1st of June 2026
1st of June 2026 is the 152nd day of the year.
This day in history:
0061: Defeat of Boudicca - ...more
1648: Battle of Maidstone - ...more
1794: Glorious First of June - ...more
1967: The Beatles release Sgt Peppers - ...more
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British quote for the day:
A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase. - George Orwell.
Born today:
James Graham - 1792, Henry Lyte - 1793, John Masefield - 1878, C K Ogden - 1889, Frank Whittle - 1907, Edward Woodward - 1930, Norman Foster - 1935, John McGrath - 1935, Gerald Scarfe - 1936, Brian Cox - 1946, Jonathan Pryce - 1947, Ron Wood - 1947, Martin Brundle - 1959, Nigel Short - 1965, Marlon Devonish - 1976.
Died today:
James Gillray - 1815, David Wilkie - 1841, Robert Anderson - 1921, Leslie Howard - 1943, Sax Rohmer - 1959, Christopher Cockerell - 1999.
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