Events

Pre-1600

• 524 The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce.

• 841 In the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, forces led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat the armies of Lothair I of Italy and Pepin II of Aquitaine.

• 1258 War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Acre, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet sailing to relieve Acre.

• 1357 The English defeat a French fleet which aimed to bring relief to the besieged Calais in the battle of Crotoy.

• 1401 Schaffhausen massacre: 30 Jews are executed, following torture, after being accused of a blood libel in Schaffhausen (in present-day Switzerland).

• 1530 At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.

1601–1900

• 1658 Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War.

• 1678 Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.

• 1741 Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.

• 1786 Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.

• 1788 Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.

• 1848 A photograph of the June Days uprising becomes the first known instance of photojournalism.

• 1876 American Indian Wars: Battle of the Little Bighorn: 300 men of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer are wiped out by 5,000 Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho, led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.

• 1900 The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.

1901–present

• 1906 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.

• 1910 The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for "immoral purposes"; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.

• 1910 Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.

• 1913 American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.

• 1935 Colombia–Soviet Union relations are established.

• 1938 Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.

• 1940 World War II: The French armistice with Nazi Germany comes into effect.

• 1941 World War II: The Continuation War between the Soviet Union and Finland, supported by Nazi Germany, began.

• 1943 The Holocaust and World War II: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis.

• 1943 The left-wing German Jewish exile Arthur Goldstein is murdered in Auschwitz.

• 1944 World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic countries, begins.

• 1944 World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.

• 1944 The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.

• 1947 The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.

• 1948 The United States Congress passes the Displaced Persons Act to allow World War II refugees to immigrate to the United States above quota restrictions.

• 1950 The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.

• 1960 Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.

• 1975 Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal.

• 1975 Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of internal emergency in India.

• 1976 Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

• 1978 The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.

• 1978 Hosts Argentina defeat the Netherlands by a score of 3–1 in the final to win their first ever FIFA World Cup.

• 1981 Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.

• 1991 The breakup of Yugoslavia begins when Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.

• 1992 Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-50, the first shuttle mission to carry Extended Duration Orbiter hardware.

• 1993 Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada.

• 1996 The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.

• 1996 American rapper Jay-Z releases his debut album, Reasonable Doubt.

• 1997 An uncrewed Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.

• 1997 The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).

• 1998 In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.

• 2007 PMTair Flight 241 crashes in the Dâmrei Mountains in Kampot Province, Cambodia, killing all 22 people on board.

• 2009 The death of American entertainer Michael Jackson triggers an outpouring of worldwide grief as reactions online cause the flow of internet traffic to surge to unprecedented and historic levels.

• 2022 The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the longest bridge of Bangladesh, Padma Bridge.

• 2022 Russo-Ukrainian War: The Battle of Sievierodonetsk ends after weeks of heavy fighting with the Russian capture of the city, leading to the Battle of Lysychansk.

• 2022 Two people are killed and 21 more injured after a gunman opens fire at three sites in Oslo in a suspected Islamist anti-LGBTQ+ attack.

• 2024 Thousands of people storm Kenya's Parliament Buildings protesting the passing of the government's 2024/25 Finance Bill.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1242 Beatrice of England (died 1275)

• 1328 William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English commander (died 1397)

• 1371 Joanna II of Naples (died 1435)

• 1484 Bartholomeus V. Welser, German banker (died 1561)

• 1526 Elisabeth Parr, Marchioness of Northampton (died 1565)

• 1560 Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (died 1634)

• 1568 Gunilla Bielke, Queen of Sweden (died 1597)

1601–1900

• 1612 John Albert Vasa, Polish cardinal (died 1634)

• 1632 Girolamo Corner, Venetian statesman and military commander (died 1690)

• 1709 Francesco Araja, Italian composer (died 1762)

• 1715 Joseph Foullon de Doué, French soldier and politician, Controller-General of Finances (died 1789)

• 1755 Natalia Alexeievna of Russia (died 1776)

• 1799 David Douglas, Scottish-English botanist and explorer (died 1834)

• 1814 Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and engineer (died 1896)

