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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1086]] &ndash; [[Tutush I|Tutush]], brother of [[Seljuk Sultanate|Seljuk sultan]] [[Malik-Shah I|Malik Shah]], defeats [[Suleiman ibn Qutalmish]], the [[Sultanate of Rum|Turkish ruler of Anatolia]] in the [[battle of Ain Salm]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Basan |first1=Osman Aziz |title=The Great Seljuqs: A History |year=2010 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1136953934 |page=91}}</ref>
*[[1257]] &ndash; [[Kraków]], in Poland, receives [[city rights]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Jan Garlicki |author2=Jerzy Kossowski |author3=Leszek Ludwikowski |title=A Guide to Cracow |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG8nAQAAMAAJ |year=1969 |publisher=Sport i Turystyka |page=23}}</ref>
*[[1284]] &ndash; [[Battle of the Gulf of Naples]]: [[Roger of Lauria]], admiral to King [[Peter III of Aragon]], destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures [[Charles II of Naples|Charles of Salerno]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UmHxAAAAMAAJ |year=1993 |publisher=AMS Press |isbn=9780404628642}}</ref>
*[[1288]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Worringen]] ends the [[War of the Limburg Succession]], with [[John I, Duke of Brabant]], being one of the more important victors.<ref>{{cite book |author=J. F. Verbruggen |title=The Art of Warfare in Western Europe During the Middle Ages: From the Eighth Century to 1340 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-qH1u1Ca-1IC&pg=PA260 |year=1997 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-0-85115-570-8 |pages=260}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1610]] &ndash; The masque [[Tethys' Festival]] is performed at [[Whitehall Palace]] to celebrate the investiture of [[Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales]].<ref>J. Leeds Barroll, ''Anna of Denmark, A Cultural Biography'' (Pennsylvania, 2001), pp. 122–6.</ref>
*[[1644]] &ndash; The [[Qing dynasty]]'s [[Manchu people|Manchu]] forces led by the [[Shunzhi Emperor]] take Beijing during the collapse of the [[Ming dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Dorothy Perkins |title=Encyclopedia of China: History and Culture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KMQeAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA282 |date=19 November 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-93562-7 |pages=282}}</ref>
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[Haitian Revolution]]: [[Battle of Port-Républicain]]: British troops capture the capital of [[Saint-Domingue]].<ref>{{Cite book |author=Thomas Madiou |author-link=Thomas Madiou |title=Histoire d'Haïti, Tome I |year=1847 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vN4CAAAAYAAJ&q=Histoire+d'Haiti,+Volume+1+Par+Thomas+Madiou&pg=PA363 |language=French |pages=186–188}}</ref>
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Battle of New Ross (1798)|Battle of New Ross]]: The attempt to spread the [[Irish Rebellion of 1798|United Irish Rebellion]] into [[Munster]] is defeated.
*[[1817]] &ndash; The first [[Great Lakes]] steamer, the [[PS Frontenac|''Frontenac'']], is launched.
*[[1829]] &ndash; {{HMS|Pickle}} captures the armed slave ship ''Voladora'' off the coast of [[Cuba]].
*[[1832]] &ndash; The [[June Rebellion]] breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of [[Louis Philippe]].
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Houston]] is incorporated by the [[Republic of Texas]].
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Denmark]] becomes a [[constitutional monarchy]] by the signing of a new [[Constitution of Denmark|constitution]].
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]]'s anti-[[slavery]] serial, ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'', or ''Life Among the Lowly'', starts a ten-month run in the ''National Era'' [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionist]] newspaper.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Kenneth M. Price |author2=Susan Belasco Smith |title=Periodical Literature in Nineteenth-century America |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HW9sLYfukkAC&pg=PA87 |year=1995 |publisher=University of Virginia Press |isbn=978-0-8139-1629-3 |pages=87}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; As the [[Treaty of Saigon (1862)|Treaty of Saigon]] is signed, ceding parts of southern [[Vietnam]] to France, the guerrilla leader [[Trương Định]] decides to defy Emperor [[Tự Đức]] of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Piedmont]]: [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces under [[General]] [[David Hunter]] defeat a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] army at [[Piedmont, Augusta County, Virginia|Piedmont, Virginia]], taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
*[[1873]] &ndash; Sultan [[Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar]] closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.<ref>Christopher Lloyd, ''The Navy and the Slave Trade: The Suppression of the African Slave Trade in the Nineteenth Century'', 1968, pp 264–268</ref> 
*[[1883]] &ndash; The first regularly scheduled [[Orient Express]] departs Paris.
*[[1888]] &ndash; The [[1888 Río de la Plata earthquake|Rio de la Plata earthquake]] takes place.
*[[1893]] &ndash; The trial of [[Lizzie Borden]] for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Second Boer War]]: British soldiers take [[Pretoria]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Craig Wilcox |title=Australia's Boer War: The War in South Africa, 1899–1902 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ftyAAAAMAAJ |year=2002 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-551637-1 |pages=84–85}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1915]] &ndash; Denmark amends its [[constitution of Denmark|constitution]] to allow [[women's suffrage]].
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Louis Brandeis]] is sworn in as a [[Justice of the United States Supreme Court]]; he is the first [[History of Jews in the United States|American Jew]] to hold such a position.
*  1916   &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[Arab Revolt]] against the [[Ottoman Empire]] breaks out.
