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June 1 is the 152 nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (153rd in Leap Year s), with 213 days remaining.
Events
- 193 - Roman Emperor Marcus Didius is Assassin ated in his palace.
- has to waive his right to the Duchies of Austria and Styria .
- 1485 - Matthias of Hungary takes Vienna in his conquest of Austria (from Frederick III ) and makes 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 .
- 1660 - Mary Dyer is hanged in Boston, Massachusetts , for defying a law banning Quakers from the colony. She is considered by some to be the last religious Martyr in what would become the United States .
- is Court-martial ed for Malfeasance in his treatment of government property.
- 1792 - Kentucky becomes the 15th State of the United States .
- 1796 - Tennessee becomes the 16th State of the United States .
- asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom .
- 1813 - The United States Navy gains its motto as the mortally wounded commander of the frigate USS ''Chesapeake'' , Capt. James Lawrence , cries out, "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 .
- 1855 - American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua and reinstates Slavery .
- ends, with both sides claiming victory.
- 1869 - Thomas Edison of Boston, Massachusetts , receives a patent for his Electric Voting Machine .
- 1879 - Napoleon Eugene , Prince of France, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War .
- 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 , United States .
- takes 17 wickets for 48 runs against Northamptonshire at Northampton in one day. It is the best analysis ever recorded either for a county cricket match or a single day's bowling, and not bettered in First-class Cricket until 1956 .
- 1909 - The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition World's Fair opens in Seattle, Washington , United States .
- 1910 - Robert Falcon Scott 's South Pole expedition leaves England.
- begins.
- in Tulsa, Oklahoma leads to an official death toll of 39 -- but a commission authorized by the Oklahoma State Legislature in 1997 concludes that the actual toll may be 150-300.
- 1922 - Official founding of the Royal Ulster Constabulary .
- 1925 - Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees plays the first game in his record streak of 2,130 consecutive games, an endurance record in Major League Baseball that stands until Cal Ripken, Jr. breaks it in 1995 .
- 1935 - First driving tests are introduced in Britain.
- s are worn by batters for the very first time.
- ends as Crete capitulates to Germany .
- after being forced to bury the exterminated bodies.
- 1943 - A civilian flight from Lisbon to London is shot down by the German s during World War II , killing all aboard, including actor Leslie Howard .
- 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
- 1967 - Don Dunstan becomes Premier of South Australia
- , UK , kills 28 people.
- 1978 - The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.
- 1979 - The first black-led government of Rhodesia in 90 years takes power, ousting Ian Smith and changing the country's 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.
- 2000 - The multilateral Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is signed.
- 2001 - Crown Prince Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal slaughters his family during a royal dinner. Diprenda was also shot, and was proclaimed king in his hospital bed, dying three days later.
: - Creativity And Innovation Day or ''CID/Idea Week project'' was founded.
Births
- 1076 - Prince Mstislav Of Kiev (d. 1132 )
- 1300 - Thomas Of Brotherton, 1st Earl Of Norfolk , son of Edward I Of England (d. 1338 )
- 1480 - Tiedemann Giese , Polish Catholic bishop (d. 1550 )
- 1503 - Wilhelm Von Grumbach , German adventurer (d. 1567 )
- 1563 - Robert Cecil, 1st Earl Of Salisbury , English statesman and spymaster (d. 1612 )
- 1633 - Geminiano Montanari , Italian astronomer (d. 1687 )
- 1653 - Georg Muffat , French composer (d. 1704 )
- 1675 - Francesco Scipione, Marchese Di Maffei , Italian archaeologist (d. 1755 )
- 1771 - Ferdinando Paer , Italian composer (d. 1839 )
- 1780 - Carl Von Clausewitz , Prussian general (d. 1831 )
- 1790 - Ferdinand Raimund , Austrian playwright (d. 1836 )
- 1796 - Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot , French mathematician (d. 1832 )
- 1801 - Brigham Young , Mormon church leader and American western settler (d. 1877 )
- 1804 - Mikhail Glinka , Russian composer (d. 1857 )
- 1815 - Philip Kearny , American general (d. 1862 )
- 1815 - King Otto Of Greece (d. 1862 )
- 1831 - John Bell Hood , American Confederate general (d. 1879 )
- 1843 - Dr. Henry Faulds , Scottish fingerprinting pioneer (d. 1930 )
- 1878 - John Masefield , English novelist and poet (d. 1967 )
- 1879 - Napoléon Eugène Louis John Joseph , called Napoleon IV, the only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France (b. 1856 )
- 1881 - Charles Kay Ogden , English writer and linguist (d. 1957 )
- 1890 - Frank Morgan , American actor (d. 1949 )
- 1898 - Molly Picon , American actress (d. 1992 )
- 1899 - Edward Charles Titchmarsh , English mathematician (d. 1963 )
