June 1

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Events

Pre-1600

1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed king of Castile and León.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1298 – Residents of Riga and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the Livonian Order in the Battle of Turaida.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1495 – A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of Scotch whisky.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1533 – Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England.<ref>Fraser, Antonia The Wives of Henry VIII New York: Knopf (1992) Template:ISBN, page 195</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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.<ref name="Galleries1950">Template:Cite book</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1922 – The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
1929 – The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
1930 – The Deccan Queen is introduced as first intercity train between Bombay VT (Now Mumbai CST) and Poona (Pune) to run on electric locomotives.
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.<ref>Template:Cite web Smith. Declaration</ref>
1950 – The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite book; Template:Cite news</ref>
1964 – Kenya becomes a republic with Jomo Kenyatta as its first President.
1974 – The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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.<ref name="ASN">Template:ASN accident</ref>
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 – European Central Bank is founded in Brussels.
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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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.
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.<ref name=finallanding>Template:Cite news</ref>
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 (d. 1158)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1300 – Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, English politician, Lord Marshal of England (d. 1338)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1451 – Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney (d. 1508)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1460 – Enno I, Count of East Frisia, German noble (d. 1491)
1480 – Tiedemann Giese, Polish bishop (d. 1550)
1498 – Maarten van Heemskerck, Dutch painter (d. 1574)
1522 – Dirck Coornhert, Dutch writer and scholar (d. 1590)
1563 – Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Secretary of State for England (d. 1612)

1601–1900

1612 – Frans Post, Dutch painter (d. 1680)
1633 – Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer and academic (d. 1687)
1637 – Jacques Marquette, French missionary and explorer (d. 1675)
1653 – Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (d. 1704)
1675 – Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist and playwright (d. 1755)
1762 – Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish priest and missionary, founded the Irish Christian Brothers (d. 1844)
1765 – Christiane Vulpius, mistress and wife of Johann Wolfgang Goethe (d. 1816)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1770 – Friedrich Laun, German author (d. 1849)
1790 – Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright (d. 1836)
1796 – Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (d. 1832)
1800 – Edward Deas Thomson, Australian educator and politician, Chief Secretary of New South Wales (d. 1879)
1801 – Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1877)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1804 – Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (d. 1857)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1808 – Henry Parker, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales (d. 1881)
1815 – Otto of Greece (d. 1862)<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
1819 – Francis V, Duke of Modena (d. 1875)
1822 – Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden, English portrait photographer (d. 1865)
1825 – John Hunt Morgan, American general (d. 1864)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1831 – John Bell Hood, American general (d. 1879)
1833 – John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and politician; Attorney General of Kentucky (d. 1911)
1843 – Henry Faulds, Scottish physician and missionary, developed fingerprinting (d. 1930)
1869 – Richard Wünsch, German philologist (d. 1915)
1873 – Elena Alistar, Bessarabian politician (d. 1955)
1874 – Yury Nikolaevich Voronov, Russian botanist (d. 1931)
1878 – John Masefield, English author and poet (d. 1967)
1878 – Sam Dreben, American soldier and mercenary (d. 1925)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1879 – Max Emmerich, American triathlete and gymnast (d. 1956)
1887 – Clive Brook, English actor (d. 1974)
1889 – Charles Kay Ogden, English linguist and philosopher (d. 1957)
1890 – Frank Morgan, American actor (d. 1949)
1892 – Amanullah Khan, sovereign of the Kingdom of Afghanistan, (d. 1960)
1896 – Sydney Kyte, British bandleader (d. 1981)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

