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What happend on 1. June in History
In our data base we found 340 events happened on 1. June:
• 193: Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (b. 133) [category: Deaths]
• 193: Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated. [category: Events]
• 719: Yang Guifei, Chinese princess (d. 756) [category: Births]
• 987: Hugh Capet is elected King of France. [category: Events]
• 1076: Mstislav I of Kiev (d. 1132) [category: Births]
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• 1134: Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (d. 1158) [category: Births]
• 1204: King Philip Augustus of France conquers Rouen. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1252: Alfonso X is elected King of Castile and León. [category: Events]
• 1298: Residents of Riga and Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Livonian Order in the Battle of Turaida. [category: Events]
• 1300: Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk (d. 1338) [category: Births]
• 1432: Dan II of Wallachia [category: Deaths]
• 1434: Jogaila of Poland (b. 1362) [category: Deaths]
• 1455: Anne of Savoy (d. 1480) [category: Births]
• 1480: Tiedemann Giese, Polish bishop (d. 1550) [category: Births]
• 1495: Friar John Cor records the first known batch of scotch whisky. [category: Events]
• 1503: Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (d. 1567) [category: Births]
• 1533: Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England. [category: Events]
• 1563: Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (d. 1612) [category: Births]
• 1571: John Story, English martyr (b. 1504) [category: Deaths]
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• 1616: Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1543) [category: Deaths]
• 1625: Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (b. 1568) [category: Deaths]
• 1633: Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (d. 1687) [category: Births]
• 1637: Jacques Marquette, French missionary and explorer (d. 1675) [category: Births]
• 1639: Melchior Franck, German composer (b. 1579) [category: Deaths]
• 1648: The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War. [category: Events]
• 1653: Georg Muffat, French composer (d. 1704) [category: Births]
• 1660: Mary Dyer, English quaker (b. 1611) [category: Deaths]
• 1660: Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1675: Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist and writer (d. 1755) [category: Births]
• 1679: The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog. [category: Events]
• 1710: David Mitchell, English admiral (b. 1642) [category: Deaths]
• 1740: Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657) [category: Deaths]
• 1754: Ferdinand, Duke of Breisgau (d. 1806) [category: Births]
• 1762: Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary (d. 1844) [category: Births]
• 1769: Edward Holyoke, American clergyman, 9th President of Harvard University (b. 1689) [category: Deaths]
• 1771: Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (d. 1839) [category: Births]
• 1779: Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, is court-martialed for malfeasance. [category: Events]
• 1790: Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (d. 1836) [category: Births]
• 1792: Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States. [category: Events]
• 1794: The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars. [category: Events]
• 1795: Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist (b. 1744) [category: Deaths]
• 1796: Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist (d. 1832) [category: Births]
• 1796: Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States. [category: Events]
• 1800: Edward Deas Thomson, Australian politician (d. 1879) [category: Births]
• 1801: Brigham Young, American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (d. 1877) [category: Births]
• 1804: Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (d. 1857) [category: Births]
• 1812: War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1813: James Lawrence, the mortally-wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, gives his final order: "Don't give up the ship!" [category: Events]
• 1815: Otto of Greece (d. 1862) [category: Births]
• 1815: Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (b. 1753) [category: Deaths]
• 1815: Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France. [category: Events]
• 1823: Louis-Nicolas Davout, French marshal (b. 1770) [category: Deaths]
• 1825: John Hunt Morgan, American general (d. 1864) [category: Births]
• 1826: Jean Frédéric Oberlin, Alsatian pastor (b. 1740) [category: Deaths]
• 1830: Swaminarayan, Indian Hindu figure (b. 1781) [category: Deaths]
• 1831: John Bell Hood, American general (d. 1879) [category: Births]
• 1831: James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole. [category: Events]
• 1833: John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and politician (d. 1911) [category: Births]
• 1841: David Wilkie, Scottish artist (b. 1785) [category: Deaths]
• 1843: Henry Faulds, Scottish physician, missionary and scientist, developed fingerprinting (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1844: John J. Toffey, American army officer (d. 1911) [category: Births]
• 1846: Pope Gregory XVI (b. 1765) [category: Deaths]
• 1855: American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua. [category: Events]
• 1857: Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published. [category: Events]
• 1861: John Quincy Marr, American soldier (b. 1825) [category: Deaths]
• 1861: American Civil War, Battle of Fairfax Court House (June 1861), first land battle of American Civil War after Battle of Fort Sumter, first Confederate combat casualty. [category: Events]
• 1862: American Civil War, Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory. [category: Events]
• 1864: Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel, led the Taiping Rebellion (b. 1812) [category: Deaths]
• 1868: James Buchanan, American lawyer and politician, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791) [category: Deaths]
• 1868: Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico. [category: Events]
• 1872: James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American newspaper publisher, founded the New York Herald (b. 1795) [category: Deaths]
• 1873: Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (b. 1804) [category: Deaths]
• 1878: John Masefield, English novelist and poet (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1879: Max Emmerich, American athlete and gymnast (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1879: Napoléon, Prince Imperial French son of Napoleon III of France (b. 1856) [category: Deaths]
• 1879: Napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War. [category: Events]
