June 1

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June 1 is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 213 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 193 – The Roman emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated.
• 1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu.
• 1252 – Alfonso X is elected King of Castile and León.
• 1298 – Residents of Riga and Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Livonian Order in the Battle of Turaida.
• 1495 – A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of Scotch whisky.
• 1533 – Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England.
• 1535 – Combined forces loyal to Charles V attack and expel the Ottomans from Tunis during the Conquest of Tunis.
• 1648 – The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War.
• 1649 – Start of the Sumuroy Revolt: Filipinos in Northern Samar led by Agustin Sumuroy revolt against Spanish colonial authorities.
• 1660 – Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• 1670 – In Dover, England, Charles II of Great Britain and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover, which will force England into the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
• 1679 – The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog.
• 1779 – Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, is court-martialed for malfeasance.
• 1792 – Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
• 1794 – The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars.
• 1796 – Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States.
• 1812 – War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
• 1813 – James Lawrence, the mortally-wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, gives his final order: "Don't give up the ship!"
• 1815 – Napoleon promulgates a revised Constitution after it passes a plebiscite.
• 1831 – James Clark Ross becomes the first European at the Magnetic North Pole.
• 1855 – The American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.
• 1857 – Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published.
• 1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Fairfax Court House: The first land battle of the American Civil War after the Battle of Fort Sumter, producing the first Confederate combat casualty.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
• 1868 – The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
• 1876 – Hristo Botev, a national revolutionary of Bulgaria, is killed in Stara Planina
• 1879 – Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
• 1890 – The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
• 1910 – Robert Falcon Scott's second South Pole expedition leaves Cardiff.
• 1913 – The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
• 1916 – Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
• 1918 – World War I: Western Front: Battle for Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
• 1921 – Tulsa race riot: Civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• 1922 – The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
• 1929 – The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
• 1939 – First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter-bomber airplane.
• 1941 – World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
• 1941 – The Farhud, a pogrom of Iraqi Jews, takes place in Baghdad.
• 1943 – British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing the actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation that its shooting down was an attempt to kill the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
• 1946 – Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" (leader) of Romania during World War II, is executed.
• 1958 – Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
• 1960 – New Zealand's first official television broadcast commences at 7.30 pm from Auckland.
• 1962 – Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel.
• 1962 – The Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting concludes, among other things, that the British public did not want commercial radio broadcasting.
• 1963 – Kenya gains internal self-rule (Madaraka Day).
• 1967 – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles is released.
• 1974 – Flixborough disaster: An explosion at a chemical plant kills 28 people.
• 1974 – The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
• 1978 – The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.
• 1979 – The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
• 1980 – Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
• 1990 – George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production.
• 1993 – Dobrinja mortar attack: Thirteen are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in Dobrinja, west of Sarajevo.
• 1999 – American Airlines Flight 1420 slides and crashes while landing at Little Rock National Airport, killing 11 people on a flight from Dallas to Little Rock.
• 2001 – Nepalese royal massacre: Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of his family including his father and mother, King Birendra of Nepal and Queen Aiswarya.
• 2001 – Dolphinarium massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
• 2003 – The People's Republic of China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam.
• 2009 – 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 are killed.
• 2009 – General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.
• 2011 – A rare tornado outbreak occurs in New England; a strong EF3 tornado strikes Springfield, Massachusetts, during the event, killing four people.
• 2014 – A bombing at a football field in Mubi, Nigeria, kills at least 40 people.

