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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[4 AD|4]] – [[Augustus]] adopts [[Tiberius]]. * [[221]] – [[Roman emperor]] [[Elagabalus]] adopts his cousin [[Alexander Severus]] as his heir and receives the title of [[Caesar (title)|Caesar]]. * [[363]] – Roman emperor [[Julian (emperor)|Julian]] is killed during the retreat from the [[Sasanian Empire]]. * [[684]] – [[Pope Benedict II]] is the last pope to require confirmation by the Byzantine emperor before taking office. * [[699]] – [[En no Ozuno]], a Japanese mystic and apothecary who will later be regarded as the founder of a folk religion [[Shugendō]], is banished to [[Izu Ōshima]]. *[[1243]] – Mongols defeat the [[Seljuk Turks]] at the [[Battle of Köse Dağ]]. *[[1295]] – [[Przemysł II]] crowned [[king of Poland]], following Ducal period. The white eagle is added to the [[Coat of arms of Poland|Polish coat of arms]]. *[[1407]] – [[Ulrich von Jungingen]] becomes [[Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights]]. *[[1409]] – [[Western Schism]]: The [[Roman Catholic Church]] is led into a double [[schism (religion)|schism]] as Petros Philargos is crowned [[Pope Alexander V]] after the [[Council of Pisa]], joining [[Pope Gregory XII]] in Rome and [[Antipope Benedict XIII|Pope Benedict XIII]] in [[Avignon]]. *[[1460]] – [[War of the Roses]]: [[Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick]], and [[Edward IV of England|Edward, Earl of March]], land in England with a rebel army and march on London. *[[1483]] – [[Richard III of England|Richard III]] becomes King of England.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - Radio 4 - This Sceptred Isle - Richard III, the Princes in the Tower and Bosworth |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/sceptred_isle/page/44.shtml?question=44 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=26 June 2020}}</ref> *[[1522]] – Ottomans begin the second [[Siege of Rhodes (1522)|Siege of Rhodes]]. *[[1541]] – [[Francisco Pizarro]] is assassinated in [[Lima]] by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, [[Diego de Almagro]] the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed. *[[1579]] – [[Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory]] begins. ===1601–1900=== *[[1718]] – [[Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia]], [[Peter the Great]]'s son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him. *[[1723]] – After a siege and bombardment by cannon, [[Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)|Baku surrenders]] to the Russians. *[[1740]] – A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the [[Siege of Fort Mose]] near [[St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine]] during the [[War of Jenkins' Ear]]. *[[1794]] – [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: [[Battle of Fleurus (1794)|Battle of Fleurus]] marks the first successful military use of aircraft and turns the tide of the [[War of the First Coalition]]. *[[1830]] – [[William IV of the United Kingdom|William IV]] becomes king of Britain and Hanover. *[[1843]] – [[Treaty of Nanking]] comes into effect, [[Hong Kong Island]] is ceded to the British "in perpetuity". *[[1848]] – End of the [[June Days Uprising]] in Paris. *[[1857]] – The first investiture of the [[Victoria Cross]] in [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]], London. *[[1886]] – [[Henri Moissan]] isolated elemental [[Fluorine]] for the first time. *[[1889]] – [[Bangui]] is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the [[French Congo]]. ===1901–present=== *[[1906]] – The first [[1906 French Grand Prix|Grand Prix]] motor race is held at [[Le Mans]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Roy |title=Alpine & Renault: The Sports Prototypes 1963 to 1969 |date=2010 |publisher=Veloce Publishing Ltd |isbn=978-1-84584-191-1 |page=16 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fzhWRqCFuPYC&pg=PA16 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1909]] – The [[Science Museum, London|Science Museum]] in London comes into existence as an independent entity. *[[1917]] – [[World War I]]: The [[American Expeditionary Forces]] begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat in the Battle of Hamel on July 4. *[[1918]] – World War I: [[Allies of World War I|Allied forces]] under [[John J. Pershing]] and [[James Harbord]] defeat [[German Empire|Imperial German forces]] under [[Wilhelm, German Crown Prince]] in the [[Battle of Belleau Wood]]. *[[1924]] – The [[United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–24)|American occupation of the Dominican Republic]] ends after eight years. *[[1927]] – [[The Cyclone]] roller coaster opens on [[Coney Island]]. *[[1934]] – United States President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] signs the [[Federal Credit Union Act]], which establishes credit unions. *[[1936]] – Initial flight of the [[Focke-Wulf Fw 61]], the first practical helicopter. *[[1940]] – [[World War II]]: Under the [[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact]], the [[Soviet Union]] presents an [[Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina#Soviet ultimatum|ultimatum]] to [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]] requiring it to cede [[Bessarabia]] and the northern part of [[Bukovina]]. *[[1941]] – World War II: Soviet planes [[Bombing of Kassa|bomb Kassa, Hungary]] (now [[Košice]], Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day. *[[1942]] – The first flight of the [[Grumman F6F Hellcat]]. *[[1944]] – World War II: [[San Marino]], a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the [[RAF]] based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths. * 1944 – World War II: The [[Battle of Osuchy]] in [[Osuchy]], Poland, one of the largest battles between Nazi Germany and [[Polish resistance movement in World War II|Polish resistance forces]], ends with the defeat of the latter. *[[1945]] – The [[United Nations Charter]] is signed by [[Allies of World War II|50 Allied nations]] in [[San Francisco|San Francisco, California]]. *[[1948]] – [[Cold War]]: The first supply flights are made in response to the [[Berlin Blockade]]. * 1948 – [[William Shockley]] files the original patent for the [[grown-junction transistor]], the first [[bipolar junction transistor]]. * 1948 – [[Shirley Jackson]]'s short story ''[[The Lottery]]'' is published in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' magazine. *[[1952]] – The [[Pan-Malayan