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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[451]] &ndash; [[Battle of Chalons]]: [[Flavius Aetius]] battles [[Attila the Hun]]. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory.
*[[1180]] &ndash; [[Battle of Uji (1180)|First Battle of Uji]], starting the [[Genpei War]] in [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Turnbull|first=Stephen|title=The Gempei War 1180–85: The Great Samurai Civil War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wwGGDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT19|access-date=2018-06-21|date=2016-07-28|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9781472813862|page=19}}</ref>
*[[1295]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Anagni]], an attempt mediated by the papacy to end the [[War of the Sicilian Vespers]], is signed by the [[crown of Aragon]], the [[kingdom of France]] and [[kingdom of Naples]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yun |first=Bee |date=2008 |title=Ptolemy of Lucca — a Pioneer of Civic Republicanism? A Reassessment |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26224029 |journal=History of Political Thought |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=417–439 |jstor=26224029 |issn=0143-781X}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1622]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Höchst]] takes place during the  [[Thirty Years' War]].
*[[1631]] &ndash; The [[Sack of Baltimore]]: The Irish village of [[Baltimore, County Cork|Baltimore]] is attacked by [[Barbary slave trade]]rs.
*[[1652]] &ndash; [[Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha]] is appointed [[Grand Vizier]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]].
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[Monmouth Rebellion]]: [[James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth]] declares himself King of England at [[Bridgwater]].
*[[1756]] &ndash; A [[British Empire|British]] [[garrison]] is imprisoned in the [[Black Hole of Calcutta]].
*[[1782]] &ndash; The [[Congress of the Confederation|U.S. Congress]] adopts the [[Great Seal of the United States]].
*[[1787]] &ndash; [[Oliver Ellsworth]] moves at the [[Federal Convention]] to call the government the 'United States'.
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[Deputy (legislator)|Deputies]] of the [[History of France|French]] [[Estates-General of 1789|Third Estate]] take the [[Tennis Court Oath]].
*[[1791]] &ndash; King [[Louis XVI]], disguised as a valet, and the French royal family attempt to [[Flight to Varennes|flee Paris]] during the French Revolution.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Eca, Publication|year=1989|page=765|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> 
*[[1819]] &ndash; The U.S. vessel {{SS|Savannah}} arrives at [[Liverpool]], United Kingdom. It is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]], although most of the journey is made under sail.
*[[1837]] &ndash; King [[William IV]] dies, and is succeeded by his niece, [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Queen Victoria: The woman who redefined Britain's monarchy |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ks3-gcse-history-queen-victoria-monarchy/z73rnrd |website=BBC |access-date=16 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Samuel Morse]] receives the patent for the [[telegraph]].
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Barbu Catargiu]], the [[Prime Minister of Romania]], is assassinated.
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[West Virginia]] is admitted as the 35th [[U.S. state]].
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Alexander Graham Bell]] installs the world's first commercial [[telephone]] service in [[Hamilton, Ontario]], Canada.
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Lizzie Borden]] is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
*[[1895]] &ndash; The [[Kiel Canal]], crossing the base of the [[Jutland]] peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Boxer Rebellion]]: The [[Imperial Chinese Army]] begins a [[Siege of the International Legations|55-day siege]] of the [[Beijing Legation Quarter|Legation Quarter]] in Beijing, China.
*  1900   &ndash; Baron [[Eduard Toll]], leader of the [[Russian polar expedition of 1900–02|Russian Polar Expedition of 1900]], departs [[Saint Petersburg]] in Russia on the explorer ship ''[[Zarya (polar ship)|Zarya]]'', never to return.

===1901–present===
*[[1921]] &ndash; Workers of [[Buckingham and Carnatic Mills]] in the city of [[Chennai]], India, begin a [[1921 Buckingham and Carnatic Mills Strike|four-month strike]].
*[[1926]] &ndash; The [[28th International Eucharistic Congress]] begins in [[Chicago]], with over 250,000 spectators attending the opening procession.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 25, 2019|title=XXVIII International Eucharistic Congress - When 800,000 People Prayed at Mundelein|url=https://usml.edu/xxviii-international-eucharistic-congress-when-800000-people-prayed-at-mundelein/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217020250/https://usml.edu/xxviii-international-eucharistic-congress-when-800000-people-prayed-at-mundelein/|archive-date=February 17, 2020|access-date=March 1, 2021|website=[[University of Saint Mary of the Lake]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: [[Kazimierz Piechowski]] and three others, dressed as members of the [[SS-Totenkopfverbände]], steal an [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] staff car and escape from the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; The [[Detroit race riot of 1943|Detroit race riot]] breaks out and continues for three more days.
*  1943   &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Royal Air Force]] launches [[Operation Bellicose]], the first [[shuttle bombing]] raid of the war. [[Avro Lancaster]] bombers damage the [[V-2 rocket]] production facilities at the [[Luftschiffbau Zeppelin|Zeppelin Works]] while en route to an air base in Algeria.
