June 1 (original) (raw)
June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining.
Events
- 1495 - Friar John Cor records the first known batch of scotch whisky
- 1774 - American Revolutionary War: The government of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed
- 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: President James Madison asks the United States Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom
- 1831 - James Clark Ross discovers the position of the North Magnetic Pole on the Boothia Peninsula
- 1840 - Samuel Cunard completes passage of a 700 ton wooden paddlewheel steamer from Liverpool, England to Halifax, Nova Scotia
- 1855 - American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua and reinstates slavery
- 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
- 1922 - Official founding of the Royal Ulster Constabulary
- 1933 - The Century of Progress world's fair opens in Chicago, Illinois
- 1938 - The first Superman comic is published
- 1958 - Canada-wide television broadcasting starts
- 1958 - Charles De Gaulle is brought out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months
- 1966 - First Canadian colour television broadcast
- 1977 - The Soviet Union charges civil rights leader Anatoly Shcharansky with treason
- 1979 - Ninety years of white minority rule ends in Rhodesia; to be known as Zimbabwe-Rhodesia
- 1980 - The Cable News Network begins broadcasting
- 2003 - 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 († 1816)
- 1780 - Carl von Clausewitz, general († 1831)
- 1801 - Brigham Young, Mormon church leader, settler († 1877)
- 1815 - Philip Kearny, general († 1862)
- 1826 - Carl Bechstein, piano manufacturer († 1900)
- 1890 - Frank Morgan, actor († 1949)
- 1898 - Molly Picon, actress († 1992)
- 1921 - Nelson Riddle, band leader († 1985)
- 1924 - Dr. William Sloane Coffin, Jr., radical clergyman
- 1926 - Andy Griffith, actor
- 1926 - Marilyn Monroe, actress († 1962)
- 1928 - Georgi Dobrovolski, cosmonaut
- 1934 - Pat Boone, singer
- 1937 - Morgan Freeman, actor
- 1940 - Ren� Auberjonois, actor
- 1946 - Brian Cox, actor
- 1947 - Ron Wood, guitarist, ("The Rolling Stones" and the "Jeff Beck Group")
- 1965 - Nigel Short, chess player
- 1970 - Alexi Lalas, football player
- 1974 - Alanis Morissette, singer
- 1978 - Danielle Harris, voice actress
Deaths
- 1868 - James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States
- 1943 - Leslie Howard, actor
- 1948 - Sonny Boy Williamson, blues musician
- 1959 - Sax Rohmer, author
- 1960 - Lester Patrick, ice hockey star
- 1968 - Helen Keller, humanitarian
- 1980 - Rube Marquard, Baseball Hall of Famer
- 2001 - Hank Ketcham, creator of Dennis the Menace
- 2001 - King Birendra and Queen Aiswarya of Nepal, (shot, possibly murdererd)
- 2002 - Hansie Cronje, cricketer
- 2003 - Gerhard Rentzsch, radio play author
Holidays and observances
- Commemoration of Justin Martyr (Anglican)
- Roman Empire - Festival in honor of Carna
See Also:
May 31 - June 2 - May 1 - July 1 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July,August, September, October, November, December