Events

Pre-1600

• 713 The imperial official Artemius is chosen as Byzantine emperor the day after the blinding of previous emperor Philippicus. Artemisius chooses the name of Anastasius II and announces his adherence to Chalcedonian Christianity.

• 1411 King Charles VI grants a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, as they had been doing for centuries.

• 1525 Bayham Abbey riot: Villagers from Kent and Sussex, England riot and occupy Bayham Old Abbey for a week in protest against Cardinal Thomas Wolsey's order to suppress the monastery in order to fund two colleges founded by him.

• 1561 The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathedral of London, is destroyed in a fire caused by lightning, and is never rebuilt.

1601–1900

• 1615 Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.

• 1745 Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeat an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.

• 1760 Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians.

• 1783 The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).

• 1784 Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers in 45 minutes, and reaches an estimated in altitude.

• 1792 Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.

• 1796 The siege of Mantua begins when Napoleon Bonaparte lays siege to the fortress of Mantua, the last Austrian stronghold in Northern Italy. It will become the main focus of Napoleon's army for eight months during the Italian campaign of 1796-1797.

• 1802 King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel.

• 1812 Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.

• 1825 General Lafayette, a French officer in the American Revolutionary War, speaks at what would become Lafayette Square in Buffalo, New York, during his visit to the United States.

• 1855 Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps.

• 1859 Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat the Austrian army.

• 1862 American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.

• 1876 An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco via the first transcontinental railroad, 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.

• 1878 Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.

• 1896 Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and also gives it a successful test run.

1901–present

• 1912 Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.

• 1913 Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.

• 1916 World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.

• 1917 The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.

• 1919 Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.

• 1919 Leon Trotsky bans the planned Fourth Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents.

• 1920 Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.

• 1928 The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.

• 1932 Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile.

• 1939 The Holocaust: The , a ship carrying 973 German Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.

• 1940 World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: The British Armed Forces completes evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.

• 1942 World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. Japanese Admiral Chūichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

• 1942 World War II: Gustaf Mannerheim, the Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Army, is granted the title of Marshal of Finland by the government on his 75th birthday. On the same day, Adolf Hitler arrives in Finland for a surprise visit to meet Mannerheim.

• 1943 A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.

• 1944 World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German Kriegsmarine submarine U-505, the first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.

• 1944 World War II: The United States Fifth Army captures Rome, although much of the German Fourteenth Army is able to withdraw to the north.

• 1946 in Argentina assumes its first presidency Juan Domingo Perón.

• 1961 Cold War: In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.

• 1967 Seventy-two people are killed when a Canadair C-4 Argonaut crashes at Stockport in England.

• 1970 Tonga gains independence from the British Empire.

• 1975 Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the United States giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights.

• 1977 JVC introduces its VHS videotape at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago. It will eventually prevail against Sony's rival Betamax system in a format war to become the predominant home video medium.

• 1979 Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.

• 1983 Gordon Kahl, who killed two US Marshals in Medina, North Dakota on February 13, is killed in a shootout in Smithville, Arkansas, along with a local sheriff, after a four-month manhunt.

• 1986 Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.

• 1988 Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.

• 1989 In the 1989 Iranian supreme leader election, Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of Iran after the death and funeral of Ruhollah Khomeini.

• 1989 The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests are suppressed in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army, with between 241 and 10,000 dead (an unofficial estimate).

• 1989 Solidarity's victory in the 1989 Polish legislative election occurs, the first election since the Communist Polish United Workers' Party abandoned its monopoly of power. It sparks off the Revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe.

• 1989 Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.

• 1996 The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.

• 2005 The Civic Forum of the Romanians of Covasna, Harghita and Mureș is founded.

• 2010 Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40.

• 2020 Death of Giovanni López: Protests over the death of Giovanni López Ramírez, who had died on 4 May while in custody, begin in Jalisco following the release of a video of his arrest going viral on social media, and inspired by the George Floyd protests. Later, these spread across Mexico.

• 2023 Protests begin in Poland against the PiS government.

• 2023 Four people are killed when a Cessna Citation V crashes into Mine Bank Mountain in Augusta County, Virginia.

