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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 138|138]] &ndash; Emperor [[Hadrian]] of Rome dies of [[heart failure]] at his residence on the bay of Naples, [[Baiae]]; he is buried at [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] in the [[Castel Sant'Angelo|Tomb of Hadrian]] beside his late wife, [[Vibia Sabina]].
*[[AD 420|420]] &ndash; Having usurped the throne of [[Emperor Gong of Jin]], [[Emperor Wu of Song|Liu Yu]] proclaims himself [[List of emperors of the Southern dynasties|Emperor]] of the [[Liu Song dynasty]].<ref>According to Liu Yu's biography in ''Book of Song'', he crowned himself emperor on the ''dingmao'' day of the 6th month of the 1st year of the ''Yongchu'' era of his reign. This corresponds to 10 Jul 420 in the Julian calendar. (永初元年夏六月丁卯，設壇於南郊，即皇帝位...) ''[[Song Shu]]'', vol. 03</ref>
* [[645]] &ndash; [[Isshi Incident]]: Prince [[Emperor Tenji|Naka-no-Ōe]] and [[Fujiwara no Kamatari]] assassinate [[Soga no Iruka]] during a ''[[coup d'état]]'' at the imperial palace.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ponsonby-Fane|first=Richard|title=The Imperial House of Japan|year=1959|publisher=Ponsonby Memorial Society|location=Kyoto|pages=49–50}}</ref>
* [[988]] &ndash; The Norse King [[Glúniairn]] recognises [[Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill]], High King of Ireland, and agrees to pay taxes and accept [[Brehon Law]]; the event is considered to be the founding of the city of [[Dublin]].
*[[1212]] &ndash; The most severe of several [[early fires of London]] burns most of the city to the ground.
*[[1290]] &ndash; [[Ladislaus IV of Hungary|Ladislaus IV]], [[King of Hungary]], is assassinated at the castle of [[Toboliu|Körösszeg]] (modern-day Cheresig in [[Romania]]).<ref>{{cite book|first=Pál|last=Engel|title=The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3RKJDwAAQBAJ|year=2001|publisher=I.B. Tauris Publishers|isbn=9780857731739|page=109}}</ref>
*[[1460]] &ndash; [[Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick]], defeats the king's [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrian]] forces and takes [[Henry VI of England|King Henry VI]] prisoner in the [[Battle of Northampton (1460)|Battle of Northampton]].
*[[1499]] &ndash; The Portuguese explorer [[Nicolau Coelho]] returns to [[Lisbon]] after discovering the sea route to India as a companion of [[Vasco da Gama]].
*[[1512]] &ndash; The [[Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre]] commences with the capture of [[Goizueta, Navarre|Goizueta]].
*[[1519]] &ndash; [[Zhu Chenhao]] declares the [[Ming dynasty]]'s [[Zhengde Emperor]] a usurper, beginning the [[Prince of Ning rebellion]], and leads his army north in an attempt to capture [[Nanjing]].
*[[1553]] &ndash; [[Lady Jane Grey]] takes the throne of England.
*[[1584]] &ndash; [[William I of Orange]] is assassinated in his home in [[Delft]], [[Holland]], by [[Balthasar Gérard]].

===1601–1900===
*[[1645]] &ndash; [[English Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Langport]] takes place.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Collected Works of Thomas Carlyle|url=https://archive.org/details/collectedworkst00carlgoog|year=1864|publisher=Chapman and Hall|pages=[https://archive.org/details/collectedworkst00carlgoog/page/n413 397]}}</ref>
*[[1668]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)|Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1671)]]: Notable [[Buccaneer]] [[Henry Morgan]] with an English [[Privateer]] force lands at [[Portobelo, Colón|Porto Bello]] in an attempt to [[Henry Morgan's raid on Porto Bello|capture the fortified and lucrative Spanish city]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Latimer|first1=Jon|author-link=Jon Latimer|title=Buccaneers of the Caribbean: How Piracy Forged an Empire|year=2009|pages=178–81| publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-03403-7}}</ref>
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[American Revolution]]: [[Louis XVI of France]] declares war on the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]].
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)|Alexander Mackenzie]] reaches the [[Mackenzie River]] delta.
*[[1806]] &ndash; The [[Vellore Mutiny]] is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian [[sepoy]]s against the [[British East India Company]].
*[[1832]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Andrew Jackson]] vetoes a bill that would re-charter the [[Second Bank of the United States]].
*[[1850]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Millard Fillmore]] is sworn in, a day after becoming president upon [[Zachary Taylor]]'s death.
*[[1877]] &ndash; The then-[[Villa#Post-Roman era|villa]] of [[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico]], formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[War of the Pacific]]: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the [[Battle of La Concepción]] when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[War of the Pacific]]: Chileans led by [[Alejandro Gorostiaga]] defeat [[Andrés Avelino Cáceres]]'s Peruvian army at the [[Battle of Huamachuco]], hastening the end of the war.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Historia militar de Chile|last1=Pinochet Ugarte|first1=Augusto|publisher=Biblioteca Militar|year=1997|last2=Villaroel Carmona|first2=Rafael|last3=Lepe Orellana|first3=Jaime|last4=Fuente-Alba Poblete|first4=J. Miguel|last5=Fuenzalida Helms|first5=Eduardo|edition=3rd|language=es|author-link=Augusto Pinochet|author-link4=Juan Miguel Fuente-Alba|pages=208–210}}</ref>
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Wyoming]] is admitted as the 44th [[U.S. state]].<ref>{{cite book|author=United States Department of State|title=The Statutes at Large of the United States from ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=biU3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PR10|year=1891|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=10}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Arthur Meighen]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Canada]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Canada. Privy Council|author2=Public Archives of Canada|title=Guide to Canadian Ministries Since Confederation, July 1, 1867-April 1, 1973|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uP7VMpdQsg8C|year=1974|publisher=Public Archives of Canada|page=55}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Bloody Sunday (1921)|Belfast's Bloody Sunday]] occurs with 20 killings, at least 100 wounded and 200 homes destroyed during rioting and gun battles in [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]].<ref>Parkinson, Alan F. ''Belfast's Unholy War''. Four Courts Press, Dublin 2004; ISBN 1-85182-792-7, pg. 154.</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Paavo Nurmi]] wins the 1,500&nbsp;m and 5,000&nbsp;m events at the [[1924 Summer Olympics|Paris Olympics]], with just an hour between the two races.<ref>{{cite book| author=Lauri Pihkala & Martti Jukola | title=Olympialaiskisat ennen ja Pariisissa 1924. 2. osa | location=Porvoo | publisher=WSOY | year=1924 | language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Scopes trial]]: In [[Dayton, Tennessee]], the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of [[John T. Scopes]], a young high school science teacher accused of teaching [[evolution]] in violation of the [[Butler Act]].
