June 1

• 1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed king of Castile and León.{{cite book|last=Martínez|first=H. Salvador|title=Alfonso X, the Learned: A Biography|location=Leiden|publisher=Brill|date=2010|isbn=9789004181472|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j0U08htguPUC|page=99}}
• 1298 – Residents of Riga and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the Livonian Order in the Battle of Turaida.{{cite book| title=The Military-Naval Encyclopedia of Russia and the Soviet Union |first=David R. |last=Jones |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vVXfAAAAMAAJ&q=Treiden |publisher=Academic International Press |year=1978 |page=26 |isbn=978-0-87569-028-5}}
• 1495 – A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of Scotch whisky.{{cite web|url=https://www.hagley.org/research/news/hagley-vault/date-june-1-1494-john-cor-tironensian-monk-lindores-abbey-fife-scotland|title=On this Date, June 1, in 1494, John Cor, a Tironensian Monk at Lindores Abbey in Fife, Scotland, Recorded the First Known Written Reference to Scotch Whisky|author=|date=1 June 2021|website=Hagley|publisher=Hagley Museum|access-date=26 October 2022}}
• 1533 – Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England.Fraser, Antonia The Wives of Henry VIII New York: Knopf (1992) {{ISBN|0-679-73001-X}}, page 195
• 1535 – Combined forces loyal to Charles V attack and expel the Ottomans from Tunis during the Conquest of Tunis.

• 1648 – The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War.{{cite book |author=Robert Furley|title=A History of the Weald of Kent, with an Outline of the Early History of the Country, by Robert Furley, Also, a Sketch of the Physical Features of the District by Henry B. Mackeson: In Two Volumes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D-RcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA545|year=1874|publisher=H Igglesden|pages=545}}
• 1649 – Start of the Sumuroy Revolt: Filipinos in Northern Samar led by Agustin Sumuroy revolt against Spanish colonial authorities.
• 1670 – In Dover, England, Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover, which will force England into the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
• 1676 – Battle of Öland: allied Danish-Dutch forces defeat the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, during the Scanian War (1675–79).
• 1679 – The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog.
• 1773 – Wolraad Woltemade rescues 14 sailors at the Cape of Good Hope from the sinking ship De Jonge Thomas by riding his horse into the sea seven times. Both he and his horse, Vonk, are drowned on his eighth attempt.
• 1779 – The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.{{cite book|author=Parke-Bernet Galleries|title=Sales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D4jpAAAAMAAJ|year=1950|publisher=Parke-Bernet Galleries|page=12}}
• 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.
• 1796 – Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States.{{cite web|title=How Tennessee Became a State|url=https://tnmuseum.org/junior-curators/posts/how-tennessee-became-a-state|author=Grisham, Christopher|website=TNMuseum.org|publisher=Tennessee State Museum|date=June 1, 2020|access-date=May 31, 2024}}
• 1812 – War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
• 1813 – Capture of USS Chesapeake.
• 1815 – Napoleon promulgates a revised Constitution after it passes a plebiscite.
• 1831 – James Clark Ross becomes the first European at the North Magnetic Pole.
• 1849 – Territorial Governor Alexander Ramsey declared the Territory of Minnesota officially established.
• 1854 – Åland War: The British navy destroys merchant ships and about 16,000 tar barrels of the wholesale stocks area in Oulu, Grand Duchy of Finland.{{cite book| title=Oulun kaupungin historia III| author=Kustaa Hautala| location=Oulu| publisher= Kirjapaino Oy Kaleva|year= 1975|isbn= 951-95283-2-6| pages=446–451|language=fi}}
• 1855 – The American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.
• 1857 – Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published.
• 1857 – The Revolution of the Ganhadores begins in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.{{Cite journal |last=Reis |first=João José |date=May 1997 |others=Translated by H. Sabrina Gledhill |title='The Revolution of the Ganhadores': Urban Labour, Ethnicity and the African Strike of 1857 in Bahia, Brazil |journal=Journal of Latin American Studies |publisher=Cambridge University Press |volume=29 |issue=2 |page=379 |doi=10.1017/S0022216X9700477X |doi-broken-date=31 May 2025 |jstor=158398 |s2cid=55955013 |url=http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/8349 |archive-date=22 October 2020 |access-date=26 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022185942/https://repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/8349 |url-status=dead }}
• 1861 – American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
• 1868 – The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
• 1879 – Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
• 1890 – The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.

• 1913 – The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
• 1916 – The United States Senate confirms the appointment of Louis Brandeis to the United States Supreme Court, making him the first Jew to be an Associate Justice.{{cite news |last1=Douglas |first1=William O. |title=Louis Brandeis: Dangerous Because Incorruptible |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/07/05/archives/louis-brandeis-dangerous-because-incorruptible-justice-on-trial-the.html |work=The New York Times |date=July 5, 1964 |page=BR3 |access-date=October 4, 2020 |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225234657/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/07/05/archives/louis-brandeis-dangerous-because-incorruptible-justice-on-trial-the.html |url-status=live }}
• 1918 – World War I: Western Front: Battle of Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
• 1919 – Prohibition comes into force in Finland.{{cite book| author=Vihtori Karpio| title=Raittiuden ystävät 1883–1933|page=417| publisher=Gummerus| location=Jyväskylä| year=1938|language=fi}}
• 1922 – The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
• 1929 – The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
• 1930 – The Deccan Queen is introduced as first intercity train between Bombay VT (Now Mumbai CST) and Poona (Pune) to run on electric locomotives.
• 1939 – First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft.
• 1941 – World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
• 1941 – The Farhud, a massive pogrom in Iraq, starts and as a result, many Iraqi Jews are forced to leave their homes.
• 1943 – BOAC Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing British actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation that it was actually an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
• 1946 – Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed.
