Note: These categories should be applied only to notable persons/events in history.
This Day in History for June 01
Historic Events:
- 1252 - Alfonso X becomes King of Castile and León.
- 1533 - Anne Boleyn's coronation.
- 1792 - Kentucky becomes the 15th U.S. state admitted into the union.
- 1794 - Glorious First of June
- 1796 - Tennessee becomes the 16th U.S. state admitted into the union.
- 2008 - A fire at Universal Studios in Universal City destroyed countless master recordings and the King Kong Encounter attraction.
Famous Birthdays:
- 1801 - Brigham Young, Mormon religion founder.
- 1921 - Nelson Riddle, Award-winning American music arranger, composer, bandleader, and orchestrator.
- 1926 - Marilyn Monroe, American actress.
- 1937 - Morgan Freeman, American actor.
- 1948 - Powers Boothe, American actor.
Famous Deaths:
- 1861 - John Quincy Marr, the first Confederate soldier killed by a Union soldier.
- 1868 - James Buchanan, U.S. President.
- 1879 - Napoléon, Prince Imperial, Napoleon IV: Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte.
- 1927 - Lizzie Borden She was accused and acquitted murderer.
- 1968 - Helen Keller, American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer.
- 2000 - Ralph Jones, American drummer in Bill Haley & His Comets.
- 2014 - Yuri Kochiyama, Japanese-American human rights activist