What are the important events that happened on June 1? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 1: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 1 is the 153rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 213 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 19, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,717,200,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectapentacontatrigon’ day.
Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 242 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,180 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 1 Historical Events
1215 –
Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu.
1252 –
Alfonso X is elected King of Castile and León.
1298 –
Residents of Riga and Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Livonian Order in the Battle of Turaida.
1533 –
Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England.
1679 –
The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog.
1796 –
Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States.
1913 –
The Greek-Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
1918 –
World War I, Western Front: Battle for Belleau Wood – Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
1958 –
Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
1963 –
Kenya gains internal self-rule (Madaraka Day).
Who were born on June 1?
1134 –
Geoffrey, Count of Nantes, brother of Henry II of England (d. 1158)
1924 –
William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman (d. 2006)
1928 –
Georgi Dobrovolski, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971)
1940 –
René Auberjonois, American actor
1960 –
Simon Gallup, English bassist (The Cure)
1974 –
Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer-songwriter
1980 –
Oliver James, British actor
1982 –
Justine Henin (formerly Henin-Hardenne), Belgian tennis player
1983 –
Jake Silbermann, American actor
1985 –
Mário Hipólito, Angolan footballer
Who died on June 1?
1625 –
Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (b. 1568)
1830 –
Swaminarayan, Indian Hindu figure (b. 1781)
1941 –
Hans Berger, German neuroscientist (b. 1873)
1948 –
Alex Gard, Russian-born caricaturist (b. 1900)
1953 –
Emanuel Vidović, painter and graphic artist from Split, Croatia (b. 1870)
1955 –
Kathleen, Duchess of Newcastle, British duchess (b. 1872)
1971 –
Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian (b. 1892)
1996 –
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Fifth President of India (b. 1913)
2001 –
Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
2001 –
Queen Aiswarya of Nepal (b. 1949)
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