Labour Party]] is founded in [[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]], as a union of statewide labour parties. *[[1953]] – [[Lavrentiy Beria]], head of [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union)|MVD]], is arrested by [[Nikita Khrushchev]] and other members of the [[Politburo]]. *[[1955]] – The South African Congress Alliance adopts the [[Freedom Charter]] at the [[Congress of the People (1955)|Congress of the People]] in [[Kliptown]]. *[[1959]] – Swedish boxer [[Ingemar Johansson]] becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American [[Floyd Patterson]] on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at [[Yankee Stadium]]. *[[1960]] – The former British Protectorate of [[British Somaliland]] gains its independence as [[State of Somaliland|Somaliland]]. * 1960 – [[Madagascar]] gains its independence from France. *[[1963]] – Cold War: U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]] gave his "[[Ich bin ein Berliner]]" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic [[West Germany]] shortly after [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-supported [[East Germany]] erected the [[Berlin Wall]]. *[[1967]] – [[Karol Wojtyła]] (later John Paul II) made a cardinal by [[Pope Paul VI]]. *[[1974]] – The [[Universal Product Code]] is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's [[chewing gum]] at the Marsh Supermarket in [[Troy, Ohio]]. *[[1975]] – Two [[FBI]] agents and a member of the [[American Indian Movement]] are killed in a shootout on the [[Pine Ridge Indian Reservation]] in [[South Dakota]]; [[Leonard Peltier]] is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial. *[[1977]] – [[Elvis Presley]] held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena. *[[1978]] – [[Air Canada Flight 189]], flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the [[Etobicoke Creek]] [[ravine]]. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish. *[[1981]] – [[Dan-Air Flight 240]], flying to [[East Midlands Airport]], crashes in [[Nailstone]], [[Leicestershire]]. All three crew members perish.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Hawker Siddeley HS-748-108 Srs. 2A G-ASPL Nailstone|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810626-0|access-date=2021-06-21|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[1988]] – The first crash of an [[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A320]] occurs when [[Air France Flight 296Q]] crashes at [[Mulhouse–Habsheim Airfield]] in [[Habsheim]], France, during an [[air show]], killing three of the 136 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A320-111 F-GFKC Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19880626-0|access-date=2021-06-26|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Yugoslav Wars]]: The [[Yugoslav People's Army]] begins the [[Ten-Day War]] in [[Slovenia]]. *[[1995]] – [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]] deposes his father [[Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani]], the [[Emir]] of [[Qatar]], in a bloodless [[1995 Qatari coup d'état|coup d'état]]. *[[1997]] – The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] rules that the [[Communications Decency Act]] violates the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution]]. * 1997 – [[J. K. Rowling]] publishes the first of her ''[[Harry Potter]]'' novel series, ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' in United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bloomsbury.com|title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone|url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone-9780747532699/|access-date=2021-06-26|website=Bloomsbury Publishing|language=en|archive-date=2017-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629171412/http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone-9780747532699/|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[2000]] – The [[Human Genome Project]] announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence. *[[2003]] – The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] rules in ''[[Lawrence v. Texas]]'' that sex-based [[sodomy law]]s are unconstitutional. *[[2006]] – [[Mari Alkatiri]], the first [[Prime Minister of East Timor]], resigns after weeks of political unrest. *[[2007]] – [[Pope Benedict XVI]] reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive two-thirds of the votes. *[[2008]] – A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, [[2008 Karmah bombing|killing 25 people]]. *[[2012]] – The [[Waldo Canyon Fire|Waldo Canyon fire]] descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]] burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people. *[[2013]] – [[June 2013 Shanshan riots|Riots]] in China's [[Xinjiang]] region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others. * 2013 – The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] [[United States v. Windsor|ruled, 5–4]], that Section 3 of the [[Defense of Marriage Act]] is unconstitutional and in violation of the [[Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Producer|first=By Bill Mears, CNN Supreme Court|title=Supreme Court strikes down provision on same-sex marriage benefits - CNNPolitics|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/06/26/politics/scotus-same-sex-doma/index.html|access-date=2021-07-23|website=CNN|date=26 June 2013 }}</ref> *[[2015]] – Five different terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia, Somalia, Kuwait, and Syria occurred on what was dubbed [[26 June 2015 Islamist attacks|Bloody Friday]] by international media. Upwards of 750 people were either killed or injured in these uncoordinated attacks.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-06-27|title=The aftermath of Bloody Friday - live updates|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/tunisia-attack-aftermath-bloody-friday-live-updates-10349661.html|access-date=2021-07-23|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2015-06-27|title=Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, Sousse, Kobané, Koweït, Somalie : vague d'attaques djihadistes|language=fr|work=Le Monde.fr|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2015/06/27/saint-quentin-fallavier-sousse-kobane-koweit-somalie-vague-d-attaques-djihadistes_4663046_3210.html|access-date=2021-07-23}}</ref> * 2015 – The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] [[Obergefell v. Hodges|ruled, 5–4]], that [[Same-sex relationship|same-sex couples]] have a [[constitutional right]] to [[marriage]] under the [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|14th Amendment to the United States Constitution]].