*[[1917]] &ndash; World War I: [[Selective Service Act of 1917|Conscription]] begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: After a brief lull in the [[Battle of France]], the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the [[River Somme]] in Operation ''[[Fall Rot]]'' ("Case Red").
*[[1941]] &ndash; World War II: Four thousand [[Chongqing]] residents are [[asphyxia]]ted in a bomb shelter during the [[Bombing of Chongqing]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: The United States declares war on [[Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]], [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]], and [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[Atlantic Wall|gun batteries]] on the [[Normandy]] coast in preparation for [[Normandy landings|D-Day]].
*[[1945]] &ndash; The [[Allied Control Council]], the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
*[[1946]] &ndash; A fire in the [[La Salle Hotel]] in Chicago, [[Illinois]], kills 61 people.<!--Resulted in laws and policy change; notable-->
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: [[Marshall Plan]]: In a speech at [[Harvard University]], the [[United States Secretary of State]] [[George Marshall]] calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Thailand]] elects [[Orapin Chaiyakan]], the first [[Women in Thailand|female]] member of [[Thailand's Parliament]].
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Elvis Presley]] introduces his new single, "[[Hound Dog (song)|Hound Dog]]", on ''[[The Milton Berle Show]]'', scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
*[[1959]] &ndash; The first government of [[Singapore]] is sworn in.
*[[1960]] &ndash; The [[Lake Bodom murders]] occur in [[Finland]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://allthatsinteresting.com/lake-bodom-murders |title=The Lake Bodom Murders: Finland's Most Famous Unsolved Triple Homicide |first=Katie |last=Serena |date=2019-01-09 |language=en-US |access-date=2020-12-13}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; The British [[Secretary of State for War]], [[John Profumo]], resigns in a [[sex scandal]] known as the "[[Profumo affair]]".
*  1963   &ndash; [[Movement of 15 Khordad]]: Protests against the arrest of [[Ayatollah]] [[Ruhollah Khomeini]] by the [[Shah]] of [[Iran]], [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]]. In several cities, masses of angry demonstrators are confronted by tanks and [[paratrooper]]s.
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[DSV Alvin|DSV ''Alvin'']] is commissioned.
*[[1967]] &ndash; The [[Six-Day War]] begins: [[Israel]] launches surprise strikes against [[Egypt]]ian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border.
*[[1968]] &ndash; Presidential candidate [[Robert F. Kennedy]] is [[Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy|assassinated]] by [[Sirhan Sirhan]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sirhan-sirhan-kept-behind-bars/ |title=Sirhan Sirhan Kept Behind Bars |last=Murphy |first=Jarrett |date=March 7, 2003 |work=CBS News |access-date=June 5, 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; The [[Suez Canal]] opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
*  1975   &ndash; The United Kingdom holds its first [[1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum|country-wide referendum]] on membership of the [[European Economic Community]] (EEC).<ref>{{cite web |title=Archive: how The Guardian reported the 1975 EEC referendum |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/from-the-archive-blog/2015/jun/05/referendum-eec-europe-1975 |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 May 2022 |language=en |date=5 June 2015}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; The [[Teton Dam]] in [[Idaho]], United States, collapses. Eleven people are killed as a result of flooding.<ref>{{cite book |author=Reed Business Information |title=New Scientist |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5RHTCiRgnB0C&pg=PA280 |date=2 February 1978 |publisher=Reed Business Information |pages=280}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; The ''[[Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report]]'' of the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of [[pneumonia]] seen only in patients with weakened [[immune system]]s, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of [[AIDS]].
*[[1983]] &ndash; More than 100 people are killed when the Russian river cruise ship ''[[Aleksandr Suvorov (ship)|Aleksandr Suvorov]]'' collides with a girder of the [[Ulyanovsk]] Railway Bridge. The collision caused a freight train to [[Derailment|derail]], further damaging the vessel, yet the ship remained afloat and was eventually restored and returned to service.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/08/world/more-than-100-died-in-volga-boat-crash-soviet-official-says.html |title=MORE THAN 100 DIED IN VOLGA BOAT CRASH, SOVIET OFFICIAL SAYS |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 8, 1983 |access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Operation Blue Star]]: Under orders from [[Prime Minister of India|India's prime minister]], [[Indira Gandhi]], the Indian Army begins an invasion of the [[Harmandir Sahib|Golden Temple]], the holiest site of the [[Sikh]] religion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/19/world/punjab-raid-unanswered-questions.html |title=PUNJAB RAID: UNANSWERED QUESTIONS |author=William K. Stevens |date=June 1984 |website=New York Times |access-date=June 4, 2018}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; The [[Tank Man]] halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]].
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] is launched on [[STS-40]], the fifth [[spacelab]] mission.<ref>{{cite web |title=STS-40 |url=http://spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-40.htm |access-date=February 26, 2014 |publisher=Spacefacts}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; Portions of the [[Holbeck Hall Hotel]] in [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire]], UK, fall into the sea following a landslide.
*[[1995]] &ndash; The [[Bose–Einstein condensate]] is first created.
*[[1997]] &ndash; The [[Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–1999)|Second Republic of the Congo Civil War]] begins.
*[[1998]] &ndash; A [[Strike action|strike]] begins at the [[General Motors]] parts factory in [[Flint, Michigan]], that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants. The strike lasts seven weeks.
