Events

Pre-1600

• 260 Sima Zhao's regicide of Cao Mao: The figurehead Wei emperor Cao Mao personally leads an attempt to oust his regent, Sima Zhao; the attempted coup is crushed and the emperor killed.

• 455 Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks.

• 575 Pope Benedict I is consecrated after obtaining imperial approval from Constantinople.

• 1098 First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later.

• 1259 Wedding of Manfred, King of Sicily, and Byzantine princess Helena Angelina Doukaina.

1601–1900

• 1608 The Colony of Virginia gets a charter, extending borders from "sea to sea".

• 1615 The first Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.

• 1676 Franco-Dutch War: France ensures the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the Battle of Palermo.

• 1692 Bridget Bishop is the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts; she is found guilty the same day and hanged on June 10.

• 1763 Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.

• 1774 Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act of 1774 is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.

• 1780 The anti-Catholic Gordon Riots in London leave an estimated 300 to 700 people dead.

• 1793 French Revolution: François Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror.

• 1805 Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptures from the British the island of Diamond Rock, which guards the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, Martinique.

• 1848 The Slavic Congress opens in Prague.

• 1866 The Fenians defeat Canadian forces at Ridgeway and Fort Erie, but the raids end soon after.

• 1878 - Nobiling assassination attempt by anarchist Karl Nobiling targeting the German Kaiser, Wilhelm I.

• 1896 Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.

1901–present

• 1909 Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.

• 1910 Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.

• 1919 Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities.

• 1924 U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.

• 1941 World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of Kondomari and Alikianos.

• 1946 Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum, King Umberto II of Italy is exiled.

• 1953 The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey becomes the first British coronation, and one of the first major international events, to be televised.

• 1955 The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between the two countries, discontinued since 1948.

• 1958 Aeronaves de México Flight 111 crashes on approach to Guadalajara International Airport, killing 45.

• 1962 During the FIFA World Cup, police intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.

• 1964 The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is formed.

• 1966 Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world.

• 1967 Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States.

• 1967 Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran are brutally suppressed, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group 2 June Movement.

• 1979 Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.

• 1983 After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.

• 1990 The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12.

• 1997 In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 11 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later.

• 1998 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-91, the final mission of the Shuttle-Mir program.

• 2003 Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.

• 2010 Twelve people are killed and eleven others injured in a spree shooting in Cumbria, England, before the perpetrator takes his own life.

• 2012 Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution.

• 2014 Telangana officially becomes the 29th state of India, formed from ten districts of northwestern Andhra Pradesh.

• 2022 Following a request from Ankara, the United Nations officially changes the name of the Republic of Turkey in the organization from what was previously known as "Turkey" to "Türkiye".

• 2023 A collision between two passenger trains and a parked freight train near the city of Balasor, Odisha in eastern India, results in 296 deaths and more than 1,200 people injured.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1305 Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, ruler of Ilkhanate (died 1335)

• 1423 Ferdinand I of Naples (died 1494)

• 1489 Charles, Duke of Vendôme (died 1537)

• 1535 Pope Leo XI (died 1605)

1601–1900

• 1602 Rudolf Christian, Count of East Frisia, Ruler of East Frisia (died 1628)

• 1621 Rutger von Ascheberg, Courland-born soldier in Swedish service (died 1693)

• 1621 (baptized) Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter (died 1649)

• 1638 Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon (died 1709)

• 1644 William Salmon, English medical writer (died 1713)

• 1731 Martha Washington, First Lady of the United States (died 1802)

• 1739 Jabez Bowen, American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (died 1815)

• 1740 Marquis de Sade, French philosopher and politician (died 1814)

• 1743 Alessandro Cagliostro, Italian occultist and explorer (died 1795)

• 1773 John Randolph of Roanoke, American planter and politician, 8th United States Ambassador to Russia (died 1833)

• 1774 William Lawson, English-Australian explorer and politician (died 1850)

• 1813 Daniel Pollen, Irish-New Zealand politician, 9th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1896)

• 1823 Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (died 1905)

• 1835 Pope Pius X (died 1914)

• 1838 Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg (died 1900)

• 1840 Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (died 1928)

• 1840 Émile Munier, French artist (died 1895)

• 1857 Edward Elgar, English composer and educator (died 1934)

• 1857 Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919)

• 1861 Concordia Selander, Swedish actress and manager (died 1935)

• 1863 Felix Weingartner, Croatian-Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1942)

• 1865 George Lohmann, English cricketer (died 1901)

• 1865 Adelaide Casely-Hayford, Sierra Leone Creole advocate and activist for cultural nationalism (died 1960)

• 1866 Jack O'Connor, American baseball player and manager (died 1937)

• 1875 Charles Stewart Mott, American businessman and politician, 50th Mayor of Flint, Michigan (died 1973)

• 1878 Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader (died 1912)

• 1881 Walter Egan, American golfer (died 1971)

• 1891 Thurman Arnold, American lawyer and judge (died 1969)

• 1891 Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral and pilot (died 1945)

• 1893 Maire Comerford, Irish Republican (died 1982)

• 1899 Lotte Reiniger, German animator and director (died 1981)

• 1899 Edwin Way Teale, American environmentalist and photographer (died 1980)

1901–present

• 1904 Frank Runacres, English painter and educator (died 1974)

• 1904 Johnny Weissmuller, Hungarian-American swimmer and actor (died 1984)

• 1907 Dorothy West, American journalist and author (died 1998)

• 1907 John Lehmann, English poet and publisher (died 1987)

• 1910 Hector Dyer, American sprinter (died 1990)

• 1911 Joe McCluskey, American runner (died 2002)

• 1913 Barbara Pym, English author (died 1980)

• 1913 Elsie Tu, English-Hong Kong educator and politician (died 2015)

• 1915 Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian spy (died 1992)

• 1915 Lester del Rey, American science fiction author (died 1993)

• 1917 Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and director (died 2006)

• 1918 Ruth Atkinson, Canadian-American illustrator (died 1997)

• 1918 Kathryn Tucker Windham, American journalist and author (died 2011)

• 1920 Frank G. Clement, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Tennessee (died 1969)

• 1920 Yolande Donlan, American-English actress (died 2014)

• 1920 Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-German author and critic (died 2013)

• 1920 Tex Schramm, American businessman (died 2003)

• 1920 Johnny Speight, English screenwriter and producer (died 1998)

• 1921 Betty Freeman, American photographer and philanthropist (died 2009)

• 1921 Ernie Royal, American trumpet player (died 1983)

• 1921 Sigmund Sternberg, Hungarian-English businessman and philanthropist (died 2016)

• 1921 András Szennay, Hungarian priest (died 2012)

• 1922 Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (died 2002)

• 1921 Clair Patterson, American geochemist, determined age of the earth, discovered ubiquitous lead poisoning (died 1995)

• 1922 Charlie Sifford, American professional golfer (died 2015)

• 1922 Carmen Silvera, Canadian-English actress (died 2002)

• 1923 Lloyd Shapley, American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)

• 1924 June Callwood, Canadian journalist, author, and activist (died 2007)

• 1926 Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (died 1977)

• 1926 Milo O'Shea, Irish-American actor (died 2013)

• 1927 W. Watts Biggers, American author, screenwriter, and animator (died 2013)

• 1927 Colin Brittan, English footballer (died 2013)

• 1928 Erzsi Kovács, Hungarian singer (died 2014)

• 1928 Ron Reynolds, English footballer (died 1999)

• 1929 Norton Juster, American architect, author, and academic (died 2021)

• 1929 Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player (died 2007)

• 1930 Pete Conrad, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 1999)

• 1933 Sasao Gouland, governor of Chuuk State, Micronesia (died 2011)

• 1933 Lew "Sneaky Pete" Robinson, drag racer (died 1971)

• 1935 Carol Shields, American-Canadian novelist and short story writer (died 2003)

• 1935 Dimitri Kitsikis, Greek poet and educator (died 2021)

• 1936 Volodymyr Holubnychy, Ukrainian race walker (died 2021)

• 1937 Rosalyn Higgins, English lawyer and judge

• 1937 Sally Kellerman, American actress (died 2022)

• 1937 Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter (died 2012)

• 1937 Robert Paul, Canadian figure skater and choreographer

• 1937 Deric Washburn, American screenwriter and playwright

• 1938 Kevin Brownlow, English historian and author

• 1938 George William Penrose, Lord Penrose, Scottish lawyer and judge

• 1939 Charles Miller, American musician (died 1980)

• 1939 John Schlee, American golfer (died 2000)

• 1940 Constantine II of Greece (died 2023)

• 1941 Stacy Keach, American actor

• 1941 Lou Nanne, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager

• 1941 Irène Schweizer, Swiss jazz pianist (died 2024)

• 1941 Charlie Watts, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 2021)

• 1942 Mike Ahern, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Queensland (died 2023)

• 1943 – Ivi Eenmaa, Estonian politician, 36th Mayor of Tallinn

• 1943 Charles Haid, American actor and director

• 1943 Crescenzio Sepe, Italian cardinal

• 1944 Robert Elliott, American actor (died 2004)

• 1944 Marvin Hamlisch, American composer and conductor (died 2012)

• 1945 Richard Long, English painter, sculptor, and photographer

• 1945 Bonnie Newman, American businesswoman and politician

• 1946 Lasse Hallström, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1946 Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer (died 2020)

• 1948 Jerry Mathers, American actor

• 1949 Heather Couper, English astronomer and physicist (died 2020)

• 1949 Frank Rich, American journalist and critic

• 1950 Joanna Gleason, Canadian actress and singer

• 1950 Momčilo Vukotić, Serbian footballer and manager (died 2021)

• 1951 Gilbert Baker, American artist, gay rights activist, and designer of the rainbow flag (died 2017)

• 1951 Arnold Mühren, Dutch footballer and manager

• 1951 Larry Robinson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1951 Alexander Wylie, Lord Kinclaven, Scottish lawyer, judge, and educator

• 1952 Gary Bettman, American sports executive, 14th Commissioner of the National Hockey League

• 1953 Vidar Johansen, Norwegian saxophonist

• 1953 Craig Stadler, American golfer

• 1953 Cornel West, American philosopher, author, and academic

• 1954 Dennis Haysbert, American actor and producer

• 1955 Dana Carvey, American comedian and actor

• 1955 Nandan Nilekani, Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys

• 1955 Mani Ratnam, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1955 Michael Steele, American singer-songwriter and bass player

• 1956 Jan Lammers, Dutch race car driver

• 1957 Mark Lawrenson, English footballer and manager

• 1958 Lex Luger, American wrestler and football player

• 1959 Rineke Dijkstra, Dutch photographer

• 1959 Lydia Lunch, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

• 1960 Olga Bondarenko, Russian runner

• 1960 Tony Hadley, English singer-songwriter and actor

• 1960 Kyle Petty, American race car driver and sportscaster

• 1962 Mark Plaatjes, South African-American runner and coach

• 1963 Anand Abhyankar, Indian actor (died 2012)

• 1964 Caroline Link, German director and screenwriter

• 1965 Mark Waugh, Australian cricketer and journalist

• 1965 Steve Waugh, Australian cricketer

• 1966 Dayana Cadeau, Haitian born Canadian-American professional bodybuilder

• 1966 Candace Gingrich, American activist

• 1966 Pedro Guerra, Spanish singer-songwriter

• 1966 Catherine King, Australian politician

• 1966 Petra van Staveren, Dutch swimmer

• 1967 Remigija Nazarovienė, Lithuanian heptathlete and coach

• 1967 Mike Stanton, American baseball player

• 1967 Nadhim Zahawi, British politician

• 1968 Merril Bainbridge, Australian singer-songwriter

• 1968 Andy Cohen, American television host

• 1968 Lester Green, American comedian and actor

• 1969 Kurt Abbott, American baseball player

• 1969 Paulo Sérgio, Brazilian footballer

• 1969 David Wheaton, American tennis player, radio host, and author

• 1970 B Real, American rapper and actor

• 1971 Kateřina Jacques, Czech translator and politician

• 1972 Wayne Brady, American actor, comedian, game show host, and singer

• 1972 Raúl Ibañez, American baseball player

• 1972 Wentworth Miller, American actor and screenwriter

• 1973 Marko Kristal, Estonian footballer and manager

• 1973 Neifi Pérez, Dominican-American baseball player

• 1974 Gata Kamsky, Russian-American chess player

• 1974 Matt Serra, American mixed martial artist

• 1975 Salvatore Scibona, American author

• 1976 Earl Boykins, American basketball player

• 1976 Martin Čech, Czech ice hockey player (died 2007)

• 1976 Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer

• 1976 Tim Rice-Oxley, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player

• 1977 Teet Allas, Estonian footballer

• 1977 A.J. Styles, American wrestler

• 1977 Zachary Quinto, American actor and producer

• 1978 Dominic Cooper, English actor

• 1978 Nikki Cox, American actress

• 1978 Yi So-yeon, biotechnologist and astronaut, the first Korean in space

• 1978 Justin Long, American actor

• 1979 Morena Baccarin, Brazilian-American actress

• 1979 Butterfly Boucher, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1980 Fabrizio Moretti, Brazilian-American drummer

• 1980 Bobby Simmons, American basketball player

• 1980 Richard Skuse, English rugby player

• 1980 Abby Wambach, American soccer player and coach

• 1980 Tomasz Wróblewski, Polish bass player and songwriter

• 1981 Nikolay Davydenko, Russian tennis player

• 1981 Chin-hui Tsao, Taiwanese baseball player

• 1982 Jewel Staite, Canadian actress

• 1983 Chris Higgins, American ice hockey player

• 1983 Toni Livers, Swiss skier

• 1984 Jack Afamasaga, New Zealand rugby league player

• 1984 Feleti Mateo, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

• 1985 Rhett Bomar, American football player

• 1985 – Miyuki Sawashiro, Japanese voice actress and singer

• 1986 Todd Carney, Australian rugby league player

• 1987 Clayton Bartolo, Maltese politician

• 1987 Maryka Holtzhausen, South African netball player

• 1987 Yoann Huget, French rugby player

• 1987 Matthew Koma, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1987 Angelo Mathews, Sri Lankan cricketer

• 1987 Sonakshi Sinha, Indian actress

• 1988 Sergio Agüero, Argentine footballer

• 1988 Awkwafina, American actress, rapper, and comedian

• 1988 Staniliya Stamenova, Bulgarian canoeist

• 1989 Steve Smith, Australian cricketer

• 1990 Dane Rampe, Australian rules footballer

• 1992 Pajtim Kasami, Swiss footballer

• 1993 Adam Taggart, Australian footballer

• 1996 Morissette, Filipina singer-songwriter

• 1997 Scott Wozniak, American YouTuber

• 1999 Campbell Graham, Australian rugby league player

• 2000 Jay Idzes, Indonesian footballer

• 2001 Kysaiah Pickett, Australian rules footballer

• 2002 Madison Hu, American actress

• 2002 Fonua Pole, New Zealand rugby league player

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 657 Pope Eugene I

• 891 Al-Muwaffaq, Abbasid general (born 842)

• 910 Richilde of Provence (born 845)

• 1200 Bishop John of Oxford

• 1258 Peter I, Count of Urgell

• 1292 Rhys ap Maredudd, Welsh nobleman and rebel leader

• 1418 Katherine of Lancaster, queen of Henry III of Castile

• 1453 Álvaro de Luna, Duke of Trujillo, Constable of Castile

• 1567 Shane O'Neill, head of the O'Neill dynasty in Ireland (born 1530)

• 1572 Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (born 1536)

• 1581 James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, Scottish soldier and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (born 1525)

1601–1900

• 1603 Bernard of Wąbrzeźno, Roman Catholic priest (born 1575)

• 1693 John Wildman, English soldier and politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (born 1621)

• 1701 Madeleine de Scudéry, French author (born 1607)

• 1716 Ogata Kōrin, Japanese painter and educator (born 1658)

• 1754 Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish minister and theologian (born 1680)

• 1761 Jonas Alströmer, Swedish businessman (born 1685)

• 1785 Jean Paul de Gua de Malves, French mathematician and academic (born 1713)

• 1806 William Tate, English painter (born 1747)

• 1853 Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English general (born 1777)

• 1865 Ner Middleswarth, American judge and politician (born 1783)

• 1875 Józef Kremer, Polish psychologist, historian, and philosopher (born 1806)

• 1881 Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (born 1801)

• 1882 Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (born 1807)

1901–present

• 1901 George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary and author (born 1844)

• 1927 Hüseyin Avni Lifij, Turkish painter (born 1886)

• 1929 Enrique Gorostieta, Mexican general (born 1889)

• 1933 Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (born 1878)

• 1937 Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (born 1870)

• 1941 Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (born 1903)

• 1942 Bunny Berigan, American singer and trumpet player (born 1908)

• 1947 John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (born 1867)

• 1948 Viktor Brack, German physician (born 1904)

• 1948 Karl Brandt, German SS officer (born 1904)

• 1948 Karl Gebhardt, German physician (born 1897)

• 1948 Waldemar Hoven, German physician (born 1903)

• 1948 Wolfram Sievers, German SS officer (born 1905)

• 1952 Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall (born 1880)

• 1956 Jean Hersholt, Danish-American actor and director (born 1886)

• 1959 Lyda Borelli, Italian actress (born 1884)

• 1961 George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright (born 1889)

• 1962 Vita Sackville-West, English author and poet (born 1892)

• 1967 Benno Ohnesorg, German student and activist (born 1940)

• 1968 André Mathieu, Canadian pianist and composer (born 1929)

• 1969 Leo Gorcey, American actor (born 1917)

• 1970 Orhan Kemal, Turkish author (born 1914)

• 1970 Albert Lamorisse, French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)

• 1970 Bruce McLaren, New Zealand race car driver and engineer, founded the McLaren racing team (born 1937)

• 1970 Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian soldier, journalist, and academic (born 1888)

• 1970 Lucía Sánchez Saornil, Spanish anarchist feminist (born 1895)

• 1974 Hiroshi Kazato, Japanese race car driver (born 1949)

• 1976 Kenneth Mason, English soldier and geographer (born 1887)

• 1976 Juan José Torres, Bolivian general and politician, 61st President of Bolivia (born 1920)

• 1977 Albert Bittlmayer, German footballer (born 1952)

• 1977 Stephen Boyd, Northern Irish-born American actor (born 1931)

• 1978 Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and coach (born 1895)

• 1979 Jim Hutton, American actor (born 1934)

• 1982 Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th President of Pakistan (born 1904)

• 1982 Shah Abdul Wahhab, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar (born 1894)

• 1983 Stan Rogers, Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1949)

• 1983 Ray Stehr, Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1913)

• 1986 Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1901)

• 1987 Anthony de Mello, Indian-American priest and psychotherapist (born 1931)

• 1987 Sammy Kaye, American bandleader and songwriter (born 1910)

• 1987 Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (born 1893)

• 1988 Raj Kapoor, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1924)

• 1989 Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer and footballer (born 1907)

• 1990 Rex Harrison, English actor (born 1908)

• 1991 Ahmed Arif, Turkish poet and author (born 1927)

• 1992 Philip Dunne, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1908)

• 1993 Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1913)

• 1993 Tahar Djaout, Algerian journalist, writer and poet (born 1954)

• 1994 David Stove, Australian philosopher, author, and academic (born 1927)

• 1996 John Alton, Hungarian-American cinematographer and director (born 1901)

• 1996 Leon Garfield, English author (born 1921)

• 1996 Ray Combs, American game show host (born 1956)

• 1997 Doc Cheatham, American trumpet player, singer, and bandleader (born 1905)

• 1997 Helen Jacobs, American tennis champion (born 1908)

• 1999 Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican singer (born 1949)

• 2000 Svyatoslav Fyodorov, Russian ophthalmologist, academic, and politician (born 1927)

• 2000 John Schlee, American golfer (born 1939)

• 2000 Gerald James Whitrow, English mathematician, cosmologist, and historian (born 1912)

• 2001 Imogene Coca, American actress and comedian (born 1908)

• 2001 Joey Maxim, American boxer (born 1922)

• 2002 Hugo van Lawick, Dutch director and photographer (born 1937)

• 2003 Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager (born 1918)

• 2003 Alma Ricard, Canadian broadcaster and philanthropist (born 1906)

• 2005 Lucien Cliche, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1916)

• 2005 Gunder Gundersen, Norwegian skier (born 1930)

• 2005 Samir Kassir, Lebanese journalist and educator (born 1950)

• 2005 Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (born 1912)

• 2006 Keith Smith, English rugby player and coach (born 1952)

• 2007 Kentarō Haneda, Japanese pianist and composer (born 1949)

• 2007 Huang Ju, Chinese engineer and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1938)

• 2008 Bo Diddley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1928)

• 2008 Mel Ferrer, American actor (born 1917)

• 2009 David Eddings, American author (born 1931)

• 2012 Adolfo Calero, Nicaraguan businessman and political activist (born 1931)

• 2012 Richard Dawson, English-American soldier, actor, television personality, and game show host (born 1932)

• 2012 LeRoy Ellis, American basketball player (born 1940)

• 2012 Kathryn Joosten, American actress (born 1939)

• 2013 Mario Bernardi, Canadian pianist and conductor (born 1930)

• 2013 Chen Xitong, Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (born 1930)

• 2013 Mandawuy Yunupingu, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1956)

• 2014 Ivica Brzić, Serbian footballer and manager (born 1941)

• 2014 Nikolay Khrenkov, Russian bobsledder (born 1984)

• 2014 Alexander Shulgin, American pharmacologist and chemist (born 1925)

• 2015 Fernando de Araújo, East Timorese politician, President of East Timor (born 1963)

• 2015 Irwin Rose, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)

• 2024 Larry Allen, American football player (born 1971)

• 2024 Rob Burrow, English rugby league footballer (born 1982)

• 2024 David Levy, Israeli politician (born 1937)

• 2024 Janis Paige, American actress and singer (born 1922)

Holidays and observances

• Children's Day (North Korea)

Christian feast day:

• Ahudemmeh (Syriac Orthodox Church)

• Alexander (martyr)

• Elmo

• Felix of Nicosia

• Marcellinus and Peter

• Martyrs of Lyon, including Blandina

• Pope Eugene I

• Pothinus

• Blessed Sadok and 48 Dominican martyrs from Sandomierz

• June 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Civil Aviation Day (Azerbaijan)

• Coronation of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, also Social Forestry Day (Bhutan)

• Day of Hristo Botev (Bulgaria)

• Decoration Day (Canada)

• Festa della Repubblica (Italy)

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

• International Sex Workers Day

• Telangana Day (Telangana, India)

• Alberti Day (New York City, USA)

References

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