• 2025 Eleven people are killed and 56 people are injured during a crowd crush incident outside M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, India for the celebration of Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Indian Premier League victory.

Births

Pre-1600

• 590 Harsha, Maharajadhiraja of Kannauj (died 647)

• 1394 Philippa of England, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (died 1430)

• 1489 Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (died 1544)

• 1563 George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith (died 1624)

1601–1900

• 1604 Claudia de' Medici, Italian daughter of Christina of Lorraine (died 1648)

• 1665 Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian captain (died 1733)

• 1694 François Quesnay, French economist and physician (died 1774)

• 1704 Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and businessman (died 1776)

• 1738 George III of the United Kingdom (died 1820)

• 1744 Patrick Ferguson, Scottish soldier, designed the Ferguson rifle (died 1780)

• 1754 Miguel de Azcuénaga, Argentinian soldier (died 1833)

• 1754 Franz Xaver von Zach, Slovak astronomer and academic (died 1832)

• 1787 Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (died 1856)

• 1801 James Pennethorne, English architect, designed Victoria Park (died 1871)

• 1821 Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright (died 1897)

• 1829 Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (died 1903)

• 1854 Solko van den Bergh, Dutch target shooter (died 1916)

• 1860 Alexis Lapointe, Canadian runner (died 1924)

• 1861 William Propsting, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Tasmania (died 1937)

• 1866 Miina Sillanpää, Finnish journalist and politician (died 1952)

• 1867 Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish general and politician, 6th President of Finland (died 1951)

• 1873 Nictzin Dyalhis, American author (died 1942)

• 1877 Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957)

• 1879 Mabel Lucie Attwell, English author and illustrator (died 1964)

• 1880 Clara Blandick, American actress (died 1962)

• 1885 Arturo Rawson, Argentinian general and politician, 26th President of Argentina (died 1952)

• 1889 Beno Gutenberg, German-American seismologist (died 1960)

1901–present

• 1903 Yevgeny Mravinsky, Russian conductor (died 1988)

• 1904 Bhagat Puran Singh, Indian publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist (died 1992)

• 1907 Jacques Roumain, Haitian journalist and politician (died 1944)

• 1907 Rosalind Russell, American actress (died 1976)

• 1907 Patience Strong, English poet and journalist (died 1990)

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

• 1912 Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter (died 1993)

• 1915 Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer (died 2006)

• 1915 Modibo Keïta, Malian educator and politician, 1st President of Mali (died 1977)

• 1915 Nils Kihlberg, Swedish actor, singer, and director (died 1965)

• 1916 Robert F. Furchgott, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)

• 1916 Gaylord Nelson, American politician and environmentalist, 35th Governor of Wisconsin (died 2005)

• 1916 Fernand Leduc, Canadian painter (died 2014)

• 1917 Robert Merrill, American actor and singer (died 2004)

• 1920 Mia Bustam, Indonesian painter, writer, and political prisoner (died 2011)

• 1921 Milan Komar, Slovenian-Argentinian philosopher and academic (died 2006)

• 1921 Bobby Wanzer, American basketball player and coach (died 2016)

• 1923 Elizabeth Jolley, English-Australian author and academic (died 2007)

• 1923 Masutatsu Ōyama, Korean-Japanese karateka (died 1994)

• 1923 Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, Japanese princess (died 2024)

• 1924 Tofilau Eti Alesana, Samoan politician, 5th Prime Minister of Samoa (died 1999)

• 1924 Dennis Weaver, American actor and director (died 2006)

• 1925 Antonio Puchades, Spanish footballer (died 2013)

• 1926 Robert Earl Hughes, American who was the heaviest human being recorded in the history of the world during his lifetime (died 1958)

• 1926 Ain Kaalep, Estonian poet, playwright, and critic (died 2020)

• 1926 Judith Malina, German-American actress and director, co-founded The Living Theatre (died 2015)

• 1927 Henning Carlsen, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)

• 1927 Geoffrey Palmer, English actor (died 2020)

