Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1495 - Friar John Cor records the first known batch of scotch whisky 1774 - American Revolutionary War: The government of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed 1779 - American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold is court-martialed for malfeasance in his treatment of government property 1792 - Kentucky becomes the 15th state in the United States. 1796 - Tennessee becomes the 16th state in the United States 1812 - War of 1812: President James Madison asks the United States Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom 1831 - James Clark Ross discovers the position of the North Magnetic Pole on the Boothia Peninsula 1840 - Samuel Cunard completes passage of a 700 ton wooden paddlewheel steamer from Liverpool, England to Halifax, Nova Scotia 1855 - American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua and reinstates slavery 1890 - The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns 1898 - The Trans-Mississippi Exposition world's fair opens in Omaha, Nebraska 1909 - The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition world's fair opens in Seattle, Washington 1922 - Official founding of the Royal Ulster Constabulary 1933 - The Century of Progress world's fair opens in Chicago, Illinois 1938 - The first Superman comic is published 1958 - Canada-wide television broadcasting starts 1958 - Charles De Gaulle is brought out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months 1966 - First Canadian colour television broadcast 1977 - The Soviet Union charges civil rights leader Anatoly Shcharansky with treason 1979 - Ninety years of white minority rule ends in Rhodesia; to be known as Zimbabwe-Rhodesia 1980 - The Cable News Network begins broadcasting 2003 - China begins filling the reservoir behind the massive Three Gorges Dam, raising the water level near the dam over 100 meters. 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) 1815 - Philip Kearny, general († 1862) 1826 - Carl Bechstein, piano manufacturer († 1900) 1890 - Frank Morgan, actor († 1949) 1898 - Molly Picon, actress († 1992) 1921 - Nelson Riddle, band leader († 1985) 1924 - Dr. William Sloane Coffin, Jr., radical clergyman 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 2003 - Gerhard Rentzsch, radio play author Holidays and observances Commemoration of Justin Martyr (Anglican) Roman Empire - Festival in honor of Carna 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 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.