June 1

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. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).

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 proclaimed 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 North Magnetic Pole.
• 1855 – The American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.
• 1857 – Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published.
• 1861 – American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
• 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 Navajo 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 of Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
• 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 – BOAC Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing British actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation that it was actually an attempt to kill 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.
• 1962 – Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel.
• 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 discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
• 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.
• 2012 – United States President Barack Obama orders Stuxnet cyber attacks against Iran's Natanz nuclear facility, code-named "Operation Olympic Games".
• 2015 – A ship carrying 458 people capsizes on Yangtze river in China's Hubei province, killing 400 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)
• 1451 – Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney (d. 1508)
• 1455 – Anne of Savoy (d. 1480)
• 1460 – Enno I, Count of East Frisia, German noble (d. 1491)
• 1480 – Tiedemann Giese, Polish bishop (d. 1550)
• 1498 – Maarten van Heemskerck, Dutch painter (d. 1574)
• 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 (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 – 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 – Jan Patočka, Czech philosopher (d. 1977)
• 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 and actress (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)
• 1925 – Dilia Díaz Cisneros, Venezuelan poet and educator
• 1926 – Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (d. 1962)
• 1926 – Richard Schweiker, American soldier and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (d. 2015)
• 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)
• 1929 – Nargis, Indian actress (d. 1981)
• 1929 – James H. Billington, American librarian and academic
• 1930 – Richard Levins, American ecologist and geneticist (d. 2016)
• 1930 – Matt Poore, New Zealand cricketer
• 1930 – Edward Woodward, English actor (d. 2009)
• 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
• 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 actor (d. 2010)
• 1936 – Gerald Scarfe, English illustrator and animator
• 1937 – Morgan Freeman, American actor and producer
• 1937 – Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress
• 1937 – Colleen McCullough, Australian neuroscientist and author. (d. 2015)
• 1938 – Khawar Rizvi, Pakistani poet and scholar (d. 1981)
• 1939 – Cleavon Little, American actor and comedian (d. 1992)
• 1940 – Kip Thorne, American physicist, astronomer, and academic
• 1941 – Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (d. 2015)
• 1941 – Edo de Waart, Dutch conductor and director
• 1941 – Toyo Ito, Japanese architect, designed the Torre Realia BCN and Hotel Porta Fira
• 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 – Lorrie Wilmot, South African cricketer (d. 2004)
• 1944 – Robert Powell, English actor
• 1945 – Jim McCarty, American blues rock guitarist
• 1945 – Brian Oldfield, American shot putter
• 1945 – Lydia Shum, Chinese-Hong Kong actress (d. 2008)
• 1945 – Frederica von Stade, American soprano and actress
• 1946 – Brian Cox, Scottish actor
• 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 – 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 – Perrin Beatty, Canadian businessman and politician
• 1950 – Jean Lambert, English educator and politician
• 1950 – Michael McDowell, American author and screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 1950 – Wayne Nelson, American singer and bass player
• 1950 – Tom Robinson, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 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 – Ronnie Dunn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 – Ted Field, American entrepreneur and racing driver
• 1954 – Jill Black, English lawyer and judge
• 1955 – Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 2016)
• 1955 – Lorraine Moller, New Zealand runner
• 1955 – Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (d. 2008)
• 1956 – Lisa Hartman Black, American actress
• 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
• 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 – John Huston, American golfer
• 1961 – Peter Machajdík, Slovakian-German pianist and composer
• 1963 – Mike Joyce, English drummer
• 1963 – Miles J. Padgett, Scottish physicist and academic
• 1963 – David Westhead, English actor and producer
• 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
• 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 – Yui Natsukawa, Japanese actress
• 1969 – Teri Polo, American actress
• 1969 – Richard Murrian, American photographer
• 1970 – Alexi Lalas, American soccer player, manager, and sportscaster
• 1970 – R. Madhavan, Indian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Mario Cimarro, Cuban-American actor and singer
• 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
• 1973 – Derek Lowe, American baseball player
• 1973 – Heidi Klum, German-American model, fashion designer, and producer
• 1974 – Alanis Morissette, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress
• 1974 – Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist
• 1974 – Sarah Teather, English politician
• 1974 – Akis Zikos, Greek footballer and coach
• 1975 – Michal Grošek, Czech-Swiss ice hockey player and coach
• 1975 – Ēriks Rags, Latvian javelin thrower
• 1976 – Marlon Devonish, English sprinter and coach
• 1976 – Kōhei Murakami, Japanese 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
• 1984 – David Neville, American sprinter
• 1984 – Olivier Tielemans, Dutch race car driver
• 1985 – Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopian runner
• 1985 – Mário Hipólito, Angolan footballer
• 1985 – Dinesh Karthik, Indian cricketer
• 1985 – Nick Young, American basketball player
• 1985 – Sam Young, American basketball player
• 1986 – Skream, English DJ and producer
• 1986 – Moses Ndiema Masai, Kenyan runner
• 1986 – Chinedu Obasi, Nigerian footballer
• 1986 – Ben Smith, New Zealand rugby player
• 1987 – Zoltán Harsányi, Slovakian footballer
• 1987 – Jerel McNeal, American basketball player
• 1987 – Yarisley Silva, Cuban pole vaulter
• 1988 – Javier Hernández, Mexican footballer
• 1989 – Sammy Alex Mutahi, Kenyan runner
• 1990 – Rie Murakawa, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1990 – Carlota Ciganda, Spanish golfer
• 1990 – Roman Josi, Swiss ice hockey player
• 1990 – Bianca Perie, Romanian hammer thrower
• 1991 – Tyrone Roberts, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 – Kira Plastinina, Russian fashion designer
• 1995 – Carlos Castro García, Spanish footballer
• 1996 – Tom Holland, English actor

