June 6

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Events

Pre-1600

913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed by Constantine's uncle Alexander on his deathbed.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1505 – The M8.2–8.8 Lo Mustang earthquake affects Tibet and Nepal, causing severe damage in Kathmandu and parts of the Indo-Gangetic plain.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1513 – Battle of Novara. In the Italian Wars, Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis II de la Trémoille, forcing them to abandon Milan; Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1523 – Swedish regent Gustav Vasa is elected King of Sweden and, marking a symbolic end to the Kalmar Union, 6 June is designated the country's national day.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="NK">Template:Cite news</ref>

1601–1900

1654 – Swedish Queen Christina abdicated her throne in favour of her cousin Charles Gustav and converted to Catholicism.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1674 – Shivaji is crowned as the first Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire at Raigad Fort.<ref name="Barua2005">Template:Cite book</ref>
1762 – In the Seven Years' War, British forces begin the Siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1813 – The Battle of Stoney Creek, considered a critical turning point in the War of 1812. A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force twice its size under William Winder and John Chandler.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1822 – Alexis St Martin is accidentally shot in the stomach, leading to William Beaumont's studies on digestion.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1832 – The June Rebellion in Paris is put down by the National Guard.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1844 – The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1859 – Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales. The date is still celebrated as Queensland Day.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1862 – The First Battle of Memphis, a naval engagement fought on the Mississippi results in the capture of Memphis, Tennessee by Union forces from the Confederates.<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1882 – The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1889 – The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1892 – The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1894 – Governor Davis H. Waite orders the Colorado state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners' strike.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

1912 – The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1918 – Battle of Belleau Wood in World War I: the U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at Château-Thierry (the losses are exceeded at the Battle of Tarawa in November 1943).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1925 – The original Chrysler Corporation was founded by Walter Chrysler from the remains of the Maxwell Motor Company.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1933 – The first drive-in theater opens in Camden, New Jersey.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1934 – New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1942 – The United States Navy's victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway is a major turning point in the Pacific Theater of World War II. All four Japanese fleet carriers taking part—Template:Ship, Template:Ship, Template:Ship and Template:Ship—are sunk, as is the heavy cruiser Template:Ship. The American carrier Template:USS and the destroyer Template:USS are also sunk.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1944 – Commencement of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, with the execution of Operation Neptune—commonly referred to as D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops cross the English Channel with about 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers participating. By the end of the day, the Allies have landed on five invasion beaches and are pushing inland.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1944 the Capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges by paratroopers also known as operation coup de main (wrongly known as operation deadstick.)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1966 – March Against Fear: African-American civil rights activist James Meredith is wounded in an ambush by white sniper James Aubrey Norvell.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Meredith and Norvell are photographed by Jack R. Thornell, whose photo will receive the 1967 Pulitzer Prize in Photography, the last one to be awarded in the category.<ref name=pulitzer>"Photography". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2023-22-05.</ref>
1971 – Soyuz 11 is launched. The mission ends in disaster when all three cosmonauts, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev are suffocated by uncontrolled decompression of the capsule during re-entry on 29 June.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1971 – Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collides with a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II of the United States Marine Corps over the San Gabriel Mountains, killing 50.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1975 – British referendum results in continued membership of the European Economic Community, with 67% of votes in favour.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1976 – Chief Minister of Sabah Faud Stephens, Peter Joinud Mojuntin, and several other politicians are killed in a plane crash near Kota Kinabalu International Airport in Malaysia.<ref name="ministers">Template:Cite news</ref>
1982 – The Lebanon War begins. Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1985 – The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is opened in Embu, Brazil; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz's "Angel of Death"; Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1992 – Copa Airlines Flight 201 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes into the Darién Gap in Panama, killing all 47 aboard.<ref name="Panama Plane Wreckage Found">Template:Cite news</ref>
1993 – Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat wins the first presidential election in Mongolia.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1994 – China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 crashes near Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, killing all 160 people on board.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2002 – Eastern Mediterranean event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at ten meters in diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2017 – Syrian civil war: The Battle of Raqqa begins with an offensive by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to capture the city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2023 – Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam during the Russo-Ukrainian war.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2024 – The launch of SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 4 (IFT-4)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

