June 1, 2009 (Monday)
- 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)