• 1950 – The Declaration of Conscience speech, by U.S. Senator from Maine, Margaret Chase Smith, is delivered in response to Joseph R. McCarthy's speech at Wheeling, West Virginia.{{cite web |title=A Declaration of Conscience |url=https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/investigations/mccarthy-hearings/a-declaration-of-conscience.htm |website=U.S. Senate |access-date=16 February 2022}} [https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/SmithDeclaration.pdf Smith. Declaration]
• 1950 – The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America.{{cite journal|last=Field|first=Robert|title=Revisiting the 1950 Great Smoke Pall|journal=Canadian Smoke Newsletter|date=Fall 2008|pages=13–16|url=http://www.espo.nasa.gov/arctas/docs/CanadianSmokeNwsltr_Feb2009.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404051331/http://www.espo.nasa.gov/arctas/docs/CanadianSmokeNwsltr_Feb2009.pdf|archive-date=2009-04-04|access-date=7 March 2020}}
• 1958 – Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
• 1961 – The Canadian Bank of Commerce and Imperial Bank of Canada merge to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the largest bank merger in Canadian history.
• 1962 – Adolf Eichmann, former SS officer in Nazi Germany, is hanged in Israel for having committed crimes against humanity, war crimes, and other offenses.{{cite book|last=Hull|first=William L.|title=The Struggle for a Soul|year=1963|publisher=Doubleday|location=New York|oclc=561109771|page=160|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|last=Fellows|first=Julian|title=Eichmann Dies on Gallows For Role in Killing of Jews|work=The New York Times|date=June 1, 1962|pages=1, 2}}
• 1974 – The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.{{Cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-1974-the-heimlich-maneuver-is-invented-1.5389772 |title=This Day in Jewish History 1974: The Heimlich Maneuver Is Invented, Eaters Applaud |last=Green |first=David B. |date=2016-06-01 |work=Haaretz |access-date=2019-05-16 |df=mdy-all}}
• 1975 – The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan was founded by Jalal Talabani, Nawshirwan Mustafa, Fuad Masum and others.
• 1976 – Aeroflot Flight 418 crashes in Bioko, Equatorial Guinea, killing 46.{{ASN accident|id=19760601-2|accessdate=7 September 2011}}
• 1978 – The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.
• 1979 – The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
• 1980 – Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
• 1988 – The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty comes into effect.
• 1990 – Cold War: George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production.
• 1993 – Dobrinja mortar attack: Thirteen are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in Dobrinja, west of Sarajevo.
• 1994 – Republic of South Africa becomes a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/south-africa-returns-to-the-commonwealth-fold-1419686.html |last=Carlin |first=John |title=South Africa returns to the Commonwealth fold |work=The Independent |date=1 June 1994 |access-date=31 May 2020}}
• 1998 – European Central Bank is founded in Brussels.
• 1999 – American Airlines Flight 1420 slides and crashes while landing at Little Rock National Airport, killing 11 people on a flight from Dallas to Little Rock.
• 2001 – Nepalese royal massacre: Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of his family including his father and mother.
• 2001 – Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
• 2004 – Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols is sentenced to 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole.
• 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.
• 2009 – Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed.
• 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.
• 2011 – Space Shuttle Endeavour makes its final landing after 25 flights.{{cite news |title=Endeavour completes final mission; one flight left for NASA|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/06/01/nasa.endeavour.lands/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114180839/http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/06/01/nasa.endeavour.lands/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 14, 2012|access-date=March 9, 2019 | work=CNN |date=June 1, 2011}}
• 2015 – A ship carrying 458 people capsizes in the Yangtze river in China's Hubei province, killing 442 people.

• 1134 – Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (died 1158){{cite book|author=Alison Weir|title=Eleanor of Aquitaine: By the Wrath of God, Queen of England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-hzJ8QyBjbMC&pg=PA82|date=5 January 2008|publisher=Vintage|isbn=978-0-09-952355-0|pages=82}}
• 1300 – Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, English politician, Lord Marshal of England (died 1338){{cite book|author1=C.B. Joseph|author2=Lord Mowbray|author3=Segrave|author4=Stourton|title=The History of the Noble House of Stourton, of Stourton, in the County of Wilts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KAARAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA973|publisher=Рипол Классик|isbn=978-5-88060-380-0|pages=973}}
• 1451 – Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney (died 1508){{Cite book |last=Cokayne |first=George Edward |year=1916 |title=The Complete Peerage, edited by the Honourable Vicary Gibbs |publisher=St. Catherine Press |location=London |volume=IV |pages=102–5}}
• 1460 – Enno I, Count of East Frisia, German noble (died 1491)
• 1480 – Tiedemann Giese, Polish bishop (died 1550)
• 1498 – Maarten van Heemskerck, Dutch painter (died 1574)
• 1522 – Dirck Coornhert, Dutch writer and scholar (died 1590)
• 1563 – Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Secretary of State for England (died 1612)

• 1612 – Frans Post, Dutch painter (died 1680)
• 1633 – Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer and academic (died 1687)
• 1637 – Jacques Marquette, French missionary and explorer (died 1675)
• 1653 – Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (died 1704)
• 1675 – Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist and playwright (died 1755)
• 1762 – Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish priest and missionary, founded the Irish Christian Brothers (died 1844)
• 1765 – Christiane Vulpius, mistress and wife of Johann Wolfgang Goethe (died 1816){{cite book|title=The Life of Goethe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eenWqWMU-zIC&pg=PA444|year=1864|publisher=Ardent Media|pages=444}}
• 1770 – Friedrich Laun, German author (died 1849)
• 1790 – Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright (died 1836)
• 1796 – Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (died 1832)
• 1800 – Edward Deas Thomson, Australian educator and politician, Chief Secretary of New South Wales (died 1879)
