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June 14

Pre-1600

 * 1158 – The city of Munich is founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar.
 * 1216 – First Barons' War: Prince Louis of France takes the city of Winchester, abandoned by John, King of England, and soon conquers over half of the kingdom.
 * 1276 – While taking exile in Fuzhou, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for Emperor Duanzong.
 * 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 at Mile End. The Tower of London is stormed by rebels who enter without resistance.
 * 1404 – Welsh rebel leader Owain Glyndŵr, having declared himself Prince of Wales, allies himself with the French against King Henry IV of England.

1601–1900

 * 1618 – Joris Veseler prints the first Dutch newspaper Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c. in Amsterdam (approximate date).
 * 1645 – English Civil War: Battle of Naseby: Twelve thousand Royalist forces are beaten by fifteen thousand Parliamentarian soldiers.
 * 1658 – Franco-Spanish War: Turenne and the French army win a decisive victory over the Spanish at the battle of the Dunes.
 * 1690 – King William III of England (William of Orange) lands in Ireland to confront the former King James II.
 * 1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Armed Forces.
 * 1777 – The Second Continental Congress passes the Flag Act of 1777 adopting the Stars and Stripes 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 journey in an open boat.
 * 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 Ismail Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, bringing the 300 year old Sudanese kingdom to an end.
 * 1822 – Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society.
 * 1830 – Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: Thirty-four thousand 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 legalized in Canada.
 * 1888 – The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
 * 1900 – Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
 * 1900  – The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.

1901–present

 * 1907 – The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
 * 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: The German occupation of Paris begins.
 * 1940  – The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
 * 1940  – Seven hundred and twenty-eight Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
 * 1941 – June deportation: the first major wave of Soviet mass deportations 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 Philippine Commonwealth Army liberate the captured in Ilocos Sur and start the Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon.
 * 1949 – Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first mammal and first monkey in space.
 * 1950 – An Air France Douglas DC-4 crashes near Bahrain International Airport, killing 40 people. This came two days after another Air France DC-4 crashed in the same location.
 * 1951 – UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 1972 – Japan Air Lines Flight 471 crashes on approach to Palam International Airport (now Indira Gandhi International Airport) in New Delhi, India, killing 82 of the 87 people on board and four more people on the ground.
 * 1982 – Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces.
 * 1985 – Five member nations of the European Economic Community sign the Schengen Agreement establishing a free travel zone with no border controls.
 * 1986 – The Mindbender derails and kills three riders at the Fantasyland (known today as Galaxyland) indoor amusement park at West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta.
 * 1994 – The 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot occurs after the New York Rangers defeat the Vancouver Canucks to win the Stanley Cup, causing an estimated 1.1 million, leading to 200 arrests and injuries.
 * 2002 – Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75000 mi, about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
 * 2014 – A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board.
 * 2017 – A fire in a high-rise apartment building in North Kensington, London, UK, leaves 72 people dead and another 74 injured.
 * 2017  – US Republican House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana, and three others, are shot and wounded while practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game.

Pre-1600

 * 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)

1601–1900

 * 1627 – Johann Abraham Ihle, German astronomer (d. 1699)
 * 1691 – Jan Francisci, Slovak organist and composer (d. 1758)
 * 1726 – Thomas Pennant, Welsh ornithologist and historian (d. 1798)
 * 1730 – Antonio Sacchini, Italian composer and educator (d. 1786)
 * 1736 – Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (d. 1806)
 * 1763 – Simon Mayr, German composer and educator (d. 1845)
 * 1780 – Henry Salt, English historian and diplomat, British Consul-General in Egypt (d. 1827)
 * 1796 – Nikolai Brashman, Czech-Russian mathematician and academic (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)
 * 1819 – Henry Gardner, American merchant and politician, 23rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1892)
 * 1820 – John Bartlett, American author and publisher (d. 1905)
 * 1829 – Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (d. 1884)
 * 1838 – Yamagata Aritomo, Japanese Field Marshal and politician, 3rd and 9th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1922)
 * 1840 – William F. Nast, American businessman (d. 1893)
 * 1848 – Bernard Bosanquet, English philosopher and theorist (d. 1923)
 * 1848 – Max Erdmannsdörfer, German conductor and composer (d. 1905)
 * 1855 – Robert M. La Follette, American lawyer and politician, 20th Governor of Wisconsin (d. 1925)
 * 1856 – Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1922)
 * 1862 – John Ulric Nef, Swiss-American chemist and academic (d. 1915)
 * 1864 – Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (d. 1915)
 * 1868 – Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)
 * 1868  – Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (d. 1947)
 * 1870 – Sophia of Prussia (d. 1932)
 * 1871 – Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (d. 1936)
 * 1871  – Jacob Ellehammer, Danish mechanic and engineer (d. 1946)
 * 1872 – János Szlepecz, Slovene priest and author (d. 1936)
 * 1877 – Jane Bathori, French soprano (d. 1970)
 * 1877  – Ida MacLean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society (d. 1944)
 * 1878 – Léon Thiébaut, French fencer (d. 1943)
 * 1879 – Arthur Duffey, American sprinter and coach (d. 1955)
 * 1884 – John McCormack, Irish tenor and actor (d. 1945)
 * 1884  – Georg Zacharias, German swimmer (d. 1953)
 * 1890 – May Allison, American actress (d. 1989)
 * 1894 – Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1924)
 * 1894  – José Carlos Mariátegui (d. 1930)
 * 1894  – W. W. E. Ross, Canadian geophysicist and poet (d. 1966)
 * 1895 – Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 1968)
 * 1898 – Theobald Wolfe Tone FitzGerald, Irish Army Officer and painter (d. 1962)
 * 1900 – Ruth Nanda Anshen, American writer, editor, and philosopher (d. 2003)
 * 1900  – June Walker, American stage and film actress (d. 1966)