*[[2000]] &ndash; The [[Six-Day War (2000)|Six-Day War in Kisangani]] begins in [[Kisangani]], in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], between [[Uganda]]n and [[Rwanda]]n forces. A large part of the city is destroyed.
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Tropical Storm Allison]] makes landfall on the upper-[[Texas]] coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5&nbsp;billion in damages, making Allison the second costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'']] launches on [[STS-111]], carrying the [[Expedition 5]] crew to the [[International Space Station]] to replace the [[Expedition 4]] crew. Astronaut [[Franklin Chang-Díaz]] becomes the second person to have flown on seven spaceflights.<ref name="ws20071114">{{cite web |title=Franklin Chang-Diaz: Astronaut and Rocket Scientist |url=http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/story/80-franklin_chang_diaz_astronaut_and_rocket_scientist.html |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071115161244/http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/story/80-franklin_chang_diaz_astronaut_and_rocket_scientist.html |archive-date=November 15, 2007 |access-date=January 12, 2010 |website=[[PBS]]}}, ''[[Wired Science]]'', November 14, 2007</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; A severe [[heat wave]] across [[Pakistan]] and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50&nbsp;°C (122&nbsp;°F) in the region.
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Noël Mamère]], Mayor of Bègles, celebrates [[same-sex marriage in France|marriage for two men]] for the first time in France.
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Serbia]] declares independence from the [[Serbia and Montenegro|State Union of Serbia and Montenegro]].
*[[2009]] &ndash; After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people [[2009 Peruvian political crisis|are killed]] in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near [[Bagua, Peru]].
*2009 &ndash; A [[2009 Hermosillo daycare center fire|fire at a day-care center]] kills 49 people in [[Hermosillo]], Mexico.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-27684358|title=Memories of deadly 2009 nursery fire haunt Mexico|work=BBC|first=Will|last=Grant|access-date=8 April 2025|date=5 June 2014}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; Last [[2012 transit of Venus|transit of Venus]] until the year 2117.<ref>{{cite news |first=Irene |last=Klotz |title=Venus transit offers opportunity to study planet's atmosphere (+video) |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0606/Venus-transit-offers-opportunity-to-study-planet-s-atmosphere-video |publisher=Christian Science Monitor |date=6 June 2012 |access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; An [[2015 Sabah earthquake|earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.0]] strikes Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia, killing 18 people, including hikers and mountain guides on [[Mount Kinabalu]], after mass landslides that occurred during the earthquake. This is the strongest earthquake to strike Malaysia since 1975.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/south-east-asia/story/sabah-quake-death-toll-rises-18-after-missing-singaporeans-found-201 |title=Sabah quake: Death toll rises to 18; Malaysia to end search and rescue ops |work=[[The Straits Times]] |date=10 June 2015 |access-date=10 June 2015}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; Two [[2016 Aktobe shootings|shootings]] in [[Aktobe]], Kazakhstan, kill six people.<ref name="reuters">{{cite news |last1=Nurshayeva |first1=Raushan |last2=Auyezov |first2=Olzhas |date=5 June 2016 |title=Suspected militants attack Kazakh guard base, kill six |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kazakhstan-extremists-shooting-idUSKCN0YR0IX |access-date=5 June 2016 |work=Reuters}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Montenegro]] becomes the 29th member of [[NATO]].
*  2017   &ndash; Six Arab countries—[[Bahrain]], [[Egypt]], [[Libya]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Yemen]], and the [[United Arab Emirates]]—[[Qatar diplomatic crisis|cut diplomatic ties]] with [[Qatar]], accusing it of destabilising the region.
*  [[2022]] &ndash; A [[2022 Kazakh constitutional referendum|constitutional referendum]] is held in Kazakhstan following [[2022 Kazakh unrest|violent protests and civil unrest]] against the government.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-16 |title=Kazakhstan president proposes reforms to limit his powers |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/16/kazakhistan-president-proposes-reforms-to-limit-his-powers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414125015/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/16/kazakhistan-president-proposes-reforms-to-limit-his-powers |archive-date=14 April 2022 |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
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*[[1341]] &ndash; [[Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York]], son of King [[Edward III of England]] and [[Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports]] (d. 1402)<ref>G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910–1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), Volume XII/2, page 895.</ref>
*[[1412]] &ndash; [[Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua]], Italian ruler (d. 1478)
*[[1493]] &ndash; [[Justus Jonas]], German priest and academic (d. 1555)
*[[1523]] &ndash; [[Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry]] (d. 1573)
*[[1554]] &ndash; [[Benedetto Giustiniani]], Italian clergyman (d. 1621)
*[[1587]] &ndash; [[Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick]], English colonial administrator and admiral (d. 1658)
*[[1596]] &ndash; [[Peter Wtewael]], Dutch Golden Age painter (d. 1660)

===1601–1900===
*[[1640]] &ndash; [[Pu Songling]], Chinese author (d. 1715)
*[[1646]] &ndash; [[Elena Cornaro Piscopia]], Italian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1684)
*[[1660]] &ndash; [[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough]] (d. 1744)
*[[1757]] &ndash; [[Pierre Jean George Cabanis]], French physiologist and philosopher (d. 1808)
*[[1760]] &ndash; [[Johan Gadolin]], Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (d. 1852)
*[[1771]] &ndash; [[Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover]] (d. 1851)<ref>{{citation |editor1-last=Gibbs |editor2-last=Doubleday |editor1-first=Vicary |editor2-first=H. A. |title=The Complete Peerage |volume=III |year=1913 |publisher=St Catherine Press |page=575 |chapter=Cumberland, Duke of}}</ref>
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[Christian Lobeck]], German scholar and academic (d. 1860)
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[William Scamp]], English architect and engineer (d. 1872)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hughes |first1=Quentin |last2=Thake |first2=Conrad |title=Malta, War & Peace: An Architectural Chronicle 1800–2000 |date=2005 |publisher=Midsea Books Ltd |isbn=9789993270553 |page=250 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=75IgAAAACAAJ}}</ref>