• 1801 – Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1877){{cite book|author=Leah Eudora Dunford Widtsoe|title=The Life Story of Brigham Young|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h81LAAAAMAAJ|year=1930|publisher=Macmillan|page=xxii|isbn=9780836958867}}
• 1804 – Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (died 1857){{cite book|title=BBC Music Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zho9AQAAIAAJ|year=1997|publisher=BBC magazines|page=44}}
• 1808 – Henry Parker, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales (died 1881)
• 1815 – Otto of Greece (died 1862){{cite EB1911|wstitle=Otto|volume=20|page=372}}
• 1819 – Francis V, Duke of Modena (died 1875)
• 1822 – Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden, English portrait photographer (died 1865)
• 1825 – John Hunt Morgan, American general (died 1864){{cite book|author=Basil Wilson Duke|title=Morgan's Cavalry|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924030921542|year=1906|publisher=Neale Publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924030921542/page/n21 14]}}
• 1831 – John Bell Hood, American general (died 1879)
• 1833 – John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and politician; Attorney General of Kentucky (died 1911)
• 1843 – Henry Faulds, Scottish physician and missionary, developed fingerprinting (died 1930)
• 1869 – Richard Wünsch, German philologist (died 1915)
• 1873 – Elena Alistar, Bessarabian politician (died 1955)
• 1874 – Yury Nikolaevich Voronov, Russian botanist (died 1931)
• 1878 – John Masefield, English author and poet (died 1967)
• 1878 – Sam Dreben, American soldier and mercenary (died 1925){{Cite web |title=Sam Dreben: Fighting Jew - Forgotten Hero |url=http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/dreben.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105082217/http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/dreben.htm |archive-date=January 5, 2013 |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=www.worldwar1.com}}
• 1879 – Max Emmerich, American triathlete and gymnast (died 1956)
• 1887 – Clive Brook, English actor (died 1974)
• 1889 – Charles Kay Ogden, English linguist and philosopher (died 1957)
• 1890 – Frank Morgan, American actor (died 1949)
• 1892 – Amanullah Khan, sovereign of the Kingdom of Afghanistan, (died 1960)
• 1896 – Sydney Kyte, British bandleader (died 1981){{Cite web |title=Sydney Kyte Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sydney-kyte-mn0001443279 |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}

• 1901 – Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager (died 1990)
• 1901 – Tom Gorman, Australian rugby league player (died 1978){{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |id2=gorman-john-thomas-6433 |title=Gorman, John Thomas (1901–1978) |author=Chris Cunneen |access-date=25 August 2022 |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gorman-john-thomas-6433 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227095615/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gorman-john-thomas-6433 |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 December 2014 }}
• 1901 – John Van Druten, English-American playwright and director (died 1957){{cite book|author=William T Leonard|title=Theatre: Stage to Screen to Television|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=1981|page=1128}}
• 1903 – Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop and martyr (died 1973)
• 1903 – Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist and academic (died 1986){{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Hans Vogt|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Hans_Vogt|language=Norwegian|accessdate=4 June 2012}}
• 1905 – Robert Newton, English-American actor (died 1956)
• 1907 – Jan Patočka, Czech philosopher (died 1977)
• 1907 – Frank Whittle, English airman and engineer, developed the jet engine (died 1996)
• 1909 – Yechezkel Kutscher, Slovakian-Israeli philologist and linguist (died 1971)
• 1910 – Gyula Kállai, Hungarian communist leader, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary (died 1996){{cite book|author=Harris M. Lentz|title=Heads of States and Governments Since 1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RwfKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1523|date=4 February 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-134-26497-1|pages=1523}}
• 1912 – Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, author, and mountaineer (died 1987)
• 1913 – Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (died 2007)
• 1915 – John Randolph, American actor (died 2004)
• 1917 – William Standish Knowles, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012){{cite book|author=William Standish Knowles|title=A Preliminary Investigation of the Constituents of Astragalus Wootoni|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c0rPAAAAMAAJ|year=1942|publisher=Columbia University}}
• 1920 – Robert Clarke, American actor and producer (died 2005)
• 1921 – Nelson Riddle, American composer and bandleader (died 1985){{cite book|author=Spencer Leigh|title=Frank Sinatra: An Extraordinary Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BBm6CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT175|date=25 September 2015|publisher=McNidder and Grace Limited|isbn=978-0-85716-088-1|pages=175}}
• 1922 – Joan Caulfield, American model and actress (died 1991)
• 1922 – Povel Ramel, Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2007)
• 1924 – William Sloane Coffin, American minister and activist (died 2006){{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/13/us/rev-william-sloane-coffin-dies-at-81-fought-for-civil-rights-and-against.html|title=Rev. William Sloane Coffin Dies at 81; Fought for Civil Rights and Against a War|last=Charney|first=Marc D.|date=2006-04-13|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-02-12|issn=0362-4331}}
• 1925 – Dilia Díaz Cisneros, Venezuelan teacher (died 2017)
• 1926 – Johnny Berry, English footballer (died 1994){{cite book |last1=Biddiscombe |first1=Ross |last2=Curry |first2=Patrick |last3=Hayden |first3=Jonathan |title=The Official Encyclopedia of Manchester United |year=2011 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=London |isbn=978-1-84737-918-4 |page=136 }}
• 1926 – Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
• 1926 – Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (died 1962){{cite web |title=Marilyn Monroe |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marilyn-Monroe |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=13 March 2020 |language=en}}
• 1926 – George Robb, English international footballer and teacher (died 2011){{cite web |title=George Robb |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersR/BioRobbG.html |website=englandfootballonline.com |access-date=1 June 2020}}
• 1926 – Richard Schweiker, American soldier and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (died 2015)
• 1928 – Georgy Dobrovolsky, Soviet Ukrainian pilot and astronaut (died 1971)
• 1928 – Steve Dodd, Australian actor and composer (died 2014)
