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{{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[618]] – Li Yuan becomes [[Emperor Gaozu of Tang]], initiating three centuries of [[Tang dynasty]] rule over China. * [[656]] – [[Ali]] becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate. * [[860]] – [[Siege of Constantinople (860)|Byzantine–Rus' War]]: A fleet of about 200 [[Rus' Khaganate|Rus']] vessels sails into the [[Bosphorus]] and starts pillaging the suburbs of the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] capital [[Constantinople]]. *[[1053]] – [[Battle of Civitate]]: Three thousand [[Normans|Norman]] horsemen of [[Humphrey of Hauteville|Count Humphrey]] rout the troops of [[Pope Leo IX]]. *[[1264]] – The [[Parliament of Ireland]] meets at [[Castledermot]] in [[County Kildare]], the first definitively known meeting of this Irish [[legislature]]. *[[1265]] – A draft [[Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1265|Byzantine–Venetian treaty]] is concluded between Venetian envoys and Emperor [[Michael VIII Palaiologos]], but is not ratified by Doge [[Reniero Zeno]]. *[[1391]] – [[Tokhtamysh–Timur war]]: [[Battle of the Kondurcha River]]: [[Timur]] defeats [[Tokhtamysh]] of the [[Golden Horde]] in present-day southeast Russia.<ref>Tucker, Spencer C. (2009-12-23). A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East [6 volumes]: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-85109-672-5.</ref> *[[1429]] – [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII's]] army defeats an [[English Army|English army]] under [[John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury|John Talbot]] at the [[Battle of Patay]] during the [[Hundred Years' War]]. The English lost 2,200 men, over half their army, crippling their efforts during this segment of the war.<ref>{{cite book |first=Kelly |last=DeVries |title=Joan of Arc: A Military Leader |location=Stroud |publisher=History Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-7524-6061-1 |page=96}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1633]] – [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] is crowned King of Scots at [[St Giles' Cathedral]], [[Edinburgh]]. *[[1684]] – The charter of the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] is revoked via a ''[[scire facias]]'' writ issued by an English court. *[[1757]] – [[Battle of Kolín]] between [[Prussian Army|Prussian forces]] under [[Frederick the Great]] and an [[Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Emperor|Austrian army]] under the command of Field Marshal [[Count Leopold Joseph von Daun]] in the [[Seven Years' War]]. *[[1778]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: The [[British Army]] abandons [[Philadelphia]]. *[[1799]] – [[Action of 18 June 1799]]: A frigate squadron under Rear-admiral [[Jean-Baptiste Perrée]] is captured by the British fleet under [[George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith|Lord Keith]]. *[[1803]] – [[Haitian Revolution]]: The [[Royal Navy]] led by Rear-Admiral [[John Thomas Duckworth]] commence the [[blockade of Saint-Domingue]] against French forces.<ref>{{cite book |last=James |first=William |author-link=William James (naval historian) |year=2002 |orig-year=1827 |title=The Naval History of Great Britain, Volume 3, 1800–1805 |publisher=Conway Maritime Press |location=London |page=207 |isbn=0-85177-907-7}}</ref> *[[1812]] – The United States [[United States declaration of war on the United Kingdom|declaration of war]] upon the United Kingdom is signed by President [[James Madison]], beginning the [[War of 1812]]. *[[1815]] – [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The [[Battle of Waterloo]] results in the defeat of [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]] by the [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Duke of Wellington]] and [[Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher]] forcing him to abdicate the throne of [[First French Empire|France]] for the second and last time. *[[1822]] – [[Konstantinos Kanaris]] blows up the [[Ottoman navy]]'s flagship at [[Chios]], killing the [[Kapudan Pasha]] [[Nasuhzade Ali Pasha]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Finlay |first=George |author-link=George Finlay |title=History of the Greek Revolution, Vol. I |publisher=William Blackwood and Sons |location=Edinburgh and London |year=1861 |url={{Google Books|-ktoAAAAMAAJ |plainurl=y}} | pages = 316–318}}</ref> *[[1858]] – [[Charles Darwin]] receives a paper from [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] that includes nearly identical conclusions about [[evolution]] as Darwin's own, prompting Darwin to publish his theory. *[[1859]] – First ascent of [[Aletschhorn]], second summit of the [[Bernese Alps]]. *[[1873]] – [[Susan B. Anthony]] is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the [[1872 United States presidential election|1872 presidential election]]. *[[1887]] – The [[Reinsurance Treaty]] between Germany and Russia is signed. *[[1900]] – [[Empress Dowager Cixi]] of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign [[diplomat]]s and their families. ===1901–present=== *[[1908]] – [[Japanese Brazilians|Japanese immigration to Brazil]] begins when 781 people arrive in [[Santos, São Paulo|Santos]] aboard the ship ''Kasato-Maru''. * 1908 – The [[University of the Philippines]] is established. *[[1920]] – [[The Troubles in Ulster (1920–1922)|The Troubles in Northern Ireland (1920–1922)]] begin with a week of sectarian violence in [[Derry]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-55252892 "Londonderry's forgotten week of bloodshed' in 1920"]. [[BBC News]], 20 April 2023.</ref> *[[1928]] – [[Aviator]] [[Amelia Earhart]] becomes the first woman to [[Transatlantic flight|fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean]] (she is a passenger; [[Wilmer Stultz]] is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic). *[[1935]] – Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, [[Battle of Ballantyne Pier|clash with striking longshoremen]], resulting in a total of 60 injuries and 24 arrests. *[[1940]] – [[Appeal of 18 June]] by [[Charles de Gaulle]]. * 1940 – The [[This was their finest hour|"Finest Hour" speech]] is delivered by [[Winston Churchill]]. *[[1945]] – [[William Joyce]] ("[[Lord Haw-Haw]]") is charged with [[treason]] for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during [[World War II]]. *[[1946]] – Dr. [[Ram Manohar Lohia]], a [[Socialist]], calls for a [[Direct Action Day]] against the Portuguese in [[Goa]]. *[[1948]] – [[Columbia Records]] introduces the [[LP record|long-playing record album]] in a public demonstration at the [[Waldorf-Astoria Hotel]] in New York City. * 1948 – Britain, France and the United States announce that on June 21, the ''[[Deutsche Mark]]'' will be introduced in western Germany and West Berlin. Over the next six days, Communists increasingly restrict access to Berlin.