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[John Couch Adams]], English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1892)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Adams, John Couch |volume=1 |pages=177–178}}</ref>
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Carmine Crocco]], Italian soldier (d. 1905)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Pat Garrett]], American sheriff (d. 1908)
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Allvar Gullstrand]], Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1930)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[James Connolly]], Scottish-born Irish rebel leader (d. 1916)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Bernard de Pourtalès]], Swiss captain and sailor (d. 1935)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Isaac Heinemann]], German-Israeli scholar and academic (d. 1957)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Willard Miller]], Canadian-American sailor, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1959)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Pancho Villa]], Mexican general and politician, [[Governor of Chihuahua]] (d. 1923)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Robert Mayer (philanthropist)|Robert Mayer]], German-English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1985)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[John Maynard Keynes]], English economist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1946)
*  1883   &ndash; [[Mary Helen Young]], Scottish nurse and resistance fighter during World War II (d. 1945)<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Young, Mary Helen (1883–1945), nurse and resistance worker |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-73212 |year=2004 |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/73212 |isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 |last1=Watson |first1=Fiona R.}}</ref>
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Ralph Benatzky]], Czech-Swiss composer (d. 1957)
*  1884   &ndash; [[Ivy Compton-Burnett]], English author (d. 1969)
*  1884   &ndash; [[Frederick Lorz]], American runner (d. 1914)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Jaan Kikkas]], Estonian weightlifter (d. 1944)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet]], Canadian-English publisher and academic (d. 1976)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[William Boyd (actor)|William Boyd]], American actor and producer (d. 1972)
*  1895   &ndash; [[William Roberts (painter)|William Roberts]], English soldier and painter (d. 1980)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Salvatore Ferragamo]], Italian shoe designer, founded [[Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.]] (d. 1960)
*  1898   &ndash; [[Federico García Lorca]], Spanish poet, playwright, and director (d. 1936)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Otis Barton]], American diver, engineer, and actor, designed the [[bathysphere]] (d. 1992)
*  1899   &ndash; [[Theippan Maung Wa]], Burmese writer (d. 1942)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Dennis Gabor]], Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1979)

===1901–present===
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Dean Amadon]], American ornithologist and author (d. 2003)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Eric Hollies]], English cricketer (d. 1981)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Conrad Marca-Relli]], American-Italian painter and academic (d. 2000)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Beatrice De Cardi|Beatrice de Cardi]], English archaeologist and academic (d. 2016)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Lancelot Ware]],  English barrister and biochemist, co-founder of Mensa (d. 2000)<ref name=Guardian18082000>{{Cite news |title=Obituary: Lancelot Ware |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/aug/18/guardianobituaries |last=Barker |first=Dennis |date=18 August 2000 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Sid Barnes]], Australian cricketer (d. 1973)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Eddie Joost]], American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Richard Scarry]], American-Swiss author and illustrator (d. 1994)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Marion Motley]], American football player and coach (d. 1999)<ref>{{cite news |last=Litsky |first=Frank |title=Marion Motley, Bruising Back For Storied Browns, Dies at 79 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/28/sports/marion-motley-bruising-back-for-storied-browns-dies-at-79.html |access-date=July 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109152245/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/28/sports/marion-motley-bruising-back-for-storied-browns-dies-at-79.html |archive-date=November 9, 2012 |newspaper=New York Times |date=June 28, 1999 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  1920   &ndash; [[Cornelius Ryan]], Irish-American journalist and author (d. 1974)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Paul Couvret]], Dutch-Australian soldier, pilot, and politician (d. 2013)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Sheila Sim]], English actress (d. 2016)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Jorge Daponte]], Argentinian racing driver (d. 1963)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Daniel Pinkham]], American organist and composer (d. 2006)<ref>{{citation |title=Daniel Pinkham, 83, Composer and Organist, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/21/obituaries/21pinkham.html?_r=1&oref=slogin |author=Daniel J. Wakin |issue=December 21, 2006 |accessdate=2007-11-16 |periodical=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 21, 2006}}</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Art Donovan]], American football player and radio host (d. 2013)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Paul Soros]], Hungarian-American engineer and businessman (d. 2013)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Robert Lansing (actor)|Robert Lansing]], American actor (d. 1994)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Tony Richardson]], English-American director and producer (d. 1991)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Alifa Rifaat]], Egyptian author (d. 1996)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Yves Blais]], Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1998)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Jacques Demy]], French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Jerzy Prokopiuk]], Polish anthropologist and philosopher (d. 2021)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Christy Brown]], Irish painter and author (d. 1981)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Dave Gold]], American businessman, founded the [[99 Cents Only Stores]] (d. 2013)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Bata Živojinović]], Serbian actor and politician (d. 2016)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Vilhjálmur Einarsson]], Icelandic triple jumper, painter, and educator (d. 2019)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Bill Moyers]], American journalist, 13th [[White House Press Secretary]]
