June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1765 - Christiane Vulpius[?], Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's wife (+ 1816)
- 1780 - Carl von Clausewitz, general (+ 1831)
- 1801 - Brigham Young, Mormon church leader, settler (+ 1877)
- 1826 - Carl Bechstein[?], piano manufacturer (+ 1900)
- 1890 - Frank Morgan, actor (+ 1949)
- 1898 - Molly Picon[?], actress (+ 1992)
- 1921 - Nelson Riddle[?], band leader (+ 1985)
- 1926 - Andy Griffith, actor
- 1926 - Marilyn Monroe, actress (+ 1962)
- 1928 - Georgi Dobrovolski, cosmonaut
- 1934 - Pat Boone, singer
- 1937 - Morgan Freeman, actor
- 1940 - René Auberjonois[?], actor
- 1946 - Brian Cox[?], actor
- 1947 - Ron Wood, guitarist, ("The Rolling Stones" and the "Jeff Beck Group")
- 1965 - Nigel Short, chess player
- 1970 - Alexi Lalas[?], football player
- 1974 - Alanis Morissette, singer
- 1978 - Danielle Harris[?], voice actress
Deaths
- 1868 - James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States
- 1943 - Leslie Howard, actor
- 1948 - Sonny Boy Williamson[?], blues musician
- 1959 - Sax Rohmer, author
- 1960 - Lester Patrick[?], ice hockey star
- 1968 - Helen Keller, humanitarian
- 1980 - Rube Marquard[?], Baseball Hall of Famer
- 2001 - Hank Ketcham[?], creator of Dennis the Menace
- 2001 - King Birendra[?] and Queen Aiswarya[?] of Nepal, (shot, possibly murdererd)
- 2002 - Hansie Cronje, cricketer
Holidays and observances
See Also:
May 31 - June 2 - May 1 - July 1 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, October, November, December
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