1901 – Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager (d. 1990)
1901 – Tom Gorman, Australian rugby league player (d. 1978)<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
1901 – John Van Druten, English-American playwright and director (d. 1957)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1903 – Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop and martyr (d. 1973)
1903 – Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist and academic (d. 1986)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1905 – Robert Newton, English-American actor (d. 1956)
1907 – Jan Patočka, Czech philosopher (d. 1977)
1907 – Frank Whittle, English airman and engineer, developed the jet engine (d. 1996)
1909 – Yechezkel Kutscher, Slovakian-Israeli philologist and linguist (d. 1971)
1910 – Gyula Kállai, Hungarian communist leader, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary (d. 1996)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1912 – Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, author, and mountaineer (d. 1987)
1913 – Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (d. 2007)
1915 – John Randolph, American actor (d. 2004)
1917 – William Standish Knowles, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1920 – Robert Clarke, American actor and producer (d. 2005)
1921 – Nelson Riddle, American composer and bandleader (d. 1985)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1922 – Joan Caulfield, American model and actress (d. 1991)
1922 – Povel Ramel, Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2007)
1924 – William Sloane Coffin, American minister and activist (d. 2006)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1925 – Dilia Díaz Cisneros, Venezuelan teacher (d. 2017)
1926 – Johnny Berry, English footballer (d. 1994)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1926 – Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1926 – Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (d. 1962)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1926 – George Robb, English international footballer and teacher (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1926 – Richard Schweiker, American soldier and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (d. 2015)
1928 – Georgy Dobrovolsky, Soviet Ukrainian pilot and astronaut (d. 1971)
1928 – Steve Dodd, Australian actor and composer (d. 2014)
1928 – Bob Monkhouse, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1928 – K. W. Lee, American journalist (d. 2025)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1929 – Nargis, Indian actress (d. 1981)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1929 – James H. Billington, American academic and Thirteenth Librarian of Congress (d. 2018)
1930 – Matt Poore, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1930 – Edward Woodward, English actor (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Cbignore</ref>
1931 – Walter Horak, Austrian footballer (d. 2019)
1932 – Frank Cameron, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1932 – Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic (d. 1994)
1933 – Haruo Remeliik, Palauan politician, 1st President of Palau (d. 1985)
1933 – Charles Wilson, American lieutenant and politician (d. 2010)
1934 – Pat Boone, American singer-songwriter and actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1934 – Peter Masterson, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2018)
1934 – Doris Buchanan Smith, American author (d. 2002)
1935 – Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, English architect, founded Foster and Partners
1935 – Reverend Ike, American minister and television host (d. 2009)
1935 – Jack Kralick, American baseball player (d. 2012)
1935 – John C. Reynolds, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2013)
1936 – Anatoly Albul, Soviet and Russian wrestler (d. 2013)
1936 – André Bourbeau, Canadian politician (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1936 – Bekim Fehmiu, Bosnian actor (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1936 – Gerald Scarfe, English illustrator and animator<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1937 – Morgan Freeman, American actor and producer
1937 – Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress
1937 – Colleen McCullough, Australian neuroscientist and author (d. 2015)
1939 – Cleavon Little, American actor and comedian (d. 1992)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1940 – René Auberjonois, American actor (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1940 – Katerina Gogou, Greek writer and actress (d. 1993)
1940 – Kip Thorne, American physicist, astronomer, and academic<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1941 – Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (d. 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<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1943 – Lorrie Wilmot, South African cricketer (d. 2004)
1944 – Colin Blakemore, British neurobiologist (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1944 – Robert Powell, English actor
1945 – Linda Scott, American singer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1945 – Lydia Shum, Chinese-Hong Kong actress (d. 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 and singer
1947 – Ronnie Wood, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1948 – Powers Boothe, American actor (d. 2017)
1948 – Tomáš Halík, Czech Roman Catholic priest, philosopher, theologian and scholar
1948 – Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 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 (d. 1999)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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<ref name=":0">Abrahamsen, David (1985). Confessions of Son of Sam. New York: Columbia University Press. Template:ISBN.</ref>Template:Rp
1954 – Jill Black, Lady Black of Derwent, English lawyer and judge<ref>'BLACK, Rt Hon. Dame Jill (Margaret)', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 28 July 2017</ref>
1955 – Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 2016)
1955 – Lorraine Moller, New Zealand runner
1955 – Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (d. 2008)
1956 – Patrick Besson, French writer and journalist
1956 – Petra Morsbach, German author<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1958 – Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Mongolia<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1958 – Gennadiy Valyukevich, Belarusian triple jumper (d. 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 (d. 2012)
1960 – Sergey Kuznetsov, Russian footballer and manager
1960 – Giorgos Lillikas, Cypriot politician, 8th Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs
1960 – Lucy McBath, American politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1960 – Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (d. 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, Slovakian-German pianist and composer
1961 – Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian oligarch, mercenary chief and restaurateur (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1963 – Vital Borkelmans, Belgian footballer
1963 – Miles J. Padgett, Scottish physicist and academic
1963 – David Westhead, English actor and producer
1965 – Larisa Lazutina, Russian skier
1965 – Olga Nazarova, Russian sprinter
1966 – Greg Schiano, American football player and coach
1968 – Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1970 – Alison Hinds, British-Barbadian soca singer<ref name="Kuss">Kuss, Malena (2006), Music in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Encyclopedic History: Performing the Caribbean Experience v. 2, University of Texas Press, Template:ISBN, p. 350.</ref>
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<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1973 – Derek Lowe, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1974 – Alanis Morissette, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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<ref>Template:Baseballstats</ref>
1977 – Sarah Wayne Callies, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
1981 – Aleksei Mikhailovich Uvarov, Russian footballer
1982 – Justine Henin, Belgian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Jean Beausejour, Chilean footballer
1984 – Olivier Tielemans, Dutch racing driver
1984 – Nikki Glaser, American comedian<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopian runner
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, Slovakian footballer
1987 – Yarisley Silva, Cuban pole vaulter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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
1991 – Zazie Beetz, German-American actress<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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 (d. 2022)<ref name="TechnotheTweet">Template:Cite tweet</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

