June 1st, 1866

Born on June 1st, 1866

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on June 1st?

June 1st, 1999

On landing at Little Rock National Airport in the U.S. state of Arkansas, American Airlines Flight 1420 overran the runway and crashed, resulting in 11 deaths.

June 1st, 1988

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was ratified, banning all American and Soviet land-based missiles with a range of 500 to 5,500 km (310 to 3,420 mi).

June 1st, 1943

Eight German Junkers Ju 88s shot down British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 over the Bay of Biscay off the coast of Spain and France, killing actor Leslie Howard and several other notable passengers.

June 1st, 1942

World War II: The crews of three Japanese submarines scuttled their vessels and committed suicide after entering Sydney Harbour and launching a failed attack.

June 1st, 1868

The Navajo tribe and the U.S. government signed an agreement, allowing those interned at Fort Sumner to return to their ancestral lands.

June 1st, 1861

The first land battle of the American Civil War after Fort Sumter took place in the village of Fairfax, Virginia.

June 1st, 1831

British explorer James Clark Ross led the first expedition to reach the north magnetic pole.

June 1st, 1813

War of 1812: Mortally wounded, U.S. Navy captain James Lawrence ordered his crew "Don't give up the ship!" as USS Chesapeake was captured by HMS Shannon off the coast of Boston.

June 1st, 1794

French Revolutionary Wars: A British fleet captured six ships of the line from the French in a battle off Ushant (pictured) that came to be known as the Glorious First of June.

June 1st, 1676

Scanian War: The Swedish warship Kronan, one of the largest ships in the world at the time, sank at the Battle of Öland with the loss of around 800 men.

June 1st, 1670

Charles II and Louis XIV signed a secret treaty, requiring England to aid France in its war against the Dutch Republic and the future conversion of Charles to Catholicism, in return for Louis making large payments to Charles and promising to aid him if there was a rebellion in England.

June 1st, 1660

Mary Dyer (pictured) was hanged in Boston for repeatedly defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

June 1st, 2011

Space Shuttle Endeavour makes its final landing after 25 flights.

June 1st, 2009

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

June 1st, 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.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on June 1st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on June 1st?

36

Marilyn Monroe

American actress and model (1926–1962)

*June 1st, 1926, Los Angeles †August 4th, 1962, Brentwood

67

Stephan Barratt-Due

Norwegian musician

*June 1st, 1956, Oslo

37

Łukasz Moreń

Badminton player

*June 1st, 1986, Warsaw

30

Wendy Chen Hsuan-Yu

Badminton player

*June 1st, 1993, Taichung

86

Morgan Freeman

American actor and producer (born 1937)

*June 1st, 1937, Memphis

27

Tom Holland

British actor

*June 1st, 1996, Kingston upon Thames

67

Bernhard Daldrup

Federal German politician (1956–)

*June 1st, 1956, Sendenhorst

58

Ong Ewe Chye

Badminton player

*June 1st, 1965, Penang

37

Oliver Roth

Badminton player

*June 1st, 1986, Munich

79

René Auberjonois

American actor

*June 1st, 1940, New York City †December 8th, 2019, Los Angeles

32

Ng Hui Ern

Malaysian badminton player

*June 1st, 1991, Kuala Lumpur

29

Tan Kian Meng

Badminton player

*June 1st, 1994, Johor Bahru

50

Heidi Klum

German model, television personality and businesswoman

*June 1st, 1973, Bergisch Gladbach

83

Kip S. Thorne

American physicist

*June 1st, 1940, Logan

50

Robert Newton

English stage and film actor

*June 1st, 1905, Shaftesbury †March 25th, 1956, Beverly Hills

46

Danielle Harris

American actress

*June 1st, 1977, Plainview

76

Jonathan Pryce

Welsh actor (born 1947)

*June 1st, 1947, Carmel

68

Powers Boothe

American actor (1948–2017)

*June 1st, 1948, Snyder †May 14th, 2017, Los Angeles

54

John Drinkwater

British writer

*June 1st, 1882, Leytonstone †March 25th, 1937, London

42

Amy Schumer

American standup comedian and actress

*June 1st, 1981, Manhattan

Same year
Born in 1866

78

Romain Rolland

French author (1866-1944)

*January 29th, 1866, Clamecy †December 30th, 1944, Vézelay

79

H. G. Wells

English writer (1866–1946)

*September 21st, 1866, Bromley †August 13th, 1946, London

87

Jacinto Benavente

Spanish writer (1866-1954)

*August 12th, 1866, Madrid †July 14th, 1954, Málaga

78

Wassily Kandinsky

Russian painter (1866–1944)

*December 4th, 1866, Moscow †December 13th, 1944, Neuilly-sur-Seine

63

Jeppe Aakjær

Danish poet and novelist

*September 10th, 1866, Åkær †April 22nd, 1930, Jenle

44

Gustav Adolf von Götzen

German explorer, diplomat and colonial administrator

*May 12th, 1866, Ścinawka Górna †December 2nd, 1910, Berlin

79

Thomas Hunt Morgan

American biologist (1866–1945)

*September 25th, 1866, Lexington †December 4th, 1945, Pasadena

59

Erik Satie

French composer and pianist (1866-1925)

*May 17th, 1866, Honfleur †July 1st, 1925, Paris

58

Sun Yat-sen

Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866–1925)

*November 12th, 1866, Tripteroides †March 11th, 1925, Peking Union Medical College Hospital

52

Alfred Werner

Swiss chemist Nobel laureate (1866-1919)

*December 12th, 1866, Mulhouse †November 15th, 1919, Zürich

58

René Quinton

French biologist, invented the treatment "Quinton serum", abandoned by modern medicine

*December 15th, 1866, Chaumes-en-Brie †July 9th, 1925, 17th arrondissement of Paris

63

Jean Francis Auburtin

French painter (1866-1930)

*December 2nd, 1866, 10th arrondissement of Paris †May 22nd, 1930, Dieppe

71

Ramsay MacDonald

British prime minister in 1924 and 1929 to 1935

*October 12th, 1866, Lossiemouth †November 9th, 1937, Atlantic Ocean

86

Benedetto Croce

Italian philosopher (1866-1952)

*February 25th, 1866, Pescasseroli †November 20th, 1952, Naples

33

Sigbjørn Obstfelder

Norwegian writer

*November 21st, 1866, Stavanger Municipality †July 29th, 1900, Copenhagen

69

Charles Nicolle

French microbiologist

*September 21st, 1866, Rouen †February 28th, 1936, Tunis

65

Nathan Söderblom

Swedish clergyman and archbishop

*January 15th, 1866, Trönö †July 12th, 1931, Uppsala

77

Beatrix Potter

British children's writer and illustrator (1866–1943)

*July 28th, 1866, South Kensington †December 22nd, 1943, Near Sawrey

70

Hans von Seeckt

German general (1866-1936)

*April 22nd, 1866, Schleswig †December 27th, 1936, Berlin

75

André Bellessort

French writer

*March 19th, 1866, Laval †January 22nd, 1942, Paris

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Public holidays on June 1st

Fixed holidays (Children's Day , Christian feast day) which are celebrated on June 1st.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1866 is a normal year and no leap year.

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