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{{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[226]] – [[Cao Rui]] succeeds his father as emperor of [[Cao Wei|Wei]]. *[[1149]] – [[Raymond of Poitiers]] is defeated and killed at the [[Battle of Inab]] by [[Nur ad-Din Zangi]]. *[[1170]] – A [[1170 Syria earthquake|major earthquake hits Syria]], badly damaging towns such as [[Hama]] and [[Shaizar]] and structures such as the [[Krak des Chevaliers]] and the [[Church of Cassian|cathedral of St. Peter]] in [[Antioch]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ambraseys |first1=Nicholas N. |title=The 12th century seismic paroxysm in the Middle East: a historical perspective |journal=Annals of Geophysics |date=June 2004 |volume=47 |issue=2/3 |pages=751–756 |url=https://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/793/1/31Ambraseys.pdf |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref> *[[1194]] – [[Sverre of Norway|Sverre]] is crowned [[King of Norway]], leading to his [[Excommunication (Catholic Church)|excommunication]] by the [[Catholic Church]] and [[civil war]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Sörensen |first=Sigvart |title=Norway |location=New York |publisher=Peter Fenelon Collier |date=1899 |oclc=367389756 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jfACAAAAMAAJ |pages=181–184}}</ref> *[[1444]] – [[Skanderbeg]] defeats an Ottoman invasion force at [[Battle of Torvioll|Torvioll]]. *[[1457]] – The Dutch city of [[Dordrecht]] is devastated by fire<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bouman |first=Jaap |date=2017-05-09 |title=De brand duurde vijf dagen |url=https://www.ad.nl/dordrecht/de-brand-duurde-vijf-dagen~abdda1b4/ |access-date=2021-08-06 |website=[[Algemeen Dagblad]] |language=nl}}</ref> *[[1534]] – [[Jacques Cartier]] is the first European to reach [[Prince Edward Island]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1613]] – The [[Globe Theatre#Shakespeare's Globe Theatres|Globe Theatre]] in London, built by [[William Shakespeare]]{{'s}} [[playing company]], the [[Lord Chamberlain's Men]], burns to the ground.<ref>{{cite book |last=Nagler |first=A.M. |title=Shakespeare's Stage |location=New Haven, Conn. |publisher=Yale University Press |date=1959 |oclc=317900379 |page=8}}</ref> *[[1620]] – English crown bans [[History_of_tobacco#European_usage|tobacco growing in England]], giving the [[Virginia Company]] a monopoly in exchange for tax of one shilling per pound.<ref>{{cite book |first=Jacques |last=Legrand |title=Chronicle of the World |publisher=Ecam Publication |year=1989 |page=238 |isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> *[[1644]] – [[Charles I of England]] defeats a [[Roundhead|Parliamentarian]] detachment at the [[Battle of Cropredy Bridge]]. *[[1659]] – At the [[Battle of Konotop (1659)|Battle of Konotop]] the Ukrainian armies of [[Ivan Vyhovsky]] defeat the Russians led by [[Aleksey Trubetskoy|Prince Trubetskoy]]. *[[1764]] – One of the [[1764 Woldegk tornado|strongest tornadoes in history]] strikes [[Woldegk]], Germany, killing one person while leveling numerous mansions with winds estimated greater than {{convert|300|mph|km/h}}.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Bernold Feuerstein |author2=Thilo Kühne |title=A violent tornado in mid-18th century Germany: the Genzmer Report |journal=ECSS 2015 - European Conference on Severe Storms at: Wiener Neustadt, Austria |date=September 2015 |volume=8 |doi=10.13140/RG.2.1.3733.8085 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281862975 |access-date=28 January 2023 |publisher=European Severe Storms Laboratory}}</ref> *[[1786]] – [[Alexander Macdonell (bishop of Kingston)|Alexander Macdonell]] and over five hundred [[Roman Catholic]] highlanders leave Scotland to settle in [[Glengarry County, Ontario]]. *[[1807]] – [[Russo-Turkish War (1806–12)|Russo-Turkish War]]: Admiral [[Dmitry Senyavin]] destroys the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] fleet in the [[Battle of Athos]]. *[[1850]] – [[Autocephaly]] officially granted by the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]] to the [[Church of Greece]]. *[[1864]] – At least 99 people, mostly [[German people|German]] and [[Polish people|Polish]] [[Immigration|immigrants]], are killed in Canada's worst [[St-Hilaire train disaster|railway disaster]] after a train fails to stop for an open [[drawbridge]] and plunges into the [[Richelieu River|Rivière Richelieu]] near [[Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec|St-Hilaire]], [[Quebec]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/railway-disasters |title=Railway Disasters | The Canadian Encyclopedia |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}</ref> *[[1874]] – Greek politician [[Charilaos Trikoupis]] publishes a manifesto in the [[Athens]] daily ''Kairoi'' entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against [[George I of Greece|King George]]. Trikoupis is elected [[Prime Minister of Greece]] the next year. *[[1880]] – France annexes [[Tahiti]], renaming the independent [[Kingdom of Tahiti]] as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".<ref>{{cite book |last=Fischer |first=Steven R. |title=Island at the End of the World: The Turbulent History of Easter Island |location=London |publisher=Reaktion |date=2005 |isbn=9781861892454 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-wlql7z86CsC |page=124}}</ref> *[[1881]] – In Sudan, [[Muhammad Ahmad]] declares himself to be the [[Mahdi]], the messianic redeemer of Islam. *[[1888]] – [[George Edward Gouraud]] records [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]]'s ''[[Israel in Egypt]]'' onto a [[phonograph cylinder]], thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music. *[[1889]] – [[Hyde Park Township, Cook County, Illinois|Hyde Park]] and several other [[Illinois]] townships vote to be annexed by [[Chicago]], forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time. ===1901–present=== *[[1915]] – The [[North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915]] is the worst flood in [[Edmonton]] history. *[[1916]] – British [[diplomat]] turned [[Irish nationalism|Irish nationalist]] [[Roger Casement]] is sentenced to death for his part in the [[Easter Rising]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Daly |first=Mary E. |title=Roger Casement in Irish and World History |location=Dublin |publisher=Royal Irish Academy |date=2005 |isbn=9781904890041 |pages=126, 250}}</ref> *[[1922]] – France grants "one square kilometer" at [[Vimy Ridge]] "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes". *[[1927]] – The ''[[Bird of Paradise (aircraft)|Bird of Paradise]]'', a [[U.S. Army Air Corps]] Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii. *[[1945]] – The [[Soviet Union]] annexes the [[Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovak]] province of [[Carpathian Ruthenia]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Roman |first=Eric |title=Hungary and the Victor Powers, 1945-1950 |location=London |publisher=MacMillan |date=1996 |isbn=9780333673430 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JpUYDAAAQBAJ |page=80}}</ref> *[[1950]] – [[Korean War]]: U.S. [[Harry S. Truman|President Harry S. Truman]] authorizes a sea blockade of Korea. *[[1952]] – The first [[Miss Universe]] pageant is held. [[Armi Kuusela]] from Finland wins the title of [[Miss Universe 1952]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/sdut-armi-kuusela-miss-universe-pagaent-first-finland-2014sep05-story.html%3f_amp=true |title=La Jollan was 1st ‘Miss Universe’ – The San Diego Union-Tribune |access-date=2021-06-29 |archive-date=2021-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424224025/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/sdut-armi-kuusela-miss-universe-pagaent-first-finland-2014sep05-story.html?_amp=true |url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1956]] – The [[Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956]] is signed by U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], officially creating the United States [[Interstate Highway System]]. *[[1971]] – Prior to re-entry (following a record-setting stay aboard the [[Soviet Union]]'s [[Salyut 1]] space station), the crew capsule of the [[Soyuz 11]] spacecraft depressurizes, killing the three cosmonauts on board. [[Georgy Dobrovolsky]], [[Vladislav Volkov]] and [[Viktor Patsayev]] are the first humans to die in space.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/remembering-the-crew-of-soyuz-11-the-only-astronauts-to-die-in-space |last=Evans |first=Ben |title=Remembering the Crew of Soyuz 11, the Only Astronauts to Die in Space |publisher=Discover Magazine |date=30 June 2021 |access-date=6 July 2021}}</ref> *[[1972]] – The [[United States Supreme Court]] rules in the case ''[[Furman v. Georgia]]'' that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the [[Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Eighth]] and [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourteenth]] Amendments and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vollum |first1=Scott |last2=del Carmen |first2=Rolando V. |last3=Frantzen |first3=Durant |last4=San Miguel |first4=Claudia |last5=Cheeseman |first5=Kelly |title=The Death Penalty: Constitutional Issues, Commentaries, and Case Briefs |date=15 March 2014 |location=New York |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=9781455776337 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2TCSAgAAQBAJ |pages=29–32}}</ref> * 1972 – A [[Convair CV-240 family|Convair CV-580]] and [[De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter]] [[1972 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision|collide]] above [[Lake Winnebago]] near [[Appleton, Wisconsin]], killing 13.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Convair CV-580 N90858 Appleton, WI |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720629-1 |access-date=2021-06-29 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[1974]] – Vice President [[Isabel Perón]] assumes powers and duties as Acting [[President of Argentina]], while her husband President [[Juan Perón]] is terminally ill. * 1974 – [[Mikhail Baryshnikov]] defects from the [[Soviet Union]] to Canada while on tour with the [[Kirov Ballet]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Trumbull |first=Robert |title=Soviet Dancer in Canada Defects on Bolshoi Tour |work=The New York Times |date=July 1, 1974 |pages=43, 61}}</ref> *[[1976]] – The [[Seychelles]] become independent from the United Kingdom. * 1976 – The [[1976 Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe|Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe]] convenes in [[East Berlin]]. *[[1987]] – [[Vincent van Gogh]]'s painting, the ''Le Pont de Trinquetaille'', is bought for $20.4 million at an auction in [[London]], England. *[[1995]] – [[Space Shuttle program]]: [[STS-71]] Mission (''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]'') docks with the [[Mir|Russian space station ''Mir'']] for the first time.<ref>{{cite news |last=Broad |first=William J. |title=U.S. Craft Docks Flawlessly With Russian Space Station |work=The New York Times |date=June 30, 1995 |pages=A1, A13}}</ref> * 1995 – The [[Sampoong Department Store collapse]]s in the [[Seocho District]] of [[Seoul]], South Korea, killing 502 and injuring 937. *[[2002]] – [[Battle of Yeongpyeong (2002)|Naval clashes]] between South Korea and [[North Korea]] lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel. *[[2006]] – ''[[Hamdan v. Rumsfeld]]'': The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rules that President [[George W. Bush]]'s plan to try [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Guantanamo Bay detainees]] in military tribunals violates U.S. and [[international law]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5129904.stm |title=US court rejects Guantanamo trial |work=BBC News |date=June 29, 2006 |access-date=June 29, 2020}}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[Apple Inc.]] releases its first mobile phone, the [[iPhone (1st generation)|iPhone]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Peters |first=Jeremy |title=Long-Awaited iPhone Goes on Sale |work=The New York Times |date=June 29, 2007 |access-date=June 29, 2020 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/technology/29cnd-phone.html}}</ref> *[[2012]] – A [[derecho]] [[June 2012 North American derecho|sweeps]] across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power. *[[2014]] – The [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] self-declares its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq. ==Births== <!