• 1825 James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (died 1888)

• 1848 Thomas Henry Tracy, Canadian architect and alderman (died 1925)

• 1852 Antoni Gaudí, Spanish architect, designed the Park Güell and the Sagrada Família (died 1926)

• 1858 Georges Courteline, French author and playwright (died 1929)

• 1860 Gustave Charpentier, French composer and conductor (died 1956)

• 1863 Émile Francqui, Belgian soldier and diplomat (died 1935)

• 1864 Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1941)

• 1866 Eloísa Díaz, Chilean doctor and Chile's first female physician (died 1950)

• 1874 Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer (died 1944)

• 1884 Géza Gyóni, Hungarian soldier and poet (died 1917)

• 1884 Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, German-French art collector and historian (died 1979)

• 1886 Henry H. Arnold, American general (died 1950)

• 1887 George Abbott, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995)

• 1887 Frigyes Karinthy, Hungarian author, poet, and journalist (died 1938)

• 1892 Shirō Ishii, Japanese microbiologist and general (died 1959)

• 1894 Hermann Oberth, Romanian-German physicist and engineer (died 1989)

• 1898 Kay Sage, American painter and poet (died 1963)

• 1900 Marta Abba, Italian actress (died 1988)

• 1900 Zinaida Aksentyeva, Ukrainian/Soviet astronomer (died 1969)

• 1900 Georgia Hale, American silent film actress and real estate investor (died 1985)

• 1900 Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (died 1979)

1901–present

• 1901 Harold Roe Bartle, American businessman and politician, 47th Mayor of Kansas City (died 1974)

• 1902 Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu of Japan (died 1953)

• 1903 George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic (died 1950)

• 1903 Anne Revere, American actress (died 1990)

• 1905 Rupert Wildt, German-American astronomer and academic (died 1976)

• 1907 J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)

• 1908 Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and academic (died 2000)

• 1911 William Howard Stein, American chemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1980)

• 1912 William T. Cahill, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of New Jersey (died 1996)

• 1913 Cyril Fletcher, English actor and screenwriter (died 2005)

• 1917 Nils Karlsson, Swedish skier (died 2012)

• 1917 Claude Seignolle, French author (died 2018)

• 1918 P. H. Newby, English soldier and author (died 1997)

• 1920 Lassie Lou Ahern, American actress (died 2018)

• 1921 Celia Franca, English-Canadian ballerina and choreographer, founded the National Ballet of Canada (died 2007)

• 1922 Johnny Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2013)

• 1923 Sam Francis, American soldier and painter (died 1994)

• 1923 Dorothy Gilman, American author (died 2012)

• 1923 Jamshid Amouzegar, 43rd Prime Minister of Iran (died 2016)

• 1924 Sidney Lumet, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2011)

• 1924 Dimitar Isakov, Bulgarian footballer

• 1924 Madan Mohan, Iraqi-Indian composer and director (died 1975)

• 1924 Rosalind P. Walter, American philanthropist, WNET benefactor and an inspiration behind "Rosie the Riveter" (died 2020)

• 1925 Clifton Chenier, American blues singer, the 'King of Zydeco' (died 1978)

• 1925 June Lockhart, American actress (died 2025)

• 1925 Virginia Patton, American actress and businesswoman (died 2022)

• 1925 Robert Venturi, American architect and academic (died 2018)

• 1926 Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (died 1973)

• 1926 Kep Enderby, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd Attorney-General for Australia (died 2015)

• 1926 Stig Sollander, Swedish Alpine skier (died 2019)

• 1927 Antal Róka, Hungarian runner (died 1970)

• 1927 Arnold Wolfendale, English astronomer and academic (died 2020)

• 1928 Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)

• 1928 Michel Brault, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)

• 1928 Peyo, Belgian author and illustrator, created The Smurfs (died 1992)

• 1928 William Russo, American trombonist, jazz, classical and theater composer (died 2003)

• 1929 Eric Carle, American author and illustrator (died 2021)

• 1929 Francesco Marchisano, Italian cardinal (died 2014)

