This Day In History

[StrangerInAStrangeLand]

11 June Deaths



1183 – Henry the Young King of England (b. 1155)
1488 – James III of Scotland (b. 1451)
1557 – John III of Portugal (b. 1502)
1695 – André Félibien, French historian (b. 1619)
1712 – Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme (b. 1654)
1727 – George I of Great Britain (b. 1660)
1796 – Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician, founded the Whitbread Company (b. 1720)
1847 – John Franklin, English admiral and politician (b. 1786)
1852 – Karl Bryullov, Russian painter (b. 1799)
1859 – Klemens von Metternich, German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire (b. 1773)
1879 – William, Prince of Orange (b. 1840)
1882 – Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop (b. 1804)
1885 – Matías Ramos Mejía, Argentinian colonel (b. 1810)
1903 – Nikolai Bugaev, Russian mathematician (b. 1837)
1903 – Alexander I of Serbia (b. 1876)
1903 – Draga Mašin, Serbian wife of Alexander I of Serbia (b. 1864)
1911 – James Curtis Hepburn, American physician and missionary (b. 1815)
1914 – Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1848)
1920 – William F. Halsey, Sr., American captain (b. 1853)
1924 – Théodore Dubois, French organist, composer, and educator (b. 1837)
1927 – William Attewell, English cricketer (b. 1861)
1934 – Lev Vygotsky, Russian psychologist (b. 1896)
1936 – Robert E. Howard, American author (b. 1906)
1937 – R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire (b. 1895)
1941 – Daniel Carter Beard, American author and illustrator, founded the Boy Scouts of America (b. 1850)
1962 – Chhabi Biswas, Indian actor (b. 1900)
1963 – Thich Quang Duc, Vietnamese monk (b. 1897)
1965 – José Mendes Cabeçadas, Portuguese admiral and politician, 9th President of Portugal (b. 1883)
1970 – Frank Laubach, American missionary (b. 1884)
1974 – Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brazilian marshal and politician, 16th President of Brazil (b. 1883)
1974 – Julius Evola, Italian philosopher (b. 1898)
1976 – Jim Konstanty, American baseball player (b. 1917)
1979 – Alice Dalgliesh, Trinidadian-American author (b. 1893)
1979 – John Wayne, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
1982 – Al Rinker, American singer-songwriter (The Rhythm Boys) (b. 1907)
1983 – Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian businessman (b. 1894)
1984 – Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician (b. 1922)
1985 – Sapfo Notara, Greek actress (b. 1907)
1985 – Karen Ann Quinlan, American medical patient in right to die case (b. 1954)
1986 – Chesley Bonestell, American painter and illustrator (b. 1888)
1991 – Cromwell Everson, South African composer (b. 1925)
1993 – Ray Sharkey, American actor (b. 1952)
1994 – A. Thurairajah, Sri Lankan engineer and academic (b. 1934)
1995 – Rodel Naval, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1953)
1996 – Brigitte Helm, German actress (b. 1908)
1998 – Catherine Cookson, English author (b. 1906)
1999 – DeForest Kelley, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2001 – Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist, conducted the Oklahoma City bombing (b. 1968)
2001 – Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer and actress (b. 1923)
2003 – David Brinkley, American journalist (b. 1920)
2004 – Egon von Fürstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (b. 1946)
2005 – Vasco Gonçalves, Portuguese general and politician, 103rd Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1922)
2006 – Michael Bartosh, American businessman (b. 1977)
2006 – Neroli Fairhall, New Zealand archer (b. 1944)
2006 – Bruce Shand, English army officer (b. 1917)
2007 – Imre Friedmann, American biologist (b. 1921)
2007 – Mala Powers, American actress (b. 1931)
2008 – Ove Andersson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1938)
2008 – Vo Van Kiet, Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1922)
2009 – Sumire, Japanese model (b. 1987)
2011 – Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Israeli physicist (b. 1947)
2011 – Seth Putnam, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Anal Cunt Upsidedown Cross, Siege, and Post Mortem) (b. 1968)
2012 – Lee Allen, American wrestler and coach (b. 1943)
2012 – Hector Bianciotti, Argentinian-French author (b. 1930)
2012 – Dave Boswell, American baseball player (b. 1945)
2012 – Stay High 149, American painter (b. 1950)
2012 – Ann Rutherford, Canadian-American actress (b. 1920)
2012 – Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer (b. 1952)
2013 – Miller Barber, American golfer (b. 1931)
2013 – Carl W. Bauer, American lawyer and politician (b. 1933)
2013 – Henry Cecil, Scottish-English horse trainer (b. 1943)
2013 – Robert Fogel, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
2013 – James Grimsley, Jr., American general (b. 1921)
2013 – Evelyn Kozak, American super-centenarian (b. 1899)
2013 – Rory Morrison, English journalist (b. 1964)
2013 – Kristiāns Pelšs, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1992)
2013 – Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1929)
2013 – Johnny Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1922)
2013 – Billy Williams, American baseball player and coach (b. 1932)
2014 – Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer (b. 1933)




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[StrangerInAStrangeLand]

12 June Events



1381 – Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath.
1418 – An insurrection delivers Paris to the Burgundians.
1429 – Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc leads the French army in their capture of the city and the English commander, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk in the second day of the Battle of Jargeau.
1560 – Battle of Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga defeats Imagawa Yoshimoto.
1653 – First Anglo-Dutch War: the Battle of the Gabbard begins and lasts until June 13.
1665 – England installs a municipal government in New York City (the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam).
1758 – French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg – James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia commences.
1775 – American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.
1776 – The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
1798 – Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Ballynahinch.
1860 – The State Bank of the Russian Empire is established.
1864 – American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor – Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their positions at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
1889 – 78 are killed in the Armagh rail disaster near Armagh in what is now Northern Ireland.
1898 – Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
1899 – New Richmond Tornado: the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
1922 – At Windsor Castle, King George V receives the colours of the six Irish regiments that are to be disbanded – the Royal Irish Regiment, the Connaught Rangers, the South Irish Horse, the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment, the Royal Munster Fusiliers and the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
1939 – Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.
1939 – The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.
1940 – World War II: 13,000 British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
1942 – Holocaust: Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.
1943 – Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Brzeżany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot.
1944 – American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan.
1954 – Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
1963 – Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith.
1964 – Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.
1967 – The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws which prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional.
1967 – Venera program: Venera 4 is launched (it will become the first space probe to enter another planet's atmosphere and successfully return data).
1972 – The fast food restaurant chain Popeyes is founded in Arabi, Louisiana.
1978 – David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam" killer in New York City, is sentenced to 365 years in prison for six killings.
1979 – Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
1987 – The Central African Republic's former Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule.
1987 – Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
1990 – Russia Day – the parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty.
1991 – Russians elect Boris Yeltsin as the president of the republic.
1991 – 1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.
1993 – An election takes place in Nigeria which and is later annulled by the military Government led by Ibrahim Babangida.
1994 – Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are murdered outside her home in Los Angeles, California. O.J. Simpson is later acquitted of the killings, but is held liable in wrongful death civil suit.
1994 – The Boeing 777, the world's largest twinjet, makes its first flight.
1996 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet.
1997 – Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London.
1999 – Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
2009 – A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide ranging protests in Iran and around the world.



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[StrangerInAStrangeLand]

12 June Births



1107 – Emperor Gaozong of Song (d. 1187)
1519 – Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574)
1577 – Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643)
1771 – Patrick Gass, American sergeant (d. 1870)
1775 – Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (d. 1851)
1777 – Robert Clark, American politician (d. 1837)
1795 – John Marston, American sailor (d. 1885)
1802 – Harriet Martineau, English sociologist (d. 1876)
1806 – John A. Roebling, German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge (d. 1869)
1812 – Edmond Hébert, French geologist (d. 1890)
1819 – Charles Kingsley, English priest, historian, and author (d. 1875)
1827 – Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (d. 1901)
1841 – Watson Fothergill, English architect, designed the Woodborough Road Baptist Church (d. 1928)
1851 – Oliver Lodge, English physicist (d. 1940)
1858 – Harry Johnston, English botanist and explorer (d. 1927)
1858 – Henry Scott Tuke, English painter and photographer (d. 1929)
1861 – William Attewell, English cricketer (d. 1927)
1864 – Frank Chapman, American ornithologist (d. 1945)
1877 – Thomas C. Hart, American admiral and politician (d. 1971)
1875 – Sam De Grasse, Canadian-American actor (d. 1953)
1883 – Fernand Gonder, French pole vaulter (d. 1969)
1888 – Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician (d. 1920)
1890 – Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (d. 1918)
1892 – Djuna Barnes, American author (d. 1982)
1892 – Apostolos Grozos, Greek politician (d. 1981)
1897 – Anthony Eden, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1977)
1899 – Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
1899 – Weegee, Ukrainian-American photographer (d. 1968)
1902 – Hendrik Elias, Belgian politician (d. 1973)
1903 – Emmett Hardy, American cornet player (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (d. 1925)
1905 – Ray Barbuti, American sprinter and football player (d. 1988)
1906 – Sandro Penna, Italian poet (d. 1977)
1908 – Alphonse Ouimet, Canadian broadcaster (d. 1988)
1908 – Marina Semyonova, Russian ballet dancer (d. 2010)
1908 – Otto Skorzeny, German SS officer (d. 1975)
1910 – Bill Naughton, Irish-English playwright and author (d. 1992)
1912 – Bill Cowley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1993)
1912 – Carl Hovland, American psychologist (d. 1961)
1913 – Jean Victor Allard, Canadian general (d. 1996)
1913 – Desmond Piers, Canadian admiral (d. 2005)
1914 – William Lundigan, American actor (d. 1975)
1914 – Go Seigen, Japanese Go player
1915 – Priscilla Lane, American actress and singer (d. 1995)
1915 – Christopher Mayhew, English politician (d. 1997)
1915 – David Rockefeller, American banker and businessman
1916 – Irwin Allen, American director and producer (d. 1991)
1916 – Raúl Héctor Castro, Mexican-American politician, 14th Governor of Arizona
1918 – Samuel Z. Arkoff, American film producer (d. 2001)
1918 – Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer, Sri Lankan-Australian mathematician and academic (d. 2001)
1919 – Uta Hagen, German-American actress (d. 2004)
1920 – Dave Berg, American cartoonist (d. 2002)
1920 – Peter Jones, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2000)
1920 – Jim Siedow, American actor (d. 2003)
1921 – Luis García Berlanga, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1921 – Christopher Derrick, English author (d. 2007)
1921 – James Archibald Houston, Canadian author and illustrator (d. 2005)
1922 – Margherita Hack, Italian astrophysicist and author (d. 2013)
1923 – Monty Westmore, American make-up artist (d. 2007)
1924 – George H. W. Bush, American lieutenant and politician, 41st President of the United States
1924 – Grete Dollitz, German-American guitarist and radio host (d. 2013)
1925 – Jaime Montestrela, Portuguese poet (d. 1975)
1928 – Vic Damone, American singer-songwriter and actor
1928 – Petros Molyviatis, Greek politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs for Greece
1928 – Richard M. Sherman, American composer and songwriter
1929 – Brigid Brophy, English author and critic (d. 1995)
1929 – Anne Frank, German-Dutch author and Holocaust victim (d. 1945)
1929 – Jameel Jalibi, Pakistani linguist and scholar
1929 – John McCluskey, Scottish judge
1930 – Donald Byrne, American chess player (d. 1976)
1930 – Jim Nabors, American actor and singer
1930 – Innes Ireland, Scottish race car driver and engineer (d. 1993)
1931 – Trevanian, American author and scholar (d. 2005)
1931 – Rona Jaffe, American author (d. 2005)
1932 – Mimi Coertse, South African soprano
1932 – Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (d. 2002)
1933 – Eddie Adams, American photographer (d. 2004)
1934 – John A. Alonzo, American actor and cinematographer (d. 2001)
1934 – Nicole Berger, French actress (d. 1967)
1934 – Kevin Billington, English film and television director
1935 – Paul Kennedy, British judge
1937 – Vladimir Arnold, Russian mathematician (d. 2010)
1937 – Klaus Basikow, German footballer and manager
1937 – Antal Festetics, Hungarian biologist
1938 – Anne Cowdrey, Scottish racehorse trainer and peeress
1938 – Tom Oliver, English-Australian actor
1938 – Ian Partridge, British tenor
1939 – Frank McCloskey, American sergeant and politician (d. 2003)
1940 – Jacques Brassard, Canadian politician
1941 – Marv Albert, American sportscaster
1941 – Chick Corea, American pianist and composer (Chick Corea Elektric Band, Return to Forever, and Five Peace Band)
1941 – Roy Harper, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1941 – Reg Presley, English singer-songwriter (The Troggs) (d. 2013)
1941 – Lucille Roybal-Allard, American politician
1942 – Len Barry, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Dovells)
1942 – Bert Sakmann, German physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1945 – Pat Jennings, Irish footballer
1946 – Michel Bergeron, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1946 – Bobby Gould, English footballer and coach
1947 – Ron Freeman, American sprinter
1948 – Hans Binder, Austrian race car driver
1948 – Lyn Collins, American singer (d. 2005)
1948 – Herbert Meyer, German footballer
1949 – Jens Böhrnsen, German politician
1949 – Roger Aaron Brown, American actor
1949 – Ivo Linna, Estonian singer
1949 – Marc Tardif, Canadian ice hockey player
1949 – John Wetton, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (King Crimson, Mogul Thrash, Family, Roxy Music, UK, and Asia)
1949 – Tarak Ben Ammar, Tunisian movie producer and distributor
1950 – Michael Fabricant, English politician
1950 – Sonia Manzano, American actress and singer
1951 – Bun E. Carlos, American drummer (Cheap Trick and Tinted Windows)
1951 – Brad Delp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Boston RTZ, and Beatlejuice) (d. 2007)
1951 – Hans Niessl, Austrian politician
1951 – Andranik Margaryan, Armenian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Armenia (d. 2007)
1952 – Spencer Abraham, American politician, 10th United States Secretary of Energy
1952 – Pete Farndon, English bass player (The Pretenders) (d. 1983)
1952 – Oliver Knussen, Scottish composer
1953 – Rocky Burnette, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 – Timothy Duke, British heraldic, Chester Herald of Arms in Ordinary
1953 – Tess Gerritsen, American physician and author
1953 – David Thornton, American actor
1953 – Allan Weiner, American radio host and activist
1954 – Neil Oatley, English engineer
1954 – Tim Razzall, British politician
1956 – Terry Alderman, Australian cricketer
1957 – Timothy Busfield, American actor, director, and producer
1957 – Javed Miandad, Pakistani cricketer and coach
1958 – Meredith Brooks, American singer and songwriter
1958 – Rebecca Holden, American actress and singer
1958 – Rory Sparrow, American basketball player and manager
1959 – Jenilee Harrison, American actress
1959 – Jervis Johnson, English game designer
1959 – John Linnell, American singer-songwriter and accordion player (They Might Be Giants and The Mundanes)
1959 – Scott Thompson, Canadian actor and screenwriter
1960 – Mark Calcavecchia, American golfer
1961 – Jim Goad, American author
1961 – Julius Kariuki, Kenyan steeplechase runner
1961 – Kira Roessler, American singer and bass player (Black Flag and Dos)
1962 – Paul Clark, English keyboard player (The Bolshoi)
1962 – John Enos III, American actor
1962 – Mark Prisk, English politician
1963 – Philippe Bugalski, French race car driver (d. 2012)
1963 – Warwick Capper, Australian footballer
1963 – Tim DeKay, American actor
1963 – Johnny Hotbody, American wrestler
1963 – Jerry Lynn, American wrestler
1964 – Derek Higgins, Irish race car driver
1964 – Kent Jones, American journalist
1964 – Paula Marshall, American actress
1964 – Peter Such, English cricketer
1965 – Filip Topol, Czech singer-songwriter and pianist (Psí vojáci) (d. 2013)
1965 – Gwen Torrence, American sprinter
1965 – Cathy Tyson, English actress
1965 – Vicky Vette, Norwegian-American porn actress and model
1967 – Icíar Bollaín, Spanish actress, director, and screenwriter
1967 – Aivar Kuusmaa, Estonian basketball player and coach
1967 – Frances O'Connor, Australian actress
1968 – Scott Aldred, American baseball player and coach
1968 – Manuel Blanc, French actor
1968 – Htay Kywe, Burmese activist
1968 – Bobby Sheehan, American bass player and songwriter (Blues Traveler) (d. 1999)
1969 – Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian guitarist (Bikini) (d. 2007)
1969 – Héctor Garza, Mexican wrestler (d. 2013)
1969 – Mathieu Schneider, American ice hockey player
1969 – Heinz-Christian Strache, Austrian politician
1970 – Rick Hoffman, American actor
1970 – Gordon Michael Woolvett, Canadian actor
1971 – Arman Alizad, Finnish tailor, columnist, and television host
1971 – Mark Henry, American weightlifter and wrestler
1971 – Ryan Klesko, American baseball player
1971 – Jérôme Romain, Dominican-French triple jumper
1972 – Bounty Killer, Jamaican rapper and DJ (The Alliance)
1972 – Sophie Lawrence, English actress, singer and director
1972 – Finesse Mitchell, American actor
1973 – Jason Caffey, American basketball player and coach
1973 – Jennifer Jo Cobb, American race car driver
1973 – Takis Fyssas, Greek footballer
1973 – Mitsuki Saiga, Japanese voice actress
1973 – Darryl White, Australian footballer
1974 – Hideki Matsui, Japanese baseball player
1974 – Jason Mewes, American actor and producer
1974 – Kerry Kittles, American basketball player
1975 – Bryan Alvarez, American wrestler and publisher
1975 – Michael Muhney, American actor
1975 – Stephanie Szostak, French-American actress
1975 – Răzvan Ţupa, Romanian poet
1976 – Antawn Jamison, American basketball player
1976 – Thomas Sørensen, Danish footballer
1977 – Richard Ayoade, English actor and writer
1977 – Wade Redden, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Kenny Wayne Shepherd, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1978 – Lewis Moody, English rugby union player
1978 – Yumiko Shaku, Japanese actress and model
1978 – Shiloh Strong, American actor, screenwriter, photographer and director
1979 – Robyn, Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1979 – Dallas Clark, American football player
1979 – Martine Dugrenier, Canadian wrestler
1979 – Wil Horneff, American actor
1979 – Diego Milito, Argentinian footballer
1979 – Earl Watson, American basketball player
1980 – Marco Bortolami, Italian rugby player
1980 – Jason Dent, American mixed martial artist
1980 – Larry Foote, American football player
1980 – Ifet Taljević, German footballer
1981 – Raitis Grafs, Latvian basketball player
1981 – Paul Hasleby, Australian footballer
1981 – Jeremy Howard, American actor
1981 – Adriana Lima, Brazilian model and actress
1981 – Nora Tschirner, German actress
1982 – Ben Blackwell, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Dirtbombs)
1982 – Diem Brown, American journalist
1982 – Jason David, American football player
1982 – Marko Popović, Croatian basketball player
1982 – Loïc Duval, French race car driver
1982 – Samantha Tolj, Australian actress
1983 – Bryan Habana, South African rugby player
1983 – Andy Ologun, Nigerian boxer and actor
1983 – Alexander Pipa, German rugby player
1983 – Christine Sinclair, Canadian soccer player
1984 – James Kwalia, Kenyan-Qatari long-distance runner
1984 – Andrea Servi, Italian footballer (d. 2013)
1985 – Dave Franco, American actor
1985 – Blake Ross, American software developer, co-created Mozilla Firefox
1985 – Sam Thaiday, Australian rugby player
1985 – Colin Doyle, Irish footballer
1985 – Kendra Wilkinson, American model, actress, and author
1985 – Chris Young, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1986 – Carla Abellana, Filipino actress
1986 – Erik Ainge, American football player
1986 – Mario Casas, Spanish actor
1986 – Jamie Lee Darley, English-American model
1986 – Stanislava Komarova, Russian swimmer
1986 – Sergio Rodríguez, Spanish basketball player
1986 – Benjamin Schmideg, Australian actor
1987 – Seyi Ajirotutu, American football player
1987 – Antonio Barragán, Spanish footballer
1987 – Abbey Lee Kershaw, Australian model
1987 – Kristjan Rand, Estonian ice dancer
1988 – Artūrs Bērziņš, Latvian basketball player
1988 – Eren Derdiyok, Swiss footballer
1988 – Mauricio Isla, Chilean footballer
1988 – Dave Melillo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Anarbor and Cute Is What We Aim For)
1988 – Dakota Morton, Canadian actor and radio host
1989 – Emma Eliasson, Swedish ice hockey player
1989 – Ibrahim Jeilan, Ethiopian long-distance runner
1989 – Krista K, Filipino-American model, actress, and singer
1990 – KevJumba, American comedian
1990 – Kevin López, Spanish middle-distance runner
1991 – Avisail García, Venezuelan baseball player
1992 – Allie DiMeco, American actress
1992 – Laura Jones, English gymnast
1992 – Ryan Malgarini, American actor
1992 – Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian footballer
1993 – Junrey Balawing, Filipino dwarf
1996 – Anna Margaret, American actress and singer
1997 – William Cuddy, Canadian actor
2001 – John Bigelow IV, Filipino-American golfer
2005 – Ryzza Mae Dizon, Filipino actress



