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| June 1st, 2008 (June 01 2008) | Event | A fire at the backlot of Universal Studios Hollywood destroys several icons from movies, such as Courthouse Square, the clock tower from Back to the Future, and the King Kong exhibit on the studio tour. | |
| June 1st, 2008 (June 01 2008) | Death | Tommy Lapid, Israeli journalist and politician (born in 1931) | |
| June 1st, 2008 (June 01 2008) | Death | Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (born in 1936) | |
| June 1st, 2007 (June 01 2007) | Event | Jack Kevorkian is released from prison after serving eight years of his 10-25 year prison term for second-degree murder in the 1998 death of Thomas Youk, 52, of Oakland County, Michigan. | Jack Kevorkian Quotes |
| June 1st, 2007 (June 01 2007) | Event | Smoking is banned from United Kingdom s public places. | |
| June 1st, 2007 (June 01 2007) | Death | Arn Shein, American sports writer (born in 1928) | |
| June 1st, 2007 (June 01 2007) | Death | Tony Thompson, Singer in R&B group Hi-Five (born in 1975) | |
| June 1st, 2006 (June 01 2006) | Death | Rocio Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (born in 1944) | |
| June 1st, 2005 (June 01 2005) | Event | The Dutch referendum on the European Constitution results in its rejection. | |
| June 1st, 2005 (June 01 2005) | Event | The longest oil/natural gas explosion in the Houston, Texas area occurs in Crosby, Texas. The drill was owned by the Louisiana Oil and Gas Company. | |
| June 1st, 2005 (June 01 2005) | Death | George Mikan, American basketball player (born in 1924) | |
| June 1st, 2004 (June 01 2004) | Death | William Manchester, American writer (born in 1922) | William Manchester Quotes |
| June 1st, 2003 (June 01 2003) | Event | The People s Republic of China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam. | |
| June 1st, 2003 (June 01 2003) | Death | Johnny Hopp, baseball player (born in 1916) | |
| June 1st, 2002 (June 01 2002) | Death | Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (born in 1969) | |
| June 1st, 2001 (June 01 2001) | Event | Dipendra of Nepal slaughters his family during dinner. | |
| June 1st, 2001 (June 01 2001) | Event | Dolphinarium massacre: an Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv. | |
| June 1st, 2001 (June 01 2001) | Death | Queen Aiswarya of Nepal (born in 1949) | |
| June 1st, 2001 (June 01 2001) | Death | King Birendra of Nepal (born in 1945) | |
| June 1st, 2001 (June 01 2001) | Death | Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (born in 1920) | |
| June 1st, 2000 (June 01 2000) | Event | The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is signed. | |
| June 1st, 1999 (June 01 1999) | Death | Christopher Sydney Cockerell, British engineer and inventor (born in 1910) | |
| June 1st, 1998 (June 01 1998) | Death | Darwin Joston, American actor (born in 1937) | |
| June 1st, 1997 (June 01 1997) | Event | Hugo Banzer wins the Presidential elections in Bolivia. | |
| June 1st, 1996 (June 01 1996) | Death | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Fifth President of India (born in 1913) | |
| June 1st, 1994 (June 01 1994) | Death | Frances Heflin, American actress (born in 1923) | |
| June 1st, 1991 (June 01 1991) | Death | David Ruffin, American singer (The Temptations) (born in 1941) | |
| June 1st, 1990 (June 01 1990) | Event | George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production. | George H. W. Bush Quotes |
| June 1st, 1989 (June 01 1989) | Death | Aurelio Lampredi, Italian mechanical engineer (Ferrari; born in 1917) | |
| June 1st, 1988 (June 01 1988) | Birth | Nami Tamaki, Japanese pop singer | |
| June 1st, 1987 (June 01 1987) | Birth | Zoltan Harsanyi, Slovakian footballer | |
| June 1st, 1987 (June 01 1987) | Death | Rashid Karami, Lebanese statesman (born in 1921) | |
