Events

Pre-1600

• 193 The Roman Senate passes a motion proclaiming Septimius Severus emperor, awards divine honours to Pertinax, and sentences current emperor Didius Julianus to death.

• 1252 Alfonso X is proclaimed king of Castile and León.

• 1298 Residents of Riga and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the Livonian Order in the Battle of Turaida.

• 1412 The Treaty of Lubowla between the kingdoms of Hungary and Poland is confirmed with one of the largest and magnificent royal meetings and feasts ever held in Buda. King Sigismund of Hungary host king Władysław II Jagiełło while several thousand nobles attend.

• 1494 A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of Scotch whisky.

• 1533 Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England.

• 1535 Combined forces loyal to Charles V attack and expel the Ottomans from Tunis during the Conquest of Tunis.

1601–1900

• 1648 The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War.

• 1649 Start of the Sumuroy Revolt: Filipinos in Northern Samar led by Agustin Sumuroy revolt against Spanish colonial authorities.

• 1670 In Dover, England, Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover, which will force England into the Third Anglo-Dutch War.

• 1676 Battle of Öland: allied Danish-Dutch forces defeat the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, during the Scanian War (1675–79).

• 1679 The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog.

• 1773 Wolraad Woltemade rescues 14 sailors at the Cape of Good Hope from the sinking ship De Jonge Thomas by riding his horse into the sea seven times. Both he and his horse, Vonk, are drowned on his eighth attempt.

• 1779 The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.

• 1792 Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.

• 1794 The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars.

• 1796 Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States.

• 1812 War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.

• 1813 Capture of USS Chesapeake.

• 1815 Napoleon promulgates a revised Constitution after it passes a plebiscite.

• 1831 James Clark Ross becomes the first European at the North Magnetic Pole.

• 1849 Territorial Governor Alexander Ramsey declared the Territory of Minnesota officially established.

• 1854 Åland War: The British navy destroys merchant ships and about 16,000 tar barrels of the wholesale stocks area in Oulu, Grand Duchy of Finland.

• 1855 The American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.

• 1857 Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published.

• 1857 The Revolution of the Ganhadores begins in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

• 1861 American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.

• 1862 American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.

• 1868 The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.

• 1879 Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.

• 1890 The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.

1901–present

• 1913 The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.

• 1916 The United States Senate confirms the appointment of Louis Brandeis to the United States Supreme Court, making him the first Jew to be an Associate Justice.

• 1918 World War I: Western Front: Battle of Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.

• 1919 Prohibition comes into force in Finland.

• 1922 The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.

• 1929 The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.

• 1939 First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft.

• 1941 World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.

• 1941 The Farhud, a massive pogrom in Iraq, starts and as a result, many Iraqi Jews are forced to leave their homes.

• 1943 BOAC Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing British actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation that it was actually an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

• 1946 Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed.

• 1950 The Declaration of Conscience speech, by U.S. Senator from Maine, Margaret Chase Smith, is delivered in response to Joseph R. McCarthy's speech at Wheeling, West Virginia.

• 1950 The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America.

• 1951 Washington State Ferries, the largest ferry system in the United States, begins operation under state ownership after a buyout of the Puget Sound Navigation Company.

• 1958 Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.

• 1961 The Canadian Bank of Commerce and Imperial Bank of Canada merge to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the largest bank merger in Canadian history.

• 1962 Adolf Eichmann, former SS officer in Nazi Germany, is hanged in Israel for having committed crimes against humanity, war crimes, and other offenses.

• 1974 The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.

• 1975 The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan was founded by Jalal Talabani, Nawshirwan Mustafa, Fuad Masum and others.

• 1976 Aeroflot Flight 418 crashes in Bioko, Equatorial Guinea, killing 46.

• 1978 The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.

• 1979 The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.

• 1980 Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.

• 1988 The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty comes into effect.

• 1990 Cold War: George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production.

• 1993 Dobrinja mortar attack: Thirteen are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in Dobrinja, west of Sarajevo.

• 1994 Republic of South Africa becomes a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations.

• 1999 American Airlines Flight 1420 slides and crashes while landing at Little Rock National Airport, killing 11 people on a flight from Dallas to Little Rock.

• 2001 Nepalese royal massacre: Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of his family including his father and mother.

• 2001 Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.

• 2004 Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols is sentenced to 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole.