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[StrangerInAStrangeLand]

12 June Deaths



816 – Pope Leo III (b. 750)
918 – Æthelflæd, Mercian daughter of Alfred the Great (b. 870)
1020 – Lyfing, English archbishop (b. 999)
1036 – Tedald, Italian bishop (b. 990)
1418 – Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac (b. 1360)
1435 – John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel, English commander (b. 1408)
1560 – Ii Naomori, Japanese warrior (b. 1506)
1560 – Imagawa Yoshimoto, Japanese daimyo (b. 1519)
1565 – Adrianus Turnebus, French scholar (b. 1512)
1567 – Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, English politician, Lord Chancellor (b. 1490)
1647 – Thomas Farnaby, English scholar and educator (b. 1575)
1675 – Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1634)
1734 – James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French commander (b. 1670)
1758 – Prince Augustus William of Prussia (b. 1722)
1772 – Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (b. 1724)
1778 – Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician (b. 1716)
1816 – Pierre Augereau, French general (b. 1757)
1818 – Egwale Seyon, Ethiopian emperor
1841 – Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, Greek composer, archeologist, and philologist (b. 1786)
1900 – Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (b. 1820)
1904 – Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (b. 1836)
1912 – Frédéric Passy, French economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1822)
1917 – Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (b. 1853)
1932 – Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1852)
1937 – Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian marshal (b. 1893)
1957 – Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers) (b. 1904)
1962 – John Ireland, English composer (b. 1879)
1963 – Medgar Evers, American activist (b. 1925)
1966 – Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (b. 1891)
1968 – Herbert Read, English poet and critic (b. 1893)
1969 – Aleksandr Deyneka, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1899)
1976 – Gopinath Kaviraj, Indian philosopher and scholar (b. 1887)
1978 – Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet (b. 1892)
1978 – Georg Siimenson, Estonian footballer (b. 1912)
1980 – Milburn Stone, American actor (b. 1904)
1980 – Billy Butlin, South African-English businessman, founded the Butlins Company (b. 1899)
1980 – Masayoshi Ōhira, Japanese politician, 68th Prime minister of Japan (b. 1910)
1982 – Karl von Frisch, Austrian ethologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
1982 – Ian McKay, English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1953)
1983 – Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1902)
1989 – Lou Monte, Italian-American singer (b. 1917)
1990 – Terence O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, Irish politician, 4th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (b. 1914)
1994 – Toma Bebić, Dalmatian painter, journalist, and educator (b. 1935)
1994 – Christopher Collins, American actor (b. 1949)
1994 – Ronald Goldman, American waiter (b. 1968)
1994 – Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-French rabbi (b. 1902)
1994 – Nicole Brown Simpson, German-American murder victim (b. 1959)
1995 – Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (b. 1920)
1995 – Pierre Russell, ABA basketball player (b. 1949)
1997 – Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and author (b. 1924)
1998 – Leo Buscaglia, American author and educator (b. 1924)
1998 – Theresa Merritt, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
2000 – Purushottam Laxman Deshpande, Indian actor, director, producer, and author (b. 1919)
2000 – Sandro Rosa do Nascimento, Brazilian criminal (b. 1978)
2002 – Bill Blass, American fashion designer, founded Bill Blass Limited (b. 1922)
2003 – Gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916)
2005 – Scott Young, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1918)
2006 – Anna Lee Aldred, American jockey (b. 1921)
2006 – György Ligeti, Romanian-Hungarian composer (b. 1923)
2006 – Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (b. 1923)
2006 – Nijiro Tokuda, Japanese super-centenarian (b. 1895)
2007 – Don Herbert, American television host and producer (b. 1917)
2008 – Miroslav Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1951)
2008 – Derek Tapscott, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1932)
2010 – Al Williamson, American illustrator (b. 1931)
2011 – René Audet, Canadian bishop (b. 1920)
2012 – Pahiño, Spanish footballer (b. 1923)
2012 – Marwan Arafat, Syrian footballer, referee, and journalist (b. 1945)
2012 – Philip H. Corboy, American lawyer (b. 1925)
2012 – Henry Hill, American mobster (b. 1943)
2012 – Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen, German psychoanalyst (b. 1917)
2012 – Elinor Ostrom, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1933)
2012 – Frank Walker, Australian judge and politician, 41st Attorney General of New South Wales (b. 1942)
2012 – Don Woods, American meteorologist and cartoonist (b. 1927)
2013 – Laslo Babits, Canadian javelin thrower (b. 1958)
2013 – Teresita Barajuen, Spanish nun (b. 1908)
2013 – Elroy Chester, American murderer (b. 1969)
2013 – Soh Hang-suen, Hong Kong actress (b. 1951)
2013 – Michael Kasha, American chemist (b. 1920)
2013 – Jiroemon Kimura, Japanese super-centenarian (b. 1897)
2013 – Jason Leffler, American race car driver (b. 1975)
2013 – Barry Till, English priest, author, and academic (b. 1923)
2013 – Joseph A. Unanue, American sergeant and businessman (b. 1925)
2013 – Scott Winkler, Norwegian ice hockey player (b. 1990)




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13 June Events



313 – The Edict of Milan, signed by Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire, is posted in Nicomedia.
1373 – Anglo-Portuguese Alliance between England (succeeded by the United Kingdom) and Portugal is the oldest alliance in the world which is still in force.
1381 – The Peasants Revolt led by Wat Tyler culminated in the burning of the Savoy Palace.
1525 – Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.
1625 – King Charles I of England marries Henrietta Maria of France, Princess of France
1740 – Georgia provincial governor James Oglethorpe begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augustine.
1774 – Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
1805 – Lewis and Clark Expedition: scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.
1881 – The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
1886 – A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
1886 – King Ludwig II of Bavaria is found dead in Lake Starnberg south of Munich at 11:30 PM.
1893 – Grover Cleveland notices a rough spot in his mouth and on July 1 undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; operation not revealed to US public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.
1898 – Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
1910 – The University of the Philippines College of Engineering is established. This unit of the university is said to be the largest degree granting unit in the Philippines.
1917 – World War I: the deadliest German air raid on London during World War I is carried out by Gotha G bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
1927 – Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker-tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
1944 – World War II: German combat elements - reinforced by the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division - launch a counterattack on American forces near Carentan.
1944 – World War II: Germany launches a V1 Flying Bomb attack on England. Only four of the eleven bombs actually hit their targets.
1952 – Catalina affair: a Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
1955 – Mir Mine, the first diamond mine in the USSR, is discovered.
1966 – The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.
1967 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
1969 – Governor of Texas Preston Smith signs a bill into law converting the former Southwest Center for Advanced Studies, originally founded as a research arm of Texas Instruments, into the University of Texas at Dallas.
1970 – "The Long and Winding Road" becomes the Beatles' last US Number 1 song.
1971 – Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers.
1977 – Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
1978 – Israeli Defense Forces withdraw from Lebanon.
1981 – At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
1982 – Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid.
1982 – Riccardo Paletti, was killed when he crashed on the start grid for the Canadian Grand Prix
1983 – Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passes beyond the orbit of Neptune (the furthest planet from the Sun at the time).
1994 – A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages.
1996 – The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents.
1997 – A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
1997 – Uphaar cinema fire, in New Delhi, India, killed 59 people, and over 100 people injured.
2000 – President Kim Dae Jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang.
2000 – Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
2002 – The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
2002 – Two 14-year-old South Korean girls are struck and killed by a United States Army armored vehicle, leading to months of public protests against the US.
2005 – A jury in Santa Maria, California acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch.
2007 – The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a second time.
2010 – A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth.
2012 – A series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others.