195 BC – Emperor Gaozu of Han (b. 256 BC)
193 – Marcus Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (b. 133)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
352 – Ran Min, Emperor of Ran Wei during the Sixteen Kingdoms<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=ZZTJ99>Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 99.</ref>
654 – Pyrrhus, patriarch of Constantinople<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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 (b. 1068)
1186 – Minamoto no Yukiie, Japanese warlord
1220 – Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (b. 1176)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1310 – Marguerite Porete, French mystic
1354 – Kitabatake Chikafusa (b. 1293)<ref>Paul Varley. (1995). "Kitabatake Chikafusa", Great Thinkers of the Eastern World, p. 335.</ref>
1434 – King Wladislaus II of Poland
1449 – Polissena Sforza, Lady of Rimini (b. 1428)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1571 – John Story, English martyr (b. 1504)

1601–1900

1616 – Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1543)
1625 – Honoré d'Urfé, French author and poet (b. 1568)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1639 – Melchior Franck, German composer (b. 1579)
1660 – Mary Dyer, English-American martyr (b. 1611)
1662 – Zhu Youlang, Chinese emperor (b. 1623)
1681 – Cornelis Saftleven, Dutch genre painter (b. 1607)
1710 – David Mitchell, Scottish admiral and politician (b. 1642)
1740 – Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657)
1769 – Edward Holyoke, American pastor and academic (b. 1689)
1773 – Wolraad Woltemade, South African folk hero (b. 1708)
1795 – Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (b. 1744)
1815 – Louis-Alexandre Berthier, French general and politician, French Minister of War (b. 1753)
1823 – Louis-Nicolas Davout, French general and politician, French Minister of War (b. 1770)
1826 – J. F. Oberlin, French pastor and philanthropist (b. 1740)
1830 – Swaminarayan, Indian religious leader (b. 1781)
1833 – Oliver Wolcott Jr., American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Treasury, 24th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1760)
1841 – David Wilkie, Scottish painter and academic (b. 1785)
1846 – Pope Gregory XVI (b. 1765)
1861 – John Quincy Marr, American captain (b. 1825)
1864 – Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel, led the Taiping Rebellion (b. 1812)
1868 – James Buchanan, American lawyer and politician, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791)
1872 – James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald (b. 1795)
1873 – Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1804)
1876 – Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and journalist (b. 1848)
1879 – Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France (b. 1856)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