Births

• 1076 – Mstislav I of Kiev (d. 1132)
• 1134 – Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (d. 1158)
• 1300 – Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, English politician, Lord Marshal of England (d. 1338)
• 1455 – Anne of Savoy (d. 1480)
• 1480 – Tiedemann Giese, Polish bishop (d. 1550)
• 1503 – Wilhelm von Grumbach, German knight (d. 1567)
• 1563 – Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Secretary of State for England (d. 1612)
• 1633 – Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (d. 1687)
• 1637 – Jacques Marquette, French missionary and explorer (d. 1675)
• 1653 – Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (d. 1704)
• 1675 – Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist and playwright (d. 1755)
• 1754 – Ferdinand, Duke of Breisgau (d. 1806)
• 1762 – Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish priest and religious order founder (Irish Christian Brothers) (d. 1844)
• 1770 – Friedrich Laun, German author (d. 1849)
• 1790 – Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright (d. 1836)
• 1796 – Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (d. 1832)
• 1800 – Edward Deas Thomson, Australian educator and politician (d. 1879)
• 1801 – Brigham Young, American religious leader; 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1877)
• 1804 – Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (d. 1857)
• 1815 – Otto of Greece (d. 1862)
• 1819 – Francis V, Duke of Modena (d. 1875)
• 1825 – John Hunt Morgan, American general (d. 1864)
• 1831 – John Bell Hood, American general (d. 1879)
• 1833 – John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1911)
• 1843 – Henry Faulds, Scottish physician and missionary, developed fingerprinting (d. 1930)
• 1844 – John J. Toffey, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1911)
• 1878 – John Masefield, English author and poet (d. 1967)
• 1879 – Max Emmerich, American triathlete and gymnast (d. 1956)
• 1882 – Nicolae Bivol, Moldovan politician; Mayor of Chișinău (d. 1940)
• 1889 – James Daugherty, American author, illustrator, and painter (d. 1974)
• 1889 – Charles Kay Ogden, English linguist and philosopher (d. 1957)
• 1890 – Frank Morgan, American actor and singer (d. 1949)
• 1899 – Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician and academic (d. 1963)
• 1901 – Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager (d. 1990)
• 1901 – Raymond Souplex, French singer and actor (d. 1972)
• 1901 – John Van Druten, English-American playwright and director (d. 1957)
• 1903 – Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop (d. 1973)
• 1903 – Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist and academic (d. 1986)
• 1905 – Robert Newton, English-American actor (d. 1956)
• 1907 – Frank Whittle, English engineer, developed the jet engine (d. 1996)
• 1908 – Julie Campbell Tatham, American author (d. 1999)
• 1909 – Yechezkel Kutscher, Slovakian-Israeli philologist and linguist (d. 1971)
• 1912 – Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, author, and mountaineer (d. 1987)
• 1913 – Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (d. 2007)
• 1915 – John Randolph, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1917 – William Standish Knowles, American chemist; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Robert Clarke, American actor and producer (d. 2005)
• 1921 – Nelson Riddle, American composer and bandleader (d. 1985)
• 1922 – Joan Caulfield, American actress and model (d. 1991)
• 1922 – Joan Copeland, American actress
• 1922 – Povel Ramel, Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2007)
• 1923 – Barry Till, English priest, author, and academic (d. 2013)
• 1924 – William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman and activist (d. 2006)
• 1924 – John Tooley, English director and manager
• 1925 – Dilia Díaz Cisneros, Venezuelan poet and educator
• 1925 – Hazel Dickens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
• 1925 – Marie Knight, American singer (d. 2009)
• 1926 – Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Marilyn Monroe, American model, actress, and singer (d. 1962)
• 1928 – Georgy Dobrovolsky, Ukrainian pilot and astronaut (d. 1971)
• 1928 – Steve Dodd, Australian actor and composer (d. 2014)
• 1928 – Bob Monkhouse, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2003)
• 1928 – Larry Zeidel, Canadian-American ice hockey player and sportscaster (d. 2014)
• 1929 – Nargis, Indian actress (d. 1981)
• 1929 – James H. Billington, American librarian and academic
• 1930 – John Lemmon, English logician and philosopher (d. 1966)
• 1930 – Edward Woodward, English actor and singer (d. 2009)
• 1931 – Hal Smith, American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1931 – Michael Thompson, English academic