• 2007 Cyclone Gonu develops from an area of convection in the Arabian Sea, becoming the worst recorded natural disaster in Oman.

• 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 Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed.

• 2009 General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.

• 2011 A rare tornado outbreak occurs in New England; a strong EF3 tornado strikes Springfield, Massachusetts, during the event, killing four people.

• 2011 Space Shuttle Endeavour makes its final landing after 25 flights.

• 2015 A ship carrying 458 people capsizes in the Yangtze river in China's Hubei province, killing 442 people.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1134 Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (died 1158)

• 1300 Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, English politician, Lord Marshal of England (died 1338)

• 1451 Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney (died 1508)

• 1460 Enno I, Count of East Frisia, German noble (died 1491)

• 1480 Tiedemann Giese, Polish bishop (died 1550)

• 1498 Maarten van Heemskerck, Dutch painter (died 1574)

• 1522 Dirck Coornhert, Dutch writer and scholar (died 1590)

• 1563 Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Secretary of State for England (died 1612)

1601–1900

• 1612 Frans Post, Dutch painter (died 1680)

• 1633 Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer and academic (died 1687)

• 1637 Jacques Marquette, French missionary and explorer (died 1675)

• 1653 Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (died 1704)

• 1675 Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist and playwright (died 1755)

• 1762 Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish priest and missionary, founded the Irish Christian Brothers (died 1844)

• 1765 Christiane Vulpius, mistress and wife of Johann Wolfgang Goethe (died 1816)

• 1770 Friedrich Laun, German author (died 1849)

• 1790 Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright (died 1836)

• 1796 Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (died 1832)

• 1800 Edward Deas Thomson, Australian educator and politician, Chief Secretary of New South Wales (died 1879)

• 1801 Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1877)

• 1804 Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (died 1857)

• 1808 Henry Parker, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales (died 1881)

• 1815 Otto of Greece (died 1862)

• 1819 Francis V, Duke of Modena (died 1875)

• 1822 Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden, English portrait photographer (died 1865)

• 1825 John Hunt Morgan, American general (died 1864)

• 1831 John Bell Hood, American general (died 1879)

• 1833 John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and politician; Attorney General of Kentucky (died 1911)

• 1843 Henry Faulds, Scottish physician and missionary, developed fingerprinting (died 1930)

• 1869 Richard Wünsch, German philologist (died 1915)

• 1873 Elena Alistar, Bessarabian politician (died 1955)

• 1874 Yury Nikolaevich Voronov, Russian botanist (died 1931)

• 1878 John Masefield, English author and poet (died 1967)

• 1878 Sam Dreben, American soldier and mercenary (died 1925)

• 1879 Max Emmerich, American triathlete and gymnast (died 1956)

• 1887 Clive Brook, English actor (died 1974)

• 1889 Charles Kay Ogden, English linguist and philosopher (died 1957)

• 1890 Frank Morgan, American actor (died 1949)

• 1892 Amanullah Khan, sovereign of the Kingdom of Afghanistan, (died 1960)

• 1896 Sydney Kyte, British bandleader (died 1981)

1901–present

• 1901 Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager (died 1990)

• 1901 Tom Gorman, Australian rugby league player (died 1978)

• 1901 John Van Druten, English-American playwright and director (died 1957)

• 1903 Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop and martyr (died 1973)

• 1903 Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist and academic (died 1986)

• 1905 Robert Newton, English-American actor (died 1956)

• 1907 Jan Patočka, Czech philosopher (died 1977)

• 1907 Frank Whittle, English airman and engineer, developed the jet engine (died 1996)

• 1909 Yechezkel Kutscher, Slovak-Israeli philologist and linguist (died 1971)

• 1910 Gyula Kállai, Hungarian communist leader, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary (died 1996)

• 1912 Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, author, and mountaineer (died 1987)

• 1913 Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (died 2007)

• 1915 John Randolph, American actor (died 2004)

• 1917 William Standish Knowles, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)

• 1920 Robert Clarke, American actor and producer (died 2005)

• 1921 Nelson Riddle, American composer and bandleader (died 1985)

• 1922 Joan Caulfield, American model and actress (died 1991)

• 1922 Povel Ramel, Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2007)

• 1924 William Sloane Coffin, American minister and activist (died 2006)

• 1925 Dilia Díaz Cisneros, Venezuelan teacher (died 2017)