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory2/chapter/the-berlin-blockade/ |title=The Berlin Blockade |website=Lumen Learning}}</ref> *[[1953]] – The [[Egyptian revolution of 1952]] ends with the overthrow of the [[Muhammad Ali dynasty]] and the declaration of the [[Egypt#Modern history|Republic of Egypt]]. * 1953 – A [[United States Air Force]] [[Douglas C-124 Globemaster II|C-124]] [[Tachikawa air disaster|crashes and burns]] near [[Tachikawa]], Japan, killing 129. *[[1954]] – [[Carlos Castillo Armas]] leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the [[1954 Guatemalan coup d'état]]. *[[1958]] – [[Benjamin Britten]]'s one-act opera ''[[Noye's Fludde]]'' premiered at the [[Aldeburgh Festival]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Britten |first=Benjamin |editor1-last=Reed |editor1-first=Philip |editor2-last=Cooke |editor2-first=Mervyn |editor3-last=Mitchell |editor3-first=Donald |year=2008 |title=Letters from a Life: The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Volume IV, 1952–1957 |location=Woodbridge |publisher=The Boydell Press |isbn=978-1-84383-382-6 |pages=555, 562}}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Vietnam War]]: The [[United States Air Force]] uses [[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress|B-52 bombers]] to [[Operation Arc Light|attack guerrilla fighters]] in [[South Vietnam]]. *[[1972]] – [[British European Airways Flight 548|Staines air disaster]]: One hundred eighteen people are killed when a [[British European Airways|BEA]] [[Hawker Siddeley Trident|H.S. Trident]] crashes minutes after takeoff from London's [[Heathrow Airport]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Staines air crash: Memorial held for one of UK's worst air crashes |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-61822837 |website=BBC News |access-date=21 June 2022 |date=18 June 2022}}</ref><!-- significant policy impact: lead to use of cockpit voice recorders --> *[[1979]] – [[Strategic Arms Limitation Talks|SALT II]] is signed by the United States and the [[Soviet Union]]. *[[1981]] – The [[Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk]], the first operational aircraft initially designed around [[stealth technology]], makes its first flight. *[[1982]] – Italian banker [[Roberto Calvi]]'s body is discovered hanging beneath [[Blackfriars Bridge]] in London, England. *[[1983]] – [[Space Shuttle program]]: [[STS-7]], [[Astronaut]] [[Sally Ride]] becomes the first American woman in space.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pearson |first1=Ezzy |title=Who Was Sally Ride? |url=https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-missions/sally-ride |website=BBC Sky at Night |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref> * 1983 – [[Mona Mahmudnizhad]], together with nine other women of the [[Baháʼí Faith]], is sentenced to death and hanged in [[Shiraz]], Iran over her religious beliefs. *[[1984]] – [[Battle of Orgreave|A major clash]] between about 5,000 police and a similar number of striking miners takes place at [[Orgreave, South Yorkshire]], during the [[UK miners' strike (1984–85)|1984–85 UK miners' strike]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Aslett |first1=Chloe |title=Orgreave campaign group publishes new report and demands inquiry as "truth remains hidden" 40 years on |url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/orgreave-truth-and-justice-campaign-group-publishes-new-report-and-demands-inquiry-as-truth-remains-hidden-40-years-on-4670081 |website=Sheffield Star |publisher=National World Publishing Ltd. |access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[The Troubles]]: Members of the [[Ulster Volunteer Force]] (UVF) [[Loughinisland massacre|attack a crowded pub]] with assault rifles in [[Loughinisland]], Northern Ireland. Six Catholic civilians are killed and five wounded. It was crowded with people watching the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]]. *[[1998]] – [[Propair Flight 420]] crashes near [[Montréal–Mirabel International Airport]] in [[Quebec]], Canada, killing 11.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II C-GQAL Montreal-Mirabel International Airport, QC (YMX) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19980618-0 |access-date=2021-05-04 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[2006]] – The first [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] space [[satellite]], [[KazSat-1]] is launched. *[[2007]] – The [[Charleston Sofa Super Store fire]] happened in [[Charleston, South Carolina]], killing nine [[firefighter]]s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Glenn |title=Charleston honors 9 firefighters who died in historic Sofa Super Store inferno |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/news/sofa-super-store-fire-charleston-nine-firefighters-anniversary/article_ef8a8ca0-2a83-11ef-b507-b356a41365b3.html |website=Post & Courier |publisher=Evening Post Publishing Newspaper Co. |access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref> *[[2009]] – The [[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter]] (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched. *[[2018]] – An [[2018 Osaka earthquake|earthquake of magnitude 6.1]] strikes northern [[Osaka prefecture|Osaka]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ives |first1=Mike |title=Japan Earthquake Kills at Least 3 Near Osaka, Injuring Hundreds More |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/world/asia/japan-earthquake-osaka.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/world/asia/japan-earthquake-osaka.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=18 June 2018 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=18 June 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[2023]] – ''Titan'', a submersible operated by [[OceanGate|OceanGate Expeditions]], [[Titan submersible implosion|imploded]] while attempting to view the [[wreck of the Titanic]], killing all five people on board including the co-founder and CEO of the company, [[Stockton Rush]] in the [[North Atlantic Ocean]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Debusmann Jr |first=Bernd |date=23 June 2023 |title=Five dead on Titan sub were 'true explorers' - OceanGate |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65993579 |access-date=23 June 2023}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1269]] – [[Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar]] (d. 1298) *[[1318]] – [[Eleanor of Woodstock]] (d. 1355)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Panton |first1=James |title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7497-8 |page=173 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC&pg=PA173 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1332]] – [[John V Palaiologos]], [[Byzantine Emperor]] (d. 1391) *[[1466]] – [[Ottaviano Petrucci]], Italian printer (d. 