On this day — June 1

killing 442 people.

a strong EF3 tornado strikes Springfield, Massachusetts, during the event, killing four people.

It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.

destroying the attraction King Kong Encounter and a large archive of master tapes for music and film, the full extent of which was not revealed until 2019.

becoming the worst recorded natural disaster in Oman.

Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of his family including his father and mother.

A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.

killing 11 people on a flight from Dallas to Little Rock.

Thirteen are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in Dobrinja, west of Sarajevo.

W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production.