June 1

June 1 is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 213 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 193 – Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated.
• 987 – Hugh Capet is elected King of France.
• 1204 – King Philip Augustus of France conquers Rouen.
• 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.
• 1252 – Alfonso X is elected King of Castile and León.
• 1298 – Residents of Riga and Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Livonian Order in the Battle of Turaida.
• 1495 – Friar John Cor records the first known batch of scotch whisky.
• 1533 – Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England.
• 1535 – Combined forces loyal to Charles V attack and expel the Ottomans from Tunis during the Conquest of Tunis.
• 1648 – The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War.
• 1660 – Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• 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.
• 1679 – The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog.
• 1779 – Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, is court-martialed for malfeasance.
• 1792 – Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
• 1794 – The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars.
• 1796 – Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States.
• 1812 – War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
• 1813 – James Lawrence, the mortally-wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, gives his final order: "Don't give up the ship!"
• 1815 – Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France.
• 1831 – James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole.
• 1855 – American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.
• 1857 – Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published.
• 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.
• 1862 – American Civil War, Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
• 1868 – Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
• 1879 – Napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
• 1890 – The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
• 1910 – Robert Falcon Scott's second South Pole expedition leaves Cardiff.
• 1913 – The Greek-Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
• 1916 – Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
• 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.
• 1921 – Tulsa Race Riot: civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• 1922 – The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
• 1929 – The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
• 1941 – World War II: Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
• 1941 – The Farhud, a pogrom of Iraqi Jews, takes place in Baghdad.
• 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.
• 1946 – Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" (leader) of Romania during World War II, is executed.
• 1958 – Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
• 1960 – New Zealand's first official television broadcast commences at 7.30 pm from Auckland.
• 1962 – The Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting concludes, among other things, that the British public did not want commercial radio broadcasting.
• 1963 – Kenya gains internal self-rule (Madaraka Day).
• 1974 – Flixborough disaster: an explosion at a chemical plant kills 28 people.
• 1974 – The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
• 1978 – The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.
• 1979 – The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
• 1980 – Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
• 1990 – George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 2001 – Dolphinarium massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
• 2003 – The People's Republic of China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam.
• 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.
• 2009 – General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.
• 2011 – A rare tornado outbreak occurs in New England; a strong EF3 tornado strikes Springfield, Massachusetts during the event, killing four people.
• 2012 – The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental jumbo jet aircraft is introduced with Lufthansa.

