June 1: International Children's Day; Global Day of Parents; Day of the Holy Spirit (Eastern Christianity, 2015); Queen's Official Birthday in New Zealand (2015); Western Australia Day (2015)
- 1794 – The Glorious First of June, the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the First French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars, was fought.
- 1879 – Louis Napoleon (pictured) was killed in action during the Anglo-Zulu War, sending shock waves throughout Europe, as he was the last serious hope for the restoration of the Bonapartes to the French throne.
- 1942 – Second World War: The crews of three Japanese Ko-hyoteki class submarines scuttled and committed suicide after entering Sydney Harbour and launching a failed attack.
- 1974 – An explosion at a chemical plant close to the village of Flixborough, England, killed 28 people and seriously injured 36 others.
- 2009 – En route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, Air France Flight 447 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 aboard.
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