1901–present

 * 1903 – Alonzo Church, American mathematician and logician (d. 1995)
 * 1903  – Rose Rand, Austrian-American logician and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1980)
 * 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 and author (d. 1988)
 * 1909 – Burl Ives, American actor and singer (d. 1995)
 * 1910 – Rudolf Kempe, German pianist and conductor (d. 1976)
 * 1913 – Joe Morris, English-Canadian lieutenant and trade union leader (d. 1996)
 * 1916 – Dorothy McGuire, American actress (d. 2001)
 * 1917 – Lise Nørgaard, Danish journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2023)
 * 1917  – Gilbert Prouteau, French poet and director (d. 2012)
 * 1917  – Atle Selberg, Norwegian-American mathematician and academic (d. 2007)
 * 1919 – Gene Barry, American actor (d. 2009)
 * 1919  – Sam Wanamaker, American actor and director (d. 1993)
 * 1921 – Martha Greenhouse, American actress (d. 2013)
 * 1923 – Judith Kerr, German-English author and illustrator (d. 2019)
 * 1923  – Green Wix Unthank, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 2013)
 * 1924 – James Black, Scottish pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)
 * 1925 – Pierre Salinger, American journalist and politician, 11th White House Press Secretary (d. 2004)
 * 1926 – Don Newcombe, American baseball player (d. 2019)
 * 1928 – Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Argentinian-Cuban physician, author, guerrilla leader and politician (d. 1967)
 * 1929 – Cy Coleman, American pianist and composer (d. 2004)
 * 1929  – Alan Davidson, Australian cricketer (d. 2021)
 * 1929  – Johnny Wilson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2011)
 * 1931 – Marla Gibbs, American actress and comedian
 * 1931  – Ross Higgins, Australian actor (d. 2016)
 * 1931  – Junior Walker, American saxophonist (d. 1995)
 * 1933 – Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American novelist and screenwriter (d. 1991)
 * 1933  – Vladislav Rastorotsky, Russian gymnast and coach (d. 2017)
 * 1936 – Renaldo Benson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
 * 1936  – Irmelin Sandman Lilius, Finnish author, poet, and translator
 * 1938 – Julie Felix, American-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)
 * 1939 – Steny Hoyer, American lawyer and politician
 * 1939  – Peter Mayle, English author and screenwriter (d. 2018)
 * 1939  – Colin Thubron, English journalist and author
 * 1942 – Andy Irvine, Irish folk musician
 * 1942  – Jonathan Raban, English author and academic (d. 2023)
 * 1942  – Roberto García-Calvo Montiel, Spanish judge (d. 2008)
 * 1943 – Harold Wheeler, American composer, conductor, and producer
 * 1944 – Laurie Colwin, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1992)
 * 1945 – Rod Argent, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
 * 1945  – Carlos Reichenbach, Brazilian director and producer (d. 2012)
 * 1945  – Richard Stebbins, American sprinter and educator
 * 1946 – Robert Louis-Dreyfus, French-Swiss businessman (d. 2009)
 * 1946  – Tõnu Sepp, Estonian instrument maker and educator
 * 1946  – Donald Trump, American businessman, television personality and 45th President of the United States
 * 1947 – Roger Liddle, Baron Liddle, English politician
 * 1947  – Barry Melton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 1947  – Paul Rudolph, Canadian singer, guitarist, and cyclist
 * 1948 – Laurence Yep, American author and playwright
 * 1949 – Jim Lea, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
 * 1949  – Roger Powell, English-Australian scientist and academic
 * 1949  – Antony Sher, South African-British actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2021)
 * 1949  – Harry Turtledove, American historian and author
 * 1949  – Alan White, English drummer and songwriter (d. 2022)
 * 1950 – Rowan Williams, Welsh archbishop and theologian
 * 1951 – Paul Boateng, English lawyer and politician, British High Commissioner to South Africa
 * 1951  – Danny Edwards, American golfer
 * 1952 – Pat Summitt, American basketball player and coach (d. 2016)
 * 1954 – Will Patton, American actor
 * 1955  – Paul O'Grady, English television host, producer, and drag performer (d. 2023)
 * 1955  – Kirron Kher, Indian theatre, film and television actress, TV talk show host and politician
 * 1958 – James Gurney, American artist and author
 * 1958  – Nick Van Eede, English singer-songwriter
 * 1959 – Marcus Miller, American bass player, composer, and producer
 * 1960 – Tonie Campbell, American hurdler
 * 1961 – Boy George, English singer-songwriter and producer
 * 1961  – Dušan Kojić, Serbian singer-songwriter and bass player
 * 1961  – Sam Perkins, American basketball player
 * 1967 – Dedrick Dodge, American football player and coach
 * 1967  – Paul Martin, Australian rugby league player
 * 1968 – Faizon Love, Cuban-American actor and screenwriter
 * 1969 – Éric Desjardins, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
 * 1969  – Steffi Graf, German tennis player
 * 1970 – Heather McDonald, American comedian, actress, and author
 * 1971 – Bruce Bowen, American basketball player and sportscaster
 * 1971  – Ramon Vega, Swiss footballer
 * 1972 – Rick Brunson, American basketball player and coach
 * 1972  – Matthias Ettrich, German computer scientist and engineer, founded KDE
 * 1972  – Claude Henderson, South African cricketer
 * 1972  – Danny McFarlane, Jamaican hurdler and sprinter
 * 1973 – Sami Kapanen, Finnish-American ice hockey player and manager
 * 1976 – Alan Carr, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
 * 1976  – Massimo Oddo, Italian footballer and manager
 * 1977 – Boeta Dippenaar, South African cricketer
 * 1977  – Chris McAlister, American football player
 * 1977  – Joe Worsley, English rugby player and coach
 * 1978 – Steve Bégin, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1978  – Diablo Cody, American director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1978  – Annia Hatch, Cuban-American gymnast and coach
 * 1978  – Nikola Vujčić, Croatian former professional basketball player
 * 1979 – Shannon Hegarty, Australian rugby league player
 * 1981 – Elano, Brazilian footballer and manager
 * 1982 – Jamie Green, English racing driver
 * 1982  – Nicole Irving, Australian swimmer
 * 1982  – Lang Lang, Chinese pianist
 * 1982  – Trine Rønning, Norwegian footballer
 * 1983 – Trevor Barry, Bahamian high jumper
 * 1983  – Louis Garrel, French actor, director, and screenwriter
 * 1984 – Lorenzo Booker, American football player
 * 1984  – Mark Cosgrove, Australian cricketer
 * 1984  – Siobhán Donaghy, English singer-songwriter
 * 1984  – Yury Prilukov, Russian swimmer
 * 1985 – Oleg Medvedev. Russian luger
 * 1985  – Andy Soucek, Spanish racing driver
 * 1986 – Rhe-Ann Niles-Mapp, Barbadian netball player
 * 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 actor, singer, dancer and radio personality
 * 1989 – Lucy Hale, American actress and singer-songwriter
 * 1989  – Brad Takairangi, Australian-Cook Islands rugby league player
 * 1990 – Patrice Cormier, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1990 – Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal, Norwegian long-distance runner
 * 1991 – Kostas Manolas, Greek footballer
 * 1991  – Jesy Nelson, English singer
 * 1992 – Daryl Sabara, American actor
 * 1992  – Devante Smith-Pelly, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1993 – Gunna, American rapper
 * 1994 – Moon Tae-il, South Korean singer
 * 1997 – David Bangala, French football defender
 * 1997  – Fujii Kaze, Japanese singer-songwriter
 * 1999 – Chou Tzuyu, Taiwanese singer
 * 2000 – RJ Barrett, Canadian basketball player
 * 2000  – Naomi Girma, American soccer player

Pre-1600

 * 809 – Ōtomo no Otomaro, Japanese general (b. 731)
 * 847 – Methodius I, patriarch of Constantinople
 * 957 – Guadamir, bishop of Vic (Spain)
 * 976 – Aron, Bulgarian nobleman
 * 1161 – Emperor Qinzong of the Song dynasty (b. 1100)
 * 1349 – Günther von Schwarzburg, German king (b. 1304)
 * 1381 – Simon Sudbury, English archbishop (b. 1316)
 * 1497 – Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandía, Italian son of Pope Alexander VI (b. 1474)
 * 1516 – John III of Navarre (b. 1469)
 * 1544 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1489)
 * 1548 – Carpentras, French composer (b. 1470)
 * 1583 – Shibata Katsuie, Japanese samurai (b. 1522)
 * 1594 – Jacob Kroger, German goldsmith, hanged in Edinburgh for stealing the jewels of Anne of Denmark.
 * 1594  – Orlande de Lassus, Flemish composer and educator (b. 1532)

1601–1900

 * 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)
 * 1679 – Guillaume Courtois, French painter and illustrator (b. 1628)
 * 1746 – Colin Maclaurin, Scottish mathematician (b. 1698)
 * 1794 – Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, English courtier and 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 during the American Revolution later turned British spy (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)
 * 1864 – Leonidas Polk, American general and bishop (b. 1806)
 * 1877 – Mary Carpenter, English educational and social reformer (b. 1807)
 * 1883 – Edward FitzGerald, English poet and author (b. 1809)
 * 1886 – Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian director and playwright (b. 1823)
 * 1898 – Dewitt Clinton Senter, American politician, 18th Governor of Tennessee (b. 1830)

