So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

June 1st


- Christian Feast Day
- International Children's Day (International)
- Fei Fei Day (Vancouver)
- Festival in honour of Carna. (Roman Empire)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence day of Samoa from New Zealand in 1962.
- Madaraka Day (Kenya)
- Mothers' and Children's Day (Mongolia)
- National Day Against Homophobia (Canada)
- National Tree Planting Day (Cambodia)
- President's Day (Palau)
- Statehood Day (Kentucky and Tennessee)
- The first day of the Gawai Dayak festival (Sarawak)

June 1st


- 2009 - Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed.
- 2009 - General Motors files for chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.
- 2007 - Jack Kevorkian is released from prison after serving eight years of his 10-25 year prison term for second-degree murder in the 1998 death of Thomas Youk, 52, of Oakland County, Michigan.
- 2003 - The People's Republic of China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam.
- 2001 - Nepalese royal massacre : Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of his family including his father and mother, King Birendra of Nepal and Queen Aiswarya.
- 2001 - Dolphinarium massacre: an Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
- 1999 - American Airlines Flight 1420 slides and crashes while landing at Little Rock National Airport, killing 11 people on a flight from Dallas to Little Rock.
- 1993 - Dobrinja mortar attack: 13 are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in Dobrinja, west of Sarajevo.
- 1990 - George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production.
- 1989 - Oba Chandler murders an Ohio family on their Florida vacation by drowning them in Tampa Bay.
- 1980 - Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
- 1979 - The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
- 1978 - The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.
- 1974 - Flixborough disaster: an explosion at a chemical plant kills 28 people.
- 1974 - The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
- 1963 - Kenya gains internal self-rule (Madaraka Day).
- 1960 - New Zealand's first official television broadcast commences at 7.30pm from Auckland.
- 1958 - Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
- 1956 - First international flight (to Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport - YUL) from the Atlanta Municipal Airport (ATL); now Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and currently the world's busiest airport)
- 1946 - Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" (leader) of Romania during World War 2, is executed.
- 1943 - British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation the downing was an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
- 1942 - World War II: the Warsaw paper Liberty Brigade publishes the first news of the concentration camps.
- 1941 - World War II: Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
- 1941 - The Farhud, a pogrom of Iraqi Jews, takes place in Baghdad.
- 1940 - The Leninist Communist Youth League of the Karelo-Finnish SSR holds its first congress.
- 1940 - The Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation goes out of business, giving the City of New York full control of the subway system in the city.
- 1939 - Maiden flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger (D-OPZE) fighter aeroplane
- 1935 - The first driving tests are introduced in the United Kingdom.
- 1929 - The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
- 1922 - The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
- 1921 - Tulsa Race Riot: civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- 1920 - Adolfo de la Huerta becomes President of Mexico.
- 1918 - World War I, Western Front: Battle for Belleau Wood – Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
- 1910 - Robert Falcon Scott's South Pole expedition leaves England.
- 1890 - The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
- 1886 - The railroads of the Southern United States convert 11,000 miles of track from a five foot rail gauge to standard gauge, beginning May 31.
- 1879 - Napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
- 1869 - Thomas Edison receives a patent for his electric voting machine.
- 1868 - Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
- 1862 - American Civil War, Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
- 1857 - Charles Baudelaire's Fleurs du mal is published.
- 1855 - American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.
- 1831 - James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole.
- 1815 - Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France.
- 1813 - James Lawrence, the mortally-wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, gives his final order: "Don't give up the ship!"
- 1812 - War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
- 1796 - Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States.
- 1794 - The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars.
- 1792 - Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
- 1779 - Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, is court-martialed for malfeasance.
- 1679 - The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog.
- 1660 - Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 1533 - Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England.
- 1495 - Friar John Cor records the first known batch of scotch whisky.
- 1252 - Alfonso X is elected King of Castile and León.
- 1215 - Beijing, then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Beijing.
- 1204 - King Philip Augustus of France conquers Rouen.
- 987 - Hugh Capet is elected King of France.
- 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated.