• 1931 V. P. Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (died 2008)

• 1932 Peter Blake, English painter and illustrator

• 1932 George Sluizer, French-Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)

• 1933 Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese architect, designed the Porto School of Architecture

• 1933 James Meredith, civil rights activist, first black man to graduate from the University of Mississippi

• 1934 Jean Geissinger, American baseball player (died 2014)

• 1934 Jack W. Hayford, American minister and author (died 2023)

• 1934 Beatriz Sheridan, Mexican actress and director (died 2006)

• 1935 Salihu Ibrahim, Nigerian Army Officer (died 2018)

• 1935 Taufiq Ismail, Indonesian poet and activist

• 1935 Larry Kramer, American author, playwright, and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (died 2020)

• 1935 Judy Howe, American artistic gymnast

• 1935 Charles Sheffield, English-American mathematician, physicist, and author (died 2002)

• 1936 B. J. Habibie, Indonesian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Indonesia (died 2019)

• 1936 Bert Hölldobler, German biologist and entomologist

• 1937 Eddie Floyd, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter

• 1937 Doreen Wells, English ballerina and actress

• 1939 Allen Fox, American tennis player and coach

• 1939 Harold Melvin, American soul and R&B singer(died 1997)

• 1940 Judy Amoore, Australian runner

• 1940 Mary Beth Peil, American actress and singer

• 1940 A. J. Quinnell, English-Maltese author (died 2005)

• 1941 Denys Arcand, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1941 John Albert Raven, Scottish academic and ecologist (died 2024)

• 1942 Patricia Brake, English actress (died 2022)

• 1942 Nikiforos Diamandouros, Greek academic and politician

• 1942 Willis Reed, American basketball player, coach, and manager (died 2023)

• 1942 Michel Tremblay, Canadian author and playwright

• 1943 Carly Simon, American singer-songwriter

• 1944 Robert Charlebois, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

• 1944 Gary David Goldberg, American screenwriter and producer (died 2013)

• 1945 Baba Gana Kingibe, Nigerian politician

• 1945 Harry Womack, American singer (died 1974)

• 1946 Roméo Dallaire, Dutch-Canadian general and politician

• 1946 Allen Lanier, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2013)

• 1946 Ian McDonald, English guitarist and saxophonist (died 2022)

• 1947 John Powell, American discus thrower (died 2022)

• 1947 Jimmie Walker, American actor

• 1947 Paul-André Cadieux, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2024)

• 1949 Richard Clarke, Irish archbishop

• 1949 Phyllis George, American beauty queen, sportscaster, and First Lady of Kentucky (died 2020)

• 1949 Patrick Tambay, French racing driver (died 2022)

• 1949 Yoon Joo-sang, South Korean actor

• 1950 Marcello Toninelli, Italian author and screenwriter

• 1951 Eva Bayer-Fluckiger, Swiss mathematician and academic

• 1952 Péter Erdő, Hungarian cardinal

• 1952 Tim Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter

• 1952 Martin Gerschwitz, German singer-songwriter and keyboard player

• 1952 Kristina Abelli Elander, Swedish artist

• 1953 Olivier Ameisen, French-American cardiologist and educator (died 2013)

• 1953 Ian Davis, Australian cricketer

• 1954 Mario Lessard, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1954 David Paich, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

• 1954 Sonia Sotomayor, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

• 1955 Vic Marks, English cricketer and sportscaster

• 1956 Anthony Bourdain, American chef and author (died 2018)

• 1956 Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia (died 2004)

• 1956 Craig Young, Australian rugby player and coach

• 1957 Greg Millen, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2025)

• 1958 William Basinski, American musician and composer

• 1959 Lutz Dombrowski, German long jumper and educator

• 1959 Jari Puikkonen, Finnish ski jumper

• 1959 Bobbie Vaile, Australian astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1996)

• 1960 Alastair Bruce of Crionaich, English-Scottish journalist and author

• 1960 Craig Johnston, South African-Australian footballer and photographer

• 1960 Laurent Rodriguez, French rugby player

• 1961 Timur Bekmambetov, Kazakh director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1961 Ricky Gervais, English comedian, actor, director, producer and singer