1539) *[[1511]] – [[Bartolomeo Ammannati]], Italian architect and sculptor, designed the [[Ponte Santa Trinita]] (d. 1592) *[[1517]] – [[Emperor Ōgimachi]] of Japan (d. 1593) *[[1521]] – [[Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu]] (d. 1577) ===1601–1900=== *[[1667]] – [[Ivan Trubetskoy]], Russian field marshal (d. 1750) *[[1673]] – [[Antonio de Literes]], Spanish composer (d. 1747) *[[1677]] – [[Antonio Maria Bononcini]], Italian cellist and composer (d. 1726) *[[1716]] – [[Joseph-Marie Vien]], French painter and educator (d. 1809) *[[1717]] – [[Johann Stamitz]], Czech violinist and composer (d. 1757) *[[1757]] – [[Ignaz Pleyel]], Austrian-French pianist and composer (d. 1831) * 1757 – [[Gervasio Antonio de Posadas]], Argentine lawyer and politician 1st [[Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata]] (d. 1833) *[[1769]] – [[Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh]], Irish-English politician, [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]] (d. 1822) *[[1799]] – [[William Lassell]], English astronomer and merchant (d. 1880) *[[1812]] – [[Ivan Goncharov]], Russian journalist and author (d. 1891) *[[1815]] – [[Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen]], German general (d. 1881) *[[1816]] – [[Hélène Napoleone Bonaparte]], French daughter of [[Napoleon]] (d. 1907) * 1816 – [[Jung Bahadur Rana]], Nepali ruler (d. 1877) *[[1833]] – [[Manuel González Flores]], Mexican general and President (1880-1884) (d. 1893)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://historia-biografia.com/manuel-gonzalez/ |title=Manuel González |publisher=Historia-Biografia.com |first=Leydy |last=Montoya |date=27 October 2018 |language=es |access-date=May 29, 2019}}</ref> *[[1834]] – [[Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie]], French philosopher and academic (d. 1895) *[[1839]] – [[William H. Seward Jr.]], American general and banker (d. 1920) *[[1845]] – [[Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran]], French physician and parasitologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1922) *[[1850]] – [[Richard Heuberger]], Austrian composer and critic (d. 1914) *[[1854]] – [[E. W. Scripps]], American publisher, founded the [[E. W. Scripps Company]] (d. 1926) *[[1857]] – [[Henry Clay Folger]], American businessman and philanthropist, founded the [[Folger Shakespeare Library]] (d. 1930) *[[1858]] – [[Andrew Forsyth]], Scottish-English mathematician and academic (d. 1942) * 1858 – [[Hector Rason]], English-Australian politician, 7th [[Premier of Western Australia]] (d. 1927) *[[1862]] – [[Carolyn Wells]], American novelist and poet (d. 1942)<ref>{{cite web |title=Carolyn Wells | American writer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carolyn-Wells |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=22 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1863]] – [[George Essex Evans]], English-Australian poet and author (d. 1909) *[[1868]] – [[Miklós Horthy]], Hungarian admiral and politician, [[Regent of Hungary]] (d. 1957) *[[1870]] – [[Édouard Le Roy]], French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1954) *[[1877]] – [[James Montgomery Flagg]], American painter and illustrator (d. 1960) *[[1881]] – [[Zoltán Halmay]], Hungarian swimmer (d. 1956) *[[1882]] – [[Georgi Dimitrov]], Bulgarian compositor and politician, 32nd [[List of Prime Ministers of Bulgaria|Prime Minister of Bulgaria]] (d. 1949) *[[1884]] – [[Édouard Daladier]], French captain and politician, [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1970) *[[1886]] – [[George Mallory]], English lieutenant and mountaineer (d. 1924) * 1886 – [[Alexander Wetmore]], American ornithologist and paleontologist (d. 1978) *[[1887]] – [[Tancrède Labbé]], Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1956) *[[1896]] – [[Blanche Sweet]], American actress (d. 1986) *[[1897]] – [[Martti Marttelin]], Finnish runner (d. 1940) *[[1900]] – [[Vlasta Vraz]], Czech-American relief worker, editor, and fundraiser (d. 1989) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia]] (d. 1918)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Two - Russia's Lost Princesses - Beyond the portraits |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/HxprRdWRhF6G7zg54kFLnp/beyond-the-portraits |website=BBC |access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref> * 1901 – [[Llewellyn Rees]], English actor (d. 1994) *[[1902]] – [[Louis Alter]], American musician (d. 1980) * 1902 – [[Paavo Yrjölä]], Finnish decathlete (d. 1980) *[[1903]] – [[Jeanette MacDonald]], American actress and singer (d. 1965) * 1903 – [[Raymond Radiguet]], French author and poet (d. 1923) *[[1904]] – [[Keye Luke]], Chinese-American actor (d. 1991) * 1904 – [[Manuel Rosenthal]], French conductor and composer (d. 2003) *[[1905]] – [[Eduard Tubin]], Estonian composer and conductor (d. 1982) *[[1907]] – [[Frithjof Schuon]], Swiss-American metaphysicist, philosopher, and author (d. 1998) *[[1908]] – [[Bud Collyer]], American actor and game show host (d. 1969) * 1908 – [[Stanley Knowles]], American-Canadian academic and politician (d. 1997) * 1908 – [[Nedra Volz]], American actress (d. 2003) *[[1910]] – [[Dick Foran]], American actor and singer (d. 1979) * 1910 – [[Avon Long]], American actor and singer (d. 1984) * 1910 – [[Ray McKinley]], American singer, drummer, and bandleader (d. 1995) *[[1912]] – [[Glenn Morris]], American decathlete (d. 1974) *[[1913]] – [[Wilfred Gordon Bigelow]], Canadian soldier and surgeon (d. 2005) * 1913 – [[Sammy Cahn]], American pianist and composer (d. 1993) * 1913 – [[Sylvia Porter]], American economist and journalist (d. 1991) * 1913 – [[Françoise Loranger]], Canadian playwright and producer (d. 1995) * 1913 – [[Robert Mondavi]], American winemaker and philanthropist (d. 2008) * 1913 – [[Oswald Teichmüller]], German mathematician (d. 1943) *[[1914]] – [[E. G. Marshall]], American actor (d. 1998) * 1914 – [[Efraín Huerta]], Mexican poet (d. 1982) *[[1915]] – [[Red Adair]], American firefighter (d. 2004) * 1915 – [[Robert Kanigher]], American author (d. 2002) * 1915 – [[Alice T. Schafer]], American mathematician (d. 2009) *[[1916]] – [[Julio César Turbay Ayala]], Colombian lawyer and politician, 25th [[President of Colombia]] (d. 2005) *[[1917]] – [[Richard Boone]], American actor, singer, and director (d. 1981) * 1917 – [[Jack Karnehm]], English snooker player and sportscaster (d. 2002) * 1917 – [[Erik Ortvad]], Danish painter and illustrator (d. 2008) *[[1918]] – [[Alf Francis]], West Prussia-born, English motor racing mechanic and race car constructor (d. 1983) * 1918 – [[Jerome Karle]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2013) * 1918 – [[Franco Modigliani]], Italian-American economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2003) *[[1919]] – [[Jüri Järvet]], Estonian actor and screenwriter (d. 1995) *[[1920]] – [[Ian Carmichael]], English actor and singer (d. 2010) * 1920 – [[Aster