<ref>''Obergefell'', [https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-556_3204.pdf slip op.] at 28 ("The Court, in this decision, holds same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry in all States.").</ref> * 2024 – [[Julian Assange]], founder of [[WikiLeaks]], returns to Australia after [[Plea bargain|pleading guilty]] to one charge of [[Espionage Act of 1917|espionage]] in a [[District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands|Saipan court]] and subsequently being released by the [[United States Department of Justice]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD2nY1pVU1o |title=LIVE: Watch full coverage of Julian Assange's arrival back in Australia {{!}} ABC News |date=2024-06-25 |last=ABC News (Australia) |access-date=2024-06-26 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Davidson |first=Helen |date=2024-06-26 |title=Julian Assange walks free after pleading guilty to US espionage charge in Saipan court |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jun/26/julian-assange-saipan-court-hearing-plea-deal-wikileaks-australia-us-kevin-rudd |access-date=2024-06-26 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[12 BC]] – [[Agrippa Postumus]], Roman son of [[Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa]] and [[Julia the Elder]] (d. 14) *[[1399]] – [[John, Count of Angoulême]] (d. 1467) *[[1467]] – [[Ferdinand II of Naples]] (d. 1496)<ref>{{Cite web |title=FERDINANDO II d'Aragona, re di Napoli, detto Ferrandino in "Enciclopedia Italiana" |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/ferdinando-ii-d-aragona-re-di-napoli-detto-ferrandino_(Enciclopedia-Italiana) |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=www.treccani.it |language=it-IT}}</ref> *[[1575]] – [[Anne Catherine of Brandenburg]] (d. 1612) *[[1581]] – [[Peter Claver|San Pedro Claver]], Spanish Jesuit saint (d. 1654) *[[1600]] – [[Juan de Palafox y Mendoza]], Spanish-born bishop and [[viceroy]] of [[New Spain]] (d. 1659) ===1601–1900=== *[[1681]] – [[Hedvig Sophia of Sweden]] (d. 1708) *[[1689]] – [[Edward Holyoke]], American pastor and academic (d. 1769) *[[1694]] – [[Georg Brandt]], Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768) *[[1699]] – [[Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin]], French businesswoman (d. 1777) *[[1702]] – [[Philip Doddridge]], English hymn-writer and educator (d. 1751) *[[1703]] – [[Thomas Clap]], American minister and academic (d. 1767) *[[1726]] – [[Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia]] (d. 1796) *[[1730]] – [[Charles Messier]], French astronomer and academic (d. 1817) *[[1764]] – [[Jan Paweł Łuszczewski]], Polish politician (d. 1812) *[[1786]] – [[Sunthorn Phu]], Thai poet (d. 1855)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.poemhunter.com/sunthorn-phu/biography/|title=Sunthorn Phu|access-date = 19 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1796]] – [[Jan Paweł Lelewel]], Polish painter and engineer (d. 1847) *[[1798]] – [[Wolfgang Menzel]], German poet and critic (d. 1873) *[[1817]] – [[Branwell Brontë]], English painter and poet (d. 1848) *[[1819]] – [[Abner Doubleday]], American general (d. 1893) *[[1821]] – [[Bartolomé Mitre]], Argentinian soldier, journalist, and politician, 6th [[President of Argentina]] (d. 1906) *[[1824]] – [[William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin]], Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (d. 1907) *[[1835]] – [[Thomas W. Knox]], American journalist and author (d. 1896) *[[1839]] – [[Sam Watkins]], American soldier and author (d. 1901) *[[1852]] – [[Daoud Corm]], Lebanese painter (d. 1930) *[[1854]] – [[Robert Laird Borden]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (d. 1937) *[[1865]] – [[Bernard Berenson]], Lithuanian-American historian and author (d. 1959) *[[1866]] – [[George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon]], English archaeologist and banker (d. 1923) *[[1869]] – [[Martin Andersen Nexø]], Danish journalist and author (d. 1954) *[[1878]] – [[Leopold Löwenheim]], German mathematician and logician (d. 1957) *[[1880]] – [[Mitchell Lewis (actor)|Mitchell Lewis]], American actor (d. 1956) *[[1881]] – [[Ya'akov Cohen (writer)|Ya'akov Cohen]], Israeli linguist, poet, and playwright (d. 1960) *[[1892]] – [[Pearl S. Buck]], American novelist, essayist, short story writer [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1973) *[[1893]] – [[Dorothy Fuldheim]], American journalist and news anchor (d. 1989) *[[1895]] – [[George Hainsworth]], Canadian ice hockey player and politician (d. 1950) *[[1898]] – [[Willy Messerschmitt]], German engineer and businessman (d. 1978) * 1898 – [[Chesty Puller]], US general (d. 1971) *[[1899]] – [[Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899–1918)|Grand Duchess Maria 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–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Stuart Symington]], American lieutenant and politician, 1st [[United States Secretary of the Air Force]] (d. 1988) *[[1902]] – [[Hugues Cuénod]], Swiss tenor and educator (d. 2010) *[[1903]] – [[Big Bill Broonzy]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1958) *[[1904]] – [[Peter Lorre]], Slovak-American actor and singer (d. 1964) *[[1905]] – [[Lynd Ward]], American author and illustrator (d. 1985)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lynd Ward {{!