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13 June Births



40 – Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general (d. 93)
823 – Charles the Bald, Roman emperor (d. 877)
839 – Charles the Fat, Roman emperor (d. 888)
1595 – Jan Marek Marci, Bohemian doctor and scientist (d. 1667)
1649 – Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (d. 1706)
1672 – Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg (d. 1741)
1752 – Frances Burney, English author and playwright (d. 1840)
1761 – Antonín Vranický, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1820)
1763 – José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian politician (d. 1838)
1773 – Thomas Young, English polymath (d. 1829)
1775 – Antoni Radziwiłł, Lithuanian politician (d. 1833)
1786 – Winfield Scott, American general (d. 1866)
1790 – José Antonio Páez, Venezuelan general and politician (d. 1873)
1809 – Heinrich Hoffmann, German psychiatrist and author (d. 1894)
1822 – Carl Schmidt, Latvian-German chemist (d. 1894)
1827 – Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (d. 1882)
1831 – James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (d. 1879)
1854 – Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer (d. 1931)
1863 – Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (d. 1935)
1864 – Rudolf Kjellén, Swedish politician (d. 1922)
1864 – Dwight B. Waldo, American historian and academic (d. 1939)
1865 – W. B. Yeats, Irish poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1939)
1870 – Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
1875 – Paul Neumann, Austrian swimmer and physician (d. 1932)
1876 – William Sealy Gosset, English chemist and statistician (d. 1937)
1879 – Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (d. 1941)
1879 – Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general (d. 1929)
1884 – Anton Drexler, German politician (d. 1942)
1884 – Gerald Gardner, English religious leader, founded Gardnerian Wicca (d. 1964)
1884 – Étienne Gilson, French philosopher (d. 1978)
1885 – Henry George Lamond, Australian farmer and author (d. 1969)
1887 – André François-Poncet, French politician and diplomat (d. 1978)
1887 – Bruno Frank, German-American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1945)
1888 – Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet and critic (d. 1935)
1892 – Basil Rathbone, South African-American actor (d. 1967)
1893 – Dorothy L. Sayers, English author (d. 1957)
1894 – Leo Kanner, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician (d. 1981)
1894 – Jacques Henri Lartigue, French photographer and painter (d. 1986)
1897 – Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (d. 1973)
1899 – Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer, conductor, and journalist, founded the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra (d. 1978)
1901 – Tage Erlander, Swedish politician, 25th Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1985)
1903 – Red Grange, American football player and actor (d. 1991)
1905 – Doc Cheatham, American trumpet player, singer, and bandleader (McKinney's Cotton Pickers) (d. 1997)
1905 – James T. Rutnam, Sri Lankan historian and author (d. 1988)
1905 – Xian Xinghai, Chinese composer (d. 1945)
1906 – Bruno de Finetti, Austrian-Italian mathematician (d. 1985)
1909 – E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Indian politician, 1st Chief Minister of Kerala (d. 1998)
1910 – Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Spanish author (d. 1999)
1910 – Mary Wickes, American actress and singer (d. 1995)
1910 – Mary Whitehouse, English activist, founded the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association (d. 2001)
1911 – Luis Walter Alvarez, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
1911 – Erwin Wilhelm Müller, German physicist (d. 1977)
1912 – Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (d. 1943)
1913 – Ralph Edwards, American radio and television host (d. 2005)
1913 – Yitzhak Pundak, Israeli general, diplomat and politician
1914 – Frederic Franklin, English-American ballet dancer and director (d. 2013)
1914 – George Crichton Wells, English physician (d.1999)
1914 – Barbara Reynolds, English author and lexicographer
1915 – Don Budge, American tennis player (d. 2000)
1916 – Wu Zhengyi, Chinese botanist (d. 2013)
1917 – Teddy Turner, English actor (d. 1992)
1918 – Ben Johnson, American actor and stuntman (d. 1996)
1918 – Helmut Lent, German pilot (d. 1944)
1918 – Percy Rodriguez, Canadian-American actor (d. 2007)
1920 – Rolf Huisgen, German chemist
1920 – Iosif Vorovich, Russian mathematician (d. 2001)
1921 – Lennart Strand, Swedish middle-distance runner (d. 2004)
1922 – Etienne Leroux, South African author (d. 1989)
1926 – Paul Lynde, American actor and singer (d. 1982)
1927 – Slim Dusty, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2003)
1927 – Peter Marychurch, British former director GCHQ
1928 – Li Ka-shing, Chinese businessman
1928 – Renée Morisset, Canadian pianist (d. 2009)
1928 – John Forbes Nash, Jr., American mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate
1929 – Alan Civil, English horn player (d. 1989)
1929 – Robert W. Scott, American politician, 67th Governor of North Carolina (d. 2009)
1929 – Ralph McQuarrie, American artist, known for designing many elements of the Star Wars films (d. 2012)
1930 – Gotthard Graubner, German painter (d. 2013)
1930 – Ryszard Kukliński, Polish colonel and spy (d. 2004)
1931 – Nora Kovach, Hungarian-American ballerina (d. 2009)
1931 – Reed Scowen, Canadian politician
1931 – Irvin D. Yalom, American psychotherapist
1932 – Raymond Jolliffe, British politician
1932 – Bob McGrath, American actor and singer
1932 – Billy Williams, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
1933 – Tom King, English politician
1933 – Norman Lloyd-Edwards, British Lord–Lieutenant for South Glamorgan
1935 – Christo, Bulgarian-French sculptor and painter
1935 – Jeanne-Claude, Moroccan sculptor and painter (d. 2009)
1935 – Samak Sundaravej, Thai politician, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2009)
1936 – Michel Jazy, French runner
1936 – Michael H. Jordan, American businessman (d. 2010)
1937 – Eleanor Holmes Norton, American politician
1937 – Erich Ribbeck, German footballer and manager
1937 – Andreas Whittam Smith, British newspaper editor
1938 – Gwynne Howell, Welsh opera singer
1939 – Tom Cheek, American sportscaster (d. 2005)
1939 – Siegfried Fischbacher, German-American magician
1940 – Bobby Freeman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1940 – Dallas Long, American shot putter
1941 – Marcel Lachemann, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1941 – Serge Lemoyne, Canadian painter (d. 1998)
1941 – Esther Ofarim, Israeli singer
1943 – Malcolm McDowell, English actor
1943 – Jim Guy Tucker, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Arkansas
1944 – Christine Beasley, British National Health Service administrator
1944 – David Curry, British politician
1944 – Ban Ki-moon, South Korean diplomat, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations
1945 – Whitley Strieber, American author
1947 – A.G. Lafley, American businessman
1948 – Garnet Bailey, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2001)
1948 – Joe Roth, American director and producer, co-founded Morgan Creek Productions
1949 – Dennis Locorriere, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show)
1949 – Ulla Schmidt, German politician
1950 – Belinda Bauer, Australian-American actress and psychologist
1950 – Nick Brown, British politician
1950 – Gerd Zewe, German footballer and manager
1951 – Howard Leese, American guitarist and producer (Bad Company and Heart)
1951 – Richard Thomas, American actor, director, and producer
1951 – Stellan Skarsgård, Swedish actor
1951 – Robert P. Young, Jr., American jurist
1952 – Tony Bruno, American radio host
1952 – Jean-Marie Dedecker, Belgian martial artist and politician
1953 – Tim Allen, American actor and producer
1954 – Rita Cadillac, Brazilian porn actress, singer, and dancer
1954 – Andrzej Lepper, Polish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
1954 – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigerian economist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Nigeria
1955 – Alan Hansen, Scottish footballer
1955 – Leah Ward Sears, American jurist
1958 – Mark Byford, British BBC administrator
1958 – Peter Scudamore, British jockey and racehorse trainer
1959 – Boyko Borisov, Bulgarian politician, 50th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
1959 – Steve Georganas, Australian politician
1959 – Lance Kinsey, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter
1960 – Clive Lewis, British judge
1960 – Jacques Rougeau, Canadian wrestler
1960 – Adam Sampson, British public service and charity executive
1961 – Bob Crow, English union leader (d. 2014)
1961 – Kaire Indrikson, Estonian swimmer
1961 – Anders Järryd, Swedish tennis player
1962 – Davey Hamilton, American race car driver
1962 – Glenn Michibata, Canadian tennis player
1962 – Rudolf Povarnitsyn, Ukrainian high jumper
1962 – Ally Sheedy, American actress and author
1962 – Hannah Storm, American journalist and author
1963 – Bettina Bunge, German tennis player
1963 – Sarah Connolly, English opera singer
1963 – Paul De Lisle, American bass player (Smash Mouth)
1963 – Catarina Lindqvist, Swedish tennis player
1963 – Audrey Niffenegger, American author and academic
1964 – Christian Wilhelm Berger, Romanian organist, composer, and educator
1964 – Kathy Burke, English actress, director, and playwright
1964 – Michael Anthony Franano, American singer-songwriter and composer
1964 – Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Lithuanian basketball player
1965 – Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca
1965 – Vassilis Karapialis, Greek footballer
1965 – Lukas Ligeti, Austrian-American drummer and composer
1965 – Lisa Vidal, American actress
1966 – Henry Bond, English photographer
1966 – Naoki Hattori, Japanese race car driver
1966 – Grigori Perelman, Russian mathematician
1967 – Taşkın Aksoy, German-Turkish footballer and manager
1968 – Fabio Baldato, Italian cyclist
1968 – Spike Breakwell, English comedian and actor
1968 – Peter DeBoer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1968 – Darren Dreger, Canadian sportscaster
1968 – David Gray, English-Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1968 – Tim Leveque, Canadian ice hockey player
1968 – Denise Pearson, English singer-songwriter (Five Star)
1968 – Marcel Theroux, English author and journalist
1969 – Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Spanish actress, director, and screenwriter
1969 – Virginie Despentes, French author
1969 – Joseph Keter, Kenyan steeplechase runner
1969 – Laura Kightlinger, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Lynne Koplitz, American comedian and actress
1969 – Svetlana Krivelyova, Russian shot putter
1969 – Søren Rasted, Danish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Aqua, Hej Matematik, and Lazyboy)
1969 – Jamie Walters, American actor and singer
1970 – Chris Cairns, New Zealand cricketer
1970 – Rivers Cuomo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Weezer, Avant Garde, and Homie)
1970 – Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler (d. 2004)
1971 – Shannon Fill, American actress
1971 – Nóra Köves, Hungarian tennis player
1971 – David Mendenhall, American actor
1972 – Meelis Aasmäe, Estonian skier
1972 – Martin Ballantyne, English actor
1972 – Kristjan Järvi, Estonian-American conductor
1972 – Natalie MacMaster, Canadian fiddler
1973 – Sam Adams, American football player
1973 – Tanner Foust, American race car driver
1973 – Mattias Hellberg, Swedish singer-songwriter (The Hellacopters, Nationalteatern, and The Solution)
1973 – Kasia Kowalska, Polish singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1973 – Ville Laihiala, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sentenced and Poisonblack)
1973 – Anna Mosenkova, Estonian ice dancer
1973 – Leeann Tweeden, American model and television host
1974 – Coko, American singer (SWV)
1974 – Steve-O, American stuntman and actor
1974 – Selma Björnsdóttir, Icelandic singer and actress
1974 – Valeri Bure, Russian-American ice hockey player
1974 – Brande Roderick, American model and actress
1974 – Takahiro Sakurai, Japanese voice actor
1975 – Ante Čović, Australian footballer
1975 – Jeff Davis, American screenwriter and producer
1975 – Jennifer Nicole Lee, American model, actress, and author
1975 – Jaan Pehk, Estonian musician and writer
1975 – Riccardo Scimeca, English footballer
1976 – J Brown, English singer (Five)
1976 – Kym Lomas, English singer and actress (Hear'Say)
1976 – Tygh Runyan, Canadian-American actor and guitarist (The Awkward Stage)
1977 – Dragoș Bucur, Romanian actor
1977 – Emily Harrison, American actress
1977 – Tarmo Kikerpill, Estonian basketball player
1977 – Romain Mesnil, French pole vaulter
1977 – Earthwind Moreland, American football player
1977 – Rainer Schönfelder, Austrian skier
1977 – Erin Toughill, American mixed martial artist and boxer
1977 – Selwyn Ward, American actor
1978 – Jason Michael Carroll, American singer-songwriter
1978 – Brian Dowling, Irish television host
1978 – Ethan Embry, American actor
1978 – Mikako Ichikawa, Japanese model and actress
1978 – Mathis Künzler, Swiss actor
1979 – Esther Anderson, Australian actress
1979 – Nila Håkedal, Norwegian volleyball player
1979 – Miguel Pate, American long jumper
1979 – Ryan Pickett, American screenwriter, director, and producer
1980 – Sarah Connor, German singer-songwriter and dancer
1980 – Florent Malouda, French footballer
1980 – Diego Mendieta, Paraguayan footballer (d. 2012)
1980 – Jamario Moon, American basketball player
1980 – Juan Carlos Navarro, Spanish basketball player
1980 – Maho Nonami, Japanese actress
1980 – Darius Vassell, English footballer
1980 – Markus Winkelhock, German race car driver
1981 – Daryl Blonder, American actor and author (d. 2012)
1981 – Chris Evans, American actor
1981 – Blake Judd, American actor, director, and producer
1981 – Julie-Marie Parmentier, French actress
1981 – Radim Vrbata, Czech-American ice hockey player
1982 – Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian runner
1982 – Krzysztof Bosak, Polish politician
1982 – Jessica Caban, American model, dancer, and actress
1982 – Nate Jones, American football player
1982 – Jess Manafort, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1983 – Matt Allison, English race car driver
1983 – Rebeca Linares, Spanish porn actress
1983 – Steve Novak, American basketball player
1983 – Sarah Schaub, American actress
1983 – Jason Spezza, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Nery Castillo, Mexican-Uruguayan footballer
1984 – Kaori Icho, Japanese wrestler
1984 – Antje Möldner-Schmidt, German runner
1984 – Nautica Thorn, American porn actress
1984 – Phillip Van Dyke, American actor
1985 – Raz-B, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (B2K)
1985 – Filipe Albuquerque, Portuguese race car driver
1985 – Silvio Bankert, German footballer
1985 – Lela Star, American porn actress
1985 – Danny Syvret, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 – Kat Dennings, American actress
1986 – Keisuke Honda, Japanese footballer
1986 – Azumi Muto, Japanese model and actress (d. 2006)
1986 – Ashley Olsen, American actress, singer, producer, and fashion designer
1986 – Mary-Kate Olsen, American actress, singer, producer, and fashion designer
1988 – Gabe Carimi, American football player
1988 – Reece Noi, English actor
1989 – Irene Gorovaia, Russian-American actress
1989 – Tommy Searle, English motocross racer
1989 – Lisa Tucker, American singer and actress
1990 – Tara Lynn Foxx, American porn actress
1990 – Nicole Riner, Swiss tennis player
1990 – Aaron Johnson, English actor
1991 – Will Claye, American jumper
1991 – Ryan Mason, English footballer
1995 – Emily Fanning, New Zealand tennis player
1995 – Laura Ucrós, Colombian tennis player
1996 – Kodi Smit-McPhee, Australian actor



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13 June Deaths



1036 – Ali az-Zahir, Egyptian caliph (b. 1005)
1231 – Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint (b. 1195)
1256 – Tankei, Japanese sculptor (b. 1173)
1636 – George Gordon, 1st Marquis of Huntly, Scottish politician (b. 1562)
1645 – Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese samurai (b. 1584)
1665 – Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer, Dutch admiral (b. 1604)
1760 – Antoine Court, French minister (b. 1696)
1784 – Henry Middleton, American politician, 2nd President of the Continental Congress (b. 1717)
1846 – Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès, French geographer and author (b. 1767)
1881 – Joseph Škoda, Czech physician and dermatologist (b. 1805)
1886 – Ludwig II of Bavaria (b. 1845)
1898 – Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Quebec (b. 1840)
1904 – Nikiphoros Lytras, Greek painter (b. 1832)
1917 – Louis-Philippe Hébert, Canadian sculptor (b. 1850)
1918 – Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (b. 1878)
1930 – Henry Segrave, American-English race car driver (b. 1896)
1931 – Kitasato Shibasaburō, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. 1851)
1943 – Kočo Racin, Macedonian author and activist (b. 1908)
1948 – Dazai Osamu, Japanese novelist (b. 1909)
1951 – Ben Chifley, Australian politician, 16th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
1954 – Henry Blogg, English fisherman (b. 1876)
1957 – Irving Baxter, American high jumper and pole vaulter (b. 1876)
1958 – Edwin Keppel Bennett, English poet and academic (b. 1887)
1965 – Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher (b. 1878)
1965 – David Drummond, Australian farmer and politician (b. 1890)
1969 – Pralhad Keshav Atre, Indian journalist, director, and producer (b. 1898)
1972 – Clyde McPhatter, American singer (Billy Ward and his Dominoes and The Drifters) (b. 1932)
1972 – Dündar Taşer, Turkish soldier and politician (b. 1925)
1972 – Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
1972 – Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy (b. 1891)
1977 – Matthew Garber, English actor (b. 1956)
1979 – Darla Hood, American actress, voice actress, and singer (b. 1931)
1979 – Demetrio Stratos, Egyptian-Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (I Ribelli and Area) (b. 1945)
1980 – Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and activist (b. 1942)
1981 – Jean-Louis Lafosse, French racing driver (b. 1941)
1982 – Peter Maivia, Samoan-American wrestler (b. 1935)
1982 – Khalid of Saudi Arabia (b. 1912)
1982 – Riccardo Paletti, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
1984 – António Variações, Portuguese singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
1986 – Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1909)
1987 – Geraldine Page, American actress (b. 1924)
1989 – Fran Allison, American actress and singer (b. 1907)
1991 – Ljubov Rebane, Estonian physicist (b. 1929)
1993 – Gérard Côté, Canadian runner (b. 1913)
1993 – Deke Slayton, American pilot and astronaut (b. 1924)
1994 – Nadia Gray, Romanian-French actress (b. 1923)
1997 – Nguyen Manh Tuong, Vietnamese lawyer (b. 1909)
1998 – Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor (b. 1899)
1998 – Birger Ruud, Norwegian ski jumper (b. 1911)
1998 – Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (b. 1917)
2002 – John Hope, American meteorologist (b. 1919)
2002 – Maia Wojciechowska, Polish-American author (b. 1927)
2003 – Malik Meraj Khalid, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1916)
2004 – Dick Durrance, American skier (b. 1914)
2004 – Ralph Wiley, American journalist and author (b. 1952)
2005 – Jonathan Adams, English actor (b. 1931)
2005 – Álvaro Cunhal, Portuguese politician (b. 1913)
2005 – David Diamond, American composer (b. 1915)
2005 – Lane Smith, American actor (b. 1936)
2006 – Charles Haughey, Irish politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1925)
2007 – Walid Eido, Lebanese judge and politician (b. 1942)
2008 – Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner, Austrian politician (b. 1926)
2008 – Tim Russert, American journalist and lawyer (b. 1950)
2009 – Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese wrestler (b. 1962)
2009 – Fathi Yakan, Lebanese politician (b. 1933)
2010 – Jimmy Dean, American singer, actor, and businessman, founded Jimmy Dean Foods (b. 1928)
2012 – Sam Beddingfield, American pilot and engineer (b. 1933)
2012 – Graeme Bell, Australian pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1914)
2012 – Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini, Brazilian bishop (b. 1936)
2012 – Roger Garaudy, French philosopher and author (b. 1913)
2012 – Mehdi Hassan, Indian-Pakistani singer-songwriter (b. 1927)
2012 – Jože Humer, Slovenian composer (b. 1934)
2012 – Erica Kennedy, American journalist and author (b. 1970)
2013 – Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi, Saudi Arabian footballer (b. 1971)
2013 – David Deutsch, American businessman, founded Deutsch Inc. (b. 1929)
2013 – Newton Lai, Hong Kong actor (b. 1951)
2013 – Sam Most, American flute player and saxophonist (b. 1930)
2013 – Edmund Pellegrino, American ethicist and academic (b. 1920)
2013 – Kenji Utsumi, Japanese voice actor (b. 1937)
2013 – Albert White Hat, American educator and activist (b. 1938)
2014 – Jim Keays, Australian rock singer (The Masters Apprentices) (b. 1946)




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14 June Events



1158 – Munich is founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar.
1216 – First Barons' War: Prince Louis of France captures the city of Winchester and soon conquers over half of the Kingdom of England.
1276 – While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song Dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for the young prince Zhao Shi, making him Emperor Duanzong of Song.
1285 – Second Mongol invasion of Vietnam: Forces led by Prince Trần Quang Khải of the Trần Dynasty destroy most of the invading Mongol naval fleet in a battle at Chuong Duong.
1287 – Kublai Khan defeats the force of Nayan and other traditionalist Borjigin princes in East Mongolia and Manchuria.
1381 – Richard II of England meets leaders of Peasants' Revolt on Blackheath. The Tower of London is stormed by rebels who enter without resistance.
1645 – English Civil War: Battle of Naseby – 12,000 Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers.
1667 – The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet in the Second Anglo-Dutch War ends. It had lasted for five days and resulted in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
1777 – The Stars and Stripes is adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States.
1789 – Mutiny on the Bounty: HMS Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400 km (4,600 mi) journey in an open boat.
1789 – Whiskey distilled from maize is first produced by American clergyman the Rev Elijah Craig. It is named Bourbon because Rev Craig lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
1800 – The French Army of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo in Northern Italy and re-conquers Italy.
1807 – Emperor Napoleon's French Grande Armée defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Poland (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending the War of the Fourth Coalition.
1821 – Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Isma'il Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom.
1822 – Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables".
1830 – Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: 34,000 French soldiers begin their invasion of Algiers, landing 27 kilometers west at Sidi Fredj.
1839 – Henley Royal Regatta: the village of Henley-on-Thames, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, stages its first regatta.
1846 – Bear Flag Revolt begins – Anglo settlers in Sonoma, California, start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic.
1863 – American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester – a Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia.
1863 – Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
1872 – Trade unions are legalised in Canada.
1900 – Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
1900 – The Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the German navy.
1907 – Norway grants women the right to vote.
1919 – John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
1926 – Brazil leaves the League of Nations
1937 – Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
1937 – U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
1940 – World War II: Paris falls under German occupation, and Allied forces retreat.
1940 – The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
1940 – A group of 728 Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first residents of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
1941 – June deportation: the first major wave of Soviet mass deportations and murder of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians, begins.
1944 – World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen.
1945 – World War II: Filipino troops of the 15th, 66th and 121st Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL liberate the captured in Ilocos Sur and start the Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon.
1949 – Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
1951 – UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
1952 – The keel is laid for the nuclear submarine USS Nautilus.
1954 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
1955 – Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1959 – Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
1959 – A group of Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic with the intent of overthrowing the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four are killed or executed.
1962 – The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
1966 – The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.
1967 – Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched towards Venus.
1967 – The People's Republic of China tests its first hydrogen bomb.
1982 – Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces.
1985 – TWA Flight 847 is hijacked by Lebanese Islamist organization Hezbollah shortly after take-off from Athens, Greece.
1994 – The 1994 Stanley Cup riot occurs after the New York Rangers win the Stanley Cup from Vancouver, causing an estimated CA$1.1 million, leading to 200 arrests and injuries.
2002 – Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.




