Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 1
This is a list of selected June 1 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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Old Smuggler brand Scotch whisky
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| Madaraka Day in Kenya | stub |
| 1670 – Charles II and Louis XIV signed a secret treaty, wherein England would aid France in its war against the Dutch Republic in return for French assistance in England's attempt to rejoin the Roman Catholic Church. | needs more footnotes |
| 1679 – The Scottish Covenanters defeated the forces of John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. | refimprove |
| 1868 – Long Walk of the Navajo: The United States signed the Treaty of Bosque Redondo, allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico. | needs more footnotes |
| 1922 – The Royal Ulster Constabulary, a police force in Northern Ireland, was founded. | {{POV}} |
| 1941 – World War II: After the first mainly airborne invasion in military history, Crete surrendered to Nazi Germany. | refimprove section, original research |
| 2001 – Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal killed King Birendra and several members of the Shah royal family in a shooting spree at the Narayanhity Royal Palace in Kathmandu. | multiple issues |
| 2005 – In their first national referendum in over two hundred years, Dutch voters rejected the ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union. | no footnotes |
Eligible
- 1495 – An entry in the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland made the first recorded mention of Scotch whisky.
- 1648 – Second English Civil War: Parliamentarian troops defeated Royalist forces in the Battle of Maidstone.
- 1676 – The Swedish warship Kronan, one of the largest ships in the world of its time, sank at the Battle of Öland with a loss of around 800 men.
- 1794 – The Glorious First of June, the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the First French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars, was fought.
- 1813 – War of 1812: Mortally wounded during a battle against the Royal Navy frigate HMS Shannon, American naval commander James Lawrence of the USS Chesapeake ordered his crew "Don't give up the ship!", today a popular battle cry.
- 1831 – British naval officer and explorer James Clark Ross successfully led the first expedition to reach the North Magnetic Pole.
- 1861 – The first land battle of the American Civil War after Fort Sumter took place in the village of Fairfax, Virginia.
- 1916 – Louis Brandeis became the first Jew to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
- 1942 – Second World War: The crews of three Japanese Ko-hyoteki class submarines scuttled and committed suicide after entering Sydney Harbour and launching a failed attack.
- 1943 – Eight German Junkers Ju 88s shot down British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 over the Bay of Biscay off the coast of Spain and France, killing actor Leslie Howard and several other notable passengers.
- 2009 – En route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, Air France Flight 447 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 aboard.
June 1: International Children's Day
- 1535 – Ottoman–Habsburg wars: The army of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor conquered Tunis and massacred an estimated 30,000 inhabitants.
- 1660 – Mary Dyer was hanged in Boston for repeatedly defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 1879 – Louis Napoleon (pictured) was killed in action during the Anglo-Zulu War, sending shock waves throughout Europe, as he was the last serious hope for the restoration of the Bonapartes to the French throne.
- 1967 – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the celebrated album by the Beatles, was released.
- 1980 – CNN was launched as the first television network to provide 24-hour television news coverage.