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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[229]] &ndash; [[Sun Quan]] proclaims himself emperor of [[Eastern Wu]].
*[[1266]] &ndash; [[War of Saint Sabas]]: In the [[Battle of Trapani]], the [[Republic of Venice|Venetians]] defeat a larger [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] fleet, capturing all its ships.
*[[1280]] &ndash; The [[Reconquista|Spanish Reconquista]]: In the [[Battle of Moclín (1280)|Battle of Moclín]] the [[Emirate of Granada]] ambush a superior pursuing force, killing most of them in a military disaster for the [[Kingdom of Castile]].<ref>{{cite book|last=O'Callaghan|first=Joseph F.|title=The Gibraltar Crusade: Castile and the Battle for the Strait|location=Philadelphia, Pa.|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|date=2011|isbn=9780812243024|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NOiAzwEJgaYC|page=79|access-date=2020-06-23|archive-date=2020-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613204625/https://books.google.com/books?id=NOiAzwEJgaYC|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1305]] &ndash; A peace treaty between the [[Flanders|Flemish]] and the French is signed at [[Treaty of Athis-sur-Orge|Athis-sur-Orge]].
*[[1314]] &ndash; [[First War of Scottish Independence]]: The [[Battle of Bannockburn]] (south of [[Stirling]]) begins.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tucker|first=Spencer C.|title=Battles That Changed History: An Encyclopedia of World Conflict|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2011|isbn=9781598844290|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wHpVn68GCogC|pages=126–127|access-date=2020-06-23|archive-date=2020-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802013354/https://books.google.com/books?id=wHpVn68GCogC|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1532]] &ndash; [[Henry VIII of England]] and [[Francis I of France]] sign the "Treaty of Closer Amity With France" (also known as the Pommeraye treaty), pledging mutual aid against [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Potter|first=David|chapter=Foreign Policy|title=The Reign of Henry VIII: Politics, Policy and Piety|editor-last=MacCulloch|editor-first=Diarmaid|location=Basingstoke, Hampshire, U.K.|publisher=Macmillan|date=1995|isbn=9780333578568|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bEtdDwAAQBAJ|pages=118, 272|access-date=2020-06-23|archive-date=2021-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918083035/https://books.google.com/books?id=bEtdDwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1565]] &ndash; [[Dragut]], commander of the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] navy, dies during the [[Great Siege of Malta]].
*[[1594]] &ndash; The [[Action of Faial]], Azores. The Portuguese carrack ''Cinco Chagas'', loaded with slaves and treasure, is attacked and sunk by English ships with only 13 survivors out of over 700 on board.<ref>{{cite book|first=Richard|last=Hakluyt|title=The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation|orig-year=1598|year=2002|page=571|url=https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/h/hakluyt/voyages/v11/chapter72.html#chapter72|access-date=2018-06-21|archive-date=2018-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622032456/https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/h/hakluyt/voyages/v11/chapter72.html#chapter72|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1611]] &ndash; The mutinous crew of [[Henry Hudson]]'s fourth voyage sets Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in what is now [[Hudson Bay]]; they are never heard from again.
*[[1683]] &ndash; [[William Penn]] signs a friendship treaty with [[Lenape]] Indians in [[Pennsylvania]].
*[[1713]] &ndash; The French residents of [[Acadia]] are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave [[Nova Scotia]], Canada.
*[[1757]] &ndash; [[Battle of Plassey]]: Three thousand British troops under [[Robert Clive]] defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under [[Siraj ud-Daulah]] at [[Plassey]].
*[[1758]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]]: [[Battle of Krefeld]]: British, Hanoverian, and Prussian forces defeat French troops at [[Krefeld]] in Germany.
*[[1760]] &ndash; Seven Years' War: [[Battle of Landeshut (1760)|Battle of Landeshut]]: Austria defeats [[Prussia]].
*[[1780]] &ndash; [[American Revolution]]: [[Battle of Springfield (1780)|Battle of Springfield]] fought in and around [[Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey|Springfield, New Jersey]] (including [[Short Hills, New Jersey|Short Hills]], formerly of Springfield, now of [[Millburn, New Jersey|Millburn]] Township).
