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June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining.
[edit] Events
[edit] Births
- 1076 - Mstislav of Kiev (d. 1132)
- 1300 - Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (d. 1338)
- 1480 - Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (d. 1550)
- 1503 - Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (d. 1567)
- 1563 - Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman and spymaster (d. 1612)
- 1633 - Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (d. 1687)
- 1637 - Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d. 1675)
- 1653 - Georg Muffat, French composer (d. 1704)
- 1675 - Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (d. 1755)
- 1771 - Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (d. 1839)
- 1780 - Carl von Clausewitz, Prussian general (d. 1831)
- 1790 - Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (d. 1836)
- 1796 - Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (d. 1832)
- 1801 - Brigham Young, Mormon church leader (d. 1877)
- 1815 - Philip Kearny, American general (d. 1862)
- 1815 - Otto of Greece (d. 1862)
- 1831 - John Bell Hood, American Confederate general (d. 1879)
- 1843 - Henry Faulds, Scottish fingerprinting pioneer (d. 1930)
- 1844 - John J. Toffey, American Civil War hero (d. 1911)
- 1878 - John Masefield, English novelist and poet (d. 1967)
- 1881 - Charles Kay Ogden, English writer and linguist (d. 1957)
- 1890 - Frank Morgan, American actor (d. 1949)
- 1898 - Molly Picon, American actress (d. 1992)
- 1899 - Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician (d. 1963)
- 1901 - John Van Druten, English screen writer (d. 1957)
- 1901 - Hap Day, Canadian hockey player and manager (d. 1990)
- 1907 - Frank Whittle, English Royal Air Force officer and inventor (d. 1996)
- 1915 - John Randolph, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1917 - William S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1921 - Nelson Riddle, American bandleader and arranger (d. 1985)
- 1922 - Povel Ramel , Swedish musician
- 1922 - Joan Copeland, American actress
- 1924 - William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman (d. 2006)
- 1926 - Andy Griffith, American actor
- 1926 - Marilyn Monroe, American actress (d. 1962)
- 1928 - Georgi Dobrovolski, cosmonaut
- 1928 - Bob Monkhouse, English comedian (d. 2003)
- 1930 - Edward Woodward, English actor
- 1930 - John Lemmon, English logician
- 1933 - Charles Wilson, American politician
- 1934 - Pat Boone, American singer
- 1936 - Gerald Scarfe, British illustrator
- 1937 - Morgan Freeman, American actor
- 1937 - Colleen McCullough, Australian novelist
- 1939 - Cleavon Little, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1939 - Jackie Stewart, British race car driver
- 1940 - René Auberjonois, American actor
- 1940 - Kip Thorne, American physicist
- 1945 - Frederica von Stade, American mezzo-soprano
- 1945 - Linda Scott, American signer
- 1946 - Brian Cox, Scottish actor
- 1947 - Jonathan Pryce, British actor
- 1947 - Ron Wood, English guitarist
- 1947 - Ron Dennis, race car driver
- 1953 - Ronnie Dunn, American musician (Brooks & Dunn)
- 1956 - Lisa Hartman, American actress
- 1957 - Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish film director
- 1958 - Ahron Bregman, Israeli journalist
- 1959 - Martin Brundle, British race car driver
- 1959 - Alan Wilder, British musician (Depeche Mode and Recoil)
- 1960 - Simon Gallup, English guitarist (The Cure)
- 1961 - Paul Coffey, Canadian hockey player
- 1963 - Mike Joyce, English drummer (The Smiths)
- 1964 - Mark Curry, American comedian and actor
- 1965 - Larisa Lazutina, Russian cross-country skier
- 1965 - Nigel Short, English chess player
- 1966 - Greg Schiano, American football coach
- 1967 - Roger Sanchez, American disc jockey
- 1968 - Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer
- 1968 - Jeff Hackett, Canadian hockey player
- 1969 - Teri Polo, American actress
- 1970 - Alexi Lalas, American soccer player
- 1970 - Karen Mulder, Dutch model
- 1970 - R. Madhavan, Indian actor
- 1971 - Mario Cimarro, Cuban actor
- 1973 - Adam Garcia, Australian actor
- 1973 - Heidi Klum, German model
- 1973 - Derek Lowe, American baseball player