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Hélène Cixous]], French author, poet, and critic
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Moira Anderson]], Scottish singer
*  1938   &ndash; [[Karin Balzer]], German hurdler (d. 2019)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Roy Higgins (jockey)|Roy Higgins]], Australian jockey (d. 2014)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Joe Clark]], Canadian journalist and politician, 16th [[Prime Minister of Canada]]<ref>{{cite book |author=John Robert Colombo |title=1000 Questions About Canada: Places, People, Things and Ideas, A Question-and-Answer Book on Canadian Facts and Culture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=atJFfMfg8PsC&pg=PA83 |date=1 June 2001 |publisher=Dundurn |isbn=978-1-4597-1820-3 |pages=83}}</ref>
*  1939   &ndash; [[Margaret Drabble]], English novelist, biographer, and critic<ref>{{cite book |author=Nora Foster Stovel |title=Margaret Drabble, Symbolic Moralist |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BUkgAQAAIAAJ |year=1989 |publisher=Starmont House |isbn=978-1-55742-035-0 |page=ix}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Martha Argerich]], Argentinian pianist<ref>{{cite book |title=International Piano Quarterly: IPQ. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EE45AQAAIAAJ |year=2000 |publisher=Gramophone Publications |page=10}}</ref>
*  1941   &ndash; [[Erasmo Carlos]], Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 2022)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Spalding Gray]], American writer, actor, and monologist (d. 2004)<ref>{{cite book |author=Edward Vilga |title=Acting Now: Conversations on Craft and Career |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CwVlkTBSCugC&pg=PA100 |year=1997 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |isbn=978-0-8135-2403-0 |pages=100}}</ref>
*  1941   &ndash; [[Gudrun Sjödén]], Swedish designer
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo]], Equatoguinean lieutenant and politician, 2nd [[President of Equatorial Guinea]]
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Abraham Viruthakulangara]], Roman Catholic Archbishop of Nagpur, Maharashtra, India (d. 2018)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Whitfield Diffie]], American cryptographer and academic
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[John Carlos]], American runner and football player
*  1945   &ndash; [[André Lacroix (ice hockey)|André Lacroix]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[John Du Cann]], English guitarist (d. 2001)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Bob Grant (rugby league)|Bob Grant]], Australian rugby league player
*  1946   &ndash; [[Patrick Head]], English engineer and businessman, co-founded [[Williams F1]]
*  1946   &ndash; [[Wanderléa]], Brazilian singer and television host
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Laurie Anderson]], American singer-songwriter and violinist
*  1947   &ndash; [[Tom Evans (musician)|Tom Evans]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1983)
*  1947   &ndash; [[David Hare (playwright)|David Hare]], English director, playwright, and screenwriter
*  1947   &ndash; [[Freddie Stone]], American singer, guitarist, and pastor 
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Ken Follett]], Welsh author
*  1949   &ndash; [[Elizabeth Gloster]], English lawyer and judge
*  1949   &ndash; [[Alexander Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of Dundee]], Scottish politician
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Ronnie Dyson]], American singer and actor (d. 1990)
*  1950   &ndash; [[Abraham Sarmiento, Jr.]], Filipino journalist and activist (d. 1977)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Suze Orman]], American financial adviser, author, and television host
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Pierre Bruneau (journalist)|Pierre Bruneau]], Canadian journalist and news anchor
*  1952   &ndash; [[Carole Fredericks]], American singer  (d. 2001)
*  1952   &ndash; [[Nicko McBrain]], English drummer and songwriter
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Kathleen Kennedy (film producer)|Kathleen Kennedy]], American film producer, co-founded [[Amblin Entertainment]]
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Alberto Malesani]], Italian footballer and manager
*  1954   &ndash; [[Phil Neale]], English cricketer, coach, and manager
*  1954   &ndash; [[Nancy Stafford]], American model and actress
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Edino Nazareth Filho]], Brazilian footballer and manager
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Kenny G]], American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Avigdor Lieberman]], Moldavian-Israeli politician, [[Deputy leaders of Israel|Deputy Prime Minister of Israel]]
*  1958   &ndash; [[Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi]], Comorian businessman and politician, [[President of Comoros]]
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Mark Ella]], Australian rugby player
*  1959   &ndash; [[Werner Schildhauer]], German runner
*  1960   &ndash; [[Claire Fox]], English author and academic
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Anke Behmer]], German heptathlete
*  1961   &ndash; [[Mary Kay Bergman]], American voice actress (d. 1999)
*  1961   &ndash; [[Anthony Burger]], American singer and pianist (d. 2006)
*  1961   &ndash; [[Aldo Costa]], Italian engineer
*  1961   &ndash; [[Ramesh Krishnan]], Indian tennis player and coach
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Jeff Garlin]], American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter
*  1962   &ndash; [[Tõnis Lukas]], Estonian historian and politician, 34th [[Minister of Education and Research (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of Education]]
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Lisa Cholodenko]], American director and screenwriter
*  1964   &ndash; [[Rick Riordan]], American author<ref name="Puffin ID">{{cite web |title=Rick Riordan ID Card |url=http://www.puffin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000068821,00.html |publisher=Puffin Books |access-date=April 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928213432/http://www.puffin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000068821,00.html |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Michael E. Brown]], American astronomer and author
*  1965   &ndash; [[Sandrine Piau]], French soprano
*  1965   &ndash; [[Alfie Turcotte]], American ice hockey player
