On This Day
This Day in History: (1-June)
Mstislav I of Kiev (d. 1132)
Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (d. 1158)
Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, English politician, Lord Marshal of England (d. 1338)
Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney (d. 1508)
Anne of Savoy (d. 1480)
Enno I, Count of East Frisia, German noble (d. 1491)
Tiedemann Giese, Polish bishop (d. 1550)
Maarten van Heemskerck, Dutch painter (d. 1574)
Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert, Dutch writer and scholar (d. 1590)
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Secretary of State for England (d. 1612)
Frans Post, Dutch painter (d. 1680)
Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer and academic (d. 1687)
Jacques Marquette, French missionary and explorer (d. 1675)
Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (d. 1704)
Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist and playwright (d. 1755)
Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish priest and missionary, founded the Irish Christian Brothers (d. 1844)
Friedrich Laun, German author (d. 1849)
Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright (d. 1836)
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (d. 1832)
Edward Deas Thomson, Australian educator and politician, Chief Secretary of New South Wales (d. 1879)
Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1877)
Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (d. 1857)
Henry Parker, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales (d. 1881)
Otto of Greece (d. 1862)
Francis V, Duke of Modena (d. 1875)
John Hunt Morgan, American general (d. 1864)
John Bell Hood, American general (d. 1879)
John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer, judge, and politician, Attorney General of Kentucky (d. 1911)
Henry Faulds, Scottish physician and missionary, developed fingerprinting (d. 1930)
John J. Toffey, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1911)
John Masefield, English author and poet (d. 1967)
Max Emmerich, American triathlete and gymnast (d. 1956)
Nicolae Bivol, Moldovan businessman and politician, Mayor of Chișinău (d. 1940)
James Daugherty, American author, illustrator, and painter (d. 1974)
Charles Kay Ogden, English linguist and philosopher (d. 1957)
Frank Morgan, American actor (d. 1949)
Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician and academic (d. 1963)
Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager (d. 1990)
John Van Druten, English-American playwright and director (d. 1957)
Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop and martyr (d. 1973)
Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist and academic (d. 1986)
Robert Newton, English-American actor (d. 1956)
Jan Patočka, Czech philosopher (d. 1977)
Frank Whittle, English soldier and engineer, developed the jet engine (d. 1996)
Julie Campbell Tatham, American author (d. 1999)
Yechezkel Kutscher, Slovakian-Israeli philologist and linguist (d. 1971)
Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, author, and mountaineer (d. 1987)
Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (d. 2007)
John Randolph, American actor (d. 2004)
William Standish Knowles, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
Robert Clarke, American actor and producer (d. 2005)
Nelson Riddle, American composer and bandleader (d. 1985)
Joan Caulfield, American model and actress (d. 1991)
Joan Copeland, American actress
Povel Ramel, Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2007)
Barry Till, English priest, author, and academic (d. 2013)
William Sloane Coffin, American minister and activist (d. 2006)
Dilia Díaz Cisneros, Venezuelan teacher (d. 2017)
Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (d. 1962)
Richard Schweiker, American soldier and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (d. 2015)
Georgy Dobrovolsky, Ukrainian pilot and astronaut (d. 1971)
Steve Dodd, Australian actor and composer (d. 2014)
Bob Monkhouse, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2003)
Nargis, Indian actress (d. 1981)
James H. Billington, American librarian and academic
John Lemmon, English logician and philosopher (d. 1966)
Richard Levins, American ecologist and geneticist (d. 2016)
Matt Poore, New Zealand cricketer
Edward Woodward, English actor (d. 2009)
Frank Cameron, New Zealand cricketer
Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic (d. 1994)
Haruo Remeliik, Palauan politician, 1st President of Palau (d. 1985)
Charles Wilson, American lieutenant and politician (d. 2010)
Pat Boone, American singer-songwriter and actor
Peter Masterson, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
Doris Buchanan Smith, American author (d. 2002)
Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, English architect, founded Foster and Partners
Reverend Ike, American minister and television host (d. 2009)
Jack Kralick, American baseball player (d. 2012)
John C. Reynolds, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2013)
André Bourbeau, Canadian politician
Bekim Fehmiu, Bosnian actor (d. 2010)
Gerald Scarfe, English illustrator and animator
Morgan Freeman, American actor and producer
Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress
Colleen McCullough, Australian neuroscientist and author (d. 2015)
Cleavon Little, American actor and comedian (d. 1992)
René Auberjonois, American actor