-- Please do not add yourself or anyone else without a Wikipedia biography to this list. --> ===Pre-1600=== *[[1136]] – [[Petronilla of Aragon]] (d. 1173) *[[1326]] – [[Murad I]], Ottoman Sultan (d. 1389) *[[1398]] – [[John II of Aragon and Navarre]] (d. 1479) *[[1443]] – [[Anthony Browne (died 1506)|Anthony Browne]], English knight (d. 1506) *[[1482]] – [[Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal]] (d. 1517) *[[1488]] – [[Pedro Pacheco de Villena]], Catholic cardinal (d. 1560) *[[1517]] – [[Rembert Dodoens]], Flemish physician and botanist (d. 1585) *[[1525]] – [[Peter Agricola]], German humanist, theologian, diplomat and statesman (d. 1585) *[[1528]] – [[Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]] (d. 1589) *[[1543]] – [[Christine of Hesse]], Duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1604) *[[1596]] – [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo]] of Japan (d. 1680) ===1601–1900=== *[[1621]] – [[Willem van der Zaan]], Dutch Admiral (d. 1669) *[[1686]] – [[Pietro Paolo Troisi]], Maltese artist (d. 1743) *[[1746]] – [[Joachim Heinrich Campe]], German linguist, author, and educator (d. 1818) *[[1768]] – [[Vincenzo Dimech]], Maltese sculptor (d. 1831) *[[1787]] – [[Lavinia Stoddard]], American poet, school founder (d. 1820)<ref name="Griswold1859">{{cite book |last=Griswold |first=Rufus Wilmot |title=The Female Poets of America: By Rufus Wilmont Griswold |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dvjq1dwGmgIC&pg=PA44 |edition=Public domain |year=1859 |publisher=Ardent Media |pages=44– |id=GGKEY:5L03N2GB1RC}}</ref> *[[1793]] – [[Josef Ressel]], Czech-Austrian inventor, invented the [[propeller]] (d. 1857) *[[1798]] – [[Willibald Alexis]], German author and poet (d. 1871) * 1798 – [[Giacomo Leopardi]], Italian poet and philosopher (d. 1837) *[[1801]] – [[Frédéric Bastiat]], French economist and theorist (d. 1850)<ref>{{cite book |last=Roche III |first=George Charles |title=Frédéric Bastiat: A Man Alone |year=1971 |publisher=Arlington House |location=New Rochelle, New York |isbn=0-87000-116-7}}</ref> *[[1803]] – [[John Newton Brown]], American minister and author (d. 1868) *[[1818]] – [[Angelo Secchi]], Italian astronomer and academic (d. 1878) *[[1819]] – [[Thomas Dunn English]], American poet, playwright, and politician (d. 1902) *[[1833]] – [[Peter Waage]], Norwegian chemist and academic (d. 1900) *[[1835]] – [[Celia Thaxter]], American poet and story writer (d. 1894) *[[1844]] – [[Peter I of Serbia]] (d. 1921) *[[1849]] – [[Pedro Montt]], Chilean lawyer and politician, 15th [[President of Chile]] (d. 1910) * 1849 – [[Sergei Witte]], Russian politician, 1st [[List of heads of government of Russia|Chairmen of Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire]] (d. 1915) * 1849 – [[John Hunn (governor)|John Hunn]], American businessman and politician, 51st [[Governor of Delaware]] (d. 1926) *[[1858]] – [[George Washington Goethals]], American general and engineer, co-designed the [[Panama Canal]] (d. 1928) * 1858 – [[Julia Lathrop]], American activist and politician (d. 1932) *[[1861]] – [[William James Mayo]], American physician and surgeon, co-founded the [[Mayo Clinic]] (d. 1939) *[[1863]] – [[Wilbert Robinson]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1934) *[[1866]] – [[Bartholomeus Roodenburch]], Dutch swimmer (d. 1939) *[[1868]] – [[George Ellery Hale]], American astronomer and journalist (d. 1938) *[[1870]] – [[Joseph Carl Breil]], American tenor, composer, and director (d. 1926) *[[1873]] – [[Leo Frobenius]], German ethnologist and archaeologist (d. 1938) *[[1879]] – [[Benedetto Aloisi Masella]], Italian cardinal (d. 1970) *[[1880]] – [[Ludwig Beck]], German general (d. 1944) *[[1881]] – [[Harry Frazee]], American director, producer, and agent (d. 1929) * 1881 – [[Curt Sachs]], German-American composer and musicologist (d. 1959) *[[1882]] – [[Henry Hawtrey]], English runner (d. 1961) * 1882 – [[Franz Seldte]], German captain and politician, [[Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs|Reich Minister for Labour]] (d. 1947) *[[1885]] – [[Izidor Kürschner]], Hungarian football player and coach (d. 1941)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mtkbudapest.hu/hu/hirek/multidezes/ezen-a-napon-szuletett-kurschner-izidor-a-kivalo-jatekos-es-vilagjaro-edzo-akinek-braziliaban-szobrot-allitottak |title=Ezen a napon született Kürschner Izidor, a kiváló játékos és világjáró edző, akinek Brazíliában szobrot állítottak}}</ref> *[[1886]] – [[Robert Schuman]], Luxembourgian-French lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1963) *[[1888]] – [[Squizzy Taylor]], Australian gangster (d. 1927) *[[1889]] – [[Willie Macfarlane]], Scottish-American golfer (d. 1961) *[[1890]] – [[Robert Laurent]], American sculptor and academic (d. 1970) * 1890 – [[Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper]], Dutch supercentenarian (d. 2005) *[[1893]] – [[Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis]], Indian economist and statistician (d. 1972) * 1893 – [[Aarre Merikanto]], Finnish composer and educator (d. 1958) *[[1897]] – [[Fulgence Charpentier]], Canadian journalist and publisher (d. 2001) *[[1898]] – [[Yvonne Lefébure]], French pianist and educator (d. 1986) *[[1900]] – [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]], French poet and pilot (d. 1944) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Nelson Eddy]], American singer and actor (d. 1967) *[[1903]] – [[Alan Blumlein]], English engineer, developed the [[H2S radar]] (d. 1942) *[[1904]] – [[Witold Hurewicz]], Polish mathematician (d. 1956) *[[1906]] – [[Ivan Chernyakhovsky]], Ukrainian general (d. 1945) * 1906 – [[Heinz Harmel]], German general (d. 2000) *[[1908]] – [[Leroy Anderson]], American composer and conductor (d. 1975) * 1908 – [[Erik Lundqvist]], Swedish javelin thrower (d. 1963) * [[1909]] – [[Harold Edward Dahl]], American pilot and mercenary (d. 1956)<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. biplane fighter aces Harold Dahl |url=http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/us_dahl.htm |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=surfcity.kund.dalnet.se}}</ref> *[[1910]] – [[Frank Loesser]], American composer and conductor (d. 1969) * 1910 – [[Burgess Whitehead]], American baseball player (d. 1993) *[[1911]] – [[Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld]] (d. 2004) * 1911 – [[Katherine DeMille]], Canadian-American actress (d. 1995) * 1911 – [[Bernard Herrmann]], American composer and conductor (d. 1975) *[[1912]] – [[José Pablo Moncayo]], Mexican pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1958) * 1912 – [[Émile Peynaud]], French oenologist and academic (d. 2004) * 1912 – [[John Toland (author)|John Toland]], American historian and author (d. 2004) *[[1913]] – [[Earle Meadows]], American pole vaulter (d. 1992) *[[1914]] – [[Rafael Kubelík]], Czech-American conductor and composer (d. 1996) * 1914 – [[Christos Papakyriakopoulos]], Greek-American mathematician and academic (d. 1976) *[[1916]] – [[Ruth Warrick]], American actress and activist (d. 2005) *[[1917]] – [[Ling Yun (politician)|Ling Yun]], Chinese politician (d. 2018) *[[1918]] – [[Heini Lohrer]], Swiss ice hockey player (d. 2011) * 1918 – [[Gene La Rocque]], U.S admiral (d. 2016) * 1918 – [[Francis W. Nye]], United States Air Force major general (d. 2019) *[[1919]] – [[Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada]], Mexican cardinal (d. 2008) * 1919 – [[Walter Babington Thomas]], Commander of British Far East Land Forces (d. 2017) * 1919 – [[Juan Blanco]], Cuban composer (d. 2008)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Quevedo |first1=Marysol |title=Blanco, Juan (1919–2008) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM23-1 |isbn=9781135000356}}</ref> * 1919 – [[Slim Pickens]], American actor and rodeo performer (d. 1983) * 1919 – [[Lloyd Richards]], Canadian-American theatre director, actor, and dean (d. 2006)<ref name="achievement_org">{{cite web |title=Lloyd Richards |url=https://achievement.org/achiever/lloyd-richards/ |website=achievement.org/ |access-date=29 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[César Rodríguez Álvarez]], Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1995) * 1920 – [[Ray Harryhausen]], American animator and producer (d. 2013) * 1920 – [[Nicole Russell, Duchess of Bedford]] (d. 2012) * 1920 – [[David Snellgrove]], British tibetologist (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bue |first1=Erberto Lo |title=Obituary: David Llewellyn Snellgrove (29 June 1920 – 25 March 2016) |journal=The Tibet Journal |date=2018 |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=89–93 |jstor=26634920 |issn=0970-5368}}</ref> *[[1921]] – [[Frédéric Dard]], French author and screenwriter (d. 2000) * 1921 – [[Jean Kent]], English actress (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jean Kent |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f4a7a3c |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510223452/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f4a7a3c |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 10, 2016 |website=BFI |access-date=29 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1921 – [[Reinhard Mohn]], German businessman (d. 2009) * 1921 – [[Harry Schell]], French-American race car driver (d. 1960) *[[1922]] – [[Ralph Burns]], American songwriter, bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist (d. 2001) * 1922 – [[Vasko Popa]], Serbian poet and academic (d. 1991) * 1922 – [[John William Vessey, Jr.]], American general (d. 2016) *[[1923]] – [[Chou Wen-chung]], Chinese-American composer and educator (d. 2019) *[[1924]] – [[Ezra Laderman]], American composer and educator (d. 2015) * 1924 – [[Roy Walford]], American pathologist and gerontologist (d. 2004) * 1924 – [[Philip H. Hoff]], American politician (d. 2018) *[[1925]] – [[Francis S. Currey]], American World War II Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2019) * 1925 – [[Giorgio Napolitano]], Italian journalist and politician, 11th [[President of Italy]] (d. 2023) * 1925 – [[Chan Parker]], American dancer and author (d. 1999) * 1925 – [[Jackie Lynn Taylor]], American actress (d. 2014) * 1925 – [[Cara Williams]], American actress (d. 2021) *[[1926]] – [[Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah]], Kuwaiti ruler, 3rd [[Emir of Kuwait]] (d. 2006) * 1926 – [[Julius W. Becton, Jr.]], U.S lieutenant general (d. 2023) * 1926 – [[Roger Stuart Bacon]], Nova Scotia politician (d. 2021) * 1926 – [[Bobby Morgan (baseball)|Bobby Morgan]], American professional baseball player (d. 2023) *[[1927]] – [[Pierre Perrault]], Canadian director and screenwriter (d. 1999) * 1927 – [[Marie Thérèse Killens]], Canadian politician *[[1928]] – [[Ian Bannen]], Scottish actor (d. 1999)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ian Bannen |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/nov/05/guardianobituaries1 |website=the Guardian |access-date=17 September 2022 |language=en |date=5 November 1999}}</ref> * 1928 – [[Jean-Louis Pesch]], French author and illustrator (d. 2023) * 1928 – [[Radius Prawiro]], Indonesian economist and politician (d. 2005) *[[1929]] – [[Pat Crawford Brown]], American actress (d. 2019) * 1929 – [[Pete George]], American weightlifter (d. 2021) * 1929 – [[Oriana Fallaci]], Italian journalist and author (d. 2006) *[[1930]] – [[Ernst Albrecht (politician, born 1930)|Ernst Albrecht]], German economist and politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of Lower Saxony]] (d. 2014) * 1930 – [[Robert Evans]], American actor and producer (d. 2019) * 1930 – [[Viola Léger]], American-Canadian actress and politician (d. 2023) * 1930 – [[Sławomir Mrożek]], Polish-French author and playwright (d. 2013) *[[1931]] – [[Sevim Burak]], Turkish author (d. 1983) *[[1932]] – [[Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton]], British jurist; [[Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland]] (d. 2020) *[[1933]] – [[Bob Shaw (baseball)|Bob Shaw]], American baseball player and manager (d. 2010) * 1933 – [[John Bradshaw (author)|John Bradshaw]], American theologian and author (d. 2016) *[[1934]] – [[Corey Allen]], American actor, director, and producer (d. 2010) *[[1935]] – [[Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos]], Greek captain and businessman (d. 2011) * 1935 – [[Katsuya Nomura]], Japanese baseball player and manager (d. 2020) *[[1936]] – [[Harmon Killebrew]], American baseball player (d. 2011) * 1936 – [[Eddie Mabo]], Australian land rights activist (d. 1992)<ref name=biog>{{cite web |url=https://www.mabonativetitle.com/theman_05.shtml |title=Mabo: The Man – Adoption |publisher=[[Screen Australia]] |access-date=2014-05-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810161904/http://www.nfsa.gov.au/digitallearning/mabo/theman_05.shtml |archive-date=2014-08-10}}</ref> *[[1939]] – [[Alan Connolly (cricketer)|Alan Connolly]], Australian cricketer * 1939 – [[Amarildo Tavares da Silveira]], Brazilian footballer and coach *[[1940]] – [[Vyacheslav Artyomov]], Russian composer * 1940 – [[John Dawes]], Welsh rugby player and coach (d. 2021)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sydney John Dawes |url=http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/player/6889.html |access-date=2021-06-28 |website=ESPN scrum}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[John Boccabella]], American baseball player * 1941 – [[Stokely Carmichael]], Trinidadian-American activist (d. 1998) *[[1942]] – [[Charlotte Bingham]], English author and screenwriter * 1942 – [[Mike Willesee]], Australian journalist and producer (d. 2019) *[[1943]] – [[Little Eva]], American singer (d. 2003) * 1943 – [[Louis Nicollin]], French entrepreneur and chairman of [[Montpellier HSC]] (d. 2017) *[[1944]] – [[Gary Busey]], American actor * 1944 – [[Claude Humphrey]], American football player (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Claude Humphrey |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/claude-humphrey/ |publisher=[[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref> * 1944 – [[Andreu Mas-Colell]], Spanish economist, academic, and politician * 1944 – [[Seán Patrick O'Malley]], American cardinal *[[1945]] – [[Chandrika Kumaratunga]], Sri Lankan journalist and politician, 5th [[President of Sri Lanka]] *[[1946]] – [[Ernesto Pérez Balladares]], Panamanian