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Joe DeLoach]], American sprinter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14236245 |title=Joe DeLoach |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
*  1967   &ndash; [[Ron Livingston]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Ron Livingston |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/115021%7C184548/Ron-Livingston/#overview |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Ed Vaizey]], English lawyer and politician, [[Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries]]
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Brian McKnight]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Martin Gélinas]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Susan Lynch]], Northern Irish actress
*  1971   &ndash; [[Alex Mooney]], American politician<ref>{{ CongLinks | congbio = M001195 }}</ref>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Mark Wahlberg]], American model, actor, producer, and rapper 
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Yogi Adityanath]], Indian priest and politician
*  1972   &ndash; [[Paweł Kotla]], Polish conductor and academic
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Lamon Brewster]], American boxer
*  1973   &ndash; [[Gella Vandecaveye]], Belgian martial artist
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Mervyn Dillon]], Trinidadian cricketer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Scott Draper]], Australian tennis player and golfer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Russ Ortiz]], American baseball player
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Zydrunas Ilgauskas]], Lithuanian-American basketball player
*  1975   &ndash; [[Duncan Patterson]], English drummer and keyboard player 
*  1975   &ndash; [[Sandra Stals]], Belgian runner
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Joe Gatto]], American comedian<ref>{{Cite Twitter profile|@Joe_Gatto}}</ref>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Giannis Giannoulis]], Canadian basketball player
*  1976   &ndash; [[Torry Holt]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Torry Holt |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/1757/torry-holt |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Liza Weil]], American actress
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Nick Kroll]], American actor and comedian<ref>{{cite web |title=Happy Birthday To Rye's Nick Kroll |url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/rye/neighbors/happy-birthday-to-ryes-nick-kroll/458670/ |publisher=[[The Daily Voice (American hyperlocal news)|The Daily Voice]] |access-date=31 May 2023 |date=5 June 2014}}</ref>
*  1978   &ndash; [[Fernando Meira]], Portuguese footballer
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Stefanos Kotsolis]], Greek footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Matthew Scarlett]], Australian footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Pete Wentz]], American singer-songwriter, bass player, actor, and fashion designer 
*  1979   &ndash; [[Jason White (American racing driver)|Jason White]], American race car driver
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Mike Fisher (ice hockey)|Mike Fisher]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Antonio Garcia (racing driver)|Antonio García]], Spanish racing driver
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Serhat Akın]], Turkish footballer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Sébastien Lefebvre]], Canadian singer and guitarist 
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Ryan Dallas Cook]], American trombonist (d. 2005)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Marques Colston]], American football player
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Robert Barbieri]], Canadian-Italian rugby player
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Jeremy Abbott]], American figure skater
*  1985   &ndash; [[Ekaterina Bychkova]], Russian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ekaterina Bychkova &#124; Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/20706/name |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Dave Bolland]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Vernon Gholston]], American football player
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Marcus Thornton (basketball, born 1987)|Marcus Thornton]], American basketball player
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Alessandro Salvi]], Italian footballer
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Cam Atkinson]], American ice hockey player
*  1989   &ndash; [[Megumi Nakajima]], Japanese voice actress and singer
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Radko Gudas]], Czech ice hockey defenceman
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Sören Bertram]], German footballer
*  1991   &ndash; [[Ninja (gamer)|Ninja]], American professional gamer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Viana |first1=Bhernardo |title=Ninja turns 28 today—here's what he's accomplished and missed in the past year |url=https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/ninja-turns-28-today-heres-what-hes-accomplished-and-missed-in-the-past-year |website=Dot Esports |publisher=[[Gamurs]] |access-date=31 May 2023 |date=5 June 2019}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Joazhiño Arroe]], Peruvian footballer
*  1992   &ndash; [[Emily Seebohm]], Australian swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Ones to watch in Delhi: Emily Seebohm |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/swimming/8995227.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=8 January 2022 |date=1 October 2010}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Roger Tuivasa-Sheck]], Samoan-New Zealand rugby league player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.warriors.kiwi/teams/telstra-premiership/warriors/roger-tuivasa-sheck/ |title=Official NRL profile of Roger Tuivasa-Sheck |website=Warriors |access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Troye Sivan]], South African–born Australian singer-songwriter, actor, and [[YouTuber]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/troyesivan/status/739352032461524992 |title=troye sivan on Twitter: "IM 21" |website=[[Twitter]] |date=5 June 2016 |access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Ross Wilson (table tennis)|Ross Wilson]], English table tennis player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympics.org.uk/athletes/ross-wilson |title=Ross Wilson |website=Paralympics GB |access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Sam Darnold]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/new-york-jets/post/_/id/76390/21-things-to-know-about-jets-qb-sam-darnold-on-his-21st-birthday |title=21 things to know about Jets QB Sam Darnold on his 21st birthday |date=5 June 2018 |author=Rich Cimini |website=ESPN |access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Kale Clague]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kale Clague |url=https://www.nhl.com/sabres/player/kale-clague-8479348 |access-date=23 September 2024 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]]}}</ref>
