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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[371 BC]] – The [[Battle of Leuctra]] shatters Sparta's reputation of military invincibility.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Leuctra |volume=16 |page=504 |first=Maximilian |last=Caspari}}</ref> * [[640]] – [[Battle of Heliopolis]]: The Muslim Arab army under [['Amr ibn al-'As]] defeat the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] forces near [[Heliopolis (Ancient Egypt)|Heliopolis]] ([[Diocese of Egypt (Late Antiquity)|Egypt]]). *[[1253]] – [[Mindaugas]] is crowned King of [[Lithuania]]. *[[1348]] – [[Pope Clement VI]] issues a [[papal bull]] [[Antisemitism#Persecutions during the Middle Ages|protecting]] the [[Jews in the Middle Ages#Black Death|Jews accused]] of having caused the [[Black Death]]. *[[1411]] – [[Ming dynasty|Ming China]]'s Admiral [[Zheng He]] returns to [[Nanjing]] after the [[Ming treasure voyages#Third voyage|third treasure voyage]] and presents the [[Sinhalese people|Sinhalese]] king, captured during the [[Ming–Kotte War]], to the [[Yongle Emperor]]. *[[1415]] – [[Jan Hus]] is condemned by the assembly of the council in the [[Konstanz Minster|Konstanz Cathedral]] as a heretic and sentenced to be burned at the stake.<ref name="Schaff">Schaff, David Schley, ''John Huss: his life, teachings and death, after five hundred years'', (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915), p. 257</ref> *[[1438]] – A temporary compromise between the [[Transylvanian peasant revolt|rebellious Transylvanian peasants]] and the noblemen is signed in [[Kolozsmonostor Abbey]]. *[[1483]] – [[Richard III of England|Richard III]] and [[Anne Neville]] are crowned King and Queen of England.<ref>{{cite web |title=Anne Neville, wife of Richard III |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/anne-neville-wife-of-richard-iii |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=8 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1484]] – Portuguese sea captain [[Diogo Cão]] finds the mouth of the [[Congo River]]. *[[1495]] – [[First Italian War]]: [[Battle of Fornovo]]: [[Charles VIII of France|Charles VIII]] defeats the [[Italian War of 1494–98|Holy League]]. *[[1536]] – The explorer [[Jacques Cartier]] lands at St. Malo at the end of his second expedition to North America. He returns with none of the gold he expected to find.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Eca, Publication|year=1989|page=488|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> *[[1557]] – [[Philip II of Spain|King Philip II of Spain]], consort of [[Mary I of England|Queen Mary I of England]], sets out from [[Dover]] to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the city of [[Calais]], the last [[Countries of the United Kingdom|English]] possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again. *[[1560]] – The [[Treaty of Edinburgh]] is signed by Scotland and England. *[[1573]] – [[Córdoba, Argentina]], is founded by [[Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera]]. * 1573 – [[French Wars of Religion]]: [[Siege of La Rochelle (1572–73)|Siege of La Rochelle]] ends. ===1601–1900=== *[[1614]] – [[Raid on Żejtun]]: The south east of [[Malta]], and the town of [[Żejtun]], suffer a raid from [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of [[Malta]]. *[[1630]] – [[Thirty Years' War]]: Four thousand Swedish troops under [[Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden|Gustavus Adolphus]] land in [[Pomerania]], Germany. *[[1685]] – [[Battle of Sedgemoor]]: Last battle of the [[Monmouth Rebellion]]. Troops of King James II defeat troops of [[James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth]]. *[[1751]] – [[Pope Benedict XIV]] suppresses the [[Patriarchate of Aquileia]] and establishes from its territory the Arch[[diocese]] of [[Udine]] and [[Gorizia]]. *[[1777]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777)|Siege of Fort Ticonderoga]]: After a bombardment by British [[artillery]] under General [[John Burgoyne]], [[United States|American forces]] retreat from [[Fort Ticonderoga]], New York. *[[1779]] – [[Battle of Grenada]]: The French defeat British naval forces in the [[Caribbean]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. *[[1791]] – At [[Padua]], the Emperor [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold II]] calls on the monarchs of Europe to join him in demanding the king of France [[Louis XVI]]'s freedom.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Eca, Publication|year=1989|page=766|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> *[[1801]] – [[First Battle of Algeciras]]: Outnumbered [[French Navy]] ships defeat the [[Royal Navy]] in the fortified Spanish port of [[Algeciras]]. *[[1809]] – The second day of the [[Battle of Wagram]]; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars. *[[1854]] – The [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] of the [[United States]] held its first convention in [[Jackson, Michigan]]. *[[1885]] – [[Louis Pasteur]] successfully tests his [[vaccine]] against [[rabies]] on [[Joseph Meister]], a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog. *[[1887]] – [[David Kalākaua]], monarch of the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]], is forced to sign the [[Bayonet Constitution]], which transfers much of the king's authority to the [[Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii]]. *[[1892]] – Three thousand eight hundred [[strike action|striking]] steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with [[Pinkerton National Detective Agency|Pinkerton]] agents during the [[Homestead Strike]], leaving ten dead and dozens wounded. ===1901–present=== *[[1917]] – [[World War I]]: [[Arab]]ian troops led by [[T. E. Lawrence]] ("Lawrence of Arabia") and [[Auda ibu Tayi]] capture [[Battle of Aqaba|Aqaba]] from the [[Ottoman Empire]] during the [[Arab Revolt]]. *[[1918]] – The [[Left SR uprising]] in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador [[Wilhelm von Mirbach]] by [[Cheka]] members. *[[1919]] – The British [[R34 (airship)|dirigible R34]] lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship. *[[1933]] – The first [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game]] is played in Chicago's [[Comiskey Park]]. The [[American League]] defeated the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] 4–2. *[[1936]] – A major breach of the [[Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal]] in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading {{convert|200|ft|m}} into the [[River Irwell]]. *[[1937]] – [[Spanish Civil War]]: [[Battle of Brunete]]: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid. *[[1939]] – [[Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany]] closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises. *[[1940]] – [[Story Bridge]], a major landmark in [[Brisbane]], as well as Australia's longest cantilever bridge is formally opened. *[[1941]] – [[World War II]]: The German army launches its [[Battle of Smolensk (1941)|offensive to encircle several Soviet armies]] near [[Smolensk]]. *[[1942]] – [[Anne Frank]] and her family go into hiding in the "[[Anne Frank House|Secret Annexe]]" above her father's office in an [[Amsterdam]] warehouse. *[[1944]] – [[Jackie Robinson]] refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a [[court-martial]]. * 1944 – The [[Hartford circus fire]], one of America's worst [[list of fires|fire disasters]], kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in [[Hartford, Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Henry S. Cohn|author2=David Bollier|title=The Great Hartford Circus Fire: Creative Settlement of Mass Disasters|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Azj8miXcDmcC|year=1991|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-05012-7|access-date=2018-10-29|archive-date=2020-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804003601/https://books.google.com/books?id=Azj8miXcDmcC|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[1947 Sylhet referendum|Referendum]] held in [[Sylhet region|Sylhet]] to decide its fate in the [[Partition of India]].