June, 1st in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Wednesday 01, 2005:
The Dutch referendum on the European Constitution results in its rejection.

Sunday 01, 2003:
The People's Republic of China begins filling the reservoir behind the massive Three Gorges Dam, raising the water level near the dam over 100 metres.

Thursday 01, 2000:
The multilateral Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is signed.

Friday 01, 1990:
U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production and start destroying each of their nation's stockpiles.

Sunday 01, 1980:
The Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.

Friday 01, 1979:
The first black-led government of Rhodesia in 90 years takes power, ousting Ian Smith and changing the country's name to Zimbabwe.

Thursday 01, 1978:
The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.

Saturday 01, 1974:
Flixborough disaster: An explosion at a chemical plant in Flixborough, UK, kills 28 people.

Tuesday 01, 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.

Thursday 01, 1967:
The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released; Don Dunstan becomes Premier of South Australia

Sunday 01, 1958:
Charles De Gaulle is brought out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.

Tuesday 01, 1954:
The Peanuts comic strip character Linus van Pelt is shown with a security blanket for the first time. http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/peanuts/meet_the_gang/meet_linus.html

Tuesday 01, 1943:
A civilian flight from Lisbon to London is shot down by the Germans during World War II, killing all aboard, including actor Leslie Howard.

Sunday 01, 1941:
World War II: Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.

Wednesday 01, 1938:
Baseball: Protective helmets are worn by batters for the very first time.

Saturday 01, 1935:
1935 - First driving tests introduced in Britain.

Monday 01, 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 till Cal Ripken, Jr. broke it in 1995.

Thursday 01, 1922:
Official founding of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

Wednesday 01, 1921:
Tulsa Race Riot: A race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma, kills at least 85 people.

Saturday 01, 1918:
World War I: Battle for Belleau Wood begins.

Wednesday 01, 1910:
Robert Falcon Scott's South Pole expedition leaves England.

Tuesday 01, 1909:
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition world's fair opens in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Saturday 01, 1907:
Cricket: Colin Blythe takes 17 wickets for 48 runs against Northamptonshire at Northampton in one day. It is the best analysis ever recorded either for a county cricket match or a single day's bowling, and not bettered in first-class cricket until 1956.

Wednesday 01, 1898:
The Trans-Mississippi Exposition world's fair opens in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.

Sunday 01, 1890:
The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.

Sunday 01, 1879:
Napoleon Eugene, Prince of France, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.

Tuesday 01, 1869:
Thomas Edison of Boston, Massachusetts, receives a patent for his electric voting machine.

Sunday 01, 1862:
American Civil War: Battle of Fair Oaks ends, with both sides claiming victory.

Friday 01, 1855:
American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua and reinstates slavery.

Wednesday 01, 1831:
James Clark Ross discovers the position of the North Magnetic Pole on the Boothia Peninsula.

Thursday 01, 1815:
Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France.

Tuesday 01, 1813:
The United States Navy gains its motto as the mortally wounded commander of the frigate Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, said, 'Don't give up the ship'.

Monday 01, 1812:
War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.

Wednesday 01, 1796:
Tennessee becomes the 16th state of the United States.

Friday 01, 1792:
Kentucky becomes the 15th state of the United States.

Tuesday 01, 1779:
American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold is court-martialed for malfeasance in his treatment of government property.

Tuesday 01, 1660:
Mary Dyer is hanged in Boston, Massachusetts, for defying a law banning Quakers from the colony. She is considered to be the last religious martyr in what would become the United States.

Thursday 01, 1533:
Henry VIII of England's new wife, Anne Boleyn, is crowned as queen.

Saturday 01, 1495:
Friar John Cor records the first known batch of scotch whisky.

Monday 01, 1485:
Matthias of Hungary took Vienna in his conquest of Austria (from Frederick III) and made the city his capital.

Tuesday 01, 1283:
Treaty of Rheinfelden: Duke Rudolph II of Austria has to waive his right to the Duchies of Austria and Styria.

Saturday 01, 193:
Roman Emperor Marcus Didius is assassinated in his palace.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/01-june/on-this-day.html


People born on June 01

1982:
Justine Henin-Hardenne, Belgian tennis player (b: June 1, 1982) (Biography of Justine Henin-Hardenne)

1981:
Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (b: June 1, 1981) (Biography of Carlos Zambrano)

1980:
Oliver James, British actor (b: June 1, 1980) (Biography of Oliver James)

1977:
Danielle Harris, American voice actress (b: June 1, 1977) (Biography of Danielle Harris)

1974:
Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer (b: June 1, 1974) (Biography of Alanis Morissette)

1973:
Adam Garcia, Australian actor (b: June 1, 1973) (Biography of Adam Garcia)
Heidi Klum, German model (b: June 1, 1973) (Biography of Heidi Klum)
Derek Lowe, American baseball player (b: June 1, 1973) (Biography of Derek Lowe)

1970:
Alexi Lalas, American football player (b: June 1, 1970) (Biography of Alexi Lalas)