• 1926 Johnny Berry, English footballer (died 1994)

• 1926 Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)

• 1926 Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (died 1962)

• 1926 George Robb, English international footballer and teacher (died 2011)

• 1926 Richard Schweiker, American soldier and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (died 2015)

• 1928 Georgy Dobrovolsky, Soviet Ukrainian pilot and astronaut (died 1971)

• 1928 Steve Dodd, Australian actor and composer (died 2014)

• 1928 Bob Monkhouse, English actor and screenwriter (died 2003)

• 1928 K. W. Lee, American journalist (died 2025)

• 1929 Nargis, Indian actress (died 1981)

• 1929 James H. Billington, American academic and Thirteenth Librarian of Congress (died 2018)

• 1930 Matt Poore, New Zealand cricketer (died 2020)

• 1930 Edward Woodward, English actor (died 2009)

• 1931 Walter Horak, Austrian footballer (died 2019)

• 1932 Frank Cameron, New Zealand cricketer (died 2023)

• 1932 Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic (died 1994)

• 1933 Haruo Remeliik, Palauan politician, 1st President of Palau (died 1985)

• 1934 Pat Boone, American singer-songwriter and actor

• 1934 Peter Masterson, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (died 2018)

• 1934 Doris Buchanan Smith, American author (died 2002)

• 1935 Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, English architect, founded Foster and Partners

• 1935 Reverend Ike, American minister and television host (died 2009)

• 1935 Jack Kralick, American baseball player (died 2012)

• 1935 John C. Reynolds, American computer scientist and academic (died 2013)

• 1936 Anatoly Albul, Soviet and Russian wrestler (died 2013)

• 1936 André Bourbeau, Canadian politician (died 2018)

• 1936 Bekim Fehmiu, Bosnian actor (died 2010)

• 1936 Gerald Scarfe, English illustrator and animator

• 1937 Morgan Freeman, American actor and producer

• 1937 Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress

• 1937 Colleen McCullough, Australian neuroscientist and author (died 2015)

• 1939 Cleavon Little, American actor and comedian (died 1992)

• 1940 René Auberjonois, American actor (died 2019)

• 1940 Katerina Gogou, Greek writer and actress (died 1993)

• 1940 Kip Thorne, American physicist, astronomer, and academic

• 1941 Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (died 2015)

• 1941 Toyo Ito, Japanese architect, designed the Torre Realia BCN and Hotel Porta Fira

• 1941 Alexander V. Zakharov, Russian physicist and astronomer

• 1942 Parveen Kumar, Pakistani-English physician and academic

• 1943 Orietta Berti, Italian singer and actress

• 1943 Richard Goode, American pianist

• 1943 Lorrie Wilmot, South African cricketer (died 2004)

• 1944 Colin Blakemore, British neurobiologist (died 2022)

• 1944 Robert Powell, English actor

• 1945 Linda Scott, American singer

• 1945 Lydia Shum, Chinese-Hong Kong actress (died 2008)

• 1945 Frederica von Stade, American soprano and actress

• 1946 Brian Cox, Scottish actor

• 1947 Ron Dennis, English businessman, founded the McLaren Group

• 1947 Jonathan Pryce, Welsh actor

• 1947 Ronnie Wood, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer

• 1948 Powers Boothe, American actor (died 2017)

• 1948 Tomáš Halík, Czech Roman Catholic priest, philosopher, theologian and scholar

• 1948 Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2006)

• 1950 Perrin Beatty, Canadian businessman and politician

• 1950 Charlene, American singer-songwriter

• 1950 Jean Lambert, English educator and politician

• 1950 Michael McDowell, American author and screenwriter (died 1999)

• 1952 Şenol Güneş, Turkish footballer and manager

• 1952 Mihaela Loghin, Romanian shot putter

• 1953 Ronnie Dunn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1953 Ted Field, American entrepreneur and race car driver

• 1953 David Berkowitz, American serial killer and arsonist

• 1954 Jill Black, Lady Black of Derwent, English lawyer and judge

• 1955 Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler (died 2016)

• 1955 Lorraine Moller, New Zealand runner

• 1955 Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (died 2008)

• 1956 Patrick Besson, French writer and journalist

• 1956 Petra Morsbach, German author

• 1956 – Lisa Hartman Black, American actress

• 1957 Jeff Hawkins, American neuroscientist and engineer

• 1958 Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Mongolia

• 1958 Gennadiy Valyukevich, Belarusian triple jumper (died 2019)