• 1928 Ruth Westheimer, German-American sex therapist, talk show host, professor, author, and Holocaust survivor (died 2024)

• 1929 Karolos Papoulias, Greek lawyer and politician, 5th President of Greece (died 2021)

• 1930 George Chesworth, English air marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Moray (died 2017)

• 1930 Morgana King, American singer and actress (died 2018)

• 1930 Viktor Tikhonov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 2014)

• 1931 Gustav Nossal, Austrian-Australian biologist and academic

• 1932 John Drew Barrymore, American actor (died 2004)

• 1932 Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist and composer (died 1975)

• 1932 Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (died 2004)

• 1934 Monica Dacon, Vincentian educator and politician, 6th Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• 1934 Daphne Sheldrick, Kenyan-British conservationist and author (died 2018)

• 1935 Colette Boky, Canadian soprano and actress

• 1935 Berhanu Dinka, Ethiopian economist and diplomat (died 2013)

• 1936 Vince Camuto, American fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Nine West (died 2015)

• 1936 Bruce Dern, American actor

• 1937 Freddy Fender, American singer and guitarist (died 2006)

• 1937 Gorilla Monsoon, American wrestler (died 1999)

• 1937 Mortimer Zuckerman, Canadian-American businessman and publisher, founded Boston Properties

• 1938 John Harvard, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (died 2016)

• 1938 Art Mahaffey, American baseball player

• 1939 George Reid, Scottish journalist and politician, 2nd Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament

• 1940 Ludwig Schwarz, Slovak-Austrian bishop

• 1941 Kenneth G. Ross, Australian playwright and screenwriter

• 1942 Louis Reichardt, American mountaineer

• 1942 Bill Rowe, Canadian lawyer and politician

• 1943 Sandra Haynie, American golfer

• 1944 Michelle Phillips, American singer-songwriter and actress

• 1945 Anthony Braxton, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer

• 1945 Daniel Topolski, English rower and coach (died 2015)

• 1945 Gordon Waller, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)

• 1947 Viktor Klima, Austrian businessman and politician, 25th Chancellor of Austria

• 1948 Bob Champion, English jockey

• 1948 Sandra Post, Canadian golfer and sportscaster

• 1948 Paquito D'Rivera, Cuban-American Grammy Award-winning musician

• 1948 Jürgen Sparwasser, German footballer and manager

• 1949 Gabriel Arcand, Canadian actor

• 1949 Mark B. Cohen, American lawyer and politician

• 1950 Raymond Dumais, Canadian bishop (died 2012)

• 1951 Bronisław Malinowski, Polish runner (died 1981)

• 1951 Lyle Stewart, Canadian politician, Saskatchewan MLA (1999–2023) (died 2024)

• 1952 Bronisław Komorowski, Polish historian and politician, 5th President of Poland

• 1952 Dambudzo Marechera, Zimbabwean author and poet (died 1987)

• 1952 Stephen J. Hemsley, American businessman

• 1953 Linda Lingle, American journalist and politician, 6th Governor of Hawaii

• 1953 Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish musician and songwriter (died 1979)

• 1953 Susumu Ojima, Japanese businessman, founded Huser

• 1954 Raphael Ravenscroft, English saxophonist and composer (died 2014)

• 1954 Kazuhiro Yamaji, Japanese actor and voice actor

• 1955 Val McDermid, Scottish author

• 1955 Mary Testa, American singer and actress

• 1956 Keith David, American actor

• 1956 John Hockenberry, American journalist and author

• 1956 Terry Kennedy, American baseball player and manager

• 1956 Joyce Sidman, American author and poet

• 1957 Tinsley Ellis, American electric blues guitarist and singer

• 1957 Neil McNab, Scottish footballer

• 1959 Juan Camacho, Bolivian runner

• 1959 Georgios Voulgarakis, Greek politician, 21st Greek Minister for Culture

• 1959 Anil Ambani, Indian businessman and Chairman of Reliance Infrastructure

• 1960 Miloš Đelmaš, Serbian footballer and manager

• 1960 Bradley Walsh, English television presenter, comedian, singer and former footballer

