A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on June 1 throughout history.
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Peking [Beijing], then a city of over one million, under the control of Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured and looted for a month by the Mongols under Genghis Khan
Flemish physician Andreas Vesalius publishes "De humani corporis fabrica (On the fabric of the human body in seven books)" a major step forward in understanding human anatomy [date is representative as exact date of publication unknown]
The Scanian War (Danish: den Skånske Krig; Norwegian: den skånske krig; Swedish: Skånska kriget; German: Schonischer Krieg) was a part of the Northern Wars involving the union of Denmark–Norway,...
Boston Port Act: Following the passage of the act, the British government orders Port of Boston closed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party
European Central Bank is founded in Brussels to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy
The Cable News Network (CNN), is an American basic cable and satellite television channel owned by the CNN Worldwide division of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Simon & Garfunkel's single "Mrs. Robinson" from "The Graduate" hits #1 (first rock song to win a Grammy for Record of the Year)
Ridden by outstanding English jockey Fred Archer, Iroquois wins the Epsom Derby to become the first American-owned and bred horse to win a European classic race
Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years.
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist.
Businessman Howard Hughes marries 1st wife Ella Rice
Michael Gerard Tyson is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1985 and 2024.
Guns N' Roses drummer Matthew Sorum files to divorce Kai
Hugh Capet (French: Hugues Capet [yɡ kapɛ]; c. 941 – 24 October 996) was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder of and first king from the House of Capet.
John (Christmastide 1166/7 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216.
Albert I, son of Rudolf I of Hapsburg made sole ruler of the Duchies of Austria and Styria under Treaty of Rheinfelden, removing his brother Rudolph II as co-ruler (leads later to Rudolph's son murdering his uncle)
Pope Pius II opens the Council of Mantua to call for a new crusade against the Ottoman Empire - crusade never amounts to much (Council disbanded January 1560)
Vladislaus II, also known as Vladislav, Władysław or Wladislas (Hungarian: II. Ulászló; Czech: Vladislav Jagellonský; Croatian: Vladislav II. Jagelović; Slovak: Vladislav II.
First written record of Scotch whisky appears in the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Friar John Cor is listed as the distiller
Duke of Alva oversees beheading of 18 nobles in Brussels as part of Council of Troubles/Council of Blood
Valse Dimitri forms his 2nd Russian anti-government
1st earthquake recorded in US, at Plymouth, Massachusetts
France and Portugal sign anti-Spanish covenant
Russian Tsar Alexis throws English merchants out of Moscow
1st Quakers arrives in New Amsterdam (NY)
Mary Dyer was an English and colonial American Puritan-turned-Quaker who was hanged in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, for repeatedly defying a Puritan law banning Quakers from the colony due to...
The Battle of Drumclog was fought on 1 June 1679, between a group of Covenanters and the forces of John Graham of Claverhouse, at Drumclog, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
French troops conquer Antwerp
The 1st United States Congress, comprising the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, met from March 4, 1789, to March 4, 1791, during the first two years of George...
Kentucky (US: , UK: ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Glorious First of June; first naval battle between Britain (under Admiral Lord Howe) and France (Vice-Admiral Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse) during French Revolutionary Wars. Britain gains tactical win.
Last of Britain's troops withdraws from USA
Allardyce Barclay begins a bet of walking 1 mile every hour for 1,000 hours. Each hour he walked a mile round trip from his home
Captain John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship"
Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who explored both the North and South Poles.
HMS Beagle for anchor in Port Famine, Magallanes Street
6th national black convention (Philadelphia)
It snows in Buffalo and Rochester, NY, and Cleveland, Ohio
Homing pigeon completes 11,000 km trip (Namibia-London) in 55 days
US adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery
Les Fleurs du mal is a volume of French poetry by Charles Baudelaire. Les Fleurs du mal includes nearly all of Baudelaire's poetry, written from 1840 until his death in August 1867.
The Battle of Fairfax Court House was the first land engagement of the American Civil War with fatal casualties.
2nd/last day of battle at Fair Oaks/7 Pines Virginia (11,165 casualties)
The Valley campaigns of 1864 began as operations initiated by Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S.