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Battle of the Philippine Sea]] concludes with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot".
*  1944   &ndash; World War II: During the [[Continuation War]], the [[Soviet Union]] demands unconditional surrender from Finland during the beginning of partially successful [[Vyborg&ndash;Petrozavodsk Offensive]]. The Finnish government refuses.
*  1944   &ndash; The experimental [[MW 18014]] [[V-2 rocket]] reaches an altitude of 176&nbsp;km, becoming the first man-made object to reach outer space. 
*[[1945]] &ndash; The [[United States Secretary of State]] approves the transfer of [[Wernher von Braun]] and his team of Nazi rocket scientists to the U.S. under [[Operation Paperclip]].
*[[1948]] &ndash; The [[Deutsche Mark]] is introduced in Western [[Allied-occupied Germany]]. The [[Soviet Military Administration in Germany]] responded by imposing the [[Berlin Blockade]] four days later.
*[[1956]] &ndash; A [[Venezuela]]n [[Lockheed Constellation|Super-Constellation]] [[Linea Aeropostal Venezolana Flight 253 (June 1956)|crashes]] in the Atlantic Ocean off [[Asbury Park, New Jersey]], killing 74 people.<!--Resulted in plane design regulations-->
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[1959 Escuminac disaster|A rare June hurricane]] strikes Canada's [[Gulf of St. Lawrence]] killing 35.
*[[1960]] &ndash; The [[Mali Federation]] gains independence from France (it later splits into [[Mali]] and [[Senegal]]).
*[[1963]] &ndash; Following the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]], the Soviet Union and the United States sign an agreement to establish the so-called "[[Moscow–Washington hotline|red telephone]]" link between [[Washington, D.C.]], and [[Moscow]].
*[[1964]] &ndash; A [[Curtiss C-46 Commando]] [[Civil Air Transport Flight 106|crashes]] in the [[Shengang District]] of Taiwan, killing 57 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando B-908 San-Chiao |url=https://www.asndata.aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19640620-0 |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=aviation-safety.net |archive-date=2021-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127044812/https://www.asndata.aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19640620-0 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Watergate scandal]]: An {{frac|18|1|2}}-minute gap appears in the [[Nixon White House tapes|tape recording of the conversations]] between U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the [[Watergate complex]].
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Sniper]]s fire upon left-wing [[Peronism|Peronists]] in [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina, in what is known as the [[Ezeiza massacre]]. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
*  1973   &ndash; [[Aeroméxico Flight 229]] crashes on approach to [[Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport]], killing all 27 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730620-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 XA-SOC Puerto Vallarta Airport (PVR)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-07-25}}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; The film ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as "[[Blockbuster (entertainment)|summer blockbusters]]".
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] correspondent [[Bill Stewart (journalist)|Bill Stewart]] is shot dead by a Nicaraguan [[National Guard (Nicaragua)|National Guard]] soldier under the regime of [[Anastasio Somoza Debayle]] during the [[Nicaraguan Revolution]]. The murder is caught on tape and sparks an international outcry against the regime.
*[[1982]] &ndash; The [[International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide]] opens in [[Tel Aviv]], despite attempts by the Turkish government to cancel it, as it included presentations on the [[Armenian genocide]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ben Aharon |first1=Eldad |title=A Unique Denial: Israel's Foreign Policy and the Armenian Genocide |journal=British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies |date=2015 |volume=42 |issue=4 |pages=638–654 |doi=10.1080/13530194.2015.1043514|s2cid=218602513 }}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; The Argentine [[Corbeta Uruguay base]] on [[Southern Thule]] surrenders to Royal Marine commandos in the final action of the [[Falklands War]].
*[[1988]] &ndash; Haitian president [[Leslie Manigat]] is ousted from power in a [[June 1988 Haitian coup d'état|coup d'état]] led by Lieutenant General [[Henri Namphy]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1988/06/20/military-stages-coup-in-haiti/5a844958-5df8-4639-892f-4609979af4c3/|title=Military Stages Coup In Haiti|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|author=James Rupert|date=20 June 1988|access-date=24 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Asteroid]] [[5261 Eureka|Eureka]] is discovered.
*  1990   &ndash; The 7.4 {{M|w}} [[1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake|Manjil–Rudbar earthquake]] affects northern [[Iran]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of X (''Extreme''), killing 35,000–50,000, and injuring 60,000–105,000.
*[[1991]] &ndash; The [[Bundestag|German Bundestag]] [[Decision on the Capital of Germany|votes]] to move seat of government from the former [[West Germany|West German]] capital of [[Bonn]] to the present capital of [[Berlin]].
*[[1994]] &ndash; The [[1994 Imam Reza shrine bomb explosion]] in [[Iran]] leaves at least 25 dead and 70 to 300 injured.
