On This Day: June 1

8 verified moments happened on June 1. Here they are in the order they actually happened — the same kind of puzzle you solve in Whensly every day.

1. 1925 Lou Gehrig enters as a pinch-hitter for the Yankees, beginning his consecutive-games streakSports · Source: SABR / Baseball Hall of Fame: 'June 1, 1925: Lou Gehrig begins historic consecutive-game streak' (pinch-hit for Pee-Wee Wanninger)
2. 1999🎵 Shawn Fanning launches Napster, the peer-to-peer service that lets people freely share music files online.Technology · Source: Wikipedia, 'Napster'; NPR (Jun 1 1999)
3. 2002⚽ Miroslav Klose heads three goals as Germany crushes Saudi Arabia 8-0 in Sapporo at the World Cup.Soccer · Source: ESPN, 'Germany 8-0 Saudi Arabia'; CNN (Jun 1 2002)
4. 2016🚆 Switzerland inaugurates the Gotthard Base Tunnel beneath the Alps, the longest and deepest railway tunnel on Earth.History · Source: Wikipedia, 'Gotthard Base Tunnel' (Jun 1 2016)
5. 2019 Liverpool beat Tottenham through Salah and Origi to win the Champions League final in Madrid.Sports · Source: Wikipedia, '2019 UEFA Champions League final' (Jun 1 2019)
6. 2019🔴 Mohamed Salah's early penalty and Divock Origi's late strike beat Tottenham in Madrid, giving Liverpool a sixth European crown.Soccer · Source: Wikipedia, '2019 UEFA Champions League final'; ESPN (Jun 1 2019)
7. 2023 Nikola Jokic posts a triple-double in his Finals debut as the Nuggets beat the Heat in Game 1.Sports · Source: ESPN, 'Nuggets 104-93 Heat Game Recap' (Jun 1 2023)
8. 2024🤍 Dani Carvajal and Vinicius Junior score at Wembley as Real Madrid beats Borussia Dortmund for a fifteenth European Cup.Soccer · Source: ESPN; Wikipedia, '2024 UEFA Champions League final' (Jun 1 2024)