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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[653]] – [[Pope Martin I]] is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to [[monothelitism]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Booth|first=Phil|title=Crisis of Empire — Doctrine and Dissent at the End of Late Antiquity|location=Berkeley, Calif.|publisher=University of California Press|date=2017|isbn=9780520296190|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S3Q4DwAAQBAJ|page=303}}</ref> *[[1242]] – Following the [[Disputation of Paris]], twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were burnt in [[Paris]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Alter |first1=Michael J. |title=Why the Torah Begins with the Letter Beit |date=1998 |publisher=Jason Aronson, Incorporated |isbn=978-1-4617-3416-1 |page=247 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZT0fPh0annAC&pg=PA247 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1300]] – [[Turku Cathedral]] is consecrated by [[Magnus (bishop)|Bishop Magnus I]] in the city of [[Turku]] ({{langx|sv|Åbo}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blf.fi/artikel.php?id=223|title=MAGNUS (d. 1308) Biskop i Åbo|publisher=Biografiskt lexikon för Finland|access-date=17 August 2024|language=sv}}</ref> *[[1397]] – The [[Kalmar Union]] is formed under the rule of [[Margaret I of Denmark]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bauer|first=Susan Wise|title=The History of the Renaissance World: From the Rediscovery of Aristotle to the Conquest of Constantinople|location=New York|publisher=W.W. Norton & Company|date=2013|isbn=9780393059762|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fJf_PA6jLfcC|page=607}}</ref> *[[1462]] – [[Vlad the Impaler]] attempts to [[assassination|assassinate]] [[Mehmed II]] ([[Night Attack at Târgovişte|The Night Attack at Târgovişte]]), forcing him to retreat from [[Wallachia]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Shirogorov|first=Vladimir|title=War on the Eve of Nations: Conflicts and Militaries in Eastern Europe, 1450-1500|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Lexington Books|date=2021|isbn=9781793622402|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mP0vEAAAQBAJ|page=26}}</ref> *[[1497]] – [[Cornish Rebellion of 1497#Battle of Deptford Bridge|Battle of Deptford Bridge]]: Forces under King [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]] defeat troops led by [[Michael An Gof]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Powell-Thomas|first=Andrew|title=Cornwall's Military Heritage|location=Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK|publisher=Amberley Publishing|date=2021|isbn=9781445695013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8vtZEAAAQBAJ|page=4}}</ref> *[[1565]] – [[Matsunaga Hisahide]] assassinates the 13th [[Ashikaga shogunate|Ashikaga shōgun]], [[Ashikaga Yoshiteru]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Castel-Branco|first1=Cristina|last2=Carvalho|first2=Guida|title=Luis Frois: First Western Accounts of Japan's Gardens, Cities and Landscapes|location=Singapore|publisher=Springer|date=2020|isbn=9789811500176|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tpyyDwAAQBAJ|page=225}}</ref> *[[1579]] – [[Francis Drake|Sir Francis Drake]] claims a land he calls ''[[New Albion|Nova Albion]]'' (modern [[California]]) for [[England]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Panton|first=Kenneth J.|title=Historical Dictionary of the British Empire|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|date=2015|isbn=9780810878013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WdFbCQAAQBAJ|page=xix}}</ref> *[[1596]] – The Dutch explorer [[Willem Barentsz]] discovers the Arctic archipelago of [[Svalbard|Spitsbergen]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Duncan|first=Kirsty|title=Hunting the 1918 Flu: One Scientist's Search for a Killer Virus|location=Toronto|publisher=University of Toronto Press|date=2003|isbn=9780802087485|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8YEFuNHTrToC|page=33}}</ref> ===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]].<ref>{{cite book|last=McMurdo|first=Edward|title=The History of Portugal: From the Commencement of the Monarchy to the Reign of Alfonso III.|url=https://archive.org/details/historyportugal01mcmugoog|access-date=15 July 2018|year=1889|publisher=S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyportugal01mcmugoog/page/n445 424]}}</ref> *[[1673]] – [[French people|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]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Philbrick|first=Nathaniel|title=Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution|location=New York|publisher=Penguin Books|date=2014|isbn=9780143125327|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m7n_AzUJ51QC|pages=xiii, 250}}</ref> *[[1789]] – In [[France]], the [[Estates of the realm|Third Estate]] declares itself the [[National Assembly (French Revolution)|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 Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]] the freedom to worship in the [[Hawaiian Islands]]. The [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu|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 people|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 officer|General]] [[George Crook]]'s forces at Rosebud Creek in [[Montana Territory]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Hedren|first=Paul L.