}} Artist {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts |url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/lynd-ward |website=www.royalacademy.org.uk |access-date=29 May 2022}}</ref> *[[1906]] – [[Alberto Rabagliati]], Italian singer (d. 1974) * 1906 – [[Viktor Schreckengost]], American sculptor and educator (d. 2008) *[[1907]] – [[Debs Garms]], American baseball player (d. 1984) *[[1908]] – [[Salvador Allende]], Chilean physician and politician, 29th [[President of Chile]] (d. 1973) *[[1909]] – [[Colonel Tom Parker]], Dutch-American talent manager (d. 1997) * 1909 – [[Wolfgang Reitherman]], German-American animator, director, and producer (d. 1985) *[[1911]] – [[Babe Didrikson Zaharias]], American golfer and basketball player (d. 1956) * 1911 – [[Bronisław Żurakowski]], Polish pilot and engineer (d. 2009) *[[1913]] – [[Aimé Césaire]], French poet, author, and politician (d. 2008) * 1913 – [[Maurice Wilkes]], English computer scientist and physicist (d. 2010) *[[1914]] – [[Laurie Lee]], English author and poet (d. 1997) * 1914 – [[Sultan Ahmad Nanupuri]], Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and teacher (d. 1997)<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ahmadullah |first1=Hafez |title=মাশায়েখে চাটগাম |last2=Qadir |first2=Ridwanul |publisher=Ahmad Publication |year=2018 |isbn=978-984-92106-4-1 |location=[[Dhaka]] |pages=162–185|language=bn |trans-title=Mashayekh-e Chatgam}}</ref> * 1914 – [[Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark]], European royalty (d. 2001) *[[1915]] – [[Paul Castellano]], American gangster (d. 1985) * 1915 – [[George Haigh]], English professional footballer (d. 2019) * 1915 – [[Charlotte Zolotow]], American author and poet (d. 2013) *[[1916]] – [[Virginia Satir]], American psychotherapist and author (d. 1988) * 1916 – [[Giuseppe Taddei]], Italian actor and singer (d. 2010) *[[1917]] – [[Idriz Ajeti]], Albanian albanologist (d. 2019) *[[1918]] – [[Leo Rosner]], Polish-born Austrian Jewish musician (d. 2008) * 1918 – [[Raleigh Rhodes]], American combat fighter pilot (d. 2007) * 1918 – [[J. B. Fuqua]], American entrepreneur and philanthropist (d. 2006) *[[1919]] – [[Richard Neustadt]], American political scientist and academic (d. 2003) * 1919 – [[Jimmy Newberry]], American pitcher (d. 1983) * 1919 – [[George Athan Billias]], American historian (d. 2018) * 1919 – [[Donald M. Ashton]], English art director (d. 2004) *[[1920]] – [[Jean-Pierre Roy]], Canadian-American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2014) *[[1921]] – [[Violette Szabo]], French-British secret agent (d. 1945) * 1921 – [[Robert Everett (computer scientist)|Robert Everett]], American computer scientist (d. 2018) *[[1922]] – [[Walter Farley]], American author (d. 1989) * 1922 – [[Eleanor Parker]], American actress (d. 2013) * 1922 – [[Enzo Apicella]], English artist, cartoonist, designer, and restaurateur (d. 2018) *[[1923]] – [[Franz-Paul Decker]], German conductor (d. 2014) * 1923 – [[Ed Bearss]], American military historian and author (d. 2020) *[[1924]] – [[Kostas Axelos]], Greek-French philosopher and author (d. 2010) * 1924 – [[James W. McCord Jr.]], CIA officer (d. 2017) *[[1925]] – [[Pavel Belyayev]], Soviet soldier, pilot and cosmonaut (d. 1970)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |last2=Hall |first2=Rex |title=The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact |date=2009 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |isbn=9780387848235 |page=33 |lccn=2008935694}}</ref> * 1925 – [[Wolfgang Unzicker]], German chess player (d. 2006) * 1925 – [[Jean Frydman]], French resistant and businessman (d. 2021) *[[1926]] – [[Kenny Baker (fiddler)|Kenny Baker]], American fiddler (d. 2011) * 1926 – [[Mahendra Bhatnagar]], Indian poet (d. 2020) * 1926 – [[Fernando Mönckeberg Barros]], Chilean surgeon<ref name=uchile>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uchile.cl/portal/presentacion/historia/grandes-figuras/premios-nacionales/ciencias-/6542/fernando-monckeberg-barros |title=Fernando Mönckeberg Barros |publisher=[[University of Chile]] |language=es |access-date=8 June 2018}}</ref> * 1926 – [[Dinu Zamfirescu]], Romanian politician *[[1927]] – [[Robert Kroetsch]], Canadian author and poet (d. 2011) *[[1928]] – [[Jacob Druckman]], American composer and academic (d. 1996) * 1928 – [[Yoshiro Nakamatsu]], Japanese inventor * 1928 – [[Bill Sheffield]], American politician; 5th Governor of Alaska (d. 2022) * 1928 – [[Samuel Belzberg]], Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2018) *[[1929]] – [[June Bronhill]], Australian soprano and actress (d. 2005) * 1929 – [[Fred Bruemmer]], Latvian-Canadian photographer and author (d. 2013) * 1929 – [[Milton Glaser]], American illustrator and graphic designer (d. 2020) *[[1930]] – [[Jackie Fargo]], American wrestler and trainer (d. 2013) * 1930 – [[Wolfgang Schwanitz]], East German secret police (d. 2022) *[[1931]] – [[Colin Wilson]], English philosopher and author (d. 2013) *[[1932]] – Dame [[Marguerite Pindling]], Bahamian politician; Governor-General of the Bahamas * 1932 – [[Don Valentine]], American venture capitalist (d. 2019) *[[1933]] – [[Claudio Abbado]], Italian conductor (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite web |title=Claudio Abbado obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/20/claudio-abbado |website=The Guardian |access-date=18 October 2021 |language=en |date=20 January 2014}}</ref> * 1933 – [[Gene Green (baseball)|Gene Green]], American baseball player (d. 1981) * 1933 – [[David Winnick]], English politician *[[1934]] – [[Dave Grusin]], American pianist and composer * 1934 – [[Toru Goto]], Japanese swimmer *[[1935]] – [[Carlo Facetti]], Italian race car driver * 1935 – [[Sandro Riminucci]], Italian basketball player *[[1936]] – [[Benjamin Adekunle]], Nigerian general (d. 2014) * 1936 – [[Hal Greer]], American basketball player (d. 2018) * 1936 – [[Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart]], Scottish politician (d. 2020) * 1936 – [[Edith Pearlman]], American short story writer (d. 2023) * 1936 – [[Jean-Claude Turcotte]], Canadian cardinal (d. 2015) * 1936 – [[Nancy Willard]], American author and poet (d. 2017) *[[1937]] – [[Robert Coleman Richardson]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2013) * 1937 – [[Reggie Workman]], American bassist and composer *[[1938]] – [[Neil Abercrombie]], American sociologist and politician, 7th [[Governor of Hawaii]] * 1938 – [[Billy Davis Jr.]], American pop-soul singer * 1938 – [[Gerald North]], American climatologist and academic *[[1939]] – [[Chuck Robb]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th [[Governor of Virginia]] * 1939 – [[Zainuddin Maidin]], Malaysian politician (d. 2018)<ref>[http://www.arkib.gov.my/en/web/guest/tan-sri-zainuddin-maidin Tan Sri Zainuddin Maidin]. arkib.gov.my</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Yves Beauchemin]], Canadian author and academic *[[1942]] – [[J. J. Dillon]], American wrestler and manager * 1942 – [[Gilberto Gil]], Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and politician, [[Minister of Culture (Brazil)|Brazilian Minister of Culture]] *[[1943]] – [[Georgie Fame]], English singer, pianist, and keyboard player * 1943 – [[Warren Farrell]], American author and educator *[[1944]] – [[Gennady Zyuganov]], Russian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov {{!