1901–present

 * 1907 – William Le Baron Jenney, American architect and engineer, designed the Home Insurance Building (b. 1832)
 * 1907  – Bartolomé Masó, Cuban soldier and politician (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 lawyer and 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)
 * 1923 – Isabelle Bogelot, French philanthropist (b. 1838)
 * 1926 – Mary Cassatt, American-French painter (b. 1843)
 * 1927 – Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (b. 1894)
 * 1927  – Jerome K. Jerome, English author (b. 1859)
 * 1928 – Emmeline Pankhurst, English activist and academic (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 essayist, poet, playwright, and novelist (b. 1874)
 * 1936  – Hans Poelzig, German architect, painter, and designer, designed the IG Farben Building (b. 1869)
 * 1946 – John Logie Baird, Scottish-English physicist and engineer (b. 1888)
 * 1946  – Jorge Ubico, 21st President of Guatemala (b. 1878)
 * 1949 – Albert II, rhesus macaque, animal astronaut, and first mammal in space
 * 1953 – Tom Cole, Welsh-American racing driver (b. 1922)
 * 1968 – Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1901)
 * 1971 – Carlos P. Garcia, 8th President of the Republic of the Philippines (b. 1896)
 * 1972 – Dündar Taşer, Turkish soldier and politician (b. 1925)
 * 1977 – Robert Middleton, American actor (b. 1911)
 * 1977  – Alan Reed, American actor, original voice of Fred Flintstone (b.1907)
 * 1979 – Ahmad Zahir, Afghan singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
 * 1980 – Charles Miller, American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1939)
 * 1986 – Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator (b. 1899)
 * 1986  – Alan Jay Lerner, American composer and songwriter (b. 1918)
 * 1987 – Stanisław Bareja, Polish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
 * 1990 – Erna Berger, German soprano and actress (b. 1900)
 * 1991 – Peggy Ashcroft, English actress (b. 1907)
 * 1994 – Lionel Grigson, English 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, Ukrainian-Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1917)
 * 1995  – Rory Gallagher, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1948)
 * 1995  – Roger Zelazny, American author and poet (b. 1937)
 * 1996 – Noemí Gerstein, Argentinian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1908)
 * 1997 – Richard Jaeckel, American actor (b. 1926)
 * 1999 – Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian football player and sportscaster (b. 1932)
 * 2000 – Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and author (b. 1911)
 * 2002 – June Jordan, American author and activist (b. 1936)
 * 2003 – Dale Whittington, American race car driver (b. 1959)
 * 2004 – Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountaineer and guide (b. 1900)
 * 2005 – Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor and director (b. 1914)
 * 2005  – Mimi Parent, Canadian-Swiss painter (b. 1924)
 * 2006 – Monty Berman, English director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1905)
 * 2006  – Jean Roba, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1930)
 * 2007 – Ruth Graham, Chinese-American author, poet, and painter (b. 1920)
 * 2007  – Robin Olds, American general and pilot (b. 1922)
 * 2007  – Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Austrian politician, 9th President of Austria (b. 1918)
 * 2009 – Bob Bogle, American musician (b. 1934)
 * 2009  – William McIntyre, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and judge (b. 1918)
 * 2012 – Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales (b. 1926)
 * 2012  – Bob Chappuis, American football player and soldier (b. 1923)
 * 2012  – Margie Hyams, American pianist and vibraphone player (b. 1920)
 * 2012  – Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, German pianist and academic (b. 1930)
 * 2012  – Carlos Reichenbach, Brazilian director and producer (b. 1945)
 * 2012  – Gitta Sereny, Austrian-English historian, journalist, and author (b. 1921)
 * 2013 – Elroy Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)
 * 2014 – Alberto Cañas Escalante, Costa Rican journalist and politician (b. 1920)
 * 2014  – Isabelle Collin Dufresne, French actress (b. 1935)
 * 2014  – Robert Lebeck, German photographer and journalist (b. 1929)
 * 2014  – James E. Rogers, American lawyer, businessman, and academic (b. 1938)
 * 2015 – Richard Cotton, Australian geneticist and academic (b. 1940)
 * 2015  – Anne Nicol Gaylor, American activist, co-founded the Freedom From Religion Foundation (b. 1926)
 * 2015  – Qiao Shi, Chinese politician (b. 1924)
 * 2016 – Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress and singer (b. 1928)
 * 2016  – Gilles Lamontagne, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1919)
 * 2020 – Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian film actor (b. 1986)
 * 2022 – A. B. Yehoshua, Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright (b. 1936)
 * 2024 – Dudu Myeni, South African businesswoman (b. 1963)
 * 2024 – George Nethercutt, American lawyer, author, and politician (b. 1944)

Holidays and observances

 * Christian feast day:
 * Burchard of Meissen
 * Caomhán of Inisheer
 * Elisha (Roman Catholic and Lutheran)
 * Fortunatus of Naples (Roman Catholic)
 * Blessed Francisca de Paula de Jesus (Nhá Chica)
 * Joseph the Hymnographer (Roman Catholic: Orthodox April 3)
 * Methodios I of Constantinople
 * Quintian of Rodez (Rodez)
 * Richard Baxter (Church of England)
 * Valerius and Rufinus
 * June 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
 * Commemoration of the Soviet Deportation related observances:
 * Baltic Freedom Day (United States)
 * Commemoration Day for the Victims of Communist Genocide (Latvia)
 * Mourning and Commemoration Day or Leinapäev (Estonia)
 * Mourning and Hope Day (Lithuania)
 * Day of Memory for Repressed People (Armenia)
 * Flag Day (United States)
 * Freedom Day (Malawi)
 * Liberation Day (Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)
 * World Blood Donor Day

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June 17

Pre-1600

 * 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism.
 * 1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were burnt in Paris.
 * 1397 – The Kalmar Union is formed under the rule of Margaret I of Denmark.
 * 1462 – Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack at Târgovişte), 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 shōgun, 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.

1601–1900

 * 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.
 * 1665 – Battle of Montes Claros: Portugal definitively secured independence from Spain in the last battle of the Portuguese Restoration War.
 * 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.
 * 1767 – Samuel Wallis, a British sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
 * 1773 – Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded 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.
 * 1794 – Foundation of Anglo-Corsican Kingdom.
 * 1795 – The burghers of Swellendam expel the Dutch East India Company magistrate and declare a republic.
 * 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 – American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.
 * 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
 * 1876 – American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: One thousand five hundred 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: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.

1901–present

 * 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.
 * 1922 – Portuguese naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral complete the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic.
 * 1929 – The town of Murchison, New Zealand is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.
 * 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 executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
 * 1940 – World War II: RMS Lancastria is attacked and sunk by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France. At least 3,000 are killed in 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.
 * 1948 – United Airlines Flight 624, a Douglas DC-6, crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.
 * 1952 – Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.
 * 1953 – Cold War: 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 18 ironworkers and injuring others.
 * 1960 – The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 e6acre of land undervalued at four cents/acre in the 1863 treaty.
 * 1963 – The United States Supreme Court rules 8–1 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 Ngô Đình Diệm announced the Joint Communiqué to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot involving around 2,000 people breaks out. One person is killed.
 * 1967 – Nuclear weapons testing: China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon.
 * 1971 – U.S. President Richard Nixon in a televised press conference called drug abuse "America's public enemy number one", starting the War on drugs.
 * 1972 – Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee during an attempt by members of the administration of President Richard M. Nixon to illegally wiretap the political opposition as part of a broader campaign to subvert the democratic process.
 * 1985 – Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: 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.
 * 1989 – Interflug Flight 102 crashes during a rejected takeoff from Berlin Schönefeld Airport, killing 21 people.
 * 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 ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
 * 2015 – Nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
 * 2017 – A series of wildfires in central Portugal kill at least 64 people and injure 204 others.
 * 2021 – Juneteenth National Independence Day, was signed into law by President Joe Biden, to become the first federal holiday established since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983.

Pre-1600

 * 801 – Drogo of Metz, Frankish bishop (d. 855)
 * 1239 – Edward I, English king (d. 1307)
 * 1530 – François de Montmorency, French nobleman (d. 1579)
 * 1571 – Thomas Mun, English writer on economics (d. 1641)

1601–1900

 * 1603 – Joseph of Cupertino, Italian mystic and saint (d. 1663)
 * 1604 – John Maurice, Dutch nobleman (d. 1679)
 * 1610 – Birgitte Thott, Danish scholar, writer and translator (b. 1662)
 * 1631 – Gauharara Begum, Mughal princess (d. 1706)
 * 1682 – Charles XII, Swedish king (d. 1718)
 * 1691 – Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765)
 * 1693 – Johann Georg Walch, German theologian and author (d. 1775)
 * 1704 – John Kay, English engineer, invented the Flying shuttle (d. 1780)
 * 1714 – César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer (d. 1784)
 * 1718 – George Howard, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Minorca (d. 1796)
 * 1778 – Gregory Blaxland, English-Australian explorer (d. 1853)
 * 1800 – William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, English-Irish astronomer and politician (d. 1867)
 * 1808 – Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet, playwright, and linguist (d. 1845)
 * 1810 – Ferdinand Freiligrath, German poet and translator (d. 1876)
 * 1811 – Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician (d. 1879)
 * 1818 – Charles Gounod, French composer and academic (d. 1893)
 * 1818  – Sophie of Württemberg, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1877)
 * 1821 – E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist (d. 1888)
 * 1832 – William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (d. 1919)
 * 1833 – Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and president (d. 1893)
 * 1858 – Eben Sumner Draper, American businessman and 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)
 * 1865 – Susan La Flesche Picotte, Native American physician (d. 1915)
 * 1867 – Flora Finch, English-American actress (d. 1940)
 * 1867  – John Robert Gregg, Irish-born American educator, publisher, and humanitarian (d. 1948)
 * 1867  – Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author (d. 1922)
 * 1871 – James Weldon Johnson, American author, journalist, and activist (d. 1938)
 * 1876 – William Carr, American rower (d. 1942)
 * 1876  – Edward Anthony Spitzka, American anatomist and author (d. 1922)
 * 1880 – Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (d. 1964)
 * 1881 – Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer and promoter (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)
 * 1897 – Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro, Brazilian girl, popular saint (d. 1911)
 * 1898 – M. C. Escher, Dutch illustrator (d. 1972)
 * 1898  – Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic (d. 1961)
 * 1898  – Joe McKelvey, Executed Irish republican (d. 1922)
 * 1898  – Harry Patch, English soldier and firefighter (d. 2009)
 * 1900 – Martin Bormann, German politician (d. 1945)
 * 1900  – Evelyn Irons, Scottish journalist and war correspondent (d. 2000)

