Current events of 1 June 2009 (2009-06-01) (Monday) edit history watch

Mauricio Funes is inaugurated as President of El Salvador. (Al Jazeera) The Central Bank of Nicaragua introduces new 100 and 200 Córdoba banknotes. (TIME) Dow Jones & Company will replace Citigroup and General Motors with Travelers Companies and Cisco Systems on its Industrial Average on June 8. (CNNMoney.com) Air France Flight 447 disappears over the Atlantic Ocean, near Brazil. (AFP via News Limited) (BigPond News) The United States Congressional Research Service reports that China is aiding the development of Pakistan's program of nuclear weaponry. (The Times of India) General Motors files for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. (Detroit Free Press) The Taliban kidnaps approximately 400 people in North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. (Reuters) (RTÉ) More than 40,000 females compete in the Women's Mini Marathon in Dublin, Ireland. (Evening Herald) (The Irish Times) The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta refuses to release British hostage Matthew Maguire. (BBC) A man kills one soldier and injures another at a military recruitment center in Little Rock, Arkansas. (MSNBC)(AP)