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Kevin O'Higgins]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]], Vice-President of the Executive Council of the [[Irish Free State]], is assassinated by the [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]].
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Howard Hughes]] begins a 91-hour [[airplane]] flight around the world that will set a new record.
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Vichy government]] is established in France.
*  1940   &ndash; World War II: Six days before [[Adolf Hitler]] issues his [[List of Adolf Hitler's directives|Directive 16]] to the combined ''[[Wehrmacht]]'' armed forces for [[Operation Sea Lion]], the ''[[Kanalkampf]]'' shipping attacks begin against British maritime convoys in the leadup to initiating the [[Battle of Britain]].
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Jedwabne pogrom]]: Massacre of Polish Jews living in and near the village of [[Jedwabne]].
*  1942   &ndash; World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact [[Mitsubishi A6M Zero]] on [[Akutan Island]] (the "[[Akutan Zero]]"), which the US Navy then uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics.
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: [[Operation Husky]] begins in Sicily.<ref>{{cite book |author=Morison |first=Samuel Eliot |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i_3vsRs4G64C&pg=PA71 |title=Sicily-Salerno-Anzio |publisher=University of Illinois press |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-252-07039-6}}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] is recommended as the first [[Governor-General of Pakistan]] by the British Prime Minister, [[Clement Attlee]].
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Korean War]]: Armistice negotiations begin at [[Kaesong]].
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Telstar 1|Telstar]], the world's first [[communications satellite]], is launched into orbit.
*[[1966]] &ndash; The [[Chicago Freedom Movement]], co-founded by [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], holds a rally at [[Soldier Field]] in Chicago; as many as 60,000 people attend.
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[The Bahamas]] gains full independence within the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
*[[1974]] &ndash; An [[1974 EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 crash|EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes]] at [[Cairo International Airport]], killing all six people on board.<ref name="ASN">{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 154 SU-AXB Cairo |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740710-1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513010841/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740710-1 |archive-date=May 13, 2014 |access-date=May 9, 2014 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; Four mercenaries (one American and three British) are executed in [[Angola]] following the [[Luanda Trial]].
*  [[1978]]   &ndash; President [[Moktar Ould Daddah]] of [[Mauritania]] is ousted in a bloodless [[1978 Mauritanian coup d'état|coup d'état]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Koven |first=Ronald |date=July 11, 1978 |title=Mauritanian President Overthrown in Military Coup |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/07/11/mauritanian-president-overthrown-in-military-coup/ba4387a3-4583-4c92-9ad4-bbf9cce386b9/ |access-date=December 13, 2023 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> 
*[[1985]] &ndash; The [[Greenpeace]] vessel ''[[Rainbow Warrior (1978)|Rainbow Warrior]]'' is [[Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior|bombed and sunk]] in [[Auckland]] harbour by French [[DGSE]] agents, killing [[Fernando Pereira]].
*  1985   &ndash; An [[Aeroflot Flight 5143|Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes]] near [[Uchkuduk]], [[Uzbekistan]] (then part of the [[Soviet Union]]), killing all 200 people on board in the USSR's worst-ever airline disaster.
*[[1991]] &ndash; The [[South African cricket team]] is readmitted into the [[International Cricket Council]] following the end of [[Apartheid]].
*  1991   &ndash; [[Boris Yeltsin]] takes office as the first elected [[President of Russia]].<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2021: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CPcCEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA361|date=October 27, 2020|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-424-9|pages=361}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; A [[L'Express Airlines Flight 508|Beechcraft Model 99 crashes]] near Birmingham Municipal Airport (now [[Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport]]) in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], killing 13 of the 15 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Beechcraft C99 Commuter N7217L Birmingham Airport, AL (BHM)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19910710-0|access-date=July 3, 2021|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; In [[Miami]], former [[Panamanian]] leader [[Manuel Noriega]] is sentenced to 40 years in prison for [[Recreational drug use|drug]] and [[racketeering]] violations.<ref>{{cite book|title=Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IIJi1YAoe_sC&pg=PA1246|year=1992|publisher=Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration|pages=1246}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Myanmar|Burmese]] politician [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] is released from house arrest.<ref name="Nobel.org">[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1991/kyi-bio.html Aung San Suu Kyi – Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027035904/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1991/kyi-bio.html|date=27 October 2007}} Nobel Prize Foundation</ref>
*1995 &ndash; The [[NIOSH air filtration rating]]s update with the enactment of 42 CFR 84, previously published in the [[Federal Register]]. The new regulation includes rules governing the new [[N95 respirator]] standard.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 8, 1995 |title=DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service 42 CFR Part 84 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1995-06-08/pdf/95-13287.pdf |publisher=Federal Register}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Herring Jr.|first=Ronald N.|date=1997|title=42 CFR Part 84: It's time to change respirators... but how?|magazine=Engineer's Digest|pages=14–23}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; In London, scientists report the findings of the [[DNA]] analysis of a [[Neanderthal]] skeleton which supports the "[[out of Africa theory]]" of [[human evolution]], placing an "[[African Eve]]" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
*  1997   &ndash; [[Miguel Ángel Blanco]], a member of [[People's Party (Spain)|Partido Popular]] (Spain), is kidnapped (and later murdered) in the Basque city of [[Ermua]] by [[ETA (separatist group)|ETA]] members, sparking widespread protests.
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Catholic Church sexual abuse cases]]: The [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas|Diocese of Dallas]] agrees to pay $23.4&nbsp;million to nine former altar boys who claim they were [[child sexual abuse|sexually abused]] by [[Rudolph Kos]], a former priest.
*[[1999]] &ndash; In women's [[association football]], the [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]] defeats [[China women's national football team|China]] in a [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]] at the [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]] near [[Los Angeles]] to win the [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final|final match]] of the [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup]]. Watched by 90,185 spectators, the final sets a new world record for attendance at a women's sporting event.
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[EADS]], the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of [[Aérospatiale-Matra]], [[DaimlerChrysler Aerospace|DASA]], and [[Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA|CASA]].
*  2000   &ndash; [[Bashar al-Assad]] succeeds his father [[Hafez al-Assad]] as [[President of Syria]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Syria Fast Facts|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/06/18/world/meast/syria-fast-facts/index.html|access-date=January 12, 2022|website=CNN|date=June 19, 2013 }}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; ''[[Massacre of the Innocents (Rubens)|The Massacre of the Innocents]]'', a painting by [[Peter Paul Rubens]], is sold at a [[Sotheby's]] auction for £49.5&nbsp;million (US$76.2&nbsp;million) to [[Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet|Lord Thomson]].