• 1963 Yann Martel, Spanish-born Canadian author

• 1963 Doug Gilmour, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

• 1963 George Michael, English singer-songwriter and producer (died 2016)

• 1964 Phil Emery, Australian cricketer

• 1964 Johnny Herbert, English racing driver and sportscaster

• 1964 John McCrea, American singer-songwriter and musician

• 1965 Napole Polutele, French politician

• 1965 Kerri Pottharst, Australian beach volleyball player

• 1966 Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese-American basketball player (died 2024)

• 1967 Tracey Spicer, Australian journalist

• 1968 Adrian Garvey, Zimbabwean-South African rugby player

• 1968 Vaios Karagiannis, Greek footballer and manager

• 1969 Kevin Kelley, American football coach

• 1970 Roope Latvala, Finnish guitarist

• 1970 Erki Nool, Estonian decathlete and politician

• 1971 Karen Darke, English cyclist and author

• 1971 Jason Gallian, Australian-English cricketer and educator

• 1971 Rod Kafer, Australian rugby player and sportscaster

• 1971 Angela Kinsey, American actress

• 1971 Neil Lennon, Northern Irish-Scottish footballer and manager

• 1971 Michael Tucker, American baseball player

• 1972 Carlos Delgado, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach

• 1972 Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Libyan engineer and politician (died 2026)

• 1973 Milan Hnilička, Czech ice hockey player

• 1973 Jamie Redknapp, English footballer and coach

• 1974 Nisha Ganatra, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1974 Glen Metropolit, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1975 Kiur Aarma, Estonian journalist and producer

• 1975 Linda Cardellini, American actress

• 1975 Albert Costa, Spanish tennis player and coach

• 1975 Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player

• 1975 Michele Merkin, American model and television host

• 1976 José Cancela, Uruguayan footballer

• 1976 Carlos Nieto, Argentinian-Italian rugby player

• 1976 Neil Walker, American swimmer

• 1978 Aramis Ramírez, Dominican baseball player

• 1979 Richard Hughes, Scottish footballer

• 1979 Busy Philipps, American actress

• 1981 Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper

• 1982 Rain, South Korean singer and actor

• 1982 Mikhail Youzhny, Russian tennis player

• 1983 Marc Janko, Austrian footballer

• 1985 Karim Matmour, Algerian footballer

• 1986 Aya Matsuura, Japanese singer and actress

• 1988 Jhonas Enroth, Swedish ice hockey player

• 1988 Miguel Layún, Mexican footballer

• 1988 Therese Johaug, Norwegian cross-country skier

• 1990 Andi Eigenmann, Filipino actress

• 1996 Pietro Fittipaldi, Brazilian-American race car driver

• 1998 Kyle Chalmers, Australian swimmer

• 2001 Philip Broberg, Swedish professional ice hockey player

• 2002 Benson Boone, American singer-songwriter

• 2005 Kylie Cantrall, American actress, singer, songwriter, dancer, and social media personality

• 2006 Mckenna Grace, American actress, singer and songwriter

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 635 Gao Zu, Chinese emperor (born 566)

• 841 Gerard of Auvergne, Frankish nobleman

• 841 Ricwin of Nantes, Frankish nobleman

• 891 Sunderolt, German archbishop

• 931 An Chonghui, Chinese general

• 1014 Æthelstan Ætheling, son of Æthelred the Unready

• 1031 Sheng Zong, Chinese emperor (born 972)

• 1134 Niels, king of Denmark (born 1065)

• 1218 Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, French politician, Lord High Steward (born 1160)

• 1291 Eleanor of Provence, queen of England (born 1223)

• 1337 Frederick III, king of Sicily (born 1272)

• 1394 Dorothea of Montau, German hermitess (born 1347)

• 1483 Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, English courtier and translator (born 1440)

• 1483 Richard Grey, half brother of Edward V of England (born 1458)