*[[1996]] &#x2013; [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] launches on [[STS-78]] to conduct life science and microgravity research aboard the [[Spacelab]] module.<ref name="Evans part 1">{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Ben |date=June 18, 2016 |title='Man, I'm Here': 20 Years Since the Record-Setting Mission of STS-78 (Part 1) |url=https://www.americaspace.com/2016/06/18/man-im-here-20-years-since-the-record-setting-mission-of-sts-78-part-1/ |access-date=15 June 2024 |website=AmericaSpace}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; The [[Wikimedia Foundation]] is founded in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Jimmy Wales|author-link=Jimmy Wales|url=http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2003-June/010743.html |title=Announcing Wikimedia Foundation|date=June 20, 2003|publisher=[[mail:wikipedia-l]]|access-date=November 26, 2012}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[RusAir Flight 9605]] crashes in [[Besovets]] during approach to [[Petrozavodsk Airport]], killing 47.<ref name="avherald">{{cite news |date=20 June 2011 |title=Crash: Rusair T134 at Petrozavodsk on Jun 20th 2011, impacted road short of runway |work=The Aviation Herald |url=http://www.avherald.com/h?article=43e7c1b7&opt=0 |access-date=21 June 2011}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; Iran's [[Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force|Air Defense Forces]] [[2019 Iranian shoot-down of American drone|shoot down an American surveillance drone]] over the [[Strait of Hormuz]] amid [[Iran–United States relations#Escalation in tensions|rising tensions between the two countries]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Factbox: The Global Hawk drone shot down by Iran|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-iran-usa-factbox/factbox-the-global-hawk-drone-shot-down-by-iran-idUSKCN1TL29K|access-date=24 December 2022|work=Reuters|date=June 20, 2019}}</ref>
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==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1005]] &ndash; [[Ali az-Zahir]], Fatimid caliph of Egypt (d. 1036)
*[[1389]] &ndash; [[John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford]], English statesman (d. 1435)
*[[1469]] &ndash; [[Gian Galeazzo Sforza]], duke of Milan (d. 1494)
*[[1566]] &ndash; [[Sigismund III Vasa]], Polish and Swedish king (d. 1632)
*[[1583]] &ndash; [[Jacob De la Gardie]], Swedish soldier and politician, [[Lord High Constable of Sweden]] (d. 1652)

===1601–1900===
*[[1634]] &ndash; [[Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy|Charles Emmanuel II]], duke of Savoy (d. 1675)
*[[1642]] &ndash; ([[Old Style|O.S.]]) [[George Hickes (divine)|George Hickes]], English minister and scholar (d. 1715)
*[[1647]] &ndash; ([[Old Style|O.S.]]) [[John George III, Elector of Saxony|John George III]], Elector of Saxony (d. 1691)
*[[1717]] &ndash; [[Jacques Saly]], French sculptor and painter (d. 1776)
*[[1723]] &ndash; ([[Old Style|O.S.]]) [[Adam Ferguson]], Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1816)
*[[1737]] &ndash; [[Tokugawa Ieharu]], Japanese shōgun (d. 1786)
*[[1754]] &ndash; [[Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt|Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt]], princess of Baden (d. 1832)
*[[1756]] &ndash; [[Joseph Martin Kraus]], German-Swedish composer and educator (d. 1792)
*[[1761]] &ndash; [[Jacob Hübner]], German entomologist and author (d. 1826)
*[[1763]] &ndash; [[Wolfe Tone]], Irish rebel leader (d. 1798)
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[Moses Waddel]], American minister and academic (d. 1840)
*[[1771]] &ndash; [[Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk]], Scottish philanthropist and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright]] (d. 1820)
*  1771   &ndash; [[Hermann von Boyen]], Prussian general and politician, [[Prussian Minister of War]] (d. 1848)
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[Jean-Jacques Lartigue]], Canadian bishop (d. 1840)
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac]], French politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1832)
*[[1786]] &ndash; [[Marceline Desbordes-Valmore]], French poet and author (d. 1859)
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso]], Italian cardinal (d. 1878)
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Samson Raphael Hirsch]], German rabbi and scholar (d. 1888)
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Isaak August Dorner]], German theologian and academic (d. 1884)
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Joseph Autran]], French poet and author (d. 1877)
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Jacques Offenbach]], German-French cellist and composer (d. 1880)
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Gina Krog]], Norwegian suffragist and women's rights activist (d. 1916)<ref>{{Citation|last=Moksnes|first=Aslaug|title=Gina Krog|date=2014-09-29|url=http://nbl.snl.no/Gina_Krog|work=Norwegian Biographical Lexicon|language=no|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref>
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Richard Lodge]], English historian and academic (d. 1936)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Charles W. Chesnutt]], American novelist and short story writer (d. 1932)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Christian von Ehrenfels]], Austrian philosopher (d. 1932)<ref name=Britannica>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Christian, Freiherr (baron) von Ehrenfels|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-Freiherr-von-Ehrenfels|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|date=16 June 2023 }}</ref>
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Alexander Winton]], Scottish-American race car driver and engineer (d. 1932)
*  1860   &ndash; [[Jack Worrall]], Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (d. 1937)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Frederick Gowland Hopkins]], English biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1947)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[George Redmayne Murray]], English biologist and physician (d. 1939)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[James Burns (cricketer)|James Burns]], English cricketer (d. 1957)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Leon Wachholz]], Polish scientist and medical examiner (d. 1942)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://krakowianie1939-56.mhk.pl/pl/archiwum,1,wachholz,3663.chtm|title=Archiwum ofiar terroru nazistowskiego i komunistycznego w Krakowie 1939 - 1956|language=pl|trans-title=Archive of victims of Nazi and communist terror in Krakow 1939 - 1956|access-date=Dec 9, 2020}}</ref>