1901–present

 * 1902 – Sammy Fain, American pianist and 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 (d. 1991)
 * 1904  – J. Vernon McGee, American pastor and theologian (d. 1988)
 * 1904  – Patrice Tardif, Canadian farmer and politician (d. 1989)
 * 1907 – Maurice Cloche, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
 * 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 and guitarist (d. 1968)
 * 1910  – George Hees, Canadian football player and politician (d. 1996)
 * 1914 – John Hersey, American journalist and author (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)
 * 1916 – Terry Gilkyson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
 * 1917 – Dufferin Roblin, Canadian politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba (d. 2010)
 * 1918 – Ajahn Chah, Thai monk and educator (d. 1992)
 * 1919 – William Kaye Estes, American psychologist and academic (d. 2011)
 * 1919  – John Moffat, Scottish lieutenant and pilot (d. 2016)
 * 1919  – Beryl Reid, English actress (d. 1996)
 * 1920 – Jacob H. Gilbert, American lawyer and politician (d. 1981)
 * 1920  – Setsuko Hara, Japanese actress (d. 2015)
 * 1920  – François Jacob, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
 * 1920  – Peter Le Cheminant, English air marshal and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (d. 2018)
 * 1922 – John Amis, English journalist and critic (d. 2013)
 * 1923 – Elroy Hirsch, American football player (d. 2004)
 * 1923  – Arnold S. Relman, American physician and academic (d. 2014)
 * 1923  – Dale C. Thomson, Canadian historian and academic (d. 1999)
 * 1925 – Alexander Shulgin, American pharmacologist and chemist (d. 2014)
 * 1927 – Martin Böttcher, German composer and conductor (d. 2019)
 * 1927  – Wally Wood, American author, illustrator, and publisher (d. 1981)
 * 1928 – Juan María Bordaberry, President of Uruguay (d. 2011)
 * 1929 – Bud Collins, American journalist and sportscaster (d. 2016)
 * 1929  – Tigran Petrosian, Armenian chess player (d. 1984)
 * 1930 – Cliff Gallup, American guitarist (d. 1988)
 * 1930  – Brian Statham, English cricketer (d. 2000)
 * 1931 – John Baldessari, American painter and illustrator (d. 2020)
 * 1932 – Derek Ibbotson, English runner (d. 2017)
 * 1932  – John Murtha, American colonel and politician (d. 2010)
 * 1933 – Harry Browne, American soldier and politician (d. 2006)
 * 1933  – Christian Ferras, French violinist (d. 1982)
 * 1933  – Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (d. 1970)
 * 1936 – Vern Harper, Canadian tribal leader and activist (d. 2018)
 * 1936  – Ken Loach, English director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1937 – Peter Fitzgerald, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2013)
 * 1937  – Ted Nelson, American sociologist and philosopher
 * 1937  – Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian fashion designer, television presenter and politician (d. 2009)
 * 1940 – George Akerlof, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
 * 1940  – Bobby Bell, American football player
 * 1940  – Chuck Rainey, American bassist
 * 1941 – Nicholas C. Handy, English chemist and academic (d. 2012)
 * 1942 – Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian politician, Vice President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate
 * 1942  – Doğu Perinçek, Turkish lawyer and politician
 * 1942  – Roger Steffens, American actor and producer
 * 1943 – Newt Gingrich, American historian and politician, 58th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
 * 1943  – Barry Manilow, American singer-songwriter and producer
 * 1943  – Chantal Mouffe, Belgian theorist and author
 * 1943  – Burt Rutan, American engineer and pilot
 * 1944 – Randy Johnson, American football player (d. 2009)
 * 1944  – Chris Spedding, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 1945 – Tommy Franks, American general
 * 1945  – Ken Livingstone, English politician, 1st Mayor of London
 * 1945  – Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist and sportscaster
 * 1945  – Art Bell, American broadcaster and author (d. 2018)
 * 1946 – Peter Rosei, Austrian author, poet, and playwright
 * 1947 – Christopher Allport, American actor (d. 2008)
 * 1947  – Timothy Wright, American gospel singer, pastor (d. 2009)
 * 1947  – Linda Chavez, American journalist and author
 * 1947  – George S. Clinton, American composer and songwriter
 * 1947  – Gregg Rolie, American rock singer-songwriter and keyboard player
 * 1947  – Paul Young, English singer-songwriter (d. 2000)
 * 1948 – Dave Concepción, Venezuelan baseball player and manager
 * 1948  – Jacqueline Jones, American historian and academic
 * 1948  – Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player and politician (d. 1992)
 * 1948  – Karol Sikora, English physician and academic
 * 1949 – Snakefinger, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1987)
 * 1949  – John Craven, English economist and academic
 * 1949  – Russell Smith, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2019)
 * 1950 – Lee Tamahori, New Zealand film director
 * 1951 – Starhawk, American author and activist
 * 1951  – John Garrett, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
 * 1951  – Joe Piscopo, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
 * 1952 – Mike Milbury, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
 * 1952  – Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley, English educator and politician, Secretary of State for Education
 * 1953 – Vernon Coaker, English educator and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
 * 1953  – Juan Muñoz, Spanish sculptor and storyteller (d. 2001)
 * 1954 – Mark Linn-Baker, American actor and director
 * 1955 – Mati Laur, Estonian historian, author, and academic
 * 1955  – Bob Sauvé, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
 * 1955  – Cem Hakko, Turkish fashion designer and businessman
 * 1956 – Iain Milne, Scottish rugby player
 * 1957 – Philip Chevron, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
 * 1957  – Martin Dillon, American tenor and educator (d. 2005)
 * 1957  – Uģis Prauliņš, Latvian composer
 * 1958 – Pierre Berbizier, French rugby player and coach
 * 1958  – Jello Biafra, American singer-songwriter and producer
 * 1958  – Bobby Farrelly, American director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1958  – Sam Hamad, Syrian-Canadian academic and politician
 * 1958  – Jon Leibowitz, American lawyer and politician
 * 1958  – Daniel McVicar, American actor
 * 1959 – Carol Anderson, American author and historian
 * 1959  – Lawrence Haddad, South African-English economist and academic
 * 1959  – Nikos Stavropoulos, Greek basketball player and coach
 * 1960 – Adrián Campos, Spanish race car driver (d. 2021)
 * 1960  – Thomas Haden Church, American actor
 * 1961 – Kōichi Yamadera, Japanese actor and singer
 * 1962 – Michael Monroe, Finnish singer-songwriter and saxophonist
 * 1963 – Greg Kinnear, American actor, television presenter, and producer
 * 1964 – Rinaldo Capello, Italian race car driver
 * 1964  – Michael Gross, German swimmer
 * 1964  – Steve Rhodes, English cricketer and coach
 * 1965 – Dermontti Dawson, American football player and coach
 * 1965  – Dan Jansen, American speed skater and sportscaster
 * 1965  – Dara O'Kearney, Irish runner and poker player
 * 1966 – Mohammed Ghazy Al-Akhras, Iraqi journalist and author
 * 1966  – Tory Burch, American fashion designer and philanthropist
 * 1966  – Ken Clark, American football player (d. 2013)
 * 1966  – Diane Modahl, English runner
 * 1966  – Jason Patric, American actor
 * 1967 – Dorothea Röschmann, German soprano and actress
 * 1967  – Eric Stefani, American keyboard player and composer
 * 1968 – Steve Georgallis, Australian rugby league player and coach
 * 1968  – Minoru Suzuki, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
 * 1969 – Paul Tergat, Kenyan runner
 * 1969  – Geoff Toovey, Australian rugby league player and coach
 * 1969  – Ilya Tsymbalar, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
 * 1970 – Stéphane Fiset, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1970  – Will Forte, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
 * 1970  – Jason Hanson, American football player
 * 1970  – Popeye Jones, American basketball player and coach
 * 1970  – Michael Showalter, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1970  – Alan Dowson, English football manager and former professional player
 * 1971 – Paulina Rubio, Mexican pop singer
 * 1971  – Mildred Fox, Irish politician
 * 1973 – Leander Paes, Indian tennis player
 * 1974 – Evangelia Psarra, Greek archer
 * 1975 – Joshua Leonard, American actor, director, and screenwriter
 * 1975  – Juan Carlos Valerón, Spanish footballer
 * 1975  – Phiyada Akkraseranee, Thai actress and model
 * 1976 – Scott Adkins, English actor and martial artist
 * 1976  – Sven Nys, Belgian cyclist
 * 1977 – Bartosz Brożek, Polish philosopher and jurist
 * 1977  – Tjaša Jezernik, Slovenian tennis player
 * 1977  – Mark Tauscher, American football player and sportscaster
 * 1978 – Isabelle Delobel, French ice dancer
 * 1978  – Travis Roche, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1979 – Nick Rimando, American soccer player
 * 1979  – Tyson Apostol, American television personality
 * 1979  – Young Maylay, American rapper, producer, and voice actor
 * 1980 – Elisa Rigaudo, Italian race walker
 * 1980  – Jeph Jacques, American author and illustrator
 * 1980  – Venus Williams, American tennis player
 * 1981 – Kyle Boller, American football player
 * 1981  – Shane Watson, Australian cricketer
 * 1982 – Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, Brazilian footballer
 * 1982  – Marek Svatoš, Slovak ice hockey player (d. 2016)
 * 1982  – Stanislava Hrozenská, Slovak tennis player
 * 1982  – Stefan Hodgetts, English racing driver
 * 1982  – Arthur Darvill, English actor
 * 1982  – Jodie Whittaker, English actress
 * 1983 – Lee Ryan, English singer/actor
 * 1983  – Vlasis Kazakis, Greek footballer
 * 1984 – Michael Mathieu, Bahamian sprinter
 * 1984  – Si Tianfeng, Chinese race walker
 * 1985 – Özge Akın, Turkish sprinter
 * 1985  – Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot tennis player
 * 1985  – Rafael Sóbis, Brazilian footballer
 * 1986 – Apoula Edel, Armenian footballer
 * 1986  – Helen Glover, English rower
 * 1987 – Kendrick Lamar, American rapper
 * 1987  – Nozomi Tsuji, Japanese singer and actress
 * 1988 – Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player
 * 1988  – Shaun MacDonald, Welsh footballer
 * 1988  – Stephanie Rice, Australian swimmer
 * 1989 – Georgios Tofas, Cypriot footballer
 * 1989  – Simone Battle, American singer and actress (d. 2014)
 * 1990 – Jordan Henderson, English footballer
 * 1990  – Josh Mansour, Australian rugby league player
 * 1991 – Daniel Tupou, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
 * 1994 – Amari Cooper, American football player
 * 1995 – Clément Lenglet, French footballer
 * 1995  – Aoi Morikawa, Japanese actress and model
 * 1997 – KJ Apa, New Zealand actor
 * 1997  – Raluca Șerban, Romanian-Cypriot tennis player
 * 1999 – Elena Rybakina, Kazakhstani tennis player