<ref name="qaty">{{cite web|last1=Chowdhury|first1=Dewan Nurul Anwar Husain|title=Sylhet Referendum, 1947|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sylhet_Referendum,_1947|website=en.banglapedia.org|publisher=Banglapedia|access-date=20 November 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212733/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sylhet_Referendum,_1947|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1947 – The [[AK-47]] goes into production in the [[Soviet Union]]. *[[1957]] – [[Althea Gibson]] wins at the [[Wimbledon Championships]], becoming the first black athlete to do so.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Johnson Publishing Company|title=Jet|journal=Jet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TrQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51|date=13 October 2003|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|pages=51–|issn=0021-5996|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803233500/https://books.google.com/books?id=TrQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1957 – [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]] meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming [[the Beatles]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Vincent Perez Benitez|title=The Words and Music of Paul McCartney: The Solo Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bYxJWNiLO94C&pg=PA3|year=2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-34969-0|pages=3–|access-date=2018-10-29|archive-date=2020-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803223949/https://books.google.com/books?id=bYxJWNiLO94C&pg=PA3|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1962]] – As a part of [[Operation Plowshare]], the [[Sedan (nuclear test)|Sedan nuclear test]] takes place. * 1962 – ''[[The Late Late Show (Ireland)|The Late Late Show]]'', the world's longest-running [[Talk show|chat show]] by the same broadcaster, airs on [[RTÉ One]] for the first time. *[[1964]] – [[Malawi]] declares its independence from the United Kingdom. *[[1966]] – Malawi becomes a [[republic]], with [[Hastings Banda]] as its first [[President of Malawi|President]]. *[[1967]] – [[Nigerian Civil War]]: [[Nigeria]]n forces invade [[Biafra]], beginning the war. *[[1975]] – The [[Comoros]] declares independence from France. *[[1982]] – While attempting to return to [[Sheremetyevo International Airport]], [[Aeroflot Flight 411]], an [[Ilyushin Il-62]], crashes near [[Mendeleyevo, Moscow Oblast]], killing all 90 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-62M CCCP-86513 Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19820706-0 |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=aviation-safety.net |archive-date=2022-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317165520/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19820706-0 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1988]] – The [[Piper Alpha]] drilling platform in the [[North Sea]] is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life. *[[1989]] – The [[Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack]]: Sixteen bus passengers are killed when a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad took control of the bus and drove it over a cliff. *[[1995]] – In the [[Bosnian War]], under the command of General [[Ratko Mladić]], Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of [[Srebrenica]]. *[[1996]] – A [[McDonnell Douglas MD-80|McDonnell Douglas MD-88]] operating as [[Delta Air Lines Flight 1288]] experiences a [[turbine engine failure]] during takeoff from [[Pensacola International Airport]], killing two and injuring five of the 147 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas MD-88 N927DA Pensacola Regional Airport, FL (PNS)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19960706-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-05|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-date=2021-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706074617/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19960706-0}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[The Troubles]]: In response to the [[Drumcree conflict|Drumcree dispute]], five days of [[1997 Northern Ireland riots|mass protests, riots and gun battles]] begin in Irish nationalist districts of [[Northern Ireland]]. *[[1998]] – [[Hong Kong International Airport]] opens in [[Chek Lap Kok]], [[Hong Kong]], replacing [[Kai Tak Airport]] as the city's international airport. *[[2003]] – The 70-metre [[Yevpatoria]] Planetary Radar sends a [[Message to Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence|METI]] message ([[Cosmic Call 2]]) to five stars: [[Cassiopeia (constellation)|Hip 4872]], [[Orion (constellation)|HD 245409]], [[55 Cancri]] (HD 75732), [[HD 10307]] and [[47 Ursae Majoris]] (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044, and 2049, respectively. *[[2006]] – The [[Nathu La]] pass between India and China, sealed during the [[Sino-Indian War]], re-opens for trade after 44 years. *[[2013]] – At least 42 people are killed in a [[Mamudo school massacre|shooting]] at a school in [[Yobe State]], [[Nigeria]]. * 2013 – A [[Boeing 777]] operating as [[Asiana Airlines Flight 214]] crashes at [[San Francisco International Airport]], killing three and injuring 181 of the 307 people on board. * 2013 – A 73-car oil train [[Lac-Mégantic derailment|derails]] in the town of [[Lac-Mégantic, Quebec]] and explodes into flames, killing at least 47 people and destroying more than 30 buildings in the town's central area. * [[2021]] – An [[Antonov An-26]] operating as [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 (2021)|Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251]] crashes on approach to [[Palana Airport]], killing all 28 aboard.<ref name="Herald">{{cite web |last=Hradecky |first=Simon |date=17 July 2021 |title=Crash: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky AN26 near Palana on Jul 6th 2021, missing aircraft impacted edge of coast |url=http://avherald.com/h?article=4e9e6ae8&opt=0 |access-date=17 July 2021 |website=[[The Aviation Herald]]}}</ref> *[[2022]] – The [[Georgia Guidestones]], a monument in the United States, are heavily damaged in a bombing, and are dismantled later the same day.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alund |first=Natalie Neysa |title=Georgia Guidestones: Rural monument that some call satanic damaged in bombing, police say |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/07/06/georgia-guidestones-explosion-police-say-monument-damaged-bombing/7823958001/ |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1387]] – Queen [[Blanche I of Navarre]] (d. 1441)<ref>Anthony, Raoul: Identification et Etude des Ossements des Rois de Navarre inhumés dans la Cathédrale de Lescar, Paris, Masson, 1931</ref> *[[1423]] – [[Antonio Manetti]], Italian mathematician and architect (d. 1497)<ref>{{cite book|author=Antonio Manetti|title=The life of Brunelleschi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A95PAAAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press|isbn=9780271000756|access-date=2018-10-08|archive-date=2020-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803222112/https://books.google.com/books?id=A95PAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1580]] – [[Johann Stobäus]], German [[lute]] player and composer (d. 1646)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Stobaeus,_Johann|author=Robert Eitner|title=Stobaeus, Johann|series=Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie|year=1893|page=261|publisher=Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, S. 261 f.