• 1928 – Bob Monkhouse, English actor and screenwriter (died 2003){{cite book|author=Horace Newcomb|title=Encyclopedia of Television|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NUXIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1514|date=3 February 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-19472-7|pages=1514}}
• 1928 – K. W. Lee, American journalist (died 2025){{cite news |title=Legendary journalist KW Lee dead at the age of 96 |url=https://asamnews.com/2025/03/10/free-chol-soo-lee-godfather-of-asian-american-journalists-obituary/ |access-date=11 March 2025 |publisher=Asam News |date=10 March 2025}}
• 1929 – Nargis, Indian actress (died 1981){{cite book|author=Dilip Kumar|title=Dilip Kumar: The Substance and the Shadow|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J2UZBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT137|date=28 July 2014|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-93-81398-96-8|pages=137}}
• 1929 – James H. Billington, American academic and Thirteenth Librarian of Congress (died 2018)
• 1930 – Matt Poore, New Zealand cricketer (died 2020){{cite book|author=Arthur H. Carman|title=New Zealand International Cricket, 1894-1974|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lBLwAAAAMAAJ|year=1975|publisher=Sporting Publications|page=296}}
• 1930 – Edward Woodward, English actor (died 2009){{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/6581645/Edward-Woodward.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/6581645/Edward-Woodward.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Obituary: Edward Woodward |work=The Daily Telegraph|date=16 November 2009 |access-date=15 June 2020| location=London}}{{cbignore}}
• 1931 – Walter Horak, Austrian footballer (died 2019)
• 1932 – Frank Cameron, New Zealand cricketer (died 2023){{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |author-link1=Alister Taylor |author-link2=Deborah Coddington |title=Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand |year=1994 |publisher=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa |location=Auckland |isbn=0-908578-34-2 |page=88}}
• 1932 – Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic (died 1994)
• 1933 – Haruo Remeliik, Palauan politician, 1st President of Palau (died 1985)
• 1933 – Charles Wilson, American lieutenant and politician (died 2010)
• 1934 – Pat Boone, American singer-songwriter and actor{{cite book|author=Don Tyler|title=Music of the Postwar Era|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2dgJVseZAlsC&pg=PA202|year=2008|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-34191-5|pages=202}}
• 1934 – Peter Masterson, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (died 2018)
• 1934 – Doris Buchanan Smith, American author (died 2002)
• 1935 – Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, English architect, founded Foster and Partners
• 1935 – Reverend Ike, American minister and television host (died 2009)
• 1935 – Jack Kralick, American baseball player (died 2012)
• 1935 – John C. Reynolds, American computer scientist and academic (died 2013)
• 1936 – Anatoly Albul, Soviet and Russian wrestler (died 2013)
• 1936 – André Bourbeau, Canadian politician (died 2018){{Cite web|url=http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/deputes/bourbeau-andre-2233/biographie.html|title=André Bourbeau (1936-2018)|date=March 2018|website=National Assembly of Québec|language=fr|access-date=March 30, 2018}}
• 1936 – Bekim Fehmiu, Bosnian actor (died 2010){{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/7877965/Bekim-Fehmiu.html|title=Film Obituaries: Bekim Fehmiu|date=16 June 2010|access-date=4 February 2011|location=London|work=The Daily Telegraph| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110124001540/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/7877965/Bekim-Fehmiu.html| archive-date= 24 January 2011 |url-status = live}}
• 1936 – Gerald Scarfe, English illustrator and animator{{cite book|author1=Europe Publications Ltd|title=The International Who's who 2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SC4aAAAAYAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Europa Publications|isbn=978-1-85743-050-9|page=1378}}
• 1937 – Morgan Freeman, American actor and producer
• 1937 – Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress
• 1937 – Colleen McCullough, Australian neuroscientist and author (died 2015)
• 1939 – Cleavon Little, American actor and comedian (died 1992){{cite news |title=Cleavon Little, Award-Winning Actor, Dies at 53 |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F1061FF63E580C708EDDA90994DA494D81 |work=The New York Times |date=October 23, 1992 |access-date=2010-10-28 }}
• 1940 – René Auberjonois, American actor (died 2019){{Cite magazine |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/ren-auberjonois-dead-star-trek-benson-actor-dies-at-79-1260677/|title=René Auberjonois, 'Star Trek' and 'Benson' Actor, Dies at 79 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=December 8, 2019}}
• 1940 – Katerina Gogou, Greek writer and actress (died 1993)
• 1940 – Kip Thorne, American physicist, astronomer, and academic{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2017/thorne/biographical/|title=Kip S. Thorne|website=Nobel Prize|access-date=November 15, 2021}}
• 1941 – Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (died 2015)
• 1941 – Toyo Ito, Japanese architect, designed the Torre Realia BCN and Hotel Porta Fira
• 1941 – Alexander V. Zakharov, Russian physicist and astronomer
• 1942 – Parveen Kumar, Pakistani-English physician and academic
• 1943 – Orietta Berti, Italian singer and actress
• 1943 – Richard Goode, American pianist{{cite book|title=Current Biography Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jf4ZAAAAYAAJ|year=1989|publisher=H. W. Wilson Company|page=186}}
• 1943 – Lorrie Wilmot, South African cricketer (died 2004)
• 1944 – Colin Blakemore, British neurobiologist (died 2022){{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/sir-colin-blakemore-obituary-3rlxxvq3w|title=Sir Colin Blakemore obituary|newspaper=The Times|date=28 June 2022|access-date=28 June 2022|url-access=subscription}}
• 1944 – Robert Powell, English actor
• 1945 – Linda Scott, American singer{{cite book| first= Joseph| last= Murrells| year= 1978| title= The Book of Golden Discs| edition= 2nd| publisher=Barrie and Jenkins Ltd| location= London| page= [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/139 139]| isbn= 0-214-20512-6| url-access= registration| url= https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/139}}
• 1945 – Lydia Shum, Chinese-Hong Kong actress (died 2008)
• 1945 – Frederica von Stade, American soprano and actress
• 1946 – Brian Cox, Scottish actor
• 1947 – Ron Dennis, English businessman, founded the McLaren Group
• 1947 – Jonathan Pryce, Welsh actor and singer
• 1947 – Ronnie Wood, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1948 – Powers Boothe, American actor (died 2017)
• 1948 – Tomáš Halík, Czech Roman Catholic priest, philosopher, theologian and scholar