• 1932 – Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic (d. 1994)
• 1933 – Haruo Remeliik, Palauan politician, 1st President of Palau (d. 1985)
• 1933 – Charles Wilson, American lieutenant and politician (d. 2010)
• 1934 – Pat Boone, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1934 – Peter Masterson, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
• 1934 – Ken McElroy, American criminal (d. 1981)
• 1935 – Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, English architect, founded Foster and Partners
• 1935 – Reverend Ike, American minister (d. 2009)
• 1935 – Jack Kralick, American baseball player (d. 2012)
• 1935 – John C. Reynolds, American computer scientist (d. 2013)
• 1936 – André Bourbeau, Canadian politician
• 1936 – Joe Doyle, Irish politician (d. 2009)
• 1936 – Bekim Fehmiu, Bosnian-Serbian actor (d. 2010)
• 1936 – Gerald Scarfe, English illustrator
• 1937 – Morgan Freeman, American actor and producer
• 1937 – Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress
• 1937 – Colleen McCullough, Australian neuroscientist, author, and academic (d. 2015)
• 1938 – Khawar Rizvi, Pakistani poet and scholar (d. 1981)
• 1939 – Cleavon Little, American actor and singer (d. 1992)
• 1940 – René Auberjonois, American actor, singer, and director
• 1940 – Katerina Gogou, Greek actress and poet (d. 1993)
• 1940 – Kip Thorne, American physicist
• 1941 – Dean Chance, American baseball player
• 1941 – Edo de Waart, Dutch conductor
• 1941 – Toyo Ito, Japanese architect, designed the Torre Realia BCN and Hotel Porta Fira
• 1941 – Wayne Kemp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
• 1941 – Alexander V. Zakharov, Russian physicist and astronomer
• 1942 – Bruce George, Welsh politician
• 1942 – Parveen Kumar, Pakistani-English physician and academic
• 1942 – Paco Peña, Spanish guitarist and composer
• 1943 – Richard Goode, American pianist
• 1943 – David Newbery, British economist and academic
• 1943 – Lorrie Wilmot, South African cricketer (d. 2004)
• 1944 – Colin Blakemore, English neurobiologist and academic
• 1944 – Robert Powell, English actor
• 1945 – Brian Oldfield, American shot putter
• 1945 – Linda Scott, American singer
• 1945 – Kerry Vincent, Australian chef and author
• 1945 – Frederica von Stade, American operatic mezzo-soprano
• 1946 – Brian Cox, Scottish actor
• 1946 – Jody Stecher, American singer
• 1947 – Ron Dennis, English businessman, founded the McLaren Group
• 1947 – Jonathan Pryce, Welsh actor and singer
• 1947 – Ronnie Wood, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1948 – Joe Andrew, English author and academic
• 1948 – Powers Boothe, American actor
• 1948 – Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
• 1948 – Tom Sneva, American race car driver
• 1948 – Juhan Viiding, Estonian poet and actor (d. 1995)
• 1950 – Perrin Beatty, Canadian businessman and politician
• 1950 – Charlene (singer), American singer
• 1950 – Gemma Craven, Irish actress and singer
• 1950 – Jean Lambert, English educator and politician
• 1950 – Michael McDowell, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 1950 – Wayne Nelson, American singer and bass player (Little River Band)
• 1950 – Tom Robinson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Sector 27 and Tom Robinson Band)
• 1951 – Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey, English politician and life peer
• 1952 – David Lan, South African-English playwright and director
• 1952 – Mihaela Loghin, Romanian shot putter
• 1952 – Şenol Güneş, Turkish football manager and former player
• 1953 – Timothy Bentinck, Australian-English actor
• 1953 – David Berkowitz, American serial killer
• 1953 – Ronnie Dunn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 – Jill Black, English judge
• 1955 – Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1955 – Lorraine Moller, New Zealand runner
• 1955 – Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (d. 2008)
• 1956 – Lisa Hartman Black, American actress and singer
• 1956 – Robin Mattson, American actress
• 1956 – Abdullah Çatlı, Turkish secret government agent (d. 1996)
• 1957 – Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish director and screenwriter
• 1958 – Ahron Bregman, Israeli-English political scientist and journalist
• 1958 – Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Mongolian politician, 3rd President of Mongolia
• 1958 – Gennadiy Valyukevich, Belarusian triple jumper
• 1959 – Martin Brundle, English race car driver and sportscaster
• 1959 – John Pullinger, English statistician and librarian
• 1959 – Alan Wilder, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1960 – Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2012)
