
Hanging By A Moment by Lifehouse
Fallin’ by Alicia Keys
All For You by Janet
Drops Of Jupiter by Train
I'm Real by Jennifer Lopez feat. Ja Rule
TV Shows:
Friends
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
That 70’s Show
Gilmore Girls
The Sopranos
Will & Grace
Survivor
Blue’s Clues
Band of Brothers
Dawson’s Creek
Books:
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham, Violets Are Blue by James Patterson, Journey Through Heartsongs by Mattie J.T. Stepanek, He Sees You When You’re Sleeping by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark, Desecration by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, Last Man Standing by David Baldacci
Fashion:
Flared jeans with heels, low-rise jeans, crop tops, platform heels, boots, tall boots with skirts, large sunglasses, Ugg Boots, denim, maxi skirts, flared shirt sleeves, men’s skinny pants with high-top sneakers, and hair dyed in layers of contrasting colors
Food: Rachel Ray 30-minute meals
Toy: Bionicle Lego, Bob the Builder
Movies:
Shrek
Monsters Inc.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Pearl Harbor
The Fast and the Furious
Legally Blonde
Ocean’s Eleven
Sports
Tennis Australia Open won by Andre Agassi and Jennifer Capriati
Super Bowl held in Tampa won by Baltimore
Golf Masters won by Tiger Woods (his 2nd win)
Tennis French Open won by Gustavo Kuerten and Jennifer Capriati
Golf US Open won by Retief Goosen
Tennis Wimbledon won by Goran Ivanisevic and Venus Williams
Golf British Open won by David Duval
Golf US PGA won by David Toms
Tennis US Open won by Lleyton Hewitt and Venus Williams
The Baseball World Series won by Arizona Diamondbacks
Also born on June 1st
Marilyn Monroe: movie actress
Mark Curry: TV actor
Audrey Middleton: Reality Star
Morgan Freeman: movie actor
Heidi Klum: model
Costs
a postage stamp: $0.34
a luxury car: $25,850
average house: $210,000
a gallon of milk: $2.85
going to the movies: $5.66
a gallon of gas: $1.46
My birthday
Age in Days: 5,280
Zodiac Sign: Gemini
Chinese Zodiac Sign: Snake
Weather: Sunny, 60 degrees Farenheit
Waxing moon, 78% full