• 1889: Charles Kay Ogden, English linguist, philosopher, and writer (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1890: Frank Morgan, American actor (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1890: The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns. [category: Events]
• 1898: Molly Picon, American actress (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1899: Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1901: Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1901: John Van Druten, English playwright and director (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1903: Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian bishop (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1905: Robert Newton, English actor (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1907: Frank Whittle, English engineer and inventor, developed the jet engine (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1908: Julie Campbell Tatham, American writer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1909: Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1909: Yechezkel Kutscher, Slovakian-Israeli philologist (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1910: Robert Falcon Scott's South Pole expedition leaves England. [category: Events]
• 1912: Herbert Tichy, Austrian mountaineer (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1913: Bill Deedes, English journalist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1913: The Greek-Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War. [category: Events]
• 1915: John Randolph, American actor (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1916: Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court. [category: Events]
• 1917: William Standish Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1920: Robert Clarke, American actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1921: Nelson Riddle, American arranger, composer, and bandleader (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1921: Tulsa Race Riot: civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [category: Events]
• 1922: Joan Caulfield, American actress and model (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1922: Joan Copeland, American actress [category: Births]
• 1922: Povel Ramel, Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1922: The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded. [category: Events]
• 1924: William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman and activist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1925: Dilia Díaz Cisneros, Venezuelan teacher and poet [category: Births]
• 1925: Marie Knight, American singer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1926: Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, director, producer, and writer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1926: Marilyn Monroe, American model, actress, singer, and producer (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1927: J. B. Bury, Irish historian (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1928: Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, actor, and writer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1928: Georgy Dobrovolsky, Soviet astronaut (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1929: James H. Billington, American educator and librarian [category: Births]
• 1929: Nargis, Indian actress (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1929: The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires. [category: Events]
• 1930: Edward Woodward, English actor (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1930: John Lemmon, English logician and philosopher (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1932: Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1933: Charles Wilson, American politician (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1933: Haruo Remeliik, Palauan politician, 1st President of Palau (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1934: Ken McElroy, American criminal and murder victim (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1934: Pat Boone, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor [category: Births]
• 1934: Alfred Rawlinson, British soldier and polo player (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Hazel Dickens, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1935: Jack Kralick, American baseball player (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1935: Reverend Ike, American minister (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1935: Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Austro-Hungarian general (d. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: André Bourbeau, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1936: Bekim Fehmiu, Yugoslavian actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1936: Gerald Scarfe, English illustrator [category: Births]
• 1936: Joe Doyle, Irish politician [category: Births]
• 1937: Colleen McCullough, Australian novelist [category: Births]
• 1937: Morgan Freeman, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1937: Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress [category: Births]
• 1938: Khawar Rizvi, Pakistani poet and scholar [category: Births]
• 1938: Ödön von Horváth, Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Cleavon Little, American actor (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1940: Katerina Gogou, Greek actress and poet (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1940: Kip Thorne, American physicist [category: Births]
• 1940: René Auberjonois, American actor [category: Births]
• 1941: Alexander V. Zakharov, Russian scientist [category: Births]
• 1941: Hans Berger, German scientist (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: The Farhud, a pogrom of Iraqi Jews, takes place in Baghdad. [category: Events]
• 1941: World War II: Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany. [category: Events]
• 1943: Kuki Gallmann, Kenyan writer and poet [category: Births]
• 1943: Lorrie Wilmot, South African cricketer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1943: Leslie Howard, English actor (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Wilfrid B. Israel, German activist (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation the downing was an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. [category: Events]
• 1944: Robert Powell, English actor [category: Births]
• 1945: Frederica von Stade, American soprano [category: Births]
• 1945: Linda Scott, American singer [category: Births]
• 1946: Brian Cox, Scottish actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Jody Stecher, American singer and musician [category: Births]
• 1946: Ion Antonescu, Romanian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" (leader) of Romania during World War II, is executed. [category: Events]