Berkhof]], Belgian author and academic (d. 2020) *[[1922]] – [[Claude Helffer]], French pianist and educator (d. 2004) *[[1924]] – [[George Mikan]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2005) *[[1925]] – [[Robert Beadell]], American composer and educator (d. 1994) *[[1926]] – [[Philip B. Crosby]], American businessman and author (d. 2001) * 1926 – [[Allan Sandage]], American astronomer and cosmologist (d. 2010) * 1926 – [[Tom Wicker]], American journalist and author (d. 2011) *[[1927]] – [[Eva Bartok]], Hungarian-English actress (d. 1998) * 1927 – [[Paul Eddington]], English actor (d. 1995) *[[1928]] – [[Michael Blakemore]], Australian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2023) * 1928 – [[David T. Lykken]], American geneticist and academic (d. 2006) *[[1929]] – [[Jürgen Habermas]], German sociologist and philosopher * 1929 – [[Tibor Rubin]], Hungarian-American soldier, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 2015) *[[1931]] – [[Fernando Henrique Cardoso]], Brazilian sociologist, academic, and politician, 34th [[President of Brazil]] *[[1932]] – [[Dudley R. Herschbach]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate * 1932 – [[Geoffrey Hill]], English poet and academic (d. 2016) *[[1933]] – [[Colin Brumby]], Australian composer and conductor (d. 2018)<ref name="abc.net.au/classic/features/vale-colin-brumby/9301580">{{Cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/classic/features/vale-colin-brumby/9301580 |title=Vale Colin Brumby (18/06/1933 - 3/01/2018) |website=abc.net.au/classic/features/vale-colin-brumby/9301580 |date=3 January 2018 |access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref> * 1933 – [[Tommy Hunt]], American singer *[[1934]] – [[Brian Kenny (British Army officer)|Brian Kenny]], English general (d. 2017) * 1934 – [[Mitsuteru Yokoyama]], Japanese author and illustrator (d. 2004) * 1934 – [[Barack Obama Sr.]], Kenyan economist (d. 1982)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Maraniss |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wnna9CLtblAC&pg=PT65 |title=Barack Obama: The Story |date=2012-06-19 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-4391-6753-3 |pages=65 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[Denny Hulme]], New Zealand race car driver (d. 1992) * 1936 – [[Ronald Venetiaan]], Surinamese politician, 6th [[President of Suriname]] *[[1937]] – [[Del Harris]], American basketball player and coach * 1937 – [[Jay Rockefeller]], American lawyer and politician, 29th [[Governor of West Virginia]] * 1937 – [[Bruce Trigger]], Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist and historian (d. 2006) * 1937 – [[Vitaly Zholobov]], Ukrainian colonel, engineer, and astronaut *[[1938]] – [[Kevin Murray (Australian footballer)|Kevin Murray]], Australian footballer and coach *[[1939]] – [[Lou Brock]], American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2020) * 1939 – [[Jean-Claude Germain]], Canadian historian, author, and journalist * 1939 – [[Brooks Firestone]], American businessman and politician *[[1941]] – [[Roger Lemerre]], French footballer and manager * 1941 – [[Paul Mayersberg]], English director and screenwriter * 1941 – [[Delia Smith]], English chef and author *[[1942]] – [[John Bellany]], Scottish painter (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Bellany obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/sep/02/john-bellany |website=The Guardian |access-date=21 June 2022 |language=en |date=2 September 2013}}</ref> * 1942 – [[Roger Ebert]], American journalist, critic, and screenwriter (d. 2013) * 1942 – [[Pat Hutchins]], English author and illustrator (d. 2017) * 1942 – [[Thabo Mbeki]], South African politician and 2nd [[President of South Africa]] * 1942 – [[Paul McCartney]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1942 – [[Richard Perry]], American record producer (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Italie |first=Hillel |date=December 24, 2024 |title=Richard Perry, record producer behind 'You're So Vain' and other hits, dies at 82 |url=https://apnews.com/article/richard-perry-dies-obituary-833cc183720594a290f2038e67b17d27 |access-date=December 27, 2024 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref> * 1942 – [[Carl Radle]], American bass player and producer (d. 1980) * 1942 – [[Nick Tate]], Australian actor and director * 1942 – [[Hans Vonk (conductor)|Hans Vonk]], Dutch conductor (d. 2004) *[[1943]] – [[Barry Evans (actor)|Barry Evans]], English actor (d. 1997) * 1943 – [[Raffaella Carrà]], Italian singer, dancer, and actress (d. 2021) * 1943 – [[Éva Marton]], Hungarian soprano and actress *[[1944]] – [[Bruce DuMont]], American broadcaster and political analyst * 1944 – [[Sandy Posey]], American pop/country singer *[[1946]] – [[Russell Ash]], English journalist and author (d. 2010)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Russell Ash |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-russell-ash-2442284 |website=www.scotsman.com |date=9 July 2010 |access-date=3 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1946 – [[Bruiser Brody]], American wrestler (d. 1988) * 1946 – [[Fabio Capello]], Italian footballer and manager * 1946 – [[Maria Bethânia]], Brazilian singer * 1946 – [[Gordon Murray]], British automobile designer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Allen |title=Gordon Murray |url=https://www.oldracingcars.com/teamboss/Gordon_Murray |access-date=2021-06-17 |website=OldRacingCars.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Ivonne Coll]], Puerto Rican-American model and actress, [[Miss Puerto Rico|Miss Puerto Rico 1967]] * 1947 – [[Bernard Giraudeau]], French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010) * 1947 – [[Linda Thorson]], Canadian actress *[[1948]] – [[Philip Jackson (actor)|Philip Jackson]], English actor * 1948 – [[Sherry Turkle]], American academic, psychologist, and sociologist *[[1949]] – [[Chris Van Allsburg]], American author and illustrator * 1949 – [[Jarosław Kaczyński]], Polish lawyer and politician, 13th [[Prime Minister of Poland]] * 1949 – [[Lech Kaczyński]], Polish lawyer and politician, 4th [[President of Poland]] (d. 2010) *[[1950]] – [[Rod de'Ath]], Welsh drummer and producer (d. 2014) * 1950 – [[Annelie Ehrhardt]], German hurdler * 1950 – [[Mike Johanns]], American lawyer and politician, 28th [[United States Secretary of Agriculture]] * 1950 – [[Jackie Leven]], Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011) *[[1951]] – [[Mohammed Al-Sager]], Kuwaiti journalist and politician * 1951 – [[Miriam Flynn]], American actress and comedian * 1951 – [[Ian Hargreaves]], English-Welsh journalist and academic * 1951 – [[Stephen Hopper]], Australian botanist and academic * 1951 – [[Gyula Sax]], Hungarian chess player (d. 2014) *[[1952]] – [[Tiiu Aro]], Estonian physician and politician, [[Minister of Social Affairs (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of