• 1959 Martin Brundle, English racing driver and sportscaster

• 1959 Alan Wilder, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

• 1960 Simon Gallup, English musician

• 1960 Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 2012)

• 1960 Sergey Kuznetsov, Russian footballer and manager

• 1960 Giorgos Lillikas, Cypriot politician, 8th Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs

• 1960 Lucy McBath, American politician

• 1960 Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (died 2006)

• 1961 Paul Coffey, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1961 Mark Curry, American actor

• 1961 Werner Günthör, Swiss shot putter and bobsledder

• 1961 John Huston, American golfer

• 1961 Peter Machajdík, Slovak-German pianist and composer

• 1961 Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian oligarch, mercenary chief and restaurateur (died 2023)

• 1963 Vital Borkelmans, Belgian footballer

• 1963 Miles J. Padgett, Scottish physicist and academic

• 1963 David Rudman, American puppeteer ("Sesame Street", "The Muppets")

• 1963 David Westhead, English actor and producer

• 1965 Larisa Lazutina, Russian skier

• 1965 Olga Nazarova, Russian sprinter

• 1965 Nigel Short, English chess grandmaster

• 1966 Greg Schiano, American football player and coach

• 1968 Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer

• 1968 Mathias Rust, German aviator

• 1969 Luis García Postigo, Mexican footballer

• 1969 Teri Polo, American actress

• 1970 Alexi Lalas, American soccer player, manager, and sportscaster

• 1970 Alison Hinds, British-Barbadian soca singer

• 1971 Mario Cimarro, Cuban-American actor and singer

• 1973 Frédérik Deburghgraeve, Belgian swimmer

• 1973 Adam Garcia, Australian actor

• 1973 Heidi Klum, German-American model, fashion designer, and producer

• 1973 Derek Lowe, American baseball player

• 1974 Alanis Morissette, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress

• 1974 Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist

• 1974 Sarah Teather, English politician

• 1975 Michal Grošek, Czech-Swiss ice hockey player and coach

• 1975 Frauke Petry, German politician

• 1976 Marlon Devonish, English sprinter and coach

• 1977 Arsen Gitinov, Russian and Kyrgyzstani freestyle wrestler

• 1977 Danielle Harris, American actress

• 1977 Brad Wilkerson, American baseball player and coach

• 1977 Sarah Wayne Callies, American actress

• 1978 Antonietta Di Martino, Italian high jumper

• 1979 Santana Moss, American football player

• 1979 Markus Persson, Swedish game designer, founded Mojang

• 1981 Brandi Carlile, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1981 Amy Schumer, American comedian and actress

• 1981 Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player

• 1981 Aleksei Mikhailovich Uvarov, Russian footballer

• 1982 Justine Henin, Belgian tennis player

• 1984 Jean Beausejour, Chilean footballer

• 1984 Olivier Tielemans, Dutch racing driver

• 1984 Nikki Glaser, American comedian

• 1985 Dinesh Karthik, Indian cricketer

• 1985 Nick Young, American basketball player

• 1985 Sam Young, American basketball player

• 1986 Moses Ndiema Masai, Kenyan runner

• 1986 Chinedu Obasi, Nigerian footballer

• 1986 Ben Smith, New Zealand rugby player

• 1987 Zoltán Harsányi, Slovak footballer

• 1987 Yarisley Silva, Cuban pole vaulter

• 1988 Javier Hernández, Mexican footballer

• 1989 Nataliya Goncharova, Ukrainian/Russian volleyball player

• 1989 Sammy Alex Mutahi, Kenyan runner

• 1990 Miller Bolaños, Ecuadoran footballer

• 1990 Carlota Ciganda, Spanish golfer

• 1990 Roman Josi, Swiss ice hockey player

• 1991 Zazie Beetz, German-American actress

• 1991 Tyrone Roberts, Australian rugby league player

• 1994 Kagayaki Taishi, Japanese sumo wrestler

• 1996 Edvinas Gertmonas, Lithuanian footballer

• 1996 Tom Holland, English actor

• 1999 Technoblade, American YouTuber and streamer (died 2022)

• 1999 Dmytro Udovychenko, Ukrainian violinist

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 195 BC Emperor Gaozu of Han (born 256 BC)

