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'''[[June 1]]''' is the 152nd day of the year in the [[Gregorian calendar]] (153rd in [[leap year]]s), with 213 days remaining.
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==Events==
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*[[193]] -  [[Roman Emperor]] [[Marcus Didius]] is [[assassin]]ated in his palace.
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*[[1283]] - [[Treaty of Rheinfelden]]: Duke [[Rudolph II of Austria]] has to waive his right to the Duchies of [[Austria]] and [[Styria (duchy)|Styria]].
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*[[1485]] - [[Matthias]] of [[Hungary]] took [[Vienna]] in his conquest of [[Austria]] (from [[Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick III]]) and made the city his capital. 
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*[[1495]] - Friar [[John Cor]] records the first known batch of [[scotch whisky]]. 
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*[[1533]] - [[Henry VIII of England]]'s new wife, [[Anne Boleyn]], is crowned as [[Queen consort|queen]]. 
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*[[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.
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*[[1779]] - [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Benedict Arnold]] is [[court-martial]]ed for [[malfeasance]] in his treatment of government property.
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*[[1792]] - [[Kentucky]] becomes the 15th [[U.S. state|state]] of the [[United States]].
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*[[1796]] - [[Tennessee]] becomes the 16th [[U.S. state|state]] of the [[United States]].
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*[[1812]] - [[War of 1812]]: U.S. President [[James Madison]] asks the [[Congress of the United States|Congress]] to declare war on the [[United Kingdom]].
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*[[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'.
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*[[1815]] - [[Napoleon]] swears fidelity to the Constitution of France. 
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*[[1831]] - [[James Clark Ross]] discovers the position of the [[North Pole|North Magnetic Pole]] on the [[Boothia Peninsula]].
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*[[1855]] - American adventurer [[William Walker (soldier)|William Walker]] conquers [[Nicaragua]] and reinstates [[slavery]]. 
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*[[1862]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of  Fair Oaks]] ends, with both sides claiming victory. 
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*[[1869]] - [[Thomas Edison]] of [[Boston, Massachusetts]], receives a patent for his [[electric voting machine]].
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*[[1879]] - [[Eugene Louis Napoleon]], Prince of France, is killed in the [[Zulu Wars]].
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*[[1890]] - The [[United States Census Bureau]] begins using [[Herman Hollerith]]'s [[tabulating machine]] to count [[census]] returns.
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*[[1898]] - The [[Trans-Mississippi Exposition (1898)|Trans-Mississippi Exposition]] [[world's fair]] opens in [[Omaha, Nebraska]], [[United States]].
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*[[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]].
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*[[1909]] - The [[Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition]] [[world's fair]] opens in [[Seattle, Washington]], [[United States]].
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*[[1910]] - [[Robert Falcon Scott]]'s [[South Pole]] expedition leaves England. 
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*[[1918]] - [[World War I]]: [[Battle for Belleau Wood]] begins.
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*[[1921]] - [[Tulsa Race Riot]]: A [[race riot]] in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], kills at least 85 people.
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*[[1922]] - Official founding of the [[Royal Ulster Constabulary]].
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* [[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]].
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* [[1935]] - First driving tests introduced in Britain.
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*[[1938]] - [[Baseball]]: Protective  [[helmet]]s are worn by batters for the very first time.
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*[[1941]] - [[World War II]]: [[Battle of Crete]] ends as [[Crete]] capitulates to [[Germany]]. 
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*[[1943]] - A civilian flight from [[Lisbon]] to [[London]] is shot down by the [[Germany|German]]s during [[World War II]], killing all aboard, including actor [[Leslie Howard]].
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*[[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] 
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*[[1958]] - [[Charles De Gaulle]] is brought out of retirement to lead [[France]] by decree for six months.
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*[[1967]] - [[The Beatles]] album ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' is released. 
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*[[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. 
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*[[1974]] - [[Flixborough disaster]]: An explosion at a chemical plant in [[Flixborough]], [[United Kindom|UK]], kills 28 people.
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*[[1978]] - The first international applications under the [[Patent Cooperation Treaty]] are filed.
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*[[1979]] -  The first black-led government of [[Rhodesia]] in 90 years takes power, ousting [[Ian Smith]] and changing the country's name to [[Zimbabwe]].
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*[[1980]] - The [[Cable News Network]] ([[CNN]]) begins [[broadcasting]].
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*[[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.