*[[2006]] &ndash; A [[Pakistan International Airlines Flight 688|Pakistan International Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes]] near [[Multan International Airport]], killing all 45 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 AP-BAL Multan Airport (MUX) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20060710-0 |access-date=June 9, 2022 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Erden Eruç]] begins the first solo human-powered [[circumnavigation]] of the world.
*[[2008]] &ndash; Former Macedonian Interior Minister [[Ljube Boškoski]] is acquitted of all war-crimes charges by a [[United Nations]] tribunal.
*[[2011]] &ndash; Russian cruise ship ''[[Bulgaria (ship)|Bulgaria]]'' sinks in the [[Volga]] River near [[Syukeyevo]], [[Tatarstan]], causing 122 deaths.
*  2011   &ndash; Amid widespread backlash to revelations of [[News International phone hacking scandal|phone hacking]], the British weekly [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] newspaper ''[[News of the World]]'' publishes its final issue and shuts down after nearly 168 years in print.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/07/10/uk.phonehacking/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711145525/http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/07/10/uk.phonehacking/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 11, 2011|website=CNN|title=Murdoch flies in as scandal closes News of the World|date=July 10, 2011|first=Richard Allen |last=Greene}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; The [[Episcopal Church USA]] allows [[same-sex marriage]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Episcopal Church now largest with gay blessing|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/episcopal-church-now-largest-with-gay-blessing/|access-date=January 12, 2022|website=cbsnews.com|date=July 10, 2012 |language=en-US}}</ref> 
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Portugal National Football Team|Portugal]] defeats [[France National Football Team|France]] in the [[UEFA Euro 2016 Final]] to win their first [[UEFA European Championship|European title]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/025a-0ec0db63e375-e3d06be8c923-1000--euro-2016-all-you-need-to-know/ |title=EURO 2016: all you need to know |date=January 1, 2023 |website=[[UEFA]]}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[War in Iraq (2013–2017)|Iraqi Civil War]]: [[Mosul]] is declared [[Battle of Mosul (2016–2017)|fully liberated]] from the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] by the government of [[Iraq]].
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Tham Luang cave rescue]]: A group of Thai school children and their football coach are all rescued from a cave after being stuck there for 18 days; one Thai Navy SEAL diver dies during the rescue mission.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 10, 2018 |title=Cave rescue: Boys and football coach free from Tham Luang |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44782132 |access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref><ref> {{Cite news |last1=Weaver |first1=Matthew |last2=Davidson |first2=Helen |date=July 10, 2018 |title=All 12 boys and coach successfully rescued from Thai cave – as it happened |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/live/2018/jul/10/thai-cave-rescue-third-mission-planned-to-bring-out-remaining-boys-and-coach-live-updates |access-date=July 17, 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; The final [[Volkswagen Beetle]] rolls off the line in [[Puebla (city)|Puebla]], Mexico; the last of 5,961 "Special Edition" cars will be exhibited in a museum.<ref>{{cite web|website=Sin Embargo|url=https://www.sinembargo.mx/13-07-2019/3611865|title=De los nazis a los hippies: el fin de la ruta del escarabajo se dio en México, donde se reprodujo por miles|date=July 13, 2019|access-date=July 14, 2019|language=es|trans-title=From Nazis to Hippies, end of the road for "Beetle" in Mexico, where it had been produced by the thousand}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1419]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-Hanazono]] of Japan (d. 1471)
*[[1451]] &ndash; [[James III of Scotland]] (d. 1488)<ref>{{cite web |title=King James III: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/jamesiii.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=January 29, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1501]] &ndash; [[Cho Shik]], Korean poet and scholar (d. 1572)
*[[1509]] &ndash; [[John Calvin]], French pastor and theologian (d. 1564)<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas J. Davis|title=John Calvin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mieDdYosEKUC&pg=PA12|year=2009|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-0660-1|pages=12–}}</ref>
*[[1515]] &ndash; [[Francisco de Toledo]], Viceroy of Peru (d. 1582)
*[[1517]] &ndash; [[Odet de Coligny]], French cardinal (d. 1571)
*[[1533]] &ndash; [[Antonio Possevino]], Italian diplomat (d. 1611)
*[[1592]] &ndash; [[Pierre d'Hozier]], French genealogist and historian (d. 1660)
===1601–1900===
*[[1614]] &ndash; [[Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey]], Irish-English politician (d. 1686)
*[[1625]] &ndash; [[Jean Herauld Gourville]], French adventurer (d. 1703)
*[[1638]] &ndash; [[David Teniers III]], Flemish painter (d. 1685)
*[[1666]] &ndash; [[John Ernest Grabe]], German theologian and academic (d. 1711)
*[[1682]] &ndash; [[Roger Cotes]], English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1716)
*[[1723]] &ndash; [[William Blackstone]], English lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1780)
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[Eva Ekeblad]], Swedish noble and agronomist (d. 1786)
*[[1752]] &ndash; [[David Humphreys (soldier)]], American Revolutionary War colonel, politician, foreign minister and entrepreneur. <ref> https://connecticuthistory.org/david-humphreys/ </ref>
*[[1752]] &ndash; [[St. George Tucker]], United States federal judge (d. 1827)<ref name=ColemanTuckerbiopp1-2>Coleman (1938), 1-2.</ref><ref name=HamiltonTuckerspxii>Hamilton (2003), xii.</ref>
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[George M. Dallas]], American lawyer and politician, 11th [[Vice President of the United States]] (d. 1864)
*[[1802]] &ndash; [[Robert Chambers (publisher born 1802)|Robert Chambers]], Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded [[Chambers Harrap]] (d. 1871)
*[[1802]] &ndash; [[Alfred Ronalds]], British fly fishing author, artisan and Australian pioneer (d. 1860)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ronalds |first=B.F. |title=Alfred Ronalds: Angler, Artisan and Australian Pioneer |publisher=Medlar Press |year=2022}}</ref>
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[Emma Smith]], American religious leader (d. 1879)
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Friedrich August von Quenstedt]], German geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1889)
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Louis-Napoléon Casault]], Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1908)
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Camille Pissarro]], Danish-French painter (d. 1903)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Alvan Graham Clark]], American astronomer (d. 1897)
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Henryk Wieniawski]], Polish violinist and composer (d. 1880)
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Adolphus Busch]], German brewer, co-founded [[Anheuser-Busch]] (d. 1913)
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Nikola Tesla]], Serbian-American electrical and mechanical engineer (d. 1943)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Austin Chapman]], Australian businessman and politician, 4th [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Australian Minister for Defence]] (d. 1926)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Prince Maximilian of Baden]] (d. 1929)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Marcel Proust]], French novelist, critic, and essayist (d. 1922)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Sergey Konenkov]], Russian sculptor (d. 1971)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Mary McLeod Bethune]], American educator and activist (d. 1955)
*  1875   &ndash; [[Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám]], Hungarian politician (d. 1973)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Ernst Bresslau]], German zoologist (d. 1935)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Otto Freundlich]], German painter and sculptor (d. 1943)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Ima Hogg]], American society leader, philanthropist, patron and collector of the arts (d. 1975)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Johannes Blaskowitz]], German general (d. 1948)