• 1947: Jonathan Pryce, English actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Ron Dennis, English businessman, founded McLaren Automotive [category: Births]
• 1947: Ronnie Wood, English musician, songwriter, and producer (The Jeff Beck Group, Rolling Stones, and Faces) [category: Births]
• 1947: Anna Hoffman-Uddgren, Swedish director and actor (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Michel Plasse, French-Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1948: Powers Boothe, American actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Tom Sneva, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1948: Alex Gard, Russian cartoonist (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Sonny Boy Williamson I, American singer and harmonica player (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Perrin Beatty, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Tom Robinson, English singer-songwriter and bassist (Sector 27 and Tom Robinson Band) [category: Births]
• 1950: Wayne Nelson, American singer and musician (Little River Band) [category: Births]
• 1952: John Dewey, American philosopher and theorist (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: David Berkowitz, American serial killer and arsonist [category: Births]
• 1953: Ronnie Dunn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Brooks & Dunn) [category: Births]
• 1953: Tim Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland, English peer and actor [category: Births]
• 1953: Xi Jinping, Chinese politician, Vice President of the People's Republic of China [category: Births]
• 1953: Emanuel Vidović, Croatian artist (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler [category: Births]
• 1955: Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1955: Kathleen, Duchess of Newcastle (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Lisa Hartman, American actress [category: Births]
• 1956: Robin Mattson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish director [category: Births]
• 1958: Ahron Bregman, Israeli journalist [category: Births]
• 1958: Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months. [category: Events]
• 1959: Alan Wilder, English singer, musician, producer, and composer (Depeche Mode and Recoil) [category: Births]
• 1959: Martin Brundle, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1959: Sax Rohmer, English author (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 195_bc: Emperor Gaozu of Han (b. 256) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Giorgos Lillikas, Cypriot politician [category: Births]
• 1960: Simon Gallup, English singer and musician (The Cure, Fools Dance, The Magazine Spies, and Lockjaw) [category: Births]
• 1960: Vladimir Krutov, Soviet ice hockey player (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1960: Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Paula Hitler, Austrian-German sister of Adolf Hitler (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: New Zealand's first official television broadcast commences at 7.30 pm from Auckland. [category: Events]
• 1961: Paul Coffey, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1961: Peter Machajdík, Slovakian composer and pianist [category: Births]
• 1962: The Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting concludes, among other things, that the British public did not want commercial radio broadcasting. [category: Events]
• 1963: Mike Joyce, English drummer (The Smiths and Buzzcocks) [category: Births]
• 1963: Kenya gains internal self-rule (Madaraka Day). [category: Events]
• 1964: Mark Curry, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Larisa Lazutina, Russian skier [category: Births]
• 1965: Nigel Short, English chess player [category: Births]
• 1965: Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach, founded the Green Bay Packers (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Greg Schiano, American football player and coach [category: Births]
• 1966: Papa Jack Laine, American bandleader and musician (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Roger Sanchez, American DJ [category: Births]
• 1968: Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1968: Jeff Hackett, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1968: Karen Mulder, Dutch model and singer [category: Births]
• 1968: André Laurendeau, Canadian writer, journalist, and politician (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Helen Keller, American author, activist, and lecturer (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: René Liu, Taiwanese actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1969: Teri Polo, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian ice skater (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Alexi Lalas, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1970: Paul Schrier, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: R. Madhavan, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Mario Cimarro, Cuban actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Daniel Casey, English actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Mike Dunham, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1972: Mindy Smith, American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1973: Adam Garcia, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Derek Lowe, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Frédérik Deburghgraeve, Belgian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1973: Heidi Klum, German model, actress, fashion designer, and producer [category: Births]
• 1973: Mary Kornman, American actress (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Akis Zikos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Ashok Jadeja, Indian con-artist [category: Births]
• 1974: Melissa Sagemiller, American actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1974: Flixborough disaster: an explosion at a chemical plant kills 28 people. [category: Events]
• 1974: The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine. [category: Events]
• 1975: James Storm, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1975: Michal Grošek, Czech ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Brad Wilkerson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Danielle Harris, American actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Richard Williams, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1977: Sarah Wayne Callies, American actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Matthew Hittinger, American poet [category: Births]
• 1978: The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed. [category: Events]
• 1979: Markus Persson, Swedish game designer [category: Births]
• 1979: Santana Moss, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Werner Forssmann, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power. [category: Events]