}} Russian politician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gennady-Andreyevich-Zyuganov |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1945 – [[Issa al-Haadi al-Mahdi]] (Dwight York), American criminal, black supremacist, pedophile, convicted child molester, and musician *[[1946]] – [[Candace Pert]], American neuroscientist and pharmacologist (d. 2013) *[[1949]] – [[Fredric Brandt]], American dermatologist and author (d. 2015) * 1949 – [[Adrian Gurvitz]], English singer-songwriter and producer * 1949 – [[Mary Styles Harris]], American biologist and geneticist *[[1951]] – [[Gary Gilmour]], Australian cricketer and manager (d. 2014) *[[1952]] – [[Gordon McQueen]], Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2023) * 1952 – [[Olive Morris]], Jamaican-English civil rights activist (d. 1979)<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Morris, Olive Elaine (1952–1979), political activist |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-100963 |year=2012 |access-date=26 June 2020 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/100963 |isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 |last1=Allotey |first1=Emma }}</ref> * 1952 – [[Simon Mann]], British military officer and mercenary (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Times |first=The |date=2025-05-09 |title=Simon Mann obituary: mercenary behind failed ‘wonga coup’ in Equatorial Guinea |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/simon-mann-obituary-mercenary-behind-failed-wonga-coup-in-equatorial-guinea-nzh7jr86g |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1954]] – [[Luis Arconada]], Spanish footballer *[[1955]] – [[Mick Jones (The Clash)|Mick Jones]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1955 – [[Gedde Watanabe]], American actor *[[1956]] – [[Chris Isaak]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor * 1956 – [[Catherine Samba-Panza]], interim president of the [[Central African Republic]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.jeuneafrique.com/166118/politique/centrafrique-5-choses-savoir-sur-catherine-samba-panza-la-nouvelle-pr-sidente-de-transition/|title=Centrafrique : 5 choses à savoir sur Catherine Samba Panza, la nouvelle présidente de transition – JeuneAfrique.com|date=2014-01-20|work=JeuneAfrique.com|access-date=2018-02-19|language=fr-FR}}</ref> * 1956 – [[Patrick Mercer]], English colonel and politician *[[1957]] – [[Al Hunter Ashton]], English actor and screenwriter (d. 2007) * 1957 – [[Philippe Couillard]], Canadian surgeon and politician, 31st [[Premier of Quebec]] * 1957 – [[Patty Smyth]], American singer-songwriter and musician *[[1959]] – [[Mark McKinney]], Canadian actor and screenwriter *[[1960]] – [[Mark Durkan]], Irish politician *[[1961]] – [[Greg LeMond]], American cyclist * 1961 – [[Terri Nunn]], American singer-songwriter and actress *[[1962]] – [[Jerome Kersey]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2015) *[[1963]] – [[Mikhail Khodorkovsky]], Russian-Swiss businessman and philanthropist * 1963 – [[Mark McClellan]], American economist and politician * 1963 – [[The Sundays|Harriet Wheeler]], English singer-songwriter *[[1964]] – [[Tommi Mäkinen]], Finnish race car driver *[[1966]] – [[Dany Boon]], French actor, director, and screenwriter * 1966 – [[Kirk McLean]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1966 – [[Jürgen Reil]], American drummer *[[1967]] – [[Inha Babakova]], Ukrainian high jumper * 1967 – [[Olivier Dahan]], French director and screenwriter *[[1968]] – [[Guðni Th. Jóhannesson]], Icelandic lecturer and politician, 6th [[President of Iceland]] * 1968 – [[Paolo Maldini]], Italian footballer * 1968 – [[Shannon Sharpe]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Shannon Sharpe Facts & Stats |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Shannon-Sharpe |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=6 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[Colin Greenwood]], English bass player and songwriter * 1969 – [[Ingrid Lempereur]], Belgian swimmer * 1969 – [[Geir Moen]], Norwegian sprinter * 1969 – [[Mike Myers (baseball)|Mike Myers]], American baseball player *[[1970]] – [[Paul Thomas Anderson]], American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1970 – [[Paul Bitok]], Kenyan runner * 1970 – [[Irv Gotti]], American record producer, co-founded [[Murder Inc Records]] (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Halperin |first=Shirley |date=February 5, 2025 |title=Irv Gotti, Murder Inc. Records Founder Who Worked With Ashanti and Ja Rule, Dies at 54 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/irv-gotti-murder-inc-founder-dies-1236128314/#recipient_hashed=e84efc91c4bd67896f1827a19eaf4fce5eeecdc9cc5e1a48275261341f834217&recipient_salt=0ddbd534177fd7a097614d9cbc3c989e4d76c83bbaa3e97e67b4da0c76e21d27&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_content=584648_02-05-2025&utm_term=1743016 |access-date=February 8, 2025 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en-US}}</ref> * 1970 – [[Sean Hayes (actor)|Sean Hayes]], American actor * 1970 – [[Matt Letscher]], American actor and playwright<ref>{{Cite web|title=Matt Letscher - Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/matt_letscher|access-date=2021-06-17|website=Rotten Tomatoes|language=en}}</ref> * 1970 – [[Adam Ndlovu]], Zimbabwean footballer (d. 2012) * 1970 – [[Chris O'Donnell]], American actor * 1970 – [[Nick Offerman]], American actor *[[1971]] – [[Max Biaggi]], Italian motorcycle racer *[[1972]] – [[Jai Taurima]], Australian long jumper and police officer *[[1973]] – [[Gretchen Wilson]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1974]] – [[Derek Jeter]], American baseball player * 1974 – [[Jason Kendall]], American baseball player *[[1975]] – [[Chris Armstrong (ice hockey)|Chris Armstrong]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1975 – [[Terry Skiverton]], English footballer and manager *[[1976]] – [[Ed Jovanovski]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1976 – [[Pommie Mbangwa]], Zimbabwean cricketer and sportscaster * 1976 – [[Chad Pennington]], American football player and sportscaster * 1976 – [[Dave Rubin]], American political commentator *[[1977]] – [[Quincy Lewis]], American basketball player *[[1979]] – [[Ryō Fukuda]], Japanese race car driver * 1979 – [[Walter Herrmann]], Argentinian basketball player * 1979 – [[Ryan Tedder]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer *[[1980]] – [[Hamílton Hênio Ferreira Calheiros]], Togolese footballer * 1980 – [[Michael Jackson (footballer born 1980)|Michael Jackson]], English footballer * 1980 – [[Jason