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*[[2000]] - The multilateral [[Patent Law Treaty]] (PLT) is signed.
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*[[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.
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*[[2005]] - The [[Dutch referendum on the European Constitution]] results in its rejection.
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==Births==
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*[[1265]] - [[Dante Alighieri]], Florentine poet (d. [[1321]])
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*[[1563]] - [[Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury]], English statesman and spymaster (d. [[1612]])
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*[[1633]] - [[Geminiano Montanari]], Italian astronomer (d. [[1687]])
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*[[1653]] - [[Georg Muffat]], French composer (d. [[1704]])
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*[[1675]] - [[Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei]], Italian archaeologist (d. [[1755]])
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*[[1780]] - [[Carl von Clausewitz]], Prussian general (d. [[1831]])
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*[[1790]] - [[Ferdinand Raimund]], Austrian playwright (d. [[1836]])
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*[[1796]] - [[Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot]], French mathematician (d. [[1832]])
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*[[1801]] - [[Brigham Young]], Mormon church leader and American western settler (d. [[1877]])
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*[[1804]] - [[Mikhail Glinka]], Russian composer (d. [[1857]])
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*[[1815]] - [[Philip Kearny]], American general (d. [[1862]])
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*[[1815]] - King [[Otto of Greece]] (d. [[1862]])
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*[[1831]] - [[John Bell Hood]], American Confederate general (d. [[1879]])
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*[[1843]] - Dr. [[Henry Faulds]], Scottish fingerprinting pioneer (d. [[1930]])
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*[[1878]] - [[John Masefield]], English novelist and poet (d. [[1967]])
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*[[1881]] - [[Charles Kay Ogden]], English writer and linguist (d. [[1957]])
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*[[1890]] - [[Frank Morgan]], American actor (d. [[1949]])
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*[[1898]] - [[Molly Picon]], American actress (d. [[1992]])
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*[[1899]] - [[Edward Charles Titchmarsh]], English mathematician (d. [[1963]])
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*[[1901]] - [[John Van Druten]], English screen writer (d. [[1957]])
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*[[1915]] - [[John Randolph (actor)|John Randolph]], American actor (d. [[2004]])
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*[[1917]] - [[William S. Knowles]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate
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*[[1921]] - [[Nelson Riddle]], American orchestra leader and arranger (d. [[1985]])
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*[[1922]] - [[Povel Ramel]] , Swedish musician
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*[[1924]] - Dr. [[William Sloane Coffin]], Jr., American clergyman
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*[[1926]] - [[Andy Griffith]], American actor
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*1926 - [[Marilyn Monroe]], American actress (d. [[1962]])
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*[[1928]] - [[Georgi Dobrovolski]], cosmonaut
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*1928 - [[Bob Monkhouse]], English comedian and game show host (d. [[2003]])
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*[[1930]] - [[Edward Woodward]], English actor
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*[[1933]] - [[Charles Wilson (politician)|Charles Wilson]], American politician
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*[[1934]] - [[Pat Boone]] ([[Charles Eugene Boone]]), American singer
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*[[1936]] - [[Gerald Scarfe]], British cartoonist and illustrator
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*[[1937]] - [[Morgan Freeman]], American actor
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*[[1939]] - [[Cleavon Little]], American actor (d. [[1992]])
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*1939 - [[Jackie Stewart]], British race car driver
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*[[1940]] - [[René Auberjonois]], American actor
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*1940 - [[Kip Thorne]], American physicist
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*[[1945]] - [[Frederica von Stade]], American mezzo-soprano
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*[[1946]] - [[Brian Cox]], Scottish actor
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*[[1947]] - [[Jonathan Pryce]], British actor
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*1947  - [[Ron Wood]], English guitarist, ([[Jeff Beck Group]], [[The Faces]], and [[The Rolling Stones]])
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*[[1956]] - [[Lisa Hartman]] American actress
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*[[1959]] - [[Martin Brundle]], British race car driver
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*[[1961]] - [[Paul Coffey]], Canadian hockey player
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*[[1964]] - [[Mark Curry (actor)|Mark Curry]], American comedian and actor
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*[[1965]] - [[Nigel Short]], English chess player
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*[[1968]] - [[Jason Donovan]], Australian actor
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*[[1970]] - [[Alexi Lalas]], American football player
