WHAT HAPPENED ON 1. JUNE
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James Clark Ross discovers the Magnetic North Pole. (1. June 1831)

The American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua. (1. June 1855)

Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published. (1. June 1857)

American Civil War, Battle of Fairfax Court House (June 1861): the first land battle of the American Civil War after the Battle of Fort Sumter, producing the first Confederate combat casualty. (1. June 1861)

American Civil War, Peninsula Campaign: the Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory. (1. June 1862)

The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico. (1. June 1868)

Napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War. (1. June 1879)

The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns. (1. June 1890)

Robert Falcon Scott's second South Pole expedition leaves Cardiff. (1. June 1910)

The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War. (1. June 1913)

Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court. (1. June 1916)

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. (1. June 1918)

Tulsa Race Riot: civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (1. June 1921)

The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded. (1. June 1922)

The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires. (1. June 1929)

First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter-bomber airplane. (1. June 1939)

World War II: the Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany. (1. June 1941)

The Farhud, a pogrom of Iraqi Jews, takes place in Baghdad. (1. June 1941)

British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing the actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation that its shooting down was an attempt to kill the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. (1. June 1943)

Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" (leader) of Romania during World War II, is executed. (1. June 1946)