• 1961 El DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and producer

• 1961 Ferenc Gyurcsány, Hungarian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Hungary

• 1962 Krzysztof Hołowczyc, Polish racing driver

• 1962 Zenon Jaskuła, Polish cyclist

• 1963 Sean Fitzpatrick, New Zealand rugby union player

• 1963 Xavier McDaniel, American basketball player and coach

• 1964 Sean Pertwee, English actor

• 1964 Kōji Yamamura, Japanese animator, producer, and screenwriter

• 1965 Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer

• 1965 Andrea Jaeger, American tennis player and preacher

• 1966 Cecilia Bartoli, Italian soprano and actress

• 1966 Svetlana Jitomirskaya, American mathematician

• 1966 Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian mathematician and academic (died 2017)

• 1966 Bill Wiggin, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales

• 1967 Michael Greyeyes, Canadian actor, dancer, choreographer, director, and educator

• 1967 Robert S. Kimbrough, American colonel and astronaut

• 1968 Niurka Montalvo, Cuban-Spanish long jumper

• 1968 Al B. Sure!, American R&B singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

• 1968 Scott Wolf, American actor

• 1969 Horatio Sanz, Chilean-American actor and comedian

• 1970 Deborah Compagnoni, Italian skier

• 1970 Richie Hawtin, English-Canadian DJ and producer

• 1970 Dave Pybus, English bass player and songwriter

• 1970 Izabella Scorupco, Polish-Swedish actress and model

• 1971 Joseph Kabila, Congolese soldier and politician, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

• 1971 Mike Lee, American lawyer and politician

• 1971 Shoji Meguro, Japanese director and composer

• 1971 Noah Wyle, American actor and producer

• 1972 Derian Hatcher, American ice hockey defenseman

• 1972 Rob Huebel, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter

• 1973 Mikey Whipwreck, American wrestler and trainer

• 1974 Jacob Sahaya Kumar Aruni, Indian chef (died 2012)

• 1974 Darin Erstad, American baseball player and coach

• 1974 Andrew Gwynne, English lawyer and politician

• 1974 Janette Husárová, Slovak tennis player

• 1974 Buddy Wakefield, American poet and author

• 1975 Russell Brand, English comedian and actor

• 1975 Henry Burris, American football player

• 1975 Angelina Jolie, American actress, filmmaker, humanitarian, and activist

• 1975 Dinanath Ramnarine, Trinidadian cricketer

• 1976 Kasey Chambers, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1976 Alexei Navalny, Russian lawyer and politician (died 2024)

• 1976 Nenad Zimonjić, Serbian tennis player

• 1977 Dionisis Chiotis, Greek footballer

• 1977 Alex Manninger, Austrian footballer (died 2026)

• 1977 Roman Miroshnichenko, Ukrainian guitarist and composer

• 1977 Roland G. Fryer Jr., American economist and professor

• 1979 Naohiro Takahara, Japanese footballer

• 1979 Daniel Vickerman, South African-Australian rugby player (died 2017)

• 1980 François Beauchemin, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1981 Jennifer Carroll, Canadian swimmer

• 1981 T.J. Miller, American actor and comedian

• 1981 Giourkas Seitaridis, Greek footballer

• 1981 Gary Taylor-Fletcher, English footballer

• 1981 Natalia Vodopyanova, Russian basketball player

• 1982 Matt Gilks, Scottish footballer

• 1982 Abel Kirui, Kenyan runner

• 1983 Romaric, Ivorian footballer

• 1983 Emmanuel Eboué, Ivorian footballer

• 1983 Olha Saladuha, Ukrainian triple jumper

• 1984 Henri Bedimo, Cameroonian footballer

• 1984 Kento Handa, Japanese actor and singer

• 1984 Stuart Kettlewell, Scottish football manager and former player

• 1984 Enrico Rossi Chauvenet, Italian footballer

• 1984 Ian White, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1984 Rainie Yang, Taiwanese actress

• 1985 Leon Botha, South African painter and DJ (died 2011)