Pre-1600

 * 656 – Uthman, caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate (b. 579)
 * 676 – Adeodatus, pope of the Catholic Church
 * 811 – Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, Japanese shōgun (b. 758)
 * 850 – Tachibana no Kachiko, Japanese empress (b. 786)
 * 900 – Fulk, French archbishop and chancellor
 * 1025 – Bolesław I the Brave, Polish king (b. 967)
 * 1091 – Dirk V, count of Holland (b. 1052)
 * 1207 – Daoji, Chinese buddhist monk (b. 1130)
 * 1219 – David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon
 * 1361 – Ingeborg of Norway, princess consort and regent of Sweden (b. 1301)
 * 1400 – Jan of Jenštejn, archbishop of Prague (b. 1348)
 * 1463 – Catherine of Portugal, Portuguese princess (b. 1436)
 * 1501 – John I Albert, Polish king (b. 1459)
 * 1565 – Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shōgun (b. 1536)

1601–1900

 * 1631 – Mumtaz Mahal, Mughal princess (b. 1593)
 * 1649 – Injo of Joseon, Korean king (b. 1595)
 * 1674 – Jijabai, Dowager Queen, mother of Shivaji (b. 1598)
 * 1694 – Philip Howard, English cardinal (b. 1629)
 * 1696 – John III Sobieski, Polish king (b. 1629)
 * 1719 – Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1672)
 * 1734 – Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1653)
 * 1740 – Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1687)
 * 1762 – Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet and playwright (b. 1674)
 * 1771 – Daskalogiannis, Greek rebel leader (b. 1722)
 * 1775 – John Pitcairn, Scottish-English soldier (b. 1722)
 * 1797 – Mohammad Khan Qajar, Persian tribal chief (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)
 * 1866 – Joseph Méry, French poet and author (b. 1798)
 * 1889 – Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)
 * 1898 – Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)

1901–present

 * 1904 – Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
 * 1914 – Julien Félix, French military officer and aviator (b. 1869)
 * 1936 – Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
 * 1939 – Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
 * 1939  – Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
 * 1940 – Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
 * 1941 – Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
 * 1941  – Đorđe Bogić, protopresbyter of the Serbian Orthodox Church, victim of Genocide of Serbs (b. 1911)
 * 1942 – Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)
 * 1952 – Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (b. 1914)
 * 1954 – Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (b. 1920)
 * 1956 – Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (b. 1878)
 * 1956  – Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (b. 1892)
 * 1956  – Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (b. 1926)
 * 1957 – Dorothy Richardson, English journalist and author (b. 1873)
 * 1957  – J. R. Williams, Canadian-American cartoonist (b. 1888)
 * 1961 – Jeff Chandler, American actor (b. 1918)
 * 1963 – Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician (b. 1882)
 * 1968 – José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1901)
 * 1974 – Refik Koraltan, Turkish lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1889)
 * 1975 – James Phinney Baxter III, American historian and academic (b. 1893)
 * 1979 – Hubert Ashton, English cricketer and politician (b. 1898)
 * 1979  – Duffy Lewis, American baseball player and manager (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)
 * 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 and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
 * 2001  – Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal (b. 1925)
 * 2002 – Willie Davenport, American sprinter and hurdler (b. 1943)
 * 2002  – Fritz Walter, German footballer (b. 1920)
 * 2004 – Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
 * 2006 – Bussunda, Brazilian comedian (b. 1962)
 * 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)
 * 2009 – Ralf Dahrendorf, German-English sociologist and politician (b. 1929)
 * 2009  – Darrell Powers, American sergeant (b. 1923)
 * 2011 – Rex Mossop, Australian rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1928)
 * 2012 – Stéphane Brosse, French mountaineer (b. 1971)
 * 2012  – Patricia Brown, American baseball player (b. 1931)
 * 2012  – Nathan Divinsky, Canadian mathematician and chess player (b. 1925)
 * 2012  – Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (b. 1965)
 * 2012  – Fauzia Wahab, Pakistani actress and politician (b. 1956)
 * 2013 – Michael Baigent, New Zealand-English theorist and 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  – James Holshouser, American politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1934)
 * 2014 – Patsy Byrne, English actress (b. 1933)
 * 2014  – Éric Dewailly, Canadian epidemiologist and academic (b. 1954)
 * 2014  – Stanley Marsh 3, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1938)
 * 2014  – Arnold S. Relman, American physician and academic (b. 1923)
 * 2014  – Larry Zeidel, Canadian-American ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1928)
 * 2015 – Ron Clarke, Australian runner and politician, Mayor of the Gold Coast (b. 1937)
 * 2015  – John David Crow, American football player and coach (b. 1935)
 * 2015  – Süleyman Demirel, Turkish engineer and politician, 9th President of Turkey (b. 1924)
 * 2015  – Roberto M. Levingston, Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (b. 1920)
 * 2015  – Clementa C. Pinckney, American minister and politician (b. 1973)
 * 2017 – Baldwin Lonsdale, president of Vanuatu (b. 1948)
 * 2019 – Gloria Vanderbilt, American artist, author actress, fashion designer, heiress and socialite (b. 1924)
 * 2019  – Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian professor and politician, first elected president of Egypt after Egyptian revolution (b. 1951)
 * 2021 – Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, first president of Zambia (b. 1924)