• 1960 – Sergey Kuznetsov, Russian footballer and manager
• 1960 – Giorgos Lillikas, Cypriot politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus
• 1961 – Paul Coffey, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1961 – Werner Günthör, Swiss shot putter
• 1961 – Peter Machajdík, Slovakian-German pianist and composer
• 1963 – Mike Joyce, English drummer
• 1963 – Miles J. Padgett, Scottish scientist
• 1964 – Bunny Bleu, American pornographic actress
• 1964 – Mark Curry, American actor
• 1965 – Larisa Lazutina, Russian skier
• 1965 – Olga Nazarova, Russian sprinter
• 1965 – Nigel Short, English chess player and journalist
• 1966 – Greg Schiano, American football player and coach
• 1967 – Roger Sanchez, American DJ and producer
• 1968 – Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer
• 1968 – Mark Gonzales, American skateboarder
• 1968 – Jeff Hackett, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1968 – Susan Jones, Welsh politician
• 1968 – Mathias Rust, German pilot
• 1969 – Rene Liu, Taiwanese actress and singer
• 1969 – Teri Polo, American actress
• 1969 – Richard Murrian, American photographer
• 1969 – Taylor St. Claire, American pornographic actress
• 1970 – Alexi Lalas, American soccer player, manager, and sportscaster
• 1970 – R. Madhavan, Indian actor
• 1970 – Karen Mulder, Dutch model
• 1970 – Paul Schrier, American actor and director
• 1971 – Mario Cimarro, Cuban-American actor
• 1971 – DJ Nihal, English radio and television host
• 1972 – Huáscar Aparicio, Bolivian singer (d. 2013)
• 1972 – Daniel Casey, English actor
• 1972 – Mike Dunham, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1972 – Mindy Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1973 – Frédérik Deburghgraeve, Belgian swimmer
• 1973 – Adam Garcia, Australian actor, singer, and dancer
• 1973 – Derek Lowe, American baseball player
• 1973 – Heidi Klum, German-American model, actress, fashion designer, and producer
• 1974 – Ashok Jadeja, Indian criminal
• 1974 – Alanis Morissette, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress
• 1974 – Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist
• 1974 – Melissa Sagemiller, American actress
• 1974 – Sarah Teather, English politician
• 1974 – Akis Zikos, Greek footballer and coach
• 1975 – Michal Grošek, Czech-Swiss ice hockey player and coach
• 1975 – Kate Magowan, English actress
• 1975 – Ēriks Rags, Latvian javelin thrower
• 1976 – Marlon Devonish, English sprinter
• 1977 – Sarah Wayne Callies, American actress
• 1977 – Danielle Harris, American actress
• 1977 – James Storm, American wrestler
• 1977 – Brad Wilkerson, American baseball player
• 1978 – Hasna Benhassi, Moroccan runner
• 1978 – Antonietta Di Martino, Italian high jumper
• 1978 – Matthew Hittinger, American poet
• 1979 – Santana Moss, American football player
• 1979 – Markus Persson, Swedish game designer, founded Mojang
• 1980 – Oliver James, English actor and singer
• 1981 – Brandi Carlile, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1981 – Smush Parker, American basketball player
• 1981 – Amy Schumer, American comedian, actress, and screenwriter
• 1981 – Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan-American baseball player
• 1982 – Justine Henin, Belgian tennis player
• 1983 – Tetyana Hamera-Shmyrko, Ukrainian runner
• 1983 – Tõnis Sahk, Estonian long jumper
• 1983 – Jake Silbermann, American actor
• 1984 – David Neville, American sprinter
• 1984 – Olivier Tielemans, Dutch race car driver
• 1984 – Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar, Mongolian martial artist
• 1985 – Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopian runner
• 1985 – Ari Herstand, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1985 – Mário Hipólito, Angolan footballer
• 1985 – Tanel Leok, Estonian motocross racer
• 1985 – Nick Young, American basketball player
• 1985 – Sam Young, American basketball player
• 1985 – L.A. Lopez, Filipino actor and singer
• 1986 – Skream, English DJ and producer (Magnetic Man)
• 1986 – Moses Ndiema Masai, Kenyan runner
• 1986 – Dayana Mendoza, Venezuelan model, Miss Universe 2008
• 1986 – Chinedu Obasi, Nigerian footballer
• 1986 – Ben Smith, New Zealand rugby player
• 1987 – Zoltán Harsányi, Slovakian footballer
• 1987 – Jerel McNeal, American basketball player
• 1987 – Johan Santos, Filipino actor and model
• 1987 – Yarisley Silva, Cuban pole vaulter
• 1988 – Javier Hernández, Mexican footballer
• 1988 – Nami Tamaki, Japanese singer
• 1989 – Brooklyn Lee, American porn actress
• 1989 – Sammy Alex Mutahi, Kenyan runner
• 1990 – Kennie Chopart, Danish footballer
• 1990 – Rie Murakawa, Japanese voice actress
• 1990 – Carlota Ciganda, Spanish golfer
• 1990 – Kieren Emery, German-English rower
• 1990 – Misha Fisenko, Russian ice hockey player