Social Affairs]] * 1952 – [[Denis Herron]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1952 – [[Carol Kane]], American actress * 1952 – [[Isabella Rossellini]], Italian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1952 – [[Lee Soo-man]], South Korean singer and businessman, founded [[S.M. Entertainment]] *[[1953]] – [[Peter Donohoe (pianist)|Peter Donohoe]], English pianist and educator *[[1955]] – [[Ed Fast]], Canadian lawyer and politician *[[1956]] – [[Brian Benben]], American actor and producer * 1956 – [[John Scott (organist)|John Scott]], English organist and conductor (d. 2015) *[[1957]] – [[Miguel Ángel Lotina]], Spanish footballer and manager * 1957 – [[Richard Powers]], American novelist *[[1958]] – [[Peter Altmaier]], German jurist and politician, [[Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany]] * 1958 – [[Gary Martin (actor)|Gary Martin]], British voice actor and actor *[[1959]] – [[Joe Ansolabehere]], American animation screenwriter and producer *[[1960]] – [[Barbara Broccoli]], American director and producer * 1960 – [[Steve Murphy (news anchor)|Steve Murphy]], Canadian journalist *[[1961]] – [[Oz Fox]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1961 – [[Andrés Galarraga]], Venezuelan baseball player * 1961 – [[Angela Johnson (writer)|Angela Johnson]], American novelist and poet * 1961 – [[Alison Moyet]], English singer-songwriter *[[1962]] – [[Lisa Randall]], American physicist and academic *[[1963]] – [[Dizzy Reed]], American keyboard player and songwriter * 1963 – [[Bruce Smith (defensive end)|Bruce Smith]], American football player *[[1964]] – [[Uday Hussein]], Iraqi commander (d. 2003) * 1964 – [[Patti Webster]], American publicist and author (d. 2013) *[[1966]] – [[Kurt Browning]], Canadian figure skater, choreographer, and sportscaster * 1966 – [[Troy Kemp]], Bahamian high jumper * 1966 – [[Dexter Romweber]], American musician (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite web| title=Dex Romweber of Flat Duo Jets Dies at 57 |url=https://flagpole.com/music/homedrone/2024/02/17/dex-romweber-of-flat-duo-jets-dies-at-57/ |website=flagpole.com}}</ref> *[[1967]] – [[Clifton Campbell]], American sprinter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/clifton-campbell-14349163 |title=Clifton CAMPBELL |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Frank Müller]], German decathlete *[[1969]] – [[Haki Doku]], Albanian cyclist * 1969 – [[Christopher Largen]], American journalist and author (d. 2012) *[[1970]] – [[Katie Derham]], English journalist * 1970 – [[Ivan Kozák]], Slovak footballer * 1970 – [[Greg Yaitanes]], American director and producer *[[1971]] – [[Kerry Butler]], American actress and singer * 1971 – [[Jason McAteer]], English-Irish footballer and manager * 1971 – [[Nathan Morris]], American soul singer * 1971 – [[Nigel Owens]], Welsh rugby referee and TV presenter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Y Wasg | S4C |url=https://www.s4c.cymru/cy/y-wasg/post/43452/rhaglen-arbennig-yn-dathlu-pen-blwydd-nigel-owens-yn-hanner-cant/ |access-date=2021-06-18 |website=www.s4c.cymru}}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Anu Tali]], Estonian pianist and conductor * 1972 – [[Wikus du Toit]], South African actor, director, and composer *[[1973]] – [[Julie Depardieu]], French actress * 1973 – [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]], American author and music critic * 1973 – [[Ray LaMontagne]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1973 – [[Alexandra Meissnitzer]], Austrian skier * 1973 – [[Matt Parsons]], Australian rugby league player * 1973 – [[Gavin Wanganeen]], Australian footballer and coach *[[1974]] – [[Vincenzo Montella]], Italian footballer and manager * 1974 – [[Sergey Sharikov]], Russian fencer and coach (d. 2015) *[[1975]] – [[Marie Gillain]], Belgian actress * 1975 – [[Aleksandrs Koliņko]], Latvian footballer * 1975 – [[Martin St. Louis]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1976]] – [[Blake Shelton]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1978]] – [[Wang Liqin]], Chinese table tennis player * 1978 – [[Tara Platt]], American actress, producer, and screenwriter *[[1979]] – [[Yumiko Kobayashi]], Japanese voice actress and singer * 1979 – [[Ivana Wong]], Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress *[[1980]] – [[Antonio Gates]], American football player * 1980 – [[Sergey Kirdyapkin]], Russian race walker * 1980 – [[Craig Mottram]], Australian runner * 1980 – [[Antero Niittymäki]], Finnish ice hockey player *[[1981]] – [[Scooter Braun]], American music executive * 1981 – [[Clint Newton]], American-Australian rugby league player * 1981 – [[Marco Streller]], Swiss footballer *[[1982]] – [[Nadir Belhadj]], French-Algerian footballer * 1982 – [[Marco Borriello]], Italian footballer * 1982 – [[Nathan Cavaleri]], Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor *[[1983]] – [[Billy Slater]], Australian rugby league player * 1983 – [[Cameron Smith (rugby league, born 1983)|Cameron Smith]], Australian rugby league player *[[1984]] – [[Nanyak Dala]], Canadian rugby player *[[1985]] – [[Chris Coghlan]], American baseball player * 1985 – [[Alex Hirsch]], American animator and television producer *[[1986]] – [[Edgars Eriņš]], Latvian decathlete * 1986 – [[Richard Gasquet]], French tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Richard Gasquet | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/richard-gasquet/g628/overview |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=ATP Tour}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Richard Madden]], Scottish actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Priyanka Chopra sends birthday wishes to her 'Citadel' co-star Richard Madden |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/967465-priyanka-chopra-sends-birthday-wishes-to-her-citadel-co-star-richard-madden |publisher=[[The News International]] |access-date=17 June 2023 |date=19 June 2022}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Omar Arellano (footballer, born 1987)|Omar Arellano]], Mexican footballer * 1987 – [[Moeen Ali]], English cricketer *[[1988]] – [[Elini Dimoutsos]], Greek footballer * 1988 – [[Josh Dun]], American musician *[[1989]] – [[Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang]], French-born Gabonese footballer * 1989 – [[Chris Harris Jr.]], American football player *[[1990]] – [[Luke Adam]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1990 – [[Sandra Izbașa]], Romanian gymnast * 1990 – [[Derek Stepan]], American ice hockey player * 1990 – [[Christian Taylor (athlete)|Christian Taylor]], American triple jumper *[[1993]] – [[Dennis Lloyd]], Israeli musician, producer, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dennis-lloyd-mn0003616306 |title=Dennis Lloyd - Biography, Albums, Streaming Links |website=AllMusic}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Sean McMahon]], Australian rugby player * 1994 – [[Takeoff (rapper)|Takeoff]], American rapper (d. 2022)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/takeoff-mn0003587099/biography |title=Takeoff |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102082902/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/takeoff-mn0003587099/biography |access-date=3 November 2022 |archive-date=2 November 2022 |website=allmusic.