On the 1st
of June in previous years, these landmark events occurred:
On the 1st
of June, 1907, Frank Whittle – English aviation engineer and pilot who invented
the jet engine – was born.
On the same
day in 1980, Ted Turner’s Cable News Network, headquartered in Atlanta, began
24-hour live news broadcasts. The CNN gained worldwide attention in 1991 for
its around-the-clock coverage of the Persian Gulf War.
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This day in history: Cable News Network (CNN) and Frank Whittle