politician, 33rd [[President of Panama]] * 1946 – [[Egon von Fürstenberg]], Swiss fashion designer (d. 2004) *[[1947]] – [[Richard Lewis (comedian)|Richard Lewis]], American actor and screenwriter (d. 2024) *[[1948]] – [[Sean Bergin]], South African-Dutch saxophonist and flute player (d. 2012) * 1948 – [[Fred Grandy]], American actor and politician * 1948 – [[Ian Paice]], English drummer, songwriter, and producer * 1948 – [[Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar]], Kenyan-English politician *[[1949]] – [[Dan Dierdorf]], American football player and sportscaster * 1949 – [[Joan Clos]], Spanish anesthesiologist and politician, 116th [[Mayor of Barcelona]] * 1949 – [[Ann Veneman]], American lawyer and politician, 27th [[United States Secretary of Agriculture]] *[[1950]] – [[Bobby London]], American illustrator * 1950 – [[Don Moen]], American singer and songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=The Biography of Don Moen |url=https://auntyfaith.com/2019/07/17/the-biography-of-don-moen/ |website=Auntyfaith.com |access-date=29 September 2021 |date=17 July 2019}}</ref> * 1950 – [[Michael Whelan]], American artist<ref>{{cite web |title=Whelan, Michael, 1950- |website=Library of Congress |date=2024 |accessdate=February 17, 2024 |url=https://lccn.loc.gov/n79036621}}</ref> *[[1951]] – [[Craig Sager]], American sportscaster (d. 2016) *[[1953]] – [[Don Dokken]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1953 – [[Colin Hay]], Scottish-Australian singer and guitarist *[[1954]] – [[Rick Honeycutt]], American baseball player and coach * 1954 – [[Léo Júnior]], Brazilian footballer, coach, and manager *[[1955]] – [[Charles J. Precourt]], American colonel, pilot, and astronaut *[[1956]] – [[Nick Fry]], English economist and businessman * 1956 – [[David Burroughs Mattingly]], American illustrator and painter * 1956 – [[Pedro Guerrero (baseball, born 1956)|Pedro Guerrero]], Dominican baseball player and manager * 1956 – [[Pedro Santana Lopes]], Portuguese lawyer and politician, 118th [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] * 1956 – [[Pyotr Vasilevsky]], Belarusian footballer and manager (d. 2012) *[[1957]] – [[Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow]], Turkmen dentist and politician, 2nd [[President of Turkmenistan]] * 1957 – [[María Conchita Alonso]], Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress * 1957 – [[Robert Forster (musician)|Robert Forster]], Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1957 – [[Michael Nutter]], American politician, 98th [[Mayor of Philadelphia]] * 1957 – [[Terry Wyatt]], English physicist and academic *[[1958]] – [[Dieter Althaus]], German politician * 1958 – [[Rosa Mota]], Portuguese runner *[[1961]] – [[Sharon Lawrence]], American actress, singer, and dancer *[[1962]] – [[Amanda Donohoe]], English actress * 1962 – [[Joan Laporta]], Spanish lawyer and politician * 1962 – [[George D. Zamka]], American colonel, pilot, and astronaut *[[1963]] – [[Anne-Sophie Mutter]], German violinist * 1963 – [[Judith Hoag]], American actress and educator *[[1964]] – [[Stedman Pearson]], English singer-songwriter and dancer (d. 2025) *[[1965]] – [[Tripp Eisen]], American guitarist * 1965 – [[Paul Jarvis]], English cricketer * 1965 – [[Dan Larson (politician)|Daniel Larson]], American politician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Larson, Dan - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present |url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10360 |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=www.lrl.mn.gov}}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[Yoko Kamio]], Japanese author and comic artist *[[1967]] – [[Jeff Burton]], American race car driver * 1967 – [[Melora Hardin]], American actress and singer * 1967 – [[Seamus McGarvey]], Northern Irish cinematographer *[[1968]] – [[Brian d'Arcy James]], American actor and musician * 1968 – [[Theoren Fleury]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1969]] – [[Claude Béchard]], Canadian politician (d. 2010) * 1969 – [[Pavlos Dermitzakis]], Greek footballer and manager * 1969 – [[Tōru Hashimoto]], Japanese lawyer and politician *[[1970]] – [[Melanie Paschke]], German sprinter * 1970 – [[Emily Skinner (actress, born 1970)|Emily Skinner]], American actress and singer *[[1971]] – [[Matthew Good]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1973]] – [[Lance Barber]], American actor<ref>{{cite news |title=Lance Barber finds a home in television |url=http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/2014/11/14/lance-barber-finds-home-television/19044049/ |access-date=September 16, 2017 |work=[[Battle Creek Enquirer]] |date=November 14, 2014 |archive-date=March 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302121017/https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/2014/11/14/lance-barber-finds-home-television/19044049/ |url-status=live}}</ref> * 1973 – [[George Hincapie]], American cyclist *[[1976]] – [[Daniel Carlsson (rally driver)|Daniel Carlsson]], Swedish race car driver * 1976 – [[Bret McKenzie]], New Zealand comedian, actor, musician, songwriter, and producer *[[1977]] – [[Sotiris Liberopoulos]], Greek footballer * 1977 – [[Zuleikha Robinson]], English actress *[[1978]] – [[Nicole Scherzinger]], American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress *[[1979]] – [[Matthew Bode]], Australian footballer * 1979 – [[Andy O'Brien (footballer)|Andy O'Brien]], English footballer * 1979 – [[Marleen Veldhuis]], Dutch swimmer *[[1980]] – [[Katherine Jenkins]], Welsh soprano and actress *[[1981]] – [[Luke Branighan]], Australian rugby league player * 1981 – [[Joe Johnson (basketball)|Joe Johnson]], American basketball player * 1981 – [[Nicolás Vuyovich]], Argentinian race car driver (d. 2005) * 1981 – [[Shmuly Yanklowitz]], American rabbi, author, and educator *[[1982]] – [[Colin Jost]], American comedian<ref name=brownalumni>{{cite journal |url=https://archive.org/stream/brownalumnimonth838brow/brownalumnimonth838brow_djvu.txt |title=The Classes |first1=Peter |last1=Mandel |first2=Cynthia |last2=Baher |date=May 1983 |volume=83 |issue=8 |page=58 |journal=Brown Alumni Monthly |access-date=September 13, 2014 |quote=Darnel A. Jost and his wife. Dr. Kerry Kelly '77 M.D., of Staten Island, N.Y., report the birth of their first child, Colin Kelly Jost, on June 29.