Saturday June 1, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

June 1: Day of the Week

June 1, 2024 is the 153rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 213 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is samedi.

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Here’s the June calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Gemini is the zodiac 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.

June 1 Historical Event(s)

1252
Alfonso X is elected King of Castile and León.
1495
Friar John Cor records the first known batch of scotch whisky.
1679
The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog.
1815
Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France.
1910
Robert Falcon Scott’s South Pole expedition leaves England.
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.
1941
World War II: Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
1963
Kenya gains internal self-rule (Madaraka Day).
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.

Who were born on June 1?

1771
Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (d. 1839)
1790
Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (d. 1836)
1917
William S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1930
Edward Woodward, English actor (d. 2009)
1938
Khawar Rizvi, Pakistani Poet and Scholar
1948
Powers Boothe, American actor
1959
Alan Wilder, British musician (Depeche Mode and Recoil)
1973
Derek Lowe, American baseball player
1973
Frédérik Deburghgraeve, Belgian swimmer
1974
Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist

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