*  1883   &ndash; [[Hugo Raudsepp]], Estonian playwright and politician (d. 1952)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Giorgio de Chirico]], Greek-Italian painter and set designer (d. 1978)
*  1888   &ndash; [[Toyohiko Kagawa]], Japanese evangelist, author, and activist (d. 1960)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Edith Quimby]], American medical researcher and physicist (d. 1982)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Jimmy McHugh]], American composer (d. 1969)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Carl Orff]], German composer and educator (d. 1982)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Thérèse Casgrain]], Canadian politician (d. 1981)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Legs Diamond]], American gangster (d. 1931)
*  1897   &ndash; [[Karl Plagge]], German general and engineer (d. 1957)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Renée Björling]], Swedish actress (d. 1975) 
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[John Gilbert (actor)|John Gilbert]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1936)
*  1899   &ndash; [[Heiri Suter]], Swiss cyclist (d. 1978)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Mitchell Parish]], Lithuanian-American songwriter (d. 1993)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Sampson Sievers]], Russian monk and mystic (d. 1979)

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Kurt Alder]], German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1958)
*  1902   &ndash; [[Nicolás Guillén]], Cuban poet, journalist, and activist (d. 1989)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Werner Best]], German [[SS]] officer and jurist (d. 1989)
*  1903   &ndash; [[John Wyndham]], English author (d. 1969)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Seed |first1=David |title=A Companion to Science Fiction |date=June 9, 2008 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-470-79701-3 |page=387 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PiphRocVYRwC&pg=PA387 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Lili Damita]], French-American actress (d. 1994)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Mildred Benson]], American journalist and author (d. 2002)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Thomas Gomez]], American actor (d. 1971)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Wolfram Sievers]], German physician (d. 1948)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Blind Boy Fuller]], American singer and guitarist (d. 1941)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Donald Sinclair (hotel owner)|Donald Sinclair]], English lieutenant and businessman (d. 1981)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Terry-Thomas]], English comedian and character actor (d. 1990)
*  1911   &ndash; [[Cootie Williams]], American trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1985) 
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Salvador Espriu]], Spanish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1985)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Joe Shuster]], Canadian-American illustrator, co-created [[Superman]] (d. 1992)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Rempo Urip]], Indonesian film director (d. 2001)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Judith Jasmin]], Canadian journalist (d. 1972)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Hugh Alexander (baseball)|Hugh Alexander]], American baseball player and scout (d. 2000)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Don Herbert]], American television host known as "Mr. Wizard" (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite news |last=McLellan |first=Dennis |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-herbert13jun13,0,4804035,full.story |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127163100/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-herbert13jun13,0,4804035,full.story |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 27, 2013 |title=Don Herbert, 89; TV's Mr. Wizard Taught Science |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 13, 2007 |access-date=2024-02-11}}</ref>
*  1917   &ndash; [[Reg Smythe]], English cartoonist (d. 1998)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[James Aldridge]], Australian-English journalist and author (d. 2015)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Chuck Stevens]], American baseball player (d. 2018)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Frank L. Lambert]], Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Occidental College (d. 2018)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Fred Wacker]], American race driver and engineer (d. 1998)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Pierre Gamarra]], French author, poet, and critic (d. 2009)
*  1919   &ndash; [[Ian Wallace (singer)|Ian Wallace]], English actor and singer (d. 2009)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[David Brinkley]], American journalist (d. 2003)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Owen Chamberlain]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2006)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Cyril Grant]], English footballer (d. 2002)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Harvey Ball]], American illustrator, created the [[Smiley]] (d. 2001)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Jeff Donnell]], American actress (d. 1988)
*  1921   &ndash; [[John K. Singlaub]], U.S. Army Major General (d. 2022)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Eunice Kennedy Shriver]], American activist, co-founded the [[Special Olympics]] (d. 2009)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Jean Kerr]], American author and playwright (d. 2003)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Herb McKenley]], Jamaican sprinter (d. 2007)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Jake LaMotta]], American boxer and actor (d. 2017)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Amalia Mendoza]], Mexican singer and actress (d. 2001)<ref>{{cite web |title=10 de julio de 1923, Nace Amalia Mendoza |url=https://www.imer.mx/10-de-julio-de-1923-nace-amalia-mendoza/ |website=Instituto Mexicano de la Radio |date=July 10, 2018 |access-date=July 10, 2020}}</ref>
*  1923   &ndash; [[John Bradley (United States Navy)|John Bradley]], American soldier (d. 1994)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Suzanne Cloutier]], Canadian actress and producer (d. 2003)
*  1923   &ndash; [[G. A. Kulkarni]], Indian author and academic (d. 1987)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Johnny Bach]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2016)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Bobo Brazil]], American wrestler (d. 1998)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Mahathir Mohamad]], Malaysian physician and politician, 4th and 7th [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]] 
*  1925   &ndash; [[Ernest Bertrand Boland]], American Roman Catholic bishop (d. 2023)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Carleton Carpenter]], American actor, magician, songwriter, and novelist (d. 2022)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Fred Gwynne]], American actor (d. 1993)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Grigory Barenblatt]], Russian mathematician and academic (d. 2018)
*  1927   &ndash; [[David Dinkins]], American soldier and politician, 106th [[Mayor of New York City]] (d. 2020)
*  1927   &ndash; [[William Smithers]], American actor
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Don Bolles]], American investigative reporter (d. 1976)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Bernard Buffet]], French painter and illustrator (d. 1999)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Alejandro de Tomaso]], Argentinian-Italian race car driver and businessman, founded [[De Tomaso]] (d. 2003)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Moshe Greenberg]], American-Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2010)
*  1928   &ndash; [[John Glenn (1960s outfielder)|John Glenn]], American baseball player (d. 2023)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Winnie Ewing]], Scottish lawyer and politician (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Brian |title=Winifred Ewing obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/22/winifred-ewing-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=June 22, 2023 |date=June 22, 2023 |archive-date=June 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622215659/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/22/winifred-ewing-obituary |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1929   &ndash; [[George Clayton Johnson]], American author and screenwriter (d. 2015)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Moe Norman]], Canadian golfer (d. 2004)