1968:
Jason Donovan, Australian actor (b: June 1, 1968) (Biography of Jason Donovan)

1965:
Nigel Short, English chess player (b: June 1, 1965) (Biography of Nigel Short)

1964:
Mark Curry, American comedian and actor (b: June 1, 1964) (Biography of Mark Curry (actor))

1961:
Paul Coffey, Canadian hockey player (b: June 1, 1961) (Biography of Paul Coffey)

1959:
Martin Brundle, British race car driver (b: June 1, 1959) (Biography of Martin Brundle)

1956:
Lisa Hartman American actress (b: June 1, 1956) (Biography of Lisa Hartman)

1947:
Jonathan Pryce, British actor (b: June 1, 1947) (Biography of Jonathan Pryce)
Ron Wood, English guitarist, (Jeff Beck Group, The Faces, and The Rolling Stones) (b: June 1, 1947) (Biography of Ron Wood)

1946:
Brian Cox, Scottish actor (b: June 1, 1946) (Biography of Brian Cox)

1945:
Frederica von Stade, American mezzo-soprano (b: June 1, 1945) (Biography of Frederica von Stade)

1940:
René Auberjonois, American actor (b: June 1, 1940) (Biography of René Auberjonois)
Kip Thorne, American physicist (b: June 1, 1940) (Biography of Kip Thorne)

1939:
Cleavon Little, American actor (b: June 1, 1939 ; d: October 22, 1992) (Biography of Cleavon Little)

1937:
Morgan Freeman, American actor (b: June 1, 1937) (Biography of Morgan Freeman)

1936:
Gerald Scarfe, British cartoonist and illustrator (b: June 1, 1936) (Biography of Gerald Scarfe)

1934:
Pat Boone (Charles Eugene Boone), American singer (b: June 1, 1934) (Biography of Pat Boone)

1933:
Charles Wilson, American politician (b: June 1, 1933) (Biography of Charles Wilson (politician))

1930:
Edward Woodward, English actor (b: June 1, 1930) (Biography of Edward Woodward)

1928:
Georgi Dobrovolski, cosmonaut (b: June 1, 1928 ; d: June 30, 1971) (Biography of Georgi Dobrovolski)
Bob Monkhouse, English comedian and game show host (b: June 1, 1928 ; d: December 29, 2003) (Biography of Bob Monkhouse)

1926:
Andy Griffith, American actor (b: June 1, 1926) (Biography of Andy Griffith)
Marilyn Monroe, American actress (b: June 1, 1926 ; d: August 5, 1962) (Biography of Marilyn Monroe)

1924:
Dr. William Sloane Coffin, Jr., American clergyman (b: June 1, 1924) (Biography of William Sloane Coffin)

1922:
Povel Ramel , Swedish musician (b: June 1, 1922) (Biography of Povel Ramel)

1921:
Nelson Riddle, American orchestra leader and arranger (b: June 1, 1921 ; d: October 6, 1986) (Biography of Nelson Riddle)

1917:
William S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: June 1, 1917) (Biography of William S. Knowles)

1915:
John Randolph, American actor (b: June 1, 1915 ; d: February 24, 2004) (Biography of John Randolph (actor))

1901:
John Van Druten, English screen writer (b: June 1, 1901) (Biography of John Van Druten)

1899:
Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician (b: June 1, 1899) (Biography of Edward Charles Titchmarsh)

1898:
Molly Picon, American actress (b: June 1, 1898 ; d: April 5, 1992) (Biography of Molly Picon)

1890:
Frank Morgan, American actor (b: June 1, 1890 ; d: September 18, 1949) (Biography of Frank Morgan)

1881:
Charles Kay Ogden, English writer and linguist (b: June 1, 1881) (Biography of Charles Kay Ogden)

1878:
John Masefield, English novelist and poet (b: June 1, 1878 ; d: May 12, 1967) (Biography of John Masefield)

1843:
Dr. Henry Faulds, Scottish fingerprinting pioneer (b: June 1, 1843) (Biography of Henry Faulds)

1831:
John Bell Hood, American Confederate general (b: June 1, 1831 ; d: August 30, 1879) (Biography of John Bell Hood)

1815:
Philip Kearny, American general (b: June 1, 1815) (Biography of Philip Kearny)
King Otto of Greece (b: June 1, 1815 ; d: July 26, 1867) (Biography of Otto of Greece)

1804:
Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (b: June 1, 1804 ; d: February 15, 1857) (Biography of Mikhail Glinka)

1801:
Brigham Young, Mormon church leader and American western settler (b: June 1, 1801 ; d: August 29, 1877) (Biography of Brigham Young)

1796:
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (b: June 1, 1796 ; d: August 24, 1832) (Biography of Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot)

1790:
Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (b: June 1, 1790 ; d: September 5, 1836) (Biography of Ferdinand Raimund)

1780:
Carl von Clausewitz, Prussian general (b: June 1, 1780) (Biography of Carl von Clausewitz)

1771:
Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (b: June 1, 1771 ; d: May 3, 1839) (Biography of Ferdinando Paer)