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Laxmanrao Kirloskar]], Indian businessman, founded the [[Kirloskar Group]] (d. 1956)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Georges Dufrénoy]], French painter and academic (d. 1943)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[George Carpenter (Salvation Army)|George Carpenter]], American 5th [[General of The Salvation Army]] (d. 1948)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Reginald Punnett]], English geneticist, statistician, and academic (d. 1967)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Daniel Sawyer]], American golfer (d. 1937)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Mary R. Calvert]], American astronomer and author (d. 1974)
*  1884   &ndash; [[Johannes Heinrich Schultz]], German psychiatrist and psychotherapist (d. 1970)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Andrzej Gawroński]], Polish linguist and academic (d. 1927)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Kurt Schwitters]], German painter and illustrator (d. 1948)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[John S. Paraskevopoulos]], Greek-South African astronomer and academic (d. 1951)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Giannina Arangi-Lombardi]], Italian soprano (d. 1951)
*  1891   &ndash; [[John A. Costello]], Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd [[Taoiseach|Taoiseach of Ireland]] (d. 1976)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Zaisser]], German soldier and politician (d. 1958)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Lloyd Hall]], American chemist and academic (d. 1971)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Wilfrid Pelletier]], Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1982)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth Hauptmann]], German author and playwright (d. 1973)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Jean Moulin]], French soldier and engineer (d. 1943)

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Samuel Rabin (artist)|Sam Rabin]], English wrestler, sculptor, and singer (d. 1991)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Lillian Hellman]], American playwright and screenwriter (d. 1984)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lillian Hellman {{!}} American playwright |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lillian-Hellman |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=14 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Bob King (athlete)|Bob King]], American high jumper and obstetrician (d. 1965)<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Bob King |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78651 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=20 June 2021}}</ref>
*  1906   &ndash; [[William Reid (mining engineer)|William Reid]], Scottish mining engineer (d. 1985)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-04 |title=Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002 |url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf |access-date=2023-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}</ref>
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Driftwood]], American singer-songwriter and banjo player (d. 1998)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Billy Werber]], American baseball player (d. 2009)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Gus Schilling]], American actor (d. 1957)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Errol Flynn]], Australian-American actor (d. 1959)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Josephine Johnson]], American author and poet (d. 1990)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Gail Patrick]], American actress (d. 1980)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Anthony Buckeridge]], English author (d. 2004)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Jack Torrance (athlete)|Jack Torrance]], American shot putter and football player (d. 1969)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Geoffrey Baker (British Army officer)|Geoffrey Baker]], English [[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]] and [[Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the General Staff]] of the [[British Army]] (d. 1980)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Gordon Juckes]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1994)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Muazzez İlmiye Çığ]], Turkish archaeologist and academic (d. 2024)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Dick Reynolds]], Australian footballer and coach (d. 2002)
*  1915   &ndash; [[Terence Young (director)|Terence Young]], Chinese-English director and screenwriter (d. 1994)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Jean-Jacques Bertrand]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st [[Premier of Quebec]] (d. 1973)
*  1916   &ndash; [[T. Texas Tyler]], American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1972)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Helena Rasiowa]], Austrian-Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1994)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[George Lynch (racing driver)|George Lynch]], American race car driver (d. 1997)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Zoltán Sztáray]], Hungarian-American author (d. 2011)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Danny Cedrone]], American guitarist and bandleader (d. 1954)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Thomas Jefferson (musician)|Thomas Jefferson]], American trumpet player (d. 1986)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Byron Farwell]], American historian and author (d. 1999)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Pancho Segura]], Ecuadorian tennis player (d. 2017)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Peter Gay]], German-American historian, author, and academic (d. 2015)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Jerzy Nowak]], Polish actor and educator (d. 2013)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Chet Atkins]], American guitarist and record producer (d. 2001)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Fritz Koenig]], German sculptor and academic, designed [[The Sphere]] (d. 2017)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Doris Hart]], American tennis player and educator (d. 2015)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Audie Murphy]], American lieutenant and actor, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1971)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Rehavam Ze'evi]], Israeli general and politician, 9th [[Tourism Ministry (Israel)|Israeli Minister of Tourism]] (d. 2001)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Simin Behbahani]], Iranian poet and activist (d. 2014)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Eric Dolphy]], American saxophonist, flute player, and composer (d. 1964)