June 1st


- 1988 - Nami Tamaki, Japanese pop singer
- 1987 - Zoltán Harsányi, Slovakian footballer
- 1987 - Jerel McNeal, American basketball player
- 1986 - Dayana Mendoza, Venezuelan beauty queen and Miss Universe 2008 winner
- 1986 - Ben Smith, New Zealand All Black rugby player
- 1985 - Mário Hipólito, Angolan footballer
- 1985 - Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopian athlete
- 1985 - Nick Young, American basketball player
- 1984 - Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar, Mongolian athlete
- 1984 - Oliver Tielemans, Dutch racing driver
- 1983 - Jake Silbermann, American actor
- 1982 - Justine Henin (formerly Henin-Hardenne), Belgian tennis player
- 1981 - Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1981 - Brandi Carlile, American singer and songwriter
- 1981 - Smush Parker, American basketball player
- 1980 - Oliver James, British actor
- 1979 - Santana Moss, American football player
- 1977 - Danielle Harris, American actress
- 1977 - Sarah Wayne Callies, American actress
- 1977 - Brad Wilkerson, American baseball player
- 1977 - Richard Williams, British racing driver
- 1975 - James Storm, American professional wrestler
- 1975 - Michal Grosek, Czech hockey player
- 1974 - Ashok Jadeja, Indian fraudster
- 1974 - Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1974 - Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist
- 1974 - Melissa Sagemiller, American actress
- 1974 - Akis Zikos, Greek footballer
- 1973 - Frédérik Deburghgraeve, Belgian swimmer
- 1973 - Adam Garcia, Australian actor
- 1973 - Derek Lowe, American baseball player
- 1973 - Heidi Klum, German model
- 1972 - Daniel Casey, English actor
- 1972 - Mike Dunham, American hockey player
- 1971 - Mario Cimarro, Cuban actor and singer
- 1971 - Roldán González, Cuban singer
- 1970 - Alexi Lalas, American soccer player
- 1970 - R. Madhavan, Indian actor
- 1969 - René Liu, Taiwanese actress and singer
- 1969 - Teri Polo, American actress
- 1968 - Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer
- 1968 - Jeff Hackett, Canadian hockey player
- 1968 - Karen Mulder, Dutch model
- 1967 - Roger Sanchez, American disc jockey
- 1966 - Greg Schiano, American football coach
- 1965 - Larisa Lazutina, Russian cross-country skier
- 1965 - Nigel Short, English chess player
- 1964 - Tribhuvan, Indian Poet and journalist
- 1964 - Mark Curry, American comedian and actor
- 1963 - Mike Joyce, English drummer (The Smiths)
- 1961 - Paul Coffey, Canadian hockey player
- 1961 - Peter Machajdik, Slovakian composer
- 1960 - Simon Gallup, English bassist (The Cure)
- 1960 - Giorgos Lillikas, Cypriot politician
- 1959 - Martin Brundle, British race car driver and F1 television commentator
- 1959 - Alan Wilder, British musician (Depeche Mode and Recoil)
- 1958 - Ahron Bregman, Israeli journalist
- 1957 - Dorota K?dzierzawska, Polish film director
- 1956 - Lisa Hartman, American actress
- 1955 - Tony Snow, American news anchor, former White House Press Secretary for George W. Bush (d. 2008)
- 1955 - Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 58th Yokozuna
- 1953 - David Berkowitz, American serial killer known as the Son of Sam
- 1953 - Ronnie Dunn, American musician (Brooks & Dunn)
- 1950 - Wayne Nelson, American musician (Little River Band)
- 1948 - Powers Boothe, American actor
- 1948 - Tomáš Halík, Czech priest and public intellectual
- 1948 - Michel Plasse, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
- 1948 - Tom Sneva, American race car driver and Indianapolis 500 winner
- 1947 - Jonathan Pryce, British actor
- 1947 - Ron Dennis, F1 team principal (McLaren)
- 1947 - Ronnie Wood, English guitarist (Rolling Stones)
- 1946 - Brian Cox, Scottish actor
- 1945 - Frederica von Stade, American mezzo-soprano
- 1945 - Linda Scott, American singer
- 1944 - Robert Powell, English actor
- 1940 - René Auberjonois, American actor
- 1940 - Kip Thorne, American physicist
- 1939 - Cleavon Little, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1937 - Colleen McCullough, Australian novelist (The Thorn Birds)
