# What happened on June 1 in history?

**Date:** June 1  
**Events recorded:** 69  
**Years spanned:** 193 – 2015  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/june/1/

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## Featured Event

**2011** — A rare tornado outbreak occurs in New England; a strong EF3 tornado strikes Springfield, Massachusetts, during the event, killing four people.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Springfield_tornado)

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## Events on this date

- **193** — The Roman Senate passes a motion proclaiming Septimius Severus emperor, awards divine honours to Pertinax, and sentences current emperor Didius Julianus to death. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Senate))
- **1252** — Alfonso X is proclaimed king of Castile and León. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_X_of_Castile))
- **1298** — Residents of Riga and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the Livonian Order in the Battle of Turaida. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riga))
- **1412** — The Treaty of Lubowla between the kingdoms of Hungary and Poland is confirmed with one of the largest and magnificent royal meetings and feasts ever held in Buda. King Sigismund of Hungary host king Władysław II Jagiełło while several thousand nobles attend. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Lubowla))
- **1494** — A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of Scotch whisky. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk))
- **1533** — Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Boleyn))
- **1535** — Combined forces loyal to Charles V attack and expel the Ottomans from Tunis during the Conquest of Tunis. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor))
- **1648** — The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundhead))
- **1649** — Start of the Sumuroy Revolt: Filipinos in Northern Samar led by Agustin Sumuroy revolt against Spanish colonial authorities. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_revolts_against_Spain))
- **1670** — In Dover, England, Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover, which will force England into the Third Anglo-Dutch War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover))
- **1676** — Battle of Öland: allied Danish-Dutch forces defeat the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, during the Scanian War (1675–79). ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_%C3%96land))
- **1679** — The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covenanters))
- **1773** — Wolraad Woltemade rescues 14 sailors at the Cape of Good Hope from the sinking ship De Jonge Thomas by riding his horse into the sea seven times. Both he and his horse, Vonk, are drowned on his eighth attempt. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolraad_Woltemade))
- **1779** — The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court-martial))
- **1792** — Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky))
- **1794** — The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_First_of_June))
- **1796** — Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee))
- **1812** — War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812))
- **1813** — Capture of USS Chesapeake. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_USS_Chesapeake))
- **1815** — Napoleon promulgates a revised Constitution after it passes a plebiscite. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon))
- **1831** — James Clark Ross becomes the first European at the North Magnetic Pole. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clark_Ross))
- **1849** — Territorial Governor Alexander Ramsey declared the Territory of Minnesota officially established. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Ramsey))
- **1854** — Åland War: The British navy destroys merchant ships and about 16,000 tar barrels of the wholesale stocks area in Oulu, Grand Duchy of Finland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85land_War))
- **1855** — The American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure))
- **1857** — Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Baudelaire))
- **1857** — The Revolution of the Ganhadores begins in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_of_the_Ganhadores))
- **1861** — American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War))
- **1862** — American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsula_campaign))
- **1868** — The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Bosque_Redondo))
- **1879** — Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Napol%C3%A9on%2C_Prince_Imperial))
- **1890** — The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau))
- **1913** — The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek%E2%80%93Serbian_Alliance_of_1913))
- **1916** — The United States Senate confirms the appointment of Louis Brandeis to the United States Supreme Court, making him the first Jew to be an Associate Justice. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I))
- **1919** — Prohibition comes into force in Finland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition))
- **1922** — The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Ulster_Constabulary))
- **1929** — The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Conference_of_the_Communist_Parties_of_Latin_America))
- **1939** — First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_190))
- **1941** — World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1941** — The Farhud, a massive pogrom in Iraq, starts and as a result, many Iraqi Jews are forced to leave their homes. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farhud))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOAC_Flight_777))
- **1946** — Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Antonescu))
- **1950** — The Declaration of Conscience speech, by U.S. Senator from Maine, Margaret Chase Smith, is delivered in response to Joseph R. McCarthy's speech at Wheeling, West Virginia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Conscience))
- **1950** — The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinchaga_fire))
- **1951** — Washington State Ferries, the largest ferry system in the United States, begins operation under state ownership after a buyout of the Puget Sound Navigation Company. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_State_Ferries))
- **1958** — Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle))
- **1961** — The Canadian Bank of Commerce and Imperial Bank of Canada merge to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the largest bank merger in Canadian history. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Bank_of_Commerce))
- **1962** — Adolf Eichmann, former SS officer in Nazi Germany, is hanged in Israel for having committed crimes against humanity, war crimes, and other offenses. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Eichmann))
- **1974** — The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heimlich_maneuver))
- **1975** — The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan was founded by Jalal Talabani, Nawshirwan Mustafa, Fuad Masum and others. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriotic_Union_of_Kurdistan))
- **1976** — Aeroflot Flight 418 crashes in Bioko, Equatorial Guinea, killing 46. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_418))
- **1978** — The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_Cooperation_Treaty))
- **1979** — The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia))
- **1980** — Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN))
- **1988** — The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty comes into effect. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate-Range_Nuclear_Forces_Treaty))
- **1990** — Cold War: George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobrinja_mortar_attack))
- **1994** — Republic of South Africa becomes a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_1420))
- **2001** — Nepalese royal massacre: Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of his family including his father and mother. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepalese_royal_massacre))
- **2001** — Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphinarium_discotheque_bombing))
- **2004** — Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols is sentenced to 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing))
- **2007** — Cyclone Gonu develops from an area of convection in the Arabian Sea, becoming the worst recorded natural disaster in Oman. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Gonu))
- **2008** — A fire on the back lot of Universal Studios breaks out, destroying the attraction King Kong Encounter and a large archive of master tapes for music and film, the full extent of which was not revealed until 2019. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Universal_Studios_fire))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447))
- **2009** — General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors))
- **2011** — A rare tornado outbreak occurs in New England; a strong EF3 tornado strikes Springfield, Massachusetts, during the event, killing four people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Springfield_tornado))
- **2011** — Space Shuttle Endeavour makes its final landing after 25 flights. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour))
- **2015** — A ship carrying 458 people capsizes in the Yangtze river in China's Hubei province, killing 442 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_Dongfang_zhi_Xing))