The General Dutch Typographers' Union (Dutch: Algemene Nederlandse Typografenbond, ANTB) was an early trade union, representing typographers in the Netherlands. The union was founded on 30 May 1866,...
The Constitution of the State of Texas is the document that establishes the structure and function of the government of the U.S. state of Texas and enumerates the basic rights of its citizens.
Charles Albanel's expedition sets off for Hudson Bay overland accompanied by sixteen Amerindian canoeists (they will be the first Europeans to reach it overland about 25 days later) [1]
The Society of American Artists was an American artists group. It was formed in 1877 by artists who felt the National Academy of Design did not adequately meet their needs, and was too...
New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound.
Bell Phone opens 1st Dutch telephone exchange
The railroads of the Southern United States convert 11,000 miles of track from a five foot rail gauge to standard gauge, beginning May 31
California gets its 1st seismograph
US census at 62,622,250
Falstaff is a comic opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian-language libretto was adapted by Arrigo Boito from the play The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from...
Hotelier Caesar Ritz opens the Ritz Hotel in Paris, the first hotel with electricity on every floor and separate bathrooms [1]
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
-27°F (-33°C), Sarmiento, Argentina (South American record)
John Krohn begins walk around perimeter of US, which took 357 days
The Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition, acronym AYP or AYPE, was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909 publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest.
Sportclub Enschede soccer club forms in Enschede, Netherlands; merge with Enschedese Boys to form FC Twente in 1965
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 9.1 million people in 2024.
Dutch soccer club Stormvogels forms in Ijmuiden; merges with VSV to form Telstar in 1963
The Serbian government concludes a ten-year treaty with Greece against Bulgaria; Serbia wishes to pursue Macedonian aspirations with Greece's help
US Senate confirms Louis Brandeis for the Supreme Court of the United States, by a vote of 47 to 22, over 4 months after his nomination
Boston Braves first baseman Hank Gowdy is first active MLB player to enlist for service in World War I; only player to fight in both World War I & II
Wiesbaden is the capital of the German state of Hesse, and the second-largest Hessian city after Frankfurt am Main. With around 283,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's 24th-largest city.
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to...
New York Giants rout Philadelphia Phillies, 22-5 at the Baker Bowl; first time in 20th century a MLB team has scored in every inning
Ignacy Mocicki elected President of Poland
The Peace Bridge is an international bridge over the Niagara River between Canada and the United States, located just north of the river's source at the east end of Lake Erie about 20 kilometres...
A Century of Progress International Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, from 1933 to 1934.
"Lux Radio Theater" moved from NYC to Hollywood
Comiskey Park was a ballpark in Chicago, Illinois, located in the Armour Square neighborhood on the near-south side of the city.
British submarine "Thetis" sinks in Liverpool Bay with all 99 aboard
Coffee & tea rationed in Holland
Major General Bernard Montgomery returns to London
12.59" (31.98 cm) rainfall, in Burlington, Kansas (state 24-hr record)
Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 1893 – 1 June 1943) was an English actor, director, producer and writer.
WLB-AM in Minneapolis Minn changes call letters to KUOM
OPA, which issued WW II rationing coupons, disbands
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
Cyrenaica ( SY-rə-NAY-ik-ə-,-SIRR-ə) or Kyrenaika, is the eastern region of Libya.
WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
1st self-contained titanium plant opens (Henderson Nevada)
KSEE (channel 24) is a television station in Fresno, California, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside CBS affiliate KGPE (channel 47).
Czech distance runner Emile Zatopek breaks his own 10,000m world record, clocking 28:54.2 in Brussels, Belgium
Habib Bourguiba (3 August 1903 – 6 April 2000) was a Tunisian politician and statesman who served as the prime minister of the Kingdom of Tunisia from 1956 to 1957, and then as the first president of...
Don Bowden becomes first American to run a sub-4 minute mile (3:58.7) at the Pacific Association AAU Meet in Stockton, California
Belgian christian-democrats win parliamentary election
The Tunisian Constitution of 1959 was promulgated on 1 June 1959. The application of the text was suspended following the Tunisian Revolution, a Constituent Assembly being elected on 23 October 2011...
WDTV TV channel 5 in Clarksburg-Weston, West Vrirginia (CBS) begins broadcasting
FM multiplex stereo broadcasting 1st heard
OSCAR 1 (Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio 1, also known as OSCAR 1) is the first amateur radio satellite launched by Project OSCAR into low Earth orbit.