|title=Rosebud, June 17, 1876: Prelude to the Little Big Horn|location=Norman, Okla.|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|date=2019|isbn=9780806162324|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TmGPDwAAQBAJ|pages=xiii, 305}}</ref> *[[1877]] – American Indian Wars: [[Battle of White Bird Canyon]]: The [[Nez Perce people|Nez Perce]] defeat the [[United States Cavalry|U.S. Cavalry]] at White Bird Canyon in the [[Idaho Territory]]. *[[1885]] – The [[Statue of Liberty]] arrives in [[New York Harbor]]. *[[1898]] – The [[Hospital Corpsman|United States Navy Hospital Corps]] is established. *[[1900]] – [[Boxer Rebellion]]: [[Eight-Nation Alliance|Western Allied and Japanese]] forces [[Battle of Taku Forts (1900)|capture]] the [[Taku Forts]] in [[Tianjin]], China.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T6VAAAAAYAAJ&q=June+15,+it+was+learned+that+the+mouth+of+the+river+was+protected+by+electric+mines,+that+the+forts+at+Taku+were&pg=PA533|title=Publication, Issue 33 Document (United States. War Dept.)|author=United States. Adjutant-General's Office. Military Information Division|year=1901|publisher=G.P.O.|pages=533–536}}</ref> ===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 Aviation|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 [[1929 Murchison earthquake|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 [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] considers a bill that would give them certain benefits. *[[1933]] – [[Kansas City massacre|Union Station massacre]]: In [[Kansas City, Missouri]], four [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|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 (city)|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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lancastria: Service for Britain's worst maritime disaster |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-57611470 |website=BBC News |access-date=27 June 2021 |date=2021-06-27}}</ref> * 1940 – World War II: The British Army's [[11th Hussars]] assault and take [[Fort Capuzzo]] in [[Libya]], Africa from [[Kingdom of Italy|Italian]] forces. * 1940 – The three [[Baltic states]] of [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]] and [[Lithuania]] fall under the [[Soviet occupation of the Baltic states (1940)|occupation]] of the [[Soviet Union]]. *[[1944]] – [[Iceland]] declares [[Icelandic National Day|independence]] from Denmark and becomes a [[republic]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Arnason|first=Agust Thor|chapter=The European Union Seen From the Top — The View of an Inside-Outsider|title=Nordic and Other European Constitutional Traditions|editor-last=Nergelius|editor-first=Joakim|location=Leiden|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff|date=2006|isbn=9789004151710|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dfR5DwAAQBAJ|page=29}}</ref> *[[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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1952-54Guat/intro |work=US Department of State |title=FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1952–1954, GUATEMALA}}</ref> *[[1953]] – [[Cold War]]: [[Uprising of 1953 in East Germany|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 (district municipality)|North Vancouver]] (Canada), collapses into the [[Burrard Inlet]] killing 18 ironworkers and injuring others.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Andrews|first1=Gordon C.|last2=Shjaw|first2=Patricia|last3=McPhee|first3=John|title=Canadian Professional Engineering and Geoscience: Practice and Ethics|location=Toronto|publisher=Nelson|date=2019|isbn=9780176764678|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=35Nfi0K9uuwC|page=279}}</ref> *[[1960]] – The [[Nez Perce people|Nez Perce]] tribe is awarded $4 million for {{convert|7|e6acre|km2}} 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 school (government funded)|public schools]]. * 1963 – A day after [[Leaders of South Vietnam|South Vietnamese President]] [[Ngô Đình Diệm]] announced the [[Joint Communiqué (Vietnam)|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 [[Test No. 6|successful test]] of its first [[thermonuclear weapon]]. *[[1971]] – U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] in a televised press conference called [[Substance abuse|drug abuse]] "America's public enemy number one", starting the [[War on drugs]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/06/the-war-on-drugs-turns-40/240472/|last=Friedersdorf|first=Conor|title=The War on Drugs Turns 40 |website=[[The Atlantic]]|access-date=17 June 2021|date=15 June 2011}}</ref> *[[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 [[Presidency of Richard Nixon|administration of President Richard M. Nixon]] to illegally [[Telephone tapping|wiretap]] the political opposition as part of a [[Operation Sandwedge|broader campaign to subvert the democratic process]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bernstein|first1=Carl|last2=Woodward|first2=Bob|title=All the President's Men|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|date=1974|isbn=9781476770512|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EEA7CQAAQBAJ|pages=13–16|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Emery|first=Fred|title=Watergate|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|date=1994|isbn=9780684813233|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YEPuUNqYRyIC|pages=74–105|postscript=none}};{{cite book|last=Shepard|first=Geoff|title=The Real Watergate Scandal: Collusion, Conspiracy, and the Plot That Brought Nixon Down|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|date=2015|isbn=9781621573289|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dx1pCQAAQBAJ|page=35}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Space Shuttle program]]: [[STS-51-G]] mission: [[Space Shuttle Discovery|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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-62M DDR-SEW Berlin-Schönefeld Airport (SXF) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19890617-2 |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Apartheid]]: The [[Parliament of South Africa|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 H. W. Bush|George Bush]] and [[President of Russia|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 [[O. J. Simpson murder case|murders]] of his ex-wife, [[Nicole Brown Simpson]], and her friend [[Ronald Goldman]]. *[[2015]] – Nine people are killed in [[Charleston church shooting|a mass shooting]] at [[Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church]] in [[Charleston, South Carolina]]. *[[2017]] – A [[June 2017 Portugal wildfires|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/17/politics/biden-juneteenth-bill-signing/index.html|title = Biden signs bill into law making Juneteenth a national holiday| website=[[CNN]] | date=17 June 2021 }}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== * [[801]] – [[Drogo of Metz]], Frankish bishop (died 855) *[[1239]] – [[Edward I of England|Edward I]], English king (died 1307) *[[1530]] – [[François de Montmorency]], French nobleman (died 1579) *[[1571]] – [[Thomas Mun]], English writer on economics (died 1641) ===1601–1900=== *[[1603]] – [[Joseph of Cupertino]], Italian mystic and saint (died 1663) *[[1604]] – [[John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen|John Maurice]], Dutch nobleman (died 1679) *[[1610]] – [[Birgitte Thott]], Danish scholar, writer and translator (born 1662)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://runeberg.org/dbl/17/0320.html |title=Thott, Birgitte |volume=XVII |page=318 |first=J. |last=Paludan |encyclopedia=[[Dansk Biografisk Leksikon]] |editor-first=Carl Frederik |editor-last=Bricka |editor-link=Carl Frederik Bricka |language=da}}</ref> *[[1631]] – [[Gauharara Begum]], Mughal princess (died 1706) *[[1682]] – [[Charles XII of Sweden|Charles XII]], Swedish king (died 1718) *[[1691]] – [[Giovanni Paolo Panini]], Italian painter and architect (died 1765) *[[1693]] – [[Johann Georg Walch]], German theologian and author (died 1775) *[[1704]] – [[John Kay (flying shuttle)|John Kay]], English engineer, invented the [[Flying shuttle]] (died 1780) *[[1714]] – [[César-François Cassini de Thury]], French astronomer and cartographer (died 1784) *[[1718]] – [[George Howard (British Army officer)|George Howard]], English field marshal and politician, [[Governor of Minorca]] (died 1796) *[[1778]] – [[Gregory Blaxland]], English-Australian explorer (died 1853) *[[1800]] – [[William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse]], English-Irish astronomer and politician (died 1867) *[[1808]] – [[Henrik Wergeland]], Norwegian poet, playwright, and linguist (died 1845) *[[1810]] – [[Ferdinand Freiligrath]], German poet and translator (died 1876) *[[1811]] – [[Jón Sigurðsson]], Icelandic scholar and politician (died 1879) *[[1818]] – [[Charles Gounod]], French composer and academic (died 1893) * 1818 – [[Sophie of Württemberg]], queen of the Netherlands (died 1877) *[[1821]] – [[E. G. Squier]], American archaeologist and journalist (died 1888) *[[1832]] – [[William Crookes]], English chemist and physicist (died 1919) *[[1833]] – [[Manuel González Flores]], Mexican general and president (died 1893)<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/10094/Manuel%20del%20Refugio%20Gonzalez%20Flores|publisher=Busca Biografias|access-date=May 28, 2019|language=es|title=Manuel del Refugio González Flores}}</ref> *[[1858]] – [[Eben Sumner Draper]], American businessman and politician, 44th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (died 1914) *[[1861]] – [[Pete Browning]], American baseball player (died 1905) * 1861 – [[Omar Bundy]], American general (died 1940) *[[1863]] – [[Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg|Charles Michael]], duke of Mecklenburg (died 1934) *[[1865]] – [[Susan La Flesche Picotte]], Native American physician (died 1915) *[[1867]] – [[Flora Finch]], English-American actress (died 1940) * 