June 1

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on June 1. From 1900 until now. June 1 is under the sign of Gemini. Famous birthdays on this day include Marilyn Monroe (1926), Heidi Klum (1973) and Alanis Morissette (1974). Several movies were released around June 1 over the years, such as Ferris Bueller's Day Off in 1986 directed by John Hughes and A Summer's Tale in 1996 directed by Éric Rohmer.
But much more happened on June 1 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Samoa - Independence Day 1962.
Roman Empire - Festival in honour of Carna.
Children's Day in some countries.
Commemoration of Justin Martyr (Anglican).
Kenya Madaraka Day 1963.
Tunisia - Constitution Day / Victory Day 1959.
The Ascension in Eastern Christianity.
Nirvana of Buddhists.
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Events

2019 A suicide bomber driving a Humvee detonated the vehicle loaded with explosives near a security building in Afghanistan, killing 8 officers. (ariananews)
2018 Economy of Brazil: Pedro Parente, the head of Brazil Petrobras, resigns among protests related to diesel fuel prices. (BBC)
2017 Marawi crisis: Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announces the deaths of ten soldiers in Marawi as a result of a "friendly fire" airstrike. (BBC)
2016 Syrian Civil War: United States-backed Syrian Democratic Forces begin an offensive to regain control of the city of Manbij in the Aleppo Governorate from ISIL. (Reuters via Trust)
2015 Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017):: An Islamic State suicide bombing kills 37 at an Iraqi police base. (Yahoo)
2014 Islamist insurgency in Nigeria: A bombing at a football match in the town on Mubi in northeastern Nigeria kills at least 40 people. (AFP via Global Post)Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram gunmen have been released. (CBC)
2013 Two drone strikes kill at least seven suspected al-Qaeda militants in the Abyan Governorate of Yemen. (Reuters)
2012 Syrian uprising: The United Nations Human Rights Council votes to condemn the massacre carried out by Syrian forces in the town of Houla on May 25, despite Russia, China and Cuba voting against the resolution. (''The Guardian'')
2011 Arab Spring:
2010 The US Mint releases the 2010 Yellowstone National Park quarter dollar coin to circulation.
2009 New USA requirement goes into effect for passports or other approved identification to be shown at all entry points.
2008 A large fire ravages a theme park at Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California, destroying a King Kong attraction and a set from the film Back to the Future. Over 300 firefighters fought the blaze.
2007 U.S. warships bombard a Somali village where Islamic militants had set up a base.
2006 Extraordinary renditions. The Bundesnachrichtendienst (German intelligence agency) declares that it had known of Khalid El-Masri's seizure 16 months before Germany was officially informed of his mistaken arrest in the name of the War on Terror. Germany had previously claimed that it did not know of el-Masri's abduction by the CIA and his stay in the Salt Pit in Afghanistan until his return to the country in May 2004
2005 In Côte d'Ivoire, renewed violence in the west of the country costs at least 41 lives (Reuters AlertNet) (SABC) (BBC)
2004 RoC Premier Yu Shyi-kun is prevented for six hours from delivering a key government report on the floor of the Legislative Yuan when opposition lawmakers, refusing to recognize President Chen Shui-bian's narrow re-election on March 20, tore up his report and unfurled banners and placards with the words "no truth, no president" and "bogus regime". (TheStraitsTimes) (Channelnewsasia)
2003 The Railroad Museum of the Niagara Frontier opens.
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.
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.
1997 1st New York Women Film Festival opens
1996 MTV Movie Awards
1995 68th National Spelling Bee: Justin Tyler Carroll wins spelling xanthosis
1994 FX Channel, Cable Network, debuts
1993 Brooklyn New York begins recycling
1992 America West Arena opens in Phoenix
1991 Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time in 600 years
1990 Cemetery Club closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 56 performances
1989 62nd National Spelling Bee: Scott Isaacs wins spelling spoliator
1988 Les Miserables, opens at Shubert Theatre, LA
1987 Phil Niekro 314th combines with Joe to have most wins by bros (530)
1986 32nd LPGA Championship won by Pat Bradley
1985 Weird Al Yankovic released his Dare To Be Stupid LP
1984 Douglas H Mitchell, QC of Calgary becomes 6th CFL Commissioner
1982 Rickey Henderson is fastest to reach 50 stolen bases in a year
1981 Production of Chevrolet Corvette cars begins at a new plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. The first Corvette is a two-tone Beige over Dark Brown 1981 model.
