On this day: 1 June

Selected events and births on 1 June, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1796 – Tennessee was admitted as the 16th state of the United States. Read more: Tennessee U.S. state
• 1857 – The Revolution of the Ganhadores, the first general strike in Brazil, began in Salvador, Bahia. Read more: Revolution of the Ganhadores General strike Salvador, Bahia
• 1988 – Group representation constituencies were introduced to the parliament of Singapore. Read more: Group representation constituency Parliament of Singapore
• 2018 – For the first time since its transition to democracy, the Congress of Deputies in Spain passed a motion of no confidence against the government. Read more: Congress of Deputies 2018 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy

Born on this day

• 1935 – Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, English architect, founded Foster and Partners Read more: Norman Foster Foster and Partners
• 1958 – Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Mongolia Read more: Nambaryn Enkhbayar President of Mongolia
• 1979 – Markus Persson, Swedish game designer, founded Mojang Read more: Markus Persson Mojang Studios
• 1989 – Nataliya Goncharova, Ukrainian/Russian volleyball player Read more: Nataliya Goncharova (volleyball) Volleyball
• 1990 – Miller Bolaños, Ecuadoran footballer Read more: Miller Bolaños
• 1990 – Carlota Ciganda, Spanish golfer Read more: Carlota Ciganda
• 1991 – Zazie Beetz, German-American actress Read more: Zazie Beetz
• 1991 – Tyrone Roberts, Australian rugby league player Read more: Tyrone Roberts
• 1994 – Kagayaki Taishi, Japanese sumo wrestler Read more: Kagayaki Taishi
• 1996 – Edvinas Gertmonas, Lithuanian footballer Read more: Edvinas Gertmonas
• 1996 – Tom Holland, English actor Read more: Tom Holland
• 1999 – Dmytro Udovychenko, Ukrainian violinist Read more: Dmytro Udovychenko

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / June 1 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.