1436 – Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller von Königsberg), German mathematician, astronomer, and bishop (d. 1476)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1519 – Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (d. 1603)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1599 – Diego Velázquez (date of baptism), Spanish painter and educator (d. 1660)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>

1601–1900

1606 – Pierre Corneille, French playwright and producer (d. 1684)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1622 – Claude-Jean Allouez, French-American missionary and explorer (d. 1689)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1714 – Joseph I of Portugal, King of Portugal from 31 July 1750 until his death (d. 1777)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1755 – Nathan Hale, American soldier (d. 1776)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1756 – John Trumbull, American soldier and painter (d. 1843)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1799 – Alexander Pushkin, Russian author and poet (d. 1837)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1810 – Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin, German philologist and scholar (d. 1856)<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1825 – Friedrich Bayer, German pharmacist, founded Bayer (d. 1880)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1841 – Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (d. 1910)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1843 – Henriette Wulfsberg, Norwegian school owner and writer (d. 1906)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1850 – Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate in 1909 for physics (d. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1851 – Angelo Moriondo, Italian inventor of the espresso machine (d. 1914)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1857 – Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1862 – Henry Newbolt, English historian, author, and poet (d. 1938)<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
1867 – David T. Abercrombie, American entrepreneur and co-founder of lifestyle brand Abercrombie & Fitch (d. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1868 – Robert Falcon Scott, English sailor and explorer (d. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1872 – Alix of Hesse, German princess and Russian empress (d. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1872 – Arthur Henry Adams, Australian journalist and author (d. 1936)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1875 – Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1890 – Ted Lewis, American singer, clarinet player, and bandleader (d. 1971)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1891 – Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, Indian author and academic (d. 1986)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1891 – Erich Marcks, German general in WWII who planned Operation Barbarossa (d. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1896 – Henry Allingham, English World War I soldier and supercentenarian (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1896 – Italo Balbo, Italian air marshal and fascist politician who played a key role in developing Mussolini's air force (d. 1940)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1897 – Joel Rinne, Finnish actor (d. 1981)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1898 – Jacobus Johannes Fouché, South African politician, 2nd State President of South Africa (d. 1980)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1898 – Ninette de Valois, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 2001)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1900 – Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician (d. 1957)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>