*  1928 &ndash; [[Martin Landau]], American actor and producer (d. 2017)
*  1928 &ndash; [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]], French intelligence officer and politician (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gozzi |first=Laura |date=January 7, 2025 |title=French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen dies at 96 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgm2jvkl2yo |access-date=January 8, 2025 |website=[[BBC]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*  1928 &ndash; [[Asrat Woldeyes]], Ethiopian surgeon and educator (d. 1999)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Edgar Bronfman, Sr.]], Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Anne Weale]], English journalist and author (d. 2007)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Edith Windsor]], American lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights activist (d. 2017)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Magdalena Abakanowicz]], Polish sculptor and academic (d. 2017)
*  1930   &ndash; [[John Waine]], English bishop (d. 2020)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Olympia Dukakis]], American actress (d. 2021)
*  1931   &ndash; [[James Tolkan]], American actor and director
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Robert Rozhdestvensky]], Russian poet and author (d. 1994)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Danny Aiello]], American actor (d. 2019)<ref>{{cite book |last=Lentz III |first=Harris M. |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2019 |date=28 October 2020 |publisher=McFarland |page=4 |isbn=9781476640594 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gW0HEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT18}}</ref>
*  1933   &ndash; [[Claire Tomalin]], English journalist and author
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Wendy Craig]], English actress 
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Jim Barker (politician)|Jim Barker]], American politician (d. 2005)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Len Dawson]], American football player (d. 2022)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Armando Picchi]], Italian footballer and coach (d. 1971)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Billy Guy]], American singer (d. 2002)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Enn Vetemaa]], Estonian author and screenwriter (d. 2017)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Stafford Dean]], English actor and singer
*  1937   &ndash; [[Jerry Keller]], American singer-songwriter
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Joan Kirner]], Australian educator and politician, 42nd [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 2015)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Mickie Most]], English music producer (d. 2003)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Ramakant Desai]], Indian cricketer (d. 1998)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Budge Rogers]], English rugby player and manager
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Eugen Drewermann]], German priest and theologian
*  1940   &ndash; [[John Mahoney]], English-born American actor (d. 2018)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Stephen Frears]], English actor, director, and producer
*  1941   &ndash; [[Ulf Merbold]], German physicist and astronaut
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Neil Trudinger]], Australian mathematician and theorist
*  1942   &ndash; [[Brian Wilson]], American singer, songwriter and producer
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Anne Murray]], Canadian singer and guitarist 
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Xanana Gusmão]], Timorese soldier and politician, 1st [[President of East Timor]]
*  1946   &ndash; [[David Kazhdan]], Russian-Israeli mathematician and academic
*  1946   &ndash; [[Bob Vila]], American television host<ref>{{cite web|title=Bob Vila - Television Host, Entrepreneur|publisher=[[Biography Channel]]|url=http://www.biography.com/people/bob-vila|access-date=13 July 2018|archive-date=22 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622164740/https://www.biography.com/people/bob-vila|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  1946   &ndash; [[André Watts]], American pianist and educator (d. 2023)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Dolores "LaLa" Brooks]], American pop singer
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Cirilo B. Flores|Cirilo Flores]], American bishop (d. 2014)
*  1948   &ndash; [[Alan Longmuir]], Scottish bass player and songwriter (d. 2018)
*  1948   &ndash; [[Ludwig Scotty]], Nauruan politician, 10th [[President of Nauru]]
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Gotabaya Rajapaksa]], 8th president of Sri Lanka
*  1949   &ndash; [[Lionel Richie]], American singer, songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor 
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Nouri al-Maliki]], Iraqi politician, 76th [[Prime Minister of Iraq]]
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Tress MacNeille]], American voice actress
*  1951   &ndash; [[Sheila McLean]], Scottish scholar and academic
*  1951   &ndash; [[Paul Muldoon]], Irish poet and academic
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[John Goodman]], American actor 
*  1952   &ndash; [[Vikram Seth]], Indian author and poet
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Robert Crais]], American author and screenwriter
*  1953   &ndash; [[Raúl Ramírez]], Mexican tennis player
*  1953   &ndash; [[Willy Rampf]], German engineer 
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Michael Anthony (musician)|Michael Anthony]], American musician<ref>{{cite web |last1=Basner |first1=Dave |title=13 Things You Might Not Know About Michael Anthony |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2021-06-18-13-things-you-might-not-know-about-michael-anthony/ |publisher=[[iHeartMedia]] |access-date=19 June 2023 |date=18 June 2021}}</ref>
*  1954   &ndash; [[Allan Lamb]], South African-English cricketer and sportscaster
*  1954   &ndash; [[Ilan Ramon]], Israeli colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003)