*[[1794]] &ndash; Empress [[Catherine the Great|Catherine II]] of Russia grants Jews permission to settle in [[Kyiv]].
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[John Jacob Astor]] forms the [[Pacific Fur Company]].
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: Great Britain revokes the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war.
*[[1860]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress]] establishes the [[United States Government Publishing Office|Government Printing Office]].
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: At [[Fort Towson]] in the [[Oklahoma Territory]], [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Brigadier General (CSA)#Brigadier general|Brigadier General]] [[Stand Watie]] surrenders the last significant Confederate army.
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Christopher Latham Sholes]] received a patent for an invention he called the [[Typewriter|"Type-Writer"]].
*[[1887]] &ndash; The [[Rocky Mountains Park Act]] becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first [[national park]], [[Banff National Park]].
*[[1894]] &ndash; The [[International Olympic Committee]] is founded at the [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]] in Paris, at the initiative of Baron [[Pierre de Coubertin]].

===1901–present===
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Second Balkan War]]: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the [[Battle of Doiran (1913)|Battle of Doiran]].
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Mexican Revolution]]: [[Pancho Villa]] takes [[Zacatecas]] from [[Victoriano Huerta]].
*[[1917]] &ndash; In a game against the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Washington Senators]], [[Boston Red Sox]] pitcher [[Ernie Shore]] retires 26 batters in a row after replacing [[Babe Ruth]], who had been ejected for punching the [[Umpire (baseball)|umpire]].
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Estonian War of Independence]]: The decisive defeat of the ''[[Baltische Landeswehr]]'' in the [[Battle of Cēsis (1919)|Battle of Cēsis]]; this date is celebrated as [[Victory Day (Estonia)|Victory Day]] in [[Estonia]].
*[[1926]] &ndash; The [[College Board]] administers the first [[SAT]] exam.
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Wiley Post]] and [[Harold Gatty]] take off from [[Roosevelt Field, Long Island]] in an attempt to [[circumnavigate]] the world in a single-engine plane.
*[[1938]] &ndash; The [[Civil Aeronautics Act]] is signed into law, forming the [[Civil Aeronautics Authority]] in the United States.
*[[1940]] &ndash; Adolf Hitler goes on a three-hour tour of the [[architecture of Paris]] with architect [[Albert Speer]] and sculptor [[Arno Breker]] in his only visit to the city.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hitler-archive.com/articles.php?a=9 |title=Hitler Archive |access-date=2021-03-20 |archive-date=2021-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918083036/https://www.hitler-archive.com/articles.php?a=9 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1940   &ndash; [[Henry Larsen (explorer)|Henry Larsen]] begins the first successful west-to-east navigation of [[Northwest Passage]] from Vancouver, [[British Columbia]], Canada.<ref>{{cite book |last=Larsen |first=Henry |author-link=Henry Larsen (explorer) |title=The North-West Passage |date=1948 |publisher=Edmond Cloutier, Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery |pages=7–24}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; The [[Lithuanian Activist Front]] declares [[June Uprising in Lithuania|independence]] from the [[Soviet Union]] and forms the [[Provisional Government of Lithuania]]; it lasts only briefly as the [[German occupation of Lithuania during World War II|Nazis will occupy Lithuania]] a few weeks later.
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Germany's latest [[fighter aircraft]], a [[Focke-Wulf Fw 190]], is captured intact when it [[Armin Faber|mistakenly lands]] at [[RAF Pembrey]] in Wales.
*[[1946]] &ndash; The [[1946 Vancouver Island earthquake]] strikes [[Vancouver Island]], British Columbia, Canada.
*[[1947]] &ndash; The [[United States Senate]] follows the [[United States House of Representatives]] in overriding U.S. President [[Harry S. Truman]]'s [[Veto power in the United States|veto]] of the [[Taft–Hartley Act]].
*[[1951]] &ndash; The ocean liner [[SS United States|SS ''United States'']] is christened and launched.