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 November 2022 |title=US rapper Takeoff, 28, shot dead in Houston, Texas |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/celebrity-deaths/us-rapper-takeoff-28-shot-dead-in-houston-texas/news-story/a6bf2350ca04f4ed563aa0a82ece3323 |website=The Advertiser |access-date=3 November 2022}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Maxim Kovtun]], Russian figure skater *[[1996]] – [[Alen Halilović]], Croatian footballer * 1996 – [[Niki Wories]], Dutch figure skater *[[1997]] – [[Katharina Hobgarski]], German tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Katharina Hobgarski - Player Profile - Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/katharina-hobgarski_prs448277/person.shtml |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Eurosport UK |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Katharina Hobgarski | Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/321658/katharina-hobgarski |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Latrell Mitchell]], Australian rugby league player *[[1999]] – [[Arin (singer)|Choi Ye-won]], South Korean singer and actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Oh My Girl - Profile & Gallery |url=http://ohmy-girl.com/omg_official/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426161340/http://ohmy-girl.com/omg_official/ |archive-date=April 26, 2015 |access-date=August 10, 2020 |publisher=WM Entertainment}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Trippie Redd]], American rapper <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. --> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[741]] – [[Leo III the Isaurian]], Byzantine emperor (b. 685) * [[908]] – [[Zhang Hao (general)|Zhang Hao]], general of [[Yang Wu]] *[[1095]] – [[Sophia of Hungary]] (b. c. 1050) *[[1164]] – [[Elisabeth of Schönau]], German Benedictine visionary (b. c. 1129)<ref>{{cite book |last=Nuth |first=Joan M. |chapter=Elisabeth of Schönau |editor-first=William M. |editor-last=Johnson |title=Encyclopedia of Monasticism |location=London |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn |year=2000 |pages=442–443}}</ref> *[[1234]] – [[Emperor Chūkyō]] of Japan (b. 1218) *[[1250]] – [[Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León]] *[[1291]] – [[Alfonso III of Aragon]] (b. 1265)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alfonso III | king of Aragon |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfonso-III-king-of-Aragon |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=17 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1333]] – [[Henry XV, Duke of Bavaria]] (b. 1312) *[[1464]] – [[Rogier van der Weyden]], Flemish painter (b. 1400) *[[1588]] – [[Robert Crowley (printer)|Robert Crowley]], English minister and poet (b. 1517) ===1601–1900=== *[[1629]] – [[Piet Pieterszoon Hein]], Dutch admiral (b. 1577) *[[1650]] – [[Christoph Scheiner]], German priest, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1575) *[[1673]] – [[Jeanne Mance]], French-Canadian nurse, founded the [[Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal]] (b. 1606)<ref>{{cite book |first=Anne |last=Commire |title=Women in World History : A Biographical Encyclopedia Volume 10 |location=Waterford |publisher=Yorkin Publications |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-7876-3736-1 |page=140}}</ref> *[[1704]] – [[Tom Brown (satirist)|Tom Brown]], English author and translator (b. 1662) *[[1726]] – [[Michel Richard Delalande]], French organist and composer (b. 1657) *[[1742]] – [[John Aislabie]], English politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (b. 1670) *[[1749]] – [[Ambrose Philips]], English poet and politician (b. 1674) *[[1772]] – [[Johann Ulrich von Cramer]], German jurist and scholar (b. 1706) * 1772 – [[Gerard van Swieten]], Dutch-Austrian physician and reformer (b. 1700) *[[1788]] – [[Adam Gib]], Scottish religious leader (b. 1714) *[[1794]] – [[François Buzot]], French lawyer and politician (b. 1760) * 1794 – [[James Murray (British Army officer, born 1721)|James Murray]], Scottish-English general and politician, 20th [[List of Governors General of Canada|Governor of the Province of Quebec]] (b. 1721) *[[1804]] – [[Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma]] (b. 1746)<ref>{{cite book |first=Hugh |last=Montgomery-Massingberd |title=Burke's Royal Families of the World Volume I: Europe & Latin America |location=London |publisher=Burke's Peerage Ltd |year=1977 |isbn=978-0-85011-023-4 |page=19}}</ref> *[[1815]] – [[Thomas Picton]], Welsh-English general and politician (b. 1758) *[[1833]] – [[Robert Hett Chapman]], American minister, missionary, and academic (b. 1771) *[[1835]] – [[William Cobbett]], English farmer and journalist (b. 1763)<ref>{{cite web |title=William Cobbett | British journalist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Cobbett-British-journalist |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=23 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1860]] – [[Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck]], German army officer and writer (b. 1783) *[[1866]] – [[Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1864–1866)|Prince Sigismund of Prussia]] (b. 1864) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Samuel Butler (novelist)|Samuel Butler]], English novelist, satirist, and critic (b. 1835) *[[1905]] – [[Carmine Crocco]], Italian soldier (b. 1830) *[[1916]] – [[Max Immelmann]], German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1890) *[[1917]] – [[Titu Maiorescu]], Romanian critic and politician, 23rd [[Prime Minister of Romania]] (b. 1840) *[[1921]] – [[Abdul Awwal Jaunpuri]], Indian Islamic scholar and author (b. 1867)<ref>{{cite Banglapedia |article=Jaunpuri, Abdul Awal |author=Afaz Uddin, Muhammad}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Jacobus Kapteyn]], Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1851) *[[1926]] – [[Olga Constantinovna of Russia]], Queen consort of the Hellenes (b. 1851)<ref>{{cite book |last=Montgomery-Massingberd |first=Hugh |title=Burke's Royal Families of the World Volume I: Europe & Latin America |location=London |publisher=Burke's Peerage |year=1977 |isbn=978-0-85011-023-4 |page=471}}</ref> *[[1928]] – [[Roald Amundsen]], Norwegian pilot and explorer (b. 1872) *[[1936]] – [[Maxim Gorky]], Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1868) *[[1937]] – [[Gaston Doumergue]], French politician, 13th [[President of France]] (b. 1863) *[[1942]] – [[Arthur Pryor]], American trombonist, bandleader, and politician (b. 1870) *[[1943]] – [[Elias Degiannis]], Greek commander (b. 1912) *[[1945]] – [[Florence Bascom]], American geologist and educator (b. 1862)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Florence-Bascom |title=Florence Bascom | American educator and scientist |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |access-date=2019-08-11}}</ref> * 1945 – [[Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.]], American general (b. 1886) *[[1947]] – [[Shigematsu Sakaibara]], Japanese admiral (b. 1898) *[[1948]] – [[Edward Brooker]], English-Australian politician, 31st [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. 