About June 1
June 1, 2025 is the 152nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 213 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
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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 261 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On June 1
- 193 –Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated.
- 1252 –Alfonso X is elected King of Castile and León.
- 1495 –Friar John Cor records the first known batch of scotch whisky.
- 1533 –Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England.
- 1779 –Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, is court-martialed for malfeasance.
- 1812 –War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
- 1855 –American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.
- 1857 –Charles Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du mal is published.
- 1862 –American Civil War, Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
- 1868 –Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
- 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.
- 1922 –The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
- 1929 –The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
- 1941 –World War II: Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
- 1943 –British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation the downing was an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
- 1946 –Ion Antonescu, “Conducator” (leader) of Romania during World War II, is executed.
- 1974 –The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
- 2001 –Nepalese royal massacre: Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of his family including his father and mother, King Birendra of Nepal and Queen Aiswarya.
- 2003 –The People’s Republic of China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam.
- 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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