1867 – [[John Robert Gregg]], Irish-born American educator, publisher, and humanitarian (died 1948) * 1867 – [[Henry Lawson]], Australian poet and author (died 1922) *[[1871]] – [[James Weldon Johnson]], American author, journalist, and activist (died 1938) *[[1876]] – [[William Carr (rower)|William Carr]], American rower (died 1942) * 1876 – [[Edward Anthony Spitzka]], American anatomist and author (died 1922) *[[1880]] – [[Carl Van Vechten]], American author and photographer (died 1964)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vogel |first1=Shane |title=Van Vechten, Carl (1880–1964) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM130-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}</ref> *[[1881]] – [[Tommy Burns (Canadian boxer)|Tommy Burns]], Canadian boxer and promoter (died 1955) *[[1882]] – [[Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] (died 1918) * 1882 – [[Igor Stravinsky]], Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1971) *[[1888]] – [[Heinz Guderian]], German general (died 1954) *[[1897]] – [[Menina Izildinha|Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro]], Brazilian girl, [[folk saint|popular saint]] (died 1911) *[[1898]] – [[M. C. Escher]], Dutch illustrator (died 1972) * 1898 – [[Carl Hermann]], German physicist and academic (died 1961) * 1898 – [[Joe McKelvey]], Executed [[Irish republican]] (died 1922)<ref>McDermott, Jim, (2001), Northern Divisions The Old IRA and the Belfast Pogroms 1920-22, BTP Publications, Belfast, pg 278, ISBN 1-900960-11-7</ref> * 1898 – [[Harry Patch]], English soldier and firefighter (died 2009) *[[1900]] – [[Martin Bormann]], German politician (died 1945) * 1900 – [[Evelyn Irons]], Scottish journalist and war correspondent (died 2000)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/30/nyregion/evelyn-irons-war-reporter-is-dead-at-99.html|title=Evelyn Irons, War Reporter, Is Dead at 99|last=Lewis|first=Paul|date=2000-04-30|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-10-26|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Sammy Fain]], American pianist and composer (died 1989) * 1902 – [[Alec Hurwood]], Australian cricketer (died 1982) *[[1903]] – [[Ruth Graves Wakefield]], American chef, created the [[chocolate chip cookie]] (died 1977) *[[1904]] – [[Ralph Bellamy]], American actor (died 1991) * 1904 – [[J. Vernon McGee]], American pastor and theologian (died 1988) * 1904 – [[Patrice Tardif (politician)|Patrice Tardif]], Canadian farmer and politician (died 1989) *[[1907]] – [[Maurice Cloche]], French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1990) *[[1909]] – [[Elmer L. Andersen]], American businessman and politician, 30th [[Governor of Minnesota]] (died 2004) * 1909 – [[Ralph E. Winters]], Canadian-American film editor (died 2004) *[[1910]] – [[Red Foley]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1968) * 1910 – [[George Hees]], Canadian football player and politician (died 1996) *[[1914]] – [[John Hersey]], American journalist and author (died 1993) *[[1915]] – [[David "Stringbean" Akeman]], American singer and banjo player (died 1973) * 1915 – [[Marcel Cadieux]], Canadian civil servant and diplomat, [[Canadian Ambassador to the United States]] (died 1981) *[[1916]] – [[Terry Gilkyson]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1999) *[[1917]] – [[Dufferin Roblin]], Canadian politician, 14th [[Premier of Manitoba]] (died 2010) *[[1918]] – [[Ajahn Chah]], Thai monk and educator (died 1992) *[[1919]] – [[William Kaye Estes]], American psychologist and academic (died 2011) * 1919 – [[John Moffat (Royal Navy officer)|John Moffat]], Scottish lieutenant and pilot (died 2016) * 1919 – [[Beryl Reid]], English actress (died 1996) *[[1920]] – [[Jacob H. Gilbert]], American lawyer and politician (died 1981) * 1920 – [[Setsuko Hara]], Japanese actress (died 2015) * 1920 – [[François Jacob]], French biologist and geneticist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2013) * 1920 – [[Peter Le Cheminant]], English air marshal and politician, [[Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey]] (died 2018) *[[1922]] – [[John Amis]], English journalist and critic (died 2013) *[[1923]] – [[Elroy Hirsch]], American football player (died 2004) * 1923 – [[Arnold S. Relman]], American physician and academic (died 2014) * 1923 – [[Dale C. Thomson]], Canadian historian and academic (died 1999) *[[1925]] – [[Alexander Shulgin]], American pharmacologist and chemist (died 2014) *[[1927]] – [[Martin Böttcher]], German composer and conductor (died 2019) * 1927 – [[Wally Wood]], American author, illustrator, and publisher (died 1981)<ref>{{cite book|last=Aamodt|first=Britt|title=Superheroes, Strip Artists, and Talking Animals: Minnesota's Contemporary Cartoonists|location=St. Paul, Minn.