| June 1st, 1986 (June 01 1986) | Death | Jo Gartner, Austrian racing driver (died in 1958) | |
| June 1st, 1985 (June 01 1985) | Event | Alan Garcia is proclaimed President of Peru. | |
| June 1st, 1985 (June 01 1985) | Birth | Mario Hipolito, Angolan footballer | |
| June 1st, 1985 (June 01 1985) | Birth | Nick Young, American basketball player | |
| June 1st, 1985 (June 01 1985) | Death | Richard Greene, British actor (born in 1918) | |
| June 1st, 1984 (June 01 1984) | Birth | Oliver Tielemans, Dutch racing driver | |
| June 1st, 1983 (June 01 1983) | Birth | Jake Silbermann, American actor | |
| June 1st, 1983 (June 01 1983) | Death | Prince Charles of Belgium (born in 1903) | |
| June 1st, 1982 (June 01 1982) | Birth | Justine Henin (formerly Henin-Hardenne), Belgian tennis player | |
| June 1st, 1981 (June 01 1981) | Birth | Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player | |
| June 1st, 1981 (June 01 1981) | Birth | Brandi Carlile, American singer and songwriter | |
| June 1st, 1981 (June 01 1981) | Death | Carl Vinson, U.S. Congressman (born in 1883) | |
| June 1st, 1980 (June 01 1980) | Event | Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting. | |
| June 1st, 1980 (June 01 1980) | Birth | Oliver James, British actor | |
| June 1st, 1980 (June 01 1980) | Death | Rube Marquard, baseball player (born in 1886) | |
| June 1st, 1980 (June 01 1980) | Death | Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst (born in 1897) | |
| June 1st, 1979 (June 01 1979) | Event | Vizianagaram district is formed in Andhra Pradesh, India. | |
| June 1st, 1979 (June 01 1979) | Event | The first black-led government of Rhodesia in 90 years takes power. | |
| June 1st, 1979 (June 01 1979) | Birth | Santana Moss, American football player | |
| June 1st, 1979 (June 01 1979) | Death | Werner Forssmann, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1904) | |
| June 1st, 1978 (June 01 1978) | Event | The FIFA World Cup kicks off in Argentina with a match held in Buenos Aires between cup holder West Germany and Poland | |
| June 1st, 1978 (June 01 1978) | Event | The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed. | |
| June 1st, 1977 (June 01 1977) | Birth | Veronika Varekova, Czech supermodel | |
| June 1st, 1977 (June 01 1977) | Birth | Danielle Harris, American actress | |
| June 1st, 1977 (June 01 1977) | Birth | Sarah Wayne Callies, American actress | |
| June 1st, 1977 (June 01 1977) | Birth | Brad Wilkerson, American baseball player | |
| June 1st, 1977 (June 01 1977) | Birth | Richard Williams, British racing driver | |
| June 1st, 1975 (June 01 1975) | Birth | James Storm, American professional wrestler | |
| June 1st, 1975 (June 01 1975) | Birth | Michal Grosek, Czech hockey player | |
| June 1st, 1974 (June 01 1974) | Event | Flixborough disaster: an explosion at a chemical plant kills 28 people. | |
| June 1st, 1974 (June 01 1974) | Event | The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine. | |
| June 1st, 1974 (June 01 1974) | Birth | Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer-songwriter | |
| June 1st, 1974 (June 01 1974) | Birth | Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist | |
| June 1st, 1974 (June 01 1974) | Birth | Melissa Sagemiller, American actress | |
| June 1st, 1974 (June 01 1974) | Birth | Akis Zikos, Greek footballer | |
| June 1st, 1973 (June 01 1973) | Birth | Frederik Deburghgraeve, Belgian swimmer | |
| June 1st, 1973 (June 01 1973) | Birth | Adam Garcia, Australian actor | |
| June 1st, 1973 (June 01 1973) | Birth | Derek Lowe, American baseball player | |
| June 1st, 1973 (June 01 1973) | Birth | Heidi Klum, German supermodel | |
| June 1st, 1973 (June 01 1973) | Death | Mary Kornman, American actress (born in 1915) | |