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14 June Births



##1444 – Nilakantha Somayaji, Indian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1544)
##1479 – Giglio Gregorio Giraldi, Italian poet and scholar (d. 1552)
##1529 – Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (d. 1595)
##1691 – Jan Francisci, Slovak organist and composer (d. 1758)
##1730 – Antonio Sacchini, Italian composer (d. 1786)
##1763 – Simon Mayr, German composer (d. 1845)
##1780 – Henry Salt, English artist, diplomat, and Egyptologist (d. 1827)
##1796 – Nikolai Brashman, Czech-Russian mathematician (d. 1866)
##1798 – František Palacký, Czech historian and politician (d. 1876)
##1801 – Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (d. 1868)
##1811 – Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author and activist (d. 1896)
##1812 – Fernando Wood, American politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (d. 1881)
##1819 – Henry Gardner, American politician, 23rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1892)
##1820 – John Bartlett, American author and publisher (d. 1905)
##1840 – William F. Nast, American attaché, railroad executive and inventor, and father of Condé Nast (d. 1893)
##1855 – Robert M. La Follette, Sr., American politician, 20th Governor of Wisconsin (d. 1925)
##1856 – Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician (d. 1922)
##1864 – Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (d. 1915)
##1868 – Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)
##1870 – Sophia of Prussia (d. 1932)
##1871 – Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (d. 1936)
##1871 – Jacob Ellehammer, Danish engineer (d. 1946)
##1872 – János Szlepecz, Slovene priest (d. 1936)
##1877 – Jane Bathori, French soprano (d. 1970)
##1878 – Léon Thiébaut, French fencer (d. 1943)
##1879 – Arthur Duffey, American sprinter (d. 1955)
##1884 – John McCormack, Irish tenor (d. 1945)
##1884 – Georg Zacharias, German swimmer (d. 1953)
##1890 – May Allison, American actress (d. 1989)
##1893 – Siggie Nordstrom, American singer and actress (Nordstrom Sisters) (d. 1980)
##1894 – Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1924)
##1895 – Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 1968)
##1899 – Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
##1903 – Alonzo Church, American mathematician and logician (d. 1995)
##1904 – Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and journalist (d. 1971)
##1905 – Steve Broidy, American businessman (d. 1991)
##1905 – Arthur Davis, American animator and director (d. 2000)
##1907 – Nicolas Bentley, English author and illustrator (d. 1978)
##1907 – René Char, French poet (d. 1988)
##1907 – Chico Landi, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1989)
##1909 – Burl Ives, American actor and singer (d. 1995)
##1910 – Rudolf Kempe, German conductor (d. 1976)
##1913 – Joe Morris, English-Canadian union leader (d. 1996)
##1913 – Werner Heyking, Danish actor (d. 1974)
##1914 – Pauline Moore, American actress (d. 2001)
##1916 – Dorothy McGuire, American actress (d. 2001)
##1917 – Lise Nørgaard, Danish journalist and author
##1917 – Gilbert Prouteau, French poet and director (d. 2012)
##1917 – Atle Selberg, Norwegian mathematician (d. 2007)
##1919 – Gene Barry, American actor (d. 2009)
##1919 – Sam Wanamaker, American actor and director (d. 1993)
##1920 – Jacques Datin, French songwriter (d. 1973)
##1920 – Jean Madiran, French author (d. 2013)
##1921 – Martha Greenhouse, American actress (d. 2013)
##1922 – Kevin Roche, Irish-American architect, designed Bank of America Plaza and the Central Park Zoo
##1922 – K. Asif, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1971)
##1922 – Harvey Littleton, American glass artist and educator (d. 2013)
##1923 – Ivan Gubijan, Yugoslavian hammer thrower (d. 2009)
##1923 – Judith Kerr, German-born British writer
##1923 – Green Wix Unthank, American judge (d. 2013)
##1924 – James Black, Scottish pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)
##1925 – Pierre Salinger, American journalist and politician, 11th White House Press Secretary (d. 2004)
##1926 – Hermann Kant, German author
##1926 – Don Newcombe, American baseball player
##1928 – Che Guevara, Argentinian-Cuban physician, author, and guerrilla leader (d. 1967)
##1929 – Cy Coleman, American pianist and composer (d. 2004)
##1929 – Johnny Wilson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2011)
##1930 – Odile Versois, French actress (d. 1980)
##1931 – Marla Gibbs, American actress, singer, and screenwriter
##1931 – Junior Walker, American saxophonist and singer (d. 1995)
##1932 – Joe Arpaio, American police officer
##1933 – Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American author (d. 1991)
##1933 – Vladislav Rastorotsky, Russian gymnast and coach
##1936 – Renaldo Benson, American singer-songwriter (The Four Tops) (d. 2005)
##1936 – Irmelin Sandman Lilius, Finnish author
##1937 – Jørgen Leth, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter
##1937 – Willie Louis, American witness in the Emmett Till murder trial (d. 2013)
##1937 – Trevor Smith, British politician
##1938 – Julie Felix, American folk singer
##1939 – Steny Hoyer, American politician
##1939 – Peter Mayle, English author
##1939 – Hugh Detmar Torrens O'Neill, Irish hereditary peer and businessman
##1939 – Colin Thubron, English travel writer and novelist
##1939 – James Wright, British academic
##1940 – Jack Bannon, American actor
##1940 – Ben Davidson, American football player and actor (d. 2012)
##1941 – Yvonne Moores, British chief nursing officer for England
##1941 – Mike Yarwood, British entertainer
##1942 – Andy Irvine, English-Irish singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (Planxty, Sweeney's Men, and Patrick Street)
##1942 – Jonathan Raban, British author
##1943 – Barry Burman, English painter (d. 2001)
##1943 – Jennifer Gretton, British Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire
##1943 – John Miles, English race car driver
##1943 – Spooner Oldham, American organist and songwriter
##1943 – Harold Wheeler, American composer, conductor, and producer
##1944 – Laurie Colwin, American author (d. 1992)
##1944 – Joe Grifasi, American actor
##1945 – Rod Argent, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (The Zombies and Argent)
##1945 – Carlos Reichenbach, Brazilian director and producer (d. 2012)
##1945 – Marilyn Schreffler, American actress (d. 1988)
##1945 – Richard Stebbins, American sprinter
##1946 – Robert Louis-Dreyfus, French businessman (d. 2009)
##1946 – Donald Trump, American businessman, founded the Trump Entertainment Resorts
##1947 – Roger Liddle, English political adviser
##1947 – Kat Martin, American author
##1947 – Barry Melton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish and The Dinosaurs)
##1947 – Hiroshi Miyauchi, Japanese actor
##1947 – Paul Rudolph, Canadian singer, guitarist, bassist and cyclist (Pink Fairies and Hawkwind)
##1948 – Laurence Yep, American author
##1949 – Jim Lea, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Slade)
##1949 – Malcolm McMahon, English prelate, Archbishop of Liverpool
##1949 – Antony Sher, British writer and actor
##1949 – Harry Turtledove, American author
##1949 – Alan White, English drummer (Yes, Plastic Ono Band, White, and Circa)
##1950 – Rowan Williams, Welsh archbishop
##1951 – Paul Boateng, British politician
##1952 – Robert Lepikson, Estonian businessman, politician and rally driver (d. 2006)
##1952 – Pat Summitt, American basketball player and coach
##1952 – Leon Wieseltier, American journalist
##1953 – Janet Mackey, New Zealand politician
##1953 – David Thomas, American singer-songwriter (Rocket from the Tombs and Pere Ubu)
##1954 – Will Patton, American actor
##1955 – Michael D. Duvall, American politician
##1955 – Paul O'Grady, English comedian, actor, and writer
##1956 – King Diamond, Danish singer-songwriter and producer (Black Rose, Mercyful Fate, and Brats)
##1956 – Fred Funk, American golfer
##1956 – Gianna Nannini, Italian singer-songwriter
##1956 – Sam Irvin, American director, producer, and screenwriter
##1957 – Maxi Jazz, English rapper (Faithless)
##1957 – Suzanne Nora Johnson, American lawyer
##1957 – Mona Simpson, American author and English professor at the University of California, Los Angeles
##1958 – Pamela Geller, American blogger and author
##1958 – Eric Heiden, American skater
##1959 – Eddie Mekka, American actor
##1959 – Marcus Miller, American bass player and producer (SMV)
##1960 – Tonie Campbell, American hurdler
##1960 – Mike Laga, American baseball player
##1961 – Boy George, English singer-songwriter and producer (Culture Club, Bow Wow Wow, and Jesus Loves You)
##1961 – Dušan Kojić, Serbian singer-songwriter and bass player (Disciplina kičme and Disciplin A Kitschme)
##1961 – Sam Perkins, American basketball player
##1963 – Stuart Evans, Welsh rugby football player
##1964 – Peter Gilliver, English lexicographer
##1964 – Kaija Parve, Estonian biathlete
##1965 – Mike Scaccia, American guitarist (Ministry, Rigor Mortis, Lard, and League of Blind Women) (d. 2012)
##1966 – Traylor Howard, American actress
##1967 – Dedrick Dodge, American football player
##1967 – Kumar Mangalam Birla, Indian businessman
##1968 – Yasmine Bleeth, American actress
##1968 – Campbell Brown, American journalist
##1968 – Faizon Love, Cubian-American actor
##1969 – Elroy Chester, American murderer (d. 2013)
##1969 – Éric Desjardins, Canadian ice hockey player
##1969 – Michael Gerber, American author
##1969 – Steffi Graf, German tennis player
##1969 – Kyle Hebert, American voice actor
##1969 – MC Ren, American rapper (N.W.A)
##1970 – Heather McDonald, American comedian, actress, and author
##1971 – Bruce Bowen, American basketball player
##1971 – Ramon Vega, Swiss footballer
##1972 – Rick Brunson, American basketball player and coach
##1972 – Michael Cade, American actor
##1972 – Matthias Ettrich, German computer scientist, founded KDE
##1972 – Shaun Keaveny, English radio host
##1972 – Danny McFarlane, Jamaican hurdler and sprinter
##1973 – Ceca, Serbian singer
##1973 – Sami Kapanen, Finnish-American ice hockey player and manager
##1974 – Sutan Amrull, American drag queen performer and makeup artist
##1974 – Jang Jin-young, South Korean actress (d. 2009)
##1974 – Joshua Radin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
##1974 – Phillip Rhys, English actor
##1975 – Ryuji Miki, Japanese race car driver
##1976 – Alan Carr, English comedian and actor
##1976 – Massimo Oddo, Italian footballer
##1977 – Chris McAlister, American football player
##1977 – Massimiliano Neri, Italian model
##1977 – Joe Worsley, English rugby union player
##1978 – Steve Bégin, Canadian ice hockey player
##1978 – Diablo Cody, American director, producer, and screenwriter
##1978 – Annia Hatch, Cuban-American gymnast
##1981 – Lonneke Engel, Dutch model
##1981 – Chauncey Leopardi, American actor
##1982 – Jamie Green, English race car driver
##1982 – Nicole Irving, Australian swimmer
##1982 – Luda Kroiter, Moldavian-born 5 time world salsa champion and Dancing with the Stars instructor
##1982 – Lang Lang, Chinese pianist
##1983 – Hirofumi Araki, Japanese actor and singer
##1983 – Trevor Barry, Bahamian high jumper
##1983 – Louis Garrel, French actor
##1983 – J. R. Martinez, American soldier and actor
##1983 – John Stocco, American football player
##1984 – Lorenzo Booker, American football player
##1984 – Siobhán Donaghy, English singer-songwriter (Sugababes)
##1984 – Yury Prilukov, Russian swimmer
##1985 – Andy Soucek, Spanish race car driver
##1986 – Jonathan Clare, English cricketer
##1986 – Matt Read, Canadian ice hockey player
##1987 – Andrew Cogliano, Canadian ice hockey player
##1987 – Mohamed Diamé, Senegalese footballer
##1988 – Adrián Aldrete, Mexican footballer
##1988 – Kevin McHale, American singer, dancer, and actor (NLT)
##1989 – Lucy Hale, American actress and singer
##1989 – Courtney Halverson, American actress
##1989 – Joao Rojas, Ecuadorian footballer
##1991 – Erick Barrondo, Guatemalan race-walker
##1991 – Kostas Manolas, Greek footballer
##1992 – Joel Crouse, American singer-songwriter
##1992 – Daryl Sabara, American actor
##1991 – Jesy Nelson, English singer (Little Mix)
##1993 – Svetlana Issakova, Estonian figure skater


