Today is Saturday, June 1, the 152nd day of 2002. There are 213 days left in the year.

On this date

<*In 1792, Kentucky became the 15th state of the union.

In 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state.

In 1813, the commander of the US frigate Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, said, “Don’t give up the ship” during a losing battle with a British frigate.

In 1967, the Beatles released their album, “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”.

In 1977, the Soviet Union formally charged Jewish human rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky with treason. (Shcharansky was imprisoned, then released in 1986.)

In 1980, Cable News Network made its debut.

Thought for Today

“Chi parla troppo non puo parlar sempre bene.” (He who talks much cannot always talk well.) — Carlo Goldoni, Italian dramatist (1707-1793).