Year 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.
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1 June: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 1 June.
Observances & Special Days
Mother's and Children's Day (Mongolia)
Global Day of Parents (international)
Victory Day (Tunisia)
World Milk Day (International)
Year 1786
Madras General Post Office started functioning.
Year 1790
A treaty was signed between Marathas, Britishers and Nizam.
Year 1819
William Carey, Ward and Marshman established the Serampore College in Bengal.
Year 1831
British naval officer and explorer James Clark Ross successfully led the first expedition to reach the North Magnetic Pole.
Year 1874
East India Company was finally dissolved.
Year 1904
Four Language panel were used for Rangoon. This panel had languages namely Burmese, Urdu, Tamil and Chinese.
Year 1916
Lokmanya Tilak roared ''Freedom is by birthright'' at Ahmednagar.
Year 1930
First Indian luxurious fast train 'Deccan Queen' started from Victoria Terminus (CST) to Pune.
Year 1933
Fortnightly 'Bal Sanmitra' was published.
Year 1945
Tata Fundamental Research Institute was established.
Year 1955
India’s Untouchability (Offence) Act was implemented.
Year 1959
The Chinese occupy Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India.
Year 1959
N.G. Ranga resigned from the Indian National Congress and took up the leadership of the newly formed Swatantra Party.
Year 1980
CNN was launched as the first television network to provide 24-hour television news coverage.
Year 1984
Operation Blue Star to remove Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his followers began with CRPF and BSF firing at the Guru Ram Das Langar building in the vicinity of Golden Temple.
Year 1996
H. D. Deve Gowda became the 11th Prime Minister of India.
Year 1998
The Prasar Bharati Bill is introduced in the Lok Sabha to revive the Prasar Bharati Act, 1990.
Year 2001
The infamous Nepalese royal massacre happened inside Narayanhity Royal Palace. This tragic incident left nine members of the royal family dead including King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya.
Year 2004
Ramesh Chandra Lahoti took over as the 35th Chief Justice of India.
Born 1842
Satyendranath Tagore, the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Service and author.
Born 1926
Marilyn Monroe, an American actress, model, and singer.
Born 1929
Nargis Dutt, an Indian film actress.
Born 1937
Morgan Freeman, an American actor, director, and narrator.
Born 1970
R. Madhavan, an Indian actor, writer, and film producer.
Born 1985
Dinesh Karthik, an Indian cricketer.
Died 1830
Swaminarayan, Indian religious leader (b. 1781)
Died 1868
James Buchanan Jr., the 15th president of the United States.
Died 1944
Mahadev Vishwanath Dhurandhar, an Indian painter.
Died 1944
Liladhar Jagudi, well known Hindi poet, passed away.
Died 1968
Helen Keller, an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Died 1987
K. A. Abbas, an Indian film director, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist.
Died 1996
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, the sixth President of India.
Died 2002
Hansie Cronje, a South African international cricketer.