• 1522 Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer and theorist (born 1451)

• 1533 Mary Tudor, queen of France (born 1496)

• 1579 Hatano Hideharu, Japanese warlord (born 1541)

• 1593 Michele Mercati, Italian physician and archaeologist (born 1541)

1601–1900

• 1634 John Marston, English poet and playwright (born 1576)

• 1638 Juan Pérez de Montalbán, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (born 1602)

• 1665 Sigismund Francis, archduke of Austria (born 1630)

• 1669 François de Vendôme, duke of Beaufort (born 1616)

• 1671 Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Italian priest and astronomer (born 1598)

• 1673 Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan, French captain (born 1611)

• 1686 Simon Ushakov, Russian painter and educator (born 1626)

• 1715 Jean-Baptiste du Casse, French admiral and politician (born 1646)

• 1767 Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer and theorist (born 1681)

• 1798 Thomas Sandby, English cartographer, painter, and architect (born 1721)

• 1822 E. T. A. Hoffmann, German composer, critic, and jurist (born 1776)

• 1835 Ebenezer Pemberton, American educator (born 1746)

• 1838 François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French general and engineer (born 1774)

• 1861 Abdülmecid I, Ottoman sultan (born 1823)

• 1866 Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish biologist and paleontologist (born 1803)

• 1868 Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist and neurophysiologist (born 1811)

• 1870 David Heaton, American lawyer and politician (born 1823)

• 1875 Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (born 1796)

• 1876 James Calhoun, American lieutenant (born 1845)

• 1876 Boston Custer, American civilian army contractor (born 1848)

• 1876 George Armstrong Custer, American general (born 1839)

• 1876 Thomas Custer, American officer, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1845)

• 1876 Myles Keogh, Irish-American officer (born 1840)

• 1882 François Jouffroy, French sculptor (born 1806)

• 1884 Hans Rott, Austrian organist and composer (born 1858)

• 1886 Jean-Louis Beaudry, Canadian businessman and politician, 11th Mayor of Montreal (born 1809)

• 1894 Sadi Carnot, French engineer and politician, 5th President of France (born 1837)

1901–present

• 1906 Stanford White, American architect, designed the Washington Square Arch (born 1853)

• 1912 Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-British painter (born 1836)

• 1916 Thomas Eakins, American painter, photographer, and sculptor (born 1844)

• 1917 Géza Gyóni, Hungarian soldier and poet (born 1884)

• 1918 Jake Beckley, American baseball player and coach (born 1867)

• 1922 Satyendranath Dutta, Indian poet and author (born 1882)

• 1937 Colin Clive, British actor (born 1900)

• 1939 Richard Seaman, English race car driver (born 1913)

• 1943 Arthur Goldstein, German Jewish left-wing activist (c. 1887)

• 1944 Dénes Berinkey, Hungarian jurist and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1871)

• 1944 Lucha Reyes, Mexican singer and actress (born 1906)

• 1947 Jimmy Doyle, American boxer (born 1924)

• 1948 William C. Lee, American general (born 1895)

• 1949 Buck Freeman, American baseball player (born 1871)

• 1949 James Steen, American water polo player (born 1876)

• 1950 Muiris Ó Súilleabháin, Irish police officer and author (born 1904)

• 1958 Alfred Noyes, English author, poet, and playwright (born 1880)

• 1959 Charles Starkweather, American spree killer (born 1938)

• 1960 Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player and manager (born 1869)

• 1968 Tony Hancock, English comedian and actor (born 1924)

• 1971 John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, Scottish physician, biologist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1880)

• 1972 Jan Matulka, Czech-American painter and illustrator (born 1890)

• 1974 Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (born 1893)

• 1976 Johnny Mercer, American singer-songwriter, co-founded Capitol Records (born 1909)

• 1977 Olave Baden-Powell, British Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting leader (born 1889)

• 1977 Endre Szervánszky, Hungarian pianist and composer (born 1911)

• 1979 Dave Fleischer, American animator, director, and producer (born 1894)

• 1979 Philippe Halsman, Latvian-American photographer (born 1906)