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14 June Deaths


767 – Abū Ḥanīfa, Iraqi scholar (b. 699)
1161 – Emperor Qinzong of Song (b. 1100)
1381 – Simon Sudbury, English archbishop (b. 1316)
1497 – Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia, Italian son of Pope Alexander VI (b. 1474)
1544 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1489)
1548 – Carpentras, French composer (b. 1470)
1594 – Orlande de Lassus, Flemish composer (b. 1532)
1662 – Henry Vane the Younger, English-American politician, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1613)
1674 – Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French author and poet (b. 1600)
1703 – Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (b. 1625)
1794 – Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1718)
1800 – Louis Desaix, French general (b. 1768)
1800 – Jean Baptiste Kléber, French general (b. 1753)
1801 – Benedict Arnold, American general (b. 1741)
1825 – Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. (b. 1754)
1837 – Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet and philosopher (b. 1798)
1883 – Edward FitzGerald, English poet (b. 1809)
1886 – Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian playwright (b. 1823)
1907 – William Le Baron Jenney, American architect and engineer, designed the Home Insurance Building (b. 1832)
1907 – Bartolomé Masó, Cuban patriot (b. 1830)
1908 – Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, English captain and politician, 6th Governor General of Canada (b. 1841)
1914 – Adlai Stevenson I, American politician, 23rd Vice President of the United States (b. 1835)
1916 – João Simões Lopes Neto, Brazilian author (b. 1865)
1920 – Max Weber, German sociologist and economist (b. 1864)
1926 – Mary Cassatt, American painter (b. 1843)
1927 – Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (b. 1894)
1927 – Jerome K. Jerome, English author (b. 1859)
1928 – Emmeline Pankhurst, English activist (b. 1857)
1932 – Dorimène Roy Desjardins, Canadian businesswoman, co-founded Desjardins Group (b. 1858)
1933 – Justinien de Clary, French target shooter (b. 1860)
1936 – G. K. Chesterton, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)
1936 – Hans Poelzig, German architect, painter, and designer, designed the IG Farben Building (b. 1869)
1946 – John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer (b. 1888)
1967 – Eddie Eagan, American boxer (b. 1897)
1968 – Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian author and poet, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1901)
1975 – Pablo Antonio, Filipino architect (b. 1902)
1977 – Robert Middleton, American actor (b. 1911)
1979 – Ahmad Zahir, Afghan singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
1980 – Charles Miller, American saxophonist and flute player (War) (b. 1939)
1982 – Marjorie Bennett, Australian actress (b. 1896)
1986 – Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian author and poet (b. 1899)
1986 – Alan Jay Lerner, American composer (b. 1918)
1990 – Erna Berger, German soprano (b. 1900)
1991 – Peggy Ashcroft, English actress (b. 1907)
1994 – Lionel Grigson, British pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1942)
1994 – Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (b. 1924)
1994 – Marcel Mouloudji, French singer and actor (b. 1922)
1995 – Els Aarne, Estonian composer and pedagogue (b. 1917)
1995 – Rory Gallagher, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Taste) (b. 1949)
1995 – Roger Zelazny, American author (b. 1937)
1997 – Richard Jaeckel, American actor (b. 1926)
1999 – Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian football player (b. 1932)
2000 – Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet (b. 1911)
2002 – June Jordan, American author and activist (b. 1936)
2003 – Dale Whittington, American race car driver (b. 1959)
2004 – Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain climber and guide (b. 1900)
2004 – Eamonn McGirr, Irish-American singer (b. 1941)
2005 – Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor (b. 1914)
2005 – Mimi Parent, Canadian painter (b. 1924)
2006 – Monty Berman, English cinematographer, director, and producer (b. 1905)
2006 – Jean Roba, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1930)
2007 – Ruth Graham, Chinese-American poet, author, and painter (b. 1920)
2007 – Robin Olds, American general and pilot (b. 1922)
2007 – Kurt Waldheim, Austrian lieutenant and politician, 9th President of Austria (b. 1918)
2008 – Jamelão, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1913)
2008 – Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist (Esbjörn Svensson Trio) (b. 1964)
2009 – Bob Bogle, American guitarist (The Ventures) (b. 1934)
2009 – Ivan Della Mea, Italian singer-songwriter, journalist, and author (b. 1940)
2009 – William McIntyre, Canadian judge (b. 1918)
2012 – Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell, English politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales (b. 1926)
2012 – Al Brancato, American baseball player (b. 1919)
2012 – Bob Chappuis, American football player (b. 1923)
2012 – Bob Hank, Australian footballer (b. 1923)
2012 – Margie Hyams, American pianist and vibraphone player (b. 1920)
2012 – Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, German pianist and academic (b. 1930)
2012 – Hassan Kassai, Iranian flute player and educator (b. 1928)
2012 – Jesse Powell, American football player (b. 1947)
2012 – Kaka Radhakrishnan, Indian actor (b. 1926)
2012 – Carlos Reichenbach, Brazilian director and producer (b. 1945)
2012 – Erik Rhodes, American porn actor (b. 1982)
2012 – Gitta Sereny, Austrian-English historian, journalist, and author (b. 1921)
2012 – Mako Tabuni, Indonesian activist
2012 – Yvette Wilson, American actress (b. 1964)
2013 – Betty Burstall, Australian director, founded the La Mama Theatre (b. 1926)
2013 – Olav Sigurd Carlsen, Norwegian politician (b. 1930)
2013 – Pa Dillon, Irish hurler (b. 1938)
2013 – Al Green, American wrestler (b. 1955)
2013 – Hugh Maguire, Irish violinist (b. 1926)
2013 – Gene Mako, Hungarian-American tennis player (b. 1916)
2013 – Elroy Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)
2013 – Tom Tall, American singer (b. 1937)
2013 – Olwen Wymark, American-English playwright (b. 1932)



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15 June Events


763 BC – Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
923 – Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.
1184 – King Magnus V of Norway is killed at the Battle of Fimreite.
1215 – King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta.
1219 – Northern Crusades: Danish victory at the Battle of Lyndanisse (modern-day Tallinn) establishes the Danish Duchy of Estonia. According to legend, this battle also marks the first use of the Dannebrog, the world's first national flag still in use, as the national flag of Denmark.
1246 – With the death of Duke Frederick II, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria.
1300 – The city of Bilbao is founded.
1389 – Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.
1410 – In a decisive battle at Onon River, the Mongol forces of Oljei Temur were decimated by the Chinese armies of the Yongle Emperor.
1502 – Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Martinique on his fourth voyage.
1520 – Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in papal bull Exsurge Domine.
1580 – Philip II of Spain declares William the Silent to be an outlaw.
1648 – Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1667 – The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
1752 – Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
1776 – Delaware Separation Day – Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
1785 – Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, co-pilot of the first-ever manned flight (1783), and his companion, Pierre Romain, become the first-ever casualties of an air crash when their hot air balloon explodes during their attempt to cross the English Channel.
1804 – New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document.
1808 – Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
1836 – Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
1844 – Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
1846 – The Oregon Treaty establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and Canada, from the Rocky Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
1859 – Pig War: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between United States and British/Canadian settlers.
1864 – American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
1864 – Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81 km2) around Arlington Mansion (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
1867 – Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode gold mine located in Montana.
1877 – Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
1878 – Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
1888 – Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
1896 – The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
1904 – A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
1905 – Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustaf, Crown Prince of Sweden.
1909 – Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.
1913 – The Battle of Bud Bagsak in the Philippines ends.
1916 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
1919 – John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
1920 – Duluth lynchings in Minnesota.
1920 – A new border treaty between Germany and Denmark gives northern Schleswig to Denmark.
1934 – The U.S. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
1936 – First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
1937 – A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
1940 – World War II: Operation Ariel begins – Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
1944 – World War II: Battle of Saipan: The United States invade Japanese-occupied Saipan.
1944 – In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
1945 – The General Dutch Youth League (ANJV) is founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1954 – UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) is formed in Basel, Switzerland.
1970 – Charles Manson goes on trial for the Sharon Tate murders.
1972 – Red Army Faction co-founder Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
1978 – King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
1985 – Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
1991 – In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th Century. In the end, over 800 people die.
1992 – The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the USA for trial, without approval from those other countries.
1994 – Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations.
1996 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes a large bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, United Kingdom.
2001 – Leaders of the People's Republic of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
2012 – Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk over Niagara Falls.
2013 – A bomb explodes on a bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 25 people and wounding 22 others.



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15 June Births



1330 – Edward, the Black Prince, English son of Edward III of England (d. 1376)
1519 – Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, English son of Henry VIII of England (d. 1536)
1542 – Richard Grenville, English captain and explorer (d. 1591)
1594 – Nicolas Poussin, French painter (d. 1665)
1623 – Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician (d. 1672)
1624 – Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (d. 1704)
1640 – Bernard Lamy, French mathematician and theologian (d. 1715)
1749 – Georg Joseph Vogler, German organist, composer, and theorist (d. 1814)
1755 – Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (d. 1809)
1763 – Franz Danzi, German cellist, composer, and conductor (d. 1826)
1763 – Kobayashi Issa, Japanese poet (d. 1827)
1765 – Martin Baum, American businessman and politician (d. 1831)
1765 – Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German astronomer (d. 1831)
1767 – Rachel Jackson, American wife of Andrew Jackson (d. 1828)
1777 – David Daniel Davis, Welsh physician (d. 1841)
1789 – Josiah Henson, American minister, author, and activist (d. 1883)
1792 – Thomas Mitchell, Scottish-Australian explorer (d. 1855)
1801 – Benjamin Wright Raymond, American politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (d. 1883)
1805 – William B. Ogden, American politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (d. 1877)
1809 – François-Xavier Garneau, Canadian poet and historian (d. 1866)
1835 – Adah Isaacs Menken, American actress, painter and poet (d. 1868)
1843 – Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1907)
1848 – Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala, Indian bishop (d. 1902)
1872 – Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer (d. 1950)
1875 – Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier (d. 1987)
1876 – Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer (d. 1955)
1882 – Ion Antonescu, Romanian marshal and politician (d. 1946)
1884 – Harry Langdon, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1944)
1888 – Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet (d. 1921)
1894 – Robert Russell Bennett, American composer (d. 1981)
1894 – Nikolai Chebotaryov, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician (d. 1947)
1900 – Gotthard Günther, German philosopher (d. 1984)
1900 – Otto Luening, German-American composer and conductor (d. 1996)
1901 – Elmar Lohk, Estonian architect (d. 1963)
1902 – Erik Erikson, German-American psychoanalyst (d. 1994)
1906 – Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and author (d. 1985)
1906 – Léon Degrelle, Belgian SS officer (d. 1994)
1907 – James Robertson Justice, English actor (d. 1975)
1908 – Sam Giancana, American mobster (d. 1975)
1909 – Elena Nikolaidi, Greek-American opera singer (d. 2002)
1910 – David Rose, English-American pianist, composer, and orchestra leader (d. 1990)
1911 – Wilbert Awdry, English author, co-created Thomas the Tank Engine (d. 1997)
1914 – Yuri Andropov, Russian politician (d. 1984)
1914 – Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American cartoonist (d. 1999)
1914 – Hilda Terry, American cartoonist (d. 2006)
1915 – Thomas Huckle Weller, American virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
1916 – Olga Erteszek, Polish-American fashion designer (d. 1989)
1916 – Horacio Salgán, Argentinian pianist, composer, and orchestra leader
1916 – Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)
1917 – John Fenn, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)
1917 – Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
1917 – Lash LaRue, American actor (d. 1996)
1918 – Zhang Ruifang, Chinese actress (d. 2012)
1920 – Alla Kazanskaya, Russian actress (d. 2008)
1920 – Sam Sniderman, Canadian businessman, founded Sam the Record Man (d. 2012)
1920 – Alberto Sordi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
1921 – Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (d. 1977)
1922 – Jaki Byard, American pianist and composer (d. 1999)
1922 – Ronald Murray, Scottish judge
1922 – John Veale, English composer (d. 2006)
1923 – Ninian Stephen, Australian judge
1924 – Ezer Weizman, Israeli commander and politician, 7th President of Israel (d. 2005)
1925 – Ross Andru, American illustrator (d. 1993)
1925 – Richard Baker, British BBC broadcaster
1926 – Shigeru Kayano, Japanese activist (d. 2006)
1926 – Mac McGarry, American game show host
1927 – Ibn-e-Insha, Indian-Pakistani poet (d. 1978)
1927 – Ottó Foky, Hungarian animator (d. 2012)
1927 – Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (d. 1995)
1930 – John Fretwell, British diplomat
1930 – Victor Lundin, American actor and singer (d. 2013)
1930 – Miguel Méndez, American author (d. 2013)
1930 – Marcel Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player
1931 – Joseph Gilbert, British Royal Air Force officer
1932 – David Alliance, British businessman and politician
1932 – Mario Cuomo, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York
1932 – Zia Fariduddin Dagar, Indian singer (d. 2013)
1932 – Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian football player (d. 1999)
1933 – Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
1933 – Mark Jones, English footballer (d. 1958)
1933 – Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian politician, 2nd President of Iran (d. 1981)
1934 – Mikel Laboa, Spanish singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
1935 – John Perry, British bishop
1936 – Claude Brasseur, French actor
1936 – William Levada, American cardinal
1937 – Adrian Berry, British science journalist and peer
1937 – Pierre Billon, Canadian author
1937 – Anna Hazare, Indian social activist
1937 – Waylon Jennings, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Highwaymen) (d. 2002)
1938 – Tony Oxley, English jazz drummer
1938 – Billy Williams, American baseball player and 1987 National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum inductee
1939 – Ward Connerly, American activist and businessman, founded the American Civil Rights Institute
1939 – Brian Jacques, English author (d. 2011)
1941 – Neal Adams, American illustrator
1941 – Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1994)
1942 – Ian Greenberg, Canadian broadcaster, founded Astral Media
1942 – John E. McLaughlin, American diplomat
1942 – Peter Norman, Australian sprinter (d. 2006)
1943 – Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor
1943 – Xaviera Hollander, Dutch madam and author
1943 – Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Danish politician, 38th Prime Minister of Denmark
1943 – Lee Shallat-Chemel, American director and producer
1943 – Larry Whitty, British politician
1943 – Muff Winwood, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (Spencer Davis Group)
1944 – Robert D. Keppel, American police officer and detective
1945 – Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipino judge
1945 – Nicola Pagett, Egyptian-English actress
1945 – Robert Sarah, Guinean cardinal
1945 – Lawrence Wilkerson, American colonel
1946 – Brigitte Fossey, French actress
1946 – Noddy Holder, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Slade)
1946 – John Horner, American paleontologist
1946 – Demis Roussos, Egyptian-Greek singer (Aphrodite's Child)
1947 – John Hoagland, American photographer
1947 – Paul Patterson, British composer
1947 – Lee Purcell, American actress
1948 – Mike Holmgren, American football player and coach
1948 – Alan Huckle, British colonial administrator
1948 – Henry McLeish, Scottish footballer and politician, 2nd First Minister of Scotland
1949 – Dusty Baker, American baseball player and manager
1949 – Simon Callow, English actor and director
1949 – Russell Hitchcock, Australian singer-songwriter (Air Supply)
1949 – Jim Varney, American actor (d. 2000)
1950 – Juliana Azumah-Mensah, Ghanaian nurse and politician
1950 – Lakshmi Mittal, Indian steel magnate
1951 – Vance A. Larson, American painter (d. 2000)
1951 – John Redwood, British politician
1951 – Steve Walsh, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Kansas and Streets)
1952 – Satya Pal Jain, Indian Politician; Senior Leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party; Ex-Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Chandigarh; Senior Advocate
1952 – Dirceu, Brazilian footballer (d. 1995)
1953 – Vilma Bardauskienė, Lithuanian long jumper
1953 – Eje Elgh, Swedish race car driver
1953 – Xi Jinping, Chinese politician, Current General Secretary of the Communist Party and 7th Chinese President
1953 – Rita Lee, American model
1953 – Raphael Wallfisch, English cellist
1954 – Jim Belushi, American actor and singer
1954 – Paul Rusesabagina, Rwandan humanitarian
1954 – Zdeňka Šilhavá, Czech discus thrower
1954 – Beverley Whitfield, Australian swimmer (d. 1996)
1955 – Julie Hagerty, American model and actress
1955 – David Kennedy, American son of Robert F. Kennedy (d. 1984)
1956 – Ava Cadell, Hungarian-American actress and therapist
1956 – Robin Curtis, American actress
1956 – Polly Draper, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1956 – Yevgeny Kiselyov, Russian journalist
1956 – Lance Parrish, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1957 – Brad Gillis, American guitarist (Night Ranger)
1957 – Stephen Lloyd, British politician
1957 – Seppo Pääkkönen, Finnish actor
1957 – Peeter Pere, Estonian architect
1958 – Wade Boggs, American baseball player
1958 – Riccardo Paletti, Italian race car driver (d. 1982)
1959 – Alan Brazil, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
1959 – Eileen Davidson, American actress
1959 – Vicki Genfan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1960 – Michèle Laroque, French actress
1960 – Marieke van Doorn, Dutch field hockey player
1961 – Brad Armstrong, American wrestler (d. 2012)
1961 – Laurent Cantet, French director and screenwriter
1961 – Kai Eckhardt, German-American bass player and songwriter (Garaj Mahal and Vital Information)
1961 – Yoshimi Iwasaki, Japanese singer and actress
1961 – Dave McAuley, Irish boxer
1961 – Scott Norton, American wrestler
1962 – Thomas Mikal Ford, American actor
1962 – Chris Morris; English satirist, writer, director, actor, voice actor, and producer
1962 – Andrea Rost, Hungarian soprano
1963 – Marina Azyabina, Russian hurdler
1963 – John Carr, English cricket administrator
1963 – Mario Gosselin, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1963 – Helen Hunt, American actress, director, and producer
1963 – Igor Paklin, Kyrgyzstani high jumper
1963 – Blanca Portillo, Spanish actress
1963 – Tom Taaffe, Irish racehorse trainer
1963 – Nigel Walker, Welsh rugby player
1964 – Valeri Bukrejev, Estonian pole vaulter
1964 – Courteney Cox, American actress, director, and producer
1964 – Gavin Greenaway, English composer and conductor
1964 – Michael Laudrup, Danish footballer and manager
1964 – John Varvatos, American fashion designer
1965 – Annelies Bredael, Belgian rower
1965 – Mark Farrington, English footballer
1965 – Karim Massimov, Kazakhstani politician, 7th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
1965 – Adam Smith, American lawyer and politician
1966 – Idalis DeLeón, American singer and actress (Seduction)
1967 – Yūji Ueda, Japanese voice actor and singer
1968 – Oh Dal-su, South Korean actor
1968 – Károly Güttler, Hungarian swimmer
1969 – Jesse Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 – Ice Cube, American rapper, producer, and actor (C.I.A., N.W.A, and Westside Connection)
1969 – Nasos Galakteros, Greek basketball player
1969 – Oliver Kahn, German footballer and sportscaster
1969 – Maurice Odumbe, Kenyan cricketer
1969 – Cédric Pioline, French tennis player
1969 – Jeff Neal, American drummer (Boston)
1970 – Christian Bauman, American author
1970 – Gaëlle Méchaly, French soprano
1970 – Leah Remini, American actress
1970 – Žan Tabak, Croatian basketball player and coach
1971 – Edwin Brienen, Dutch-German actor, director, and producer
1971 – Jake Busey, American actor, singer, and producer
1971 – Isménia do Frederico, Cape Verdean sprinter
1971 – Christos Myriounis, Greek basketball player
1971 – Bif Naked, Indian-Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and poet
1972 – Chloe Dao, American fashion designer
1972 – Marcus Hahnemann, American soccer player
1972 – Justin Leonard, American golfer
1972 – Andy Pettitte, American baseball player
1972 – Hank von Helvete, Norwegian singer and guitarist (Turbonegro and Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult)
1973 – Tore André Flo, Norwegian footballer and coach
1973 – Neil Patrick Harris, American actor, singer, and director
1973 – Pia Miranda, Australian actress
1973 – Greg Vaughan, American actor
1975 – Elizabeth Reaser, American actress
1975 – Rachel Wacholder, American volleyball player
1976 – Gary Lightbody, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Snow Patrol, Listen... Tanks!, Tired Pony, and The Reindeer Section)
1976 – Jiří Ryba, Czech decathlete
1977 – Michael Doleac, American basketball player
1977 – Nina Liu, Australian actress
1977 – Mario Vazquez, Puerto Rican-American singer
1978 – Wilfred Bouma, Dutch footballer
1978 – Zach Day, American baseball player
1979 – Danielle Lineker, Welsh model and actress
1979 – Yulia Nestsiarenka, Belarusian sprinter
1979 – Christian Rahn, German footballer
1979 – Julia Schultz, American model and actress
1979 – Charles Zwolsman, Jr., Dutch race car driver
1980 – Mary Carey, American porn actress and director
1980 – Christopher Castile, American actor
1980 – Almudena Cid Tostado, Spanish gymnast
1980 – Cara Zavaleta, American model and actress
1981 – Billy Martin, American guitarist, songwriter, author, and illustrator (Good Charlotte)
1981 – John Paintsil, Ghanaian footballer
1981 – Jeremy Reed, American baseball player
1981 – Jordi Vilasuso, American actor
1981 – Daniel Vosovic, American fashion designer
1982 – Katie Chapman, English footballer
1982 – Mike Delany, New Zealand rugby player
1982 – Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi cricketer
1982 – Haley Scarnato, American singer
1983 – Derek Anderson, American football player
1983 – Julia Fischer, German violinist and pianist
1983 – Laura Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983 – Josh McGuire, Canadian fencer
1984 – Luke Hodge, Australian footballer
1984 – Eva Hrdinová, Czech tennis player
1984 – Tim Lincecum, American baseball player
1984 – Mauro Rizzo, Italian footballer
1984 – Edison Toloza, Colombian footballer
1985 – Nadine Coyle, Irish singer-songwriter and actress (Girls Aloud and Six)
1986 – Stjepan Hauser, Croatian cellist (2Cellos)
1986 – Stoya, American pornographic actress and model
1987 – Ani Mijačika, Croatian tennis player
1987 – Rohullah Nikpai, Afghan martial artist
1988 – Barakat Al-Harthi, Omani sprinter
1988 – Miku Ishida, Japanese singer and actress
1989 – Víctor Cabedo, Spanish cyclist (d. 2012)
1990 – Miwa, Japanese singer-songwriter and musician
1990 – Denzel Whitaker, American actor
1991 – Emily Harman, American tennis player
1992 – Dafne Schippers, Dutch heptathlete and sprinter
1993 – Kanna Arihara, Japanese singer and model (Cute)
1993 – Jacopo Galimberti, Italian footballer



