Born on June 1
June 1 birthdays & history
If you were born on June 1, you share a birthday with Marilyn Monroe, Morgan Freeman and Tom Holland. June 1 babies are Gemini, with pearl as their birthstone and the rose as their birth flower. June 1 is the 153rd day of the year in leap years (152nd in other years).
Famous people born on June 1
- 1926Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress
- 1937Morgan Freeman, American actor and producer
- 1996Tom Holland, English actor
- 1961Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian oligarch, mercenary chief and restaurateur
- 1974Alanis Morissette, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress
- 1973Heidi Klum, German-American model, fashion designer, and producer
- 1796Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer
- 1804Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer
- 1940Kip Thorne, American physicist, astronomer, and academic
- 1988Javier Hernández, Mexican footballer
What happened on June 1
- 1796Tennessee was admitted as the 16th state of the United States.
- 1849Territorial Governor Alexander Ramsey declared the Territory of Minnesota officially established.
- 1857Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published.
- 1890The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
- 1916The 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.
- 1919Prohibition comes into force in Finland.
- 1922The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
- 1929The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
- 1950The 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.
- 1951Washington State Ferries, the largest ferry system in the United States, begins operation under state ownership after a buyout of the Puget Sound Navigation Company.
- 1958Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
- 2018For the first time since its transition to democracy, the Congress of Deputies in Spain passed a motion of no confidence against the government.
Also observed on June 1
- Children's Day (International), and its related observances: Mothers' and Children's Day (Mongolia)
- Gawai Dayak, harvest festival in the state of Sarawak (Malaysia)
- Global Day of Parents (International)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Samoa from New Zealand in 1962.
- Madaraka Day (Kenya)
- National Maritime Day (Mexico)
Questions, answered
What star sign is June 1?
People born on June 1 are Gemini. Their birthstone is pearl and their birth flower is the rose.
Which famous people were born on June 1?
Marilyn Monroe (1926), Morgan Freeman (1937), Tom Holland (1996), Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961), Alanis Morissette (1974), Heidi Klum (1973) were all born on June 1.
What happened on June 1 in history?
Among other things: in 1951, Washington State Ferries, the largest ferry system in the United States, begins operation under state ownership after a buyout of the Puget Sound Navigation Company; in 1958, Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months; in 2018, For the first time since its transition to democracy, the Congress of Deputies in Spain passed a motion of no confidence against the government.
Can I get a newspaper front page from June 1?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any June 1 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “June 1”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.