June 1st Events |
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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, 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, 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, 2003 (June 01 2003) | Event | The People s Republic of China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam. | |
| 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, 2000 (June 01 2000) | Event | The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is signed. | |
| June 1st, 1997 (June 01 1997) | Event | Hugo Banzer wins the Presidential elections in Bolivia. | |
| 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, 1985 (June 01 1985) | Event | Alan Garcia is proclaimed President of Peru. | |
| June 1st, 1980 (June 01 1980) | Event | Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting. | |
| 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, 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, 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, 1967 (June 01 1967) | Event | The groundbreaking Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band album by The Beatles is released | |
| June 1st, 1963 (June 01 1963) | Event | Kenya gains internal self-rule (Madaraka Day). | |
| June 1st, 1962 (June 01 1962) | Event | Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel. | Adolf Eichmann 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, 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, 1946 (June 01 1946) | Event | Ion Antonescu is executed. | |
| 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, 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, 1940 (June 01 1940) | Event | The Leninist Communist Youth League of the Karelo-Finnish SSR holds its first congress. | |
| June 1st, 1939 (June 01 1939) | Event | Maiden flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Wurger (D-OPZE) fighter aeroplane | |
| June 1st, 1935 (June 01 1935) | Event | The first driving tests are introduced in the United Kingdom. | |
| 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, 1922 (June 01 1922) | Event | Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded. | |
| June 1st, 1921 (June 01 1921) | Event | Tulsa Race Riot: civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma. | |
| 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, 1910 (June 01 1910) | Event | Robert Falcon Scott s South Pole expedition leaves England. | Robert South Quotes |
| 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, 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, 1879 (June 01 1879) | Event | Napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War. | Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes |
| 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, 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, 1831 (June 01 1831) | Event | James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole. | |
| June 1st, 1815 (June 01 1815) | Event | Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France. | |
| 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, 1796 (June 01 1796) | Event | Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States. | |
| 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, 1779 (June 01 1779) | Event | American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold is court-martialed for malfeasance. | Martial Quotes |
| June 1st, 1660 (June 01 1660) | Event | Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. | |
| June 1st, 1533 (June 01 1533) | Event | Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England. | Anne Boleyn Quotes |
| 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, 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, 0987 (June 01 0987) | Event | Hugh Capet is elected King of France. | |
| June 1st, 0193 (June 01 0193) | Event | Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated. | Julian Quotes |
