Wikislippy:Selected anniversaries/June 1
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- June 1:
- 1792 – Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
- 1796 – Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States.
- 1812 – War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
- 1926 – Marilyn Monroe, American actress, is born. (d. 1962)