1901–present

1901 – Jan Struther, English author, poet and hymnwriter who created the character Mrs Miniver (d. 1953)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1901 – Sukarno, Indonesian engineer and politician, 1st President of Indonesia (d. 1970)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1902 – Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1947)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1903 – Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor (d. 1978)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1906 – Max August Zorn, German mathematician and academic who is noted for Zorn's Lemma (d. 1993)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1907 – Bill Dickey, American baseball player and manager who played in eight World Series, winning seven (d. 1993)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1909 – Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-English historian and philosopher (d. 1997)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1915 – Vincent Persichetti, American pianist and composer (d. 1987)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1916 – Hamani Diori, Nigerien academic and politician, 1st President of Niger (d. 1989)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1917 – Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman, founded the Tracinda Corporation (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Cbignore</ref>
1918 – Kenneth Connor, English comedy actor (d. 1993)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1918 – Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1919 – Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, English army officer and politician, 6th Secretary General of NATO (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1923 – V. C. Andrews, American author, illustrator, and painter (d. 1986)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1923 – Jean Pouliot, Canadian broadcaster (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1925 – Maxine Kumin, American poet and author (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1925 – Frank Chee Willeto, American soldier and politician, 4th Vice President of the Navajo Nation and a noted code talker during World War II (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1926 – Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (d. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1929 – James Barnor, Ghanaian photographer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1929 – Sunil Dutt, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician (d. 2005)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1930 – Frank Tyson, English-Australian cricketer, coach and journalist (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1932 – David Scott, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut who was the commander of Apollo 15<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1933 – Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1934 – Albert II, King of the Belgians from 9 August 1993 to 21 July 2013 (abdicated)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1934 – Taichi Yamada, Japanese screenwriter and novelist (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1935 – Jon Henricks, Australian swimmer; winner of two Olympic gold medals in 1956<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1936 – D. Ramanaidu, Indian actor, director, and producer, founded Suresh Productions (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1936 – Levi Stubbs, American soul singer; lead vocalist of the Four Tops (d. 2008)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1939 – Louis Andriessen, Dutch pianist and composer (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1939 – Gary U.S. Bonds, American singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1940 – Willie John McBride, Northern Irish rugby player who toured with the British Lions five times<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1943 – Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate in 1996 for chemistry (d. 2005)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1944 – Monty Alexander, Jamaican jazz pianist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1944 – Phillip Allen Sharp, American molecular biologist; 1993 Nobel Prize laureate (Physiology or Medicine)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1944 – Tommie Smith, American sprinter and football player; winner of 1968 Olympic 200m gold medal in a world record time<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1946 – Tony Levin, American bass player and songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1947 – David Blunkett, British Labour politician; Home Secretary 2001–2004<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1947 – Robert Englund, American actor; best known for Nightmare on Elm Street<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1947 – Ada Kok, Dutch butterfly stroke swimmer; winner of three Olympic medals including gold in 1968<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1947 – Keith Daniel Williams, American convicted rapist and triple murderer (d. 1996)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1948 – Arlene Harris, American entrepreneur, inventor, investor and policy advocate<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1949 – Holly Near, American folk singer and songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1951 – Dwight Twilley, American pop/rock singer and songwriter (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1954 – Harvey Fierstein, American actor and playwright; winner of four Tony Awards<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1954 – Wladyslaw Zmuda, Polish footballer and manager; 91 caps for Poland and voted Best Young Player at the 1974 FIFA World Cup<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1955 – Sam Simon, American director, producer and screenwriter; co-developer of The Simpsons (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1956 – Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player; winner of eleven Grand Slam singles titles including five consecutive Wimbledons<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1959 – Colin Quinn, American comedian and actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1960 – Steve Vai, American musician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1963 – Jason Isaacs, English actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1966 – Sophie Jamal, Canadian endocrinologist involved in scientific misconduct<ref name="jamal">Template:Cite web</ref>
1966 – Tony Yeboah, Ghanaian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1967 – Paul Giamatti, American actor and producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1972 – Natalie Morales, American television journalist and NBC News anchor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1973 – Jackie Arklöv, Swedish mercenary and convicted murderer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1974 – Uncle Kracker, American musician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1974 – Sonya Walger, British-American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1977 – David Connolly, Irish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1979 – Roberto De Zerbi, Italian football manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983 – Michael Krohn-Dehli, Danish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Sebastian Larsson, Swedish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Drew McIntyre, Scottish professional wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Becky Sauerbrunn, American footballer; twice a winner of the FIFA Women's World Cup, also an Olympic gold medallist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Anthony Pilkington, Irish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – Gavin Hoyte, English born footballer who represented Trinidad and Tobago<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – Anthony Rendon, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – Pape Souaré, Senegalese footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – DeAndre Hopkins, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Vic Mensa, American rapper and singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Yvon Mvogo, Swiss footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Julian Green, American soccer player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Jack Hetherington, Australian rugby league player<ref>RLP</ref>
1998 – Kenny Pickett, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2000 – Haechan, South Korean singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001 – Rayan Aït-Nouri, French-Algerian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

