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June 1
What happened on this day
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Nepal royal massacre
25 years ago
Crown Prince Dipendra shoots nine members of the royal family in 2001, among them the king and queen; the monarchy never recovers and is abolished seven years later.
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Global Day of Parents
UN day honouring parents around the world.
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Samoa independence
64 years ago
Samoa marks the independence it won from New Zealand in 1962, the first Pacific island nation to shed colonial rule.
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CNN launches
46 years ago
Ted Turner puts the first 24-hour news channel on air in 1980, and news stops being something that happens at six o'clock.
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