Births

• 719 – Yang Guifei, Chinese princess (d. 756)
• 1076 – Mstislav I of Kiev (d. 1132)
• 1134 – Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (d. 1158)
• 1300 – Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk (d. 1338)
• 1455 – Anne of Savoy (d. 1480)
• 1480 – Tiedemann Giese, Polish bishop (d. 1550)
• 1503 – Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (d. 1567)
• 1563 – Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (d. 1612)
• 1633 – Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (d. 1687)
• 1637 – Jacques Marquette, French missionary and explorer (d. 1675)
• 1653 – Georg Muffat, French composer (d. 1704)
• 1675 – Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist and writer (d. 1755)
• 1754 – Ferdinand, Duke of Breisgau (d. 1806)
• 1762 – Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary (d. 1844)
• 1770 – Friedrich August Schulze, German novelist (d. 1849)
• 1771 – Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (d. 1839)
• 1790 – Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (d. 1836)
• 1796 – Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist (d. 1832)
• 1800 – Edward Deas Thomson, Australian politician (d. 1879)
• 1801 – Brigham Young, American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (d. 1877)
• 1804 – Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (d. 1857)
• 1815 – Otto of Greece (d. 1862)
• 1825 – John Hunt Morgan, American general (d. 1864)
• 1831 – John Bell Hood, American general (d. 1879)
• 1833 – John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and politician (d. 1911)
• 1843 – Henry Faulds, Scottish physician, missionary and scientist, developed fingerprinting (d. 1930)
• 1844 – John J. Toffey, American army officer (d. 1911)
• 1878 – John Masefield, English novelist and poet (d. 1967)
• 1879 – Max Emmerich, American athlete and gymnast (d. 1956)
• 1882 – Nicolae Bivol, Moldovan politician (d. 1940)
• 1889 – James Daugherty, American painter, illustrator and author (d. 1974)
• 1889 – Charles Kay Ogden, English linguist, philosopher, and writer (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 playwright and director (d. 1957)
• 1901 – Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 1990)
• 1901 – Raymond Souplex, French singer and actor (d. 1972)
• 1903 – Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian bishop (d. 1973)
• 1905 – Robert Newton, English actor (d. 1956)
• 1907 – Frank Whittle, English engineer and inventor, developed the jet engine (d. 1996)
• 1908 – Julie Campbell Tatham, American writer (d. 1999)
• 1909 – Yechezkel Kutscher, Slovakian-Israeli philologist (d. 1971)
• 1909 – Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist (d. 1986)
• 1912 – Herbert Tichy, Austrian mountaineer (d. 1987)
• 1913 – Bill Deedes, English journalist (d. 2007)
• 1915 – John Randolph, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1917 – William Standish Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1920 – Robert Clarke, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1921 – Nelson Riddle, American arranger, composer, and bandleader (d. 1985)
• 1922 – Joan Caulfield, American actress and model (d. 1991)
• 1922 – Joan Copeland, American actress
• 1922 – Povel Ramel, Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer (d. 2007)
• 1924 – William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman and activist (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Dilia Díaz Cisneros, Venezuelan teacher and poet
• 1925 – Marie Knight, American singer (d. 2009)
• 1926 – Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, director, producer, and writer (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Marilyn Monroe, American model, actress, singer, and producer (d. 1962)
• 1928 – Georgy Dobrovolsky, Soviet astronaut (d. 1971)
• 1928 – Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, actor, and writer (d. 2003)
• 1929 – Nargis, Indian actress (d. 1981)
• 1929 – James H. Billington, American educator and librarian
• 1930 – John Lemmon, English logician and philosopher (d. 1966)
• 1930 – Edward Woodward, English actor (d. 2009)
• 1932 – Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic (d. 1994)
• 1933 – Haruo Remeliik, Palauan politician, 1st President of Palau (d. 1985)
• 1933 – Charles Wilson, American politician (d. 2010)
• 1934 – Pat Boone, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
• 1934 – Ken McElroy, American criminal and murder victim (d. 1981)
• 1935 – Hazel Dickens, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2011)
• 1935 – Jack Kralick, American baseball player (d. 2012)
• 1935 – Reverend Ike, American minister (d. 2009)
• 1936 – André Bourbeau, Canadian politician
• 1936 – Joe Doyle, Irish politician
• 1936 – Bekim Fehmiu, Yugoslavian actor (d. 2010)
• 1936 – Gerald Scarfe, English illustrator
• 1937 – Morgan Freeman, American actor and director
• 1937 – Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress
• 1937 – Colleen McCullough, Australian novelist
• 1938 – Khawar Rizvi, Pakistani poet and scholar
• 1939 – Cleavon Little, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1940 – René Auberjonois, American actor
• 1940 – Katerina Gogou, Greek actress and poet (d. 1993)
• 1940 – Kip Thorne, American physicist
• 1941 – Dean Chance, American baseball player