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15 June Deaths


923 – Robert I of France (b. 866)
991 – Theophanu, Byzantine wife of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 960)
1073 – Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (b. 1034)
1189 – Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)
1246 – Frederick II, Duke of Austria (b. 1219)
1341 – Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1297)
1381 – John Cavendish, English judge (b. 1346)
1381 – Wat Tyler, English leader of the Peasants' Revolt (b. 1341)
1383 – John VI Kantakouzenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1292)
1389 – Murad I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1326)
1389 – Lazar of Serbia (b. 1329)
1416 – John, Duke of Berry (b. 1340)
1467 – Philip the Good, French son of Margaret of Bavaria (b. 1396)
1521 – Tamás Bakócz, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1442)
1560 – William Sommers, English jester (b.1525)
1614 – Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English politician (b. 1540)
1679 – Guillaume Courtois, French painter (b. 1628)
1724 – Henry Sacheverell, English clergyman and politician (b. 1674)
1768 – James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (b. 1710)
1772 – Louis-Claude Daquin, French composer (b. 1694)
1844 – Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (b. 1777)
1849 – James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (b. 1795)
1858 – Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter (b. 1795)
1888 – Frederick III, German Emperor (b. 1831)
1889 – Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (b. 1850)
1890 – Unryū Kyūkichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 10th Yokozuna (b. 1822)
1917 – Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist (b. 1867)
1934 – Alfred Bruneau, French composer (b. 1857)
1938 – Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter (b. 1880)
1941 – Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist (b. 1873)
1941 – Evelyn Underhill, English author (b. 1875)
1961 – Giulio Cabianca, Italian race car driver (b. 1923)
1962 – Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1877)
1965 – Steve Cochran, American actor (b. 1917)
1965 – Ephraim Avigdor Speiser, Polish-American scholar (b. 1902)
1967 – Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1885)
1968 – Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (b. 1880)
1968 – Wes Montgomery, American guitarist (Montgomery Brothers) (b. 1925)
1971 – Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1976 – Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1896)
1983 – Sri Sri, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1910)
1984 – Meredith Willson, American composer, conductor and playwright (b. 1902)
1985 – Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (b. 1927)
1985 – Robert Stethem, American diver (b. 1961)
1989 – Maurice Bellemare, Canadian politician (b. 1912)
1989 – Victor French, American actor and director (b. 1934)
1991 – Happy Chandler, American businessman and politician, 49th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1898)
1991 – Arthur Lewis, Saint Lucian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
1992 – Chuck Menville, American television animator and writer (b. 1940)
1993 – John Connally, American politician, 61st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1917)
1993 – James Hunt, English race car driver (b. 1947)
1994 – Manos Hatzidakis, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1925)
1995 – John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist and inventor, invented the Atanasoff–Berry Computer (b. 1903)
1996 – Ella Fitzgerald, American singer and actress (b. 1917)
1996 – Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish general and politician (b. 1911)
1996 – Dick Murdoch, American wrestler (b. 1946)
1999 – Omer Côté, Canadian politician (b. 1906)
2000 – Jules Roy, French author (b. 1907)
2000 – James Montgomery Boice, American theologian, Bible teacher, and pastor (b. 1938)
2001 – Henri Alekan, French cinematographer (b. 1909)
2001 – Maria Foka, Greek actress (b. 1917)
2001 – Jay Moriarity, American surfer (b. 1978)
2002 – Choi Hong Hi, South Korean general and martial artist, founder of Taekwondo (b. 1918)
2003 – Hume Cronyn, Canadian-American actor and producer (b. 1911)
2005 – Suzanne Flon, French actress (b. 1918)
2006 – Raymond Devos, Belgian-French comedian (b. 1922)
2006 – Herb Pearson, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1910)
2007 – Claudia Cohen, American journalist (b. 1950)
2007 – Sherri Martel, American wrestler and manager (b. 1958)
2008 – Ray Getliffe, Canadian-English ice hockey player (b. 1914)
2008 – Stan Winston, American makeup artist and director (b. 1946)
2011 – Bill Haast, American herpetologist (b. 1910)
2012 – Phillip D. Cagan, American economist and author (b. 1927)
2012 – Capitola Dickerson, American pianist and educator (b. 1913)
2012 – Günther Domenig, Austrian architect, designed the T-Center (b. 1934)
2012 – Rune Gustafsson, Swedish guitarist and composer (b. 1933)
2012 – Barry MacKay, American tennis player (b. 1935)
2012 – Israel Nogueda Otero, Mexican economist and politician, 10th Governor of Guerrero (b. 1935)
2012 – Alan Saunders, English-Australian philosopher and radio host (b. 1954)
2012 – Jerry Tubbs, American football player and coach (b. 1935)
2013 – Manivannan, Indian actor and director (b. 1954)
2013 – Peride Celal, Turkish author (b. 1916)
2013 – Heinz Flohe, German footballer and manager (b. 1948)
2013 – Edgar Gilbert, American mathematician (b. 1923)
2013 – José Froilán González, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1922)
2013 – Helen Hughes, Czech-Australian economist (b. 1928)
2013 – Elena Ivashchenko, Russian martial artist (b. 1984)
2013 – Thomas Penfield Jackson, American judge (b. 1937)
2013 – Stan Lopata, American baseball player (b. 1925)
2013 – Evaristo Márquez, Colombian actor (b. 1939)
2013 – Dennis O'Rourke, Australian director and producer (b. 1945)
2013 – Paul Soros, Hungarian-American engineer and businessman (b. 1926)
2013 – Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1936)
2014 – Casey Kasem, American radio personality, musician, disc jockey, and actor (b. 1932)



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16 June Events



363 – Emperor Julian marches back up the Tigris and burns his fleet of supply ships. During the withdrawal Roman forces suffering several attacks from the Persians.
632 – Yazdegerd III ascends to the throne as king (shah) of the Persian Empire. He becomes the last ruler of the Sasanian dynasty (modern Iran).
1407 – Ming–Hồ War: Retired King Hồ Quý Ly and his son King Hồ Hán Thương of Hồ dynasty are captured by the Ming armies.
1487 – Battle of Stoke Field, the final engagement of the Wars of the Roses.
1586 – Mary, Queen of Scots, recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir and successor.
1745 – British troops take Cape Breton Island, which is now part of Nova Scotia, Canada.
1745 – War of the Austrian Succession: New England colonial troops under the command of William Pepperrell capture the French Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia (Old Style).
1746 – War of Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
1755 – French and Indian War: the French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
1774 – Foundation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
1779 – Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
1795 – First Battle of Groix otherwise known as "Cornwallis' Retreat".
1815 – Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo.
1816 – Lord Byron reads Fantasmagoriana to his four house guests at the Villa Diodati, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, Claire Clairmont, and John Polidori, and inspires his challenge that each guest write a ghost story, which culminated in Mary Shelley writing the novel Frankenstein, John Polidori writing the short story The Vampyre, and Byron writing the poem Darkness.
1836 – The formation of the London Working Men's Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement.
1846 – The Papal conclave of 1846 concludes. Pope Pius IX is elected Pope beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy.
1858 – Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois.
1858 – The Battle of Morar takes place during the Indian Mutiny.
1871 – The University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
1883 – The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England kills 183 children.
1884 – The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
1891 – John Abbott becomes Canada's third Prime Minister.
1897 – A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
1903 – The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
1903 – Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage, leaving Oslo, Norway.
1904 – Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolai Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
1904 – Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
1911 – IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
1911 – A 772 gram stony meteorite strikes the earth near Kilbourn, Wisconsin damaging a barn.
1915 – Foundation of the British Women's Institute.
1922 – General election in the Irish Free State: the pro-Treaty Sinn Féin win a large majority.
1924 – The Whampoa Military Academy is founded.
1925 – The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established.
1930 – Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
1933 – The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed.
1940 – World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français).
1940 – A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
1944 – At age 14, George Junius Stinney, Jr. becomes the youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th century.
1948 – Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; in response, British Malaya declares a state of emergency.
1955 – In a futile effort to topple President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some forces soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
1958 – Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.
1961 – Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.
1963 – Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 Mission – Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
1967 – The Monterey Pop Festival begins
1972 – The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls Generating Station.
1976 – Soweto uprising: a non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.
1977 – Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
1981 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor, Canada's former ambassador to Iran, for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the hostage crisis of 1979-81; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.
1989 – Revolutions of 1989: Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian Prime Minister, is reburied in Budapest following the collapse of Communism in Hungary.
2000 – Israel complies with United Nations Security Council Resolution 425 22 years after its issuance, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel does so, except the disputed Shebaa farms.
2010 – Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.
2012 – China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts – including the first female Chinese astronaut, Liu Yang – to the Tiangong-1 orbital module.
2012 – The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission.



