WHAT HAPPENED ON 1. JUNE
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Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months. (1. June 1958)

New Zealand's first official television broadcast commences at 7.30 pm from Auckland. (1. June 1960)

The Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting concludes, among other things, that the British public did not want commercial radio broadcasting. (1. June 1962)

Kenya gains internal self-rule (Madaraka Day). (1. June 1963)

Flixborough disaster: an explosion at a chemical plant kills 28 people. (1. June 1974)

The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine. (1. June 1974)

The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed. (1. June 1978)

The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power. (1. June 1979)

Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting. (1. June 1980)

George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production. (1. June 1990)

Dobrinja mortar attack: 13 are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in Dobrinja, west of Sarajevo. (1. June 1993)

American Airlines Flight 1420 slides and crashes while landing at Little Rock National Airport, killing 11 people on a flight from Dallas to Little Rock. (1. June 1999)

Nepalese royal massacre: Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of his family including his father and mother, King Birendra of Nepal and Queen Aiswarya. (1. June 2001)

Dolphinarium massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv. (1. June 2001)

The People's Republic of China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam. (1. June 2003)

Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed. (1. June 2009)

General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history. (1. June 2009)

A rare tornado outbreak occurs in New England; a strong EF3 tornado strikes Springfield, Massachusetts, during the event, killing four people. (1. June 2011)

The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental jumbo jet aircraft is introduced with Lufthansa. (1. June 2012)