- 1901 - John Van Druten , English screen writer (d. 1957 )
- 1915 - John Randolph , American actor (d. 2004 )
- 1917 - William S. Knowles , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1921 - Nelson Riddle , American orchestra leader and arranger (d. 1985 )
- 1922 - Povel Ramel , Swedish musician
- 1924 - Dr. William Sloane Coffin , Jr., American clergyman
- 1926 - Andy Griffith , American actor
- 1926 - Marilyn Monroe , American actress (d. 1962 )
- 1928 - Georgi Dobrovolski , cosmonaut
- 1928 - Bob Monkhouse , English comedian and game show host (d. 2003 )
- 1930 - Edward Woodward , English actor
- 1933 - Charles Wilson , American politician
- 1934 - Pat Boone ( Charles Eugene Boone ), American singer
- 1936 - Gerald Scarfe , British cartoonist and illustrator
- 1937 - Morgan Freeman , American actor
- 1939 - Cleavon Little , American actor (d. 1992 )
- 1939 - Jackie Stewart , British race car driver
- 1940 - René Auberjonois , American actor
- 1940 - Kip Thorne , American physicist
- 1945 - Frederica Von Stade , American mezzo-soprano
- 1946 - Brian Cox , Scottish actor
- 1947 - Jonathan Pryce , British actor
- 1947 - Ron Wood , English guitarist, ( Jeff Beck Group , The Faces , and The Rolling Stones )
- 1956 - Lisa Hartman American actress
- 1958 - Ahron Bregman , Author and Journalist, Arab-Israeli conflict
- 1959 - Martin Brundle , British race car driver
- 1960 - Simon Gallup , English Bass guitarist, ( The Cure )
- 1961 - Paul Coffey , Canadian hockey player
- 1963 - Mike Joyce , drummer, The Smiths
- 1964 - Mark Curry , American comedian and actor
- 1965 - Nigel Short , English chess player
- 1965 - Larisa Lazutina , Russian cross-country skier
- 1967 - Roger Sanchez , Dance Dj
- 1968 - Jason Donovan , Australian actor
- 1970 - Alexi Lalas , American football player
- 1973 - Adam Garcia , Australian actor
- 1973 - Heidi Klum , German model
- 1973 - Derek Lowe , American baseball player
- 1974 - Alanis Morissette , Canadian singer
- 1975 - James Storm , American professional wrestler
- 1977 - Danielle Harris , American voice actress
- 1980 - Oliver James , British actor
- 1981 - Carlos Zambrano , Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
- 1981 - Smush Parker , American basketball player
- 1982 - Justine Henin-Hardenne , Belgian tennis player
Deaths
- 195 BC - Gaozu Of Han of China
- 193 - Marcus Severus Didius Julianus , Roman Emperor (b. 133 )
- 1434 - King Wladislaus II Of Poland
- 1571 - John Story , English Catholic (martyred)
- 1616 - Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543 )
- 1625 - Honoré D'Urfé , French writer (b. 1568 )
- 1639 - Melchior Franck , German composer
- 1660 - Mary Dyer , English Quaker (hanged)
- 1710 - David Mitchell , British admiral (b. 1642 )
- 1740 - Samuel Werenfels , Swiss theologian (b. 1657 )
- 1769 - Edward Holyoke , American President of Harvard University (b. 1689 )
- 1795 - Pierre-Joseph Desault , French anatomist and surgeon (b. 1744 )
- 1815 - Louis Alexandre Berthier , French marshal (b. 1853 )
- 1823 - Louis Nicolas Davout , French marshal (b. 1770 )
- 1826 - Jean Frédéric Oberlin , Alsatian pastor and philanthropist (b. 1740 )
- 1841 - David Wilkie , Scottish artist (b. 1785 )
- 1846 - Pope Gregory XVI (b. 1765 )
- 1864 - Hong Xiuquan , Chinese rebel (b. 1812 )
- 1868 - James Buchanan , 15th President Of The United States (b. 1791 )
- 1873 - Joseph Howe , Canadian politican (b. 1804 )
- 1876 - Hristo Botev , Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1848 )
- 1927 - J. B. Bury , Irish historian (b. 1861 )
- 1941 - Hans Berger , German neuroscientist (b. 1873 )
- 1943 - Leslie Howard , English actor (b. 1893 )
- 1946 - Ion Antonescu , Prime Minister Of Romania (b. 1882 )
- 1948 - Sonny Boy Williamson I , American musician (b. 1914 )
- 1954 - Martin Andersen Nexø , Danish writer (b. 1869 )
- 1959 - Sax Rohmer , English author (b. 1883 )
- 1960 - Lester Patrick , Canadian hockey player (b. 1883 )
- 1961 - Adolf Eichmann , Nazi official (b. 1906 )
- 1965 - Earl "Curly" Lambeau , American football coach (b. 1898 )
- 1966 - Papa Jack Laine , American musician (b. 1873 )
- 1968 - Helen Keller , American humanitarian (b. 1880 )
- 1969 - Ivar Ballangrud , Norwegian speed skater (b. 1904 )
- 1971 - Reinhold Niebuhr , American theologian (b. 1892 )
- 1973 - Mary Kornman , American actress (b. 1915 )
- 1979 - Werner Forssmann , German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1904 )
- 1980 - Rube Marquard , baseball player (b. 1886 )
- 1981 - Carl Vinson , U.S. Congressman (b. 1883 )
- 1994 - Frances Heflin , American actress (b. 1923 )
- 1998 - Darwin Joston , American actor (b. 1937 )
- 1999 - Christopher Sydney Cockerell , British engineer and inventor (b. 1910 )
- 2001 - Queen Aiswarya of Nepal (shot) (b. 1949 )
- 2001 - King Birendra Of Nepal (assassinated) (b. 1945 )
- 2001 - Hank Ketcham , American cartoonist (b. 1920 )
- 2002 - Hansie Cronje , South African cricketer (b. 1969 )
- 2004 - William Manchester , American writer (b. 1922 )
- 2005 - George Mikan , American basketball player (b. 1924 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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