• 1981 Felipe Cossío del Pomar, Peruvian painter and political activist (born 1888)

• 1983 Alberto Ginastera, Argentinian pianist and composer (born 1916)

• 1984 Michel Foucault, French historian and philosopher (born 1926)

• 1988 Hillel Slovak, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (born 1962)

• 1990 Ronald Gene Simmons, American sergeant and murderer (born 1940)

• 1992 Jerome Brown, American football player (born 1965)

• 1995 Warren E. Burger, Fifteenth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (born 1907)

• 1995 Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)

• 1996 Arthur Snelling, English civil servant and diplomat, British Ambassador to South Africa (born 1914)

• 1997 Jacques Cousteau, French oceanographer and explorer (born 1910)

• 1999 Fred Trump, American real estate developer and businessman (born 1905)

• 2002 Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Labour (born 1934)

• 2003 Lester Maddox, American businessman and politician, 75th Governor of Georgia (born 1915)

• 2004 Morton Coutts, New Zealand inventor (born 1904)

• 2005 John Fiedler, American actor and voice artist (born 1925)

• 2005 Kâzım Koyuncu, Turkish singer-songwriter and activist (born 1971)

• 2006 Jaap Penraat, Dutch-American humanitarian (born 1918)

• 2007 J. Fred Duckett, American journalist and educator (born 1933)

• 2007 Jeeva, Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (born 1963)

• 2008 Lyall Watson, South African anthropologist and ethologist (born 1939)

• 2009 Farrah Fawcett, American actress and producer (born 1947)

• 2009 Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (born 1958)

• 2009 Sky Saxon, American singer-songwriter (born 1937)

• 2010 Alan Plater, English playwright and screenwriter (born 1935)

• 2010 Richard B. Sellars, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1915)

• 2011 Annie Easley, American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1933)

• 2011 Goff Richards, English composer and conductor (born 1944)

• 2011 Margaret Tyzack, English actress (born 1931)

• 2012 Shigemitsu Dandō, Japanese academic and jurist (born 1913)

• 2012 Campbell Gillies, Scottish jockey (born 1990)

• 2012 George Randolph Hearst, Jr., American businessman (born 1927)

• 2012 Lucella MacLean, American baseball player (born 1921)

• 2012 Edgar Ross, American boxer (born 1949)

• 2013 George Burditt, American screenwriter and producer (born 1923)

• 2013 Catherine Gibson, Scottish swimmer (born 1931)

• 2013 Robert E. Gilka, American photographer and journalist (born 1916)

• 2013 Harry Parker, American rower and coach (born 1935)

• 2013 Mildred Ladner Thompson, American journalist (born 1918)

• 2013 Green Wix Unthank, American soldier and judge (born 1923)

• 2014 Nigel Calder, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (born 1931)

• 2014 Ana María Matute, Spanish author and academic (born 1925)

• 2014 Ivan Plyushch, Ukrainian agronomist and politician (born 1941)

• 2015 Patrick Macnee, English actor (born 1922)

• 2015 Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (born 1940)

• 2016 Adam Small, South African writer of apartheid-period (born 1936)

• 2023 Simon Crean, Australian trade union leader and politician (born 1949)

• 2024 Sika Anoa‘i, American Samoan professional wrestler (born 1945)

• 2024 Bill Cobbs, American actor (born 1934)

Holidays and observances

• Arbor Day (Philippines)

Christian feast day:

• David of Munktorp

• Dorothea of Montau

• Eurosia

• Maximus (Massimo) of Turin

• Moluag

• Our Lady of Medjugorje

• Philipp Melanchthon (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)

• Presentation of the Augsburg Confession (Lutheran)

• Prosper of Aquitaine

• Prosper of Reggio

• William of Montevergine

• June 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Mozambique from Portugal in 1975.

• Independence Day (Croatia)

• National Catfish Day (United States)

• Statehood Day (Slovenia)

• Statehood Day (Virginia)

• Teacher's Day (Guatemala)

• World Vitiligo Day

References

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