"El Watusi" by Ray Barreto hits #17
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
Arno Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson at Bell Labs detect 3°K primordial background radiation - helping confirm The Big Bang theory (1978 Nobel Prize) [1]
2,400 people attend White House Conference on Civil Rights
Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio & TV
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is an organization enabling the co-operation of leading oil-producing and oil-dependent countries in order to collectively influence the global...
Jim Stafford is the 1974 debut album from American singer Jim Stafford. It was issued subsequent to the release of the first two singles. The LP reached No. 55 on the U.S. Top LPs chart.
Events from the year 1976 in the United Kingdom. This year is notable for the prolonged drought and subsequent heat wave.
The British Virgin Islands (BVI), officially the Virgin Islands, are a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, to the east of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands and north-west of Anguilla.
England cricket fast bowler Chris Old becomes only third man to capture 4 wickets in 5 balls in a Test, as Pakistan dismissed for 164 in 1st Test at Edgbaston; Old 5 for 70
ANC sets fire to Sasol oil installations in South Africa
Jaffna Public Library, repository of Tamil culture and one of the largest libraries in Asia, is burnt to the ground by a Sinhalese crowd
Douglas H Mitchell, QC of Calgary becomes 6th CFL Commissioner
The 40th Annual Tony Awards ceremony was held on June 1, 1986, at the Minskoff Theatre and was broadcast by CBS television.
The Morton Downey Jr. Show is a syndicated American talk show presented by Morton Downey Jr. that ran from 1987 to 1989.
The 62nd annual Scripps National Spelling Bee was held on May 31 – June 1, 1989. in Washington, D.C. It was won by Scott Isaacs, a 14-year-old eighth grader, sponsored by the Rocky Mountain News of...
Cowboy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
E Lamps (20 year lightbulb) introduced
Brooklyn NY begins recycling
FX (originally/formerly Fox Extended) is an American pay television channel owned by FX Networks, a division of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company.
The 68th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held on May 31 and June 1, 1995, at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the E.W. Scripps Company.
10th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $5,400,186
Australian Susie Maroney becomes first person to swim from Mexico to Cuba across shark and jellyfish-infested waters of the Yucatan Straits; swims 123-miles in 38 hours 33 minutes in a cage
The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is a treaty adopted by the World Intellectual Property Organization signed on 1 June 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland, by 53 States and the European Patent Organisation (an...
Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, King of Nepal (1972-2001), assassinated by his son Dipendra in the Nepalese Royal Massacre at 55 [1]
The Three Gorges Dam, officially known as Yangtze River Three Gorges Water Conservancy Project is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River near Sandouping in Yiling District, Yichang,...
A consultative referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe was held in the Netherlands on 1 June 2005 to decide whether the government should ratify the proposed Constitution of...
A fire at the backlot of Universal Studios Hollywood destroys several icons from movies, such as Courthouse Square, the clock tower from Back to the Future, and the King Kong exhibit on the studio tour.
Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew were killed.
Johan Santana throws first no-hitter in the New York Mets' 50-year MLB history when he beats the St. Louis Cardinals, 8 - 0
Cruise ship carrying 458 people capsizes on Yangtze River, less than 50 survive
Switzerland’s Gotthard Base Tunnel is completed, the world’s longest at 57 km and at a cost of €11 billion, the most expensive
Mexican-American boxer Andy Ruiz Jr produces a huge upset when he stops English champion Anthony Joshua in 7 at Madison Square Garden; wins IBF, WBO, IBO and WBA world heavyweight titles
US President Trump threatens to employ the military to quell protests across the country sparked by the death of George Floyd then walks with staff to St. John’s Church
Malaysia begins a full two-week lockdown as COVID-19 cases surge with record 9,020 news cases recorded May 29
The name for the country Turkey is derived (via Old French Turquie) from the Medieval Latin Turchia, Turquia, from Medieval Greek Τουρκία, itself being Τούρκος (borrowed into Latin as Turcus, 'A...