}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Dusty Hughes (baseball)|Dusty Hughes]], American baseball player * 1982 – [[Lily Rabe]], American actress * 1982 – [[O. J. Hogans]], American sprinter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/obra-j-hogans-14240909 |title=Obra J. HOGANS |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Aundrea Fimbres]], American singer-songwriter and dancer * 1983 – [[Jeremy Powers]], American cyclist * 1984 – [[Aleksandr Shustov]], Russian high jumper *[[1985]] – [[Quintin Demps]], American football player *[[1986]] – [[José Manuel Jurado]], Spanish footballer * 1986 – [[Edward Maya]], Romanian singer-songwriter and producer *[[1988]] – [[Éver Banega]], Argentinian footballer *[[1990]] – [[Kim Little]], Scottish footballer * 1990 – [[Yann M'Vila]], French footballer *[[1991]] – [[Suk Hyun-jun]], South Korean footballer * 1991 – [[Kawhi Leonard]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kawhi Leonard |url=https://www.nba.com/players/kawhi/leonard/202695 |website=NBA.com |access-date=16 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Addison Timlin]], American actress *[[1993]] – [[Harrison Gilbertson]], Australian actor *[[1993]] – [[Oliver Tree]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Oliver Tree |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/oliver-tree/1140096017 |website=Apple Music |access-date=June 27, 2024}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Camila Mendes]], American actress and model<ref>{{cite web |url=http://liverampup.com/entertainment/camila-mendes-started-dating-pretty-young-age-flying-single-still-boyfriend.html |title=Camila Mendes Started Dating At A2 Pretty Young Age; Still Has A Boyfriend? |date=January 27, 2017 |work=Live Ramp Up}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Joseph Manu]], New Zealand rugby league player *[[1998]] – [[Michael Porter Jr.]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Porter Jr. |url=https://www.nba.com/players/michael/porter_jr./1629008 |website=NBA.com |access-date=16 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Julian Champagnie]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Julian Champagnie |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630577/julian-champagnie |access-date=10 April 2024 |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]]}}</ref> * 2001 – [[Gunnar Henderson]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Gunnar Henderson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie ... |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hendegu01.shtml |website=baseball-reference.com |access-date=June 28, 2024}}</ref> * 2001 – [[Aaron Schoupp]], Australian rugby league player<ref name="training profile">{{cite web |date=21 November 2019 |title=Training Squad Profiles |url=https://www.bulldogs.com.au/news/2019/11/21/training-squad-profiles/ |website=bulldogs.com.au |access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Matt Rempe]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Matt Rempe Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Salary, Title |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/r/rempema01.html |website=hockey-reference.com |access-date=June 28, 2024}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Jude Bellingham]], English footballer<ref name="Soccerway">{{cite web |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/jude-bellingham/590862/ |title=J. Bellingham: Summary |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=10 December 2022}}</ref> *[[2006]] – [[Sam Lavagnino]], American child voice actor <!-- Do not add yourself or other people without Wikipedia articles to this list – they will be removed on sight. 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=== * [[226]] – [[Cao Pi]], Chinese emperor (b. 187)<ref>The ''Sanguozhi'' (vol. 2: (中平四年冬，生于譙。) mentions that he was born in the winter of the fourth year of the Zhongping era (184–189) in the reign of [[Emperor Ling of Han]].</ref> * [[884]] – [[Yang Shili]], general of the Tang Dynasty * [[976]] – [[Gero (archbishop of Cologne)|Gero]], archbishop of [[Cologne]] *[[1059]] – [[Bernard II, Duke of Saxony]] (b. 995) *[[1149]] – [[Raymond of Poitiers]], Prince of Antioch (b. 1115)<ref>Mallett, Alex. "The Battle of Inab". ''Journal of Medieval History'' '''39''', 1 (2013): 48–60.</ref> *[[1153]] – [[Óláfr Guðrøðarson (died 1153)|Óláfr Guðrøðarson]], King of the Isles *[[1252]] – [[Abel, King of Denmark]] (b. 1218) *[[1293]] – [[Henry of Ghent]], philosopher (b. c.1217) *[[1315]] – [[Ramon Llull]], Spanish philosopher (b. 1235) *[[1344]] – [[Joan of Savoy]], duchess consort of Brittany, throne claimant of Savoy (b. 1310) *[[1374]] – [[Jan Milíč|Jan Milíč of Kroměříž]], [[Czechs|Czech]] [[priest]] and [[Reform movement|reformer]] *[[1432]] – [[Janus of Cyprus]] (b. 1375) *[[1509]] – [[Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby]] (b. 1443) *[[1520]] – [[Moctezuma II]], Aztec ruler (b. 1466) *[[1575]] – [[Baba Nobuharu]], Japanese samurai (b. 1515) *[[1594]] – [[Niels Kaas]], Danish politician, [[Chancellor of Denmark]] (b. 1535) ===1601–1900=== *[[1626]] – [[Scipione Cobelluzzi]], Italian cardinal and archivist (b. 1564) *[[1646]] – [[Laughlin Ó Cellaigh]], Gaelic-Irish Lord *[[1725]] – [[Arai Hakuseki]], Japanese philosopher, academic, and politician (b. 1657) *[[1729]] – [[Edward Taylor]], American-English poet, pastor, and physician (b. circa 1642) *[[1744]] – [[André Campra]], French composer and conductor (b. 1660) *[[1764]] – [[Ralph Allen]], English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1693) *[[1779]] – [[Anton Raphael Mengs]], German painter (b. 1728) *[[1831]] – [[Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein]], Prussian minister and politician (b. 1757) *[[1840]] – [[Lucien Bonaparte]], French prince (b. 1775) *[[1852]] – [[Henry Clay]], American lawyer and politician, 9th [[United States Secretary of State]] (b. 1777) *[[1853]] – [[Adrien-Henri de Jussieu]], French botanist and academic (b. 1797) *[[1855]] – [[John Gorrie]], American physician and humanitarian (b. 1803) *[[1860]] – [[Thomas Addison]], English physician and endocrinologist (b. 1793) *[[1861]] – [[Elizabeth Barrett Browning]], English poet and translator (b. 1806) *[[1873]] – [[Michael Madhusudan Dutt]], Indian poet and playwright (b. 1824) *[[1875]] – [[Ferdinand I of Austria]] (b. 1793) *[[1895]] – [[Thomas Henry Huxley]], English biologist (b. 1825) *[[1900]] – [[Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin]], Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1827) ===1901–present=== *[[1907]] – [[Konstantinos Volanakis]], Greek painter and academic (b. 1837) *[[1919]] – [[José Gregorio Hernández]] Venezuelan physician and educator (b. 1864) *[[1931]] – [[Nérée Beauchemin]], Canadian poet and physician (b. 1850) *[[1933]] – [[Roscoe Arbuckle]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1887) *[[1935]] – [[Jack O'Neill (baseball)|Jack O'Neill]], Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1873) *[[1936]] – [[János Szlepecz]], Slovene priest and missionary (b. 1872) *[[1940]] – [[Paul Klee]], Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1879) *[[1941]] – [[Ignacy Jan Paderewski]], Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Poland]] (b. 1860) *[[1942]] – [[Paul Troje]], German politician, [[List of mayors of Marburg|Mayor of Marburg]] (b. 1864) *[[1949]] – [[Themistoklis Sofoulis]], Greek politician, 115th [[List of Prime Ministers of Greece|Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1860) *[[1955]] – [[Max Pechstein]], German painter and academic (b. 1881) *[[1960]] – [[Frank Patrick (ice hockey)|Frank Patrick]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1885) *[[1962]] – [[Charles Lyon Chandler]], American historian (b. 1883)<ref>{{cite journal |last=Avenius |first=Sheldon H. Jr. |date=April 1967 |title=Charles Lyon Chandler: A Forgotten Man of Inter-American Cultural Relations |journal=Journal of Inter-American Studies |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=169–183 |doi=10.2307/165091 |jstor=<!