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16 June Births


1139 – Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155)
1332 – Isabella de Coucy, English daughter of Edward III of England (d. 1382)
1514 – John Cheke, English scholar (d. 1557)
1583 – Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish politician, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (d. 1654)
1591 – Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Greek-Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (d. 1655)
1606 – Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675)
1612 – Murad IV, Ottoman sultan (d. 1640)
1613 – John Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658)
1633 – Jean de Thévenot, French linguist and botanist (d. 1667)
1644 – Princess Henrietta of England (d. 1670)
1713 – Meshech Weare, American farmer, lawyer, and politician, 1st Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1786)
1738 – Mary Katherine Goddard, American publisher (d. 1816)
1754 – Salawat Yulayev, Russian poet (d. 1800)
1792 – John Linnell, English painter (d. 1882)
1801 – Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1868)
1806 – Edward Davy, English physician and chemist (d. 1885)
1813 – Otto Jahn, German archaeologist and philologist (d. 1869)
1820 – Athanase Josué Coquerel, Dutch-French theologian (d. 1875)
1821 – Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (d. 1908)
1826 – Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (d. 1897)
1829 – Geronimo, American tribal leader (d. 1909)
1836 – Wesley Merritt, American general (d. 1910)
1837 – Ernst Laas, German philosopher (d. 1885)
1838 – Frederic Archer, English organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1901)
1838 – Cushman Kellogg Davis, American lieutenant and politician, 7th Governor of Minnesota (d. 1900)
1840 – Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer (d. 1913)
1857 – Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Austrian-Hungarian general (d. 1935)
1858 – Gustaf V of Sweden (d. 1950)
1862 – Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (d. 1947)
1866 – Germanos Karavangelis, Greek bishop (d. 1935)
1874 – Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1960)
1880 – Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-American chemist and author (d. 1963)
1881 – Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and illustrator (d. 1962)
1882 – Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran (d. 1967)
1885 – Erich Jacoby, Baltic German architect (d. 1941)
1888 – Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer (d. 1980)
1890 – Stan Laurel, English-American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (d. 1965)
1894 – Norman Kerry, American actor (d. 1956)
1896 – Murray Leinster, American author (d. 1976)
1897 – Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (d. 1948)
1897 – Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
1902 – Barbara McClintock, American geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)
1902 – George Gaylord Simpson, American paleontologist (d. 1984)
1903 – Helen Traubel, American soprano (d. 1972)
1907 – Jack Albertson, American actor and singer (d. 1981)
1909 – Archie Carr, American biologist (d. 1987)
1910 – Juan Velasco Alvarado, Peruvian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (d. 1977)
1912 – Albert Chartier, Canadian illustrator (d. 2004)
1912 – Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician (d. 1998)
1915 – John Tukey, American mathematician (d. 2000)
1916 – Hank Luisetti, American basketball player (d. 2002)
1916 – John Young, Scottish actor (d. 1996)
1917 – Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (d. 1999)
1917 – Katharine Graham, American publisher (d. 2001)
1917 – Aurelio Lampredi, Italian engineer (d. 1989)
1917 – Irving Penn, American photographer (d. 2009)
1920 – John Howard Griffin, American journalist (d. 1980)
1920 – Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author (d. 2002)
1920 – Raymond Lemieux, Canadian chemist (d. 2002)
1920 – Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Indian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1989)
1920 – José López Portillo, Mexican politician, 31st President of Mexico (d. 2004)
1922 – Ilmar Kullam, Estonian basketball player and coach (d. 2011)
1923 – Ron Flockhart, Scottish race car driver (d. 1962)
1924 – Faith Domergue, American actress (d. 1999)
1924 – Lucky Thompson, American saxophonist (d. 2005)
1925 – Jean d'Ormesson, French author
1925 – Otto Muehl, Austrian painter (d. 2013)
1926 – Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemalan general and politician, 26th President of Guatemala
1927 – Tom Graveney, English cricketer
1927 – Herbert Lichtenfeld, German author and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1927 – Brian Wilde, English actor (d. 2008)
1928 – Annie Cordy, Belgian singer and actress
1928 – Speedy Long, American lawyer and politician (d. 2006)
1929 – Ramon Bieri, American actor (d. 2001)
1929 – Pauline Yates, English actress
1930 – Allan D'Arcangelo, American painter (d. 1998)
1930 – Mike Sparken, French race car driver (d. 2012)
1930 – Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer
1932 – Norman Jones, English actor (d. 2013)
1932 – Ralph Robins, British businessman
1934 – Eileen Atkins, British actress
1934 – Bill Cobbs, American actor
1934 – Jane Henson, American puppeteer (d. 2013)
1934 – Roger Neilson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2003)
1934 – Elvira Vinogradova, Russian television producer
1935 – James Bolam, English actor
1935 – Jim Dine, American painter
1936 – Ann Carter, American actress (d. 2014)
1937 – Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Bulgarian politician, 48th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
1937 – Erich Segal, American author and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1938 – Thomas Boyd-Carpenter, British Army officer
1938 – Torgny Lindgren, Swedish author and poet
1938 – Joyce Carol Oates, American author
1938 – Charles B. Pierce, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1939 – Billy "Crash" Craddock, American singer
1940 – Neil Goldschmidt, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Governor of Oregon
1940 – Nigel Wicks, British civil servant
1941 – Lamont Dozier, American songwriter and producer
1941 – Tõnu Õim, Estonian chess player
1941 – Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Pakistani journalist (d. 2011)
1942 – Giacomo Agostini, Italian motorcycle racer
1942 – Eddie Levert, American singer-songwriter and producer (The O'Jays)
1943 – Joan Van Ark, American actress
1944 – Henri Richelet, French painter
1945 – Claire Alexander, Canadian ice hockey player
1945 – Buddy Roberts, American wrestler (d. 2012)
1945 – Lucienne Robillard, Canadian politician
1946 – Rick Adelman, American basketball player and coach
1946 – John Astor, British businessman and politician
1946 – Karen Dunnell, British statistician
1946 – Tom Harrell, American trumpeter and composer
1946 – Neil MacGregor, British museum director
1946 – Iain Matthews, English singer-songwriter Fairport Convention, Plainsong
1946 – Jodi Rell, American politician, 87th Governor of Connecticut
1946 – Mark Ritts, American actor, puppeteer, and producer (d. 2009)
1946 – Derek Sanderson, Canadian ice hockey player
1946 – Simon Williams, British actor
1947 – -minu, Swiss journalist
1947 – Günther Kaufmann, German actor (d. 2012)
1947 – Tom Wyner, English-American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1947 – Tom Malone, American musician, arranger and producer
1948 – Ron LeFlore, American baseball player and manager
1948 – V. Hanumantha Rao, Indian politician
1949 – Paulo Cézar Caju, Brazilian footballer
1949 – Ralph Mann, American hurdler
1950 – Mithun Chakraborty, Indian actor
1950 – Michel Clair, Canadian politician
1951 – Charlie Dominici, American singer and guitarist (Dream Theater and Dominici)
1951 – Roberto Durán, Panamanian boxer
1952 – George Papandreou, Greek politician, 182nd Prime Minister of Greece
1952 – Gino Vannelli, Canadian singer-songwriter
1953 – Paul Goggins, British politician (d. 2014)
1953 – Valerie Mahaffey, American actress and producer
1953 – Ian Mosley, English drummer (Marillion)
1954 – Matthew Saad Muhammad, American boxer (d. 2014)
1955 – Grete Faremo, Norwegian politician
1955 – Laurie Metcalf, American actress
1957 – Ian Buchanan, Scottish-American actor
1957 – Leeona Dorrian, British judge
1958 – Darrell Griffith, American basketball player
1958 – Jóhannes Helgason, Icelandic guitarist and pilot (Þeyr)
1958 – Ulrike Tauber, German swimmer
1959 – John Franklin, American actor
1959 – Desirée Rogers, American businesswoman
1959 – The Ultimate Warrior, American wrestler (d. 2014)
1960 – Peter Sterling, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
1961 – Dzintar Klavan, Estonian footballer
1961 – Steve Larmer, Canadian ice hockey player
1961 – Margus Metstak, Estonian basketball player
1962 – Wally Joyner, American baseball player and coach
1962 – Femi Kuti, English-Nigerian singer-songwriter and saxophonist
1962 – Arnold Vosloo, South African-American actor
1962 – Anthony Wong, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and producer (Tat Ming Pair)
1963 – Scott Alexander, American screenwriter and producer
1963 – Deb Caletti, American author
1963 – The Sandman, American wrestler
1964 – Danny Burstein, American actor
1965 – Laverne Eve, Bahamian javelin thrower
1965 – Richard Madaleno, American politician
1966 – Phil Vischer, American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Jan Železný, Czech javelin thrower
1967 – Charalambos Andreou, Cypriot footballer
1967 – Jürgen Klopp, German footballer and manager
1967 – Rupert Onslow, British insurance underwriter and hereditary peer
1968 – James Patrick Stuart American actor
1969 – Shami Chakrabarti, English academic
1969 – Mark Crossley, English-Welsh footballer and manager
1969 – Tommy Tiernan, Irish comedian and actor
1970 – Younus AlGohar, Pakistani humanitarian
1970 – Clifton Collins, Jr., American actor
1970 – Cobi Jones, American soccer player and manager
1970 – Phil Mickelson, American golfer
1971 – Chris Gomez, American baseball player
1971 – Tupac Shakur, American rapper, producer, and actor (Digital Underground, Outlawz, and Thug Life) (d. 1996)
1972 – John Cho, South Korean-American actor
1972 – Simon Khan, English golfer
1972 – Ann Shoket, American journalist
1973 – Amanda Byram, Irish television host
1973 – Eddie Cibrian, American actor
1973 – Nikos Machlas, Greek footballer
1974 – Paul Lee, English-American sculptor
1975 – Anthony Carter, American basketball player
1975 – Heather Peace, English actress and singer
1976 – Cian Ciaran, Welsh keyboard player (Super Furry Animals)
1976 – Edwin Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
1977 – Craig Fitzgibbon, Australian rugby player
1977 – Kevin Foster, American murderer
1877 – Duncan Hames, English politician
1977 – Simone Legno, Italian artist
1977 – Petros Papadakis, American sportscaster
1977 – Kerry Wood, American baseball player
1978 – Daniel Brühl, Spanish-German actor
1978 – Fish Leong, Malaysian singer
1978 – Lyndsey Marshal, English actress
1978 – Jay Moriarity, American surfer
1978 – Dainius Zubrus, Lithuanian ice hockey player
1980 – Brandon Armstrong, American basketball player
1980 – Phil Christophers, German-English rugby player
1980 – Nehir Erdoğan, Turkish actress
1980 – Brad Gushue, Canadian curler
1980 – Daré Nibombé, Togolese footballer
1980 – Martin Stranzl, Austrian footballer
1980 – Justin Tranter, American singer-songwriter and jewelry designer (Semi Precious Weapons)
1980 – Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer and actress
1981 – Benjamin Becker, German tennis player
1981 – Kevin Bieksa, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 – Ben Kweller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Radish and The Bens)
1981 – Miguel Villalta, Peruvian footballer
1982 – May Andersen, Danish model
1982 – Fraser Cartmell, Scottish triathlete
1982 – Matt Costa, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982 – Missy Peregrym, Canadian actress
1982 – Jodi Santamaria, Filipino actress
1982 – Chris Wingert, American soccer player
1983 – Armend Dallku, Albanian footballer
1984 – Jonathan Broxton, American baseball player
1984 – Gábor Császár, Hungarian handball player
1984 – Rick Nash, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Steven Whittaker, Scottish footballer
1986 – Rodrigo Defendi, Brazilian footballer
1986 – Urby Emanuelson, Dutch footballer
1986 – Fernando Muslera, Uruguayan footballer
1986 – Farhad Reza, Bangladeshi cricketer
1986 – Robert Rothbart, Israeli-Serbian basketball player
1987 – Kelly Blatz, American actor and singer
1987 – Diana DeGarmo, American singer-songwriter and actress
1987 – Abby Elliott, American actress
1987 – Christian Tshimanga Kabeya, Belgian footballer
1987 – Per Ciljan Skjelbred, Norwegian footballer
1988 – Keshia Chanté, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
1988 – Leeland Dayton Mooring, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Leeland)
1988 – Nathan Parsons, Australian-American actor
1989 – Jelena Glebova, Estonian figure skater
1990 – John Newman, English soul singer and songwriter
1991 – Joe McElderry, English singer-songwriter
1992 – Vladimir Morozov, Russian swimmer
1994 – Aarya Ambekar, Indian singer



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16 June Deaths


1397 – Philip of Artois, Count of Eu (b. 1358)
1468 – Jean Le Fevre de Saint-Remy, Burgundian chronicler (b. 1395)
1622 – Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1555)
1623 – Christian the Younger of Brunswick (b. 1599)
1666 – Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet, English poet and diplomat (b. 1608)
1671 – Stenka Razin, Russian rebel leader (b. 1630)
1707 – Marie de Nemours, French wife of Henri II, Duke of Nemours (b. 1625)
1722 – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general and politician (b. 1650)
1749 – Johann Baptista Ruffini, Italian salt trader (b. 1672)
1752 – Joseph Butler, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1692)
1777 – Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and playwright (b. 1709)
1778 – Konrad Ekhof, German actor (b. 1720)
1779 – Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1712)
1792 – Benjamin Tupper, American general (b. 1738)
1804 – Johann Adam Hiller, German composer and conductor (b. 1728)
1824 – Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, French politician (b. 1739)
1849 – Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette, German theologian and scholar (b. 1780)
1850 – William Lawson, English-Australian explorer (b. 1774)
1858 – John Snow, English physician (b. 1813)
1862 – Hidenoyama Raigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 9th Yokozuna (b. 1808)
1869 – Charles Sturt, Indian-English explorer (b. 1795)
1872 – Norman MacLeod, Scottish clergyman and author (b. 1812)
1878 – Crawford Long, American surgeon and pharmacist (b. 1815)
1881 – Marie Laveau, American voodoo practitioner (b. 1801)
1881 – Josiah Mason, English businessman (b. 1795)
1885 – Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter (b. 1818)
1902 – Ernst Schröder, German mathematician (b. 1841)
1925 – Chittaranjan Das, Indian politician (b. 1870)
1925 – Emmett Hardy, American cornet player (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1903)
1928 – Mark Keppel, American educator (b. 1867)
1929 – Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856)
1929 – Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and football coach (b. 1871)
1930 – Ezra Fitch, American lawyer and businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1866)
1930 – Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor, co-invented the gyrocompass (b. 1860)
1939 – Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1905)
1940 – DuBose Heyward, American author (b. 1885)
1944 – Marc Bloch, French historian (b. 1886)
1945 – Aris Velouchiotis, Greek military leader (b. 1905)
1946 – Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (b 1889)
1952 – Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist and educator (b. 1861)
1953 – Margaret Bondfield, English politician (b. 1873)
1955 – Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter (b. 1864)
1958 – Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1895) and Pal Maleter
1959 – George Reeves, American actor and director (b. 1914)
1961 – Marcel Junod, Swiss physician (b. 1904)
1967 – Reginald Denny, English actor and singer (b. 1891)
1969 – Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada(b. 1891)
1970 – Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist (b. 1888)
1970 – Heino Eller, Estonian composer (b. 1887)
1970 – Brian Piccolo, American football player (b. 1943)
1971 – John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC (b. 1889)
1973 – Louise Latimer, American actress (b. 1913)
1977 – Wernher von Braun, German-American engineer (b. 1912)
1979 – Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Ghanaian general, 6th Head of state of Ghana (b. 1931)
1979 – Nicholas Ray, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
1981 – Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (b. 1917)
1982 – James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist and songwriter (The Pretenders) (b. 1956)
1984 – Lew Andreas, American football player and coach (b. 1895)
1984 – Erni Krusten, Estonian writer (b. 1900)
1986 – Maurice Duruflé, French organist and composer (b. 1902)
1987 – Marguerite de Angeli, American author and illustrator (b. 1889)
1988 – Miguel Piñero, Puerto Rican-American actor and playwright, co-founded the Nuyorican Poets Café (b. 1946)
1990 – Gertrude Baniszewski, American murderer of Sylvia Likens (b. 1929)
1990 – Megan Leigh, American porn actress (b. 1964)
1993 – Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer (b. 1913)
1994 – Kristen Pfaff, American bass player and songwriter (Hole and Janitor Joe) (b. 1967)
1996 – Mel Allen, American sportscaster (b. 1913)
1997 – Dal Stivens, Australian author (b. 1911)
1999 – Screaming Lord Sutch, English singer (b. 1940)
2000 – Empress Kōjun of Japan (b. 1903)
2003 – Pierre Bourgault, Canadian politician (b. 1934)
2003 – Georg Henrik von Wright, Finnish–Swedish philosopher (b. 1916)
2003 – Philip Stone, English actor (b. 1924)
2004 – Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1911)
2004 – Jacques Miquelon, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1911)
2005 – Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican author and critic (b. 1906)
2006 – Igor Śmiałowski, Polish actor (b. 1917)
2007 – Mohammad Fazel Lankarani, Iranian cleric (b. 1931)
2008 – Tom Compernolle, Belgian runner (b. 1975)
2008 – Mario Rigoni Stern, Italian author (b. 1921)
2010 – Marc Bazin, Haitian lawyer and politician, 49th President of Haiti (b. 1932)
2010 – Maureen Forrester, Canadian opera singer (b. 1930)
2010 – Ronald Neame, English cinematographer, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
2011 – Östen Mäkitalo, Swedish engineer (b. 1938)
2012 – Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1934)
2012 – Howie Chizek, American radio host (b. 1947)
2012 – Dan Dorfman, American journalist (b. 1931)
2012 – Nils Karlsson, Swedish skier (b. 1917)
2012 – Jorge Lankenau, Mexican banker and businessman (b. 1944)
2012 – Sławomir Petelicki, Polish general (b. 1946)
2012 – Thierry Roland, French sportscaster (b. 1937)
2012 – Susan Tyrrell, American actress (b. 1945)
2013 – Sam Farber, American businessman, co-founded OXO (b. 1924)
2013 – T. Ed Garrison, Jr., American politician (b. 1922)
2013 – Hans Hass, Austrian diver (b. 1919)
2013 – Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic (b. 1950)
2013 – Josip Kuže, Croatian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1952)
2013 – Richard Marlow, English organist and conductor (b. 1939)
2013 – Norman Ian MacKenzie, English journalist (b. 1921)
2013 – D. M. Schurman, Canadian historian (b. 1924)
2013 – Ottmar Walter, German footballer (b. 1924)
2014 – Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach (b. 1960)



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17 June Events


1462 – Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.
1497 – Battle of Deptford Bridge – forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.
1565 – Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru.
1579 – Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
1596 – The Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovers the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen.
1631 – Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
1673 – French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course.
1773 – Cúcuta, Colombia, is discovered by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
1789 – In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
1839 – In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result.
1843 – The Wairau Affray, the first serious clash of arms between Māori and British settlers in the New Zealand Wars, takes place.
1861 – Battle of Vienna, Virginia in the American Civil War.
1863 – Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
1876 – American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud – 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
1877 – American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon – the Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
1898 – The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
1900 – Boxer Rebellion: Allied Western and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
1901 – The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
1910 – Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
1930 – U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law.
1932 – Bonus Army: around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
1933 – Union Station Massacre: in Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash.
1939 – Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison
1940 – World War II: sinking of the RMS Lancastria by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France. At least 3,000 are killed; Britain's worst maritime disaster.
1940 – World War II: the British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces.
1940 – The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
1944 – Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic.
1953 – East Germany Workers Uprising: in East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
1958 – The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, in the process of being built to connect Vancouver and North Vancouver (Canada), collapses into the Burrard Inlet killing many of the ironworkers and injuring others.
1960 – The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 million acres (28,000 km2) of land undervalued at 4 cents/acre in the 1863 treaty.
1963 – The United States Supreme Court rules 8 to 1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against requiring the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools.
1963 – A day after South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem announced the Joint Communique to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot involving around 2,000 people breaks out. One person is killed.
1967 – The People's Republic of China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon.
1971 – President Richard Nixon declares the U.S. War on Drugs.
1972 – Watergate scandal: five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.
1985 – STS-51-G Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a Payload Specialist.
1987 – With the death of the last individual of the species, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct.
1991 – Apartheid: the South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
1992 – A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).
1994 – Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O.J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.