|access-date=4 February 2020|archive-date=4 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204170609/https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Stobaeus,_Johann|url-status=live}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1623]] – [[Jacopo Melani]], Italian violinist and composer (d. 1676) *[[1678]] – [[Nicola Francesco Haym]], Italian cellist and composer (d. 1729) *[[1686]] – [[Antoine de Jussieu]], French biologist and academic (d. 1758) *[[1701]] – [[Mary, Countess of Harold]], English aristocrat and philanthropist (d. 1785)<ref>Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes''. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, Vol. 1, p. 1065.</ref> *[[1736]] – [[Daniel Morgan]], American general and politician (d. 1802) *[[1747]] – [[John Paul Jones]], Scottish-American captain (d. 1792) *[[1766]] – [[Alexander Wilson (ornithologist)|Alexander Wilson]], Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (d. 1813) *[[1782]] – [[Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca|Maria Luisa of Spain]] (d. 1824) *[[1785]] – [[William Jackson Hooker|William Hooker]], English botanist and academic (d. 1865) *[[1789]] – [[María Isabella of Spain]] (d. 1846) *[[1796]] – [[Nicholas I of Russia]] (d. 1855)<ref>{{cite book|title=The British Imperial Calendar, on General Register of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Its Colonies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SJ9jAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA93|year=1853|publisher=Arthur Varenham|pages=93|access-date=2020-02-04|archive-date=2020-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804003624/https://books.google.com/books?id=SJ9jAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA93|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1797]] – [[Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey]] (d. 1869)<ref>{{cite book | last = Dod | first = Robert P. | title = The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland | year = 1860 | publisher = Whitaker and Co. | location = London | pages = 89 }}</ref> *[[1799]] – [[Louisa Caroline Huggins Tuthill]], American author (d. 1879)<ref name="Baym1995">{{cite book|last=Baym|first=Nina|title=American women writers and the work of history, 1790-1860|url=https://archive.org/details/americanwomenwri00baym|url-access=registration|year=1995|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-0-8135-2142-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/americanwomenwri00baym/page/259 259]}}</ref> *[[1817]] – [[Albert von Kölliker]], Swiss anatomist and physiologist (d. 1905) *[[1818]] – [[Adolf Anderssen]], German chess player (d. 1879) *[[1823]] – [[Sophie Adlersparre]], Swedish publisher, writer, and women's rights activist (d. 1895)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=5564|title=K Sophie Adlersparre (f. Leijonhuvud) - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon|website=sok.riksarkivet.se|access-date=2019-01-29|archive-date=2019-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130110105/https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=5564|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1829]] – [[Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein]] (d. 1880) *[[1831]] – [[Sylvester Pennoyer]], American lawyer and politician, 8th [[Governor of Oregon]] (d. 1902) *[[1832]] – [[Maximilian I of Mexico]] (d. 1867)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Joseph Haydn|author2=Benjamin Vincent|title=Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages and Nations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KQdBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA478|year=1876|publisher=Ward, Lock & Company|pages=478|access-date=2021-07-06|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709193213/https://books.google.com/books?id=KQdBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA478|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1837]] – [[R. G. Bhandarkar]], Indian orientalist and scholar (d. 1925) *[[1838]] – [[Vatroslav Jagić]], Croatian philologist and scholar (d. 1923) *[[1840]] – [[José María Velasco Gómez]], Mexican painter and academic (d. 1912) *[[1843]] – [[John Downer]], Australian politician, 16th [[Premier of South Australia]] (d. 1915) *[[1846]] – [[Ángela Peralta]], Mexican opera singer (d. 1883)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/google-doodle-recognizes-renowned-soprano-angela-peralta/|title=Google Doodle recognizes renowned soprano Ángela Peralta|website=cnet.com|access-date=2021-07-06|archive-date=2021-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706174722/https://www.cnet.com/news/google-doodle-recognizes-renowned-soprano-angela-peralta/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1856]] – [[George Howard Earle, Jr.]], American lawyer and businessman (d. 1928) *[[1858]] – [[William Irvine (Australian politician)|William Irvine]], Irish-Australian politician, 21st [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 1943) *[[1865]] – [[Émile Jaques-Dalcroze]], Swiss composer and educator (d. 1950) *[[1868]] – [[Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1935) *[[1873]] – [[Dimitrios Maximos]], Greek banker and politician, 140th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. 1955) *[[1877]] – [[Arnaud Massy]], French golfer (d. 1950) *[[1878]] – [[Eino Leino]], Finnish poet and journalist (d. 1926)<ref>{{cite book|author=Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura|title=100 Faces from Finland: A Biographical Kaleidoscope|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xq1aAAAAYAAJ|year=2000|publisher=FLS|isbn=978-951-746-215-0|page=253|access-date=2021-07-06|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709191854/https://books.google.com/books?id=xq1aAAAAYAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1883]] – [[Godfrey Huggins]], [[Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]] (d. 1971)<ref>{{cite book|author=Frank Clements|title=Rhodesia: The Course to Collision|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=72t0AAAAMAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Pall Mall Press|page=56|isbn=9780903450430|access-date=2021-07-06|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709194243/https://books.google.com/books?id=72t0AAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1884]] – [[Harold Stirling Vanderbilt]], American businessman and sailor (d. 1970) *[[1885]] – [[Ernst Busch (field marshal)|Ernst Busch]], German field marshal (d. 1945) *[[1886]] – [[Marc Bloch]], French historian and academic (d. 1944)<ref>{{cite book|author=Carole Fink|title=Marc Bloch: A Life in History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fzXYwLKdO8sC&pg=PA13|date=2 May 1991|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-40671-0|pages=13|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709191752/https://books.google.com/books?id=fzXYwLKdO8sC&pg=PA13|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1887]] – [[Marc Chagall]], Belarusian-French painter and poet (d. 1985) * 1887 – [[Annette Kellermann]], Australian swimmer and actress (d. 1975) *[[1890]] – [[Dhan Gopal Mukerji]], Indian-American author and scholar (d. 1936) *[[1891]] – [[Earle S. MacPherson]], American engineer, created [[MacPherson strut]] (d. 1960)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41957062/retired_ford_vp_dies_at_69/ |title=Retired Ford VP Dies at 69 |newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]] |date=Jan 27, 1960 |page=29 |accessdate=January 9, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> *[[1892]] – [[Will James (artist)|Will James]], American author and illustrator (d. 1942) *[[1897]] – [[Richard Krautheimer]], German-American historian and scholar (d. 1994) *[[1898]] – [[Hanns Eisler]], German-Austrian soldier and composer (d. 1962) *[[1899]] – [[Susannah Mushatt Jones]], American [[supercentarian]] (d. 2016) *[[1900]] – [[Frederica Sagor Maas]], American author and screenwriter (d. 2012) * 1900 – [[Elfriede Wever]], German Olympic runner (d. 1941) ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Hugo Theorell]], Swedish biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1982) *[[1904]] – [[Robert Whitney (conductor)|Robert Whitney]], American conductor and composer (d. 1986) * 1904 – [[Erik Wickberg]], Swedish 9th [[General of The Salvation Army]] (d. 1996) *[[1905]] – [[Juan O'Gorman]], Mexican painter and architect (d. 1982)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Juan O'Gorman {{!