US Congress passes bipartisan legislation raising $31.4 trillion debt ceiling avoiding a default, after deal struck between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy [1]
World's largest-ever election ends in India after six weeks with 642 million people voting in the country's general election, including a record 312 million women [1]
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer, known for french physicist and engineer, was born on 1796-06-01. Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot was a French military engineer and physicist.
Brigham Young, American religious leader, known for american religious leader, was born on 1801-06-01.
John Hunt Morgan, American confederate army general of the american civil war, known for confederate army general of the american civil war, was born on 1825-06-01.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian oligarch and mercenary leader, known for russian oligarch and mercenary leader, was born on 1961-06-01.
Jeffrey Hawkins is born
Marilyn Monroe, American actress and model, known for american actress and model, was born on 1926-06-01.
Morgan Freeman, American actor and producer, known for american actor and producer, was born on 1938-06-01. Morgan Freeman is an American actor, producer, and narrator.
Brian Cox, Scottish actor, known for scottish actor, was born on 1947-06-01. Brian Denis Cox is a Scottish actor.
Heidi Klum, American german-american model and tv host, known for german-american model and tv host, was born on 1974-06-01.
Amy Schumer, American comedian and actress, known for american comedian and actress, was born on 1982-06-01.
Tom Holland, English actor, known for english actor, was born on 1997-06-01. Thomas Stanley Holland is an English actor.
Alanis Morissette, American musician, known for canadian and american musician, was born on 1975-06-01.
Paul Coffey, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1962-06-01.
Justine Henin, Belgian athlete, known for belgian former tennis player, was born on 1983-06-01. Justine Henin is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No.
John Van Druten, English actor and playwright, known for english actor and playwright, was born on 1901-06-01.
Markus Persson, Swedish video game programmer, known for swedish video game programmer, was born on 1980-06-01.
James Gordon Bennett publisher, known for american publisher, died on 1872-06-01. James Gordon Bennett Jr. (May 10, 1841 – May 14, 1918) was an American publisher.
Helen Keller, American author and activist, known for american author and activist, died on 1968-06-01.
George Mikan basketball player, known for american basketball player, died on 2005-06-01. George Lawrence Mikan Jr. (June 18, 1924 – June 1, 2005), nicknamed "Mr.
Hugh Capet (French: Hugues Capet [yɡ kapɛ]; c. 941 – 24 October 996) was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder of and first king from the House of Capet.
John (Christmastide 1166/7 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216.
Peking [Beijing], then a city of over one million, under the control of Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured and looted for a month by the Mongols under Genghis Khan
Albert I, son of Rudolf I of Hapsburg made sole ruler of the Duchies of Austria and Styria under Treaty of Rheinfelden, removing his brother Rudolph II as co-ruler (leads later to Rudolph's son murdering his uncle)
Pope Pius II opens the Council of Mantua to call for a new crusade against the Ottoman Empire - crusade never amounts to much (Council disbanded January 1560)
Vladislaus II, also known as Vladislav, Władysław or Wladislas (Hungarian: II. Ulászló; Czech: Vladislav Jagellonský; Croatian: Vladislav II. Jagelović; Slovak: Vladislav II.
First written record of Scotch whisky appears in the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Friar John Cor is listed as the distiller
Flemish physician Andreas Vesalius publishes "De humani corporis fabrica (On the fabric of the human body in seven books)" a major step forward in understanding human anatomy [date is representative as exact date of publication unknown]
Duke of Alva oversees beheading of 18 nobles in Brussels as part of Council of Troubles/Council of Blood
Valse Dimitri forms his 2nd Russian anti-government
1st earthquake recorded in US, at Plymouth, Massachusetts
France and Portugal sign anti-Spanish covenant
Russian Tsar Alexis throws English merchants out of Moscow
1st Quakers arrives in New Amsterdam (NY)
Mary Dyer was an English and colonial American Puritan-turned-Quaker who was hanged in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, for repeatedly defying a Puritan law banning Quakers from the colony due to...
The Scanian War (Danish: den Skånske Krig; Norwegian: den skånske krig; Swedish: Skånska kriget; German: Schonischer Krieg) was a part of the Northern Wars involving the union of Denmark–Norway,...
