Daily Calendar for Monday, June 1, 2026
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Monday, June 1, 2026
Born
- Francis Edgar Stanley (American inventor) –
- Freelan Oscar Stanley (American inventor) –
- Marilyn Monroe (actress) –
- Andy Griffith (actor) –
- Pat Boone (singer) –
- Morgan Freeman (actor) –
- Teri Polo (actress) –
- Heidi Klum (model) –
- Alanis Morissette (Canadian singer & songwriter; born in Ottawa, Canada) –
Died
- James Buchanan (15th U.S. president) –
- Leslie Howard (actor) –
- Helen Keller (blind, deaf, and mute author) –
- Yves Saint Laurent (fashion designer) –
- Julian and Adrian Riester (92-year-old identical twin friars died hours apart, each from heart failure) –
- Ann B. Davis (actress) –
Events
- Earthquake shook Plymouth, MA –
- Kentucky admitted into the Union as the 15th state –
- Tennessee admitted into the Union as the 16th state –
- Captain James Lawrence ordered crew, Don’t give up the ship! –
- A lake appeared this month in Salton Sink, Colorado Desert, California –
- Corning Glass Works in N.Y. announced the invention of photosensitive glass –
- The Cable News Network (CNN) made its debut –
- Thirteen-year old Katharine Close spelled “ursprache” correctly to win the 79th Annual Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. She was the first champion ever from New Jersey –
Weather
- Hail up to four inches in diameter fell in parts of Maine during a series of severe thunderstorms across central and northern New England –
- Thirty-nine degrees F in Springfield, Illinois –
- An EF-3 tornado caused extensive damage from Westfield to Charlton, Massachusetts –
- An EF3 tornado struck western Massachusetts. –
- 1” snow, Delta Junction, Alaska –