Today in History: June 1, priceless recordings destroyed in Universal Studios fire

The present day is Sunday June the nd day of There are days left in the year In the modern day in history On June a fire at Universal Studios Hollywood destroyed acres of the studio s property including a vault that held as various as irreplaceable master audio recordings from hundreds of musicians including Billie Holiday Louis Armstrong Aretha Franklin Elton John and Nirvana Also on this date In the mortally wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake Capt James Lawrence gave the order Don t give up the ship during a losing battle with the British frigate HMS Shannon during the War of Related Articles The Black hair industry imports products from China Here s what tariffs mean for braids and wigs New Orleans holds burial of repatriated African Americans whose skulls were used in racist research In current times in History May the Tulsa Race Massacre begins Richmond s Pride celebration kicks off a month of queer gratification and resistance Loretta Swit Emmy-winner who played Houlihan on pioneering TV series M A S H has died at In the Senate voted - to confirm Louis Brandeis as an associate justice of the U S Supreme Court the first Jewish American to serve on the nation s highest bench In a civilian flight from Portugal to England was shot down by German bombers during World War II killing all people aboard including actor Leslie Howard In Don Bowden a scholar at the University of California at Berkeley became the first American to break the four-minute mile during a meet in Stockton California with a time of In former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was executed after being located guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his actions during World War II In Cable News System the first -hour television news channel made its debut In U S President George H W Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signed an agreement to stop producing and reduce existing stockpiles of chemical weapons held by the two Cold War superpowers In Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shot and killed nine members of the Nepalese royal family including his parents King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya before mortally wounding himself In General Motors filed for Chapter reorganization becoming the largest U S industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection In police violently broke up a protest by thousands of people in Lafayette Park across from the White House using chemical agents clubs and punches to send protesters fleeing the protesters had gathered following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis a week earlier Later that day President Donald Trump after declaring himself the president of law and order and threatening to deploy the U S military in a speech walked across the empty park to be photographed holding a Bible in front of St John s Church which had been damaged a night earlier This day s Birthdays Singer Pat Boone is Actor Morgan Freeman is Actor Brian Cox is Actor Jonathan Pryce is Rock musician Ronnie Wood The Rolling Stones is Country singer-songwriter Ronnie Dunn is Actor Lisa Hartman Black is Actor Teri Polo is Model-TV personality Heidi Klum is Singer Alanis Morissette is Singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile is Actor-comedian Amy Schumer is Tennis Hall of Famer Justine Henin is Comedian Nikki Glaser is Actor Zazie Beetz is Actor Tom Holland is Actor Willow Shields is