• 1948 – Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2006)
• 1950 – Perrin Beatty, Canadian businessman and politician
• 1950 – Charlene, American singer-songwriter
• 1950 – Jean Lambert, English educator and politician
• 1950 – Michael McDowell, American author and screenwriter (died 1999){{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/forgotten-authors-no36-michael-mcdowell-1696217.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220514/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/forgotten-authors-no36-michael-mcdowell-1696217.html |archive-date=2022-05-14 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Forgotten authors No. 36: Michael McDowell|work=The Independent|first=Christopher|last=Fowler|date=June 7, 2009|access-date=August 28, 2018|language=en-GB}}
• 1952 – Şenol Güneş, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1952 – Mihaela Loghin, Romanian shot putter
• 1953 – Ronnie Dunn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 – Ted Field, American entrepreneur and race car driver
• 1953 – David Berkowitz, American serial killer and arsonistAbrahamsen, David (1985). Confessions of Son of Sam. New York: Columbia University Press. {{ISBN|0-231-05760-1}}.{{Rp|73}}
• 1954 – Jill Black, Lady Black of Derwent, English lawyer and judge'BLACK, Rt Hon. Dame Jill (Margaret)', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U7689, accessed 28 July 2017]
• 1955 – Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler (died 2016)
• 1955 – Lorraine Moller, New Zealand runner
• 1955 – Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (died 2008)
• 1956 – Patrick Besson, French writer and journalist
• 1956 – Petra Morsbach, German author{{cite book |last1=Bründl |first1=Jürgen |last2=Klug |first2=Florian |title=Zentrum und Peripherie: Theologische Perspektiven auf Kirche und Gesellschaft; Festschrift für Otmar Meuffels |date=2017 |publisher=University of Bamberg Press |isbn=978-3-86309-483-6 |pages=76–77 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bdIkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA76 |language=de}}
• 1958 – Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Mongolia{{cite book|title=Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations: World leaders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kvvwAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Thomson, Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-6610-1|page=394}}
• 1958 – Gennadiy Valyukevich, Belarusian triple jumper (died 2019)
• 1959 – Martin Brundle, English racing driver and sportscaster
• 1959 – Alan Wilder, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1960 – Simon Gallup, English musician
• 1960 – Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 2012)
• 1960 – Sergey Kuznetsov, Russian footballer and manager
• 1960 – Giorgos Lillikas, Cypriot politician, 8th Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1960 – Lucy McBath, American politician{{cite web |title=Lucy McBath |url=https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/directory/lucy-mcbath/ |website=Archives of Women's Political Communication |access-date=28 June 2020 |language=en}}
• 1960 – Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (died 2006)
• 1961 – Paul Coffey, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1961 – Mark Curry, American actor
• 1961 – Werner Günthör, Swiss shot putter and bobsledder
• 1961 – John Huston, American golfer
• 1961 – Peter Machajdík, Slovakian-German pianist and composer
• 1961 – Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian oligarch, mercenary chief and restaurateur (died 2023){{cite news |title=Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner group who fought for Moscow's allies in global hotspots – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/08/24/yevgeny-prigozhin-wagner-group-ukraine-africa-moscow-putin/ |website=The Telegraph |date=24 August 2023 |access-date=25 August 2023 |language=en |last1=Obituaries |first1=Telegraph }}
• 1963 – Vital Borkelmans, Belgian footballer
• 1963 – Miles J. Padgett, Scottish physicist and academic
• 1963 – David Westhead, English actor and producer
• 1965 – Larisa Lazutina, Russian skier
• 1965 – Olga Nazarova, Russian sprinter
• 1966 – Greg Schiano, American football player and coach
• 1968 – Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer{{cite book|author=Peter Wilmoth|title=Up Close: 28 Lives of Extraordinary Australians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BbZyAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Pan Macmillan|isbn=978-1-4050-3657-3|page=141}}
• 1968 – Mathias Rust, German aviator
• 1969 – Luis García Postigo, Mexican footballer
• 1969 – Teri Polo, American actress
• 1970 – Alexi Lalas, American soccer player, manager, and sportscaster{{cite web|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/alexi-lalas|title=Alexi Lalas|website=Major League Soccer|access-date=February 1, 2021}}
• 1970 – Alison Hinds, British-Barbadian soca singerKuss, Malena (2006), Music in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Encyclopedic History: Performing the Caribbean Experience v. 2, University of Texas Press, {{ISBN|978-0-292-70951-5}}, p. 350.
• 1971 – Mario Cimarro, Cuban-American actor and singer
• 1973 – Frédérik Deburghgraeve, Belgian swimmer
• 1973 – Adam Garcia, Australian actor
• 1973 – Heidi Klum, German-American model, fashion designer, and producer{{cite book |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA304|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=304}}
• 1973 – Derek Lowe, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Derek Lowe |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/derek-lowe-117955 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=29 May 2023}}
• 1974 – Alanis Morissette, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress{{cite book|author=Kalen Rogers|title=Omnibus Press Presents the Story of Alanis Morissette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GBeuh3alS-cC|year=1996|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-7119-5984-2|page=7}}
• 1974 – Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist
• 1974 – Sarah Teather, English politician
• 1975 – Michal Grošek, Czech-Swiss ice hockey player and coach
• 1975 – Frauke Petry, German politician
• 1976 – Marlon Devonish, English sprinter and coach
• 1977 – Arsen Gitinov, Russian and Kyrgyzstani freestyle wrestler
• 1977 – Danielle Harris, American actress
• 1977 – Brad Wilkerson, American baseball player and coach{{Baseballstats | mlb=150415 }}
• 1977 – Sarah Wayne Callies, American actress{{Cite web |title=Sarah Wayne Callies- Biography |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/sarah-wayne-callies/biography.html;_ylt=ArAvKb4U2FdbsvR7T7vi3Gv3TssF;_ylu=X3oDMTI2ajBnaDlrBG1pdANQZXJzb24gRW50aXR5IEFib3V0BHBvcwMxBHNlYwNNZWRpYUVudGl0eUFib3V0TGlua3NQYWNrYWdlQXNzZW1ibHk-;_ylg=X3oDMTE2Z2ppM3RwBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdAMEcHQD;_ylv=3 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209203116/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/sarah-wayne-callies/biography.html;_ylt=ArAvKb4U2FdbsvR7T7vi3Gv3TssF;_ylu=X3oDMTI2ajBnaDlrBG1pdANQZXJzb24gRW50aXR5IEFib3V0BHBvcwMxBHNlYwNNZWRpYUVudGl0eUFib3V0TGlua3NQYWNrYWdlQXNzZW1ibHk-;_ylg=X3oDMTE2Z2ppM3RwBGludG |archive-date=February 9, 2013 |access-date=August 10, 2022 |website=Yahoo! Movies}}
