About June 1
June 1, 2023 is the 152nd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 213 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
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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 254 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.
- 1252 –Alfonso X is elected King of Castile and León.
- 1660 –Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 1792 –Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
- 1815 –Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France.
- 1855 –American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.
- 1862 –American Civil War, Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
- 1913 –The Greek-Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
- 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.
- 1922 –The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
- 1941 –World War II: Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
- 1962 –The Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting concludes, among other things, that the British public did not want commercial radio broadcasting.
- 1974 –Flixborough disaster: an explosion at a chemical plant kills 28 people.
- 1974 –The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
- 1978 –The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.
- 1980 –Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
- 1993 –Dobrinja mortar attack: 13 are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in Dobrinja, west of Sarajevo.
- 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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