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June 1

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Born this day

1926

Marilyn Monroe

Would be 100

Oldest record

410th

Tokugawa Ieyasu

death anniversary

Famous births9

1780 · 246 yrs

Carl von Clausewitz

Carl Philipp Gottlieb von Clausewitz ( KLOW-zə-vits; German:; born Carl Philipp Gottlieb Clauswitz; 1 July 1780 – 16 November 1831) was a Prussian army officer and military theorist who stressed the "moral" (in modern terms meaning psychological) and political aspects of waging war.

MilitaryWould be 246

Photo: Wilhelm Wach · Public domain

1796 · 230 yrs

Nicolas Carnot

Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (English: kar-NOH, French:; 1 June 1796 – 24 August 1832), known as Sadi Carnot, was a French military engineer and physicist. A graduate of the École polytechnique, Carnot served as an officer in the Engineering Arm (le génie) of the French Army.

ScienceWould be 230

Photo: Louis-Léopold Boilly · Public domain

1926 · 100 yrs

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe ( MAIR-ə-lin mən-ROH; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "Blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual revolution.

FashionWould be 100

Photo: Sam Shaw · Public domain

1937 · 89 yrs

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, producer, and narrator. In a career spanning six decades, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award and a Tony Award.

FilmAge 89

Photo: U.S. Secretary of Defense · Public domain

1961 · 65 yrs

Yevgeny Prigozhin

Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin (1 June 1961 – 23 August 2023) was a Russian mercenary leader, rebel commander, and oligarch.

BusinessWould be 65

Photo: Михаил Метцель / ТАСС · CC BY 4.0

1971 · 55 yrs

Ghil'ad Zuckermann

Ghil'ad Zuckermann (Hebrew: גלעד צוקרמן, pronounced; (1971-06-01)1 June 1971) is an Israeli language revivalist and linguist who works in contact linguistics, lexicology and the study of language, culture and identity.

ScholarshipAge 55

Photo: Ghil'ad Zuckermann · Public domain

1973 · 53 yrs

Heidi Klum

Heidi Kaulitz (pronounced; née Klum, formerly Samuel, born 1 June 1973) is a German and American model, television host, actress, producer, and businesswoman. She appeared on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 1998 and was the first German model to become a Victoria's Secret Angel.

FashionAge 53

Photo: Toglenn · CC BY-SA 4.0

1974 · 52 yrs

Alanis Morissette

Alanis Nadine Morissette ( ə-LAN-iss MORR-iss-ET; born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. Regarded as the "Queen of Alt-Rock Angst", she became a cultural phenomenon in the 1990s, gaining international fame for her emotive mezzo-soprano voice and confessional songwriting.

MusicAge 52

Photo: Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0

1975 · 51 yrs

Nikol Pashinyan

Nikol Vovayi Pashinyan (born 1 June 1975) is an Armenian politician who has served as the 16th and current prime minister of Armenia since 2018. A journalist by profession, Pashinyan founded his own newspaper in 1998, which was shut down a year later for libel.

PoliticsAge 51

Photo: kremlin.ru · CC BY 4.0

Famous deaths8

1616 · 410 yrs

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.

Notable PeopleWould be 483

Photo: Kanō Tan'yū · Public domain

1841 · 185 yrs

Nicolas Appert

Nicolas Appert (17 November 1749 – 1 June 1841) was a French confectioner and inventor who, in the early 19th century, invented airtight food preservation. Appert, known as the "father of food science", described his invention as a way "of conserving all kinds of food substances in containers".

TechnologyWould be 276

Photo: Unknown artistUnknown artist · Public domain

1846 · 180 yrs

Gregory XVI

Pope Gregory XVI (Latin: Gregorius PP. XVI; Italian: Gregorio XVI; born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari; 18 September 1765 – 1 June 1846) was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 2 February 1831 to his death in June 1846.

ReligionWould be 261

Photo: Paul Delaroche · Public domain

1868 · 158 yrs

James Buchanan

James Buchanan Jr. (April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was the 15th president of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861.

PoliticsWould be 235

Photo: From Brady daguerreotype (Mathew Brady) (1822-1896) · Public domain

1925 · 101 yrs

Erik Satie

Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (17 May 1866 – 1 July 1925), better known as Erik Satie, was a French composer and pianist. The son of a French father and a British mother, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire but was undistinguished and did not obtain a diploma.

MusicWould be 160

Photo: Sonia y natalia · CC BY-SA 3.0

1952 · 74 yrs

John Dewey

John Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the first half of the twentieth century.

PhilosophyWould be 166

Photo: UnknownUnknown · Public domain

1968 · 58 yrs

Helen Keller

Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness when she was 19 months old.

ActivismWould be 146

Photo: Los Angeles Times; restored by User:Rhododendrites · Public domain

2008 · 18 yrs

Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent (1 August 1936 – 1 June 2008), better known as Yves Saint Laurent (also UK:, US:; French: ), was a French fashion designer who founded his eponymous fashion label in 1962. He was the last of the grand couturiers and is regarded as one of the foremost designers of the 20th century.

ArtWould be 90

Photo: L'Espresso · Public domain

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