*  1929   &ndash; [[José Vicente Rangel]], Venezuelan politician; 21st Vice President of Venezuela (d. 2020)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Bruce Boa]], Canadian actor (d. 2004)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Janette Sherman]], American physician, author, and pioneer in occupational and environmental health (d. 2019)<ref>Seeyle, Katherine Q., ''[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/29/health/dr-janette-sherman-dead.html Dr. Janette Sherman, 89, Early Force in Environmental Science, Dies]'', The New York Times, November 29, 2019</ref>
*  1930   &ndash; [[Josephine Veasey]], English soprano and actress (d. 2022)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Nick Adams (actor, born 1931)|Nick Adams]], American actor and screenwriter (d. 1968)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Jerry Herman]], American composer and songwriter (d. 2019)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Julian May]], American author (d. 2017)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Alice Munro]], Canadian short story writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=DePalma |first=Anthony |date=May 14, 2024 |title=Alice Munro, Nobel Laureate and Master of the Short Story, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/books/alice-munro-dead.html |access-date=May 15, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Carlo Maria Abate]], Italian race car driver (d. 2019)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Neile Adams]], Filipino-American actress, singer and dancer 
*  1932   &ndash; [[Manfred Preußger]], German athlete
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Jumpin' Gene Simmons]], American rockabilly singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
*  1933   &ndash; [[C.K. Yang]], Taiwanese decathlete and pole vaulter (d. 2007)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Marshall Brodien]], American actor (d. 2019)<ref>{{cite news |title=A LITTLE BIT OF MAGIC: GENEVA PROCLAIMS MARSHALL BRODIEN DAY |url=http://kanecountyconnects.com/2018/07/a-little-bit-of-magic-geneva-proclaims-marshall-brodien-day/ |access-date=March 8, 2019 |agency=kanecountyconnects |date=July 11, 2018 |archive-date=May 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522093854/https://kanecountyconnects.com/2018/07/a-little-bit-of-magic-geneva-proclaims-marshall-brodien-day/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*  1934   &ndash; [[Jerry Nelson]], American puppeteer and voice actor (d. 2012)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Margaret McEntee]], American Catholic religious sister and educator
*  1935   &ndash; [[Wilson Tuckey]], Australian politician
*  1935   &ndash; [[Wilson Whineray]], New Zealand rugby player and businessman (d. 2012)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Herbert Boyer]], American businessman, co-founded [[Genentech]]
*  1936   &ndash; [[Tunne Kelam]], Estonian journalist and politician
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Edwards Barham]], American farmer and politician (d. 2014)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Gun Svensson]], Swedish politician
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Paul Andreu]], French architect (d. 2018)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Lee Morgan]], American trumpet player and composer (d. 1972)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Phil Kelly (footballer, born 1939)|Phil Kelly]], Irish-English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Ahmet Taner Kışlalı]], Turkish political scientist, journalist and educator (d. 1999)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Mavis Staples]], American singer 
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai]], Indian-English economist and politician
*  1940   &ndash; [[Helen Donath]], American soprano and actress
*  1940   &ndash; [[Brian Priestley]], English pianist and composer 
*  1940   &ndash; [[Keith Stackpole]], Australian cricketer (d. 2025)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Jake Eberts]], Canadian film producer (d. 2012)
*  1941   &ndash; [[David G. Hartwell]], American anthologist, author, and critic (d. 2016)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Robert Pine (actor)|Robert Pine]], American actor and director
*  1941   &ndash; [[Ian Whitcomb]], English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2020)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Ronnie James Dio]], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2010)
*  1942   &ndash; [[Pyotr Klimuk]], Belarusian general, pilot, and astronaut 
*  1942   &ndash; [[Sixto Rodriguez]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite news |last=Genzlinger |first=Neil |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/arts/music/sixto-rodriguez-dead.html |title=Rodriguez, Singer Whose Career Was Resurrected, Dies at 81 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 9, 2023 |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
*  1942   &ndash; [[Lopo do Nascimento]], Angolan politician; 1st Prime Minister of Angola
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Arthur Ashe]], American tennis player and journalist (d. 1993)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika]], Zambian politician
*  1943   &ndash; [[Jerry Miller]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vozick-Levinson |first=Simon |date=2024-07-22 |title=Moby Grape Guitarist and Founding Member Jerry Miller Dead at 81 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/moby-grape-guitarist-jerry-miller-dead-1235064881/ |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Mick Grant]], English  motorcycle racer
*  1944   &ndash; [[Norman Hammond]], English archaeologist and academic
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Ron Glass]], American actor (d. 2016)
*  1945   &ndash; [[Hal McRae]], American baseball player and manager
*  1945   &ndash; [[John Motson]], English sportscaster (d. 2023)
*  1945   &ndash; [[Jean-Marie Poiré]], French director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1945   &ndash; [[Virginia Wade]], English tennis player and sportscaster
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Jean-Pierre Jarier]], French race car driver
*  1946   &ndash; [[Chin Han (actor, born 1946)|Chin Han]], Taiwanese actor
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Arlo Guthrie]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Ronnie Cutrone]], American painter (d. 2013)
*  1948   &ndash; [[Chico Resch]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
*  1948   &ndash; [[Natalya Sedykh]], Russian figure skater, ballet dancer, actor
*  1948   &ndash; [[John Whitehead (singer)|John Whitehead]], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2004)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Anna Czerwińska]], Polish mountaineer and author (d. 2023)
*  1949   &ndash; [[Sunil Gavaskar]], Indian cricketer and sportscaster
*  1949   &ndash; [[Greg Kihn]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petri |first=Alexandra E. |date=2024-08-15 |title=Greg Kihn, 75, Dies; Scored Hits With ‘Jeopardy’ and ‘The Breakup Song’ |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/arts/music/greg-kihn-dead.html |access-date=2024-08-16 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Tony Baldry]], English colonel, lawyer, and politician, [[Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (United Kingdom)|British Minister of State for Agriculture]]
*  1950   &ndash; [[Prokopis Pavlopoulos]], [[President of Greece]], Greek lawyer and politician, [[Ministry of the Interior (Greece)|Greek Minister for the Interior]]
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Cheryl Wheeler]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Rajnath Singh]], Indian Politician and Union Home Minister of India
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Kim Mitchell]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1952   &ndash; [[Peter van Heemst]], Dutch politician
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Rik Emmett]], Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 
*  1953   &ndash; [[Zoogz Rift]], American musician and wrestler (d. 2011)
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Tommy Bowden]], American football player and coach