}} Mexican architect and muralist|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Juan-OGorman|access-date=2020-07-07|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|archive-date=2020-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611202457/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Juan-OGorman|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1907]] – [[Frida Kahlo]], Mexican painter and educator (d. 1954) * 1907 – [[George Stanley]], Canadian soldier, historian, and author, designed the [[flag of Canada]] (d. 2002) *[[1908]] – [[Anton Muttukumaru]], Sri Lankan general and diplomat (d. 2001) *[[1909]] – [[Eric Reece]], Australian politician, 32nd [[Premier of Tasmania]] (d. 1999) *[[1910]] – [[René Le Grèves]], French cyclist (d. 1946) *[[1911]] – [[June Gale]], American actress (d. 1996) *[[1912]] – [[Heinrich Harrer]], Austrian geographer and mountaineer (d. 2006) * 1912 – [[Molly Yard]], American feminist (d. 2005) *[[1913]] – [[Vance Trimble]], American journalist and author (d. 2021) *[[1914]] – [[Vince McMahon Sr.]], American wrestling promoter, founded [[WWE]] (d. 1984) * 1914 – [[Ernest Kirkendall]], American chemist and metallurgist (d. 2005) *[[1915]] – [[Leonard Birchall]], Royal Canadian Air Force pilot (d. 2004) *[[1916]] – [[Harold Norse]], American poet and author (d. 2009) * 1916 – [[Don R. Christensen]], American animator, cartoonist, illustrator, writer and inventor (d. 2006) *[[1917]] – [[Arthur Lydiard]], New Zealand runner and coach (d. 2004) *[[1918]] – [[Sebastian Cabot (actor)|Sebastian Cabot]], English-Canadian actor (d. 1977) * 1918 – [[Herm Fuetsch]], American professional basketball player (d. 2010) * 1918 – [[Francisco Moncion]], Dominican-American ballet dancer, charter member of the [[New York City Ballet]] (d. 1995) *[[1919]] – [[Ernst Haefliger]], Swiss tenor and educator (d. 2007) * 1919 – [[Edward Kenna]], Australian Second World War recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] (d. 2009) * 1919 – [[Ray Dowker]], New Zealand cricketer (d. 2004) *[[1921]] – [[Allan MacEachen]], Canadian economist and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of Canada]] (d. 2017) * 1921 – [[Billy and Bobby Mauch|Billy Mauch]], American actor (d. 2006) * 1921 – [[Billy and Bobby Mauch|Bobby Mauch]], American actor (d. 2007) * 1921 – [[Nancy Reagan]], American actress and activist, 42nd [[List of First Ladies of the United States|First Lady of the United States]] (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reaganlibrary.com/reagan/nancy/nancy_bio.asp|title=Nancy Reagan > Her Life & Times|access-date=September 22, 2007|publisher=Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061024063625/http://www.reaganlibrary.com/reagan/nancy/nancy_bio.asp|archive-date=October 24, 2006 }}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[William Schallert]], American actor; president (1979–81) of the [[Screen Actors Guild]] (d. 2016) *[[1923]] – [[Wojciech Jaruzelski]], Polish general and politician, 1st [[President of Poland]] (d. 2014) *[[1924]] – [[Mahim Bora]], Indian writer and educationist, recipients of the [[Padma Shri]], India's fourth highest civilian honour (d. 2016) *[[1924]] – [[Louie Bellson]], American drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 2009) *[[1925]] – [[Ruth Cracknell]], Australian actress (d. 2002)<ref>{{cite book|first=Richard|last=Lane|title=The Golden Age of Australian Radio Drama Volume 2|publisher=National Film and Sound Archive|year=2000|page=171-121}}</ref> * 1925 – [[Merv Griffin]], American actor, singer, and producer, created ''[[Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'' and ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' (d. 2007) * 1925 – [[Bill Haley (musician)|Bill Haley]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1981) * 1925 – [[Gazi Yaşargil]], Turkish neurosurgeon and academic *[[1926]] – [[Sulev Vahtre]], Estonian historian and academic (d. 2007) * 1926 – [[Dorothy E. Smith]], Canadian sociologist (d. 2022)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Risen |first=Clay |date=2022-06-16 |title=Dorothy E. Smith, Groundbreaker in Feminist Sociology, Dies at 95 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/education/dorothy-e-smith-dead.html |access-date=2023-07-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Jan Hein Donner]], Dutch chess player and journalist (d. 1988) * 1927 – [[Janet Leigh]], American actress and author (d. 2004) *[[1928]] – [[Bernard Malgrange]], French mathematician (d. 2024) *[[1929]] – [[Hélène Carrère d'Encausse]], French politician historian (d. 2023) *[[1930]] – [[George Armstrong (ice hockey)|George Armstrong]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Former Maple Leafs captain George Armstrong dead at 90, team says|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7596303/george-armstrong-obit/|access-date=2021-01-24|website=Global News|archive-date=2021-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124154026/https://globalnews.ca/news/7596303/george-armstrong-obit/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1930 – [[Ian Burgess]], English racing driver (d. 2012)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-burian.html|title=Latest Formula 1 Breaking News - Grandprix.com|website=www.grandprix.com|access-date=2020-07-06|archive-date=2020-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802182920/https://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-burian.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[Della Reese]], American actress and singer (d. 2017) * 1931 – [[László Tábori]], Hungarian runner and coach (d. 2018) *[[1932]] – [[Herman Hertzberger]], Dutch architect and academic *[[1935]] – [[Candy Barr]], American model, dancer, and actress (d. 2005) * 1935 – [[Tenzin Gyatso]], [[14th Dalai Lama]] *[[1936]] – [[Dave Allen (comedian)|Dave Allen]], Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2005) *[[1937]] – [[Vladimir Ashkenazy]], Russian-Icelandic pianist and conductor * 1937 – [[Ned Beatty]], American actor (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vigdor |first1=Neil |title=Ned Beatty, Actor Known for 'Network' and 'Deliverance,' Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/13/arts/ned-beatty-dead.