• 1941 – Toyo Ito, Japanese architect, designed the Torre Realia BCN and Hotel Porta Fira
• 1941 – Alexander V. Zakharov, Russian scientist
• 1943 – Lorrie Wilmot, South African cricketer (d. 2004)
• 1943 – Kuki Gallmann, Kenyan writer and poet
• 1944 – Robert Powell, English actor
• 1945 – Linda Scott, American singer
• 1945 – Frederica von Stade, American soprano
• 1946 – Brian Cox, Scottish actor
• 1946 – Jody Stecher, American singer and musician
• 1947 – Ron Dennis, English businessman, founded McLaren Automotive
• 1947 – Jonathan Pryce, English actor
• 1947 – Ronnie Wood, English musician, songwriter, and producer (The Jeff Beck Group, Rolling Stones, and Faces)
• 1948 – Powers Boothe, American actor
• 1948 – Michel Plasse, French-Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
• 1948 – Tom Sneva, American race car driver
• 1950 – Perrin Beatty, Canadian politician
• 1950 – Wayne Nelson, American singer and musician (Little River Band)
• 1950 – Tom Robinson, English singer-songwriter and bassist (Sector 27 and Tom Robinson Band)
• 1953 – David Berkowitz, American serial killer and arsonist
• 1953 – Tim Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland, English peer and actor
• 1953 – Ronnie Dunn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Brooks & Dunn)
• 1953 – Xi Jinping, Chinese politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
• 1955 – Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (d. 2008)
• 1955 – Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1956 – Lisa Hartman, American actress
• 1956 – Robin Mattson, American actress
• 1957 – Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish director
• 1958 – Ahron Bregman, Israeli journalist
• 1959 – Martin Brundle, English race car driver
• 1959 – Alan Wilder, English singer, musician, producer, and composer (Depeche Mode and Recoil)
• 1960 – Simon Gallup, English singer and musician (The Cure, Fools Dance, The Magazine Spies, and Lockjaw)
• 1960 – Vladimir Krutov, Soviet ice hockey player (d. 2012)
• 1960 – Giorgos Lillikas, Cypriot politician
• 1961 – Paul Coffey, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1961 – Peter Machajdík, Slovakian composer and pianist
• 1963 – Mike Joyce, English drummer (The Smiths and Buzzcocks)
• 1964 – Mark Curry, American comedian and actor
• 1965 – Larisa Lazutina, Russian skier
• 1965 – Nigel Short, English chess player
• 1966 – Greg Schiano, American football player and coach
• 1967 – Roger Sanchez, American DJ
• 1968 – Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer
• 1968 – Jeff Hackett, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968 – Karen Mulder, Dutch model and singer
• 1969 – René Liu, Taiwanese actress and singer
• 1969 – Teri Polo, American actress
• 1970 – Alexi Lalas, American soccer player
• 1970 – R. Madhavan, Indian actor
• 1970 – Paul Schrier, American actor
• 1971 – Mario Cimarro, Cuban actor
• 1972 – Daniel Casey, English actor
• 1972 – Mike Dunham, American ice hockey player
• 1972 – Mindy Smith, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1973 – Frédérik Deburghgraeve, Belgian swimmer
• 1973 – Adam Garcia, Australian actor
• 1973 – Derek Lowe, American baseball player
• 1973 – Heidi Klum, German model, actress, fashion designer, and producer
• 1974 – Ashok Jadeja, Indian con-artist
• 1974 – Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actress
• 1974 – Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist
• 1974 – Melissa Sagemiller, American actress
• 1974 – Akis Zikos, Greek footballer
• 1975 – James Storm, American wrestler
• 1975 – Michal Grošek, Czech ice hockey player
• 1977 – Sarah Wayne Callies, American actress
• 1977 – Danielle Harris, American actress
• 1977 – Brad Wilkerson, American baseball player
• 1977 – Richard Williams, English race car driver
• 1978 – Matthew Hittinger, American poet
• 1979 – Santana Moss, American football player
• 1979 – Markus Persson, Swedish game designer
• 1980 – Oliver James, English actor and singer
• 1981 – Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1981 – Brandi Carlile, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1981 – Smush Parker, American basketball player
• 1982 – Justine Henin, Belgian tennis player
• 1983 – Jake Silbermann, American actor
• 1984 – Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar, Mongolian athlete
• 1984 – Oliver Tielemans, Dutch race car driver
• 1985 – Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopian runner
• 1985 – Ari Herstand, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1985 – Mário Hipólito, Angolan footballer
• 1985 – Nick Young, American basketball player
• 1985 – Sam Young, American basketball player
• 1986 – Skream, English musician and producer (Magnetic Man)
• 1986 – Dayana Mendoza, Venezuelan model, Miss Universe 2008
• 1986 – Chinedu Obasi, Nigerian footballer
• 1986 – Ben Smith, New Zealand rugby player
• 1987 – Zoltán Harsányi, Slovakian footballer
• 1987 – Juan Hernandez, Mexican footballer
• 1987 – Jerel McNeal, American basketball player
• 1987 – Johan Santos, Filipino actor and model
• 1988 – Javier Hernández Balcázar, Mexican footballer
• 1988 – Nami Tamaki, Japanese singer
• 1989 – Brooklyn Lee, American porn actress
• 1991 – Blaine Miller, American actor
• 1992 – Kira Plastinina, Russian fashion designer
• 1996 – Tom Holland, English actor and dancer
• 2000 – Willow Shields, American actress