*  1998   &ndash; [[Jaqueline Cristian]], Romanian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/320319/jaqueline-cristian |title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Jaqueline Cristian |publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]] |access-date=17 October 2022}}</ref>
*  1998   &ndash; [[Dave (rapper)|Dave]], British rapper<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dodds |first=Emma |date=11 February 2024 |title=Dave: Everything there is to know about the 'Starlight' rapper |url=https://planetradio.co.uk/kiss/entertainment/music/dave-music/ |website=Planet Radio}}</ref>
*  1998   &ndash; [[Yulia Lipnitskaya]], Russian figure skater
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[301]] &ndash; [[Sima Lun]], Chinese emperor (b. 249)
* [[535]] &ndash; [[Epiphanius of Constantinople|Epiphanius]], patriarch of Constantinople
* [[567]] &ndash; [[Pope Theodosius I of Alexandria|Theodosius I]], patriarch of Alexandria
* [[708]] &ndash; [[Jacob of Edessa]], Syrian bishop (b. 640)
* [[754]] &ndash; [[Eoban]], bishop of Utrecht
*   754   &ndash; [[Saint Boniface|Boniface]], English missionary and martyr (b. 675)
* [[879]] &ndash; [[Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar|Ya'qub ibn al-Layth]], Persian emir (b. 840)
* [[928]] &ndash; [[Louis the Blind]], king of Provence
*[[1017]] &ndash; [[Emperor Sanjō|Sanjō]], emperor of Japan (b. 976)
*[[1118]] &ndash; [[Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester]], Norman nobleman and politician (b. 1049)
*[[1296]] &ndash; [[Edmund Crouchback]], English politician, [[Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports]] (b. 1245)
*[[1310]] &ndash; [[Amalric, Lord of Tyre|Amalric]], prince of Tyre
*[[1316]] &ndash; [[Louis X of France|Louis X]], king of France (b. 1289)
*[[1383]] &ndash; [[Dmitry of Suzdal]], Russian grand prince (b. 1324)
*[[1400]] &ndash; [[Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg|Frederick I]], duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
*[[1424]] &ndash; [[Braccio da Montone]], Italian nobleman (b. 1368)
*[[1434]] &ndash; [[Yuri IV]], Russian grand prince (b. 1374)
*[[1443]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand the Holy Prince|Ferdinand]], Portuguese prince (b. 1402)
*[[1445]] &ndash; [[Leonel Power]], English composer
*[[1530]] &ndash; [[Mercurino Gattinara]], Italian statesman and jurist (b. 1465)
*[[1568]] &ndash; [[Lamoral, Count of Egmont]] (b. 1522)

===1601–1900===
*[[1625]] &ndash; [[Orlando Gibbons]], English organist and composer (b. 1583)
*[[1667]] &ndash; [[Francesco Sforza Pallavicino]], Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1607)
*[[1708]] &ndash; [[Ignatius George II]], Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (b. 1648)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Barsoum |first1=Ephrem |date=2009 |title=History of the Syriac Dioceses |volume=1 |publisher=Gorgias Press |translator=Matti Moosa |author-link=Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum |page=1}}</ref>
*[[1716]] &ndash; [[Roger Cotes]], English mathematician and academic (b. 1682)
*[[1722]] &ndash; [[Johann Kuhnau]], German organist and composer (b. 1660)
*[[1738]] &ndash; [[Isaac de Beausobre]], French pastor and theologian (b. 1659)
*[[1740]] &ndash; [[Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent]], English politician and courtier (b. 1671)
*[[1791]] &ndash; [[Frederick Haldimand]], Swiss-Canadian general and politician, 22nd [[List of Governors General of Canada|Governor of Quebec]] (b. 1718)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Paisiello]], Italian composer and educator (b. 1741)
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Odysseas Androutsos]], Greek soldier (b. 1788)
*[[1826]] &ndash; [[Carl Maria von Weber]], German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1786)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[John McDouall Stuart]], Scottish explorer and surveyor (b. 1815)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Antonio Luna]], Filipino general (b. 1866)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Stephen Crane]], American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1871)

===1901–present===
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann]], German philosopher and author (b. 1842)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[O. Henry]], American short story writer (b. 1862)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Chris von der Ahe]], German-American businessman (b. 1851)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener]], Irish-born British field marshal and politician, [[Secretary of State for War]] (b. 1850)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Rhoda Broughton]], Welsh-English author (b. 1840)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Will Crooks]], English trade unionist and politician (b. 1852)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Georges Feydeau]], French playwright (b. 1862)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Eric Lemming]], Swedish athlete (b. 1880)<ref>{{cite web |title=Eric Lemming |url=https://www.olympic.org/eric-lemming |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=2 March 2020}}</ref>
*  1930   &ndash; [[Pascin]], Bulgarian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1885)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Emily Dobson]], Australian philanthropist (b. 1842)<ref>{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last1=Reynolds |first1=I. A. |title=Dobson, Emily (1842–1934) |id2=dobson-emily-5985 |access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref>
*  1934   &ndash; [[William Holman]], English-Australian politician, 19th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1871)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Nils Olaf Chrisander]], Swedish-American actor and director (b. 1884)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Eleanor Farjeon]], English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1881)<ref>{{cite book |last=Campbell |first=Margaret |chapter=Farjeon, Eleanor |editor-first=D.L. |editor-last=Kirkpatrick |title=Twentieth-century Children's Writers |location=London |publisher=Macmillan |year=1978 |isbn=978-0-33323-414-3 |page=426}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Arthur Biram]], Israeli philologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1878)
*  1967   &ndash; [[Harry Brown (public servant)|Harry Brown]], Australian public servant (b. 1878)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Conway Twitty]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1933)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Acharya Kuber Nath Rai]], Indian poet and scholar (b. 1933)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[J. Anthony Lukas]], American journalist and author (b. 1933)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Jeanette Nolan]], American actress (b. 1911)