• 1978 – Antonietta Di Martino, Italian high jumper
• 1979 – Santana Moss, American football player
• 1979 – Markus Persson, Swedish game designer, founded Mojang
• 1981 – Brandi Carlile, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1981 – Amy Schumer, American comedian and actress{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/amy-schumer/289032/|title=Amy Schumer|work=TV Guide|access-date=April 16, 2015|archive-date=September 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919090055/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/amy-schumer/289032}}
• 1981 – Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1981 – Aleksei Mikhailovich Uvarov, Russian footballer
• 1982 – Justine Henin, Belgian tennis player{{cite web |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/80350/justine-henin |title=Justine Henin | Player Stats & More – WTA Official |website=wtatennis.com |publisher=Women's Tennis Association |access-date=April 8, 2025}}
• 1984 – Jean Beausejour, Chilean footballer
• 1984 – Olivier Tielemans, Dutch racing driver
• 1984 – Nikki Glaser, American comedian{{Cite web |url=http://thehalperts.com/genealogy/Default/PersPage_12294.html |title=Nikki Glaser |website=thehalperts.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413140942/http://thehalperts.com/genealogy/Default/PersPage_12294.html |archive-date=April 13, 2014 |access-date=July 4, 2017}}
• 1985 – Dinesh Karthik, Indian cricketer
• 1985 – Nick Young, American basketball player
• 1985 – Sam Young, American basketball player
• 1986 – Moses Ndiema Masai, Kenyan runner
• 1986 – Chinedu Obasi, Nigerian footballer
• 1986 – Ben Smith, New Zealand rugby player
• 1987 – Zoltán Harsányi, Slovakian footballer
• 1987 – Yarisley Silva, Cuban pole vaulter{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/yarisley-silva| title=Yarisley Silva|website=IOC|access-date=February 1, 2021}}
• 1988 – Javier Hernández, Mexican footballer
• 1989 – Nataliya Goncharova, Ukrainian/Russian volleyball player
• 1989 – Sammy Alex Mutahi, Kenyan runner
• 1990 – Miller Bolaños, Ecuadoran footballer
• 1990 – Carlota Ciganda, Spanish golfer
• 1991 – Zazie Beetz, German-American actress{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/598b21ea07d1480bbda0d7ddc31c34a6|title=Today in History|date=June 1, 2020|website=apnews.com|publisher=The Associated Press}}
• 1991 – Tyrone Roberts, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 – Kagayaki Taishi, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1996 – Edvinas Gertmonas, Lithuanian footballer
• 1996 – Tom Holland, English actor
• 1999 – Technoblade, American YouTuber and streamer (died 2022){{cite tweet|number=1267091579694505984|user=technothepig|title=my birthday's tomorrow. looks like this is the end boys|author=Technoblade|date=May 31, 2020|access-date=July 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720150036/https://twitter.com/Technothepig/status/1267091579694505984|archive-date=2022-07-20|url-status=live}}

• 195 BC – Emperor Gaozu of Han (born 256 BC)
• 193 – Marcus Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (born 133){{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=238|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}
• 352 – Ran Min, Emperor of Ran Wei during the Sixteen Kingdoms{{Cite web|url=http://www.sinica.edu.tw/ftms-bin/kiwi1/luso.sh?lstype=2&dyna=%AAF%AE%CA&king=%BFp%AB%D2&reign=%A5%C3%A9M&yy=8&ycanzi=&mm=5&dd=&dcanzi=%A8%AF%A5f|title = 中央研究院}}Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 99.
• 654 – Pyrrhus, patriarch of Constantinople{{cite book|title=The Cambridge Medieval History Series volumes 1-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=inXIHJ2zOIUC&pg=PT675|publisher=Plantagenet Publishing|pages=675}}
• 829 – Li Tongjie, general of the Tang Dynasty
• 847 – Xiao, empress of the Tang Dynasty
• 896 – Theodosius Romanus, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch
• 932 – Thietmar, duke of Saxony
• 1146 – Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess regent of Brittany (born 1068)
• 1186 – Minamoto no Yukiie, Japanese warlord
• 1220 – Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (born 1176){{cite book|author=Charles Octavius S. Morgan|title=Notes on the architecture and history of Caldicot castle, Monmouthshire, by O. Morgan and T. Wakeman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bkAIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA15|year=1854|pages=15}}
• 1310 – Marguerite Porete, French mystic
• 1354 – Kitabatake Chikafusa (born 1293)Paul Varley. (1995). "Kitabatake Chikafusa", Great Thinkers of the Eastern World, p. 335.
• 1434 – King Wladislaus II of Poland
• 1449 – Polissena Sforza, Lady of Rimini (born 1428){{cite book |last=Jones |first=P.J. |date=1974 |title=The Malatesta of Rimini and the Papal State |url= |location=Cambridge, UK |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=201–202 |language= |isbn=0-521-20042-3}}
• 1571 – John Story, English martyr (born 1504)

• 1616 – Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun (born 1543)
• 1625 – Honoré d'Urfé, French author and poet (born 1568){{cite book |last1=Warner |first1=Charles Dudley |title=A Library of the World's Best Literature - Ancient and Modern - Vol.XLIII (Forty-Five Volumes); Dictionary of Authors (K-Z) |date=2008 |publisher=Cosimo, Inc. |isbn=978-1-60520-251-8 |page=539 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j6k3F_89oyEC&pg=PA539 |language=en}}
• 1639 – Melchior Franck, German composer (born 1579)
• 1660 – Mary Dyer, English-American martyr (born 1611)
• 1662 – Zhu Youlang, Chinese emperor (born 1623)
• 1681 – Cornelis Saftleven, Dutch genre painter (born 1607)
• 1710 – David Mitchell, Scottish admiral and politician (born 1642)
• 1740 – Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (born 1657)
• 1769 – Edward Holyoke, American pastor and academic (born 1689)
• 1773 – Wolraad Woltemade, South African folk hero (born 1708)
• 1795 – Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (born 1744)
• 1815 – Louis-Alexandre Berthier, French general and politician, French Minister of War (born 1753)
• 1823 – Louis-Nicolas Davout, French general and politician, French Minister of War (born 1770)
• 1826 – J. F. Oberlin, French pastor and philanthropist (born 1740)
• 1830 – Swaminarayan, Indian religious leader (born 1781)
• 1833 – Oliver Wolcott Jr., American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Treasury, 24th Governor of Connecticut (born 1760)
• 1841 – David Wilkie, Scottish painter and academic (born 1785)
• 1846 – Pope Gregory XVI (born 1765)
• 1861 – John Quincy Marr, American captain (born 1825)