| June 1st, 1972 (June 01 1972) | Birth | Daniel Casey, English actor | |
| June 1st, 1971 (June 01 1971) | Birth | Mario Cimarro, Cuban actor | |
| June 1st, 1971 (June 01 1971) | Death | Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian (born in 1892) | Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes |
| June 1st, 1970 (June 01 1970) | Birth | Alexi Lalas, American soccer player | |
| June 1st, 1970 (June 01 1970) | Birth | Karen Mulder, Dutch supermodel | |
| June 1st, 1970 (June 01 1970) | Birth | R. Madhavan, Indian actor | |
| June 1st, 1969 (June 01 1969) | Birth | Teri Polo, American actress | |
| June 1st, 1969 (June 01 1969) | Death | Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian ice skater (born in 1904) | |
| June 1st, 1968 (June 01 1968) | Birth | Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer | |
| June 1st, 1968 (June 01 1968) | Birth | Jeff Hackett, Canadian hockey player | |
| June 1st, 1968 (June 01 1968) | Death | Helen Keller, American humanitarian (born in 1880) | Helen Keller Quotes |
| June 1st, 1968 (June 01 1968) | Death | Andre Laurendeau, French Canadian writer, journalist and politician (born in 1912) | |
| June 1st, 1967 (June 01 1967) | Event | The groundbreaking Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band album by The Beatles is released | |
| June 1st, 1967 (June 01 1967) | Birth | Roger Sanchez, American disc jockey | |
| June 1st, 1966 (June 01 1966) | Birth | Greg Schiano, American football coach | |
| June 1st, 1966 (June 01 1966) | Death | Papa Jack Laine, American musician (born in 1873) | |
| June 1st, 1965 (June 01 1965) | Birth | Larisa Lazutina, Russian cross-country skier | |
| June 1st, 1965 (June 01 1965) | Birth | Nigel Short, English chess player | |
| June 1st, 1965 (June 01 1965) | Death | Earl "Curly" Lambeau, American football coach (born in 1898) | |
| June 1st, 1964 (June 01 1964) | Birth | Mark Curry, American comedian and actor | |
| June 1st, 1963 (June 01 1963) | Event | Kenya gains internal self-rule (Madaraka Day). | |
| June 1st, 1963 (June 01 1963) | Birth | Mike Joyce, English drummer (The Smiths) | |
| June 1st, 1962 (June 01 1962) | Event | Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel. | Adolf Eichmann Quotes |
| June 1st, 1962 (June 01 1962) | Death | Adolf Eichmann, Nazi official (by execution; born in 1906) | Adolf Eichmann Quotes |
| June 1st, 1961 (June 01 1961) | Birth | Paul Coffey, Canadian hockey player | |
| June 1st, 1960 (June 01 1960) | Birth | Simon Gallup, English bassist (The Cure) | |
| June 1st, 1960 (June 01 1960) | Death | Lester Patrick, Canadian hockey player (born in 1883) | |
| June 1st, 1960 (June 01 1960) | Death | Paula Hitler, sister of Adolf Hitler. (born in 1896) | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
| June 1st, 1959 (June 01 1959) | Birth | Martin Brundle, British race car driver and F1 television commentator | |
| June 1st, 1959 (June 01 1959) | Birth | Alan Wilder, British musician (Depeche Mode and Recoil) | |
| June 1st, 1959 (June 01 1959) | Death | Sax Rohmer, English author (born in 1883) | Sax Rohmer Quotes |
| June 1st, 1958 (June 01 1958) | Event | Charles de Gaulle is brought out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months. | Charles de Gaulle Quotes |
| June 1st, 1958 (June 01 1958) | Birth | Ahron Bregman, Israeli journalist | |
| June 1st, 1957 (June 01 1957) | Birth | Dorota Kedzierzawska, Polish film director | |
| June 1st, 1956 (June 01 1956) | Event | First international flight (to YUL) from the Atlanta Municipal Airport (ATL; now Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and currently the world s busiest airport) | |
| June 1st, 1956 (June 01 1956) | Birth | Lisa Hartman, American actress | |
| June 1st, 1955 (June 01 1955) | Birth | Ralph Morse, British actor, singer and writer of historical dramas | |
