01 June History
- 193 - The Roman emperor, Marcus Didius, is murdered in his palace.
- 1533 - Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's new queen, is crowned.
- 1774 - The British government orders the port of Boston closed.
- 1789 - The first U.S. congressional act on administering oaths becomes law.
- 1812 - American navy captain James Lawrence, mortally wounded in a naval engagement with the British, exhorts to the crew of his vessel, the Chesapeake, "Don't give up the ship!"
- 1862 - General Robert E. Lee assumes command of the Confederate army outside Richmond after General Joe Johnston is injured at Seven Pines.
- 1864 - The Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, begins as Confederate general Robert E. Lee tries to turn Union general Ulysses S. Grant's flank.
- 1868 - James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, dies.
- 1877 - U.S. troops are authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico.
- 1915 - Germany conducts the first zeppelin air raid over England.
- 1916 - The National Defense Act increases the strength of the U.S. National Guard by 450,000 men.
- 1921 - A race riot erupts in Tulsa, Oklahoma, killing 85 people.
- 1939 - The Douglas DC-4 makes its first passenger flight from Chicago to New York.
- 1941 - The German Army completes the capture of Crete as the Allied evacuation ends.
- 1942 - America begins sending Lend-Lease materials to the Soviet Union.
- 1958 - Charles de Gaulle becomes premier of France.
- 1963 - Governor George Wallace vows to defy an injunction ordering integration of the University of Alabama.
- 1978 - The U.S. reports finding wiretaps in the American embassy in Moscow.
01 June Birthdays
- 1563 - Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury.
- 1801 - Brigham Young, American religious leader.
- 1814 - Philip Kearney, Union general.
- 1831 - John B. Hood, Confederate general.
- 1878 - John Masefield, English poet.
- 1898 - Molly Picon, comic actress and singer.
- 1901 - John van Druten, English playwright (I am a Camera).
- 1926 - Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jean Mortenson, later Norma Jean Baker), film actress and icon.
- 1932 - Christopher Lasch, American social critic and writer.