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 June 2021 |date=2021-06-14 |archive-date=2021-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614010005/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/13/arts/ned-beatty-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1937 – [[Gene Chandler]], American singer-songwriter and producer * 1937 – [[Bessie Head]], Botswanan writer (d. 1986)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bessie-Emery-Head|title=Bessie Emery Head | South African novelist|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2018-02-05|archive-date=2018-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708192820/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bessie-Emery-Head|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1937 – [[Michael Sata]], Zambian police officer and politician, 5th [[President of Zambia]] (d. 2014) *[[1939]] – [[Jet Harris]], English bass player (d. 2011) * 1939 – [[Mary Peters (athlete)|Mary Peters]], English-Irish pentathlete and shot putter * 1939 – [[Bruce Hunter (swimmer)|Bruce Hunter]], American swimmer (d. 2018) * 1939 – [[Gérard Bourgoin]], French sports executive, president of [[AJ Auxerre]] (2011–2013) and ([[Ligue de Football Professionnel]]) (d. 2025)<ref>[https://www.newsday.com/sports/soccer/soccer-auxerre-ligue1-bourgoin-obit-q36461 Gerard Bourgoin, leading figure of French soccer, has died at 85]</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]], Kazakh politician, 1st [[President of Kazakhstan]] * 1940 – [[Jeannie Seely]], Grammy Award-winning [[country music]] singer-songwriter and [[Grand Ole Opry]] member * 1940 – [[Siti Norma Yaakob]], Malaysian lawyer and judge<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tan Sri Dato Seri Siti Norma Yaakob|url=https://www.um.edu.my/tan-sri-dato-seri-siti-norma-yaakob|access-date=2020-10-17|website=University of Malaya|archive-date=2020-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017013146/https://www.um.edu.my/tan-sri-dato-seri-siti-norma-yaakob|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=January 4, 2007|title=Tan Sri Siti Norma retires tomorrow after 43 years of exemplary service|url=https://www.malaysianbar.org.my/article/news/bar-news/news/tan-sri-siti-norma-retires-tomorrow-after-43-years-of-exemplary-service|access-date=2020-10-17|website=The Malaysian Bar|archive-date=2020-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017013246/https://www.malaysianbar.org.my/article/news/bar-news/news/tan-sri-siti-norma-retires-tomorrow-after-43-years-of-exemplary-service|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[David Crystal]], British linguist, author, and academic<!-- per article --> * 1941 – [[Reinhard Roder]], German footballer and manager *[[1942]] – [[Ian Leslie]], Indonesian-Australian journalist and television host<ref name="IanLeslie">{{cite web|url=http://www.clanleslie.org/page29.php|title=Ian Leslie OAM - Corporate Communicator & National identity|date=2018-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531060437/https://www.clanleslie.org/page29.php|archive-date=2019-05-31|url-status=usurped|publisher=Clan Leslie Society of Australia and New Zealand|access-date=2023-07-11}}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[Tamara Sinyavskaya]], Russian soprano *[[1944]] – [[Gunhild Hoffmeister]], German runner *[[1945]] – [[Burt Ward]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jayson |first1=Jay |title=Happy Birthday! Burt Ward Turns 71 Years Old |url=https://comicbook.com/dc/news/happy-birthday-burt-ward-turns-71-years-old/ |publisher=[[ComicBook.com]] |access-date=4 July 2023 |date=6 July 2016}}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[George W. Bush]], American businessman and politician, 43rd [[President of the United States]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ahles |first1=Dick |title=Bush's Birthplace? It's Deep in the Heart of . . . New Haven |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/24/nyregion/bush-s-birthplace-it-s-deep-in-the-heart-of-new-haven.html |access-date=1 August 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=24 December 2000 |archive-date=26 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101026120450/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/24/nyregion/bush-s-birthplace-it-s-deep-in-the-heart-of-new-haven.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1946 – [[Fred Dryer]], American football player and actor * 1946 – [[Peter Singer]], Australian philosopher and academic * 1946 – [[Sylvester Stallone]], American actor, director, and screenwriter *[[1947]] – [[Roy Señeres]], Filipino diplomat and politician (d. 2016) *[[1948]] – [[Nathalie Baye]], French actress * 1948 – [[Jean-Pierre Blackburn]], Canadian academic and politician, 26th [[Minister of Veterans Affairs (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs]] * 1948 – [[Brad Park]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach *[[1949]] – [[Noli de Castro]], Filipino journalist and politician, 14th [[Vice President of the Philippines]] * 1949 – [[Phyllis Hyman]], American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1995) * 1949 – [[Michael Shrieve]], American composer, drummer, and percussionist *[[1950]] – [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]], English-American author and illustrator *[[1951]] – [[Lorna Golding]], Former First Lady of Jamaica * 1951 – [[Geoffrey Rush]], Australian actor and producer * 1951 – [[Rick Sternbach]], American illustrator and concept designer<ref>{{cite web|title=Sternbach, Rick|website=Encyclopedia of Science Fiction|date=September 12, 2022|accessdate=February 3, 2023|url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sternbach_rick}}</ref> *[[1952]] – [[Hilary Mantel]], English author and critic (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite news |title=Hilary Mantel, celebrated author of Wolf Hall, dies aged 70 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/sep/23/hilary-mantel-author-wolf-hall-dies |website=The Guardian |access-date=23 September 2022 |first1=Lucy |last1=Knight |date=23 September 2022}}</ref> *[[1953]] – [[Nanci Griffith]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021) * 1953 – [[Kaiser Kalambo]], Zambian footballer and manager (d. 2014) * 1953 – [[Robert Ménard]], French politician and former journalist *[[1954]] – [[Allyce Beasley]], American actress * 1954 – [[Willie Randolph]], American baseball player and manager *[[1957]] – [[Phil Mallow]], American politician<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wvlegislature.gov/house/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Mallow |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=www.wvlegislature.gov |title=West Virginia House of Delegates }}</ref> *[[1958]] – [[Jennifer Saunders]], English actress, comedian and screenwriter<ref>{{cite book|author1=Roger Wilmut|author2=Peter Rosengard|title=Didn't You Kill My Mother-in-law?: The Story of Alternative Comedy in Britain from the Comedy Store to Saturday Live|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mrQqAAAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Methuen|isbn=978-0-413-17390-4|page=74|access-date=2021-07-06|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190948/https://books.google.com/books?id=mrQqAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Richard Dacoury]], French basketball player *[[1960]] – [[Maria Wasiak]], Polish businesswoman and politician, [[Ministry of Infrastructure and Development (Poland)|Polish Minister of Infrastructure and Development]] *[[1962]] – [[Todd Bennett]], English runner and coach (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rawling |first1=John |title=Todd Bennett obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jul/18/todd-bennett |access-date=24 October 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=18 Jul 2013 |archive-date=24 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024014400/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jul/18/todd-bennett |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1962 – [[Peter Hedges]], American author, screenwriter, and director<ref>{{Cite web |title=Peter Hedges – Broadway Cast & Staff {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/peter-hedges-391493 |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Thierry Warmoes]], politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Les Députés: Marco Van Hees |url=https://www.lachambre.