| June 1st, 1954 (June 01 1954) | Death | Martin Andersen Nexo, Danish writer (born in 1869) | |
| June 1st, 1953 (June 01 1953) | Birth | Ronnie Dunn, American musician (Brooks & Dunn) | |
| June 1st, 1953 (June 01 1953) | Birth | David Berkowitz, American serial killer (Son of Sam) | |
| June 1st, 1950 (June 01 1950) | Birth | Wayne Nelson, American musician (Little River Band) | |
| June 1st, 1948 (June 01 1948) | Birth | Tomas Halik, Czech priest and public intellectual | Tom Ze Quotes |
| June 1st, 1948 (June 01 1948) | Birth | Michel Plasse, French Canadian ice hockey player (died in 2006) | |
| June 1st, 1948 (June 01 1948) | Birth | Tom Sneva, American race car driver and Indianapolis 500 winner | |
| June 1st, 1948 (June 01 1948) | Death | Sonny Boy Williamson I, American musician (born in 1914) | |
| June 1st, 1948 (June 01 1948) | Death | Alex Gard, Russian-born caricaturist (born in 1900) | |
| June 1st, 1947 (June 01 1947) | Birth | Jonathan Pryce, British actor | |
| June 1st, 1947 (June 01 1947) | Birth | Ron Dennis, CBE, F1 team principal (McLaren) | |
| June 1st, 1947 (June 01 1947) | Birth | Ronnie Wood, English guitarist (Rolling Stones) | |
| June 1st, 1946 (June 01 1946) | Event | Ion Antonescu is executed. | |
| June 1st, 1946 (June 01 1946) | Birth | Brian Cox, Scottish actor | |
| June 1st, 1946 (June 01 1946) | Death | Ion Antonescu, Prime Minister of Romania (born in 1882) | |
| June 1st, 1945 (June 01 1945) | Birth | Frederica von Stade, American mezzo-soprano | |
| June 1st, 1945 (June 01 1945) | Birth | Linda Scott, American singer | |
| June 1st, 1944 (June 01 1944) | Birth | Robert Powell, English actor | |
| June 1st, 1943 (June 01 1943) | Event | 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. | Winston Churchill Quotes |
| June 1st, 1943 (June 01 1943) | Death | Leslie Howard, English actor (born in 1893) | |
| June 1st, 1943 (June 01 1943) | Death | Wilfrid B. Israel, Jewish activist | |
| June 1st, 1942 (June 01 1942) | Event | World War II: the Warsaw paper Liberty Brigade publishes the first news of the concentration camps. | |
| June 1st, 1941 (June 01 1941) | Event | World War II: Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany. | |
| June 1st, 1941 (June 01 1941) | Event | The Farhud, a pogrom in Iraqi Jews, takes place in Baghdad. | |
| June 1st, 1941 (June 01 1941) | Death | Hans Berger, German neuroscientist (born in 1873) | |
| June 1st, 1940 (June 01 1940) | Event | The Leninist Communist Youth League of the Karelo-Finnish SSR holds its first congress. | |
| June 1st, 1940 (June 01 1940) | Birth | Rene Auberjonois, American actor | |
| June 1st, 1940 (June 01 1940) | Birth | Kip Thorne, American physicist | |
| June 1st, 1939 (June 01 1939) | Event | Maiden flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Wurger (D-OPZE) fighter aeroplane | |
| June 1st, 1939 (June 01 1939) | Birth | Cleavon Little, American actor (died in 1992) | |
| June 1st, 1937 (June 01 1937) | Birth | Morgan Freeman, American actor | |
| June 1st, 1937 (June 01 1937) | Birth | Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress | |
| June 1st, 1937 (June 01 1937) | Birth | Colleen McCullough, Australian novelist (The Thorn Birds) | |
| June 1st, 1936 (June 01 1936) | Birth | Gerald Scarfe, British illustrator | |
| June 1st, 1935 (June 01 1935) | Event | The first driving tests are introduced in the United Kingdom. | |
| June 1st, 1935 (June 01 1935) | Birth | Reverend Ike, American televangelist | |
| June 1st, 1934 (June 01 1934) | Birth | Pat Boone, American singer | |
| June 1st, 1933 (June 01 1933) | Birth | Charles Wilson, American politician | |
| June 1st, 1930 (June 01 1930) | Birth | John Lemmon, English logician (died in 1966) | |