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*[[1973]] - [[Adam Garcia]], Australian actor
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*1973 - [[Heidi Klum]], German model
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*1973 - [[Derek Lowe]], American baseball player
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*[[1974]] - [[Alanis Morissette]], Canadian singer
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*[[1977]] - [[Danielle Harris]], American voice actress
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*[[1980]] - [[Oliver James]], British actor
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*[[1981]] - [[Carlos Zambrano]], Venezuelan [[Major League Baseball]] player
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*[[1982]] - [[Justine Henin-Hardenne]], Belgian tennis player
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==Deaths==
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*[[195 BC]] - [[Gaozu of Han]] of China
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*[[193]] - [[Marcus Severus Didius Julianus]], [[Roman Emperor]] (b.[[133]])
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*[[1625]] - [[Honoré d'Urfé]], French writer (b. [[1568]])
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*[[1639]] - [[Melchior Franck]], German composer
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*[[1660]] - [[Mary Dyer]], English Quaker (hanged)
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*[[1710]] - [[David Mitchell (admiral)|David Mitchell]], British admiral (b. [[1642]])
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*[[1740]] - [[Samuel Werenfels]], Swiss theologian (b. [[1657]])
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*[[1769]] - [[Edward Holyoke]], American President of Harvard University (b. [[1689]])
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*[[1771]] - [[Ferdinando Paer]], Italian composer (d. [[1839]])
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*[[1841]] - [[David Wilkie (artist)|David Wilkie]], Scottish artist (b. [[1785]])
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*[[1846]] - [[Pope Gregory XVI]] (b. [[1765]])
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*[[1868]] - [[James Buchanan]], 15th [[President of the United States]] (b. [[1791]])
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*[[1873]] - [[Joseph Howe]], Canadian politican (b. [[1804]])
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*[[1876]] - [[Hristo Botev]], Bulgarian revolutionary (b. [[1848]])
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*[[1927]] - [[J. B. Bury]], Irish historian (b. [[1861]])
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*[[1943]] - [[Leslie Howard]], English actor (b. [[1893]])
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*[[1946]] - [[Ion Antonescu]], [[Prime Minister of Romania]] (b. [[1882]])
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*[[1948]] - [[Sonny Boy Williamson I]], American musician (b. [[1914]])
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*[[1959]] - [[Sax Rohmer]], English author (b. [[1883]])
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*[[1960]] - [[Lester Patrick]], hockey star (b. [[1883]])
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*[[1966]] - [[Papa Jack Laine]], American musician (b. [[1873]])
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*[[1968]] - [[Helen Keller]], American humanitarian (b. [[1880]])
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*[[1971]] - [[Reinhold Niebuhr]], American theologist (b. [[1892]])
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*[[1980]] - [[Rube Marquard]], baseball player (b. [[1886]])
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*[[1981]] - [[Carl Vinson]], U.S. Congressman (b. [[1883]])
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*[[1994]] - [[Frances Heflin]], American actress (b. [[1923]])
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*[[1999]] - [[Christopher Sydney Cockerell]], British engineer and inventor (b. [[1910]])
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*[[2001]] - [[Queen Aiswarya]] of Nepal (shot) (b. [[1949]])
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*2001 - King [[Birendra of Nepal]] (assassinated) (b. [[1945]])
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*2001 - [[Hank Ketcham]], American cartoonist (b. [[1920]])
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*[[2002]] - [[Hansie Cronje]], South African cricketer (b. [[1969]])
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*[[2004]] - [[William Manchester]], American writer (b. [[1922]])
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*[[2005]] - [[George Mikan]], American basketball player (b. [[1924]])
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==Holidays and observances==
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*[[Children's Day]] in some countries
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*Commemoration of [[Justin Martyr]] ([[Anglican]])
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*[[Kenya]] [[Madaraka Day]] [[1963]]
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*[[Nirvana]] of [[Buddhists]]
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*[[Roman Empire]] - Festival in honour of [[Carna]]
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*[[Samoa]] - Independence Day [[1962]]
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*[[Tunisia]] - Constitution Day / Victory Day [[1959]]
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== External links ==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/1 BBC: On This Day]
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[[May 31]] - [[June 2]] - [[May 1]] - [[July 1]] – [[historical anniversaries|listing of all days]]
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==ASK Query==
 
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Revision as of 20:18, 8 January 2007

June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining.

Events

Births

Deaths

Holidays and observances

External links

May 31 - June 2 - May 1 - July 1 – listing of all days


ASK Query

Listing of Births on June 1, as tagged in Centiare:

<ask> First Last City State June1Year </ask>

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