Events for June 1
1941 – World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
1950 – The Declaration of Conscience speech, by U.S. Senator from Maine, Margaret Chase Smith, is delivered in response to Joseph R. McCarthy's speech at Wheeling, West Virginia.
1939 – First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft.
1988 – The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty comes into effect.
1857 – The Revolution of the Ganhadores begins in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
1812 – War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
1670 – In Dover, England, Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover, which will force England into the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
1862 – American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
1779 – The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.
1922 – The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
1919 – Prohibition comes into force in Finland.
1958 – Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
1941 – The Farhud, a massive pogrom in Iraq, starts and as a result, many Iraqi Jews are forced to leave their homes.
2009 – Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed.
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.
1978 – The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.
2009 – General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.
1930 – The Deccan Queen is introduced as first intercity train between Bombay VT (Now Mumbai CST) and Poona (Pune) to run on electric locomotives.
1535 – Combined forces loyal to Charles V attack and expel the Ottomans from Tunis during the Conquest of Tunis.
1861 – American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
1950 – The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America.
Notable Births & Deaths for June 1
1991 – Tyrone Roberts, Australian rugby league player
2008 – Tommy Lapid, Israeli journalist and politician, 17th Justice Minister of Israel (b. 1931)
1988 – Javier Hernández, Mexican footballer
2012 – Faruq Z. Bey, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1942)
2005 – George Mikan, American basketball player and coach (b. 1924)
1990 – Miller Bolaños, Ecuadoran footballer
2015 – Joan Kirner, Australian educator and politician, 42nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1938)
2002 – Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969)
1994 – Kagayaki Taishi, Japanese sumo wrestler
1985 – Sam Young, American basketball player
2012 – Milan Gaľa, Slovak politician (b. 1953)
1985 – Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopian runner
1985 – Nick Young, American basketball player
1982 – Justine Henin, Belgian tennis player
2015 – Nicholas Liverpool, Dominican lawyer and politician, 6th President of Dominica (b. 1934)
1986 – Ben Smith, New Zealand rugby player
1996 – Tom Holland, English actor
2007 – Tony Thompson, American singer and songwriter (b. 1975)
2009 – Vincent O'Brien, Irish horse trainer (b. 1917)
1999 – Technoblade, American YouTuber and streamer (d. 2022)
1986 – Chinedu Obasi, Nigerian footballer
1990 – Carlota Ciganda, Spanish golfer
2018 – Sinan Sakić, Serbian pop-folk singer (b. 1956)
1986 – Moses Ndiema Masai, Kenyan runner
2012 – Pádraig Faulkner, Irish educator and politician, 19th Irish Minister of Defence (b. 1918)
2015 – Jean Ritchie, American singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
2015 – Charles Kennedy, Scottish journalist and politician (b. 1959)
2005 – Hilda Crosby Standish, American physician (b. 1902)
1984 – Olivier Tielemans, Dutch racing driver
1987 – Zoltán Harsányi, Slovakian footballer
2004 – William Manchester, American historian and author (b. 1922)
2010 – Kazuo Ohno, Japanese dancer (b. 1906)
2014 – Valentin Mankin, Ukrainian sailor (b. 1938)
2015 – Jacques Parizeau, Canadian economist and politician, 26th Premier of Quebec (b. 1930)
1996 – Edvinas Gertmonas, Lithuanian footballer
2008 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer, founded Saint Laurent Paris (b. 1936)
1984 – Nikki Glaser, American comedian
2011 – Haleh Sahabi, Iranian humanitarian and activist (b. 1957)
1985 – Dinesh Karthik, Indian cricketer
1987 – Yarisley Silva, Cuban pole vaulter
1984 – Jean Beausejour, Chilean footballer
2019 – Ani Yudhoyono, Indonesian politician, 6th First Lady of Indonesia. (b. 1952)
2010 – Andrei Voznesensky, Russian poet (b. 1933)
1991 – Zazie Beetz, German-American actress
1989 – Nataliya Goncharova, Ukrainian/Russian volleyball player
2013 – James Kelleher, Canadian lawyer and politician, 33rd Solicitor General of Canada (b. 1930)
1989 – Sammy Alex Mutahi, Kenyan runner
2014 – Ann B. Davis, American actress (b. 1926)
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{ "info":"OnThisDay API", "date":"April_20", "updated":"1615972324",
"data":{
"Events":[
{
"text":"1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII.[1]",
"html":"<a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/1303\" title=\"1303\">1303</a> – The <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapienza_University_of_Rome\" title=\"Sapienza University of Rome\">Sapienza University of Rome</a> is instituted by a <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_bull\" title=\"Papal bull\">bull</a> of <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Boniface_VIII\" title=\"Pope Boniface VIII\">Pope Boniface VIII</a>."
},
//.. MORE DATA ..//
],
"Births":[
{
"text":"1494 – Johannes Agricola, German theologian and reformer (d. 1566)[8]",
"html":"<a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/1494\" title=\"1494\">1494</a> – <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Agricola\" title=\"Johannes Agricola\">Johannes Agricola</a>, German theologian and reformer (d. 1566)"
},
//.. MORE DATA ..//
],
"Deaths":[
{
"text":"689 – Cædwalla, king of Wessex (b. 659)[21]",
"html":"<a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/689\" title=\"689\">689</a> – <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A6dwalla_of_Wessex\" title=\"Cædwalla of Wessex\">Cædwalla</a>, king of <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wessex\" title=\"Wessex\">Wessex</a> (b. 659)" },
//.. MORE DATA ..//
}
]
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