| June 1st, 1930 (June 01 1930) | Birth | Edward Woodward, English actor | |
| June 1st, 1928 (June 01 1928) | Birth | Georgi Dobrovolski, Soviet cosmonaut (died in 1971) | |
| June 1st, 1928 (June 01 1928) | Birth | Bob Monkhouse, English comedian (died in 2003) | |
| June 1st, 1927 (June 01 1927) | Death | J. B. Bury, Irish historian (born in 1861) | |
| June 1st, 1926 (June 01 1926) | Birth | Andy Griffith, American actor | |
| June 1st, 1926 (June 01 1926) | Birth | Marilyn Monroe, American actress (died in 1962) | Marilyn Monroe Quotes |
| June 1st, 1925 (June 01 1925) | Event | Lou Gehrig plays the first game in his streak of 2,130 consecutive games; it was the longest such streak until broken by Cal Ripken Jr. in 1995. | |
| June 1st, 1924 (June 01 1924) | Birth | William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman (died in 2006) | |
| June 1st, 1922 (June 01 1922) | Event | Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded. | |
| June 1st, 1922 (June 01 1922) | Birth | Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer (died in 2007) | |
| June 1st, 1922 (June 01 1922) | Birth | Joan Caulfield, American actress (died in 1991) | |
| June 1st, 1922 (June 01 1922) | Birth | Joan Copeland, American actress | |
| June 1st, 1921 (June 01 1921) | Event | Tulsa Race Riot: civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma. | |
| June 1st, 1921 (June 01 1921) | Birth | Nelson Riddle, American bandleader and arranger (died in 1985) | |
| June 1st, 1920 (June 01 1920) | Event | Adolfo de la Huerta becomes president of Mexico. | |
| June 1st, 1918 (June 01 1918) | Event | World War I Western Front: Battle for Belleau WoodAllied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince. | James Wood Quotes |
| June 1st, 1917 (June 01 1917) | Birth | William S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate | |
| June 1st, 1915 (June 01 1915) | Birth | John Randolph, American actor (died in 2004) | |
| June 1st, 1913 (June 01 1913) | Birth | Bill Deedes, British journalist (died in 2007) | |
| June 1st, 1910 (June 01 1910) | Event | Robert Falcon Scott s South Pole expedition leaves England. | Robert South Quotes |
| June 1st, 1909 (June 01 1909) | Birth | Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist (died in 1986) | |
| June 1st, 1907 (June 01 1907) | Birth | Frank Whittle, English inventor of the jet engine. (died in 1996) | |
| June 1st, 1903 (June 01 1903) | Birth | Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky C.Ss.R Bishop and Martyr (died in 1973) | |
| June 1st, 1901 (June 01 1901) | Birth | John Van Druten, English screen writer (died in 1957) | |
| June 1st, 1901 (June 01 1901) | Birth | Hap Day, Canadian hockey player and manager (died in 1990) | |
| June 1st, 1899 (June 01 1899) | Birth | Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician (died in 1963) | |
| June 1st, 1898 (June 01 1898) | Birth | Molly Picon, American actress (died in 1992) | |
| June 1st, 1890 (June 01 1890) | Event | The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith s tabulating machine to count census returns. | |
| June 1st, 1890 (June 01 1890) | Birth | Frank Morgan, American actor (died in 1949) | |
| June 1st, 1886 (June 01 1886) | Event | The railroads of the Southern United States convert 11,000 miles of track from a five foot rail gauge to standard gauge, beginning May 31. | |
| June 1st, 1881 (June 01 1881) | Birth | Charles Kay Ogden, English writer and linguist (died in 1957) | |
| June 1st, 1879 (June 01 1879) | Event | Napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War. | Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes |
| June 1st, 1879 (June 01 1879) | Death | Napoleon Eugene, Prince Imperial son of Emperor Napoleon III (born in 1856) | |