|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press|date=2011|isbn=9780873517775|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GPDBwgjINK8C|page=37}}</ref> *[[1928]] – [[Juan María Bordaberry]], President of Uruguay (died 2011) *[[1929]] – [[Bud Collins]], American journalist and sportscaster (died 2016) * 1929 – [[Tigran Petrosian]], Armenian chess player (died 1984) *[[1930]] – [[Cliff Gallup]], American guitarist (died 1988) * 1930 – [[Brian Statham]], English cricketer (died 2000) *[[1931]] – [[John Baldessari]], American painter and illustrator (died 2020) *[[1932]] – [[Derek Ibbotson]], English runner (died 2017) * 1932 – [[John Murtha]], American colonel and politician (died 2010) *[[1933]] – [[Harry Browne]], American soldier and politician (died 2006) * 1933 – [[Christian Ferras]], French violinist (died 1982) * 1933 – [[Maurice Stokes]], American basketball player (died 1970)<ref>{{cite web|title=Maurice Stokes|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/maurice-stokes/|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=29 February 2020}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[Vern Harper]], Canadian tribal leader and activist (died 2018) * 1936 – [[Ken Loach]], English director, producer, and screenwriter *[[1937]] – [[Peter Fitzgerald (footballer)|Peter Fitzgerald]], Irish footballer and manager (died 2013) * 1937 – [[Ted Nelson]], American sociologist and philosopher * 1937 – [[Clodovil Hernandes]], Brazilian fashion designer, television presenter and politician (died 2009) *[[1940]] – [[George Akerlof]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate * 1940 – [[Bobby Bell]], American football player * 1940 – [[Chuck Rainey]], American bassist *[[1941]] – [[Nicholas C. Handy]], English chemist and academic (died 2012) *[[1942]] – [[Mohamed ElBaradei]], Egyptian politician, [[Vice President of Egypt]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|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 (quarterback)|Randy Johnson]], American football player (died 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 (died 2018) *[[1946]] – [[Peter Rosei]], Austrian author, poet, and playwright *[[1947]] – [[Christopher Allport]], American actor (died 2008) * 1947 – [[Timothy Wright]], American gospel singer, pastor (died 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 (singer, born 1947)|Paul Young]], English singer-songwriter (died 2000) *[[1948]] – [[Dave Concepción]], Venezuelan baseball player and manager * 1948 – [[Jacqueline Jones]], American historian and academic * 1948 – [[Aurelio López]], Mexican baseball player and politician (died 1992) * 1948 – [[Karol Sikora]], English physician and academic *[[1949]] – [[Snakefinger]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1987) * 1949 – [[John Craven (economist)|John Craven]], English economist and academic * 1949 – [[Russell Smith (singer)|Russell Smith]], American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019) *[[1950]] – [[Lee Tamahori]], New Zealand film director *[[1951]] – [[Starhawk]], American author and activist * 1951 – [[John Garrett (ice hockey)|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 (sculptor)|Juan Muñoz]], Spanish sculptor and storyteller (died 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 (died 2013) * 1957 – [[Martin Dillon (musician)|Martin Dillon]], American tenor and educator (died 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 (died 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 (swimmer)|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 (running back)|Ken Clark]], American football player (died 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 (died 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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://facultymedia.jcu.edu.s3.amazonaws.com/sneconference/files/2014/01/cv_Brozek.pdf |title=BARTOSZ BROŻEK : CV |website=Facultymedia.jcu.edu.s3.amazonaws.com |access-date=2021-11-05}}</ref> * 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 (died 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 (rower)|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 (footballer, born 1988)|Shaun MacDonald]], Welsh footballer * 1988 – [[Stephanie Rice]], Australian swimmer *[[1989]] – [[Georgios Tofas]], Cypriot footballer * 1989 – [[Simone Battle]], American singer and actress (died 2014) *[[1990]] – [[Jordan Henderson]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Jordan Henderson Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/127262/jordan-henderson |website=ESPN |access-date=28 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Josh Mansour]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{cite web |title=Josh Mansour |url=https://www.nrl.com/players/internationals/lebanon/josh-mansour/ |website=National Rugby League |access-date=28 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Daniel Tupou]], Australian-Tongan rugby league player<ref>{{cite web |title=Daniel Tupou |url=https://www.nrl.com/players/internationals/tonga/daniel-tupou/ |website=National Rugby League |access-date=28 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Amari Cooper]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Amari Cooper Stats, News & Video - WR {{!