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## Notable births on June 1

- **1999** — **Technoblade** — American YouTuber and streamer (died 2022) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technoblade))
- **1999** — **Dmytro Udovychenko** — Ukrainian violinist ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmytro_Udovychenko))
- **1996** — **Edvinas Gertmonas** — Lithuanian footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvinas_Gertmonas))
- **1996** — **Tom Holland** — English actor ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Holland))
- **1994** — **Kagayaki Taishi** — Japanese sumo wrestler ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagayaki_Taishi))
- **1991** — **Zazie Beetz** — German-American actress ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zazie_Beetz))
- **1991** — **Tyrone Roberts** — Australian rugby league player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone_Roberts))
- **1990** — **Miller Bolaños** — Ecuadoran footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_Bola%C3%B1os))
- **1990** — **Carlota Ciganda** — Spanish golfer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlota_Ciganda))
- **1989** — **Nataliya Goncharova** — Ukrainian/Russian volleyball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nataliya_Goncharova_(volleyball)))

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## Notable deaths on June 1

- **2025** — **Jonathan Joss** — American actor (born 1965) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Joss))
- **2024** — **Tin Oo** — Burmese general and politician (born 1927) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_Oo))
- **2019** — **Ani Yudhoyono** — Indonesian politician, 6th First Lady of Indonesia. (born 1952) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ani_Yudhoyono))
- **2015** — **Charles Kennedy** — Scottish journalist and politician (born 1959) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kennedy))
- **2015** — **Joan Kirner** — Australian educator and politician, 42nd Premier of Victoria (born 1938) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Kirner))
- **2015** — **Nicholas Liverpool** — Dominican lawyer and politician, 6th President of Dominica (born 1934) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Liverpool))
- **2015** — **Jacques Parizeau** — Canadian economist and politician, 26th Premier of Quebec (born 1930) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Parizeau))
- **2015** — **Jean Ritchie** — American singer-songwriter (born 1922) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ritchie))
- **2014** — **Ann B. Davis** — American actress (born 1926) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_B._Davis))
- **2014** — **Valentin Mankin** — Ukrainian sailor (born 1938) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Mankin))

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