• 1864 – Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel, led the Taiping Rebellion (born 1812)
• 1868 – James Buchanan, American lawyer and politician, 15th President of the United States (born 1791)
• 1872 – James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald (born 1795)
• 1873 – Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia (born 1804)
• 1876 – Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and journalist (born 1848)
• 1879 – Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France (born 1856){{cite book |editor1-last=Gilman |editor1-first=Daniel Coit |editor2-last=Peck |editor2-first=Harry Thurston |editor3-last=Colby |editor3-first=Frank Moore |title=The New International Encyclopaedia |date=1906 |publisher=Dodd, Mead & Co. |location=New York |page=246 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RTorAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA245 |access-date=10 October 2021 |chapter=NAPOLEON, Eugène Louis Jean Joseph}}

• 1908 – Allen Butler Talcott, American painter (born 1867)
• 1925 – Thomas R. Marshall, American politician, 28th Vice President of the United States (born 1854){{Cite news |date=1925-06-02 |title=Thomas R. Marshall, War Vice President, Dies, Bible in hand |language=en-US |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1925/06/02/archives/thomas-r-marshall-war-vice-president-dies-bible-in-hand-death-comes.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2020-12-16|issn=0362-4331}}
• 1927 – Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (born 1860)
• 1927 – J. B. Bury, Irish historian, philologist, and scholar (born 1861)
• 1934 – Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel and polo player (born 1867)
• 1935 – Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Romanian-Hungarian general (born 1857)
• 1938 – Ödön von Horváth, Croatian-French author and playwright (born 1901)
• 1941 – Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic (born 1873)
• 1941 – Hugh Walpole, New Zealand-English author (born 1884)
• 1943 – Leslie Howard, English actor, director, and producer (born 1893)
• 1943 – Wilfrid Israel, English-German businessman and philanthropist (born 1899)
• 1946 – Ion Antonescu, Romanian marshal and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Romania (born 1882)
• 1948 – Alex Gard, Russian-American cartoonist (born 1900)
• 1952 – John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher (born 1859)
• 1953 – Emanuel Vidović, Croatian painter and illustrator (born 1870)
• 1954 – Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish-German journalist and author (born 1869)
• 1960 – Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1883)
• 1960 – Paula Hitler, German-Austrian sister of Adolf Hitler (born 1896)
• 1962 – Adolf Eichmann, a German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (born 1906)
• 1963 – Walter Lee, Australian politician, 24th Premier of Tasmania (born 1874)
• 1965 – Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach, founded the Green Bay Packers (born 1898)
• 1966 – Papa Jack Laine, American drummer and bandleader (born 1873)
• 1968 – Helen Keller, American author and activist (born 1880)
• 1968 – André Laurendeau, Canadian playwright, journalist, and politician (born 1912)
• 1969 – Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater (born 1904)
• 1971 – Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian and academic (born 1892)
• 1979 – Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
• 1980 – Arthur Nielsen, American businessman, founded the ACNielsen company (born 1897)
• 1981 – Carl Vinson, American lawyer and politician (born 1883)
• 1983 – Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (born 1903)
• 1983 – Anna Seghers, German writer (born 1900){{cite web |title=Anna Seghers |url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/seghers-anna |website=Jewish Women's Archive |date=5 July 2021 |access-date=18 January 2022 |language=en}}
• 1985 – Richard Greene, English actor and soldier (born 1918)
• 1986 – Jo Gartner, Austrian racing driver (born 1958)
• 1987 – Rashid Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Lebanon (born 1921)
• 1988 – Herbert Feigl, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1902)
• 1989 – Aurelio Lampredi, Italian engineer, designed the Ferrari Lampredi engine (born 1917)
• 1991 – David Ruffin, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
• 1996 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian politician, 6th President of India (born 1913)
• 1999 – Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (born 1910)
• 2000 – Tito Puente, American drummer, composer, and producer (born 1923)
• 2001 – Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist, created Dennis the Menace (born 1920)
• 2001 – notable victims of the Nepalese royal massacre
• Aishwarya of Nepal (born 1949)
• Birendra of Nepal (born 1945)
• Dhirendra of Nepal (born 1950)
• Prince Nirajan of Nepal (born 1978)
• Princess Shruti of Nepal (born 1976)
• 2002 – Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (born 1969){{cite news|title=Cronje inquest opens|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/cricket/cronje-inquest-opens/2006/08/08/1154802862135.html|work=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=3 March 2010|date=8 August 2006}}
• 2004 – William Manchester, American historian and author (born 1922)
• 2005 – Hilda Crosby Standish, American physician (born 1902)
• 2005 – George Mikan, American basketball player and coach (born 1924){{cite news | title= NBA pioneer and Hall of Famer Mikan dies | url= https://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/2005-06-02-mikan-obit_x.htm | date=February 23, 2007 |access-date=February 16, 2008 | work=USA Today}}
• 2007 – Tony Thompson, American singer and songwriter (born 1975)
• 2008 – Tommy Lapid, Israeli journalist and politician, 17th Justice Minister of Israel (born 1931)
• 2008 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer, founded Saint Laurent Paris (born 1936){{Cite news |title=Yves Saint Laurent, Who Has Died Aged 71, was, with Coco Chanel, regarded as the Greatest Figure in French Fashion in the 20th Century, and could be said to have Created the Modern Woman's Wardrobe |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2063264/Yves-Saint-Laurent.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604051842/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2063264/Yves-Saint-Laurent.html |archive-date=4 June 2008 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |date=1 June 2008 |access-date=24 July 2010}}
• 2009 – Vincent O'Brien, Irish horse trainer (born 1917){{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/8077305.stm|title=Ex-trainer Vincent O'Brien dies|access-date=1 June 2009|date=1 June 2009|work=BBC News}}
• 2010 – Kazuo Ohno, Japanese dancer (born 1906)
• 2010 – Andrei Voznesensky, Russian poet (born 1933)
• 2011 – Haleh Sahabi, Iranian humanitarian and activist (born 1957)
• 2012 – Faruq Z. Bey, American saxophonist and composer (born 1942)