-- Deny Citation bot -->}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Eric Dolphy]], American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1928) *[[1967]] – [[Primo Carnera]], Italian boxer and actor (b. 1906) * 1967 – [[Jayne Mansfield]], American actress (b. 1933) *[[1969]] – [[Moise Tshombe]], Congolese accountant and politician, [[Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (b. 1919) *[[1971]] – [[Nestor Mesta Chayres]], Mexican operatic tenor and bolero vocalist (b. 1908) *[[1975]] – [[Tim Buckley]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947) *[[1978]] – [[Bob Crane]], American actor (b. 1928) *[[1979]] – [[Lowell George]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1945) *[[1980]] – [[Jorge Basadre]], Peruvian historian (b. 1903)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tauro del Pino |first=Alberto |year=2001 |title=Enciclopedia Ilustrada del Perú |edition=3rd |volume=2 |language=es |trans-title=Illustrated Encyclopedia of Peru |location=Lima |publisher=PEISA |isbn=9972-40-151-0 |pages=316–317}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Russell Drysdale]], English-Australian painter (b. 1912) *[[1982]] – [[Pierre Balmain]], French fashion designer, founded [[Balmain (fashion house)|Balmain]] (b. 1914) * 1982 – [[Henry King (director)|Henry King]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1886) *[[1986]] – [[Frank Wise]], Australian politician, 16th [[Premier of Western Australia]] (b. 1897) *[[1990]] – [[Irving Wallace]], American author and screenwriter (b. 1916) *[[1992]] – [[Mohamed Boudiaf]], Algerian soldier and politician, [[President of Algeria]] (b. 1919) *[[1993]] – [[Héctor Lavoe]], Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (b. 1946) *[[1994]] – [[Kurt Eichhorn]], German conductor and educator (b. 1908) *[[1995]] – [[Lana Turner]], American actress (b. 1921) *[[1997]] – [[William Hickey (actor)|William Hickey]], American actor (b. 1927) * 1997 – [[Marjorie Linklater]], Scottish campaigner for the arts and environment of Orkney (b. 1909)<ref>{{cite web |title=Marjorie Linklater |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/marjorie-linklater-5560252.html |website=The Independent |access-date=2 September 2020 |language=en |date=4 July 1997}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Horst Jankowski]], German pianist and composer (b. 1936) *[[1999]] – [[Karekin I]], Syrian-Armenian patriarch (b. 1950) * 1999 – [[Allan Carr]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1937) *[[2000]] – [[Vittorio Gassman]], Italian actor and director (b. 1922) * 2000 – [[Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood]], Canadian-English publisher and politician (b. 1913)<ref name="Lowles">{{cite news |last1=Lowles |first1=Nick |title=A very English extremist |url=http://www.searchlightmagazine.com/index.php?link=template&story=80 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041212032828/http://www.searchlightmagazine.com/index.php?link=template&story=80 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2004-12-12 |access-date=13 June 2020 |publisher=Searchlight |date=August 2000}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Rosemary Clooney]], American singer and actress (b. 1928) *[[2003]] – [[Katharine Hepburn]], American actress (b. 1907) *[[2004]] – [[Bernard Babior]], American physician and biochemist (b. 1935) * 2004 – [[Alvin Hamilton]], Canadian lieutenant and politician, 18th [[Minister of Agriculture (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Agriculture]] (b. 1912) *[[2006]] – [[Fabián Bielinsky]], Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1959) * 2006 – [[Lloyd Richards]], Canadian-American theatre director, actor, and dean (b. 1919)<ref name="achievement_org" /> * 2006 – [[Randy Walker (American football coach)|Randy Walker]], American football player and coach (b. 1954) *[[2007]] – [[Fred Saberhagen]], American soldier and author (b. 1930) * 2007 – [[Joel Siegel]], American journalist and critic (b. 1943) *[[2009]] – [[Joe Bowman (marksman)|Joe Bowman]], American, target shooter and boot-maker (b. 1925) *[[2011]] – [[K. D. Sethna]], Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic (b. 1904) *[[2012]] – [[Yong Nyuk Lin]], Singaporean politician, [[Ministry of Health (Singapore)|Singaporean Minister of Health]] (b. 1918) * 2012 – [[Vincent Ostrom]], American political scientist and academic (b. 1919) * 2012 – [[Juan Reccius]], Chilean triple jumper (b. 1911) * 2012 – [[Floyd Temple]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1926) *[[2013]] – [[Peter Fitzgerald (footballer)|Peter Fitzgerald]], Irish footballer and manager (b. 1937) * 2013 – [[Jack Gotta]], American-Canadian football player, coach, and manager (b. 1929) * 2013 – [[Margherita Hack]], Italian astrophysicist and author (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fontani |first1=Marco |last2=Orna |first2=Mary Virginia |title=Margherita Hack: Friend of the Stars |journal=ACS Symposium Series |date=January 2018 |volume=1311 |pages=295–310 |doi=10.1021/bk-2018-1311.ch013 |isbn=978-0-8412-3391-1}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Gilma Jiménez]], Colombian politician (b. 1956) *[[2014]] – [[Damian D'Oliveira]], South African cricketer (b. 1960) * 2014 – [[Dermot Healy]], Irish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1947) *[[2015]] – [[Hisham Barakat]], Egyptian lawyer and judge (b. 1950) * 2015 – [[Josef Masopust]], Czech footballer and coach (b. 1931) * 2015 – [[Charles Pasqua]], French businessman and politician, [[Minister of the Interior (France)|French Minister of the Interior]] (b. 1927) *[[2016]] – [[Jan Hettema]], Springbok cyclist and five times South African National Rally Champion (b. 1933)<ref name="death">{{cite web |url=http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/former-springbok-rally-driver-murdered-20160629 |title=Former Springbok Rally Driver murdered |access-date=29 June 2020 |work=News24 |archive-date=9 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009124340/https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/former-springbok-rally-driver-murdered-20160629 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="EWN">{{cite web |url=http://ewn.co.za/2016/06/29/Jan-Hettema-killed-in-shooting-at-Boschkop-farm |title=Jan Hettema killed in shooting at Boschkop farm |access-date=29 June 2020 |work=Eye Witness News}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Louis Nicollin]], French entrepreneur and chairman of [[Montpellier HSC]] from 1974 to his death (b. 1943) * 2017 – [[Dave Semenko]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1957) *[[2018]] – [[Steve Ditko]], American comic writer and illustrator (b. 1927) *[[2020]] – [[Carl Reiner]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tmz.com/2020/06/30/carl-reiner-dead-dies-98-dick-van-dyke-show/ |title=Carl Reiner Dead at 98, Mel Brooks Pays Tribute to His Best Friend |website=TMZ |date=30 June 2020}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Injury Reserve|Stepa J. Groggs]], American rap artist (b. 1988)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shelbourne |first=Talis |date=2020-07-01 |title='Injury Reserve' Phoenix Rapper Jordan Groggs Dies At Age 32 |url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2020/07/jordan-groggs/ |access-date=2020-11-21 |website=Heavy.com |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Hachalu Hundessa]], [[Ethiopia]]n singer, songwriter (b. 1986)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethiopia: The killing of Hachalu Hundessa cuts deep |date=2020-07-02 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/ethiopia-the-killing-of-hachalu-hundessa-cuts-deep/a-54024538 |access-date=2021-01-02 |website=DW.COM |language=en-GB}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Donald Rumsfeld]], American captain and politician, 13th [[United States Secretary of Defense]] (b. 1932)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Macias |first1=Amanda |title=Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who oversaw Iraq war, dies at 88 |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/30/former-defense-secretary-donald-rumsfeld-dead-at-88.html |access-date=June 30, 2021 |work=CNBC |date=June 30, 2021 |archive-date=June 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630194403/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/30/former-defense-secretary-donald-rumsfeld-dead-at-88.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/us/politics/donald-rumsfeld-dead.html |title=Donald Rumsfeld, Defense Secretary Under 2 Presidents, Is Dead at 88 |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=June 30, 2021 |accessdate=June 30, 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |archive-date=June 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630194022/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/us/politics/donald-rumsfeld-dead.html |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Hershel W. Williams]], American Marine Corps warrant officer, last living Medal of Honor recipient from World War II (b. 1923)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-29 |title=Last remaining WWII Medal of Honor recipient dies at 98 |url=https://apnews.com/article/huntington-pacific-ocean-world-war-ii-obituaries-west-virginia-fffddf8fb9856a3a4e54bd5de875c290 |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Alan Arkin]], American actor (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=J. Kim |last2=Dagan |first2=Carmel |date=June 30, 2023 |title=Alan Arkin, Oscar Winner for 'Little Miss Sunshine,' Dies at 89 |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/obituaries-people-news/alan-arkin-dead-little-miss-sunshine-argo-1235658718/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Lalla Latifa Amahzoune|Princess Lalla Latifa]], Princess Dowager of Morocco (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite web |last=APA-Rabat (Morocco) |date=2024-06-29 |title=Moroccan king's mother Princess Lalla Latifa dies |url=https://apanews.net/moroccan-kings-mother-princess-lalla-latifa-dies/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=APAnews - African Press Agency |language=en-US}}</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== *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Cassius of Narni]]<ref name="Martirologio" >{{cite book |title=Martirologio Romano |date=2004 |publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana |page=361 |url=https://vidaeremitica.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MARTIROLOGIO-ROMANO.pdf |access-date=2 April 2024 |ref={{harvid|Martirologio|2004}}}}</ref> **[[Hemma of Gurk]]<ref name="Martirologio" /> **[[Mary, mother of John Mark]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Mary the Mother of John Mark |url=https://catholicsaints.info/saint-mary-the-mother-of-john-mark/ |website=catholicsaints.info |access-date=10 April 2025 |language=en }}</ref> **[[Feast of Saints Peter and Paul]] ([[Western Christianity]]),<ref name="Martirologio" /> and its related observances: ***[[Haro Wine Festival]] ([[Haro, La Rioja]]) ***[[l-Imnarja]] ([[Malta]]) **[[June 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Engineer's Day]] ([[Ecuador]]) *[[Independence Day (Seychelles)]], celebrates the independence of [[Seychelles]] from the United Kingdom in 1976. *[[Veterans' Day (Netherlands)]] *[[Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis#Honours|National Statistics Day (India)]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://currentaffairs.adda247.com/national-statistics-day-celebrated-on-29th-june/ |title=National Statistics day celebrated on 29th June |date=June 29, 2020 |accessdate=28 June 2022 |author=Sumit Arora}}</ref><ref>[http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=22&id=168695&usrsess=1 The Statesman 25 December 2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314150007/http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=22&id=168695&usrsess=1 |date=14 March 2008 }}</ref><ref>Mohan, Rakesh 2007 Statistical system of India – some reflections. Reserve Bank of India, Department of Statistical Analysis and Computer Services, Mumbai, 29 June 2007. [http://www.bis.org/review/r070705e.pdf PDF]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/29 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=06|day=29}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/june/29 |title=Historical Events on June 29 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:June 29}} [[Category:Days of June]]
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