June 1st, 1959

Born on June 1st, 1959

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 23,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 301 days, exactly on February 14th, 2025, people who were born on June 1st, 1959 will be 24,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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

Born on June 1st, 1959

64

Martin Brundle

British racecar driver

*June 1st, 1959, King's Lynn

64

Alan Wilder

English musician

*June 1st, 1959, Hammersmith

64

Thierry Rey

French judoka

*June 1st, 1959, Veurne

64

Mary Hanafin

Irish politician

*June 1st, 1959, Thurles

64

Nadezhda Kadysheva

Russian singer

*June 1st, 1959, Leninogorsky District

64

Declan Breathnach

Irish former Fianna Fáil politician (b. 1958)

*June 1st, 1959, Knockbridge

64

Deirdre Clune

Irish politician

*June 1st, 1959, Cork

64

Dang Thi Hoang Yen

Vietnamese businessman

*June 1st, 1959, Haiphong

64

Patrick d'Assumçao

French actor

*June 1st, 1959, Nantes

64

Alfred Adewale Martins

Nigerian theologian and catholic archbishop

*June 1st, 1959, Abeokuta

64

Kristine Nitzsche

East German athlete

*June 1st, 1959, Leipzig

64

Dwayne Shattuck

Television producer

*June 1st, 1959, Atlanta

64

Dai Matsumoto

Japanese voice actor

*June 1st, 1959, Tokyo

64

Rukhsana Shah

Politician

*June 1st, 1959, Thatta

64

Serge Boisvert

Canadian ice hockey player

*June 1st, 1959, Drummondville

64

Kolla Ashok Kumar

Indian actor, producer, businessman

*June 1st, 1959, Chirala

64

Delia Guerrero Coronado

Mexican politician

*June 1st, 1959, San Luis Potosí

64

Fabio Alverà

Italian male curler and coach

*June 1st, 1959, Cortina d'Ampezzo

64

Peter Skinner

British politician (born 1959)

*June 1st, 1959, Oxford

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

67

Stephan Barratt-Due

Norwegian musician

*June 1st, 1956, Oslo

67

Bernhard Daldrup

Federal German politician (1956–)

*June 1st, 1956, Sendenhorst

37

Łukasz Moreń

Badminton player

*June 1st, 1986, Warsaw

36

Marilyn Monroe

American actress and model (1926–1962)

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

30

Wendy Chen Hsuan-Yu

Badminton player

*June 1st, 1993, Taichung

63

Chira Apostol

Romanian rower

*June 1st, 1960, Alexeni

58

Ong Ewe Chye

Badminton player

*June 1st, 1965, Penang

86

Morgan Freeman

American actor and producer (born 1937)

*June 1st, 1937, Memphis

62

Yevgeny Prigozhin

Russian mercenary leader, oligarch, restaurateur, former owner of Wagner PVC (1961–2023)

*June 1st, 1961, Saint Petersburg †August 23rd, 2023, Kuzhenkino

50

Heidi Klum

German model, television personality and businesswoman

*June 1st, 1973, Bergisch Gladbach

27

Tom Holland

British actor

*June 1st, 1996, Kingston upon Thames

46

Danielle Harris

American actress

*June 1st, 1977, Plainview

76

Jonathan Pryce

Welsh actor (born 1947)

*June 1st, 1947, Carmel

37

Oliver Roth

Badminton player

*June 1st, 1986, Munich

68

Powers Boothe

American actor (1948–2017)

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

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

83

Kip S. Thorne

American physicist

*June 1st, 1940, Logan

29

Tan Kian Meng

Badminton player

*June 1st, 1994, Johor Bahru

70

Diana Canova

American actress

*June 1st, 1953, West Palm Beach

Same year
Born in 1959

64

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

64

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

64

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

64

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

64

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

64

Charlie Burchill

Scottish musician and composer

*November 27th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

64

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 12th, 1959, Güímar

64

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

64

Peter Enders

German politician (1959–)

*May 10th, 1959, Eichen

64

Allison Janney

American actress

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

64

Stephen Harper

22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015

*April 30th, 1959, Toronto

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Born on June 1st, 1959
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1959 is a normal year and no leap year.

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