• 1990 – Roman Josi, Swiss ice hockey player
• 1990 – Martin Pembleton, English footballer
• 1990 – Bianca Perie, Romanian hammer thrower
• 1991 – Tyrone Roberts, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 – Jenna McDougall, Australian singer-songwriter (Tonight Alive)
• 1992 – Kira Plastinina, Russian fashion designer
• 1996 – Tom Holland, English actor and dancer
• 2000 – Willow Shields, American actress

Deaths

• 195 BC – Emperor Gaozu of Han (b. 256 BC)
• 193 – Didius Julianus, Roman emperor (b. 133)
• 657 – Pope Eugene I
• 1432 – Dan II of Wallachia
• 1434 – Władysław II Jagiełło, Polish king (b. 1351)
• 1571 – John Story, English martyr (b. 1504)
• 1616 – Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1543)
• 1625 – Honoré d'Urfé, French author (b. 1568)
• 1639 – Melchior Franck, German composer (b. 1579)
• 1660 – Mary Dyer, English-American martyr (b. 1611)
• 1662 – Zhu Youlang, Prince of Gui (b. 1623)
• 1710 – David Mitchell, Scottish admiral (b. 1642)
• 1740 – Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657)
• 1769 – Edward Holyoke, American clergyman and academic (b. 1689)
• 1795 – Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (b. 1744)
• 1815 – Louis-Alexandre Berthier, French general (b. 1753)
• 1823 – Louis-Nicolas Davout, French general (b. 1770)
• 1826 – J. F. Oberlin, French pastor (b. 1740)
• 1830 – Swaminarayan, Indian religious leader (b. 1781)
• 1841 – David Wilkie, Scottish painter (b. 1785)
• 1846 – Pope Gregory XVI (b. 1765)
• 1861 – John Quincy Marr, American captain (b. 1825)
• 1864 – Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel, led the Taiping Rebellion (b. 1812)
• 1868 – James Buchanan, American lawyer and politician, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791)
• 1872 – James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald (b. 1795)
• 1873 – Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1804)
• 1876 – Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet (b. 1848)
• 1879 – Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France (b. 1856)
• 1908 – Allen Butler Talcott, American painter (b. 1867)
• 1927 – Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (b. 1860)
• 1927 – J. B. Bury, Irish historian, philologist, and scholar (b. 1861)
• 1934 – Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel and polo player (b. 1867)
• 1935 – Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Romanian-Hungarian general (d. 1857)
• 1938 – Ödön von Horváth, Croatian-French author and playwright (b. 1901)
• 1941 – Hans Berger, German neurologist (b. 1873)
• 1941 – Hugh Walpole, New Zealand-English author (b. 1884)
• 1943 – Leslie Howard, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
• 1943 – Wilfrid Israel, Anglo-German businessman and philanthropist (b. 1899)
• 1946 – Ion Antonescu, Romanian marshal and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1882)
• 1947 – Anna Hofman-Uddgren, Swedish actress, singer, and director (b. 1868)
• 1948 – Alex Gard, Russian cartoonist (b. 1900)
• 1948 – Sonny Boy Williamson, American singer and harmonica player (b. 1914)
• 1952 – John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1859)
• 1953 – Emanuel Vidović, Croatian painter (b. 1870)
• 1954 – Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish author (b. 1869)
• 1955 – Kathleen Pelham-Clinton, Duchess of Newcastle (b. 1872)
• 1959 – Sax Rohmer, English author (b. 1883)
• 1960 – Paula Hitler, Austrian-German sister of Adolf Hitler (b. 1896)
• 1960 – Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1883)
• 1965 – Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach, founded the Green Bay Packers (b. 1898)
• 1966 – Papa Jack Laine, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1873)
• 1968 – Helen Keller, American author and activist (b. 1880)
• 1968 – André Laurendeau, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1912)
• 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, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1980 – Rube Marquard, American baseball player and manager (b. 1886)
• 1980 – Arthur Nielsen, American businessman, founded the ACNielsen company (b. 1897)
• 1981 – Carl Vinson, American politician (b. 1883)
• 1982 – Einar Juhl, Danish actor (b. 1896)
• 1983 – Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (b. 1903)
• 1985 – Richard Greene, English actor (b. 1918)
• 1986 – Jo Gartner, Austrian race car driver (b. 1958)
• 1987 – Rashid Karami, Lebanese politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1921)
• 1989 – Aurelio Lampredi, Italian engineer, designed the Ferrari Lampredi engine (b. 1917)
• 1991 – David Ruffin, American singer and drummer (The Temptations) (b. 1941)