• 2012 – Pádraig Faulkner, Irish educator and politician, 19th Irish Minister of Defence (born 1918)
• 2012 – Milan Gaľa, Slovak politician (born 1953)
• 2013 – James Kelleher, Canadian lawyer and politician, 33rd Solicitor General of Canada (born 1930)
• 2014 – Ann B. Davis, American actress (born 1926)
• 2014 – Valentin Mankin, Ukrainian sailor (born 1938)
• 2014 – Timofei Moșneaga, Moldovan physician and politician, Moldovan Minister of Health (born 1932){{Cite web |title=Timofei Moșneaga, fost ministru al Sănătății și cel mai longeviv director al Spitalului Clinic Republican, este petrecut astăzi pe ultimul drum |url=https://sanatateinfo.md/News/Item/2377/timofei-mosneaga-fost-ministru-al-sanatatii-si-cel-mai-longeviv-director-al-spitalului-clinic-republican-este-petrecut-astazi-pe-ultimul-drum |website=Sănătate Info |language=ro}}
• 2015 – Charles Kennedy, Scottish journalist and politician (born 1959){{cite web |title=Charles Kennedy obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jun/02/charles-kennedy |website=The Guardian |access-date=31 May 2021 |language=en |date=2015-06-02}}
• 2015 – Joan Kirner, Australian educator and politician, 42nd Premier of Victoria (born 1938){{cite news|title=Former Victorian premier Joan Kirner dies aged 76|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-01/former-victorian-premier-joan-kirner-dies/6513086|access-date=1 June 2015|work=ABC News|date=1 June 2015}}
• 2015 – Nicholas Liverpool, Dominican lawyer and politician, 6th President of Dominica (born 1934)
• 2015 – Jacques Parizeau, Canadian economist and politician, 26th Premier of Quebec (born 1930){{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/former-quebec-premier-jacques-parizeau-dead-at-84/article24742213/ |title=Former Quebec premier Jacques Parizeau dead at 84 |first=Les |last=Perreaux |work=The Globe and Mail |date=June 2, 2015 |access-date=June 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602132054/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/former-quebec-premier-jacques-parizeau-dead-at-84/article24742213/ |archive-date=June 2, 2015 |url-status=live}}
• 2015 – Jean Ritchie, American singer-songwriter (born 1922)
• 2018 – Sinan Sakić, Serbian pop-folk singer (born 1956)
• 2019 – Ani Yudhoyono, Indonesian politician, 6th First Lady of Indonesia. (born 1952){{cite news|title=Former First Lady Ani Yudhoyono Passes Away After Long Battle With Cancer |url=https://jakartaglobe.id/context/former-first-lady-ani-yudhoyono-passes-away-after-long-battle-with-cancer |work=Jakarta Globe |date=1 June 2019 |access-date=11 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601175246/https://jakartaglobe.id/context/former-first-lady-ani-yudhoyono-passes-away-after-long-battle-with-cancer |archive-date=1 June 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite news|first=Harry |last=Suhartono |title=Kristiani Yudhoyono, Indonesia's Former First Lady, Dies at 67 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-01/indonesia-former-first-lady-yudhoyono-dies-party-spokeswoman |work=Bloomberg News |date=1 June 2019 |access-date=11 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601191230/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-01/indonesia-former-first-lady-yudhoyono-dies-party-spokeswoman |archive-date=1 June 2019 |url-status=live}}
• 2024 – Tin Oo, Burmese general and politician (born 1927){{Cite web |date=2024-06-01 |title=Tin Oo, a close ally of Myanmar's Suu Kyi and co-founder of her pro-democracy party, dies at 97 |url=https://apnews.com/article/suu-kyi-national-league-democracy-military-938b1071f7ca35a46e8147a39527c79f |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=AP News |language=en}}

• Children's Day (International), and its related observances:
• The Day of Protection of Children Rights (Armenia)
• Mothers' and Children's Day (Mongolia)
• Christian feast day:
• Annibale Maria di Francia
• Crescentinus
• Fortunatus of Spoleto
• Herculanus of Piegaro
• Íñigo of Oña
• Justin Martyr (Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran)
• Ronan of Locronan
• Pamphilus of Caesarea (Roman Catholic only){{cite book|last=Attwater|first=Donald|title=The Penguin Dictionary of Saints|date=1988}}{{rp|256}}
• June 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Gawai Dayak, harvest festival in the state of Sarawak (Malaysia){{cite web|url=https://talikhidmat.sarawak.gov.my/talikhidmat/web/home/list_holiday/?id=web|title=Public Holidays for the State of Sarawak|work=Government of Sarawak|year=2025|access-date=30 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250515003713/https://talikhidmat.sarawak.gov.my/talikhidmat/web/home/list_holiday/?id=web|archive-date=15 May 2025|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tourism.gov.my/pdf/uploads/media/pr%20gawaidayak.pdf|title=THE GAWAI DAYAK FESTIVAL IN SARAWAK|work=Communications & Publicity Division, Tourism Malaysia|date=18 May 2009|access-date=30 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250515004735/https://www.sarawaktourism.com/web/stories/story-view/gawai-dayak-festival-a-time-of-thanksgiving-and-merrymaking|archive-date=15 May 2025|url-status=live}}
• Global Day of Parents (International){{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Samoa from New Zealand in 1962.
• Madaraka Day (Kenya)
• National Maritime Day (Mexico)
• National Tree Planting Day (Cambodia)
• Pancasila Day (Indonesia)
• President's Day (Palau){{cite book |title=The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan - Zimbabwe |date=29 July 2004 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-85743-255-8 |page=3304 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gP_-8rXzQs8C&pg=PA3304 |language=en}}
• The beginning of Crop over, celebrated until the first Monday of August. (Barbados)
• Victory Day (Tunisia)
• World Milk Day (International)
• National Technology Day (Libya)[https://gnu.gov.ly/uploads/2021/05/%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%85-79-%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%A9-2021%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-1%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88-%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85-%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA.pdf PDF File] from Government Website{{Cite web |date=2021-05-11 |title=رئيس مجلس الوزراء بحكومة الوحدة الوطنية يصدر قرارا بإعتبار يوم 1 يونيو يوما وطنيا لتقنية المعلومات - صحيفة الصدى |url=https://sada.ly/%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A8%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=sada.ly |language=ar}}

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• {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/1 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
• {{NYT On this day|month=06|day=01}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/june/1 |title=Historical Events on June 1 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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