Kip Thorne, American physicist, astronomer, and academic
Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (d. 2015)
Toyo Ito, Japanese architect, designed the Torre Realia BCN and Hotel Porta Fira
Alexander V. Zakharov, Russian physicist and astronomer
Bruce George, Welsh politician
Parveen Kumar, Pakistani-English physician and academic
Richard Goode, American pianist
Lorrie Wilmot, South African cricketer (d. 2004)
Robert Powell, English actor
Jim McCarty, American blues rock guitarist
Linda Scott, American singer
Lydia Shum, Chinese-Hong Kong actress (d. 2008)
Kerry Vincent, Australian chef and author
Frederica von Stade, American soprano and actress
Brian Cox, Scottish actor
Ron Dennis, English businessman, founded the McLaren Group
Jonathan Pryce, Welsh actor and singer
Ronnie Wood, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Powers Boothe, American actor (d. 2017)
Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
Tom Sneva, American race car driver and sportscaster
Juhan Viiding, Estonian poet and actor (d. 1995)
Perrin Beatty, Canadian businessman and politician
Charlene, American singer-songwriter
Jean Lambert, English educator and politician
Michael McDowell, American author and screenwriter (d. 1999)
Wayne Nelson, American singer-songwriter and bass player
Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey, English actress and author
Şenol Güneş, Turkish footballer and manager
David Lan, South African-English director and playwright
Mihaela Loghin, Romanian shot putter
Ronnie Dunn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Ted Field, American entrepreneur and racing driver
Jill Black, English lawyer and judge
Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 2016)
Lorraine Moller, New Zealand runner
Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (d. 2008)
Lisa Hartman Black, American actress
Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish director and screenwriter
Ahron Bregman, Israeli-English political scientist and journalist
Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Mongolia
Gennadiy Valyukevich, Belarusian triple jumper
Martin Brundle, English race car driver and sportscaster
John Pullinger, English statistician and librarian
Alan Wilder, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
Simon Gallup, English musician (The Cure)
Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2012)
Sergey Kuznetsov, Russian footballer and manager
Giorgos Lillikas, Cypriot politician, 8th Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs
Paul Coffey, Canadian ice hockey player
Mark Curry, American actor
Werner Günthör, Swiss shot putter and bobsledder
John Huston, American golfer
Peter Machajdík, Slovakian-German pianist and composer
Mike Joyce, English drummer
Miles J. Padgett, Scottish physicist and academic
David Westhead, English actor and producer
Larisa Lazutina, Russian skier
Olga Nazarova, Russian sprinter
Nigel Short, English chess player and journalist
Greg Schiano, American football player and coach
Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer
Jeff Hackett, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Susan Jones, Welsh politician
Mathias Rust, German aviator
Teri Polo, American actress
Richard Murrian, American photographer
Alexi Lalas, American soccer player, manager, and sportscaster
Mario Cimarro, Cuban-American actor and singer
Frédérik Deburghgraeve, Belgian swimmer
Adam Garcia, Australian actor
Derek Lowe, American baseball player
Heidi Klum, German-American model, fashion designer, and producer
Alanis Morissette, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress
Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist
Sarah Teather, English politician
Akis Zikos, Greek footballer and coach
Michal Grošek, Czech-Swiss ice hockey player and coach
Frauke Petry, German politician
Ēriks Rags, Latvian javelin thrower
Marlon Devonish, English sprinter and coach
Kōhei Murakami, Japanese actor
Brad Wilkerson, American baseball player and coach
Antonietta Di Martino, Italian high jumper
Matthew Hittinger, American poet and author
Santana Moss, American football player
Markus Persson, Swedish game designer, founded Mojang
Brandi Carlile, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Smush Parker, American basketball player
Amy Schumer, American comedian, actress, and screenwriter
Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan-American baseball player
Justine Henin, Belgian tennis player
Tetyana Hamera-Shmyrko, Ukrainian runner
Tõnis Sahk, Estonian long jumper
David Neville, American sprinter
Olivier Tielemans, Dutch race car driver
Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopian runner
Mário Hipólito, Angolan footballer
Dinesh Karthik, Indian cricketer
Nick Young, American basketball player
Sam Young, American basketball player
Moses Ndiema Masai, Kenyan runner
Chinedu Obasi, Nigerian footballer
Ben Smith, New Zealand rugby player
Zoltán Harsányi, Slovakian footballer
Jerel McNeal, American basketball player
Yarisley Silva, Cuban pole vaulter
Javier Hernández, Mexican footballer
Sammy Alex Mutahi, Kenyan runner
Kennie Chopart, Danish footballer
Carlota Ciganda, Spanish golfer
Martin Pembleton, English footballer
Bianca Perie, Romanian hammer thrower
Tyrone Roberts, Australian rugby league player
Kira Plastinina, Russian fashion designer
Kagayaki Taishi, Japanese sumo wrestler
Carlos Castro García, Spanish footballer
Tom Holland, English actor