• 1980: Oliver James, English actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1980: Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst, founded the ACNielsen company (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Rube Marquard, American baseball player (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting. [category: Events]
• 1981: Brandi Carlile, American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1981: Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Smush Parker, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Carl Vinson, American politician (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Justine Henin, Belgian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1983: Jake Silbermann, American actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Fernando Estrada, June 1st Baby... A Californian Resident [category: Births]
• 1984: Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar, Mongolian athlete [category: Births]
• 1984: Oliver Tielemans, Dutch race car driver [category: Births]
• 1985: Ari Herstand, American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1985: Mário Hipólito, Angolan footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Nick Young, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Sam Young, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopian runner [category: Births]
• 1985: Richard Greene, English actor (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Ben Smith, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1986: Chinedu Obasi, Nigerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Dayana Mendoza, Venezuelan model, Miss Universe 2008 [category: Births]
• 1986: Skream, English musician and producer (Magnetic Man) [category: Births]
• 1986: Jo Gartner, Austrian race car driver (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Jerel McNeal, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1987: Johan Santos, Filipino actor and model [category: Births]
• 1987: Juan Hernandez, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Zoltán Harsányi, Slovakian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Rashid Karami, Lebanese statesman, Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Javier Hernández Balcázar, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Nami Tamaki, Japanese singer [category: Births]
• 1989: Brooklyn Lee, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Aurelio Lampredi, Italian designer and engineer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production. [category: Events]
• 1991: Blaine Miller, American actor [category: Births]
• 1991: David Ruffin, American singer and drummer (The Temptations) (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Kira Plastinina, Russian fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1993: Dobrinja mortar attack: 13 are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in Dobrinja, west of Sarajevo. [category: Events]
• 1994: Frances Heflin, American actress (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian politician, 6th President of India (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Darwin Joston, American actor (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Christopher Cockerell, English engineer and inventor, invented the hovercraft (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2000: Willow Shields, American actress [category: Births]
• 2001: Aishwarya of Nepal (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Birendra of Nepal (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Dolphinarium massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2002: Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: The People's Republic of China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam. [category: Events]
• 2004: William Manchester, American writer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: George Mikan, American basketball player (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Arn Shein, American writer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Tony Thompson, American singer (Hi-Five) (b. 1975) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Tommy Lapid, Israeli journalist and politician (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Thomas Berry, American theologian (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Vincent O'Brien, Irish horse trainer (b.1917) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2009: General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history. [category: Events]
• 2010: William H. Ginn Jr., American Air Force officer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Haleh Sahabi, Iranian activist (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: A rare tornado outbreak occurs in New England; a strong EF3 tornado strikes Springfield, Massachusetts during the event, killing four people. [category: Events]
• 2012: Faruq Z. Bey, American saxophonist, composer, and poet (Griot Galaxy) (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Pádraig Faulkner, Irish politician (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental jumbo jet aircraft is introduced with Lufthansa. [category: Events]
• _: Annibale Maria di Francia [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Azores Day (Azores) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Children's Day (Albania) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Children's Day (Cape Verde) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Children's Day (Romania) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Crescentinus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Fei Fei Day (Vancouver) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Fortunatus of Spoleto [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Children's Day (International), and its related observances: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: June 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Justin Martyr, Doctor, c. 165 CE (Eastern Orthodox; Anglican Communion commemoration) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Madaraka Day (Kenya) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Marine's Day (Mexico) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day Against Homophobia (Canada) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Tree Planting Day (Cambodia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pancasila Day (Indonesia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: President's Day (Palau) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ronan of Locronan [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The Mothers and Children’s Day (Mongolia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first day of the Gawai Dayak festival (Sarawak) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Victory Day (Tunisia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Íñigo of Oña [category: Holidays and observances]