*  1954   &ndash; [[Huda Zoghbi]], American geneticist<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-11-05 |title=HHMI's BioInteractive - Huda Y. Zoghbi, M.D. Career Highlights |url=https://www.biointeractive.org/neuroscience/zoghbi_career.html |access-date=2024-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041105035426/https://www.biointeractive.org/neuroscience/zoghbi_career.html |archive-date=2004-11-05 }}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[E. Lynn Harris]], American author (d. 2009)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Peter Reid]], English footballer and manager
*  1956   &ndash; [[Sohn Suk-hee]], South Korean newscaster
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Kelly Johnson (guitarist)|Kelly Johnson]], English hard rock guitarist and songwriter (d. 2007)
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Robert B. Weide]], American screenwriter, producer and director
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Philip M. Parker]], American economist and author
*  1960   &ndash; [[John Taylor (bass guitarist)|John Taylor]], English bass player and actor 
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Kirk Baptiste]], American sprinter
*  1963   &ndash; [[Mark Ovenden]], British author and broadcaster
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Pierfrancesco Chili]], Italian motorcycle racer
*  1964   &ndash; [[Silke Möller]], German runner
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Boaz Yakin]], American director, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Nicole Kidman]], American-Australian actress
*  1967   &ndash; [[Dan Tyminski]], American singer-songwriter
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Robert Rodriguez]], American director, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Paulo Bento]], Portuguese footballer and manager 
*  1969   &ndash; [[Misha Verbitsky]], Russian mathematician and academic
*  1969   &ndash; [[MaliVai Washington]], American tennis player and sportscaster
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Andrea Nahles]], German politician, [[List of German labour ministers|German Minister of Labour and Social Affairs]]
*  1970   &ndash; [[Athol Williams]], South African poet and social philosopher 
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Rodney Rogers]], American basketball player and coach
*  1971   &ndash; [[Annik Van den Bosch]], Belgian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=De Kamerleden: Annik Van den Bosch |url=https://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=nl&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=08169&lactivity=56 |publisher=[[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]] |access-date=4 September 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=nl}}</ref>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Jeordie White]], American songwriter, guitarist, and bass player
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Alexis Alexoudis]], Greek footballer
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Chino Moreno]], American singer, guitarist and lyricist
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Joan Balcells]], Spanish tennis player
*  1975   &ndash; [[Daniel Zítka]], Czech footballer
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Juliano Belletti]], Brazilian footballer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Carlos Lee]], Panamanian baseball player
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Gordan Giriček]], Croatian basketball player
*  1977   &ndash; [[Amos Lee]], American singer-songwriter
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Quinton Jackson]], American mixed martial artist and actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Quinton Jackson |url=https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/2335470/quinton-jackson |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>
*  1978   &ndash; [[Frank Lampard]], English footballer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Jan-Paul Saeijs]], Dutch footballer
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Charles Howell III]], American golfer
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Franco Semioli]], Italian footballer
*  1980   &ndash; [[Fabian Wegmann]], German cyclist
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Brede Hangeland]], Norwegian footballer
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Aleksei Berezutski]], Russian footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Vasili Berezutski]], Russian footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Example (musician)|Example]], English singer/rapper
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Josh Childress]], American basketball player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Darren Sproles]], American football player
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Hassan Adams]], American basketball player
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Saki Aibu]], Japanese actress
*  1985   &ndash; [[Aurélien Chedjou]], Cameroonian footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Matt Flynn (American football)|Matt Flynn]], American football player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Caroline Polachek]], American singer and songwriter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Caroline Polachek Discography |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1269616-Caroline-Polachek |access-date=19 June 2024 |website=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Dreama Walker]], American actress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreamawalker.com/dreama/facts/|title=Dreama Walker Online » Facts}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[A-fu]], Taiwanese singer and songwriter
*  1987   &ndash; [[Carsten Ball]], Australian tennis player   
*  1987   &ndash; [[Asmir Begović]], Bosnian footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Joseph Ebuya]], Kenyan runner
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Christopher Mintz-Plasse]], American actor<ref>{{Cite news|last=Strauss|first=Bob|title=Christopher Mintz-Plasse's big sacrifice|publisher=Cineplex.com|date=June 2009|url=http://www.cineplex.com/Movies/FamousNews/FamousMagazine/June%202009.aspx?FamousArticles=31317|access-date=April 24, 2010| archive-date= June 3, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090603070724/http://www.cineplex.com/Movies/FamousNews/FamousMagazine/June%202009.aspx?FamousArticles=31317| quote = Chris, who’ll turn 20 on June 20th [2009]...}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[Javier Pastore]], Argentinian footballer
*  1989   &ndash; [[Terrelle Pryor]], American football player
