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June 1 is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 213 days remaining until the end of the year.
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.
2015 – Sinking of Dong Fang Zhi Xing : A river cruise ship sinks in the Yangtze River , killing more than 400 people.
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 and academic (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 missionary, founded the 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, Chief Secretary of New South Wales (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, judge, and politician, Attorney General of Kentucky (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 businessman and 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 and martyr (d. 1973)
1903 – Hans Vogt , Norwegian linguist and academic (d. 1986)
1905 – Robert Newton , English-American actor (d. 1956)
1907 – Frank Whittle , English soldier and 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 and academic, 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 model, actress, and singer (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 minister 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)
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 and television host (d. 2009)
1935 – Jack Kralick , American baseball player (d. 2012)
1935 – John C. Reynolds , American computer scientist and academic (d. 2013)
1936 – André Bourbeau , Canadian politician
1936 – Bekim Fehmiu , Bosnian-Serbian actor (d. 2010)
1936 – Gerald Scarfe , English illustrator and animator
1937 – Morgan Freeman , American actor and producer
1937 – Rosaleen Linehan , Irish actress and singer
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, astronomer, and academic
1941 – Dean Chance , American baseball player and manager
1941 – Edo de Waart , Dutch conductor and director
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 , English 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 soprano and actress
1946 – Brian Cox , Scottish actor and singer
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 (The Rolling Stones , The Faces , The Jeff Beck Group , The Birds , and The Creation )
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 and sportscaster
1948 – Juhan Viiding , Estonian poet and actor (d. 1995)
1950 – Charlene , American singer
1950 – Perrin Beatty , Canadian businessman and politician
1950 – Gemma Craven , Irish actress and singer
1950 – Jean Lambert , English educator and politician
1950 – Michael McDowell , American author 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 actress and author
1952 – Şenol Güneş , Turkish footballer and manager
1952 – David Lan , South African-English director and playwright
1952 – Mihaela Loghin , Romanian shot putter
1953 – Timothy Bentinck , Australian-English actor
1953 – David Berkowitz , American serial killer
1953 – Ronnie Dunn , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Brooks & Dunn )
1954 – Jill Black , English lawyer and 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 – Abdullah Çatlı , Turkish criminal (d. 1996)
1956 – Robin Mattson , American actress
1957 – Dorota Kędzierzawska , Polish director and screenwriter
1958 – Ahron Bregman , Israeli-English political scientist and journalist
1958 – Nambaryn Enkhbayar , Mongolian lawyer and 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 (Depeche Mode and Recoil )
1960 – Vladimir Krutov , Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2012)
1960 – Sergey Kuznetsov , Russian footballer and manager
1960 – Giorgos Lillikas , Cypriot politician, 8th Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs
1961 – Paul Coffey , Canadian ice hockey player
1961 – Werner Günthör , Swiss shot putter and bobsledder
1961 – Peter Machajdík , Slovakian-German pianist and composer
1963 – Mike Joyce , English drummer (The Smiths and Buzzcocks )
1963 – Miles J. Padgett , Scottish physicist and academic
1964 – Bunny Bleu , American porn actress
1964 – Mark Curry , American actor and screenwriter
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 porn actress
1970 – Alexi Lalas , American soccer player, manager, and sportscaster
1970 – R. Madhavan , Indian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1970 – Karen Mulder , Dutch model and singer
1970 – Paul Schrier , American actor and director
1971 – Mario Cimarro , Cuban-American actor and singer
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 and coach
1977 – Sarah Wayne Callies , American actress
1977 – Danielle Harris , American actress and director
1977 – James Storm , American wrestler and actor
1977 – Brad Wilkerson , American baseball player and coach
1978 – Hasna Benhassi , Moroccan runner
1978 – Antonietta Di Martino , Italian high jumper