1980 1st transmission of CNN, Cable News Network
1979 33rd NBA Championship: Sea Supersonics beat Washington Bullets, 4 games to 1
1978 High Council destroys judgment against war criminal Pieter Menten
1977 British Virgin Islands adopts constitution
1976 Great-Britain and Iceland terminate codfish war
1975 Chicago opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 947 performances
1974 My Girl Bill by Jim Stafford hits #12
1973 Greek President Papadopoulos asks for Parliamentary Presidential Republic
1972 Tswanaland becomes Bophuthatswana in South Africa
1971 Vietnam War: Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace, claiming to represent the majority of U.S. veterans who served in Southeast Asia, speak against war protests.
1970 Everything Is Beautiful by Ray Stevens hits #1
1969 Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio and TV.
1968 100th Belmont: Gus Gustines aboard Stage Door Johnny wins in 2:27.2
1967 Mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, DC.
1966 Joaquin Balaguer elected President of Dominican Republic
1965 Coal mine explosion in Fukuoka Japan kills 236
1963 El Watusi by Ray Barreto hits #17
1962 Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit.
1961 FM multiplex stereo broadcasting 1st heard
1960 WDTV TV channel 5 in Clarksburg-Weston, WV (CBS) begins broadcasting
1959 2-time champ Monterrey Mexico barred from 1959 Little League competition for using players outside predetermined geographical area
1958 Belgian Christian-democrats win parliamentary election
1957 1st US runner breaks 4 minute mile (Don Bowden)
1956 First international flight (to Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport - YUL) from the Atlanta Municipal Airport (ATL); now Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and currently the world's busiest airport)
1955 Habib Bourguiba ends exile from Tunisia
1954 Emile Zatopek runs record 6 mile: (27:59.2) / 10,000m (28:54.2)
1953 KMJ (now KSEE) TV channel 24 in Fresno, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1952 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cross Country Weathervane Golf Tournament
1951 International Cheese treaty signed
1950 WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
1949 1st magazine on microfilm offered to subscribers (Newsweek)
1948 Israel and Arabs agree to a cease fire
1947 Photosensitive glass developed
1946 78th Belmont: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:30.8
1945 WLB-AM in Minneapolis Minn changes call letters to KUOM
1944 Gen Montgomery / Patton / Bradley / Dempsey / Crerar meet in Portsmouth
1943 Germany shoots down a civilian flight from Lisbon to London, all die
1941 British troops occupy Bagdad Iraq
1940 Coffee and tea rationed in Holland
1939 1st boxing match to be televised, Lon Nova defeats Max Baer
1938 Protective baseball helmets 1st worn by batters
1937 Prince Konoye becomes Japanese Premier
1936 Lux Radio Theater moved from NYC to Hollywood
1935 Driving test and license plates introduced in England
1933 Charlie Chaplin weds Paulette Goddard
1932 Lunteren soccer team forms in Lunteren
1931 Rozenburg soccer team forms in Rozenburg
1930 6th French Mens Tennis: Henri Cochet beats Bill Tilden (36 86 63 61)
1929 The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
1926 Ignacy Mocicki elected President of Poland
1925 Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees plays the first game in his record streak of 2,130 consecutive games, an endurance record in major league baseball that stands until Cal Ripken, Jr. breaks it in 1995.
1924 Harry Grindell Matthews returns from Paris to London he tries to use a ''Pathé'' film to demonstrate that his death ray works.
1923 New York Giants beat Phillies, 22-5, Giants score in every inning
1922 The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
1921 Race riot in Tusla Okla (21 whites and 60 blacks killed).
1920 RKSV Volendam soccer team forms in Volendam
1919 Rhineland Republic forms in Wiesbaden
1918 Excelsior Maassluis soccer team forms in Maassluis
1917 Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WWI
1916 German attack on Fort Vaux, Verdun
1914 Woodrow Wilson's envoy Edward Mandell House meets with Kaiser Wilhelm II.
1913 The Greek-Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
1912 Stormvogels soccer team forms in Ijmuiden
1910 SC Enschede soccer team forms in Enschede
1909 (to October 16) The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition is held in Seattle, Washington.
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