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[DeQuan Jones]], American basketball player
*  1990   &ndash; [[Mohamed Mbougar Sarr]], Senegalese writer<ref>{{Cite web |title=LA PLUS SECRÈTE MÉMOIRE DES HOMMES - Fiche de lecture - Encyclopædia Universalis |url=https://www.universalis.fr/encyclopedie/la-plus-secrete-memoire-des-hommes/ |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=www.universalis.fr|date=6 December 2021 }}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Kalidou Koulibaly]], Senegalese footballer
*  1991   &ndash; [[Rick ten Voorde]], Dutch footballer
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Leonard Williams (defensive end)|Leonard Williams]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Leonard Williams Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nfl/player/_/id/2971622/leonard-williams |website=ESPN |access-date=20 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Caroline Weir]], Scottish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Caroline Weir {{!}} Scotland {{!}} Scottish FA |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=98636&lid=2 |website=www.scottishfa.co.uk |access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Carol Zhao]], Canadian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carol Zhao {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317805/carol-zhao |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Sam Bennett (ice hockey)|Sam Bennett]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Draft Profile: Sam Bennett |url=https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/draft-profile-sam-bennett/c-722598 |website=NHL.com |access-date=20 June 2021}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Bálint Kopasz]], Hungarian sprint canoeist<ref>{{cite web|title=Balint Kopasz|date=21 September 2019|url=https://www.canoeicf.com/athlete/balint-kopasz|publisher=International Canoe Federation|access-date=27 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Hans Niemann]], American chess player<ref>{{Cite web |title=ChessWizards - Player Bio – Hans Niemann - American Chess Grandmaster |url=https://chesswizards.com/site/page/view/Player%20Bio%20%E2%80%93%20Hans%20Niemann%20-%20American%20Chess%20Grandmaster |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=chesswizards.com |archive-date=2022-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164512/https://chesswizards.com/site/page/view/Player%20Bio%20%E2%80%93%20Hans%20Niemann%20-%20American%20Chess%20Grandmaster |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[465]] &ndash; [[Emperor Wencheng of Northern Wei]] (b. 440)
* [[840]] &ndash; [[Louis the Pious]], [[Carolingian Empire|Carolingian]] emperor (b. 778)
* [[930]] &ndash; [[Hucbald]], Frankish monk and [[Music theory|music theorist]]
* [[981]] &ndash; [[Adalbert of Magdeburg|Adalbert]], archbishop of [[Archbishopric of Magdeburg|Magdeburg]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Chambers Biographical Dictionary|last1=Thorne|first1=John|last2=Collocott|first2=T. C.|year=1990|publisher=Chambers|location=Edinburgh|isbn=0-550-16041-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/chambersbiograph00magn/page/7 7]|oclc=502219677|orig-year=1964|url=https://archive.org/details/chambersbiograph00magn/page/7}}</ref>
*[[1176]] &ndash; [[Mikhail of Vladimir]], Russian prince
*[[1351]] &ndash; [[Margareta Ebner]], German nun and mystic (b. 1291)
*[[1597]] &ndash; [[Willem Barentsz]], Dutch cartographer and explorer (b. 1550)

===1601–1900===
*[[1605]] &ndash; [[Feodor II of Russia]] (b. 1589)
*[[1668]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Roth]], German missionary and scholar (b. 1620)
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Huntsman]], English businessman (b. 1704)
*[[1787]] &ndash; [[Carl Friedrich Abel]], German [[viol]] player and composer (b. 1723)
*[[1800]] &ndash; [[Abraham Gotthelf Kästner]], German mathematician and academic (b. 1719)
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Axel von Fersen the Younger]], Swedish general and politician (b. 1755)
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Guillaume Philibert Duhesme]], French general (b. 1766)
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Manuel Belgrano]], Argentinian general, economist, and politician (b. 1770)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[William IV of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1765)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Pierre Claude François Daunou]], French historian and politician (b. 1761)
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Juan Larrea (politician)|Juan Larrea]], Argentinian captain and politician (b. 1782)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Hijikata Toshizō]], Japanese commander (b. 1835)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Jules de Goncourt]], French historian and author (b. 1830)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Élie Frédéric Forey]], French general (b. 1804)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Joseph Meek]], American police officer and politician (b. 1810)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[John Neal]], American writer, critic, editor, lecturer, and activist (b. 1793)<ref>{{cite book | last = Sears | first = Donald A. | title = John Neal | publisher = Twayne Publishers | location = Boston, Massachusetts | year = 1978 | isbn = 080-5-7723-08 | page = 12}}</ref>
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Johannes Zukertort]], Polish-English chess player (b. 1842)

===1901–present===
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[John Clayton Adams]], English painter (b. 1840)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Martens]], Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (b. 1845)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Josef Breuer]], Austrian physician and psychologist (b. 1842)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Emmanouil Benakis]], Greek merchant and politician, 35th [[List of mayors of Athens|Mayor of Athens]] (b. 1843)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Bruno Frank]], German author, poet, and playwright (b. 1878)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Bugsy Siegel]], American mobster (b. 1906)
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Luigi Fagioli]], Italian race car driver (b. 1898)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Kurt Alder]], German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize for Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1902)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Raphaël Salem]], Greek-French mathematician and academic (b. 1898)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Bernard Baruch]], American financier and politician (b. 1870)