- 1974 - Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer
- 1974 - Melissa Sagemiller, American actress
- 1974 - Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist
- 1975 - James Storm, American professional wrestler
- 1977 - Danielle Harris, American voice actress
- 1977 - Brad Wilkerson, Baseball player
- 1980 - Oliver James, British actor
- 1981 - Smush Parker, American basketball player
- 1981 - Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
- 1982 - Justine Henin-Hardenne, Belgian tennis player
- 1985 - Mário Hipólito, Angolan footballer
- 1988 - Gabriel Bonfá Sacho, Brazilian footballer
- 1988 - Nami Tamaki, Japanese singer
[edit] Deaths
- 195 BC - Gaozu of Han of China
- 193 - Marcus Severus Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (b.133)
- 1434 - Wladislaus II of Poland
- 1571 - John Story, English Catholic
- 1616 - Tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543)
- 1625 - Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (b. 1568)
- 1639 - Melchior Franck, German composer
- 1660 - Mary Dyer, English Quaker (martyred)
- 1710 - David Mitchell, British admiral (b. 1642)
- 1740 - Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657)
- 1769 - Edward Holyoke, President of Harvard University (b. 1689)
- 1795 - Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist (b. 1744)
- 1815 - Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (b. 1853)
- 1823 - Louis Nicolas Davout, French marshal (b. 1770)
- 1826 - Jean Frédéric Oberlin, Alsatian pastor (b. 1740)
- 1841 - David Wilkie, Scottish artist (b. 1785)
- 1846 - Pope Gregory XVI (b. 1765)
- 1864 - Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel (b. 1812)
- 1868 - James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791)
- 1872 - James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American newspaper publisher (b. 1795)
- 1873 - Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (b. 1804)
- 1876 - Hristo Botev, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1848)
- 1879 - Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial son of Emperor Napoleon III (b. 1856)
- 1927 - J. B. Bury, Irish historian (b. 1861)
- 1941 - Hans Berger, German neuroscientist (b. 1873)
- 1943 - Leslie Howard, English actor (b. 1893)
- 1943 - Wilfrid B. Israel, Jewish activist
- 1946 - Ion Antonescu, Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1882)
- 1948 - Sonny Boy Williamson I, American musician (b. 1914)
- 1954 - Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (b. 1869)
- 1959 - Sax Rohmer, English author (b. 1883)
- 1960 - Lester Patrick, Canadian hockey player (b. 1883)
- 1962 - Adolf Eichmann, Nazi official (b. 1906)
- 1965 - Earl "Curly" Lambeau, American football coach (b. 1898)
- 1966 - Papa Jack Laine, American musician (b. 1873)
- 1968 - Helen Keller, American humanitarian (b. 1880)
- 1969 - Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian ice skater (b. 1904)
- 1971 - Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian (b. 1892)
- 1973 - Mary Kornman, American actress (b. 1915)
- 1979 - Werner Forssmann, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1904)
- 1980 - Rube Marquard, baseball player (b. 1886)
- 1981 - Carl Vinson, U.S. Congressman (b. 1883)
- 1981 - Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst (b. 1897)
- 1983 - Prince Charles of Belgium (b. 1903)
- 1985 - Richard Greene, British actor (b. 1918)
- 1987 - Rashid Karami, Lebanese statesman (b. 1921)
- 1991 - David Ruffin, American singer (The Temptations) (b. 1941)
- 1994 - Frances Heflin, American actress (b. 1923)
- 1998 - Darwin Joston, American actor (b. 1937)
- 1999 - Christopher Sydney Cockerell, British engineer and inventor (b. 1910)
- 2001 - Queen Aiswarya of Nepal (b. 1949)
- 2001 - King Birendra of Nepal (b. 1945)
- 2001 - Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
- 2002 - Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969)
- 2003 - Johnny Hopp, baseball player (b. 1916)
- 2004 - William Manchester, American writer (b. 1922)
- 2005 - George Mikan, American basketball player (b. 1924)
- 2006 - Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
[edit] Holidays and observances
[edit] Liturgical feasts
The following Catholic saints:
[edit] External links
May 31 - June 2 - May 1 - July 1 – listing of all days