Holidays and observances

 * Christian feast day:
 * Albert Chmielowski
 * Botolph (England and Scandinavia)
 * Gondulphus of Berry
 * Hervé
 * Hypatius of Bithynia (Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches)
 * Rainerius
 * Samuel and Henrietta Barnett (Church of England)
 * June 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
 * Father's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala)
 * Icelandic National Day, celebrates the independence of Iceland from Kingdom of Denmark in 1944.
 * National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Forest Fires (Portugal)
 * Occupation of the Latvian Republic Day (Latvia)
 * World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (international)
 * Zemla Intifada Day (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)

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June 25

Pre-1600

 * 524 – The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce.
 * 841 – In the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, forces led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat the armies of Lothair I of Italy and Pepin II of Aquitaine.
 * 1258 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Acre, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet sailing to relieve Acre.
 * 1530 – At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.

1601–1900

 * 1658 – Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War.
 * 1678 – Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
 * 1741 – Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.
 * 1786 – Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
 * 1788 – Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
 * 1848 – A photograph of the June Days uprising becomes the first known instance of photojournalism.
 * 1876 – American Indian Wars: Battle of the Little Bighorn: 300 men of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer are wiped out by 5,000 Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho, led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.
 * 1900 – The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.

1901–present

 * 1906 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
 * 1910 – The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for "immoral purposes"; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
 * 1910  – Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
 * 1913 – American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
 * 1935 – Colombia–Soviet Union relations are established.
 * 1938 – Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
 * 1940 – World War II: The French armistice with Nazi Germany comes into effect.
 * 1941 – World War II: The Continuation War between the Soviet Union and Finland, supported by Nazi Germany, began.
 * 1943 – The Holocaust and World War II: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis.
 * 1943  – The left-wing German Jewish exile Arthur Goldstein is murdered in Auschwitz.
 * 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic countries, begins.
 * 1944  – World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.
 * 1944  – The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
 * 1947 – The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
 * 1948 – The United States Congress passes the Displaced Persons Act to allow World War II refugees to immigrate to the United States above quota restrictions.
 * 1950 – The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
 * 1960 – Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
 * 1975 – Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal.
 * 1975  – Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of internal emergency in India.
 * 1976 – Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
 * 1978 – The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
 * 1981 – Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
 * 1991 – The breakup of Yugoslavia begins when Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
 * 1992 – Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-50, the first shuttle mission to carry Extended Duration Orbiter hardware.
 * 1993 – Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
 * 1996 – The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.
 * 1997 – An uncrewed Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
 * 1997  – The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).
 * 1998 – In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
 * 2007 – PMTair Flight 241 crashes in the Dâmrei Mountains in Kampot Province, Cambodia, killing all 22 people on board.
 * 2022 – The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the longest bridge of Bangladesh, Padma Bridge.
 * 2022  – Russo-Ukrainian War: The Battle of Sievierodonetsk ends after weeks of heavy fighting with the Russian capture of the city, leading to the Battle of Lysychansk.
 * 2022  – Two people are killed and 21 more injured after a gunman opens fire at three sites in Oslo in a suspected Islamist anti-LGBTQ+ attack.
 * 2024  – Thousands of people storm Kenya's Parliament Buildings protesting the passing of the government's 2024/25 Finance Bill.

Pre-1600

 * 1242 – Beatrice of England (d. 1275)
 * 1328 – William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English commander (d. 1397)
 * 1371 – Joanna II of Naples (d. 1435)
 * 1484 – Bartholomeus V. Welser, German banker (d. 1561)
 * 1526 – Elisabeth Parr, Marchioness of Northampton (d. 1565)
 * 1560 – Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (d. 1634)
 * 1568 – Gunilla Bielke, Queen of Sweden (d. 1597)

1601–1900

 * 1612 – John Albert Vasa, Polish cardinal (d. 1634)
 * 1632 – Girolamo Corner, Venetian statesman and military commander (d. 1690)
 * 1709 – Francesco Araja, Italian composer (d. 1762)
 * 1715 – Joseph Foullon de Doué, French soldier and politician, Controller-General of Finances (d. 1789)
 * 1755 – Natalia Alexeievna of Russia (d. 1776)
 * 1799 – David Douglas, Scottish-English botanist and explorer (d. 1834)
 * 1814 – Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and engineer (d. 1896)
 * 1825 – James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1888)
 * 1852 – Antoni Gaudí, Spanish architect, designed the Park Güell (d. 1926)
 * 1858 – Georges Courteline, French author and playwright (d. 1929)
 * 1860 – Gustave Charpentier, French composer and conductor (d. 1956)
 * 1863 – Émile Francqui, Belgian soldier and diplomat (d. 1935)
 * 1864 – Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
 * 1866 – Eloísa Díaz, Chilean doctor and Chile's first female physician (d. 1950)
 * 1874 – Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer (d. 1944)
 * 1884 – Géza Gyóni, Hungarian soldier and poet (d. 1917)
 * 1884  – Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, German-French art collector and historian (d. 1979)
 * 1886 – Henry H. Arnold, American general (d. 1950)
 * 1887 – George Abbott, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995)
 * 1887  – Frigyes Karinthy, Hungarian author, poet, and journalist (d. 1938)
 * 1892 – Shirō Ishii, Japanese microbiologist and general (d. 1959)
 * 1894 – Hermann Oberth, Romanian-German physicist and engineer (d. 1989)
 * 1898 – Kay Sage, American painter and poet (d. 1963)
 * 1900 – Marta Abba, Italian actress (d. 1988)
 * 1900  – Zinaida Aksentyeva, Ukrainian/Soviet astronomer (d. 1969)
 * 1900  – Georgia Hale, American silent film actress and real estate investor (d. 1985)
 * 1900  – Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (d. 1979)

