At A Glance

1 June 2007 at a glance

Day of the week
1 June 2007 was a Friday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')” by T-Pain featuring Yung Joc.
Top Film of 2007
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2007 was Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
Bestselling Novel of 2007
“A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2007.
Top-Rated TV Show
“American Idol” (FOX) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2007–08 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 1 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 1 June 2007 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 1 June 2007 was Full Moon.

On this day: 1 June

  • 1990 Cold War: George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production.
  • 1994 Republic of South Africa becomes a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • 2008 A fire on the back lot of Universal Studios breaks out, destroying the attraction King Kong Encounter and a large archive of master tapes for music and film, the full extent of which was not revealed until 2019.
  • 2009 General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.
  • 2011 Space Shuttle Endeavour makes its final landing after 25 flights.

Famous people born on June 1

  • Tom Holland, English actor (born 1996)
  • Morgan Freeman, American actor and producer (born 1937)
  • Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (1926–1962)
  • Brandi Carlile, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1981)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2007 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2007 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • March 23 – Walt Disney Animation Studios' 47th feature film, Meet the Robinsons, is released to the studio's strongest reception since 2002's Treasure Planet, but is a box office disappointment.
  • June 29 – Pixar Animation Studios' eighth feature film, Ratatouille, is released in theaters.
  • July 3 – Transformers, directed by Michael Bay, is released as the first film in the Transformers film series.

Life in the US in 2007

President

George W. Bush

Gas (per gallon)

$2.80

Loaf of Bread

$1.28

Average House

$313,600

Weekly Wage

$676

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