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June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining.

Events

193 - Roman Emperor Marcus Didius is assassinated in his palace.

1283 - Treaty of Rheinfelden - Duke Rudolph II of Austria has to waive his right to the Duchies of Austria and Styria.

1485 - Matthias of Hungary took Vienna in his conquest of Austria (from Frederick III) and made the city his capital.

1495 - Friar John Cor records the first known batch of scotch whisky.

1533 - Henry VIII of England's new wife, Anne Boleyn, is crowned as queen.

1660 - Mary Dyer is hanged in Boston, Massachusetts for defying a law banning Quakers from the colony. She is considered to be the last religious martyr in North America.

1779 - American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold is court-martialed for malfeasance in his treatment of government property.

1792 - Kentucky becomes the 15th state in the United States.

1796 - Tennessee becomes the 16th state in the United States.

1812 - War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the U.S. Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.

1813 - The United States Navy gained its motto as the mortally wounded commander of the frigate Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, said, 'Don't give up the ship'.

1815 - Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France.

1831 - James Clark Ross discovers the position of the North Magnetic Pole on the Boothia Peninsula.

1847 - Zeta Psi Fraternity is founded.

1855 - American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua and reinstates slavery.

1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Fair Oaks ends - Both sides claim victory.

1869 - Thomas Edison of Boston, Massachusetts, received a patent for his electric voting machine.

1879 - Eugene Louis Napoleon, Prince of France killed in the Zulu Wars

1890 - The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.

1898 - The Trans-Mississippi Exposition world's fair opens in Omaha, Nebraska.

1909 - The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition world's fair opens in Seattle, Washington.

1910 - Robert Falcon Scott's South Pole expedition leaves England

1918 - World War I: Battle for Belleau Wood begins -

1921 - Tulsa Race Riot: A race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma kills at least 85 people.

1922 - Official founding of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

1935 - First driving tests introduced in Britain.

1938 - Action Comics issues the first Superman comic.

1938 - Protective baseball helmets were worn by batters for the very first time.

1941 - World War II: Battle of Crete ends - Crete capitulates to Germany.

1943 - A civilian flight from Lisbon to London was shot down by the Germans during World War II, killing all aboard, including actor Leslie Howard.

1958 - Charles De Gaulle is brought out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.

1967 - The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released.

1971 - Vietnam War: Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace, claiming to represent the majority of U.S. veterans who served in Southeast Asia, speak against war protests.

1974 - Flixborough disaster: An explosion at a chemical plant in Flixborough, UK kills 28 people.

1979 - The first black-led government of Rhodesia in 90 years takes power, ousting Ian Smith and changing its name to Zimbabwe

1980 - The Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.

1990 - U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production and start destroying each of their nation's stockpiles.

2003 - The People's Republic of China begins filling the reservoir behind the massive Three Gorges Dam, raising the water level near the dam over 100 meters.