| June 1st, 1878 (June 01 1878) | Birth | John Masefield, English novelist and poet (died in 1967) | |
| June 1st, 1876 (June 01 1876) | Death | Hristo Botev, Bulgarian revolutionary (born in 1848) | |
| June 1st, 1873 (June 01 1873) | Death | Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (born in 1804) | |
| June 1st, 1872 (June 01 1872) | Death | James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American newspaper publisher (born in 1795) | |
| June 1st, 1869 (June 01 1869) | Event | Thomas Edison receives a patent for his electric voting machine. | |
| June 1st, 1868 (June 01 1868) | Event | Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico. | |
| June 1st, 1868 (June 01 1868) | Death | James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States (born in 1791) | James Buchanan Quotes |
| June 1st, 1864 (June 01 1864) | Death | Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel (born in 1812) | |
| June 1st, 1862 (June 01 1862) | Event | American Civil War, Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory. | |
| June 1st, 1857 (June 01 1857) | Event | Charles Baudelaire s Fleurs du mal is published. | Charles Baudelaire Quotes |
| June 1st, 1855 (June 01 1855) | Event | American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua. | |
| June 1st, 1846 (June 01 1846) | Death | Pope Gregory XVI (born in 1765) | |
| June 1st, 1844 (June 01 1844) | Birth | John J. Toffey, American Civil War hero (died in 1911) | |
| June 1st, 1843 (June 01 1843) | Birth | Henry Faulds, Scottish fingerprinting pioneer (died in 1930) | |
| June 1st, 1841 (June 01 1841) | Death | David Wilkie, Scottish artist (born in 1785) | |
| June 1st, 1833 (June 01 1833) | Birth | John Marshall Harlan, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (died in 1911) | John Marshall Quotes |
| June 1st, 1831 (June 01 1831) | Event | James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole. | |
| June 1st, 1831 (June 01 1831) | Birth | John Bell Hood, American Confederate general (died in 1879) | |
| June 1st, 1830 (June 01 1830) | Death | Sahajanand Swami, believed to be an incarnation of god by his followers, leaves his mortal body. (born in 1781) | |
| June 1st, 1826 (June 01 1826) | Death | Jean Frederic Oberlin, Alsatian pastor (born in 1740) | |
| June 1st, 1823 (June 01 1823) | Death | Louis Nicolas Davout, French marshal (born in 1770) | |
| June 1st, 1815 (June 01 1815) | Event | Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France. | |
| June 1st, 1815 (June 01 1815) | Birth | Philip Kearny, American general (died in 1862) | |
| June 1st, 1815 (June 01 1815) | Birth | Otto of Greece (died in 1862) | |
| June 1st, 1815 (June 01 1815) | Death | Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (born in 1853) | |
| June 1st, 1813 (June 01 1813) | Event | James Lawrence, the mortally-wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, cries out "Don t give up the ship!" | |
| June 1st, 1812 (June 01 1812) | Event | War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom. | James Madison Quotes |
| June 1st, 1804 (June 01 1804) | Birth | Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (died in 1857) | |
| June 1st, 1801 (June 01 1801) | Birth | Brigham Young, Mormon church leader (died in 1877) | |
| June 1st, 1800 (June 01 1800) | Birth | Edward Deas Thomson, Australian politician (died in 1879) | |
| June 1st, 1796 (June 01 1796) | Event | Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States. | |
| June 1st, 1796 (June 01 1796) | Birth | Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (died in 1832) | |
| June 1st, 1795 (June 01 1795) | Death | Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist (born in 1744) | |
| June 1st, 1794 (June 01 1794) | Event | The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought. | |