1978 – Matthew Hittinger , American poet and author
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
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 and singer
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 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
195 BC – Emperor Gaozu of Han (b. 256 BC)
193 – Didius Julianus , Roman emperor (b. 133)
1432 – Dan II of Wallachia
1434 – Władysław II Jagiełło , Polish husband of Jadwiga of Poland (b. 1351)
1571 – John Story , English martyr (b. 1504)
1616 – Tokugawa Ieyasu , Japanese shogun (b. 1543)
1625 – Honoré d'Urfé , French author and poet (b. 1568)
1639 – Melchior Franck , German composer (b. 1579)
1660 – Mary Dyer , English-American martyr (b. 1611)
1662 – Zhu Youlang , Chinese emperor (b. 1623)
1710 – David Mitchell , Scottish admiral and politician (b. 1642)
1740 – Samuel Werenfels , Swiss theologian (b. 1657)
1769 – Edward Holyoke , American pastor and academic (b. 1689)
1795 – Pierre-Joseph Desault , French anatomist and surgeon (b. 1744)
1815 – Louis-Alexandre Berthier , French general and politician, French Minister of War (b. 1753)
1823 – Louis-Nicolas Davout , French general and politician, French Minister of War (b. 1770)
1826 – J. F. Oberlin , French pastor and philanthropist (b. 1740)
1830 – Swaminarayan , Indian religious leader (b. 1781)
1841 – David Wilkie , Scottish painter and academic (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 and journalist (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 and academic (b. 1873)
1941 – Hugh Walpole , New Zealand-English author (b. 1884)
1943 – Leslie Howard , English actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
1943 – Wilfrid Israel , English-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-American cartoonist (b. 1900)
1948 – Sonny Boy Williamson I , American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1914)
1952 – John Dewey , American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1859)
1953 – Emanuel Vidović , Croatian painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
1954 – Martin Andersen Nexø , Danish-German journalist and 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 playwright, journalist, and politician (b. 1912)
1969 – Ivar Ballangrud , Norwegian speed skater (b. 1904)
1971 – Reinhold Niebuhr , American theologian and academic (b. 1892)
1973 – Mary Kornman , American actress and singer (b. 1915)
1979 – Werner Forssmann , German physician and academic, 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 lawyer and politician (b. 1883)
1982 – Einar Juhl , Danish actor (b. 1896)
1983 – Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (b. 1903)
1985 – Richard Greene , English actor and soldier (b. 1918)
1986 – Jo Gartner , Austrian race car driver (b. 1958)
1987 – Rashid Karami , Lebanese lawyer and 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 drummer, composer, and producer (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)
2001 – Dhirendra of Nepal (b. 1950)
2001 – Prince Nirajan of Nepal (b. 1978)
2001 – Princess Shruti of Nepal (b. 1976)
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 humanitarian and activist (b. 1957)
2012 – Faruq Z. Bey , American saxophonist and composer (Griot Galaxy ) (b. 1942)
2012 – Pádraig Faulkner , Irish educator and politician, 19th Irish Minister of Defence (b. 1918)
2012 – Milan Gaľa , Slovak politician (b. 1953)
2012 – Brahmeshwar Singh , Indian murderer (b. 1947)
2013 – Oliver Bernard , English poet and translator (b. 1925)
2013 – Mott Green , American businessman (b. 1966)
2013 – Bill Gunston , English pilot and author (b. 1927)
2013 – Ian P. Howard , English-Canadian psychologist and academic (b. 1927)
2013 – James Kelleher , Canadian lawyer and politician, 33rd Solicitor General of Canada (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 and singer (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 – Hugo White , English admiral and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (b. 1939)
2015 – Charles Kennedy , Scottish journalist and politician (b. 1959)
2015 – Joan Kirner , Australian educator and politician, 42nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1938)
2015 – Nicholas Liverpool , Dominican lawyer and politician, 6th President of Dominica (b. 1934)
2015 – Jacques Parizeau , Canadian economist and politician, 26th Premier of Quebec (b. 1930)
2015 – Jean Ritchie , American singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
2015 – Tommy Rogers , American wrestler (b. 1961)
Holidays and observances [ edit ]
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.
May 29 -June 1 Ludi Fabarici (Ancient Rome )
Kalendae Fabariae (Ancient Rome )
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
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