1675:
Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (b: June 1, 1675 ; d: February 11, 1755) (Biography of Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei)

1653:
Georg Muffat, French composer (b: June 1, 1653 ; d: February 23, 1704) (Biography of Georg Muffat)

1633:
Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (b: June 1, 1633 ; d: October 13, 1687) (Biography of Geminiano Montanari)

1563:
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman and spymaster (b: June 1, 1563 ; d: May 24, 1612) (Biography of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury)

1503:
Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (b: June 1, 1503 ; d: April 18, 1567) (Biography of Wilhelm von Grumbach)

1480:
Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b: June 1, 1480 ; d: October 23, 1550) (Biography of Tiedemann Giese)

1265:
Dante Alighieri, Florentine poet (b: June 1, 1265 ; d: September 14, 1321) (Biography of Dante Alighieri)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/01-june/births.html

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People who died on June 01

2004:
William Manchester, American writer (b: April 1, 1922 ; d: June 1, 2004) (Biography of William Manchester)

2002:
Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b: September 25, 1969 ; d: June 1, 2002) (Biography of Hansie Cronje)

2001:
Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (b: March 14, 1920 ; d: June 1, 2001) (Biography of Hank Ketcham)
Queen Aiswarya (d: June 1, 2001) (Biography of Queen Aiswarya)
Birendra of Nepal (d: June 1, 2001) (Biography of Birendra of Nepal)

1999:
Christopher Sydney Cockerell, British engineer and inventor (b: June 4, 1910 ; d: June 1, 1999) (Biography of Christopher Sydney Cockerell)

1994:
Frances Heflin (d: June 1, 1994) (Biography of Frances Heflin)

1981:
Carl Vinson, U.S. Congressman (b: November 18, 1883 ; d: June 1, 1981) (Biography of Carl Vinson)

1980:
Rube Marquard, baseball player (b: October 9, 1886 ; d: June 1, 1980) (Biography of Rube Marquard)

1971:
Reinhold Niebuhr, Protestant theologian (b: June 21, 1892 ; d: June 1, 1971) (Biography of Reinhold Niebuhr)

1968:
Helen Keller, American spokeswoman for the deaf and blind (b: June 27, 1880 ; d: June 1, 1968) (Biography of Helen Keller)

1966:
Papa Jack Laine, American musician (b: September 21, 1873 ; d: June 1, 1966) (Biography of Papa Jack Laine)

1960:
Lester Patrick (d: June 1, 1960) (Biography of Lester Patrick)

1959:
Sax Rohmer, English author (b: February 15, 1883 ; d: June 1, 1959) (Biography of Sax Rohmer)

1948:
Sonny Boy Williamson I, American musician (b: March 30, 1914 ; d: June 1, 1948) (Biography of Sonny Boy Williamson I)

1946:
Ion Antonescu, Prime Minister of Romania (b: June 15, 1882 ; d: June 1, 1946) (Biography of Ion Antonescu)

1943:
Leslie Howard, English actor (b: April 3, 1893 ; d: June 1, 1943) (Biography of Leslie Howard)

1927:
J. B. Bury, Irish historian (b: October 16, 1861 ; d: June 1, 1927) (Biography of J. B. Bury)

1873:
Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (b: December 13, 1804 ; d: June 1, 1873) (Biography of Joseph Howe)

1868:
James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States (b: April 23, 1791 ; d: June 1, 1868) (Biography of James Buchanan)

1846:
Pope Gregory XVI (b: September 18, 1765 ; d: June 1, 1846) (Biography of Pope Gregory XVI)

1841:
David Wilkie, Scottish artist (b: November 18, 1785 ; d: June 1, 1841) (Biography of David Wilkie (artist))

1823:
Louis Nicolas Davout, French marshal (b: May 10, 1770 ; d: June 1, 1823) (Biography of Louis Nicolas Davout)

1815:
Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (b: February 20, 1753 ; d: June 1, 1815) (Biography of Louis Alexandre Berthier)

1795:
Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (b: February 6, 1744 ; d: June 1, 1795) (Biography of Pierre-Joseph Desault)

1769:
Edward Holyoke, American President of Harvard University (b: June 26, 1689 ; d: June 1, 1769) (Biography of Edward Holyoke)

1740:
Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b: March 1, 1657 ; d: June 1, 1740) (Biography of Samuel Werenfels)

1710:
David Mitchell (admiral) (d: June 1, 1710) (Biography of David Mitchell (admiral))

1660:
Mary Dyer (d: June 1, 1660) (Biography of Mary Dyer)

1639:
Melchior Franck (d: June 1, 1639) (Biography of Melchior Franck)

1625:
Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (b: February 11, 1568 ; d: June 1, 1625) (Biography of Honoré d'Urfé)

1571:
John Story (d: June 1, 1571) (Biography of John Story)

193:
Marcus Severus Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (b: January 30, 133 ; d: June 1, 193) (Biography of Marcus Severus Didius Julianus)

-195:
Gaozu of Han (d: June 1, -195) (Biography of Gaozu of Han)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/01-june/deaths.html