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Georges Lemaître]], Belgian priest, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1894)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Bishnu Prasad Rabha]], Indian artist, painter, actor, dancer, writer, music composer and politician (b. 1909)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Horace Lindrum]], Australian snooker player (b. 1912)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain]], Haitian anthropologist (b. 1898)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.haiti-reference.com/notables/getperson.php?personID=I106&tree=Chercheurs|title=Haiti-Reference : Notables d'Haiti : Suzanne Sylvain Comhaire n. 06 nov 1898 Port-au-Prince d. 20 juin 1975 Nigéria|website=www.haiti-reference.com|access-date=2018-05-17|archive-date=2019-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327123103/https://www.haiti-reference.com/notables/getperson.php?personID=I106&tree=Chercheurs|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Mark Robson (film director)|Mark Robson]], Canadian-American director and producer (b. 1913)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Estelle Winwood]], English actress (b. 1883)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Emil Cioran]], Romanian-French philosopher and educator (b. 1911)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Cahit Külebi]], Turkish poet and author (b. 1917)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Clifton Fadiman]], American game show host, author, and critic (b. 1902)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Erwin Chargaff]], Austrian-American biochemist and academic (b. 1905)
*  2002   &ndash; [[Tinus Osendarp]], Dutch runner (b. 1916)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Jim Bacon (politician)|Jim Bacon]], Australian politician, 41st [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. 1950)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Larry Collins (writer)|Larry Collins]], American journalist, historian, and author (b. 1929)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Jack Kilby]], American physicist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1923)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Roberto Rosato]], Italian footballer (b. 1943)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Harry B. Whittington]], English palaeontologist and academic (b. 1916)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Ryan Dunn]], American television personality (b. 1977)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Judy Agnew]], [[Second Lady of the United States]]. (b. 1921)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/us/judy-agnew-wife-of-vice-president-dies-at-91.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628182743/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/us/judy-agnew-wife-of-vice-president-dies-at-91.html |archive-date=2012-06-28 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Judy Agnew, Wife of Vice President, Dies at 91|last=Martin|first=Douglas|date=2012-06-27|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-12|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*  2012   &ndash; [[LeRoy Neiman]], American painter (b. 1921)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Heinrich IV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz]] (b. 1919)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Andrew Sarris]], American critic (b. 1928)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Ingvar Rydell]], Swedish footballer (b. 1922)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Angelo Niculescu]], Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Miriam Schapiro]], Canadian-American painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Prodigy (rapper)|Prodigy]], American music artist (b. 1974)
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Caleb Swanigan]], American basketball player (b. 1997)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/purdue-all-american-former-nba-player-caleb-swanigan-dead-at-age-25/ |title=Purdue All-American, former NBA player Caleb Swanigan dead at age 25 |website=cbssports.com|date=22 June 2022 }}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Donald Sutherland]], Canadian actor and producer (b. 1935)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/donald-sutherland-dead-1235978933/|title=Donald Sutherland Dies: Revered Actor In 'Klute', 'Ordinary People', 'Hunger Games' & Scores Of Others Was 88|website=deadline.com|date=20 June 2024 }}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Taylor Wily]], American actor, sumo wrestler and mixed martial artist (b. 1968)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lindner |first=Emmett |date=2024-06-21 |title=Taylor Wily, 'Hawaii Five-0' and 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' Actor, Dies at 55 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/arts/television/taylor-wily-dead-hawaii-five-0.html |access-date=2024-06-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Adalbert of Magdeburg]]
**[[Saint Florentina|Florentina]]
**[[Giovanni di Matera|John of Matera]]
**Blessed [[Margareta Ebner]]
**[[Methodius of Olympus]]
**[[Pope Silverius]]
**[[June 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Flag Day (Argentina)|Day of the National Flag (Argentina)]]
*Earliest possible date for the [[summer solstice]] in the Northern hemisphere and the [[winter solstice]] in the Southern hemisphere, and its related observance:
**Earliest day on which [[Day of the Finnish Flag]] can fall, while June 26 is the latest; celebrated on Saturday of Midsummer's Day (Finland)
**[[International Surfing Day]] (third Saturday in June, on or near [[Summer solstice]]) 
**[[Midsummer|Litha / Midsummer celebrations]] in the northern hemisphere, [[Yule#Neopaganism|Yule]] in the southern hemisphere.
*[[Gas Sector Day]] ([[Azerbaijan]])
*[[Martyrs' Day (Eritrea)]] 
*[[West Virginia Day]] ([[West Virginia]])
*[[World Refugee Day]] ([[International observance|International]])<ref>{{cite news |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |newspaper=United Nations |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015|last1=Nations |first1=United }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/20 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=06|day=20}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/june/20 |title=Historical Events on June 20 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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