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=fr&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=06701&lactivity=55 |publisher=[[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]] |access-date=9 September 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=fr}}</ref> *[[1967]] – [[Heather Nova]], Bermudian singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1970]] – [[Inspectah Deck]], American rapper and producer *[[1972]] – [[Daniel Andrews]], Australian politician, 48th [[Premier of Victoria]] * 1972 – [[Laurent Gaudé]], French author and playwright * 1972 – [[Greg Norton (baseball)|Greg Norton]], American baseball player and coach * 1972 – [[Zhanna Pintusevich-Block]], Ukrainian sprinter *[[1974]] – [[Harashima]], Japanese professional wrestler<ref>{{Cite web |title=HARASHIMA |url=https://www.ddtpro.com/wrestlers/180 |access-date=January 1, 2024 |website=[[DDT Pro-Wrestling]] |language=ja}}</ref> * 1974 – [[Zé Roberto]], Brazilian footballer *[[1975]] – [[50 Cent]], American rapper and actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Centeno |first1=Tony M. |title=July 6 In Hip-Hop History: 50 Cent Is Born |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2022-07-06-july-6-in-hip-hop-history-50-cent-is-born/ |publisher=[[iHeartMedia]] |access-date=4 July 2023 |date=6 July 2022}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Sebastián Rulli]], Argentine-Mexican actor and model * 1975 – [[Amir-Abbas Fakhravar]], Iranian journalist and activist * 1975 – [[Kristian Woolf]], Australian rugby league player and coach<ref>{{cite web|title=Kristian Woolf - Summary - Rugby League Project|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/coaches/kristian-woolf/summary.html|publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Rory Delap]], English-Irish footballer * 1976 – [[Ioana Dumitriu]], Romanian-American mathematician and academic *[[1977]] – [[Max Mirnyi]], Belarusian tennis player * 1977 – [[Makhaya Ntini]], South African cricketer *[[1978]] – [[Adam Busch]], American actor, director, and producer * 1978 – [[Tamera Mowry]], American actress and producer * 1978 – [[Tia Mowry]], American actress and producer * 1978 – [[Kevin Senio]], New Zealand rugby player *[[1979]] – [[Nic Cester]], Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1979 – [[Kevin Hart]], American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter *[[1980]] – [[Pau Gasol]], Spanish basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Pau Gasol Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status ... |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gasolpa01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |access-date=July 4, 2024}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Eva Green]], French actress and model<ref>{{cite news |author=Godard, Agathe |title = Marlène et ses filles |work=Paris Match |date = 29 August 1988 |language=fr}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Joell Ortiz]], American rapper *[[1981]] – [[Nnamdi Asomugha]], American football player * 1981 – [[Roman Shirokov]], Russian footballer *[[1982]] – [[Brandon Jacobs]], American football player * 1982 – [[Misty Upham]], American actress (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite book|author=Harris M. Lentz III|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=11diCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA349|date=30 April 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-7666-4|pages=349|access-date=10 September 2019|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803223802/https://books.google.com/books?id=11diCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA349|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Gregory Smith (actor)|Gregory Smith]], Canadian actor, director, and producer *[[1984]] – [[Zhang Hao (figure skater)|Zhang Hao]], Chinese figure skater *[[1985]] – [[Ranveer Singh]], Indian film actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Celebrity/Ranveer-Singh/1028316-Profile.aspx |title=Ranveer Singh: Celeb Bio|work=Hindustan Times |date=18 March 2013 |access-date=19 December 2013|publisher=HT Media Ltd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224201603/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Celebrity/Ranveer-Singh/1028316-Profile.aspx|archive-date=24 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[David Karp]], American businessman, founded [[Tumblr]] *[[1987]] – [[Sophie Auster]], American singer-songwriter and actress * 1987 – [[Manteo Mitchell]], American runner * 1987 – [[Kate Nash]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress * 1987 – [[Caroline Trentini]], Brazilian model<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nymag.com/fashion/models/ctrentini/carolinetrentini/ |title=Caroline Trentini |publisher=[[nymag.com]] |access-date=April 14, 2011 |archive-date=August 31, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831020834/http://nymag.com/fashion/models/ctrentini/carolinetrentini/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Kevin Fickentscher]], Swiss footballer *[[1990]] – [[Jae Crowder]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jae Crowder Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft ... |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/crowdja01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |access-date=July 4, 2024}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Magaye Gueye]], French footballer * 1990 – [[Jamal Idris]], Australian rugby league player<ref name=RLP>{{cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jamal-idris/summary.html|title=Jamal Idris – Career Stats & Summary|publisher=Rugby League Project|access-date=28 April 2023}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Justin Schultz]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref name="EP">{{cite web |title=Justin Schultz |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/18241/justin-schultz |publisher=Elite Prospects |access-date=February 27, 2023}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Han Na-lae|Na-Lae Han]], South Korean tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Na-Lae Han {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/315159/na-lae-han |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Manny Machado]], Dominican-American baseball player<ref>{{cite book|author=Tammy Gagne|title=Manny Machado|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A-OXBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA4|publisher=Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.|isbn=978-1-61228-513-9|pages=4|access-date=2019-09-10|archive-date=2020-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804144614/https://books.google.com/books?id=A-OXBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA4|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Andrew Benintendi]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrew Benintendi Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie ... |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beninan01.shtml |website=baseball-reference.com |access-date=July 4, 2024}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Ludwig Ahgren]], American YouTuber and live streamer<ref>{{cite tweet |last1=Ahgren |first1=Ludwig |number=1412551672841216000 |user=LudwigAhgren |title=26 |date=July 6, 2021 |access-date=August 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706231906/https://twitter.com/LudwigAhgren/status/1412551672841216000 |archive-date=July 6, 2021 |url-status=live |link=https://twitter.com/LudwigAhgren/status/1412551672841216000 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Comethazine]], American rapper<ref>{{cite web |title=Comethazine |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/comethazine/1142748709 |website=Apple Music |access-date=July 4, 2024}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Zion Williamson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Zion Williamson |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629627/zion-williamson |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=4 July 2023}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.--> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[371 BC]] – [[Cleombrotus I]], Spartan king * [[649]] – [[Goar of Aquitaine]], French bishop * [[887]] – [[Wang Chongrong]], Chinese warlord * [[918]] – [[William I, Duke of Aquitaine|William I]], duke of Aquitaine (b. 875) *[[1017]] – [[Genshin]], Japanese scholar (b. 942) *[[1070]] – [[Godelieve]], Flemish saint (b. 1049) *[[1189]] – [[Henry II of England|Henry II]], king of England (b. 1133)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - Henry II |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/henry_ii_king.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=8 July 2022}}</ref> *[[1218]] – [[Odo III, Duke of Burgundy|Odo III]], duke of Burgundy (b. 1166) *[[1249]] – [[Alexander II of Scotland|Alexander II]], king of Scotland (b. 1198) *[[1415]] – [[Jan Hus]], Czech priest, philosopher, and reformer (b. 1369)<ref name="Schaff"/> *[[1476]] – [[Regiomontanus]], German mathematician and astrologer (b. 1436) *[[1480]] – [[Antonio Squarcialupi]], Italian composer (b. 1416) *[[1533]] – [[Ludovico Ariosto]], Italian poet and playwright (b. 1474) *[[1535]] – [[Thomas More]], English lawyer and politician, [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] (b. 1478) *[[1553]] – [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]], king of England and Ireland (b. 1537) *[[1583]] – [[Edmund Grindal]], English archbishop (b. 1519) *[[1585]] – [[Thomas Aufield]], English priest and martyr (b. 1552) ===1601–1900=== *[[1614]] – [[Man Singh I]], Rajput Raja of Amer (b. 1550) *[[1684]] – [[Peter Gunning]], English bishop (b. 1614) *[[1758]] – [[George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe]], English general and politician (b. 1725) *[[1768]] – [[Conrad Beissel]], German-American religious leader (b. 1690) *[[1802]] – [[Daniel Morgan]], American general and politician (b. 1736) *[[1809]] – [[Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle]], French general (b. 1775) *[[1813]] – [[Granville Sharp]], English activist (b. 1735) *[[1815]] – [[Samuel Whitbread (1764–1815)|Samuel Whitbread]], English politician (b. 1764)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thorne |first1=R. G. |title=The House of Commons |date=1986 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-0-436-52101-0 |page=528 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j0AsmWc5zYwC&pg=RA4-PA528 |language=en |access-date=2022-03-11 |archive-date=2022-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707155950/https://books.google.com/books?id=j0AsmWc5zYwC&pg=RA4-PA528 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1835]] – [[John Marshall]], American captain and politician, 4th [[United States Secretary of State]] (b. 1755) *[[1854]] – [[Georg Ohm]], German physicist and mathematician (b. 1789) *[[1868]] – [[Harada Sanosuke]], Japanese captain (b. 1840) *[[1893]] – [[Guy de Maupassant]], French short story writer, novelist, and poet (b. 1850) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst|Chlodwig Carl Viktor]], German prince and chancellor (b. 1819) *[[1902]] – [[Maria Goretti]], Italian martyr and saint (b. 1890) *[[1904]] – [[Abai Qunanbaiuly]], Kazakh poet and philosopher (b. 1845) *[[1907]] – [[August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein]], German linguist and theologian (b. 1826) *[[1914]] – [[Georges Legagneux]], French aviator (b. 1882) <ref>[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65555996/f14.image.r=Georges%20Legagneux%201882%201914?rk=300430;4 "Mort de Legagneux"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707155952/https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65555996/f14.image.r=Georges%20Legagneux%201882%201914?rk=300430%3B4 |date=2022-07-07 }} ''La Revue Aérienne'' (July 25, 1914, p.400) via [[Bibliothèque nationale de France|BnF]]; retrieved April 7, 2021</ref> *[[1916]] – [[Odilon Redon]], French painter and illustrator (b. 1840) *[[1918]] – [[Wilhelm von Mirbach]], German diplomat (b. 1871) *[[1922]] – [[Maria Teresia Ledóchowska]], Polish-Austrian nun and missionary (b. 1863) *[[1932]] – [[Kenneth Grahame]], Scottish-English author (b. 1859) *[[1946]] – [[Horace Pippin]], American painter (b. 1888) *[[1947]] – [[Adolfo Müller-Ury]], Swiss-American painter (b. 1862) *[[1952]] – [[Louis-Alexandre Taschereau]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th [[Premier of Quebec]] (b. 1867) *[[1954]] – [[Cornelia Sorabji]], Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer (b. 1866)<ref>{{Cite ODNB |id=36195 |title=Sorabji, Cornelia}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[George Grosz]], German painter and illustrator (b. 1893) *[[1960]] – [[Aneurin Bevan]], Welsh-English politician, [[Secretary of State for Health]] (b. 1897) *[[1961]] – [[Scott LaFaro]], American bassist (b. 1936) * 1961 – [[Woodall Rodgers]], American lawyer and politician, [[Mayor of Dallas]] (b. 1890) *[[1962]] – [[Paul Boffa]], Maltese soldier and politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of Malta]] (b. 1890) * 1962 – [[William Faulkner]], American novelist and short story writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1897) * 1962 – [[Archduke Joseph August of Austria|Joseph August]], archduke of Austria (b. 1872) *[[1963]] – [[George, Duke of Mecklenburg|George]], duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1899) *[[1964]] – [[Claude V. Ricketts]], American admiral (b. 1906) *[[1966]] – [[Sad Sam Jones]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1892) *[[1967]] – [[Hilda Taba]], Estonian architect and educator (b. 1902) *[[1971]] – [[Louis Armstrong]], American singer and trumpet player (b. 1901) *[[1973]] – [[Otto Klemperer]], German-American conductor and composer (b. 1885) *[[1975]] – [[Reşat Ekrem Koçu]], Turkish historian, scholar, and poet (b. 1905) *[[1976]] – [[Zhu De]], Chinese general and politician, [[Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress]] (b. 1886) * 1976 – [[Fritz Lenz]], German geneticist and physician (b. 1887) *[[1977]] – [[Ödön Pártos]], Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (b. 1907) *[[1978]] – [[Babe Paley]], American socialite and fashion style icon (b. 1915) *[[1979]] – [[Van McCoy]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940) *[[1986]] – [[Jagjivan Ram]], Indian lawyer and politician, 4th [[Deputy Prime Minister of India]] (b. 1908) *[[1987]] – [[Elli Stenberg]], Finnish politician (b. 1903)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Elli Stenberg |url=http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hx5000.sh?{hnro}=911534&{kieli}=su&{haku}=kaikki |publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224021002/http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hx5000.sh?{hnro}=911534&{kieli}=su&{haku}=kaikki |archive-date=24 February 2015 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[János Kádár]], Hungarian mechanic and politician, [[Ministry of Interior (Hungary)|Hungarian Minister of the Interior]] (b. 1912) *[[1991]] – [[Mudashiru Lawal]], Nigerian footballer (b. 1954) *[[1992]] – [[Marsha P. Johnson]], American [[drag queen]] performer and activist (b. 1945) *[[1994]] – [[Ahmet Haxhiu]], Kosovan activist (b. 1932) *[[1995]] – [[Aziz Nesin]], Turkish author and poet (b. 1915) *[[1997]] – [[Chetan Anand (director)|Chetan Anand]], Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921) *[[1998]] – [[Roy Rogers]], American cowboy, actor, and singer (b. 1911) *[[1999]] – [[Joaquín Rodrigo]], Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1901) *[[2000]] – [[Władysław Szpilman]], Polish pianist and composer (b. 1911) *[[2002]] – [[Dhirubhai Ambani]], Indian businessman, founded [[Reliance Industries]] (b. 1932) * 2002 – [[John Frankenheimer]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930) *[[2003]] – [[Buddy Ebsen]], American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1908) * 2003 – [[Çelik Gülersoy]], Turkish lawyer, historical preservationist, writer and poet (b. 1930) *[[2004]] – [[Thomas Klestil]], Austrian politician, 10th [[List of Federal Presidents of Austria|President of Austria]] (b. 1932) * 