June 1: International Children's Day; Global Day of Parents
Louis Brandeis
- 1648 – Second English Civil War: Parliamentarian troops defeated Royalist forces in the Battle of Maidstone.
- 1831 – British naval officer and explorer James Clark Ross successfully led the first expedition to reach the North Magnetic Pole.
- 1879 – Louis Napoleon 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.
- 1916 – Louis Brandeis (pictured) became the first Jew to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
- 1941 – World War II: After the first mainly airborne invasion in military history, Crete surrendered to Nazi Germany.
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