• 1985 Anna-Lena Grönefeld, German tennis player

• 1985 Evan Lysacek, American figure skater

• 1985 Lukas Podolski, German footballer

• 1985 Bar Refaeli, Israeli model and actress

• 1985 Oddvar Reiakvam, Norwegian politician

• 1987 Mollie King, English singer

• 1988 Matt Bartkowski, American ice hockey defenseman

• 1988 Kimberley Busteed, Australian model

• 1988 Tjaronn Chery, Dutch-born Surinamese footballer

• 1989 Federico Erba, Italian footballer

• 1989 Paweł Fajdek, Polish hammer thrower

• 1990 Evan Spiegel, American Internet entrepreneur

• 1991 Lorenzo Insigne, Italian footballer

• 1991 Matt McIlwrick, New Zealand rugby league player

• 1991 Ben Stokes, New Zealand-English cricketer

• 1991 Rajiv van La Parra, Dutch footballer

• 1992 Jordan Hugill, English footballer

• 1993 Jonathan Huberdeau, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1993 Juan Iturbe, Paraguayan footballer

• 1993 Aaron Nola, American baseball player

• 1993 Annika Taylor, British-American cross-country skier

• 1996 Oli McBurnie, Scottish footballer

• 1998 Central Cee, British rapper and songwriter

• 1999 Kim So-hyun, South Korean actress

• 1999 Drew Pavlou, Australian activist

• 2001 Choerry, South Korean singer and member of Loona

• 2001 Takefusa Kubo, Japanese footballer

• 2004 Mackenzie Ziegler, American child actress, dancer, and recording artist

• 2021 Princess Lilibet of Sussex

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 756 Shōmu, Japanese emperor (born 701)

• 863 Charles, archbishop of Mainz

• 895 Li Xi, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty

• 946 Guaimar II (Gybbosus), Lombard prince

• 956 Muhammad III of Shirvan, Muslim ruler

• 1039 Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 990)

• 1102 Władysław I Herman, Polish nobleman (born c. 1044)

• 1134 Magnus Nielsen (born 1106), Danish duke

• 1135 Emperor Huizong of Song (born 1082)

• 1206 Adela of Champagne (born 1140)

• 1246 Isabella of Angoulême (born 1188)

• 1257 Przemysł I of Greater Poland (born 1221)

• 1394 Mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV of England (bornc. 1368)

• 1453 Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos, Byzantine commander

• 1463 Flavio Biondo, Italian historian and author (born 1392)

• 1472 Nezahualcoyotl, Aztec poet (born 1402)

• 1585 Muretus, French philosopher and author (born 1526)

1601–1900

• 1608 Francis Caracciolo, Italian Catholic priest (born 1563)

• 1622 Péter Révay, Hungarian soldier and historian (born 1568)

• 1647 Canonicus, Grand Chief Sachem of the Narragansett (born 1565)

• 1663 William Juxon, English archbishop and academic (born 1582)

• 1798 Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and author (born 1725)

• 1801 Frederick Muhlenberg, American minister and politician, 1st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1750)

• 1809 Nicolai Abildgaard, Danish neoclassical and history painter, sculptor and architect (born 1743)

• 1830 Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Bolivia (born 1795)

• 1872 Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch historian, jurist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1798)

• 1875 Eduard Mörike, German pastor and poet (born 1804)

• 1876 Abdulaziz, 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (born 1830)

1901–present

• 1906 George Griffith, British writer (born 1857)

• 1922 W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (born 1864)

• 1925 Margaret Murray Washington, American Academic (born 1865)

• 1926 Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer and coach (born 1853)

• 1928 Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (born 1873)

• 1929 Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (born 1881)

• 1931 Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Sharif and Emir of Mecca, King of the Hejaz (born 1853–54)

• 1933 Ahmet Haşim, Turkish poet and author (born 1884)

• 1936 Mathilde Verne, English pianist and educator (born 1869)

• 1939 Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player (born 1900)

• 1941 Wilhelm II, German Emperor (born 1859)

• 1942 Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer and a principle architect of the Holocaust (born 1904)

• 1951 Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor (born 1874)

• 1956 Katherine MacDonald, American actress and producer (born 1881)