2004 – [[Syreeta Wright]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1946) *[[2005]] – [[Ed McBain]], American author and screenwriter (b. 1926) * 2005 – [[Claude Simon]], Malagasy-French novelist and critic, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1913) *[[2006]] – [[Kasey Rogers]], American actress (b. 1925) *[[2007]] – [[Kathleen E. Woodiwiss]], American author (b. 1939) *[[2009]] – [[Vasily Aksyonov]], Russian author and academic (b. 1932) * 2009 – [[Robert McNamara]], American businessman and politician, 8th [[United States Secretary of Defense]] (b. 1916) *[[2010]] – [[Harvey Fuqua]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1929) *[[2011]] – [[Carly Hibberd]], Australian road racing cyclist (b. 1985)<ref>{{cite news|title=Aussie cyclist killed on Italian training ride|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-07/aussie-cyclist-killed-on-italian-training-ride/2785284|publisher=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|agency=[[Australian Associated Press]]|date=6 July 2011|access-date=27 December 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030153520/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-07/aussie-cyclist-killed-on-italian-training-ride/2785284|archive-date=30 October 2016}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Hani al-Hassan]], Palestinian engineer and politician (b. 1939) *[[2013]] – [[Lo Hsing Han]], Burmese businessman, co-founded [[Asia World]] (b. 1935) *[[2014]] – [[Alan J. Dixon]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th [[Illinois Secretary of State]] (b. 1927) *[[2015]] – [[Jerry Weintraub]], American film producer, and talent agent (b. 1937) *[[2018]] – [[Shoko Asahara]], founder of Japanese cult group [[Aum Shinrikyo]] (b. 1955)<ref name="asahara_death_bbc">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43395483|title=Aum Shinrikyo: Japan executes cult leader Shoko Asahara|work=BBC News|date=July 6, 2018|access-date=July 6, 2018|archive-date=July 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708174846/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43395483|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2019 – [[João Gilberto]], Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist, pioneer of [[bossa nova]] music style (b. 1931)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48894651|title='Father of bossa nova' João Gilberto dies aged 88|work=BBC News|date=July 7, 2019|access-date=July 7, 2019|archive-date=July 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707215417/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48894651|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Charlie Daniels]], American singer-songwriter, fiddle-player and guitarist (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/07/06/charlie-daniels-country-music-dies/5384087002/|title=Charlie Daniels, 'Devil Went Down to Georgia' singer, famed fiddler and outspoken star, dies at 83|first=Dave Paulson and Matthew|last=Leimkuehler|website=The Tennessean|access-date=2020-07-06|archive-date=2022-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707155951/https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/07/06/charlie-daniels-country-music-dies/5384087002/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Mary Kay Letourneau]], American child rapist (b. 1962)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/mary-kay-letourneau-teacher-who-raped-and-married-student-dies-at-58/2020/07/08/caf4d138-c11f-11ea-b178-bb7b05b94af1_story.html|title=Mary Kay Letourneau, teacher who raped and married student, dies at 58|first=Staff Reports and News|last=Services|via=www.washingtonpost.com|access-date=2020-11-03|archive-date=2020-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001151818/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/mary-kay-letourneau-teacher-who-raped-and-married-student-dies-at-58/2020/07/08/caf4d138-c11f-11ea-b178-bb7b05b94af1_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Ennio Morricone]], Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpet player (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/spettacoli/musica/ennio_morricone_morto_roma_oggi_6_luglio_2020_musica_c_era_una_volta_in_america-5330102.html|title=Ennio Morricone morto nella notte a Roma: aveva 91 anni, si era rotto il femore. Celebrati funerali privati con famiglia e Tornatore|website=www.ilmessaggero.it|date=July 6, 2020|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706124026/https://www.ilmessaggero.it/spettacoli/musica/ennio_morricone_morto_roma_oggi_6_luglio_2020_musica_c_era_una_volta_in_america-5330102.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[James Caan]], American actor (b. 1940)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jul/07/the-godfather-star-james-caan-dies-aged-82 | title=The Godfather star James Caan dies aged 82 | website=[[TheGuardian.com]] | date=7 July 2022 }}</ref> * 2022 – [[Arnaldo Pambianco]], Italian former professional road racing cyclist (b. 1935)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/06-07-2022/morto-angelo-pambianco-giro-italia-1961-4401297560354.shtml|title=Il ciclismo piange Pambianco: trionfò al Giro d'Italia 1961|website=La Gazzetta dello Sport|date=July 6, 2022|access-date=July 7, 2022|language=it|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706134336/https://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/06-07-2022/morto-angelo-pambianco-giro-italia-1961-4401297560354.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Norah Vincent]], American writer (b. 1968)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Green |first1=Penelope |title=Norah Vincent, Who Chronicled Passing as a Man, Is Dead at 53 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/18/obituaries/norah-vincent-dead.html |access-date=19 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=18 August 2022}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Khyree Jackson]], American football player (b. 1999)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sterling |first=Wayne |date=2024-07-06 |title=Minnesota Vikings rookie Khyree Jackson and 2 former Maryland high school teammates killed in 3-car crash |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/06/sport/minnesota-vikings-khyree-jackson-killed-spt-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *The first day of the [[Festival of San Fermín]], which lasts until July 14. ([[Pamplona]]) *Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]: **[[Maria Goretti]] **[[Romulus of Fiesole]] **[[July 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Constitution Day]] ([[Cayman Islands]]) *[[Day of the Capital]] ([[Kazakhstan]]) *[[Independence Day (Comoros)]], celebrates the independence of the [[Comoros]] from France in 1975. *[[Independence Day (Malawi)]], celebrates the independence of [[Malawi]] from United Kingdom in 1964. *[[International Kissing Day]] (informally observed)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2011/07/national-kissing-day/|title=International Kissing Day!|first=Sheril|last=Kirshenbaum|magazine=Wired|date=July 6, 2011|via=www.wired.com|access-date=July 11, 2019|archive-date=June 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611203122/https://www.wired.com/2011/07/national-kissing-day/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[Jan Hus Day]] ([[Czech Republic]]) *[[Kupala Night]] ([[Poland]], [[Russia]], [[Belarus]] and [[Ukraine]]) *[[Statehood Day (Lithuania)]] *[[Teachers' Day (Peru)]] ==See also== *''[[The Sixth of July]]'', a Soviet drama film ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/6 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=07|day=06}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/july/6 |title=Historical Events on July 6 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:July 06}} [[Category:Days of July]]
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