About June 1

June 1, 2024 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.

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Gemini is the sun 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.

What Happened On June 1

  • 193
    Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated.
  • 1204
    King Philip Augustus of France conquers Rouen.
  • 1648
    The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War.
  • 1670
    In Dover, England, Charles II of Great Britain and Louis XIV of France sign the secret treaty of Dover, which will force England into the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
  • 1779
    Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, is court-martialed for malfeasance.
  • 1792
    Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
  • 1794
    The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars.
  • 1890
    The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith’s tabulating machine to count census returns.
  • 1910
    Robert Falcon Scott’s South Pole expedition leaves England.
  • 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.
  • 1921
    Tulsa Race Riot: civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
  • 1929
    The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
  • 1941
    The Farhud, a pogrom of Iraqi Jews, takes place in Baghdad.
  • 1941
    World War II: Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
  • 1963
    Kenya gains internal self-rule (Madaraka Day).
  • 1974
    The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
  • 1979
    The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
  • 1990
    George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production.
  • 2009
    General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.
  • 2011
    A rare tornado outbreak occurs in New England; a strong EF3 tornado strikes Springfield, Massachusetts during the event, killing four people.

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