June 1st, 1942

Born on June 1st, 1942

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What happened on June 1st, 1942?

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

What else 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, 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

Born on June 1st, 1942

68

Tom Mankiewicz

American writer, producer and director

*June 1st, 1942, Los Angeles †July 31st, 2010, Los Angeles

81

Yolande Bavan

Sri Lankan actress and singer

*June 1st, 1942, Sri Lanka

81

Julius H. Schoeps

German historian

*June 1st, 1942, Djursholm

78

Fernando Atzori

Italian boxer

*June 1st, 1942, Ales †November 9th, 2020, Florence

81

Randy Hundley

American baseball player and coach

*June 1st, 1942, Martinsville

81

John Frohnmayer

American art historian

*June 1st, 1942, Medford

81

Vladimir Grammatikov

Soviet and Russian actor, film director, screenwriter, producer

*June 1st, 1942, Yekaterinburg

81

Michelle Hurst

American actress

*June 1st, 1942, Brooklyn

81

Bansi Pandit

(b. 1942) Indian writer, lecturer and nuclear engineer

*June 1st, 1942, Jammu and Kashmir

44

Honorino Landa

Chilean footballer (1942-1987)

*June 1st, 1942, Puerto Natales †May 30th, 1987, Santiago

81

Lenore Raphael

American musician

*June 1st, 1942, New York City

81

Eric Nagler

Canadian musician

*June 1st, 1942, Brooklyn

81

Oleh Krysa

Ukrainian musician

*June 1st, 1942, Gmina Uchanie

81

David Lester

British-American psychologist

*June 1st, 1942, London

81

Josefina Gómez Mendoza

Spanish geographer, writer and teacher

*June 1st, 1942, Madrid

81

Paco Peña

Spanish Flamenco guitarist

*June 1st, 1942, Córdoba

81

Braz Chediak

Brazilian actor

*June 1st, 1942, Três Corações

81

H. T. Sangliana

Indian politician

*June 1st, 1942, Aizawl

81

Barbara Ross-Lee

American physician, college dean (b. 1942)

*June 1st, 1942, Detroit

81

Robert Geroch

American physicist

*June 1st, 1942, Akron

81

Margaret Eaton, Baroness Eaton

British politician, schoolteacher (born 1942)

*June 1st, 1942, Bradford

75

Walter Dorner

Austrian surgeon

*June 1st, 1942, Neunkirchen †July 10th, 2017

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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

86

Morgan Freeman

American actor and producer (born 1937)

*June 1st, 1937, Memphis

79

René Auberjonois

American actor

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

83

Kip S. Thorne

American physicist

*June 1st, 1940, Logan

37

Łukasz Moreń

Badminton player

*June 1st, 1986, Warsaw

30

Wendy Chen Hsuan-Yu

Badminton player

*June 1st, 1993, Taichung

76

Jonathan Pryce

Welsh actor (born 1947)

*June 1st, 1947, Carmel

53

Cleavon Little

American actor (1939–1992)

*June 1st, 1939, Chickasha †October 22nd, 1992, Sherman Oaks

68

Powers Boothe

American actor (1948–2017)

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

67

Bernhard Daldrup

Federal German politician (1956–)

*June 1st, 1956, Sendenhorst

71

Brian Oldfield

American shot putter

*June 1st, 1945, Elgin †March 26th, 2017, Elgin

78

Marino Basso

Road bicycle racer

*June 1st, 1945, Caldogno

58

Ong Ewe Chye

Badminton player

*June 1st, 1965, Penang

77

Brian Cox

Scottish actor

*June 1st, 1946, Dundee

27

Tom Holland

British actor

*June 1st, 1996, Kingston upon Thames

88

Norman Foster

British architect (born 1935)

*June 1st, 1935, Stockport

78

Ciska Peters

Dutch singer

*June 1st, 1945, Nijmegen

50

Heidi Klum

German model, television personality and businesswoman

*June 1st, 1973, Bergisch Gladbach

37

Oliver Roth

Badminton player

*June 1st, 1986, Munich

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Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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