1891) *[[1959]] – [[Ethel Barrymore]], American actress (b. 1879) *[[1963]] – [[Pedro Armendáriz]], Mexican-American actor (b. 1912) *[[1964]] – [[Giorgio Morandi]], Italian painter (b. 1890) *[[1967]] – [[Geki (racing driver)|Geki]], Italian race car driver (b. 1937) * 1967 – [[Beat Fehr]], Swiss race car driver (b. 1942) *[[1971]] – [[Thomas Gomez]], American actor (b. 1905) * 1971 – [[Paul Karrer]], Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1889) *[[1974]] – [[Júlio César de Mello e Souza]], Brazilian mathematician and academic (b. 1896) * 1974 – [[Georgy Zhukov]], Russian marshal and politician, [[Minister of Defence (Soviet Union)|Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union]] (b. 1896) *[[1975]] – [[Hugo Bergmann]], German-Israeli philosopher and author (b. 1883) *[[1978]] – [[Walter C. Alvarez]], American physician and author (b. 1884) *[[1980]] – [[Terence Fisher]], English director and screenwriter (b. 1904) * 1980 – [[André Leducq]], French cyclist (b. 1904) *[[1982]] – [[Djuna Barnes]], American novelist, journalist, and playwright (b. 1892) * 1982 – [[John Cheever]], American novelist and short story writer (b. 1912) * 1982 – [[Curd Jürgens]], German-Austrian actor and director (b. 1915) *[[1984]] – [[Alan Berg]], American lawyer and radio host (b. 1934) *[[1985]] – [[Paul Colin (artist)|Paul Colin]], French illustrator (b. 1892) *[[1986]] – [[Frances Scott Fitzgerald]], American journalist (b. 1921) *[[1989]] – [[I. F. Stone]], American journalist and author (b. 1907) *[[1992]] – [[Kofoworola Abeni Pratt]], the first black [[Federal Ministry of Health (Nigeria)|Chief Nursing Officer]] of Nigeria (b. 1910)<ref>{{cite news |title=In the estate of Kofoworola Abeni Pratt deceased |url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/newspaperRetrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=DateAscend&tabID=T003&prodId=TTDA&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchId=R1&searchType=BasicSearchForm¤tPosition=1&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28tx%2CNone%2C22%29Kofoworola+Abeni+Pratt%24&retrieveFormat=MULTIPAGE_DOCUMENT&userGroupName=lancs&inPS=true&contentSet=LTO&&docId=&docLevel=FASCIMILE&workId=&relevancePageBatch=IF501975871&contentSet=TDA&callistoContentSet=TDA&docPage=article&hilite=y |access-date=11 July 2016 |work=The Times |date=24 April 1993 |page=16 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Peter Allen (musician)|Peter Allen]], Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1944) * 1992 – [[Mordecai Ardon]], Polish-Israeli painter and educator (b. 1896) *[[1993]] – [[Craig Rodwell]], American activist, founded the [[Oscar Wilde Bookshop]] (b. 1940) *[[1996]] – [[Endel Puusepp]], Estonian-Soviet military pilot and politician (b. 1909) *[[1997]] – [[Lev Kopelev]], Ukrainian-German author and academic (b. 1912) *[[1998]] – [[Felix Knight]], American actor and tenor (b. 1908) *[[2000]] – [[Nancy Marchand]], American actress (b. 1928) *[[2003]] – [[Larry Doby]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1923) *[[2005]] – [[Mushtaq Ali]], Indian cricketer (b. 1914) * 2005 – [[Manuel Sadosky]], Argentinian mathematician and academic (b. 1914) *[[2006]] – [[Vincent Sherman]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906) * 2006 – [[Joseph Zobel]], Martinique-French author (b. 1915) *[[2007]] – [[Bernard Manning]], English comedian and actor (b. 1930) * 2007 – [[Hank Medress]], American singer and producer (b. 1938) * 2007 – [[Georges Thurston]], Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1951) *[[2008]] – [[Jean Delannoy]], French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1908) * 2008 – [[Tasha Tudor]], American author and illustrator (b. 1915) * 2008 – [[Hans Steinbrenner (sculptor)|Hans Steinbrenner]], German sculptor (b. 1928) *[[2010]] – [[Trent Acid]], American wrestler (b. 1980) * 2010 – [[José Saramago]], Portuguese novelist [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1922) * 2010 – [[Okan Demiriş]], Turkish composer (b. 1942) *[[2011]] – [[Yelena Bonner]], Russian activist (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stanley |first1=Alessandra |last2=Schwirtz |first2=Michael |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/world/europe/20bonner.html |title=Yelena Bonner, Russian Rights Activist, Dies at 88 |work=The New York Times |date=19 June 2011 |access-date=2 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625212338/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/world/europe/20bonner.html |archive-date=25 June 2011}}</ref> * 2011 – [[Frederick Chiluba]], Zambian politician, 2nd [[President of Zambia]] (b. 1943) * 2011 – [[Clarence Clemons]], American saxophonist (b. 1942) *[[2012]] – [[Horacio Coppola]], Argentinian photographer and director (b. 1906) * 2012 – [[Lina Haag]], German author and activist (b. 1907) * 2012 – [[Tom Maynard]], Welsh cricketer (b. 1989) * 2012 – [[Luis Edgardo Mercado Jarrín]], Peruvian general and politician, 109th [[Prime Minister of Peru]] (b. 1919) * 2012 – [[Alketas Panagoulias]], Greek footballer and manager (b. 1934) * 2012 – [[William Van Regenmorter]], American businessman and politician (b. 1939) *[[2013]] – [[Brent F. Anderson]], American engineer and politician (b. 1932) * 2013 – [[Alastair Donaldson]], Scottish bass player (b. 1955) * 2013 – [[Garde Gardom]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th [[Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia]] (b. 1924) * 2013 – [[Michael Hastings (journalist)|Michael Hastings]], American journalist and author (b. 1980) * 2013 – [[David Wall (dancer)|David Wall]], English ballet dancer (b. 1946) *[[2014]] – [[Stephanie Kwolek]], American chemist and engineer (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite book |first=Ellen |last=Labrecque |title=Stephanie Kwolek and Bulletproof Material |location=Ann Arbor |publisher=Cherry Lake Publishing |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-63472-183-7 |page=21}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Johnny Mann]], American singer-songwriter and conductor (b. 1928) * 2014 – [[Claire Martin (writer)|Claire Martin]], Canadian author (b. 1914) * 2014 – [[Vladimir Popovkin]], Russian general (b. 1957) * 2014 – [[Horace Silver]], American pianist