June 1
June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining.
Events
- 193 - Roman Emperor Marcus Didius is assassinated in his palace.
- 1485 - Matthias of Hungary took Vienna in his conquest of Austria (from Frederick III) and made the city his capital.
- 1495 - Friar John Cor records the first known batch of scotch whisky.
- 1533 - Henry VIII of England's new wife, Anne Boleyn, is crowned as queen.
- 1779 - American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold is court-martialed for malfeasance in his treatment of government property.
- 1792 - Kentucky becomes the 15th state in the United States.
- 1796 - Tennessee becomes the 16th state in the United States.
- 1812 - War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the United States Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
- 1813 - The United States Navy gained its motto as the mortally wounded commander of the frigate Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, said, 'Don't give up the ship'.
- 1815 - Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France.
- 1831 - James Clark Ross discovers the position of the North Magnetic Pole on the Boothia Peninsula.
- 1847 - Zeta Psi Fraternity is founded.
- 1855 - American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua and reinstates slavery.
- 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Fair Oaks ends - Both sides claim victory.
- 1869 - Thomas Edison of Boston, Massachusetts, received a patent for his electric voting machine.
- 1879 - Eugene Louis Napoleon, Prince of France killed in the Zulu Wars
- 1890 - The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
- 1898 - The Trans-Mississippi Exposition world's fair opens in Omaha, Nebraska.
- 1909 - The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition world's fair opens in Seattle, Washington.
- 1910 - Robert Falcon Scott's South Pole expedition leaves England
- 1918 - World War I: Battle for Belleau Wood begins -
- 1921 - Tulsa Race Riot: A race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma kills at least 85 people.
- 1922 - Official founding of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
- 1935 - First driving tests introduced in Britain.
- 1938 - Action Comics issues the first Superman comic.
- 1938 - Protective baseball helmets were worn by batters for the very first time.
- 1941 - World War II: Battle of Crete ends - Crete capitulates to Germany.
- 1943 - A civilian flight from Lisbon to London was shot down by the Germans during World War II, killing all aboard, including actor Leslie Howard.
- 1954 - The Peanuts comic strip character Linus van Pelt is shown with a security blanket for the first time.
- 1958 - Charles De Gaulle is brought out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
- 1967 - The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released.
- 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.
- 1974 - Flixborough disaster: An explosion at a chemical plant in Flixborough, UK kills 28 people.
- 1979 - The first black-led government of Rhodesia in 90 years takes power, ousting Ian Smith and changing its name to Zimbabwe
- 1980 - The Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
- 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.
- 2003 - The Peoples Republic of China begins filling the reservoir behind the massive Three Gorges Dam, raising the water level near the dam over 100 meters.
Births
- 1765 - Christiane Vulpius, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's wife (d. 1816)
- 1780 - Carl von Clausewitz, general (d. 1831)
- 1796 - Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, mathematician (d. 1832)
- 1801 - Brigham Young, Mormon church leader, settler, founder of Salt Lake City (d. 1877)
- 1815 - Philip Kearny, general (d. 1862)
- 1826 - Carl Bechstein, piano manufacturer (d. 1900)
- 1831 - John Bell Hood, Confederate general (d. 1879)
- 1843 - Dr Henry Faulds, fingerprinting pioneer (d. 1930)
- 1878 John Masefield, English novelist and Poet Laureate
- 1881 - Charles Kay Ogden, English writer, linguist and creator of Basic English
- 1890 - Frank Morgan, actor (d. 1949)
- 1898 - Molly Picon, actress (d. 1992)
- 1899 - Edward Charles Titchmarsh, mathematician (d. 1963)
- 1901 - John Van Druten, one of the writers of movie Gone With the Wind
- 1921 - Nelson Riddle, Grammy Award-winning orchestra leader, arranger (d. 1985)
- 1922 - Joan Caulfield, actress
- 1924 - Dr. William Sloane Coffin, Jr., radical clergyman
- 1926 - Andy Griffith, actor
- 1926 - Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jean Baker Mortenson) actress (d. 1962)
- 1928 - Georgi Dobrovolski, cosmonaut
- 1930 - Edward Woodward, actor
- 1934 - Pat Boone (Charles Eugene Boone), singer
- 1936 - Gerald Scarfe, British cartoonist and illustrator
- 1937 - Morgan Freeman, actor
- 1939 - Cleavon Little, actor
- 1939 - Jackie Stewart, British Formula One champion
- 1940 - René Auberjonois, actor (M*A*S*H, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
- 1946 - Brian Cox, actor
- 1947 - Jonathan Pryce, British actor
- 1947 - Ron Wood, guitarist, ("The Rolling Stones" and the "Jeff Beck Group")
- 1956 - Lisa Hartman actress
- 1961 - Paul Coffey, hockey star
- 1965 - Nigel Short, chess player
- 1968 - Jason Donovan, actor
- 1970 - Alexi Lalas, football player
- 1973 - Heidi Klum, German supermodel
- 1973 - Derek Lowe, baseball pitcher
- 1974 - Alanis Morissette, singer
- 1977 - Danielle Harris, voice actress
- 1981 - Carlos Zambrano, baseball pitcher
- 1982 - Justine Henin-Hardenne, tennis player
Deaths
- 1846 - Pope Gregory XVI (b. 1765)
- 1868 - James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791)
- 1927 - J. B. Bury, historian (b. 1861)
- 1943 - Leslie Howard, actor (b. 1893)
- 1948 - Sonny Boy Williamson, blues musician
- 1959 - Sax Rohmer, author (b. 1883)
- 1960 - Lester Patrick, ice hockey star (b. 1883)
- 1966 - Papa Jack Laine, jazz musician (b. 1873)
- 1968 - Helen Keller, humanitarian (b. 1880)
- 1980 - Rube Marquard, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1886)
- 1981 - Carl Vinson, United States Congressman (b. 1883)
- 1984 - Nat Nelson, singer
- 1994 - Frances Heflin, soap opera actress (b. 1923)
- 1999 - DeForest Kelley, actor (b. 1920)
- 2001 - Hank Ketcham, creator of Dennis the Menace
- 2001 - King Birendra (b. 1945) and Queen Aiswarya of Nepal, (shot, possibly murdered)
- 2002 - Hansie Cronje, cricketer (b. 1969)
- 2003 - Gerhard Rentzsch, radio play author
Holidays and Observances
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