June 1

This day in history:

• 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.
• 1913 – The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
• 1988 – The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty comes into effect.
• 1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed king of Castile and León.

Births:

• 1901 – Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager (d. 1990)
• 1912 – Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, author, and mountaineer (d. 1987)
• 1974 – Alanis Morissette, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress

Deaths:

• 1833 – Oliver Wolcott Jr., American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Treasury, 24th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1760)
• 1616 – Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1543)
• 896 – Theodosius Romanus, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch

Holidays:

• The beginning of Crop over, celebrated until the first Monday of August. (Barbados)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Samoa from New Zealand in 1962.
• *Christian feast day:*

Random Article of the day:

Butt (surname)

Butt is a German and an English surname whose origins lie in the South West peninsula region of England.

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