*  1954   &ndash; [[Andre Dawson]], American baseball player
*  1954   &ndash; [[Neil Tennant]], English singer-songwriter and keyboard player 
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Nic Dakin]], English educator and politician
*  1955   &ndash; [[Geoff Gerard]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Tom McClintock]], American lawyer and politician
*  1956   &ndash; [[K. Rajagopal (footballer)|K. Rajagopal]], Malaysian football manager
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Derry Grehan]], Canadian rock guitarist and songwriter
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Béla Fleck]], American banjo player and songwriter
*  1958   &ndash; [[Fiona Shaw]], Irish actress and director
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Ellen Kuras]], American director and cinematographer
*  1959   &ndash; [[Sandy West]], American singer, drummer and songwriter (d. 2006)
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Ariel Castro]], Puerto Rican-American convicted kidnapper and rapist (d. 2013)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/745320-ariel-castro-sentencing-memo|title=Ariel Castro Sentencing Memo|date=August 1, 2013|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Jacky Cheung]], Hong Kong singer and film actor
*  1961   &ndash; [[Marc Riley]], English guitarist and radio DJ
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Ian Lougher]], Welsh motorcycle racer
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Martin Laurendeau]], Canadian tennis player and coach
*  1964   &ndash; [[Urban Meyer]], American football player and coach
*  1964   &ndash; [[Wilfried Peeters]], Belgian cyclist
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Scott McCarron]], American golfer
*  1965   &ndash; [[Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark]], European Princess<ref>[[Burke's Peerage|Burke's]] Royal Families of the World: ''Volume I Europe & Latin America'', 1977, pp. 67, 316, 327–328. {{ISBN|0-85011-023-8}}</ref>
*  1965   &ndash; [[Ken Mellons]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Clive Efford]], English politician
*  1966   &ndash; [[Johnny Grunge]], American wrestler (d. 2006)
*  1966   &ndash; [[Christian Stangl]], Austrian skier and mountaineer
*  1966   &ndash; [[Anna Bråkenhielm]], Swedish business executive
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Tom Meents]], American professional monster truck driver
*  1967   &ndash; [[Rebekah Del Rio]], American singer-songwriter
*  1967   &ndash; [[Gillian Tett]], English journalist and author
*  1967   &ndash; [[Ikki Sawamura]], Japanese model, actor and television presenter 
*  1967   &ndash; [[John Yoo]], South Korean-American lawyer, author, and educator 
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Marty Cordova]], American baseball player
*  1969   &ndash; [[Gale Harold]], American actor
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Gary LeVox]], American singer-songwriter 
*  1970   &ndash; [[Jason Orange]], English singer-songwriter and dancer 
*  1970   &ndash; [[John Simm]], English actor
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Adam Foote]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Adam Foote |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/adam-foote/ |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |date=September 18, 2011 |access-date=January 29, 2021}}</ref>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Gregory Goodridge]], Barbadian footballer and coach
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Peter Serafinowicz]], English actor
*  1972   &ndash; [[Sofía Vergara]], Colombian-American actress and producer
*  1972   &ndash; [[Tilo Wolff]], German-Swiss singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer 
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Imelda May]], Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
*1974 &ndash; [[Brian Thompson (businessman)|Brian Thompson]], American insurance executive (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gabriel |first=Trip |date=December 4, 2024 |title=Brian Thompson, Chief Executive of UnitedHealthcare, Dies at 50 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/nyregion/brian-thompson-dead.html |access-date=December 6, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Andrew Firestone]], American businessman
*  1975   &ndash; [[Brendan Gaughan]], American race car driver
*  1975   &ndash; [[Alain Nasreddine]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*  1975   &ndash; [[Stefán Karl Stefánsson]], Icelandic actor (d. 2018)
*  1975   &ndash; [[Richard Westbrook]], English race car driver
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Edmílson]], Brazilian footballer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Elijah Blue Allman]], American singer and guitarist 
*  1976   &ndash; [[Ludovic Giuly]], French footballer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Adrian Grenier]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter
*  1976   &ndash; [[Brendon Lade]], Australian footballer and coach
*  1976   &ndash; [[Lars Ricken]], German footballer
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Chiwetel Ejiofor]], English actor 
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Mvondo Atangana]], Cameroon footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Gong Yoo]], Korean actor
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Alejandro Millán]], Mexican singer-songwriter and keyboard player 
*  1980   &ndash; [[Adam Petty]], American race car driver (d. 2000)
*  1980   &ndash; [[Claudia Leitte]], Brazilian singer-songwriter
*  1980   &ndash; [[James Rolfe]], American actor, director, and producer
*  1980   &ndash; [[Jessica Simpson]], American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Aleksandar Tunchev]], Bulgarian footballer
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Alex Arrowsmith]], American guitarist and producer 
*  1982   &ndash; [[Juliya Chernetsky]], Ukrainian-American television host
*  1982   &ndash; [[Sebastian Mila]], Polish footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Jeffrey Walker (director)|Jeffrey Walker]], Australian actor and director 
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe De Feudis]], Italian footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Matthew Egan]], Australian footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Gabi (footballer, born 1983)|Gabi]], Spanish footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Kim Hee-chul]], Korean entertainer and singer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Joelson José Inácio]], Brazilian footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Doug Kramer]], Filipino basketball player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Anthony Watmough]], Australian rugby league player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Sherif Ekramy]], Egyptian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Egypt |publisher=FIFA |page=9 |date=June 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611000407/https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=June 11, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Nikolaos Mitrou]], Greek footballer
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Park Chu-young]], South Korean footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[B. J. Crombeen]], American ice hockey player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Mario Gómez]], German footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Funda Oru]], Belgian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=De Kamerleden: Funda Oru |url=https://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=nl&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=07869&lactivity=56 |publisher=[[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]] |access-date=10 September 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=nl}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Antonio Brown]], American football player
*  1988   &ndash; [[Heather Hemmens]], American actress, director, and producer
*  1988   &ndash; [[Sarah Walker (BMX rider)|Sarah Walker]], New Zealand BMX rider
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Adam Reynolds]], Australian rugby league player
*  1990   &ndash; [[Trent Richardson]], American footballer
*  1990   &ndash; [[Chiyonokuni Toshiki]], Japanese sumo wrestler
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Daishōmaru Shōgo]], Japanese sumo wrestler
