June 1

Events

 * 1880 - The first public pay telephone service in the United States begins
 * 1920 - receives patent for "Composition of Matter for Sound-Records or the Like and Process" (U.S. No. 1,342,326).
 * 1961 - begins use
 * 1967 - album by  is released
 * 1988 - goes into effect

Births

 * 1653 –, French composer (d. 1704)
 * 1771 –, Italian composer (d. 1839)
 * 1804 –, Russian composer (d. 1857)
 * 1907 –, English inventor of the jet engine. (d. 1996)
 * 1934 –, American singer
 * 1945 –, American mezzo-soprano
 * 1945 –, American singer
 * 1947 –, English guitarist (Rolling Stones)
 * 1950 –, American musician (Little River Band)
 * 1953 –, American musician (Brooks & Dunn)
 * 1959 –, British musician (Depeche Mode and Recoil)
 * 1960 –, English bassist (The Cure)
 * 1961 –, Slovakian composer
 * 1963 –, English drummer (The Smiths)
 * 1968 –, Australian actor and singer
 * 1971 –, Cuban actor and singer
 * 1971 –, Cuban singer
 * 1974 –, Canadian singer-songwriter
 * 1981 –, American singer and songwriter