- 1937 - Morgan Freeman, American actor
- 1937 - Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress
- 1936 - Joe Doyle, Irish politician
- 1936 - Bekim Fehmiu, Albanian actor (d. 2010)
- 1936 - Gerald Scarfe, British illustrator
- 1935 - Reverend Ike, American televangelist (d. 2009)
- 1934 - Pat Boone, American singer
- 1933 - Charles Wilson, American politician (d. 2010)
- 1933 - Haruo Remeliik, 1st President of Palau (d. 1985)
- 1932 - Christopher Lasch, American historian and social critic (d. 1994)
- 1930 - John Lemmon, English logician (d. 1966)
- 1930 - Edward Woodward, English actor (d. 2009)
- 1929 - James Billington – American librarian
- 1928 - Georgi Dobrovolski, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971)
- 1928 - Bob Monkhouse, English comedian (d. 2003)
- 1926 - Andy Griffith, American actor
- 1926 - Marilyn Monroe, American actress (d. 1962)
- 1925 - Dilia Díaz Cisneros, Venezuelan teacher
- 1925 - Marie Knight, American gospel singer (d. 2009)
- 1924 - William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman (d. 2006)
- 1922 - Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer (d. 2007)
- 1922 - Joan Caulfield, American actress (d. 1991)
- 1922 - Joan Copeland, American actress
- 1921 - Nelson Riddle, American bandleader and arranger (d. 1985)
- 1917 - William S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1915 - John Randolph, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1913 - Bill Deedes, British journalist (d. 2007)
- 1912 - Herbert Tichy, Austrian mountaineer (d. 1987)
- 1909 - Yechezkel Kutscher, Slovakian-born Israeli philologist and Hebrew linguist (d. 1971)
- 1909 - Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist (d. 1986)
- 1907 - Frank Whittle, English inventor of the jet engine (d. 1996)
- 1903 - Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian bishop (d. 1973)
- 1901 - John Van Druten, English screen writer (d. 1957)
- 1901 - Hap Day, Canadian hockey player and manager (d. 1990)
- 1899 - Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician (d. 1963)
- 1898 - Molly Picon, American actress (d. 1992)
- 1890 - Frank Morgan, American actor (d. 1949)
- 1881 - Charles Kay Ogden, English writer and linguist (d. 1957)
- 1878 - John Masefield, English novelist and poet (d. 1967)
- 1844 - John J. Toffey, American army officer (d. 1911)
- 1843 - Henry Faulds, Scottish fingerprinting pioneer (d. 1930)
- 1833 - John Marshall Harlan, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1911)
- 1831 - John Bell Hood, American Confederate general (d. 1879)
- 1825 - John Hunt Morgan, American Confederate cavalry general (d. 1864)
- 1815 - Otto of Greece (d. 1862)
- 1804 - Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (d. 1857)
- 1801 - Brigham Young, American colonizer and religious leader (d. 1877)
- 1800 - Edward Deas Thomson, Australian politician (d. 1879)
- 1796 - Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist (d. 1832)
- 1790 - Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (d. 1836)
- 1771 - Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (d. 1839)
- 1762 - Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (d. 1844)
- 1754 - Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este, Austrian governor of the Duchy of Milan and Duke of Breisgau (d. 1806)
- 1675 - Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (d. 1755)
- 1653 - Georg Muffat, French composer (d. 1704)
- 1637 - Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d. 1675)
- 1633 - Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (d. 1687)
- 1563 - Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman and spymaster (d. 1612)
- 1503 - Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (d. 1567)
- 1480 - Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (d. 1550)
- 1300 - Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (d. 1338)
- 1076 - Mstislav I of Kiev (d. 1132)
- 719 - Yang Yuhuan (d. 756)