• 1994 – Frances Heflin, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1996 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian politician, 6th President of India (b. 1913)
• 1998 – Darwin Joston, American actor (b. 1937)
• 1999 – Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (b. 1910)
• 2000 – Tito Puente, American musician and composer (b.1923)
• 2001 – Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist, created Dennis the Menace (b. 1920)
• 2001 – Aishwarya of Nepal (b. 1949)
• 2001 – Birendra of Nepal (b. 1945)
• 2002 – Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969)
• 2004 – William Manchester, American historian and author (b. 1922)
• 2005 – Hilda Crosby Standish, American physician (b. 1902)
• 2005 – George Mikan, American basketball player and coach (b. 1924)
• 2006 – Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
• 2007 – Arn Shein, American journalist (b. 1928)
• 2007 – Tony Thompson, American singer (Hi-Five) (b. 1975)
• 2008 – Tommy Lapid, Israeli journalist and politician, 17th Justice Minister of Israel (b. 1931)
• 2008 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer, founded Saint Laurent Paris (b. 1936)
• 2009 – Thomas Berry, American priest and theologian (b. 1914)
• 2009 – Vincent O'Brien, Irish horse trainer (b. 1917)
• 2010 – William H. Ginn Jr., American general (b. 1928)
• 2011 – Haleh Sahabi, Iranian activist (b. 1957)
• 2012 – Faruq Z. Bey, American saxophonist and composer (Griot Galaxy) (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Pádraig Faulkner, Irish politician, 19th Minister of Defence for Ireland (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Milan Gaľa, Slovak politician (b. 1953)
• 2012 – Brahmeshwar Singh, Indian murderer (b. 1947)
• 2013 – Oliver Bernard, English poet (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Mott Green, American businessman, founded the Grenada Chocolate Company (b. 1966)
• 2013 – Bill Gunston, English author (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Ian P. Howard, English-Canadian psychologist and academic (b. 1927)
• 2013 – James Kelleher, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Hanfried Lenz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1916)
• 2013 – Edward Cornelius Reed Jr., American sergeant and judge (b. 1924)
• 2014 – Ann B. Davis, American actress (b. 1926)
• 2014 – Karlheinz Hackl, Austrian actor and director (b. 1949)
• 2014 – Yuri Kochiyama, American activist (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Dhondutai Kulkarni, Indian singer (b. 1927)
• 2014 – Jay Lake, American author (b. 1964)
• 2014 – Valentin Mankin, Ukrainian sailor (b. 1938)
• 2014 – Tom Rounds, American broadcaster (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Hugo White, English admiral and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (b. 1939)
• 2015 – Charles Kennedy, British politician (b. 1959)

Holidays and observances

• Children's Day (International), and its related observances:
  • Mothers' and Children's Day (Mongolia)

• Christian feast day:
  • Annibale Maria di Francia
  • Crescentinus
  • Fortunatus of Spoleto
  • Íñigo of Oña
  • Justin Martyr (Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran)
  • Ronan of Locronan
  • June 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Earliest day on which Canadian Forces Day can fall, while June 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in June. (Canada)
• Earliest day on which Father's Day can fall, while June 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in June. (Lithuania)
• Earliest day on which June Holiday can fall, while June 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday in June. (Ireland)
• Earliest day on which Labour Day can fall, while June 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Friday in June. (The Bahamas)
• Earliest day on which Teacher's Day can fall, while June 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in June. (Hungary)
• Earliest day on which the Queen's Birthday can fall, while June 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday in June. (New Zealand, Cook Islands, Fiji)
• Earliest day on which the Seamen's Day can fall, while June 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in June. (Iceland)
• Fei Fei Day (Vancouver)
• Global Day of Parents (International)
• Independence Day (Samoa), celebrates the independence of Samoa from New Zealand in 1962.
• Madaraka Day (Kenya)
• National Maritime Day (Mexico)
• National Tree Planting Day (Cambodia)
• Neighbours' Day (International)
• Pancasila Day (Indonesia)
• President's Day (Palau)
• The beginning of Crop over, celebrated until the first Monday of August. (Barbados)
• Victory Day (Tunisia)
• World Milk Day

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada