Events

Pre-1600

• 1312 BC Mursili II launches a campaign against the Kingdom of Azzi-Hayasa.

• 109 Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, northwest of Rome.

• 474 Julius Nepos forces Roman usurper Glycerius to abdicate the throne and proclaims himself Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.

• 637 The Battle of Moira is fought between the High King of Ireland and the Kings of Ulster and Dál Riata. It is claimed to be the largest battle in the history of Ireland.

• 843 The Vikings sack the French city of Nantes.

• 972 Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place.

• 1128 Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães: Forces led by Afonso I defeat forces led by his mother Teresa of León and her lover Fernando Pérez de Traba.

• 1230 The Siege of Jaén begins, in the context of the Spanish Reconquista.

• 1314 First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn concludes with a decisive victory by Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce.

• 1340 Hundred Years' War: Battle of Sluys: The French fleet is almost completely destroyed by the English fleet commanded personally by King Edward III.

• 1374 A sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion.

• 1497 John Cabot lands in North America at Newfoundland leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings.

• 1509 Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon are crowned King and Queen of England.

• 1520 The Field of the Cloth of Gold, a summit meeting between Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France, ends.

• 1535 The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded.

• 1540 English King Henry VIII commands his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, to leave the court.

• 1571 Miguel López de Legazpi conquers Manila for Spain, modern day capital of the Philippines.

• 1593 The Dutch city of Geertruidenberg held by the Spanish, capitulates to a besieging Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Nassau.

1601–1900

• 1604 Samuel de Champlain encounters the mouth of the Saint John River, site of Reversing Falls and the present-day city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

• 1622 Battle of Macau: The Dutch make a failed attempt to capture Macau.

• 1663 The Spanish garrison of Évora capitulates, following the Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial.

• 1713 The treaty of Adrianople ends the Russo-Turkish War of 1710–1713, which restores territory to the Ottomans while allowing the Russians to focus on their war against the Swedes.

• 1717 The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England).

• 1724 On the Feast of St. John the Baptist, Bach leads the first performance of his , BWV7, the third cantata of his chorale cantata cycle.

• 1762 Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.

• 1779 American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.

• 1793 The first Republican constitution in France is adopted.

• 1812 Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon's Grande Armée crosses the Neman river beginning the invasion of Russia.

• 1813 Battle of Beaver Dams: A British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army.

• 1821 Battle of Carabobo: Decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain.

• 1839 An Egyptian army under Ibrahim Pascha routs an Ottoman army under Hafiz Pasha in the battle of Nezib.

• 1859 Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.

• 1866 Austro-Prussian War: In the Battle of Custoza an Austrian army defeats the Italian army.

• 1880 First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.

• 1894 Assassination of the French President, Sadi Carnot by Sante Caserio during the Ère des attentats (1892–1894).

1901–present

• 1913 Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.

• 1916 Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.

• 1918 First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.

• 1922 The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League.

• 1932 A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand).

• 1939 Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.

• 1940 World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No11 Independent Company.

• 1943 US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in Bamber Bridge, England, sparking the Battle of Bamber Bridge mutiny that leaves one dead and seven wounded.

• 1945 The first Victory Day Parade takes place on Red Square in Moscow, Soviet Union, symbolizing the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany.

• 1947 Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington.

• 1948 Cold War: Start of the Berlin Blockade: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.

• 1949 The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.

• 1950 Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races.

• 1954 First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M.100 of France in An Khê.

• 1957 In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.

• 1960 Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt is injured in an assassination attempt.

• 1963 The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.

• 1973 The UpStairs Lounge arson attack takes place at a gay bar located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141 Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, US. Thirty-two people die as a result of fire or smoke inhalation.

• 1975 Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encounters severe wind shear and crashes on final approach to New York's JFK Airport killing 113 of the 124 passengers on board, making it the deadliest U.S. plane crash at the time. This accident led to decades of research into downburst and microburst phenomena and their effects on aircraft.

• 1978 Ahmad al-Ghashmi, the president of the Yemen Arab Republic, is killed when a bomb exploded in a suitcase carried by a South Yemeni envoy.

• 1981 The Humber Bridge opens to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It remained the world's longest bridge span for 17years.

• 1982 "The Jakarta Incident": British Airways Flight 009 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines.

• 1989 Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.

• 1994 A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crashes at Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Washington, killing four.

• 1995 Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment.

• 2002 The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.

• 2004 In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.

• 2010 At Wimbledon, John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France, in the longest match in professional tennis history.

• 2010 Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.

• 2012 Death of Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise.

• 2013 Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is found guilty of abusing his power and engaging in sex with an underage prostitute, and is sentenced to seven years in prison.

• 2021 The Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida suffers a sudden partial collapse, killing 98 people inside.

• 2022 In Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the U.S. Constitution does not assign the authority to regulate abortions to the federal government, thereby returning such authority to the individual states. This overturns the prior decisions in Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992).

• 2023 The Wagner Group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin launches an insurrection against the Russian government.

• 2026 Two earthquakes strike Venezuela, leaving more than 2,200 people dead and dozens of others missing.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1210 Count Floris IV of Holland (died 1234)

• 1244 Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (died 1308)

• 1254 Floris V, Count of Holland (died 1296)

• 1257 Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford, English nobleman (probable; (died 1331)

• 1314 Philippa of Hainault Queen of England (died 1369)

• 1322 Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (died 1406)

• 1343 Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre (died 1373)

• 1360 Nuno Álvares Pereira, Portuguese general

• 1386 John of Capistrano, Italian priest and saint (died 1456)

• 1465 Isabella del Balzo, Queen Consort of Naples (died 1533)

• 1485 Johannes Bugenhagen, Polish-German priest and reformer (died 1558)

• 1485 Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg (died 1555)

• 1499 Johannes Brenz, German theologian and the Protestant Reformer (died 1570)

• 1519 Theodore Beza, French theologian and scholar (died 1605)

• 1532 Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician (died 1588)

• 1532 William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (died 1573)

• 1535 Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (died 1573)

• 1546 Robert Persons, English Jesuit priest, insurrectionist, and author (died 1610)

• 1587 William Arnold, English-American settler (died 1675)

1601–1900

• 1614 John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse

• 1616 Ferdinand Bol, Dutch painter, etcher and draftsman, student of Rembrandt (died 1680)

• 1661 Hachisuka Tsunanori, Japanese daimyō (died 1730)

• 1663 Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (died 1742)

• 1687 Johann Albrecht Bengel, German-Lutheran clergyman and scholar (died 1757)

• 1694 Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, Swiss author and theorist (died 1748)

• 1704 Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French philosopher and author (died 1771)

• 1753 William Hull, American general and politician, 1st Governor of Michigan Territory (died 1825)

• 1755 Anacharsis Cloots, Prussian-French activist (died 1794)

• 1767 Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès, French geographer and author (died 1846)

• 1771 Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, French chemist and businessman, founded DuPont (died 1834)

• 1774 Antonio González de Balcarce, Argentine commander and politician, 5th Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (died 1819)

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

• 1777 John Ross, Scottish commander and explorer (died 1856)

• 1782 Juan Larrea, Argentine captain and politician (died 1847)

• 1783 Johann Heinrich von Thünen, German economist and geographer (died 1850)

• 1784 Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan general and politician, President of Uruguay (died 1853)

• 1788 Thomas Blanchard, American inventor (died 1864)

• 1795 Ernst Heinrich Weber, German physician and psychologist (died 1878)

• 1797 John Hughes, Irish-American archbishop (died 1864)

• 1797 Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish geologist and explorer (died 1873)

• 1804 Stephan Endlicher, Austrian botanist, numismatist, and sinologist (died 1849)

• 1804 Willard Richards, American religious leader (died 1854)

• 1811 John Archibald Campbell, American lawyer and jurist (died 1889)

• 1813 Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and reformer (died 1887)

• 1813 Francis Boott, American composer (died 1904)

• 1821 Guillermo Rawson, Argentine physician and politician (died 1890)

• 1826 George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (died 1898)

• 1835 Johannes Wislicenus, German chemist and academic (died 1902)

• 1838 Jan Matejko, Polish painter (died 1893)

• 1839 Gustavus Franklin Swift, American businessman (died 1903)

• 1842 Ambrose Bierce, American short story writer, essayist, and journalist (died 1914)

• 1846 Samuel Johnson, Nigerian priest and historian (died 1901)

• 1850 Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Sudan (died 1916)

• 1852 Friedrich Loeffler, German bacteriologist and academic (died 1915)

• 1854 Eleanor Norcross, American painter (died 1923)

• 1856 Henry Chapman Mercer, American archaeologist and author (died 1930)

• 1858 Hastings Rashdall, English historian, philosopher, and theologian (died 1924)

• 1865 Robert Henri, American painter and educator (died 1929)

• 1867 Ruth Randall Edström, American educator and activist (died 1944)

• 1869 Prince George of Greece and Denmark (died 1957)

• 1872 Frank Crowninshield, American journalist and art and theatre critic (died 1947)

• 1875 Forrest Reid, Irish novelist, literary critic and translator (died 1947)

• 1880 Oswald Veblen, American mathematician and academic (g. 1960)

• 1880 João Cândido, Brazilian revolutionary and sailor (died 1969)

• 1881 George Shiels, Irish-Canadian author, poet, and playwright (died 1949)

• 1882 Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1953)

• 1882 Carl Diem, German businessman (died 1962)

• 1883 Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964)

• 1883 Fritz Löhner-Beda, Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (died 1942)

• 1883 Jean Metzinger, French artist (died 1956)

• 1883 Arthur L. Newton, American runner (died 1956)

• 1883 Frank Verner, American runner (died 1966)

• 1884 Frank Waller, American runner (died 1941)

• 1885 Olaf Holtedahl, Norwegian geologist (died 1975)

• 1888 Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect, designed the Rietveld Schröder House (died 1964)

• 1893 Roy O. Disney, American businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (died 1971)

• 1895 Jack Dempsey, American boxer and soldier (died 1983)

• 1898 Armin Öpik, Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist (died 1983)

• 1898 Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (died 1958)

• 1900 Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and engineer (died 1945)

1901–present

• 1901 Marcel Mule, French saxophonist (died 2001)

• 1901 Harry Partch, American composer and theorist (died 1974)

• 1901 Chuck Taylor, American basketball player and salesman (died 1969)

• 1904 Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1995)

• 1904 Olga Olgina, Polish opera singer and teacher (died 1979)

• 1905 Fred Alderman, American sprinter (died 1998)

• 1906 Pierre Fournier, French cellist and educator (died 1986)

• 1906 Willard Maas, American poet and educator (died 1971)

• 1907 Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet and translator (died 1989)

• 1908 Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (died 1942)

• 1908 Alfons Rebane, Estonian colonel (died 1976)

• 1909 Jean Deslauriers, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1978)

• 1909 William Penney, Baron Penney, English mathematician and physicist (died 1991)

• 1909 Betty Cavanna, American author (died 2001)

• 1911 Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine race car driver (died 1995)

• 1911 Ernesto Sabato, Argentine physicist and academic (died 2011)

• 1911 Portia White, Canadian opera singer (died 1968)

• 1912 Brian Johnston, English sportscaster and author (died 1994)

• 1912 Mary Wesley, English author (died 2002)

• 1913 Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist and soldier (died 2002)

• 1914 Kari Diesen, Norwegian singer and revue actress (died 1987)

• 1914 Jan Karski, Polish-American activist and academic (died 2000)

• 1914 Pearl Witherington, French secret agent (died 2008)

• 1915 Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and author (died 2001)

• 1915 Norman Cousins, American editor (Saturday Review) and peace activist (died 1990)

• 1916 William B. Saxbe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 70th United States Attorney General (died 2010)

• 1916 Saloua Raouda Choucair, Lebanese painter and sculptor (died 2017)

• 1916 John Ciardi, American poet, translator (Dante's "Divine Comedy"), and literary commentator (died 1986)

• 1917 David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist and academic (died 2014)

• 1917 Lucy Jarvis, American television producer (died 2020)

• 1917 Ramblin' Tommy Scott, American singer and guitarist (died 2013)

• 1917 Joan Clarke, English cryptanalyst and numismatist (died 1996)

• 1918 Mildred Ladner Thompson, American journalist and author (died 2013)

• 1918 Yong Nyuk Lin, Singaporean businessman and politician, Singaporean Minister for Education (died 2012)

• 1919 Al Molinaro, American actor (died 2015)

• 1921 Gerhard Sommer, German soldier (died 2019)

• 1922 Jack Carter, American actor and comedian (died 2015)

• 1922 John Postgate, English microbiologist, author, and academic (died 2014)

• 1922 Richard Timberlake, American economist (died 2020)

• 1923 Margaret Olley, Australian painter and philanthropist (died 2011)

• 1924 Kurt Furgler, Swiss politician, 70th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 2008)

• 1924 Archie Roy, Scottish astronomer and academic (died 2012)

• 1924 Yoshito Takamine, American politician (died 2015)

• 1925 Ogden Reid, American politician (died 2019)

• 1927 Fernand Dumont, Canadian sociologist, philosopher, and poet (died 1997)

• 1927 James B. Edwards, American dentist, soldier, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Energy (died 2014)

• 1927 Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2014)

• 1929 Carolyn S. Shoemaker, American astronomer (died 2021)

• 1930 Claude Chabrol, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)

• 1930 Donald Gordon, South African businessman and philanthropist (died 2019)

• 1930 William Bernard Ziff, Jr., American publisher (died 2006)

• 1931 Billy Casper, American golfer (died 2015)

• 1932 David McTaggart, Canadian-Italian environmentalist (died 2001)

• 1933 Bob Cole, Canadian sports announcer (died 2024)

• 1933 Sam Jones, American basketball player and coach (died 2021)

• 1933 Ngina Kenyatta, 1st First Lady of Kenya

• 1933 Rosalie Sorrels, American traditional folk singer-songwriter (died 2017)

• 1934 Ferdinand Biwersi, German footballer and referee (died 2013)

• 1934 Jean-Pierre Ferland, Canadian singer-songwriter (died 2024)

• 1934 Gloria Christian, Italian singer

• 1935 Terry Riley, American composer and educator

• 1935 Charlie Dees, American baseball player

• 1935 Pete Hamill, Quintessential New York Journalist, (died 2020)

• 1935 Jean Milesi, French racing cyclist

• 1936 Robert Downey Sr., American actor and director (died 2021)

• 1937 Anita Desai, Indian-American author and academic

• 1938 Lawrence Block, American author

• 1938 Abulfaz Elchibey, Azerbaijani politician, 1st democratically elected Azerbaijani President (died 2000)

• 1938 Ken Gray, New Zealand rugby player (died 1992)

• 1939 Brigitte Fontaine, French singer

• 1939 Judy Olson Duhamel, American politician and educator

• 1940 Ian Ross, Australian newsreader (died 2014)

• 1940 Vittorio Storaro, Italian cinematographer

• 1941 Erkin Koray, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)

• 1941 Julia Kristeva, Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst and author

• 1941 Graham McKenzie, Australian cricketer

• 1942 Arthur Brown, English rock singer-songwriter

• 1942 Michele Lee, American actress and singer

• 1942 Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Chilean engineer and politician, 32nd President of Chile

• 1942 Colin Groves, Australian academician and educator (died 2017)

• 1943 Birgit Grodal, Danish economist and academic (died 2004)

• 1944 Jeff Beck, English guitarist and songwriter (died 2023)

• 1944 Kathryn Lasky, American author

• 1944 Chris Wood, English saxophonist (died 1983)

• 1945 Colin Blunstone, English singer-songwriter

• 1945 Wayne Cashman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1945 George Pataki, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Governor of New York

• 1945 Betty Stöve, Dutch tennis player

• 1946 David Collenette, Canadian civil servant and politician, 32nd Canadian Minister of National Defence

• 1946 Ellison Onizuka, American engineer, and astronaut (died 1986)

• 1946 Robert Reich, American economist and politician, 22nd United States Secretary of Labor

• 1947 Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and television personality (died 2014)

• 1947 Mick Fleetwood, English-American drummer

• 1947 Peter Weller, American actor and director

• 1948 Patrick Moraz, Swiss keyboard player and songwriter

• 1949 John Illsley, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

• 1949 Betty Jackson, English fashion designer

• 1950 Nancy Allen, American actress

• 1950 Bob Carlos Clarke, Irish-born English photographer (died 2006)

• 1950 Jan Kulczyk, Polish businessman (died 2015)

• 1950 Mercedes Lackey, American author

• 1951 Raelene Boyle, Australian sprinter

• 1951 Charles Sturridge, English director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1952 Dianna Melrose, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to Tanzania

• 1952 Bob Neill, English lawyer and politician

• 1953 William E. Moerner, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1953 Michael Tuck, Australian footballer and coach

• 1955 Chris Higgins, English geneticist and academic

• 1955 Edmund Malura, German footballer and manager

• 1955 Loren Roberts, American golfer

• 1956 Owen Paterson, English politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

• 1957 Mark Parkinson, American lawyer and politician, 45th Governor of Kansas

• 1958 Jean Charest, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada

• 1958 Silvio Mondinelli, Italian mountaineer

• 1958 Reed Oliver, governor of Pohnpei State, Micronesia

• 1958 John Tortorella, American ice hockey player and coach

• 1959 Andy McCluskey, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

• 1960 Elish Angiolini, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland

• 1960 Siedah Garrett, American singer-songwriter and pianist

• 1960 Karin Pilsäter, Swedish accountant and politician

• 1960 Erik Poppe, Norwegian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter

• 1961 Dennis Danell, American singer and guitarist (died 2000)

• 1961 Iain Glen, Scottish actor

• 1961 Bernie Nicholls, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1961 Ralph E. Reed, Jr., American journalist and activist

• 1961 Curt Smith, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1962 Gautam Adani, Indian industrialist and billionaire

• 1962 Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexican politician

• 1963 Yuri Kasparyan, Russian guitarist

• 1963 Preki, Serbian-American soccer player and coach

• 1963 Mike Wieringo, American author and illustrator (died 2007)

• 1964 Jean-Luc Delarue, French television host and producer (died 2012)

• 1964 Kathryn Parminter, Baroness Parminter, English politician

• 1964 Gary Suter, American ice hockey player and scout

• 1965 Claude Bourbonnais, Canadian race car driver

• 1965 Uwe Krupp, German ice hockey player and coach

• 1965 Richard Lumsden, English actor, writer, composer and musician

• 1965 – Danielle Spencer, American actress (died 2025)

• 1966 Hope Sandoval, American singer-songwriter and musician

• 1966 Adrienne Shelly, American actress, director, and screenwriter (died 2006)

• 1967 Janez Lapajne, Slovenian director and producer

• 1967 John Limniatis, Canadian soccer player and manager

• 1968 Alaa Abdelnaby, Egyptian-American basketball player and sportscaster

• 1970 Glenn Medeiros, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1970 Bernardo Sassetti, Portuguese pianist, composer, and educator (died 2012)

• 1972 Robbie McEwen, Australian cyclist

• 1972 Denis Žvegelj, Slovenian rower

• 1973 Alexis Gauthier, French chef

• 1973 Jere Lehtinen, Finnish ice hockey player

• 1974 Dan Byles, English sailor, rower, and politician

• 1974 Chris Guccione, American baseball player and umpire

• 1975 Marek Malík, Czech ice hockey player

• 1975 Federico Pucciariello, Argentine-Italian rugby player

• 1976 Brock Olivo, American football player and coach

• 1977 Dimos Dikoudis, Greek basketball player and manager

• 1977 Jeff Farmer, Australian footballer

• 1977 Amir Talai, American actor

• 1978 Luis García, Spanish footballer

• 1978 Pantelis Kafes, Greek footballer

• 1978 Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer

• 1978 Ariel Pink, American singer-songwriter

• 1978 Juan Román Riquelme, Argentine footballer and chairman

• 1978 Emppu Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist and songwriter

• 1979 Mindy Kaling, American actress and producer

• 1979 Petra Němcová, Czech model and philanthropist

• 1980 Cicinho, Brazilian footballer

• 1980 Nina Dübbers, German tennis player

• 1980 Andrew Jones, Australian race car driver

• 1980 Minka Kelly, American actress

• 1982 Kevin Nolan, English footballer

• 1982 Jarret Stoll, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1983 Rebecca Cooke, English swimmer

• 1983 John Lloyd Cruz, Filipino actor

• 1983 Gianni Munari, Italian footballer

• 1983 Gard Nilssen, Norwegian drummer

• 1983 David Shillington, Australian rugby league player

• 1984 Andrea Raggi, Italian footballer

• 1984 JJ Redick, American basketball player and coach

• 1984 Johanna Welin, Swedish-born German wheelchair basketball player

• 1985 Diego Alves Carreira, Brazilian footballer

• 1985 Tom Kennedy, English footballer

• 1985 Nate Myles, Australian rugby league player

• 1985 Vernon Philander, South African cricketer

• 1985 Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese model

• 1986 Stuart Broad, English cricketer

• 1986 Phil Hughes, American baseball player

• 1986 Solange Knowles, American singer-songwriter and actress

• 1987 Simona Dobrá, Czech tennis player

• 1987 Lionel Messi, Argentine footballer

• 1987 Pierre Vaultier, French snowboarder

• 1988 Micah Richards, English footballer

• 1988 Nichkhun, Thai-American singer and actor

• 1989 Teklemariam Medhin, Eritrean runner

• 1990 Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1990 Richard Sukuta-Pasu, German footballer

• 1991 Yasmin Paige, English actress

• 1991 Aidan Sezer, Australian rugby league player

• 1992 David Alaba, Austrian footballer

• 1996 Duki, Argentine rapper

• 1998 Federico Gatti, Italian footballer

• 1998 Pierre-Luc Dubois, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1999 Darwin Núñez, Uruguayan footballer

• 2000 Nehuén Pérez, Argentine footballer

• 2008 Mathis Jangéal, French footballer

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 1046 Jeongjong II, Korean ruler (born 1018)

• 1088 William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, Norman nobleman

• 1314 Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester, English commander (born 1291)

• 1314 Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford, English soldier and politician, Lord Warden of the Marches (born 1274)

• 1398 Hongwu, Chinese emperor (born 1328)

• 1439 Frederick IV, duke of Austria (born 1382)

• 1503 Reginald Bray, English architect and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1440)

• 1519 Lucrezia Borgia, Italian wife of Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (born 1480)

• 1520 Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese commander (born 1489)

1601–1900

• 1604 Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English courtier, Lord Great Chamberlain (born 1550)

• 1637 Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer and historian (born 1580)

• 1643 John Hampden, English politician (born 1595)

• 1766 Adrien Maurice de Noailles, French soldier and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1678)

• 1778 Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist and academic (born 1714)

• 1803 Matthew Thornton, Irish-American judge and politician (born 1714)

• 1817 Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania (born 1734)

• 1835 Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (born 1769)

1901–present

• 1902 George Leake, Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (born 1856)

• 1908 Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (born 1837)

• 1909 Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (born 1849)

• 1922 Walther Rathenau, German businessman and politician, 7th German Minister for Foreign Affairs (born 1867)

• 1923 Edith Södergran, Swedish-Finnish poet (born 1892)

• 1931 Otto Mears, Russian-American businessman (born 1840)

• 1931 Xiang Zhongfa, Chinese politician, 2nd General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (born 1880)

• 1932 Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (born 1879)

• 1935 Carlos Gardel, French-Argentine singer, composer and actor (born 1890)

• 1943 Camille Roy, Canadian priest and critic (born 1870)

• 1946 Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (born 1857)

• 1947 Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (born 1864)

• 1962 Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist and music critic (born 1906)

• 1964 Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (born 1892)

• 1969 Frank King, American cartoonist (born 1883)

• 1969 Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (born 1906)

• 1975 Wendell Ladner, Professional Basketball Player in the ABA

• 1976 Minor White, American photographer, critic, and academic (born 1908)

• 1978 Robert Charroux, French author and critic (born 1909)

• 1980 V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (born 1894)

• 1984 Clarence Campbell, Canadian businessman (born 1905)

• 1987 Jackie Gleason, American actor, comedian, and producer (born 1916)

• 1988 Csaba Kesjár, Hungarian race car driver (born 1962)

• 1991 Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (born 1917)

• 1991 Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter and illustrator (born 1899)

• 1994 Jean Vallerand, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1915)

• 1995 Andrew J. Transue, American politician and attorney Morissette v. United States (born 1903)

• 1997 Brian Keith, American actor (born 1921)

• 2000 Vera Atkins, British intelligence officer (born 1908)

• 2000 David Tomlinson, English actor and comedian (born 1917)

• 2000 Rodrigo Bueno, Argentine cuarteto singer (born 1973)

• 2001 Konstantin Gerchik, the second head of the world's first cosmodrome — "Baikonur" (1958–1961).

• 2002 Pierre Werner, Luxembourgish banker and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Luxembourg (born 1913)

• 2004 Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek songwriter and author (born 1957)

• 2005 Paul Winchell, American actor, voice artist, and ventriloquist (born 1922)

• 2007 Natasja Saad, Danish rapper and reggae singer (born 1974)

• 2007 Chris Benoit, Canadian wrestler (born 1967)

• 2007 Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer and manager (born 1938)

• 2008 Gerhard Ringel, Austrian mathematician and academic (born 1919)

• 2009 Roméo LeBlanc, Canadian journalist and politician, 25th Governor General of Canada (born 1927)

• 2010 Fred Anderson, American jazz tenor saxophonist (born 1929)

• 2011 Tomislav Ivić, Croatian football coach and manager (born 1933)

• 2012 Darrel Akerfelds, American baseball player and coach (born 1962)

• 2012 Gad Beck, German author and educator (born 1923)

• 2012 Gu Chaohao, Chinese mathematician and academic (born 1926)

• 2012 Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (born 1988)

• 2012 Ann C. Scales, American lawyer, educator, and activist (born 1952)

• 2012 Lonesome George, last known Pinta Island tortoise (hatched )

• 2013 Mick Aston, English archaeologist and academic (born 1946)

• 2013 Emilio Colombo, Italian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1920)

• 2013 Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop (born 1932)

• 2013 William Hathaway, American lawyer and politician (born 1924)

• 2013 James Martin, English-Bermudian computer scientist and author (born 1933)

• 2013 Alan Myers, American drummer (born 1955)

• 2014 John Clement, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1928)

• 2014 Marilyn Fisher Lundy, American businesswoman (born 1925)

• 2014 Olga Kotelko, Canadian runner and softball player (born 1919)

• 2014 Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela (born 1916)

• 2014 Eli Wallach, American actor (born 1915)

• 2015 Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1986)

• 2015 Mario Biaggi, American police officer, politician and criminal (born 1917)

• 2015 Marva Collins, American author and educator (born 1936)

• 2015 Susan Ahn Cuddy, American lieutenant (born 1915)

• 2021 Benigno Aquino III, 15th President of the Philippines (born 1960)

• 2021 Trần Thiện Khiêm, 7th Prime Minister of South Vietnam and army officer (born 1925)

• 2024 Shifty Shellshock, American vocalist (born 1974)

• 2025 Bobby Sherman, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1943)

Holidays and observances

• Army Day or Battle of Carabobo Day (Venezuela)

• Bannockburn Day (Scotland)

Christian feast day:

• Gohard

• Joseph Yuan

• María Guadalupe García Zavala

• Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

• Rumbold of Mechlin

• June 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Day of the Caboclo (Amazonas, Brazil)

• Inti Raymi, a winter solstice festival and a New Year in the Andes of the Southern Hemisphere (Sacsayhuamán)

St John's Day and the second day of the Midsummer celebrations (although this is not the astronomical summer solstice, see June 20) (Roman Catholic Church, Europe), and its related observances:

• Enyovden (Bulgaria)

• Catalan Countries National Day (Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Northern Catalonia, Valencia)

• Jaanipäev (Estonia)

• Jāņi (Latvia)

• Jónsmessa (Iceland)

• Midsummer Day (England)

• Saint Jonas' Festival or Joninės (Lithuania)

• Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (Quebec)

• Sânziene (western Carpathian Mountains of Romania)

• Wattah Wattah Festival (Philippines)

• Fors Fortuna, ancient Roman festival to Fortuna

References

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