• 193 Marcus Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (born 133)

• 352 Ran Min, Emperor of Ran Wei during the Sixteen Kingdoms

• 654 Pyrrhus, patriarch of Constantinople

• 829 Li Tongjie, general of the Tang Dynasty

• 847 Xiao, empress of the Tang Dynasty

• 896 Theodosius Romanus, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch

• 932 Thietmar, duke of Saxony

• 1146 Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess regent of Brittany (born 1068)

• 1186 Minamoto no Yukiie, Japanese warlord

• 1220 Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (born 1176)

• 1310 Marguerite Porete, French mystic

• 1354 Kitabatake Chikafusa (born 1293)

• 1434 King Wladislaus II of Poland

• 1449 Polissena Sforza, Lady of Rimini (born 1428)

• 1571 John Story, English martyr (born 1504)

1601–1900

• 1616 Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun (born 1543)

• 1625 Honoré d'Urfé, French author and poet (born 1568)

• 1639 Melchior Franck, German composer (born 1579)

• 1660 Mary Dyer, English-American martyr (born 1611)

• 1662 Zhu Youlang, Chinese emperor (born 1623)

• 1681 Cornelis Saftleven, Dutch genre painter (born 1607)

• 1710 David Mitchell, Scottish admiral and politician (born 1642)

• 1740 Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (born 1657)

• 1769 Edward Holyoke, American pastor and academic (born 1689)

• 1773 Wolraad Woltemade, South African folk hero (born 1708)

• 1795 Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (born 1744)

• 1815 Louis-Alexandre Berthier, French general and politician, French Minister of War (born 1753)

• 1823 Louis-Nicolas Davout, French general and politician, French Minister of War (born 1770)

• 1826 J. F. Oberlin, French pastor and philanthropist (born 1740)

• 1830 Swaminarayan, Indian religious leader (born 1781)

• 1832 Jean Maximilien Lamarque, French general and politician (born 1770)

• 1833 Oliver Wolcott Jr., American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Treasury, 24th Governor of Connecticut (born 1760)

• 1841 David Wilkie, Scottish painter and academic (born 1785)

• 1846 Pope Gregory XVI (born 1765)

• 1861 John Quincy Marr, American captain (born 1825)

• 1864 Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel, led the Taiping Rebellion (born 1812)

• 1868 James Buchanan, American lawyer and politician, 15th President of the United States (born 1791)

• 1872 James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald (born 1795)

• 1873 Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia (born 1804)

• 1876 Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and journalist (born 1848)

• 1879 Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France (born 1856)

1901–present

• 1908 Allen Butler Talcott, American painter (born 1867)

• 1925 Thomas R. Marshall, American politician, 28th Vice President of the United States (born 1854)

• 1927 Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (born 1860)

• 1927 J. B. Bury, Irish historian, philologist, and scholar (born 1861)

• 1934 Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel and polo player (born 1867)

• 1935 Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Romanian-Hungarian general (born 1857)

• 1938 Ödön von Horváth, Croatian-French author and playwright (born 1901)

• 1941 Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic (born 1873)

• 1941 Hugh Walpole, New Zealand-English author (born 1884)

• 1943 Leslie Howard, English actor, director, and producer (born 1893)

• 1943 Wilfrid Israel, English-German businessman and philanthropist (born 1899)

• 1946 Ion Antonescu, Romanian marshal and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Romania (born 1882)

• 1948 Alex Gard, Russian-American cartoonist (born 1900)

• 1952 John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher (born 1859)

• 1953 Emanuel Vidović, Croatian painter and illustrator (born 1870)

• 1954 Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish-German journalist and author (born 1869)

• 1960 Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1883)

• 1960 Paula Hitler, German-Austrian sister of Adolf Hitler (born 1896)

• 1962 Adolf Eichmann, German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer, key organizer of the Holocaust (born 1906)

• 1963 Walter Lee, Australian politician, 24th Premier of Tasmania (born 1874)

• 1965 Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach, founded the Green Bay Packers (born 1898)

• 1966 Papa Jack Laine, American drummer and bandleader (born 1873)

• 1968 Helen Keller, American author and activist (born 1880)

• 1968 André Laurendeau, Canadian playwright, journalist, and politician (born 1912)

• 1969 Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater (born 1904)

• 1971 Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian and academic (born 1892)

• 1979 Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)