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Chae Soo-bin]], South Korean actress<ref>{{cite web|first=Bea|last=Devesa|title=9 Facts About K-Drama Actress Chae Soo Bin That You'll Love To Know|url=https://www.cosmo.ph/entertainment/chae-soo-bin-facts-a4436-20221022-lfrm?s=v87dfsl397ke6c8hf1mjktj2t0|website=Cosmopolitan Philippines|date=22 October 2022|access-date=14 May 2025}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[April Ivy]], Portuguese composer and singer
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Isabela Merced]], American actress
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Reece Walsh]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{cite web|title=Reece Walsh - Career Stats & Summary|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/reece-walsh/summary.html|website=Rugby League Project}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Moo Deng]], Thai celebrity [[pygmy hippopotamus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo so popular you can visit her for only 5 minutes|url=https://www.npr.org/2024/09/18/nx-s1-5115841/meet-moo-deng-baby-pygmy-hippo|website=NPR}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 138|138]] &ndash; [[Hadrian]], Roman emperor (b. 76)
* [[645]] &ndash; [[Soga no Iruka]], Japanese politician
* [[649]] &ndash; [[Emperor Taizong of Tang|Tai Zong]], Chinese emperor (b. 598)
* [[772]] &ndash; [[Amalberga of Temse]], Frankish noblewoman
* [[831]] &ndash; [[Zubaidah bint Ja`far]], Abbasid Princess
* [[983]] &ndash; [[Pope Benedict VII|Benedict VII]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]]<ref name=Mann>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02428d.htm Mann, Horace. "Pope Benedict VII." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 7 November 2017</ref>
* [[994]] &ndash; [[Leopold I, Margrave of Austria|Leopold I]], margrave of Austria
*[[1086]] &ndash; [[Canute IV of Denmark|Canute IV]], king of Denmark (b. 1043)
*[[1103]] &ndash; [[Eric I of Denmark|Eric I]], king of Denmark (b. 1060)
*[[1290]] &ndash; [[Ladislaus IV of Hungary|Ladislaus IV]], king of Hungary (b. 1262)
*[[1460]] &ndash; [[Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham]], English commander and politician, [[Lord High Constable of England]] (b. 1402)
*  1460   &ndash; [[John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury]], English nobleman (b. c. 1413)
*[[1461]] &ndash; [[Thomas of Bosnia|Thomas]], king of Bosnia (b. 1411)
*[[1473]] &ndash; [[James II of Cyprus|James II]], king of Cyprus
*[[1480]] &ndash; [[René of Anjou]], French nobleman (b. 1400)
*[[1510]] &ndash; [[Catherine Cornaro]], queen of Cyprus (b. 1454)<ref>{{cite web |title=Caterina Cornaro {{!}} queen of Cyprus {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Caterina-Cornaro |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=May 4, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1576]] &ndash; [[Eleonora di Garzia di Toledo]], Italian noble (b. 1553)<ref>Langdon, Gabrielle. ''Medici Women: Portraits of Power, Love, and Betrayal.'' Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007. {{ISBN|978-0-8020-9526-8}}, p. 178.</ref>
*[[1559]] &ndash; [[Henry II of France|Henry II]], king of France (b. 1519)<ref>{{cite web |title=Henri II, King of France |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG31235 |website=www.britishmuseum.org |access-date=June 1, 2022}}</ref>
*[[1584]] &ndash; [[William I of Orange|William I]], Dutch nobleman (b. 1533)
*[[1590]] &ndash; [[Charles II, Archduke of Austria|Charles II]], archduke of Austria (b. 1540)
*[[1594]] &ndash; [[Paolo Bellasio]], Italian organist and composer (b. 1554)
===1601–1900===
*[[1603]] &ndash; [[Joan Terès i Borrull]], Spanish archbishop and academic (b. 1538)
*[[1621]] &ndash; [[Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy|Charles Bonaventure de Longueval]], French commander (b. 1571)
*[[1653]] &ndash; [[Gabriel Naudé]], French librarian and scholar (b. 1600)
*[[1680]] &ndash; [[Louis Moréri]], French priest and scholar (b. 1643)
*[[1683]] &ndash; [[François Eudes de Mézeray]], French historian and author (b. 1610)
*[[1686]] &ndash; [[John Fell (bishop)|John Fell]], English bishop and academic (b. 1625)
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[Richard Peters (priest)|Richard Peters]], English lawyer and minister (b. 1704)
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny]], French general (b. 1754)
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[George Stubbs]], English painter and academic (b. 1724)
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Louis Daguerre]], French photographer and physicist, invented the [[daguerreotype]] (b. 1787)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Clement Clarke Moore]], American author and educator (b. 1779)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Georg Hermann Nicolai]], German architect and academic (b. 1812)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Paul Morphy]], American chess player (b. 1837)
===1901–present===
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Phoebe Knapp]], American organist and composer (b. 1839)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Hendrik Willem Mesdag]], Dutch painter (b. 1831)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher]], British admiral (b. 1841)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Ève Lavallière]], French actress (b. 1866) 
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Arthur Barclay]], 15th president of Liberia (b. 1854)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dunn|first1= Elwood D.|last2=Beyan|first2=Amos J.|last3=Burrowes|first3=Carl Patrick|author-link= |date=2000|title=Historical Dictionary of Liberia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qt0_RrW8ghkC|location=Lanham, Maryland|publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9781461659310|page=33}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Jelly Roll Morton]], American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1890)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Huntley Wright]], English actor (b. 1868)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Richard Maury]], American-Argentinian engineer (b. 1882)
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Rued Langgaard]], Danish organist and composer (b. 1893)
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Calogero Vizzini]], Italian mob boss (b. 1877)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Joe Giard]], American baseball player (b. 1898)
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Sæbjørn Buttedahl]], Norwegian actor and sculptor (b. 1876)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Yehuda Leib Maimon]], Israeli rabbi and politician (b. 1875)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Teddy Wakelam]], English rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1893)
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1908)|Bjarni Benediktsson]], Icelandic academic and politician, 13th [[Prime Minister of Iceland]] (b. 1908)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Laurent Dauthuille]], French boxer (b. 1924)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Lovie Austin]], American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1887)
*[[1976]] – [[Costas Georgiou]], Cypriot-born British [[mercenary]] in the [[Angolan Civil War]] (b. 1951)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Para mercenaries reaped bloody harvest from Andytown to Angola |url=https://belfastmedia.com/bloody-harvest-reaped-from-andytown-to-angola-a1d4355d-18dc-42db-9ffc-0ef007a2bcf7 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250509213929/https://belfastmedia.com/bloody-harvest-reaped-from-andytown-to-angola-a1d4355d-18dc-42db-9ffc-0ef007a2bcf7 |archive-date=May 9, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Belfast Media Group |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[John D. Rockefeller III]], American businessman and philanthropist, founded the [[Asia Society]] (b. 1906)
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Arthur Fiedler]], American conductor (b. 1894)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Joseph Krumgold]], American author and screenwriter (b. 1908)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Fernando Pereira]], Dutch photographer (b. 1950)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Tadeusz Piotrowski (mountaineer)|Tadeusz Piotrowski]], Polish mountaineer and author (b. 1940)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[John Hammond (producer)|John Hammond]], American record producer, critic, and activist (b. 1910)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Mel Blanc]], American voice actor (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mel Blanc {{!}} American entertainer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mel-Blanc |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=April 8, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Ruth Krauss]], American author and poet (b. 1901)