Deaths

• 195 BC – Emperor Gaozu of Han (b. 256 BC)
• 193 – Didius Julianus, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 133)
• 352 – Ran Min, "Heavenly Prince" (Tian Wang) during the Sixteen Kingdoms
• 654 – Pyrrhus, patriarch of Constantinople
• 829 – Li Tongjie, general of the Tang Dynasty
• 847 – Xiao, empress of the Tang Dynasty
• 896 – Theodosius Romanus, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch
• 1186 – Minamoto no Yukiie, Japanese warlord
• 1220 – Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (b. 1176)
• 1310 – Marguerite Porete, French mystic
• 1432 – Dan II of Wallachia
• 1434 – King Wladislaus II of Poland
• 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)
• 1833 – Oliver Wolcott Jr., American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Treasury, 24th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1760)
• 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)
• 1948 – Alex Gard, Russian-American cartoonist (b. 1900)
• 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)
• 1959 – Sax Rohmer, English author (b. 1883)
• 1960 – Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1883)
• 1960 – Paula Hitler, German-Austrian sister of Adolf Hitler (b. 1896)
• 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)
• 1979 – Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1980 – Arthur Nielsen, American businessman, founded the ACNielsen company (b. 1897)
• 1981 – Carl Vinson, American lawyer and politician (b. 1883)
• 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)
• 1988 – Herbert Feigl, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1902)
• 1989 – Aurelio Lampredi, Italian engineer, designed the Ferrari Lampredi engine (b. 1917)
• 1991 – David Ruffin, American singer and drummer (b. 1941)
• 1996 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian politician, 6th President of India (b. 1913)
• 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)
• 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 – Bob Christie, American racing driver (b. 1924)
• 2009 – Vincent O'Brien, Irish horse trainer (b. 1917)
• 2010 – Kazuo Ohno, Japanese dancer (b. 1906)
• 2010 – Andrei Voznesensky, Russian poet (b. 1933)
• 2011 – Haleh Sahabi, Iranian humanitarian and activist (b. 1957)
• 2012 – Faruq Z. Bey, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Pádraig Faulkner, Irish educator and politician, 19th Irish Minister of Defence (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Milan Gaľa, Slovak politician (b. 1953)
• 2013 – James Kelleher, Canadian lawyer and politician, 33rd Solicitor General of Canada (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Ann B. Davis, American actress (b. 1926)
• 2014 – Valentin Mankin, Ukrainian sailor (b. 1938)
• 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)

Holidays and observances

• Children's Day (International), and its related observances:
  • The Day of Protection of Children Rights (Armenia)
  • 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 Seamen's Day can fall, while June 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in June. (Iceland)
• Earliest day on which Western Australia Day can fall, while June 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in June. (Western Australia)
• 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 (international)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• Today in Canadian History