The Battle of Drumclog was fought on 1 June 1679, between a group of Covenanters and the forces of John Graham of Claverhouse, at Drumclog, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
French troops conquer Antwerp
Boston Port Act: Following the passage of the act, the British government orders Port of Boston closed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party
The 1st United States Congress, comprising the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, met from March 4, 1789, to March 4, 1791, during the first two years of George...
Kentucky (US: , UK: ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Glorious First of June; first naval battle between Britain (under Admiral Lord Howe) and France (Vice-Admiral Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse) during French Revolutionary Wars. Britain gains tactical win.
Last of Britain's troops withdraws from USA
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer, known for french physicist and engineer, was born on 1796-06-01. Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot was a French military engineer and physicist.
Brigham Young, American religious leader, known for american religious leader, was born on 1801-06-01.
Allardyce Barclay begins a bet of walking 1 mile every hour for 1,000 hours. Each hour he walked a mile round trip from his home
Captain John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship"
John Hunt Morgan, American confederate army general of the american civil war, known for confederate army general of the american civil war, was born on 1825-06-01.
Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who explored both the North and South Poles.
HMS Beagle for anchor in Port Famine, Magallanes Street
6th national black convention (Philadelphia)
It snows in Buffalo and Rochester, NY, and Cleveland, Ohio
Homing pigeon completes 11,000 km trip (Namibia-London) in 55 days
US adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery
Les Fleurs du mal is a volume of French poetry by Charles Baudelaire. Les Fleurs du mal includes nearly all of Baudelaire's poetry, written from 1840 until his death in August 1867.
The Battle of Fairfax Court House was the first land engagement of the American Civil War with fatal casualties.
2nd/last day of battle at Fair Oaks/7 Pines Virginia (11,165 casualties)
The Valley campaigns of 1864 began as operations initiated by Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S.
The General Dutch Typographers' Union (Dutch: Algemene Nederlandse Typografenbond, ANTB) was an early trade union, representing typographers in the Netherlands. The union was founded on 30 May 1866,...
The Constitution of the State of Texas is the document that establishes the structure and function of the government of the U.S. state of Texas and enumerates the basic rights of its citizens.
Charles Albanel's expedition sets off for Hudson Bay overland accompanied by sixteen Amerindian canoeists (they will be the first Europeans to reach it overland about 25 days later) [1]
James Gordon Bennett publisher, known for american publisher, died on 1872-06-01. James Gordon Bennett Jr. (May 10, 1841 – May 14, 1918) was an American publisher.
The Society of American Artists was an American artists group. It was formed in 1877 by artists who felt the National Academy of Design did not adequately meet their needs, and was too...
New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound.
Ridden by outstanding English jockey Fred Archer, Iroquois wins the Epsom Derby to become the first American-owned and bred horse to win a European classic race
Bell Phone opens 1st Dutch telephone exchange
The railroads of the Southern United States convert 11,000 miles of track from a five foot rail gauge to standard gauge, beginning May 31
California gets its 1st seismograph
Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years.
US census at 62,622,250
Falstaff is a comic opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian-language libretto was adapted by Arrigo Boito from the play The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from...
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist.
Hotelier Caesar Ritz opens the Ritz Hotel in Paris, the first hotel with electricity on every floor and separate bathrooms [1]
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
John Van Druten, English actor and playwright, known for english actor and playwright, was born on 1901-06-01.
-27°F (-33°C), Sarmiento, Argentina (South American record)
John Krohn begins walk around perimeter of US, which took 357 days
The Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition, acronym AYP or AYPE, was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909 publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest.
Sportclub Enschede soccer club forms in Enschede, Netherlands; merge with Enschedese Boys to form FC Twente in 1965
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 9.1 million people in 2024.
Dutch soccer club Stormvogels forms in Ijmuiden; merges with VSV to form Telstar in 1963
The Serbian government concludes a ten-year treaty with Greece against Bulgaria; Serbia wishes to pursue Macedonian aspirations with Greece's help
US Senate confirms Louis Brandeis for the Supreme Court of the United States, by a vote of 47 to 22, over 4 months after his nomination
Boston Braves first baseman Hank Gowdy is first active MLB player to enlist for service in World War I; only player to fight in both World War I & II
Wiesbaden is the capital of the German state of Hesse, and the second-largest Hessian city after Frankfurt am Main. With around 283,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's 24th-largest city.
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to...
