1 June

Notable Births

Technoblade

b. 1999

American internet personality (1999–2022)

Edvinas Gertmonas

b. 1996

Lithuanian footballer (born 1996)

Tom Holland

b. 1996

English actor (born 1996)

Kagayaki Taishi

b. 1994

Japanese sumo wrestler

Zazie Beetz

b. 1991

American actress (born 1991)

Tyrone Roberts

b. 1991

Australian professional rugby league footballer

Miller Bolaños

b. 1990

Ecuadorian footballer (born 1990)

Carlota Ciganda

b. 1990

Spanish professional golfer (born 1990)

Nataliya Goncharova (volleyball)

b. 1989

Russian volleyball player

Sammy Alex Mutahi

b. 1989

Kenyan long-distance runner (born 1989)

Javier Hernández

b. 1988

Mexican footballer (born 1988)

Yarisley Silva

b. 1987

Cuban pole vaulter

Moses Ndiema Masai

b. 1986

Kenyan long-distance runner

Alanis Morissette

b. 1974

Canadian and American musician (born 1974)

Paul Coffey

b. 1961

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1961)

Morgan Freeman

b. 1937

American actor and producer (born 1937)

Marilyn Monroe

b. 1926

American actress and model (1926–1962)

William Sloane Coffin

b. 1924

American clergyman and peace activist (1924–2006)

John Hunt Morgan

b. 1825

Confederate Army general of the American Civil War (1825–1864)

Brigham Young

b. 1801

American religious leader (1801–1877)

Notable Deaths

Jonathan Joss

d. 2025

American actor and musician (1965–2025)

Tin Oo

d. 2024

Burmese general and politician (1927–2024)

Ani Yudhoyono

d. 2019

First Lady of Indonesia

Charles Kennedy

d. 2015

British politician (1959–2015)

Joan Kirner

d. 2015

Premier of Victoria from 1990 to 1992

Nicholas Liverpool

d. 2015

President of Dominica

Jacques Parizeau

d. 2015

Premier of Quebec from 1994 to 1996

Jean Ritchie

d. 2015

American folk singer, songwriter and musician (1922–2015)

Ann B. Davis

d. 2014

American actress (1926–2014)

Valentin Mankin

d. 2014

Soviet sailor

Timofei Moșneaga

d. 2014

Moldovan physician and politician (1932–2014)

Pádraig Faulkner

d. 2012

Irish politician (1918–2012)

Haleh Sahabi

d. 2011

Iranian humanitarian activist (1958–2011)

Kazuo Ohno

d. 2010

Japanese dancer (1906–2010)

Andrei Voznesensky

d. 2010

Soviet and Russian poet

Tommy Lapid

d. 2008

Israeli journalist and politician (1931–2008)

Yves Saint Laurent (designer)

d. 2008

French fashion designer (1936–2008)

George Mikan

d. 2005

American basketball player (1924–2005)

Hilda Crosby Standish

d. 2005

Adolf Eichmann

d. 1962

German SS officer and war criminal (1906–1962)

On This Day in History

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2015

A ship carrying 458 people capsizes in the Yangtze river in China's Hubei province, killing 442 people.

Sinking of Dongfang zhi Xing

2011

A rare tornado outbreak occurs in New England; a strong EF3 tornado strikes Springfield, Massachusetts, during the event, killing four people.

2011 Springfield tornado

2011

Space Shuttle Endeavour makes its final landing after 25 flights.

Space Shuttle Endeavour

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.

Air France Flight 447

2009

General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.

General Motors

2008

A fire on the back lot of Universal Studios breaks out, destroying the attraction King Kong Encounter and a large archive of master tapes for music and film, the full extent of which was not revealed until 2019.

2008 Universal Studios fire

2007

Cyclone Gonu develops from an area of convection in the Arabian Sea, becoming the worst recorded natural disaster in Oman.

Cyclone Gonu

2004

Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols is sentenced to 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole.

Oklahoma City bombing

2001

Nepalese royal massacre: Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of his family including his father and mother.

Nepalese royal massacre

2001

Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.

Dolphinarium discotheque bombing

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.

American Airlines Flight 1420