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17 June Births


1239 – Edward I of England (d. 1307)
1603 – Joseph of Cupertino, Italian mystic and saint (d. 1663)
1658 – Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real, Portuguese politician (d. 1736)
1682 – Charles XII of Sweden (d. 1718)
1691 – Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765)
1693 – Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775)
1704 – John Kay, English inventor, invented the Flying shuttle (d. 1780)
1714 – César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer (d. 1784)
1718 – George Howard, English field marshal (d. 1796)
1808 – Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet, playwright, and linguist (d. 1845)
1810 – Ferdinand Freiligrath, German poet (d. 1876)
1811 – Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic politician (d. 1879)
1818 – Charles Gounod, French composer (d. 1893)
1818 – Sophie of Württemberg (d. 1877)
1832 – William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (d. 1919)
1839 – Arthur Tooth, English priest (d. 1931)
1858 – Eben Sumner Draper, American politician, 44th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1914)
1861 – Pete Browning, American baseball player (d. 1905)
1861 – Omar Bundy, American general (d. 1940)
1863 – Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1934)
1867 – Flora Finch, English-American actress (d. 1940)
1867 – John Robert Gregg, Irish-American educator, publisher, and humanitarian (d. 1948)
1867 – Henry Lawson, Australian poet (d. 1922)
1870 – Kitaro Nishida, Japanese philosopher (d. 1945)
1871 – James Weldon Johnson, American author, journalist, and activist (d. 1938)
1876 – William Carr, American rower (d. 1942)
1880 – Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (d. 1964)
1881 – Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer (d. 1955)
1882 – Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1918)
1882 – Igor Stravinsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1971)
1888 – Heinz Guderian, German general (d. 1954)
1898 – M. C. Escher, Dutch illustrator (d. 1972)
1898 – Carl Hermann, German physicist (d. 1961)
1898 – Harry Patch, English super-centenarian (d. 2009)
1900 – Martin Bormann, German politician (d. 1945)
1902 – Sammy Fain, American composer (d. 1989)
1902 – Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (d. 1982)
1903 – Ruth Graves Wakefield, American chef, created the chocolate chip cookie (d. 1977)
1904 – Ralph Bellamy, American actor and singer (d. 1991)
1904 – Patrice Tardif, Canadian politician (d. 1989)
1907 – Maurice Cloche, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1907 – Charles Eames, American designer and architect (d. 1978)
1909 – Elmer L. Andersen, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Minnesota (d. 2004)
1909 – Ralph E. Winters, Canadian-American film editor (d. 2004)
1910 – Red Foley, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 1968)
1910 – George Hees, Canadian football player and politician (d. 1996)
1914 – John Hersey, American journalist (d. 1993)
1915 – David "Stringbean" Akeman, American singer and banjo player (d. 1973)
1915 – Marcel Cadieux, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (d. 1981)
1915 – Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist (d. 1996)
1916 – Terry Gilkyson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Easy Riders) (d. 1999)
1917 – Dufferin Roblin, Canadian politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba (d. 2010)
1918 – Ajahn Chah, Thai educator (d. 1992)
1919 – John Moffat, Scottish commander and pilot
1919 – Beryl Reid, English actress (d. 1996)
1920 – Jacob H. Gilbert, American politician (d. 1981)
1920 – Setsuko Hara, Japanese actress
1920 – François Jacob, French biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1920 – Peter Le Cheminant, British Royal Air Force Air Marshal
1922 – John Amis, English journalist and critic (d. 2013)
1923 – Elroy Hirsch, American football player (d. 2004)
1923 – Dale C. Thomson, Canadian historian and educator (d. 1999)
1925 – Alexander Shulgin, American pharmacologist and chemist (d. 2014)
1927 – Martin Böttcher, German composer and conductor
1927 – Wally Wood, American author, illustrator, and publisher (d. 1981)
1929 – Tigran Petrosian, Armenian chess player (d. 1984)
1930 – Brian Statham, English cricketer (d. 2000)
1931 – John Baldessari, American painter
1932 – Simon Bowes-Lyon, British Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire
1932 – Derek Ibbotson, English athlete
1932 – Peter Lupus, American bodybuilder and actor
1932 – John Murtha, American colonel and politician (d. 2010)
1933 – Harry Browne, American politician (d. 2006)
1933 – Christian Ferras, French violinist (d. 1982)
1936 – Patrick Fairweather, British diplomat
1936 – Vern Harper, Canadian tribal leader and activist
1936 – Ken Loach, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1937 – Peter Fitzgerald, Irish footballer (d. 2013)
1937 – Ted Nelson, American sociologist and philosopher
1939 – Donald Anderson, British politician
1940 – George Akerlof, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1941 – Nicholas C. Handy, English chemist (d. 2012)
1942 – Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian politician, Vice President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate
1942 – Roger Steffens, American actor and producer
1943 – Newt Gingrich, American politician, 58th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
1943 – Barry Manilow, American singer-songwriter and producer
1943 – Burt Rutan, American engineer
1944 – Randy Johnson, American football player (d. 2009)
1944 – Bill Rafferty, American comedian and game show host (d. 2012)
1944 – Chris Spedding, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nucleus and Sharks)
1945 – Frank Ashmore, American actor
1945 – Art Bell, American radio host and author
1945 – Tommy Franks, American general
1945 – Ken Livingstone, English politician, 1st Mayor of London
1945 – Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist
1946 – David Crausby, English politician
1946 – Peter Rosei, Austrian author
1947 – Christopher Allport, American actor (d. 2008)
1947 – Linda Chavez, American author
1947 – George S. Clinton, American songwriter
1947 – Gregg Rolie, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Santana, Journey, and The Storm)
1947 – Paul Young, English singer-songwriter (Sad Café and Mike + The Mechanics) (d. 2000)
1948 – Dave Concepción, Venezuelan baseball player
1948 – Felicity Huntingford, British aqua-ecologist
1948 – Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (d. 1992)
1948 – Karol Sikora, British oncologist
1949 – John Craven, British economist
1949 – Snakefinger, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Residents and Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers) (d. 1987)
1950 – Lee Tamahori, New Zealand director
1951 – John Garrett, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1951 – Paul McGuinness, German-Irish talent manager
1951 – Joe Piscopo, American actor
1951 – Robert Scott, British Lord Lieutenant of County Tyrone
1951 – Starhawk, American author and activist
1952 – Mike Milbury, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1952 – Judith Macgregor, British diplomat
1952 – Estelle Morris, British politician
1953 – Vernon Coaker, English politician
1954 – Mark Linn-Baker, American actor
1955 – Gail Jones, Australian author
1955 – Mati Laur, Estonian historian
1955 – Bob Sauvé, Canadian ice hockey player
1956 – Iain Milne, Scottish rugby player
1957 – Phil Chevron, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Pogues and The Radiators From Space) (d. 2013)
1957 – Martin Dillon, American tenor and educator (d. 2005)
1957 – Lawrence Goldman, English historian
1957 – Jon Gries, American actor and producer
1957 – Phyllida Lloyd, English theatre and film director
1957 – Jack Wouterse, Dutch actor
1958 – Jello Biafra, American singer-songwriter and producer (Dead Kennedys, The No WTO Combo, and Lard)
1958 – Nicky Clarke, English hair stylist
1958 – Bobby Farrelly, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1958 – Sam Hamad, Syrian-Canadian politician
1958 – Jon Leibowitz, American politician
1958 – Daniel McVicar, American actor
1958 – Timothy Potts, Australian art historian and museum director.
1958 – Derek Lee Ragin, American tenor
1959 – Nikos Stavropoulos, Greek basketball player and coach
1960 – Adrián Campos, Spanish race car driver
1960 – Thomas Haden Church, American actor
1961 – Kōichi Yamadera, Japanese actor
1962 – Michael Monroe, Finnish singer-songwriter and saxophonist (Hanoi Rocks and Demolition 23)
1963 – Greg Kinnear, American actor and producer
1964 – Rinaldo Capello, Italian race car driver
1964 – Michael Groß, German swimmer
1964 – Erin Murphy, American actress
1964 – Steve Rhodes, English cricketer
1965 – Kami Cotler, American actress and educator
1965 – Dermontti Dawson, American football player
1965 – Dan Jansen, American speed skater
1965 – Dara O'Kearney, Irish runner and poker player
1966 – Tory Burch, American fashion designer
1966 – Christy Canyon, American porn actress
1966 – Ken Clark, American football player (d. 2013)
1966 – Mohammed Ghazy Al-Akhras, Iraqi journalist
1966 – Diane Modahl, English athlete
1966 – Jason Patric, American actor
1967 – Eric Stefani, American keyboardist, songwriter, and animator (No Doubt)
1967 – Dorothea Röschmann, German soprano
1968 – Minoru Suzuki, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1969 – Paul Tergat, Kenyan runner
1969 – Ilya Tsymbalar, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1970 – Stéphane Fiset, Canadian ice hockey player
1970 – Will Forte, American actor and screenwriter
1970 – Jason Hanson, American football player
1970 – Popeye Jones, American basketball player
1970 – Michael Showalter, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1970 – Sasha Sokol, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
1971 – Mildred Fox, Irish politician
1971 – Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer and actress
1973 – Krayzie Bone, American rapper and producer (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
1973 – Christian Claudio, Puerto Rican martial artist and author
1973 – Louis Leterrier, French director and producer
1973 – Leander Paes, Indian tennis player
1974 – Evangelia Psarra, Greek archer
1975 – Jennifer Irwin, Canadian actress
1975 – Chloe Jones, American porn actress (d. 2005)
1975 – Joshua Leonard, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1976 – Scott Adkins, English actor and stuntman
1976 – Sven Nys, Belgian cyclist
1976 – Keisuke Ogihara, Japanese rapper (Rip Slyme)
1977 – Tjaša Jezernik, Slovenian tennis player
1977 – Mark Tauscher, American football player
1977 – Branko Tomović, Serbian-German actor
1978 – Kumiko Aso, Japanese actress
1978 – Isabelle Delobel, French ice dancer
1979 – Young Maylay, American rapper, producer, and voice actor
1979 – Nick Rimando, American soccer player
1980 – Kimeru, Japanese singer and actor
1980 – Jeph Jacques, American illustrator
1980 – Venus Williams, American tennis player
1981 – Kyle Boller, American football player
1981 – Shane Watson, Australian cricketer
1982 – Arthur Darvill, English actor
1982 – Stanislava Hrozenská, Slovak tennis player
1982 – Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, Brazilian footballer
1982 – Marek Svatoš, Slovak ice hockey player
1983 – Connie Fisher, Irish-Welsh actress and singer
1983 – Vlasis Kazakis, Greek footballer
1983 – Jamal Mixon, American actor
1983 – Kazunari Ninomiya, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (Arashi)
1983 – Lee Ryan, English singer-songwriter and actor (Blue)
1984 – John Gallagher, Jr., American actor and singer
1984 – Chris Weidman, American Mixed Martial Artist & Current UFC Middleweight Champion
1985 – Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot tennis player
1985 – Rafael Sóbis, Brazilian footballer
1986 – Apoula Edel, Armenian footballer
1986 – Helen Glover, British rower
1987 – Kendrick Lamar, American rapper and songwriter (Black Hippy)
1987 – Nozomi Tsuji, Japanese singer (Morning Musume Minimoni, and Morning Musume Otomegumi)
1988 – Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player
1988 – Stephanie Rice, Australian swimmer
1989 – Giorgos Tofas, Cypriot footballer
1989 – Ben Coker, English footballer
1990 – Jordan Henderson, English footballer
1990 – Laura Wright, English singer (All Angels)
1991 – Jang Min Chul, South Korean gamer
1991 – Kayane, French gamer
1993 – Jean Marie Froget, Mauritian swimmer



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17 June Deaths


676 – Pope Adeodatus II
850 – Tachibana no Kachiko, Japanese wife of Emperor Saga (b. 786)
900 – Fulk, French archbishop
1025 – Bolesław I Chrobry, Polish king (b. 967)
1091 – Dirk V, Count of Holland (b. 1052)
1463 – Infanta Catherine of Portugal (b. 1436)
1565 – Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b. 1536)
1694 – Philip Howard, English cardinal (b. 1629)
1696 – John III Sobieski, Polish king (b. 1629)
1719 – Joseph Addison, English poet and playwright (b. 1672)
1734 – Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general (b. 1653)
1740 – Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet, English politician (b. 1687)
1762 – Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet (b. 1674)
1771 – Daskalogiannis, Ottoman rebel leader
1775 – John Pitcairn, Scottish-English soldier (b. 1722)
1797 – Mohammad Khan Qajar of Persia (b. 1742)
1813 – Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1726)
1821 – Martín Miguel de Güemes, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1785)
1839 – Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (b. 1774)
1858 – Rani Lakshmibai, Queen of Jhansi, India, one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (b. 1828)
1866 – Joseph Méry French poet (b. 1798)
1898 – Edward Burne-Jones, English painter (b. 1833)
1904 – Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician (b. 1839)
1936 – Julius Seljamaa, Estonian politician, diplomat and journalist (b. 1883)
1939 – Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
1940 – Arthur Harden, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
1941 – Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
1942 – Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)
1952 – John Whiteside Parsons, American scientist (b. 1914)
1954 – Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (b. 1920)
1956 – Paul Rostock, German surgeon (b. 1892)
1956 – Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (b. 1926)
1956 – Percival Perry, English motor vehicle manufacturer, and chairman of Ford of Britain (b. 1878)
1957 – Dorothy Richardson, English journalist and author (b. 1873)
1961 – Jeff Chandler, American actor and singer (b. 1918)
1963 – Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician (b. 1882)
1968 – José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1901)
1969 – Rita Abatzi, Turkish-Greek singer (b. 1914)
1974 – Pamela Britton, American actress (b. 1923)
1975 – James Phinney Baxter III, American historian and academic (b. 1893)
1979 – Duffy Lewis, American baseball player (b. 1888)
1981 – Richard O'Connor, Indian-English general (b. 1889)
1981 – Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (b. 1889)
1982 – Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (b. 1920)
1983 – Peter Mennin, American composer and educator (b. 1923)
1984 – Milbourne Christopher, American magician (b. 1914)
1984 – John Murray, American playwright (b. 1906)
1985 – John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
1986 – Kate Smith, American singer (b. 1907)
1987 – Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1936)
1996 – Thomas Kuhn, American historian and philosopher (b. 1922)
1996 – Curt Swan, American illustrator (b. 1920)
1999 – Basil Hume, English cardinal (b. 1923)
2000 – Ismail Mahomed, South African lawyer and jurist, 17th Chief Justice of South Africa (b. 1931)
2001 – Donald J. Cram, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
2001 – Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal (b. 1925)
2002 – Willie Davenport, American hurdler (b. 1943)
2002 – Fritz Walter, German footballer (b. 1920)
2004 – Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
2005 – Karl Mueller, American bass player (Soul Asylum) (b. 1962)
2006 – Bussunda, Brazilian comedian and actor (b. 1962)
2006 – Arthur Franz, American actor (b. 1920)
2007 – Gianfranco Ferré, Italian fashion designer (b. 1944)
2007 – Serena Wilson, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1933)
2008 – Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (b. 1922)
2008 – Tsutomu Miyazaki, Japanese serial killer (b. 1962)
2009 – Ralf Dahrendorf, German-English sociologist and politician (b. 1929)
2009 – Darrell Powers, American sergeant (b. 1923)
2012 – Stéphane Brosse, French mountaineer (b. 1971)
2012 – Patricia Brown, American baseball player (b. 1931)
2012 – Chen Din Hwa, Chinese businessman and philanthropist (b. 1923)
2012 – Nathan Divinsky, Canadian mathematician and chess player (b. 1925)
2012 – Raivo Järvi, Estonian politician (b. 1954)
2012 – Brian Hibbard, Welsh actor and singer (The Flying Pickets) (b. 1946)
2012 – Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (b. 1965)
2012 – R. C. Owens, American football player (b. 1934)
2012 – Fauzia Wahab, Pakistani politician (b. 1956)
2013 – Michael Baigent, New Zealand author (b. 1948)
2013 – Atiqul Haque Chowdhury, Bangladeshi playwright and producer (b. 1930)
2013 – Pierre F. Côté, Canadian lawyer and civil servant (b. 1927)
2013 – Bulbs Ehlers, American basketball player (b. 1923)
2013 – Jim Goddard, English director and production designer (b. 1936)
2013 – James Holshouser, American politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1934)
2013 – Fuller Kimbrell, American politician (b. 1909)
2013 – Jalil Shahnaz, Iranian tar player (b. 1921)
2013 – Geoff Strong, English footballer (b. 1937)



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