New York Giants rout Philadelphia Phillies, 22-5 at the Baker Bowl; first time in 20th century a MLB team has scored in every inning
Businessman Howard Hughes marries 1st wife Ella Rice
Ignacy Mocicki elected President of Poland
Marilyn Monroe, American actress and model, known for american actress and model, was born on 1926-06-01.
The Peace Bridge is an international bridge over the Niagara River between Canada and the United States, located just north of the river's source at the east end of Lake Erie about 20 kilometres...
A Century of Progress International Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, from 1933 to 1934.
"Lux Radio Theater" moved from NYC to Hollywood
Comiskey Park was a ballpark in Chicago, Illinois, located in the Armour Square neighborhood on the near-south side of the city.
Morgan Freeman, American actor and producer, known for american actor and producer, was born on 1938-06-01. Morgan Freeman is an American actor, producer, and narrator.
British submarine "Thetis" sinks in Liverpool Bay with all 99 aboard
Coffee & tea rationed in Holland
Major General Bernard Montgomery returns to London
12.59" (31.98 cm) rainfall, in Burlington, Kansas (state 24-hr record)
Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 1893 – 1 June 1943) was an English actor, director, producer and writer.
WLB-AM in Minneapolis Minn changes call letters to KUOM
OPA, which issued WW II rationing coupons, disbands
Brian Cox, Scottish actor, known for scottish actor, was born on 1947-06-01. Brian Denis Cox is a Scottish actor.
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
Cyrenaica ( SY-rə-NAY-ik-ə-,-SIRR-ə) or Kyrenaika, is the eastern region of Libya.
WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
1st self-contained titanium plant opens (Henderson Nevada)
KSEE (channel 24) is a television station in Fresno, California, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside CBS affiliate KGPE (channel 47).
Czech distance runner Emile Zatopek breaks his own 10,000m world record, clocking 28:54.2 in Brussels, Belgium
Habib Bourguiba (3 August 1903 – 6 April 2000) was a Tunisian politician and statesman who served as the prime minister of the Kingdom of Tunisia from 1956 to 1957, and then as the first president of...
Don Bowden becomes first American to run a sub-4 minute mile (3:58.7) at the Pacific Association AAU Meet in Stockton, California
Belgian christian-democrats win parliamentary election
Jeffrey Hawkins is born
The Tunisian Constitution of 1959 was promulgated on 1 June 1959. The application of the text was suspended following the Tunisian Revolution, a Constituent Assembly being elected on 23 October 2011...
WDTV TV channel 5 in Clarksburg-Weston, West Vrirginia (CBS) begins broadcasting
FM multiplex stereo broadcasting 1st heard
Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian oligarch and mercenary leader, known for russian oligarch and mercenary leader, was born on 1961-06-01.
OSCAR 1 (Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio 1, also known as OSCAR 1) is the first amateur radio satellite launched by Project OSCAR into low Earth orbit.
Paul Coffey, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1962-06-01.
"El Watusi" by Ray Barreto hits #17
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
Arno Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson at Bell Labs detect 3°K primordial background radiation - helping confirm The Big Bang theory (1978 Nobel Prize) [1]
2,400 people attend White House Conference on Civil Rights
Simon & Garfunkel's single "Mrs. Robinson" from "The Graduate" hits #1 (first rock song to win a Grammy for Record of the Year)
Helen Keller, American author and activist, known for american author and activist, died on 1968-06-01.
Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio & TV
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is an organization enabling the co-operation of leading oil-producing and oil-dependent countries in order to collectively influence the global...
Jim Stafford is the 1974 debut album from American singer Jim Stafford. It was issued subsequent to the release of the first two singles. The LP reached No. 55 on the U.S. Top LPs chart.
Heidi Klum, American german-american model and tv host, known for german-american model and tv host, was born on 1974-06-01.
Alanis Morissette, American musician, known for canadian and american musician, was born on 1975-06-01.
Events from the year 1976 in the United Kingdom. This year is notable for the prolonged drought and subsequent heat wave.
The British Virgin Islands (BVI), officially the Virgin Islands, are a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, to the east of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands and north-west of Anguilla.