}} NFL.com |url=https://www.nfl.com/players/amari-cooper/ |website=www.nfl.com |access-date=28 June 2020}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Clément Lenglet]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Clément Lenglet Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/193917/clement-lenglet |website=ESPN |access-date=28 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Aoi Morikawa]], Japanese actress and model<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hpplus.jp/st/clip/458137/ |title=STモデル プロフィール:森川 葵（もりかわ あおい）Aoi Morikawa｜Seventeen(セブンティーン) |accessdate=2015-06-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329162040/http://hpplus.jp/st/clip/458137/ |archivedate=2015-03-29 |language=Japanese |website=[[Seventeen (Japanese magazine)|Seventeen]] On Line}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[KJ Apa]], New Zealand actor<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-17|title=KJ Apa Birthday Special: 5 Stunning Pictures From the Riverdale Actor's Instagram Account That You Need to See Right Away|url=https://sportsgrindentertainment.com/kj-apa-birthday-special-5-stunning-pictures-from-the-riverdale-actors-instagram-account-that-you-need-to-see-right-away/|access-date=2021-06-17|website=Sports Grind Entertainment|language=en-US}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Raluca Șerban]], Romanian-Cypriot tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raluca Serban - Player Profile - Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/raluca-serban_prs465366/person.shtml |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Eurosport UK |language=en}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Henri Jokiharju]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Henri Jokiharju |url=https://www.nhl.com/sabres/player/henri-jokiharju-8480035 |access-date=23 September 2024 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] }}</ref> * 1999 – [[Elena Rybakina]], Kazakhstani tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/324166/elena-rybakina|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Elena Rybakina|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[656]] – [[Uthman]], caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate (born 579)<ref>{{cite book| last = Madelung| first = Wilferd| title = The Succession to Muhammad A Study of the Early Caliphate| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=2QKBUwBUWWkC&pg=PA80| year = 1998| publisher = Cambridge University Press| isbn = 978-0-521-64696-3 }}</ref> * [[676]] – [[Pope Adeodatus II|Adeodatus]], pope of the Catholic Church * [[811]] – [[Sakanoue no Tamuramaro]], Japanese shōgun (born 758) * [[850]] – [[Tachibana no Kachiko]], Japanese empress (born 786) * [[900]] – [[Fulk (archbishop of Reims)|Fulk]], French archbishop and chancellor *[[1025]] – [[Bolesław I the Brave]], Polish king (born 967) *[[1091]] – [[Dirk V, Count of Holland|Dirk V]], count of Holland (born 1052) *[[1207]] – [[Ji Gong|Daoji]], Chinese buddhist monk (born 1130) *[[1219]] – [[David, Earl of Huntingdon|David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon]] *[[1361]] – [[Ingeborg of Norway]], princess consort and regent of Sweden (born 1301) *[[1400]] – [[Jan of Jenštejn]], archbishop of Prague (born 1348) *[[1463]] – [[Catherine of Portugal (nun)|Catherine of Portugal]], Portuguese princess (born 1436) *[[1501]] – [[John I Albert]], Polish king (born 1459) *[[1565]] – [[Ashikaga Yoshiteru]], Japanese shōgun (born 1536) ===1601–1900=== *[[1631]] – [[Mumtaz Mahal]], Mughal princess (born 1593) *[[1649]] – [[Injo of Joseon]], Korean king (born 1595) *[[1674]] – [[Jijabai]], Dowager Queen, mother of Shivaji (born 1598)<ref>{{Cite book|title=IMPORTANCE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES OF CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI ON THE BATTLE GROUND A STUDY|last=GHUGARE|first=GANESH JANARDAN|publisher=Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibarewala University|others=Chapter 3|year=2017|pages=47|hdl = 10603/193985}}</ref> *[[1694]] – [[Philip Howard (cardinal)|Philip Howard]], English cardinal (born 1629) *[[1696]] – [[John III Sobieski]], Polish king (born 1629) *[[1719]] – [[Joseph Addison]], English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician (born 1672) *[[1734]] – [[Claude Louis Hector de Villars]], French general and politician, [[Minister of Defence (France)|French Secretary of State for War]] (born 1653) *[[1740]] – [[Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet]], English politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (born 1687) *[[1762]] – [[Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon]], French poet and playwright (born 1674) *[[1771]] – [[Daskalogiannis]], Greek rebel leader (born 1722) *[[1775]] – [[John Pitcairn]], Scottish-English soldier (born 1722) *[[1797]] – [[Mohammad Khan Qajar]], Persian tribal chief (born 1742) *[[1813]] – [[Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham]], Scottish-English admiral and politician (born 1726) *[[1821]] – [[Martín Miguel de Güemes]], Argentinian general and politician (born 1785) *[[1839]] – [[Lord William Bentinck]], English general and politician, 14th [[Governor-General of India]] (born 1774) *[[1866]] – [[Joseph Méry]], French poet and author (born 1798) *[[1889]] – [[Lozen]], Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (born ~1840)<ref>{{cite book|last=Stockel|first=H. Henrietta|title=Chiricahua Apache Women and Children: Safekeepers of the Heritage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Iuv4d1A7dcC&pg=PP75|year=2000|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|isbn=978-0-89096-921-2|page=75}}</ref> *[[1898]] – [[Edward Burne-Jones]], English soldier and painter (born 1833) ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] – [[Nikolay Bobrikov]], Russian soldier and politician, [[Governor-General of Finland]] (born 1839) *[[1914]] – [[Julien Félix]], French military officer and aviator (born 1869)<ref>[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6554320t/f16.image.r=F%C3%A9lix.langFR "La Mort Du Commandant Félix"] ''La Revue Aérienne'' (June 25, 1914, p. 342) via [[Bibliothèque nationale de France|BnF]]; retrieved April 7, 2021</ref> *[[1936]] – [[Julius Seljamaa]], Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (born 1883) *[[1939]] – [[Allen Sothoron]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1893) * 1939 – [[Eugen Weidmann]], German criminal (born 1908) *[[1940]] – [[Arthur Harden]], English biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1865) *[[1941]] – [[Johan Wagenaar]], Dutch organist and composer (born 1862) * 1941 – [[Đorđe Bogić]], protopresbyter of the [[Serbian Orthodox Church]], victim of [[Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia|Genocide of Serbs]] (born 1911)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://orthochristian.com/114594.html|title = The Role of the Roman Catholic Church in the Genocide of Serbs on the Territory of the "Independent State of Croatia". Protodeacon Vladimir Vasilik}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Charles Fitzpatrick]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th [[Chief Justice of Canada]] (born 1853) *[[1952]] – [[Jack Parsons (rocket engineer)|Jack Parsons]], American chemist and engineer (born 1914) *[[1954]] – [[Danny Cedrone]], American guitarist and bandleader (born 1920) *[[1956]] – [[Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry]], English businessman (born 1878) * 1956 – [[Paul Rostock]], German surgeon and academic (born 1892) * 1956 – [[Bob Sweikert]], American race car driver (born 1926) *[[1957]] – [[Dorothy Richardson]], English journalist and author (born 1873)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=McCracken |first1=Scott |title=Richardson, Dorothy (1873–1957) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM122-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}</ref> * 1957 – [[J. R. Williams]], Canadian-American cartoonist (born 1888) *[[1961]] – [[Jeff Chandler]], American actor (born 1918) *[[1963]] – [[Aleksander Kesküla]], Estonian politician (born 1882) *[[1968]] – [[José Nasazzi]], Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1901) *[[1974]] – [[Refik Koraltan]], Turkish lawyer and politician, 8th [[Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey]] (born 1889) *[[1975]] – [[James Phinney Baxter III]], American historian and academic (born 1893) *[[1979]] – [[Hubert Ashton]], English cricketer and politician (born 1898) * 1979 – [[Duffy Lewis]], American baseball player and manager (born 1888) *[[1981]] – [[Richard O'Connor]], Indian-English general (born 1889) * 1981 – [[Zerna Sharp]], American author and educator (born 1889) *[[1982]] – [[Roberto Calvi]], Italian banker (born 1920) *[[1983]] – [[Peter Mennin]], American composer and educator (born 1923) *[[1985]] – [[John Boulting]], English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1913) *[[1986]] – [[Kate Smith]], American singer (born 1907) *[[1987]] – [[Dick Howser]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1936) *[[1996]] – [[Thomas Kuhn]], American historian and philosopher (born 1922) * 1996 – [[Curt Swan]], American illustrator (born 1920) *[[1999]] – [[Basil Hume]], English cardinal (born 1923) *[[2000]] – [[Ismail Mahomed]], South African lawyer and jurist, 17th [[Chief Justice of South Africa]] (born 1931) *[[2001]] – [[Donald J. Cram]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1919) * 2001 – [[Thomas Winning]], Scottish cardinal (born 1925) *[[2002]] – [[Willie Davenport]], American sprinter and hurdler (born 1943) * 2002 – [[Fritz Walter]], German footballer (born 1920) *[[2004]] – [[Gerry McNeil]], Canadian ice hockey player (born 1926) *[[2006]] – [[Bussunda]], Brazilian comedian (born 1962) *[[2007]] – [[Gianfranco Ferré]], Italian fashion designer (born 1944) * 2007 – [[Serena Wilson]], American dancer and choreographer (born 1933) *[[2008]] – [[Cyd Charisse]], American actress and dancer (born 1922) *[[2009]] – [[Ralf Dahrendorf]], German-English sociologist and politician (born 1929) * 2009 – [[Darrell Powers]], American sergeant (born 1923) *[[2011]] – [[Rex Mossop]], Australian rugby player and sportscaster (born 1928) *[[2012]] – [[Stéphane Brosse]], French mountaineer (born 1971) * 2012 – [[Patricia Brown (baseball)|Patricia Brown]], American baseball player (born 1931) * 2012 – [[Nathan Divinsky]], Canadian mathematician and chess player (born 1925) * 2012 – [[Rodney King]], American victim of [[police brutality]] (born 1965) * 2012 – [[Fauzia Wahab]], Pakistani actress and politician (born 1956) *[[2013]] – [[Michael