*  1998   &ndash; [[Sam Yorty]], American soldier and politician, 37th [[Mayor of Los Angeles]] (b. 1909)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Mel Tormé]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1925)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Don Liddle]], American baseball player (b. 1925)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Dee Dee Ramone]], American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1951)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Jürgen Möllemann]], German soldier and politician, 10th [[Vice-Chancellor of Germany]] (b. 1945)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Manuel Rosenthal]], French composer and conductor (b. 1904)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Iona Brown]], English violinist and conductor (b. 1941)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Ronald Reagan]], American actor and politician, 40th [[President of the United States]] (b. 1911)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Adolfo Aguilar Zínser]], Mexican scholar and politician (b. 1949)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Wee Chong Jin]], Singaporean judge (b. 1917)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2005/06/06/exchief-justice-wee-dies-at-87 |title=Ex-chief justice Wee dies at 87 |website=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]] |date=6 June 2005 |access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Frederick Franck]], Dutch-American painter, sculptor, and author (b. 1909)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Edward L. Moyers]], American businessman (b. 1928)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Jeff Hanson]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1978)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Azam Khan (singer)|Azam Khan]], Bangladeshi singer-songwriter (b. 1950)<ref>{{cite news |title=Azam Khan is dead |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2011/06/05/pop-guru-azam-khan-is-dead |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=5 June 2021}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Ray Bradbury]], American science fiction writer and screenwriter  (b. 1920)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Hal Keller]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Mihai Pătrașcu (computer scientist)|Mihai Pătrașcu]], Romanian-American computer scientist (b. 1982)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Charlie Sutton]], Australian footballer and coach (b. 1924)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Helen McElhone]], Scottish politician (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite web |title=The ex-MPs who died in 2013 - part two |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25449128 |website=BBC News |access-date=9 March 2022 |date=27 December 2013}}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [[Stanisław Nagy]], Polish cardinal (b. 1921)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Ruairí Ó Brádaigh]], Irish republican activist and politician (b. 1932)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Michel Ostyn]], Belgian physiologist and physician (b. 1924)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi]], Iraqi commander (b. 1971)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Don Davis (record producer)|Don Davis]], American songwriter and producer (b. 1938)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Reiulf Steen]], Norwegian journalist and politician, [[Minister of Transport and Communications (Norway)|Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications]] (b. 1933)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Tariq Aziz]], Iraqi journalist and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iraq)|Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1936)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Alan Bond (businessman)|Alan Bond]], English-Australian businessman (b. 1938)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Richard Johnson (actor)|Richard Johnson]], English actor (b. 1927)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Roger Vergé]], French chef and author (b. 1930)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Jerome Bruner]], American psychologist (b. 1915)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Andy Cunningham (actor)|Andy Cunningham]], English actor (b. 1950)
*  2017   &ndash; [[Cheick Tioté]], Ivorian footballer (b. 1986)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Kate Spade]], American fashion designer (b. 1962)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44374844 |title=Kate Spade: Fashion designer found dead in New York home |date=June 5, 2018 |access-date=June 5, 2018 |work=BBC News}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[T. B. Joshua]], Nigerian televangelist (b. 1963)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Makhafola |first=Complied by Getrude |title=Nigerian televangelist pastor TB Joshua dies |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/nigerian-televangelist-prophet-tb-joshua-dies-20210606 |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Astrud Gilberto]], Brazilian singer (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Farber |first=Jim |date=2023-06-06 |title=Astrud Gilberto, 83, Dies; Shot to Fame With 'The Girl From Ipanema' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/06/arts/music/astrud-gilberto-dead.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*[[Arbor Day#New Zealand|Arbor Day]] (New Zealand)
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Saint Boniface|Boniface]] ([[Roman Catholic Church]])
**[[Dorotheus of Tyre]]
**[[Genesius, Count of Clermont]]
**Blessed [[Meinwerk]]
**[[June 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Constitution Day (Denmark)]]
*[[Father's Day]] (Denmark)
*[[Indian Arrival Day (Suriname)]]
*[[Liberation Day (Seychelles)]]
*[[Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo|President's Day]] ([[Equatorial Guinea]])
*[[Public holidays in Azerbaijan|Reclamation Day]] ([[Azerbaijan]])
*[[Speciesism|World Day Against Speciesism]] ([[International observance|International]])<ref>{{cite news |last=Rao |first=Siddharth |title=Call to shun 'speciesism', love all animals |newspaper=Telangana Today |location=Hyderabad |pages= |language= |publisher=Telangana Publications |date=5 June 2021 |url=https://telanganatoday.com/call-to-shun-speciesism-love-all-animals |access-date=5 June 2021}}</ref>
*[[World Environment Day]] ([[International observance|International]])<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>

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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/5 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=06|day=05}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/june/5 |title=Historical Events on June 5 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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