Schwartzman]], American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor * 1980 – [[Chris Shelton (baseball)|Chris Shelton]], American baseball player * 1980 – [[Michael Vick]], American football player *[[1981]] – [[Natalya Antyukh]], Russian sprinter and hurdler * 1981 – [[Paolo Cannavaro]], Italian footballer * 1981 – [[Kanako Kondō]], Japanese voice actress and singer * 1981 – [[Takashi Toritani]], Japanese baseball player *[[1982]] – [[Zuzana Kučová]], Slovak tennis player *[[1983]] – [[Vinícius Rodrigues Almeida]], Brazilian footballer * 1983 – [[Nick Compton]], South African-English cricketer * 1983 – [[Toyonoshima Daiki]], Japanese sumo wrestler * 1983 – [[Felipe Melo]], Brazilian footballer * 1983 – [[Antonio Rosati]], Italian footballer *[[1984]] – [[J. J. Barea]], Puerto Rican-American basketball player * 1984 – [[Yankuba Ceesay]], Gambian footballer * 1984 – [[Elijah Dukes]], American baseball player * 1984 – [[Raymond Felton]], American basketball player * 1984 – [[Indila]], French singer * 1984 – [[Priscah Jeptoo]], Kenyan runner * 1984 – [[Aubrey Plaza]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Regna |first1=Michelle |title=Aubrey Plaza's Birthday Was Filled With "Parks & Rec" Love |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/michelleregna/hbd-nick-and-aubrey |publisher=[[BuzzFeed]] |access-date=24 June 2023 |date=27 June 2016}}</ref> * 1984 – [[Preslava]], Bulgarian singer * 1984 – [[Jūlija Tepliha]], Latvian figure skater * 1984 – [[Deron Williams]], American basketball player *[[1985]] – [[Ogyen Trinley Dorje]], Tibetan spiritual leader, 17th [[Karmapa]] Lama *[[1986]] – [[Duvier Riascos]], Colombian footballer *[[1987]] – [[Carlos Iaconelli]], Brazilian race car driver * 1987 – [[Samir Nasri]], French footballer *[[1988]] – [[Oliver Stang]], German footballer * 1988 – [[King Bach]], Canadian-American actor, comedian, director, producer, writer and social media personality<ref>{{Cite news|last=Stern|first=Marlow|date=2013-08-29|title=Andrew Bachelor, a.k.a. King Bach, Is the King of Vine—And Comedy's Next Big Thing|language=en|work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/29/andrew-bachelor-a-k-a-king-bach-is-the-king-of-vine-and-comedy-s-next-big-thing|access-date=2021-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805202619if_/https://www.thedailybeast.com/web/20170805202619/http://www.thedailybeast.com/andrew-bachelor-aka-king-bach-is-the-king-of-vineand-comedys-next-big-thing|archive-date=2017-08-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=KING BACH BIOGRAPHY|url=http://www.andrewbachelor.com/bio/|access-date=2021-06-16|website=www.andrewbachelor.com}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Belaynesh Oljira]], Ethiopian runner * 1990 – [[Iman Shumpert]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Iman Shumpert |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202697/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=24 June 2023}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Igor Subbotin]], Estonian footballer *[[1991]] – [[Houssem Chemali]], French footballer * 1991 – [[Diego Falcinelli]], Italian footballer * 1991 – [[Dustin Martin]], Australian rules footballer *[[1992]] – [[Joel Campbell]], Costa Rican footballer * 1992 – [[Rudy Gobert]], French basketball player * 1992 – [[Jennette McCurdy]], American actress and singer-songwriter *[[1993]] – [[Ariana Grande]], American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-26|title=Ariana Grande Celebrates Her 28th Birthday with Ultimate Throwback Pic: 'HBD Tiny'|url=https://people.com/music/ariana-grande-celebrates-her-28th-birthday-with-ultimate-throwback-pic-hbd-tiny/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626212622/https://people.com/music/ariana-grande-celebrates-her-28th-birthday-with-ultimate-throwback-pic-hbd-tiny/|archive-date=2021-06-26|access-date=2021-06-27|website=People.com|language=en}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Hollie Arnold]], English javelin thrower * 1994 – [[Leonard Carow]], German actor *[[1997]] – [[Baek Ye-rin]], South Korean singer * 1997 – [[Jacob Elordi]], Australian actor<ref>{{Cite web |last=Delgado |first=Sara |date=28 June 2021 |title=Kaia Gerber Wished Jacob Elordi a Happy Birthday With Shirtless Pic |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/kaia-gerber-jacob-elordi-birthday-instagram-post |url-status=live |archive-url= https://archive.today/20220603220058/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/kaia-gerber-jacob-elordi-birthday-instagram-post |archive-date=3 June 2022 |access-date=3 June 2022 |website=[[Teen Vogue]]}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Callum Taylor (English cricketer)|Callum Taylor]], English cricketer *[[2000]] – [[Ann Li (tennis)|Ann Li]], American tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/326096/ann-li|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Ann Li|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=17 October 2022}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Chandler Smith]], American race car driver<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Chandler_Smith|title=Chandler Smith|work=racing-reference.info|access-date=2019-11-17}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Mikey Williams (basketball, born 2004)|Mikey Williams]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |last1=Loftin |first1=Milo |title=Prep basketball star Mikey Williams arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon: SDSO |url=https://fox5sandiego.com/sports/prep-basketball-star-mikey-williams-arrested-on-suspicion-of-assault-with-a-deadly-weapon-sdso/ |website=fox5sandiego.com |date=14 April 2023 |access-date=June 24, 2024}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Princess Alexia of the Netherlands]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Orange Is Everywhere As Netherlands Welcomes A New King |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/04/30/180013890/orange-is-everywhere-as-dutch-welcome-new-king?t=1625576104688 |website=NPR.org | date=30 April 2013 |access-date=6 July 2021 |language=en| last1=Memmott | first1=Mark }}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.--> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[116 BC]] – [[Ptolemy VIII Physcon|Ptolemy VIII]], king of Egypt * [[363]] – [[Julian (emperor)|Julian the Apostate]], Roman emperor (b. 332) * [[405]] – [[Vigilius of Trent|Vigilius]], bishop of Trent (b. 353) * [[822]] – [[Saichō]], Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 767) * [[969]] – [[George El Mozahem]], Egyptian martyr (b. 940) * [[985]] – [[Ramiro III of León|Ramiro III]], king of León *[[1090]] – [[Jaromír, Bishop of Prague|Jaromír]], bishop of Prague *[[1095]] – [[Robert the Lotharingian|Robert]], bishop of Hereford *[[1265]] – [[Anne of Bohemia, Duchess of Silesia|Anne of Bohemia]], duchess of Silesia (b. 1203 or 1204) *[[1274]] – [[Nasir al-Din al-Tusi]], Persian scientist and writer (b. 1201) *[[1487]] – [[John Argyropoulos]], Byzantine philosopher and scholar (b. 1415) *[[1541]] – [[Francisco Pizarro]], Spanish explorer and politician, [[List of Viceroys of Peru|Governor of New Castile]] (b. c. 1471) *[[1574]] – [[Gabriel, comte de Montgomery]], captain of the Scottish Guard of [[Henry II of France]] (b. 1530) ===1601–1900=== *[[1677]] – [[Francesco Buonamici (architect)|Francesco Buonamici]], Italian architect, painter and engraver (b. 1596)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Oechslin |first=Werner |encyclopedia=Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani |title=BUONAMICI, Francesco |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/francesco-buonamici_res-20b6e98a-87e9-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ |language=it |date=1972 |volume=15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123183429/http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/francesco-buonamici_res-20b6e98a-87e9-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ |archive-date=23 January 2020}}</ref> *[[1688]] – [[Ralph Cudworth]], English philosopher and academic (b. 1617) *[[1752]] – [[Giulio Alberoni]], Spanish cardinal (b. 1664) *[[1757]] – [[Maximilian Ulysses Browne]], Austrian field marshal (b. 1705) *[[1784]] – [[Caesar Rodney]], American lawyer and politician, 4th [[Governor of Delaware]] (b. 1728) *[[1793]] – [[Gilbert White]], English ornithologist and ecologist (b. 1720) *[[1795]] – [[Johannes Jährig]], German linguist and translator (b. 1747) *[[1798]] – [[James Dickey (United Irishmen)|James Dickey]], Irish revolutionary (b. 1776) *[[1808]] – [[Ludwik Tyszkiewicz]], Polish poet and politician (b. 1748) *[[1810]] – [[Montgolfier brothers|Joseph-Michel Montgolfier]], French inventor, co-invented the [[hot air balloon]] (b. 1740) *[[1830]] – [[George IV of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1762) *[[1836]] – [[Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle]], French soldier and composer (b. 1760) *[[1856]] – [[Max Stirner]], German philosopher and author (b. 1806) *[[1860]] – [[George Montgomery White]], American politician (b. 1828)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wilmington-journal-george-m-white-death/92171489|title=George Montgomery White's death notice|newspaper=The Wilmington Journal|publication-place=[[Wilmington, North Carolina]]|date=July 19, 1860}}</ref> *[[1870]] – [[Armand Barbès]], French lawyer and politician (b. 1809) *[[1878]] – [[Mercedes of Orléans]] (b. 1860) *[[1879]] – [[Richard H. Anderson (general)|Richard H. Anderson]], American general (b. 1821)<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Heron Anderson {{!}} American general |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Heron-Anderson |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=26 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1883]] – [[Edward Sabine]], Irish-English astronomer, geophysicist, and ornithologist (b. 1788) ===1901–present=== *[[1918]] – [[Peter Rosegger]], Austrian poet and author (b. 1843) *[[1922]] – [[Albert I, Prince of Monaco]] (b. 1848) *[[1927]] – [[Armand Guillaumin]], French painter (b. 1841) *[[1932]] – [[Adelaide Ames]], American astronomer and academic (b. 1900) *[[1938]] – [[James Weldon Johnson]], American poet, lawyer and politician (b. 1871) * 1938 – [[Daria Pratt]], American golfer (b. 1859) *[[1939]] – [[Ford Madox Ford]], English novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1873) *[[1943]] – [[Karl Landsteiner]], Austrian biologist and physician, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1868) *[[1945]] – [[Emil Hácha]], Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd [[President of Czechoslovakia]] (b. 1872) *[[1946]] – [[Max Kögel]], German [[SS]] officer (b. 1895) * 1946 – [[Yōsuke Matsuoka]], Japanese politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1880) *[[1947]] – [[R. B. Bennett]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (b. 1870) *[[1949]] – [[Kim Koo]], South Korean educator and politician, 13th [[Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea#List of presidents|President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea]] (b. 1876) *[[1955]] – [[Engelbert Zaschka]], German engineer (b. 1895) *[[1956]] – [[Clifford Brown]], American trumpet player and composer (b. 1930) * 1956 – [[Richie Powell]], American pianist (b. 1931) *[[1957]] – [[Alfred Döblin]], Polish-German physician and author (b. 1878) * 1957 – [[Malcolm Lowry]], English novelist and poet (b. 1909) *[[1958]] – [[George Orton]], Canadian runner and hurdler (b. 1873) * 1958 – [[Andrija Štampar]], Croatian physician and scholar (b. 1888) *[[1964]] – [[Léo Dandurand]], American-Canadian businessman (b. 1889) *[[1967]] – [[Françoise Dorléac]], French actress and singer (b. 1942) *[[1975]] – [[Josemaría Escrivá]], Spanish priest and saint (b. 1902) *[[1979]] – [[Akwasi Afrifa]], Ghanaian soldier and politician, 3rd [[List of heads of state of Ghana|Head of State of Ghana]] (b. 1936) *[[1989]] – [[Howard Charles Green]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th [[Minister of Public Works (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Public Works]] (b. 1895) *[[1990]] – [[Anni Blomqvist]], Finnish author (b. 1909) *[[1992]] – [[Buddy Rogers (wrestler)|Buddy Rogers]], American wrestler (b. 1921) *[[1993]] – [[Roy Campanella]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1921) * 1993 – [[William H. Riker]], American political scientist and academic (b. 1920) *[[1994]] – [[Jahanara Imam]], Bangladeshi author and activist (b. 1929) *[[1996]] – [[Veronica Guerin]], Irish journalist (b. 1958) * 1996 – [[Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu]], Turkish linguist and academic (b. 1932) *[[1997]] – [[Don Hutson]], American football player and coach (b. 1913) *[[1998]] – [[Hacı Sabancı]], Turkish businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935) *[[2001]] – [[Gina Cigna]], French-Italian soprano (b. 