and composer (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web |title=Horace Silver obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/19/horace-silver |website=The Guardian |access-date=14 January 2022 |language=en |date=19 June 2014}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Phil Austin]], American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1941) * 2015 – [[Ralph J. Roberts]], American businessman, co-founded [[Comcast]] (b. 1920) * 2015 – [[Danny Villanueva]], American football player and broadcaster, co-founded [[Univision]] (b. 1937) * 2015 – [[Allen Weinstein]], American historian and academic (b. 1937) *[[2016]] – [[Jeppiaar]], Indian educationist, founder and chancellor of [[Sathyabama University]] (b. 1931) *[[2018]] – [[XXXTentacion]], American rapper (b. 1998)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Caramanica |first1=Jon |last2=Coscarelli |first2=Joe |title=XXXTentacion, Rapper Accused of Violent Crimes, Shot Dead at 20 (Published 2018) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/arts/music/xxxtentacion-dead.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/arts/music/xxxtentacion-dead.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The New York Times |access-date=17 November 2020 |date=18 June 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2018-06-19 |title=Rapper Jimmy Wopo shot dead within hours of XXXTentacion killing |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/jimmy-wopo-dead-rapper-shooting-xxxtentacion-dies-drive-florida-how-latest-a8405686.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109032833/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/jimmy-wopo-dead-rapper-shooting-xxxtentacion-dies-drive-florida-how-latest-a8405686.html |archive-date=2020-11-09 |access-date=2021-06-18 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Big Van Vader]] (also known as Vader) American professional wrestler (b. 1955) * 2018 – [[Jimmy Wopo]], American rapper (b. 1997)<ref name=":0" /> *[[2020]] – [[Vera Lynn]], English singer who was the "Forces' Sweetheart" in World War II (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53091856 |title=Dame Vera Lynn: Forces' Sweetheart dies aged 103 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |location=London |date=18 June 2020 |access-date=18 June 2020}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Uffe Ellemann-Jensen]], Danish politician, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)|minister of foreign affairs]] (b. 1941)<ref name="Stephensen 2022">{{cite web |last=Stephensen |first=Emma Klinker |title=Uffe Ellemann-Jensen bisættes |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |date=June 28, 2022 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/live/2022-06-28-uffe-ellemann-jensen-bisaettes |language=da |access-date=June 28, 2022}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Adibah Noor]], Malaysian actress, singer, [[master of ceremonies]] (b. 1970)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/entertainment/2022/06/18/malaysian-singer-actress-adibah-noor-dies |title=Malaysian singer-actress Adibah Noor passes away |date=18 June 2022 |accessdate=18 June 2022 |author=Gordon Kho |website=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Adibah Noor laid to rest |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/06/19/adibah-noor-laid-to-rest |work=[[The Star (Malaysia)]]}}</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.--> * [[2023]] – Notable victims of the [[Titan submersible implosion|''Titan'' submersible implosion]]:<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65993579 All five people on missing Titan sub are dead - Coast Guard]</ref> ** [[Shahzada Dawood]], Pakistani-British businessman (b. 1975) ** [[Hamish Harding]], British businessman (b. 1964) ** [[Paul-Henri Nargeolet]], French [[French Navy|navy]] commander and explorer (b. 1946) ** [[Stockton Rush]], American businessman, CEO and founder of [[OceanGate]] (b. 1962) *[[2024]] – [[James Chance]], American musician (b. 1953)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aswad |first=Pat Saperstein, Jem |last2=Saperstein |first2=Pat |last3=Aswad |first3=Jem |date=2024-06-19 |title=James Chance, No Wave Icon and Saxophonist of the Contortions, Dies at 71 |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/james-chance-dead-no-wave-contortions-1236041979/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[Anouk Aimée]], French actress (b. 1932)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gates |first=Anita |date=2024-06-18 |title=Anouk Aimée, Enigmatic Star of ‘A Man and a Woman,’ Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/obituaries/anouk-aimee-dead.html |access-date=2024-06-18 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2024 – [[Yoyong Martirez]], Filipino basketball player (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Acar |first=Aedrianne |title=PBA legend-comedian Yoyong Martires dies at 77 |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/showbiznews/news/20780/pba-legend-comedian-yoyong-martires-dies-at-77/photo |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=www.gmanetwork.com |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[Willie Mays]], American baseball player (b. 1931)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shea |first=John |date=June 18, 2024 |title=Willie Mays, San Francisco Giants legend and MLB all-time great, is dead |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giants/article/willie-mays-dead-obituary-17815215.php |access-date=June 18, 2024 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== * [[Autistic Pride Day]] ([[International observance|International]]) * Christian [[feast day]]: ** [[Bernard Mizeki]] ([[Church of England|Anglican]] and [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]]) ** [[Elisabeth of Schönau]] ** [[Gregorio Barbarigo]] ** [[Leontius, Hypatius and Theodulus]] ** [[Marina the Monk]] ([[Maronite Church]], [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]]) ** [[Mark and Marcellian]] ** [[June 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] * [[Foundation Day (Benguet)]] * [[Human Rights Day (Azerbaijan)]] * [[National Day (Seychelles)]]<ref>{{cite web |title=National days |url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/embassies/national-days/ |website=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |access-date=17 November 2020 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> * [[Queen Mother's Birthday (Cambodia)]] * [[Waterloo Day]] (United Kingdom) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/18 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=06|day=18}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/june/18 |title=Historical Events on June 18 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:June 18}} [[Category:Days of June]]
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