184 – Qiao Xuan, Chinese official (b. Template:Circa)<ref>(玄以光和六年卒，時年七十五。) Houhanshu, vol. 51. This recorded that Qiao Xuan died in the 6th year of the Guanghe era (178–184) of Emperor Ling's reign at the age of 75 (by East Asian age reckoning). By calculation, his birth year should be around 109. However, a tablet Cai Yong wrote for Qiao Xuan stated that Qiao Xuan died on 6 June 184.</ref>
863 – Abu Musa Utamish, vizier to the Abbasid Caliphate<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
913 – Alexander III, Byzantine emperor (b. 870)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1097 – Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon and Navarre<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1134 – Norbert of Xanten, German bishop and saint (b. 1060)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1217 – Henry I, King of Castile and Toledo (b. 1204)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1251 – William III of Dampierre, Count of Flanders<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1252 – Robert Passelewe, Bishop of Chichester<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1480 – Vecchietta, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1412)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1548 – João de Castro, Portuguese soldier and politician, Governor of Portuguese India (b. 1500)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1583 – Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese daimyo (b. 1556)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1661 – Martino Martini, Italian Jesuit missionary (b. 1614)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1799 – Patrick Henry, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia (b. 1736)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1813 – Antonio Cachia, Maltese architect, engineer and archaeologist (b. 1739)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1832 – Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher (b. 1748)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1861 – Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1810)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1865 – William Quantrill, American Confederate guerrilla band leader (b. 1837)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1878 – Robert Stirling, Scottish minister and engineer, invented the stirling engine (b. 1790)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1881 – Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1820)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1891 – John A. Macdonald, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>

1901–present

1916 – Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1859)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1922 – Lillian Russell, American actress and singer (b. 1860)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1935 – Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor-General of Canada (b. 1862)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1939 – Constantin Noe, Megleno-Romanian editor and professor (b. 1883)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1941 – Louis Chevrolet, American race car driver and businessman, founded Chevrolet and Frontenac Motor Corporation (b. 1878)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1946 – Gerhart Hauptmann, German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1947 – James Agate, English author and critic (b. 1877)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1948 – Louis Lumière, French film director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1864)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1955 – Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter and educator (b. 1875)<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
1961 – Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (b. 1875)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1962 – Yves Klein, French painter (b. 1928)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1962 – Tom Phillis, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1934)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1963 – William Baziotes, American painter and academic (b. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1968 – Robert F. Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (b. 1925)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1976 – J. Paul Getty, American businessman, founded the Getty Oil Company (b. 1892)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1979 – Jack Haley, American actor (b. 1897)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1982 – Kenneth Rexroth, American poet and academic (b. 1905)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1983 – Hans Leip, German author, poet, and playwright who wrote the lyrics of Lili Marleen (b. 1893)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Stan Getz, American saxophonist and jazz innovator (b. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1994 – Mark McManus, Scottish actor (b. 1935)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Barry Sullivan, American film actor (b. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1996 – George Davis Snell, American geneticist and immunologist; awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980 for his studies of histocompatibility (b. 1903)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
2005 – Anne Bancroft, American film actress; winner of the 1963 Academy Award for Best Actress for The Miracle Worker (b. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
2006 – Billy Preston, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1946)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
2009 – Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic; awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his studies of the genetic basis of immunological reaction (b. 1916)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
2012 – Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player; together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, formed the famed KLM Line. (b. 1960)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2013 – Jerome Karle, American crystallographer and academic; awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research into the molecular structure of chemical compounds (b. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
2013 – Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (b. 1921)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
2014 – Lorna Wing, English psychiatrist and physician; pioneered studies of autism (b. 1928)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2015 – Vincent Bugliosi, American lawyer and author; prosecuting attorney in the Tate–LaBianca murders case (b. 1934)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
2015 – Ludvík Vaculík, Czech journalist and author; noted for The Two Thousand Words which inspired the Prague Spring (b. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2016 – Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess grandmaster; arguably the best player never to become World Chess Champion (b. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
2016 – Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter; works included Equus and Amadeus (b. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:
- Claudius of Besançon<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Ini Kopuria (Anglican Church of Melanesia, Church of England, Episcopal Church)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Marcellin Champagnat<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Blessed Maria Laura Mainetti<ref>Beata Maria Laura (Teresina Elsa) Mainetti, Santi e Beati, accessed February 24, 2025.</ref>
- Norbert<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- June 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
D-Day Invasion Anniversary<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Engineer's Day in Taiwan<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Korean Children's Union Foundation Day in North Korea<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Memorial Day in South Korea<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
National Day of Sweden, marking the end of the Danish-ruled Kalmar Union and the coronation of King Gustav Vasa<ref name="NK" />
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Day in the United States<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Queensland Day<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
UN Russian Language Day<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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