*  1993   &ndash; [[Sam Rolfe]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Mehmet Ali Aybar]], Turkish lawyer and politician (b. 1908)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Eno Raud]], Estonian author (b. 1928)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Vakkom Majeed]], Indian journalist and politician (b. 1909)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Jean-Pierre Côté]], Canadian politician, 23rd [[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec]] (b. 1926)
*  2002   &ndash; [[Evangelos Florakis]], Greek general (b. 1943)
*  2002   &ndash; [[Laurence Janifer]], American author (b. 1933)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Winston Graham]], English author (b. 1908)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross]], German-English lawyer and politician, [[Attorney General for England and Wales]] (b. 1902)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Pati Behrs]], Russian-American ballerina and actress (b. 1922)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[A. J. Quinnell]], English author (b. 1940)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Shamil Basayev]], Chechen terrorist rebel leader (b. 1965)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Lennart Bladh]], Swedish politician (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kristianstadsbladet.se/familj/dodsfall-240/|title=Dödsfall|trans-title=Death|newspaper=[[Kristianstadsbladet]]|language=sv|date=July 14, 2006|access-date=October 23, 2023}}</ref>
*  [[2007]] &ndash; [[Abdul Rashid Ghazi]], [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]] of [[Jamia Faridia|Faridia University]]. (b. 1964)<ref>{{cite news |date=10 July 2007 |title=Pakistan militant cleric killed |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6288704.stm |work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>Cameron-Moore, Simon [https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSISL18833720070710 "Pakistan counts costs of bloody end to mosque siege"] Reuters, 10 July 2007, retrieved 27 July 2009.</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Doug Marlette]], American cartoonist and author (b. 1949)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Hiroaki Aoki]], Japanese-American wrestler and businessman, founded [[Benihana]] (b. 1938)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Mike Souchak]], American golfer (b. 1927)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Ebba Haslund]], Norwegian writer (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ebba Haslund |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date= 23 August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Ebba_Haslund |language=no|access-date=March 25, 2024}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Pierrette Alarie]], Canadian soprano and educator (b. 1921)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Roland Petit]], French dancer and choreographer (b. 1924)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Dolphy]], Filipino actor, singer, and producer (b. 1928)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Peter Kyros]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Berthe Meijer]], German-Dutch journalist and author (b. 1938) 
*  2012   &ndash; [[Fritz Langanke]], German lieutenant (b. 1919)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Viktor Suslin]], Russian-German composer (b. 1942)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Philip Caldwell]], American businessman (b. 1920)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Józef Gara]], Polish poet and linguist (b. 1929)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Concha García Campoy]], Spanish journalist (b. 1958)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Caroline Duby Glassman]], American lawyer and jurist (b. 1922)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Ku Ok-hee]], South Korean golfer (b. 1956)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Gokulananda Mahapatra]], Indian author and academic (b. 1922)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Robert C. Broomfield]], American lawyer and judge (b. 1933)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Juozas Kazickas]], Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1918)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Paul G. Risser]], American ecologist and academic (b. 1939)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Zohra Sehgal]], Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1912)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Gloria Schweigerdt]], American baseball player (b. 1934)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Roger Rees]], Welsh-American actor and director (b. 1944)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/roger-rees-dead-life-adventures-808126/|title=Roger Rees, Star of 'The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby,' Dies at 71|date=July 10, 2015|access-date=April 4, 2023|newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Mike|last=Barnes}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [[Omar Sharif]], Egyptian actor (b. 1932)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Jon Vickers]], Canadian tenor (b. 1926)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Katharina Focke]], German politician (b. 1922)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Henry Morgenthau III]],  American author and television producer (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/recent-notable-deaths-1.1236203|title= Henry Morgenthau III|date=August 10, 2018|newspaper=Newsday Entertainment/Celebrities}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Lara van Ruijven]], Dutch short track speed skater (b. 1992) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2020/07/10/lara-van-ruijven-dies/|title=Lara van Ruijven, short track speed skating world champion, dies at 27|date=July 10, 2020}}</ref>
*  2020 &ndash; [[Jack Charlton]], English footballer and manager (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/july/10|title=Famous Deaths on July 10|website=On This Day|access-date=August 25, 2020}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Maurice Boucher]], Canadian outlaw biker (b. 1953)<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Hells Angels boss Maurice 'Mom' Boucher dead at 69 |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/former-hells-angels-boss-maurice-mom-boucher-dead-at-69-1.5981830 |website=Montreal |language=en |date=July 10, 2022}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash;  [[Joe Engle]], American Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (b. 1932)<ref>{{Cite web |title=NASA Remembers Retired Astronaut, US Air Force Pilot Joe Engle - NASA |url=https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-remembers-retired-astronaut-us-air-force-pilot-joe-engle/ |access-date=2024-07-12 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Alex Janvier]], Native American Artist (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/renowned-artist-alex-janvier-dies-at-age-89-1.7259618#:~:text=Renowned%20artist%20Alex%20Janvier%20has,one%20of%20Canada's%20greatest%20painters. |title=renowned-artist-alex-janvier-dies-at-age-89 |date=July 10, 2024 |website=cbc.ca/news |publisher=the canadian press |access-date=July 10, 2024}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Dave Loggins]], American musician (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=2024-07-12 |title=Dave Loggins, Singer Known for ’70s Smash ‘Please Come to Boston,’ and Composer of Golf’s Masters Theme, Dies at 76 |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/obituaries-people-news/dave-loggins-dead-please-come-to-biston-singer-songwriter-1236068565/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* [[Armed Forces Day (Mauritania)]]
* Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
** [[Amalberga of Maubeuge]]  
** [[Canute IV of Denmark]]
** [[Saints Rufina and Secunda|Rufina and Secunda]]
** [[Felicitas of Rome|Seven Brothers]]
** [[Victoria, Anatolia, and Audax]]
** [[July 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Independence Day (Bahamas)]], celebrates the independence of [[the Bahamas]] from the United Kingdom in 1973.
* [[Nikola Tesla Day]]
* [[Statehood Day (Wyoming)]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/10 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=07|day=10}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/july/10 |title=Historical Events on July 10 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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