Deaths

• 195 BC – Emperor Gaozu of Han (b. 256)
• 193 – Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (b. 133)
• 1432 – Dan II of Wallachia
• 1434 – Jogaila of Poland (b. 1362)
• 1571 – John Story, English martyr (b. 1504)
• 1616 – Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1543)
• 1625 – Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (b. 1568)
• 1639 – Melchior Franck, German composer (b. 1579)
• 1660 – Mary Dyer, English quaker (b. 1611)
• 1710 – David Mitchell, English admiral (b. 1642)
• 1740 – Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657)
• 1769 – Edward Holyoke, American clergyman, 9th President of Harvard University (b. 1689)
• 1795 – Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist (b. 1744)
• 1815 – Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (b. 1753)
• 1823 – Louis-Nicolas Davout, French marshal (b. 1770)
• 1826 – Jean Frédéric Oberlin, Alsatian pastor (b. 1740)
• 1830 – Swaminarayan, Indian Hindu figure (b. 1781)
• 1841 – David Wilkie, Scottish artist (b. 1785)
• 1846 – Pope Gregory XVI (b. 1765)
• 1861 – John Quincy Marr, American soldier (b. 1825)
• 1864 – Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel, led the Taiping Rebellion (b. 1812)
• 1868 – James Buchanan, American lawyer and politician, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791)
• 1872 – James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American newspaper publisher, founded the New York Herald (b. 1795)
• 1873 – Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (b. 1804)
• 1879 – Napoléon, Prince Imperial French son of Napoleon III of France (b. 1856)
• 1927 – Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (b. 1860)
• 1927 – J. B. Bury, Irish historian (b. 1861)
• 1934 – Alfred Rawlinson, British soldier and polo player (b. 1867)
• 1935 – Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Austro-Hungarian general (d. 1857)
• 1938 – Ödön von Horváth, Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist (b. 1901)
• 1941 – Hans Berger, German scientist (b. 1873)
• 1941 – Hugh Walpole, New Zealand-born English novelist (b. 1884)
• 1943 – Leslie Howard, English actor (b. 1893)
• 1943 – Wilfrid B. Israel, German activist (b. 1899)
• 1946 – Ion Antonescu, Romanian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1882)
• 1947 – Anna Hoffman-Uddgren, Swedish director and actor (b. 1868)
• 1948 – Sonny Boy Williamson I, American singer and harmonica player (b. 1914)
• 1948 – Alex Gard, Russian cartoonist (b. 1900)
• 1952 – John Dewey, American philosopher and theorist (b. 1859)
• 1953 – Emanuel Vidović, Croatian artist (b. 1870)
• 1954 – Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (b. 1869)
• 1955 – Kathleen, Duchess of Newcastle (b. 1872)
• 1959 – Sax Rohmer, English author (b. 1883)
• 1960 – Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883)
• 1960 – Paula Hitler, Austrian-German sister of Adolf Hitler (b. 1896)
• 1965 – Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach, founded the Green Bay Packers (b. 1898)
• 1966 – Papa Jack Laine, American bandleader and musician (b. 1873)
• 1968 – Helen Keller, American author, activist, and lecturer (b. 1880)
• 1968 – André Laurendeau, Canadian writer, journalist, and politician (b. 1912)
• 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, American baseball player (b. 1886)
• 1980 – Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst, founded the ACNielsen company (b. 1897)
• 1981 – Carl Vinson, American politician (b. 1883)
• 1983 – Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (b. 1903)
• 1985 – Richard Greene, English actor (b. 1918)
• 1986 – Jo Gartner, Austrian race car driver (b. 1958)
• 1987 – Rashid Karami, Lebanese statesman, Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1921)
• 1989 – Aurelio Lampredi, Italian designer and engineer (b. 1917)
• 1991 – David Ruffin, American singer and drummer (The Temptations) (b. 1941)
• 1994 – Frances Heflin, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1996 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian politician, 6th President of India (b. 1913)
• 1998 – Darwin Joston, American actor (b. 1937)
• 1999 – Christopher Cockerell, English engineer and inventor, invented the hovercraft (b. 1910)
• 2001 – Aishwarya of Nepal (b. 1949)
• 2001 – Birendra of Nepal (b. 1945)
• 2001 – Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969)
• 2004 – William Manchester, American writer (b. 1922)
• 2005 – Hilda Crosby Standish, American physician (b. 1902)
• 2005 – George Mikan, American basketball player (b. 1924)
• 2006 – Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
• 2007 – Arn Shein, American writer (b. 1928)
• 2007 – Tony Thompson, American singer (Hi-Five) (b. 1975)
• 2008 – Tommy Lapid, Israeli journalist and politician (b. 1931)
• 2008 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (b. 1936)
• 2009 – Thomas Berry, American theologian (b. 1914)
• 2009 – Vincent O'Brien, Irish horse trainer (b.1917)
• 2010 – William H. Ginn Jr., American Air Force officer (b. 1928)
• 2011 – Haleh Sahabi, Iranian activist (b. 1957)
• 2012 – Faruq Z. Bey, American saxophonist, composer, and poet (Griot Galaxy) (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Pádraig Faulkner, Irish politician (b. 1918)

Holidays and observances

• Azores Day (Azores)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Annibale Maria di Francia
  • Crescentinus
  • Fortunatus of Spoleto
  • Íñigo of Oña
  • Justin Martyr, Doctor, c. 165 CE (Eastern Orthodox; Anglican Communion commemoration)
  • Ronan of Locronan
  • June 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• International Children's Day (International), and its related observances:
  • Children's Day (Albania)
  • Children's Day (Cape Verde)
  • Children's Day (Romania)
  • The Mothers and Children’s Day (Mongolia)
• Fei Fei Day (Vancouver)
• Madaraka Day (Kenya)
• Marine's Day (Mexico)
• National Day Against Homophobia (Canada)
• National Tree Planting Day (Cambodia)
• Pancasila Day (Indonesia)
• President's Day (Palau)
• The first day of the Gawai Dayak festival (Sarawak)
• Victory Day (Tunisia)
• Children's Day (Ecuador)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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