1901–present

 * 1901 – Harold Roe Bartle, American businessman and politician, 47th Mayor of Kansas City (d. 1974)
 * 1902 – Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu of Japan (d. 1953)
 * 1903 – George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic (d. 1950)
 * 1903  – Anne Revere, American actress (d. 1990)
 * 1905 – Rupert Wildt, German-American astronomer and academic (d. 1976)
 * 1907 – J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
 * 1908 – Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and academic (d. 2000)
 * 1911 – William Howard Stein, American chemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980)
 * 1912 – William T. Cahill, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of New Jersey (d. 1996)
 * 1913 – Cyril Fletcher, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005)
 * 1915 – Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (d. 1990)
 * 1917 – Nils Karlsson, Swedish skier (d. 2012)
 * 1917  – Claude Seignolle, French author (d. 2018)
 * 1918 – P. H. Newby, English soldier and author (d. 1997)
 * 1920 – Lassie Lou Ahern, American actress (d. 2018)
 * 1921 – Celia Franca, English-Canadian ballerina and choreographer, founded the National Ballet of Canada (d. 2007)
 * 1922 – Johnny Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2013)
 * 1923 – Sam Francis, American soldier and painter (d. 1994)
 * 1923  – Dorothy Gilman, American author (d. 2012)
 * 1923  – Jamshid Amouzegar, 43rd Prime Minister of Iran (d. 2016)
 * 1924 – Sidney Lumet, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
 * 1924 – Dimitar Isakov, Bulgarian football player
 * 1924  – Madan Mohan, Iraqi-Indian composer and director (d. 1975)
 * 1924  – William J. Castagna, American lawyer and judge (d. 2020)
 * 1925 – June Lockhart, American actress
 * 1925  – Robert Venturi, American architect and academic (d. 2018)
 * 1925  – Virginia Patton, American actress and businesswoman (d. 2022)
 * 1926 – Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (d. 1973)
 * 1926  – Kep Enderby, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd Attorney-General for Australia (d. 2015)
 * 1926  – Stig Sollander, Swedish Alpine skier (d. 2019)
 * 1927 – Antal Róka, Hungarian runner (d. 1970)
 * 1927  – Arnold Wolfendale, English astronomer and academic (d. 2020)
 * 1928 – Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
 * 1928  – Michel Brault, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
 * 1928  – Peyo, Belgian author and illustrator, created The Smurfs (d. 1992)
 * 1929 – Eric Carle, American author and illustrator (d. 2021)
 * 1929  – Francesco Marchisano, Italian cardinal (d. 2014)
 * 1931 – V. P. Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (d. 2008)
 * 1932 – Peter Blake, English painter and illustrator
 * 1932  – George Sluizer, French-Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
 * 1933 – Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese architect, designed the Porto School of Architecture
 * 1934 – Jean Geissinger, American baseball player (d. 2014)
 * 1934  – Jack W. Hayford, American minister and author (d. 2023)
 * 1934  – Beatriz Sheridan, Mexican actress and director (d. 2006)
 * 1935 – Ray Butt, English television producer and director (d. 2013)
 * 1935  – Salihu Ibrahim, Nigerian Army Officer (d. 2018)
 * 1935  – Taufiq Ismail, Indonesian poet and activist
 * 1935  – Larry Kramer, American author, playwright, and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (d. 2020)
 * 1935  – Don Demeter, American professional baseball player (d. 2021)
 * 1935  – Tony Lanfranchi, English racing driver (d. 2004)
 * 1935  – Judy Howe, American artistic gymnast
 * 1935  – Charles Sheffield, English-American mathematician, physicist, and author (d. 2002)
 * 1936 – B. J. Habibie, Indonesian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Indonesia (d. 2019)
 * 1936  – Bert Hölldobler, German biologist and entomologist
 * 1937 – Eddie Floyd, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter
 * 1937  – Derek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland, English politician (d. 2019)
 * 1937  – Doreen Wells, English ballerina and actress
 * 1939 – Allen Fox, American tennis player and coach
 * 1940 – Judy Amoore, Australian runner
 * 1940  – Mary Beth Peil, American actress and singer
 * 1940  – A. J. Quinnell, English-Maltese author (d. 2005)
 * 1940  – Clint Warwick, English bass player (d. 2004)
 * 1941 – Denys Arcand, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1941  – John Albert Raven, Scottish academic and ecologist
 * 1942 – Patricia Brake, English actress (d. 2022)
 * 1942  – Nikiforos Diamandouros, Greek academic and politician
 * 1942  – Willis Reed, American basketball player, coach, and manager (d. 2023)
 * 1942  – Michel Tremblay, Canadian author and playwright
 * 1943 – Carly Simon, American singer-songwriter
 * 1944 – Robert Charlebois, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
 * 1944  – Gary David Goldberg, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
 * 1945 – Baba Gana Kingibe, Nigerian politician
 * 1945  – Harry Womack, American singer (d. 1974)
 * 1946 – Roméo Dallaire, Dutch-Canadian general and politician
 * 1946  – Allen Lanier, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2013)
 * 1946  – Ian McDonald, English guitarist and saxophonist (d. 2022)
 * 1947 – John Powell, American discus thrower (d. 2022)
 * 1947  – Jimmie Walker, American actor
 * 1949 – Richard Clarke, Irish archbishop
 * 1949  – Patrick Tambay, French racing driver (d. 2022)
 * 1949  – Yoon Joo-sang, South Korean actor
 * 1950 – Marcello Toninelli, Italian author and screenwriter
 * 1951 – Eva Bayer-Fluckiger, Swiss mathematician and academic
 * 1952 – Péter Erdő, Hungarian cardinal
 * 1952  – Tim Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter
 * 1952  – Martin Gerschwitz, German singer-songwriter and keyboard player
 * 1952  – Kristina Abelli Elander, Swedish artist
 * 1953 – Olivier Ameisen, French-American cardiologist and educator (d. 2013)
 * 1953  – Ian Davis, Australian cricketer
 * 1954 – Mario Lessard, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1954  – David Paich, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
 * 1954  – Sonia Sotomayor, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
 * 1955 – Vic Marks, English cricketer and sportscaster
 * 1956 – Anthony Bourdain, American chef and author (d. 2018)
 * 1956  – Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia (d. 2004)
 * 1956  – Craig Young, Australian rugby player and coach
 * 1957 – Greg Millen, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
 * 1959 – Lutz Dombrowski, German long jumper and educator
 * 1959  – Jari Puikkonen, Finnish ski jumper
 * 1959  – Bobbie Vaile, Australian astrophysicist and astronomer (d. 1996)
 * 1960 – Alastair Bruce of Crionaich, English-Scottish journalist and author
 * 1960  – Craig Johnston, South African-Australian footballer and photographer
 * 1960  – Laurent Rodriguez, French rugby player
 * 1961 – Timur Bekmambetov, Kazakh director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1961  – Ricky Gervais, English comedian, actor, director, producer and singer
 * 1963 – Yann Martel, Spanish-born Canadian author
 * 1963  – Doug Gilmour, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
 * 1963  – George Michael, English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2016)
 * 1964 – Phil Emery, Australian cricketer
 * 1964  – Johnny Herbert, English racing driver and sportscaster
 * 1964  – John McCrea, American singer-songwriter and musician
 * 1965 – Napole Polutele, French politician
 * 1965  – Kerri Pottharst, Australian beach volleyball player
 * 1966 – Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese-American basketball player
 * 1967 – Tracey Spicer, Australian journalist
 * 1968 – Adrian Garvey, Zimbabwean-South African rugby player
 * 1968  – Vaios Karagiannis, Greek footballer and manager
 * 1969 – Kevin Kelley, American football coach
 * 1970 – Roope Latvala, Finnish guitarist
 * 1970  – Erki Nool, Estonian decathlete and politician
 * 1971 – Karen Darke, English cyclist and author
 * 1971  – Jason Gallian, Australian-English cricketer and educator
 * 1971  – Rod Kafer, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
 * 1971  – Angela Kinsey, American actress
 * 1971  – Neil Lennon, Northern Irish-Scottish footballer and manager
 * 1971  – Michael Tucker, American baseball player
 * 1972 – Carlos Delgado, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach
 * 1972  – Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Libyan engineer and politician
 * 1973 – Milan Hnilička, Czech ice hockey player
 * 1973  – Jamie Redknapp, English footballer and coach
 * 1974 – Nisha Ganatra, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1974  – Glen Metropolit, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1975 – Kiur Aarma, Estonian journalist and producer
 * 1975  – Linda Cardellini, American actress
 * 1975  – Albert Costa, Spanish tennis player and coach
 * 1975  – Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player
 * 1975  – Michele Merkin, American model and television host
 * 1976 – José Cancela, Uruguayan footballer
 * 1976  – Carlos Nieto, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
 * 1976  – Neil Walker, American swimmer
 * 1978 – Aramis Ramírez, Dominican baseball player
 * 1979 – Richard Hughes, Scottish footballer
 * 1979  – Busy Philipps, American actress
 * 1981 – Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper
 * 1982 – Rain, South Korean singer and actor
 * 1982  – Mikhail Youzhny, Russian tennis player
 * 1983 – Marc Janko, Austrian footballer
 * 1985 – Karim Matmour, Algerian footballer
 * 1986 – Aya Matsuura, Japanese singer and actress
 * 1988 – Jhonas Enroth, Swedish ice hockey player
 * 1988  – Miguel Layún, Mexican footballer
 * 1988  – Therese Johaug, Norwegian cross-country skier
 * 1990 – Andi Eigenmann, Filipino actress
 * 1996 – Pietro Fittipaldi, Brazilian-American race car driver
 * 1998 – Kyle Chalmers, Australian swimmer
 * 2001 – Philip Broberg, Swedish professional ice hockey player

Pre-1600

 * 635 – Gao Zu, Chinese emperor (b. 566)
 * 841 – Gerard of Auvergne, Frankish nobleman
 * 841  – Ricwin of Nantes, Frankish nobleman
 * 891 – Sunderolt, German archbishop
 * 931 – An Chonghui, Chinese general
 * 1014 – Æthelstan Ætheling, son of Æthelred the Unready
 * 1031 – Sheng Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 972)
 * 1134 – Niels, king of Denmark (b. 1065)
 * 1218 – Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, French politician, Lord High Steward (b. 1160)
 * 1291 – Eleanor of Provence, queen of England (b. 1223)
 * 1337 – Frederick III, king of Sicily (b. 1272)
 * 1394 – Dorothea of Montau, German hermitess (b. 1347)
 * 1483 – Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, English courtier and translator (b. 1440)
 * 1483  – Richard Grey, half brother of Edward V of England (b. 1458)
 * 1522 – Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1451)
 * 1533 – Mary Tudor, queen of France (b. 1496)
 * 1579 – Hatano Hideharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1541)
 * 1593 – Michele Mercati, Italian physician and archaeologist (b. 1541)