England cricket fast bowler Chris Old becomes only third man to capture 4 wickets in 5 balls in a Test, as Pakistan dismissed for 164 in 1st Test at Edgbaston; Old 5 for 70
The Cable News Network (CNN), is an American basic cable and satellite television channel owned by the CNN Worldwide division of Warner Bros. Discovery.
ANC sets fire to Sasol oil installations in South Africa
Markus Persson, Swedish video game programmer, known for swedish video game programmer, was born on 1980-06-01.
Jaffna Public Library, repository of Tamil culture and one of the largest libraries in Asia, is burnt to the ground by a Sinhalese crowd
Amy Schumer, American comedian and actress, known for american comedian and actress, was born on 1982-06-01.
Justine Henin, Belgian athlete, known for belgian former tennis player, was born on 1983-06-01. Justine Henin is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No.
Douglas H Mitchell, QC of Calgary becomes 6th CFL Commissioner
The 40th Annual Tony Awards ceremony was held on June 1, 1986, at the Minskoff Theatre and was broadcast by CBS television.
The Morton Downey Jr. Show is a syndicated American talk show presented by Morton Downey Jr. that ran from 1987 to 1989.
Michael Gerard Tyson is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1985 and 2024.
The 62nd annual Scripps National Spelling Bee was held on May 31 – June 1, 1989. in Washington, D.C. It was won by Scott Isaacs, a 14-year-old eighth grader, sponsored by the Rocky Mountain News of...
Cowboy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
E Lamps (20 year lightbulb) introduced
Brooklyn NY begins recycling
Guns N' Roses drummer Matthew Sorum files to divorce Kai
FX (originally/formerly Fox Extended) is an American pay television channel owned by FX Networks, a division of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company.
The 68th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held on May 31 and June 1, 1995, at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the E.W. Scripps Company.
10th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $5,400,186
Tom Holland, English actor, known for english actor, was born on 1997-06-01. Thomas Stanley Holland is an English actor.
European Central Bank is founded in Brussels to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy
Australian Susie Maroney becomes first person to swim from Mexico to Cuba across shark and jellyfish-infested waters of the Yucatan Straits; swims 123-miles in 38 hours 33 minutes in a cage
The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is a treaty adopted by the World Intellectual Property Organization signed on 1 June 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland, by 53 States and the European Patent Organisation (an...
Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, King of Nepal (1972-2001), assassinated by his son Dipendra in the Nepalese Royal Massacre at 55 [1]
The Three Gorges Dam, officially known as Yangtze River Three Gorges Water Conservancy Project is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River near Sandouping in Yiling District, Yichang,...
A consultative referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe was held in the Netherlands on 1 June 2005 to decide whether the government should ratify the proposed Constitution of...
George Mikan basketball player, known for american basketball player, died on 2005-06-01. George Lawrence Mikan Jr. (June 18, 1924 – June 1, 2005), nicknamed "Mr.
A fire at the backlot of Universal Studios Hollywood destroys several icons from movies, such as Courthouse Square, the clock tower from Back to the Future, and the King Kong exhibit on the studio tour.
Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew were killed.
Johan Santana throws first no-hitter in the New York Mets' 50-year MLB history when he beats the St. Louis Cardinals, 8 - 0
Cruise ship carrying 458 people capsizes on Yangtze River, less than 50 survive
Switzerland’s Gotthard Base Tunnel is completed, the world’s longest at 57 km and at a cost of €11 billion, the most expensive
Mexican-American boxer Andy Ruiz Jr produces a huge upset when he stops English champion Anthony Joshua in 7 at Madison Square Garden; wins IBF, WBO, IBO and WBA world heavyweight titles
US President Trump threatens to employ the military to quell protests across the country sparked by the death of George Floyd then walks with staff to St. John’s Church
Malaysia begins a full two-week lockdown as COVID-19 cases surge with record 9,020 news cases recorded May 29
The name for the country Turkey is derived (via Old French Turquie) from the Medieval Latin Turchia, Turquia, from Medieval Greek Τουρκία, itself being Τούρκος (borrowed into Latin as Turcus, 'A...
US Congress passes bipartisan legislation raising $31.4 trillion debt ceiling avoiding a default, after deal struck between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy [1]
World's largest-ever election ends in India after six weeks with 642 million people voting in the country's general election, including a record 312 million women [1]