1900)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/04/arts/gina-cigna-operatic-soprano-dies-at-101.html|title=Gina Cigna, Operatic Soprano, Dies at 101|date=4 July 2001|work=The New York Times}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Jay Berwanger]], American football player (b. 1914) * 2002 – [[Arnold Brown (General of The Salvation Army)|Arnold Brown]], English-Canadian 11th [[General of The Salvation Army]] (b. 1913) *[[2003]] – [[Marc-Vivien Foé]], Cameroon footballer (b. 1975) * 2003 – [[Denis Thatcher]], English soldier and businessman (b. 1915) * 2003 – [[Strom Thurmond]], American general, lawyer, and politician, 103rd [[Governor of South Carolina]] (b. 1902) *[[2004]] – [[Ott Arder]], Estonian poet and translator (b. 1950) * 2004 – [[Yash Johar]], Indian film producer, founded [[Dharma Productions]] (b. 1929) * 2004 – [[Naomi Shemer]], Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1930) *[[2005]] – [[Tõnno Lepmets]], Estonian basketball player (b. 1938) * 2005 – [[Richard Whiteley]], English journalist and game show host (b. 1943) *[[2006]] – [[Tommy Wonder (magician)|Tommy Wonder]], Dutch magician (b. 1953) *[[2007]] – [[Liz Claiborne (fashion designer)|Liz Claiborne]], Belgian-American fashion designer, founded [[Liz Claiborne]] (b. 1929) * 2007 – [[Joey Sadler]], New Zealand rugby player (b. 1914) *[[2010]] – [[Algirdas Brazauskas]], Lithuanian engineer and politician, 4th [[President of Lithuania]] (b. 1932) * 2010 – [[Harald Keres]], Estonian physicist and academic (b. 1912) *[[2011]] – [[Edith Fellows]], American actress (b. 1923) * 2011 – [[Jan van Beveren]], Dutch footballer and coach (b. 1948) *[[2012]] – [[Sverker Åström]], Swedish diplomat, [[Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations|Swedish Permanent Representative to the United Nations]] (b. 1915) * 2012 – [[Pat Cummings]], American basketball player (b. 1956) * 2012 – [[Nora Ephron]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1941) * 2012 – [[Mario O'Hara]], Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944) * 2012 – [[Doris Singleton]], American actress (b. 1919) *[[2013]] – [[Henrik Otto Donner]], Finnish trumpet player and composer (b. 1939) * 2013 – [[Edward Huggins Johnstone]], Brazilian-American sergeant and judge (b. 1922) * 2013 – [[Byron Looper]], American politician (b. 1964) * 2013 – [[Justin Miller (baseball, born 1977)|Justin Miller]], American baseball player (b. 1977) * 2013 – [[Marc Rich]], Belgian-American businessman (b. 1934) *[[2014]] – [[Howard Baker]], American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 12th [[White House Chief of Staff]] (b. 1925) * 2014 – [[Bill Frank]], American-Canadian football player (b. 1938) * 2014 – [[Rollin King]], American businessman, co-founded [[Southwest Airlines]] (b. 1931) * 2014 – [[Bob Mischak]], American football player and coach (b. 1932) * 2014 – [[Julius Rudel]], Austrian-American conductor (b. 1921) * 2014 – [[Mary Rodgers]], American composer and author (b. 1931) *[[2015]] – [[Yevgeny Primakov]], Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd [[Prime Minister of Russia]] (b. 1929) * 2015 – [[Chris Thompson (TV producer)|Chris Thompson]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1952) *[[2019]] – [[Beth Chapman (bounty hunter)|Beth Chapman]], American reality Television star, Bounty Hunter (b. 1967)<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Parker|first1=Ryan|date=June 26, 2019|title=Beth Chapman, Wife of Dog the Bounty Hunter, Dies at 51|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/beth-chapman-dead-dog-bounty-hunter-wife-was-51-1221083/|access-date=June 5, 2021|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Milton Glaser]], American graphic designer (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/milton-glaser-new-york-and-iny-designer-dies-at-91.html|title=Milton Glaser, Co-Founder of New York Magazine and Creator of 'I❤NY,' Dies at 91|date=26 June 2020 |publisher=NYMag|access-date=June 26, 2020}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Mike Gravel]], American politician (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite news |title=Mike Gravel, Former US Senator for Alaska, Dies at 91 |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-06-27/mike-gravel-former-us-senator-for-alaska-dies-at-91 |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |date=June 27, 2021 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Margaret Keane]], American artist (b. 1927)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-12 |title=Margaret Keane obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jul/12/margaret-keane-obituary |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Taiki Matsuno]], Japanese voice actor (b. 1967)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-27/the-file-of-young-kindaichi-inuyasha-voice-actor-taiki-matsuno-dies-at-56/.212507|title=The File of Young Kindaichi, Inuyasha Voice Actor Taiki Matsuno Dies at 56|publisher=ANN}}</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.--> ==Holidays and observances== *[[Day of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan]] *Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]: **[[Anthelm of Belley]] **[[David the Dendrite]] **[[Hermogius]] **[[Isabel Florence Hapgood]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]]) **[[Jeremiah]] ([[Calendar of Saints (Lutheran)|Lutheran]]) **[[John and Paul]] **[[José María Robles Hurtado]] (one of [[Saints of the Cristero War]]) **[[Josemaría Escrivá]] **[[Mar Abhai]] ([[Syriac Orthodox Church]]) **[[Pelagius of Córdoba]] **[[Vigilius of Trent]] **[[June 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Independence Day (Somaliland)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[State of Somaliland|Somaliland]] from United Kingdom in 1960. ([[Somaliland]]) *[[International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking]] ([[International observance|International]])<ref name=un>{{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> *[[International Day in Support of Victims of Torture]] ([[International observance|International]])<ref name=un /> *[[World Refrigeration Day]] ([[International observance|International]]) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/26 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=06|day=26}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/june/26 |title=Historical Events on June 26 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:June 26}} [[Category:Days of June]]
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