1601–1900

 * 1634 – John Marston, English poet and playwright (b. 1576)
 * 1638 – Juan Pérez de Montalbán, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1602)
 * 1665 – Sigismund Francis, archduke of Austria (b. 1630)
 * 1669 – François de Vendôme, duke of Beaufort (b. 1616)
 * 1671 – Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Italian priest and astronomer (b. 1598)
 * 1673 – Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan, French captain (b. 1611)
 * 1686 – Simon Ushakov, Russian painter and educator (b. 1626)
 * 1715 – Jean-Baptiste du Casse, French admiral and politician (b. 1646)
 * 1767 – Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer and theorist (b. 1681)
 * 1798 – Thomas Sandby, English cartographer, painter, and architect (b. 1721)
 * 1822 – E. T. A. Hoffmann, German composer, critic, and jurist (b. 1776)
 * 1835 – Ebenezer Pemberton, American educator (b. 1746)
 * 1838 – François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French general and engineer (b. 1774)
 * 1861 – Abdülmecid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1823)
 * 1866 – Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish biologist and paleontologist (b. 1803)
 * 1868 – Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist and neurophysiologist (b. 1811)
 * 1870 – David Heaton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
 * 1875 – Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (b. 1796)
 * 1876 – James Calhoun, American lieutenant (b. 1845)
 * 1876  – Boston Custer, American civilian army contractor (b. 1848)
 * 1876  – George Armstrong Custer, American general (b. 1839)
 * 1876  – Thomas Custer, American officer, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1845)
 * 1876  – Myles Keogh, Irish-American officer (b. 1840)
 * 1882 – François Jouffroy, French sculptor (b. 1806)
 * 1884 – Hans Rott, Austrian organist and composer (b. 1858)
 * 1886 – Jean-Louis Beaudry, Canadian businessman and politician, 11th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1809)
 * 1894 – Marie François Sadi Carnot, French engineer and politician, 5th President of France (b. 1837)

1901–present

 * 1906 – Stanford White, American architect, designed the Washington Square Arch (b. 1853)
 * 1912 – Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-British painter (b. 1836)
 * 1916 – Thomas Eakins, American painter, photographer, and sculptor (b. 1844)
 * 1917 – Géza Gyóni, Hungarian soldier and poet (b. 1884)
 * 1918 – Jake Beckley, American baseball player and coach (b. 1867)
 * 1922 – Satyendranath Dutta, Indian poet and author (b. 1882)
 * 1937 – Colin Clive, British actor (b. 1900)
 * 1939 – Richard Seaman, English race car driver (b. 1913)
 * 1943 – Arthur Goldstein, German Jewish left-wing activist (c. 1887)
 * 1944 – Dénes Berinkey, Hungarian jurist and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1871)
 * 1944  – Lucha Reyes, Mexican singer and actress (b. 1906)
 * 1947 – Jimmy Doyle, American boxer (b. 1924)
 * 1948 – William C. Lee, American general (b. 1895)
 * 1949 – Buck Freeman, American baseball player (b. 1871)
 * 1949  – James Steen, American water polo player (b. 1876)
 * 1950 – Maurice O'Sullivan, Irish police officer and author (b. 1904)
 * 1958 – Alfred Noyes, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1880)
 * 1959 – Charles Starkweather, American spree killer (b. 1938)
 * 1960 – Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
 * 1968 – Tony Hancock, English comedian and actor (b. 1924)
 * 1971 – John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, Scottish physician, biologist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1880)
 * 1972 – Jan Matulka, Czech-American painter and illustrator (b. 1890)
 * 1974 – Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (b. 1893)
 * 1976 – Johnny Mercer, American singer-songwriter, co-founded Capitol Records (b. 1909)
 * 1977 – Olave Baden-Powell, British Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting leader (b. 1889)
 * 1977  – Endre Szervánszky, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1911)
 * 1979 – Dave Fleischer, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1894)
 * 1979  – Philippe Halsman, Latvian-American photographer (b. 1906)
 * 1981 – Felipe Cossío del Pomar, Peruvian painter and political activist (b. 1888)
 * 1983 – Alberto Ginastera, Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1916)
 * 1984 – Michel Foucault, French historian and philosopher (b. 1926)
 * 1988 – Hillel Slovak, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1962)
 * 1990 – Ronald Gene Simmons, American sergeant and murderer (b. 1940)
 * 1992 – Jerome Brown, American football player (b. 1965)
 * 1995 – Warren E. Burger, Fifteenth Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1907)
 * 1995  – Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
 * 1996 – Arthur Snelling, English civil servant and diplomat, British Ambassador to South Africa (b. 1914)
 * 1997 – Jacques Cousteau, French oceanographer and explorer (b. 1910)
 * 2002 – Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Labour (b. 1934)
 * 2003 – Lester Maddox, American businessman and politician, 75th Governor of Georgia (b. 1915)
 * 2004 – Morton Coutts, New Zealand inventor (b. 1904)
 * 2005 – John Fiedler, American actor and voice artist (b. 1925)
 * 2005  – Kâzım Koyuncu, Turkish singer-songwriter and activist (b. 1971)
 * 2006 – Jaap Penraat, Dutch-American humanitarian (b. 1918)
 * 2007 – J. Fred Duckett, American journalist and educator (b. 1933)
 * 2007  – Jeeva, Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1963)
 * 2008 – Lyall Watson, South African anthropologist and ethologist (b. 1939)
 * 2009 – Farrah Fawcett, American actress and producer (b. 1947)
 * 2009  – Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (b. 1958)
 * 2009  – Sky Saxon, American singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
 * 2010 – Alan Plater, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1935)
 * 2010  – Richard B. Sellars, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1915)
 * 2011 – Annie Easley, American computer scientist and mathematician (b. 1933)
 * 2011  – Goff Richards, English composer and conductor (b. 1944)
 * 2011  – Margaret Tyzack, English actress (b. 1931)
 * 2012 – Shigemitsu Dandō, Japanese academic and jurist (b. 1913)
 * 2012  – Campbell Gillies, Scottish jockey (b. 1990)
 * 2012  – George Randolph Hearst, Jr., American businessman (b. 1927)
 * 2012  – Lucella MacLean, American baseball player (b. 1921)
 * 2012  – Edgar Ross, American boxer (b. 1949)
 * 2013 – George Burditt, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)
 * 2013  – Catherine Gibson, Scottish swimmer (b. 1931)
 * 2013  – Robert E. Gilka, American photographer and journalist (b. 1916)
 * 2013  – Harry Parker, American rower and coach (b. 1935)
 * 2013  – Mildred Ladner Thompson, American journalist (b. 1918)
 * 2013  – Green Wix Unthank, American soldier and judge (b. 1923)
 * 2014 – Nigel Calder, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
 * 2014  – Ana María Matute, Spanish author and academic (b. 1925)
 * 2014  – Ivan Plyushch, Ukrainian agronomist and politician (b. 1941)
 * 2015 – Patrick Macnee, English actor (b. 1922)
 * 2015  – Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (b. 1940)
 * 2016 – Adam Small, South African writer of apartheid-period (b. 1936)
 * 2023 – Simon Crean, Australian trade union leader and politician (b. 1949)
 * 2024 – Sika Anoa‘i, American Samoan professional wrestler (b. 1945)
 * 2024  – Bill Cobbs, American actor (b. 1934)

Holidays and observances

 * Arbor Day (Philippines)
 * Christian feast day:
 * David of Munktorp
 * Eurosia
 * Maximus (Massimo) of Turin
 * Philipp Melanchthon (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)
 * Presentation of the Augsburg Confession (Lutheran)
 * Prosper of Aquitaine
 * Prosper of Reggio
 * William of Montevergine
 * June 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
 * Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Mozambique from Portugal in 1975.
 * Independence Day (Croatia)
 * National Catfish Day (United States)
 * Statehood Day (Slovenia)
 * Statehood Day (Virginia)
 * Teacher's Day (Guatemala)
 * World Vitiligo Day

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