• 1962 Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (born 1882)

• 1967 Linda Eenpalu, Estonian lawyer and politician (born 1890)

• 1968 Dorothy Gish, American actress (born 1898)

• 1970 Sonny Tufts, American actor (born 1911)

• 1971 György Lukács, Hungarian historian and philosopher (born 1885)

• 1973 Maurice René Fréchet, French mathematician and academic (born 1878)

• 1973 Murry Wilson, American songwriter, producer, and manager (born 1917)

• 1981 Leslie Averill, New Zealand doctor and soldier (born 1897)

• 1989 Dik Browne, American cartoonist (born 1917)

• 1990 Stiv Bators, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1949)

• 1990 Zdenka Ziková, Czech opera singer (born 1902)

• 1992 Carl Stotz, American businessman, founded Little League Baseball (born 1910)

• 1993 Bernard Evslin, American writer (born 1922)

• 1994 Derek Leckenby, English musician (born 1943)

• 1997 Ronnie Lane, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1946)

• 1998 Josephine Hutchinson, American actress (born 1903)

• 2002 Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, 42nd President of Peru (born 1912)

• 2004 Steve Lacy, American saxophonist and composer (born 1934)

• 2004 Nino Manfredi, Italian actor (born 1921)

• 2007 Clete Boyer, American baseball player and coach (born 1937)

• 2007 Bill France Jr., American businessman (born 1933)

• 2007 Craig L. Thomas, American captain and politician (born 1933)

• 2010 John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (born 1910)

• 2011 Juan Francisco Luis, Virgin Islander sergeant and politician, 23rd Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (born 1940)

• 2011 Andreas P. Nielsen, Danish author and composer (born 1953)

• 2012 Peter Beaven, New Zealand architect, designed the Lyttelton Road Tunnel Administration Building (born 1925)

• 2012 Pedro Borbón, Dominican-American baseball player (born 1946)

• 2012 Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Guatemalan cardinal (born 1932)

• 2012 Herb Reed, American violinist (born 1929)

• 2013 Walt Arfons, American race car driver (born 1916)

• 2013 Joey Covington, American drummer (born 1945)

• 2013 Hermann Gunnarsson, Icelandic footballer, handball player, and sportscaster (born 1946)

• 2013 Will Wynn, American football player (born 1949)

• 2014 George Ho, American-Hong Kong businessman (born 1919)

• 2014 Nathan Shamuyarira, Zimbabwean journalist and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1928)

• 2014 Sydney Templeman, Baron Templeman, English lawyer and judge (born 1920)

• 2014 Don Zimmer, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1931)

• 2015 Marguerite Patten, English economist and author (born 1915)

• 2015 Leonid Plyushch, Ukrainian mathematician and academic (born 1938)

• 2015 Jabe Thomas, American race car driver (born 1930)

• 2015 Anne Warburton, British academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to Denmark (born 1927)

• 2016 Carmen Pereira, Bissau-Guinean politician (born 1937)

• 2017 Juan Goytisolo, Spanish essayist, poet and novelist (born 1931)

• 2021 Clarence Williams III, American actor (born 1939)

• 2022 George Lamming, Barbadian novelist (born 1927)

• 2023 Sulochana Latkar, Indian actress (born 1928)

• 2024 John Blackman, Australian radio and television presenter (born 1947)

• 2024 Parnelli Jones, American racing driver (born 1933)

• 2025 Marc Garneau, Canadian astronaut and Member of Parliament (born 1949)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

• Blessed Antoni Zawistowski

• Filippo Smaldone

• Francis Caracciolo

• Optatus

• Petroc of Cornwall

• Quirinus of Sescia

• Saturnina

• June 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• The Flag Day of the Finnish Defence Forces, also known as the birthday of C. G. E. Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland (Finland)

• Emancipation Day or Independence Day, commemorates the abolition of serfdom in Tonga by King George Tupou in 1862, and the independence of Tonga from the British protectorate in 1970. (Tonga)

• International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (International)

• Trianon Treaty Day (Romania)

• Memorials for the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre (International)

References

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