• 1980 Arthur Nielsen, American businessman, founded the ACNielsen company (born 1897)

• 1981 Carl Vinson, American lawyer and politician (born 1883)

• 1983 Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (born 1903)

• 1983 Anna Seghers, German writer (born 1900)

• 1985 Richard Greene, English actor and soldier (born 1918)

• 1986 Jo Gartner, Austrian racing driver (born 1958)

• 1987 Rashid Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Lebanon (born 1921)

• 1988 Herbert Feigl, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1902)

• 1989 Aurelio Lampredi, Italian engineer, designed the Ferrari Lampredi engine (born 1917)

• 1991 David Ruffin, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

• 1996 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian politician, 6th President of India (born 1913)

• 1999 Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (born 1910)

• 2000 Tito Puente, American drummer, composer, and producer (born 1923)

• 2001 Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist, created Dennis the Menace (born 1920)

2001 notable victims of the Nepalese royal massacre

• Aishwarya of Nepal (born 1949)

• Birendra of Nepal (born 1945)

• Dhirendra of Nepal (born 1950)

• Prince Nirajan of Nepal (born 1978)

• Princess Shruti of Nepal (born 1976)

• 2002 Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (born 1969)

• 2004 William Manchester, American historian and author (born 1922)

• 2005 Hilda Crosby Standish, American physician (born 1902)

• 2005 George Mikan, American basketball player and coach (born 1924)

• 2007 Tony Thompson, American singer and songwriter (born 1975)

• 2008 Tommy Lapid, Israeli journalist and politician, 17th Justice Minister of Israel (born 1931)

• 2008 Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer, founded Saint Laurent Paris (born 1936)

• 2009 Vincent O'Brien, Irish horse trainer (born 1917)

• 2010 Kazuo Ohno, Japanese dancer (born 1906)

• 2010 Andrei Voznesensky, Russian poet (born 1933)

• 2011 Haleh Sahabi, Iranian humanitarian and activist (born 1957)

• 2012 Faruq Z. Bey, American saxophonist and composer (born 1942)

• 2012 Pádraig Faulkner, Irish educator and politician, 19th Irish Minister of Defence (born 1918)

• 2012 Milan Gaľa, Slovak politician (born 1953)

• 2013 James Kelleher, Canadian lawyer and politician, 33rd Solicitor General of Canada (born 1930)

• 2014 Ann B. Davis, American actress (born 1926)

• 2014 Valentin Mankin, Ukrainian sailor (born 1938)

• 2014 Timofei Moșneaga, Moldovan physician and politician, Moldovan Minister of Health (born 1932)

• 2015 Charles Kennedy, Scottish journalist and politician (born 1959)

• 2015 Joan Kirner, Australian educator and politician, 42nd Premier of Victoria (born 1938)

• 2015 Nicholas Liverpool, Dominican lawyer and politician, 6th President of Dominica (born 1934)

• 2015 Jacques Parizeau, Canadian economist and politician, 26th Premier of Quebec (born 1930)

• 2015 Jean Ritchie, American singer-songwriter (born 1922)

• 2019 Ani Yudhoyono, Indonesian politician, 6th First Lady of Indonesia. (born 1952)

• 2024 Tin Oo, Burmese general and politician (born 1927)

• 2025 Jonathan Joss, American actor (born 1965)

Holidays and observances

Children's Day (International), and its related observances:

• The Day of Protection of Children Rights (Armenia)

• Mothers' and Children's Day (Mongolia)

Christian feast day:

• Blessed Alfonso Navarrete

• Annibale Maria di Francia

• Crescentinus

• Fortunatus of Spoleto

• Herculanus of Piegaro

• Íñigo of Oña

• Blessed John Story

• Justin Martyr (Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran)

• Ronan of Locronan

• Pamphilus of Caesarea (Roman Catholic only)

• June 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Gawai Dayak, harvest festival in the state of Sarawak (Malaysia)

• Global Day of Parents (International)

• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Samoa from New Zealand in 1962.

• Madaraka Day (Kenya)

• National Maritime Day (Mexico)

• National Tree Planting Day (Cambodia)

• Pancasila Day (Indonesia)

• President's Day (Palau)

• The beginning of Crop over, celebrated until the first Monday of August. (Barbados)

• Victory Day (Tunisia)

• World Milk Day (International)

• National Technology Day (Libya)

References

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