By The Associated Press
                  - Today is Tuesday, June 1, the 152nd day of 1999. There are 213 days
                    left in the year.

                  - On June 1, 1813 the U.S. Navy gained its motto as Capt. James
                    Lawrence, commander of the U.S. frigate "Chesapeake," said, "Don't
                    give up the ship" during a losing battle with a British frigate.
                  - In 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state of the union.
                  - In 1796 Tennessee became the 16th state.
                  - In 1868 James Buchanan, the 15th president of the U.S., died near
                    Lancaster, Pa.
                  - In 1943 a civilian flight from Lisbon to London was shot down by the
                    Germans during World War II, killing all aboard, including actor
                    Leslie Howard.
                  - In 1958 Charles de Gaulle became premier of France.
                  - In 1968 author-lecturer Helen Keller, who earned a college degree
                    despite being blind and deaf almost all of her life, died in
                    Westport, Conn.
                  - In 1980 Cable News Network made its debut.
                  - In 1997 Betty Shabazz, the widow of Malcolm X, was fatally burned in
                    a fire set by her 12-year-old grandson in her apartment in Yonkers,
                    N.Y.
                  - Ten years ago former Sunday school teacher John E. List, sought for
                    18 years in the slayings of his mother, wife and three children in
                    Westfield, N. J., was arrested in Richmond, Va. List was later
                    sentenced to life in prison.
                  - Five years ago President Clinton embarked on a European trip that
                    included commemorating the 50th anniversary of D-Day; his first stop
                    was Italy.
                  - One year ago President Clinton abruptly abandoned his executive
                    privilege claim in the Monica Lewinsky investigation, reducing the
                    prospect of a quick Supreme Court review of a dispute over the
                    testimony of presidential aides. Thousands of refugees from Serbia's
                    Kosovo province streamed into neighboring Albania to escape deadly
                    fighting.

                  *Happy Birthday*
                  - Actor Richard Erdman is 74.
                  - Actor Andy Griffith is 73.
                  - Actor Edward Woodward is 69.
                  - Actor Pat Corley is 69.
                  - Singer Pat Boone is 65.
                  - Actor-writer-director Peter Masterson is 65.
                  - Actor Morgan Freeman is 62.
                  - Actor Rene Auberjonois is 59.
                  - Opera singer Frederica von Stade is 54.
                  - Actor Brian Cox is 53.
                  - Rock musician Ron Wood is 52.
                  - Actor Jonathan Pryce is 52.
                  - Actor Powers Boothe is 50.
                  - Actress Gemma Craven is 49.
                  - Singer Graham Russell (Air Supply) is 49.
                  - Country singer Ronnie Dunn (Brooks and Dunn) is 46.
                  - Actress Lisa Hartman Black is 43.
                  - Singer-musician Alan Wilder (formerly with Depeche Mode) is 40.
                  - Rock musician Simon Gallup (The Cure) is 39.
                  - Singer Alanis Morrissette is 25.