| June 1st, 1792 (June 01 1792) | Event | Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States. | |
| June 1st, 1790 (June 01 1790) | Birth | Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (died in 1836) | |
| June 1st, 1780 (June 01 1780) | Birth | Carl von Clausewitz, Prussian general and military theorist (died in 1831) | |
| June 1st, 1779 (June 01 1779) | Event | American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold is court-martialed for malfeasance. | Martial Quotes |
| June 1st, 1771 (June 01 1771) | Birth | Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (died in 1839) | |
| June 1st, 1769 (June 01 1769) | Death | Edward Holyoke, President of Harvard University (born in 1689) | |
| June 1st, 1762 (June 01 1762) | Birth | Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (died in 1844) | |
| June 1st, 1740 (June 01 1740) | Death | Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (born in 1657) | |
| June 1st, 1710 (June 01 1710) | Death | David Mitchell, British admiral (born in 1642) | David Mitchell Quotes |
| June 1st, 1675 (June 01 1675) | Birth | Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (died in 1755) | |
| June 1st, 1660 (June 01 1660) | Event | Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. | |
| June 1st, 1660 (June 01 1660) | Death | Mary Dyer, English Quaker (martyred) | |
| June 1st, 1653 (June 01 1653) | Birth | Georg Muffat, French composer (died in 1704) | |
| June 1st, 1639 (June 01 1639) | Death | Melchior Franck, German composer | |
| June 1st, 1637 (June 01 1637) | Birth | Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (died in 1675) | |
| June 1st, 1633 (June 01 1633) | Birth | Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (died in 1687) | |
| June 1st, 1625 (June 01 1625) | Death | Honore d Urfe, French writer (born in 1568) | |
| June 1st, 1616 (June 01 1616) | Death | Tokugawa Ieyasu (born in 1543) | |
| June 1st, 1571 (June 01 1571) | Death | John Story, English Catholic | |
| June 1st, 1563 (June 01 1563) | Birth | Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman and spymaster (died in 1612) | |
| June 1st, 1533 (June 01 1533) | Event | Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England. | Anne Boleyn Quotes |
| June 1st, 1503 (June 01 1503) | Birth | Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (died in 1567) | |
| June 1st, 1495 (June 01 1495) | Event | Friar John Cor records the first known batch of scotch whisky. | |
| June 1st, 1485 (June 01 1485) | Event | Matthias of Hungary takes Vienna from Frederick III | |
| June 1st, 1480 (June 01 1480) | Birth | Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (died in 1550) | |
| June 1st, 1434 (June 01 1434) | Death | Wladislaus II of Poland | |
| June 1st, 1300 (June 01 1300) | Birth | Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (died in 1338) | Edward Thomas Quotes |
| June 1st, 1283 (June 01 1283) | Event | Treaty of Rheinfelden: Duke Rudolph II of Austria waives his right to the Duchies of Austria and Styria. | |
| June 1st, 1252 (June 01 1252) | Event | Alfonso X is elected King of Castile and Leon. | |
| June 1st, 1215 (June 01 1215) | Event | 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 Beijing. | Genghis Khan Quotes |
| June 1st, 1204 (June 01 1204) | Event | King Philip Augustus of France conquers Rouen. | |
| June 1st, 1076 (June 01 1076) | Birth | Mstislav I of Kiev (died in 1132) | |
| June 1st, 0987 (June 01 0987) | Event | Hugh Capet is elected King of France. | |
| June 1st, 0195 (June 01 0195) | Death | Gaozu of Han of China | |
| June 1st, 0193 (June 01 0193) | Event | Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated. | Julian Quotes |
| June 1st, 0193 (June 01 0193) | Death | Marcus Severus Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (born in 133) | Julian Quotes |