1908 – Allen Butler Talcott, American painter (b. 1867)
1925 – Thomas R. Marshall, American politician, 28th Vice President of the United States (b. 1854)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1927 – Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (b. 1860)
1927 – J. B. Bury, Irish historian, philologist, and scholar (b. 1861)
1934 – Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel and polo player (b. 1867)
1935 – Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Romanian-Hungarian general (b. 1857)
1938 – Ödön von Horváth, Croatian-French author and playwright (b. 1901)
1941 – Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic (b. 1873)
1941 – Hugh Walpole, New Zealand-English author (b. 1884)
1943 – Leslie Howard, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
1943 – Wilfrid Israel, English-German businessman and philanthropist (b. 1899)
1946 – Ion Antonescu, Romanian marshal and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1882)
1948 – Alex Gard, Russian-American cartoonist (b. 1900)
1952 – John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1859)
1953 – Emanuel Vidović, Croatian painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
1954 – Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish-German journalist and author (b. 1869)
1960 – Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1883)
1960 – Paula Hitler, German-Austrian sister of Adolf Hitler (b. 1896)
1962 – Adolf Eichmann, a German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (b. 1906)
1963 – Walter Lee, Australian politician, 24th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1874)
1965 – Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach, founded the Green Bay Packers (b. 1898)
1966 – Papa Jack Laine, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1873)
1968 – Helen Keller, American author and activist (b. 1880)
1968 – André Laurendeau, Canadian playwright, journalist, and politician (b. 1912)
1969 – Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1904)
1971 – Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian and academic (b. 1892)
1979 – Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1980 – Arthur Nielsen, American businessman, founded the ACNielsen company (b. 1897)
1981 – Carl Vinson, American lawyer and politician (b. 1883)
1983 – Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (b. 1903)
1983 – Anna Seghers, German writer (b. 1900)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Richard Greene, English actor and soldier (b. 1918)
1986 – Jo Gartner, Austrian racing driver (b. 1958)
1987 – Rashid Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1921)
1988 – Herbert Feigl, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1902)
1989 – Aurelio Lampredi, Italian engineer, designed the Ferrari Lampredi engine (b. 1917)
1991 – David Ruffin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
1996 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian politician, 6th President of India (b. 1913)
1999 – Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (b. 1910)
2000 – Tito Puente, American drummer, composer, and producer (b. 1923)
2001 – Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist, created Dennis the Menace (b. 1920)
2001 – notable victims of the Nepalese royal massacre
- Aishwarya of Nepal (b. 1949)
- Birendra of Nepal (b. 1945)
- Dhirendra of Nepal (b. 1950)
- Prince Nirajan of Nepal (b. 1978)
- Princess Shruti of Nepal (b. 1976)
2002 – Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2004 – William Manchester, American historian and author (b. 1922)
2005 – Hilda Crosby Standish, American physician (b. 1902)
2005 – George Mikan, American basketball player and coach (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007 – Tony Thompson, American singer and songwriter (b. 1975)
2008 – Tommy Lapid, Israeli journalist and politician, 17th Justice Minister of Israel (b. 1931)
2008 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer, founded Saint Laurent Paris (b. 1936)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2009 – Vincent O'Brien, Irish horse trainer (b. 1917)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2010 – Kazuo Ohno, Japanese dancer (b. 1906)
2010 – Andrei Voznesensky, Russian poet (b. 1933)
2011 – Haleh Sahabi, Iranian humanitarian and activist (b. 1957)
2012 – Faruq Z. Bey, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1942)
2012 – Pádraig Faulkner, Irish educator and politician, 19th Irish Minister of Defence (b. 1918)
2012 – Milan Gaľa, Slovak politician (b. 1953)
2013 – James Kelleher, Canadian lawyer and politician, 33rd Solicitor General of Canada (b. 1930)
2014 – Ann B. Davis, American actress (b. 1926)
2014 – Valentin Mankin, Ukrainian sailor (b. 1938)
2014 – Timofei Moșneaga, Moldovan physician and politician, Moldovan Minister of Health (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – Charles Kennedy, Scottish journalist and politician (b. 1959)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – Joan Kirner, Australian educator and politician, 42nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1938)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2015 – Nicholas Liverpool, Dominican lawyer and politician, 6th President of Dominica (b. 1934)
2015 – Jacques Parizeau, Canadian economist and politician, 26th Premier of Quebec (b. 1930)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2015 – Jean Ritchie, American singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
2018 – Sinan Sakić, Serbian pop-folk singer (b. 1956)
2019 – Ani Yudhoyono, Indonesian politician, 6th First Lady of Indonesia. (b. 1952)<ref name=jg>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=bloomberg>Template:Cite news</ref>
2024 – Tin Oo, Burmese general and politician (b. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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:
Global Day of Parents (International)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The beginning of Crop over, celebrated until the first Monday of August. (Barbados)
Victory Day (Tunisia)
World Milk Day (International)
National Technology Day (libya)<ref>PDF File from Government Website</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

References

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External links

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