Baigent]], New Zealand-English theorist and author (born 1948) * 2013 – [[Atiqul Haque Chowdhury]], Bangladeshi playwright and producer (born 1930) * 2013 – [[Pierre F. Côté]], Canadian lawyer and civil servant (born 1927) * 2013 – [[Bulbs Ehlers]], American basketball player (born 1923) * 2013 – [[James Holshouser]], American politician, 68th [[Governor of North Carolina]] (born 1934) *[[2014]] – [[Patsy Byrne]], English actress (born 1933) * 2014 – [[Éric Dewailly]], Canadian epidemiologist and academic (born 1954) * 2014 – [[Stanley Marsh 3]], American businessman and philanthropist (born 1938) * 2014 – [[Arnold S. Relman]], American physician and academic (born 1923) * 2014 – [[Larry Zeidel]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and sportscaster (born 1928) *[[2015]] – [[Ron Clarke]], Australian runner and politician, [[Mayor of the Gold Coast]] (born 1937) * 2015 – [[John David Crow]], American football player and coach (born 1935) * 2015 – [[Süleyman Demirel]], Turkish engineer and politician, 9th [[President of Turkey]] (born 1924) * 2015 – [[Roberto M. Levingston]], Argentinian general and politician, 36th [[President of Argentina]] (born 1920) * 2015 – [[Clementa C. Pinckney]], American minister and politician (born 1973) *[[2017]] – [[Baldwin Lonsdale]], president of Vanuatu (born 1948) *[[2019]] – [[Gloria Vanderbilt]], American artist, author actress, fashion designer, heiress and socialite (born 1924)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Puente|first=Maria|date=2019-06-17|title=Gloria Vanderbilt dead at age 95: 'What an extraordinary woman,' son Anderson Cooper says|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/06/17/gloria-vanderbilt-dead-age-95-son-anderson-cooper-confirms/2080530002/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622212527/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/06/17/gloria-vanderbilt-dead-age-95-son-anderson-cooper-confirms/2080530002/|archive-date=2019-06-22|access-date=2021-06-20|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}}</ref> * 2019 – [[Mohamed Morsi]], Egyptian professor and politician, first elected [[List of presidents of Egypt|president of Egypt]] after [[2011 Egyptian revolution|Egyptian revolution]] (born 1951)<ref>{{Cite news|date=27 June 2019|title=Mursi's death in Cairo prison raises fears for other inmates|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-mursi-idUSKCN1TS0QX|access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Jean Kennedy Smith]], American activist, humanitarian, author and diplomat ([[United States Ambassador to Ireland]], 1993–1998) (born 1928)<ref>{{cite news|title=Jean Kennedy Smith, Kennedy sister and architect of peace in Northern Ireland, dies at 92|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jean-kennedy-smith-kennedy-sister-and-architect-of-peace-in-northern-ireland-dies-at-92/2020/06/18/a236b0b0-b15a-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a_story.html|first=Vincent P.|last=Bzdek |date=June 18, 2020|access-date=November 16, 2024|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Kenneth Kaunda]], Zambian educator and politician, first [[president of Zambia]] (born 1924)<ref>{{cite news |last=Arnold |first=Guy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/17/kenneth-kaunda-obituary |title=Kenneth Kaunda obituary |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=17 June 2021 |access-date=18 June 2021}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Albert Chmielowski]] **[[Botolph]] (England and Scandinavia) **[[Gondulphus of Berry]] **[[Saint Hervé|Hervé]] **[[Hypatius of Bithynia]] ([[Eastern Orthodox]] and [[Byzantine Catholic]] Churches) **[[Rainerius]] **[[Samuel Barnett (reformer)|Samuel]] and [[Henrietta Barnett]] ([[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|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. *[[June 2017 Portugal wildfires|National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Forest Fires]] ([[Portugal]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.dre.pt/eli/resolassrep/77-A/2019/06/17/p/dre |title=Resolução da Assembleia da República n.º 77-A/2019: Consagra o dia 17 de junho como Dia Nacional em Memória das Vítimas dos Incêndios Florestais |language=pt |date=17 June 2019 |website=[[Diário da República]] |publisher= |access-date=2 September 2021 |quote=}}</ref> *[[Occupation of the Latvian Republic Day]] ([[Latvia]]) *[[World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought]] ([[International observance|international]])<ref>{{cite news |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |newspaper=United Nations |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015|last1=Nations |first1=United }}</ref> *[[Zemla Intifada|Zemla Intifada Day]] ([[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]]) == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/17 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=06|day=17}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/june/17 |title=Historical Events on June 17 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:June 17}} [[Category:Days of June]]
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