What happend on 1st June

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02.06
2005

The Dutch referendum on the European Constitution results in its rejection.

2003

The People's Republic of China begins filling the reservoir behind the massive Three Gorges Dam, raising the water level near the dam over 100 metres.

2001

Crown Prince Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal slaughters his family during a royal dinner. Diprenda was also shot, and was proclaimed king in his hospital bed, dying three days later.

2000

The multilateral Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is signed.

1990

U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production and start destroying each of their nation's stockpiles.

1980

The Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.

1979

The first black-led government of Rhodesia in 90 years takes power, ousting Ian Smith and changing the country's name to Zimbabwe.

1978

The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.

1974

Flixborough disaster: An explosion at a chemical plant in Flixborough, UK, kills 28 people.

1971

Vietnam War: Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace, claiming to represent the majority of U.S. veterans who served in Southeast Asia, speak against war protests.