*[[1956]] &ndash; The [[French National Assembly]] takes the first step in creating the [[French Community]] by passing the [[Loi Cadre]], transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in [[French West Africa]].
*[[1959]] &ndash; Convicted [[Manhattan Project]] spy [[Klaus Fuchs]] is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to [[Dresden]], [[East Germany]] where he resumes a scientific career.
*[[1960]] &ndash; The United States [[Food and Drug Administration]] declares [[Mestranol/norethynodrel|Enovid]] to be the first officially approved [[combined oral contraceptive pill]] in the world.
*[[1961]] &ndash; The [[Antarctic Treaty System]], which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and limits military activity on the continent, its islands and ice shelves, comes into force.
*[[1967]] &ndash; Cold War: U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] meets with Soviet Premier [[Alexei Kosygin]] in [[Glassboro, New Jersey]] for the three-day [[Glassboro Summit Conference]].
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Warren E. Burger]] is sworn in as Chief Justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] by retiring Chief Justice [[Earl Warren]].
*  1969   &ndash; IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern [[software industry]].
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Watergate scandal]]: U.S. President [[Richard M. Nixon]] and [[White House]] Chief of Staff [[H. R. Haldeman]] are taped talking about illegally using the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] to obstruct the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]'s investigation into the [[Watergate scandal|Watergate]] break-ins.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Brinkley|first1=Douglas|last2=Nichter|first2=Luke|title=The Nixon Tapes|location=Boston|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|date=2014|isbn=9780544274150|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zbraAgAAQBAJ|page=737|access-date=2020-06-23|archive-date=2021-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918083035/https://books.google.com/books?id=zbraAgAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Watergate Trial Tapes |url=https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/watergate-trial-tapes |archive-date= |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=Richard Nixon Museum and Library}}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Title IX]] of the United States [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] is amended to prohibit [[sexism|sexual discrimination]] to any educational program receiving [[federal government of the United States|federal]] funds.
*[[1973]] &ndash; A fire at a house in [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], England, which kills a six-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by serial arsonist [[Bruce George Peter Lee|Peter Dinsdale]].
*[[1985]] &ndash; A terrorist bomb [[1985 Narita International Airport bombing|explodes]] at [[Narita International Airport]] near Tokyo, killing two and injuring four. An hour later, the same group detonates a second bomb aboard [[Air India Flight 182]], bringing the [[Boeing 747]] down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dowd |first=Allan |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68H1W220100918 |title="Canadian convicted of lying in Air India bomb case", Reuters Sept 18, 2010 |work=Reuters |date=18 September 2010 |access-date=19 February 2011 |archive-date=30 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230123151/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68H1W220100918 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' is released in North America on the [[Sega Genesis]] platform, beginning [[Sonic the Hedgehog|the popular video game franchise]].<ref name="edge">{{cite magazine|date=September 2001|title=The Making of&nbsp;... Sonic The Hedgehog|magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]|location=[[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]|publisher=[[Future plc|Future Publishing]]|issue=101|pages=118–121|issn=1350-1593|quote="Sonic was delivering [the kind of] high speed no other [game] was capable of, and the Mega Drive allowed this stunning demonstration of rotation during the bonus stages. This was said to be impossible on the hardware at the time."}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[NASA]]'s [[Space Station Processing Facility]], a new state-of-the-art [[Manufacturing of the International Space Station|manufacturing]] building for the [[International Space Station]], officially opens at [[Kennedy Space Center]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/167451main_SSPF06.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2020-06-23 |archive-date=2020-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928064021/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/167451main_SSPF06.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; The 8.4 {{M|w}} [[2001 southern Peru earthquake|southern Peru earthquake]] shakes coastal Peru with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured.
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Ashton Eaton]] breaks the [[Decathlon world record progression|decathlon world record]] at the [[2012 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|United States Olympic Trials]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Maese|first=Rick|title=Ashton Eaton sets world record in decathlon at U.S. Olympic track and field trials|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=June 23, 2012|access-date=June 23, 2020|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/ashton-eaton-sets-world-record-in-decathlon-at-us-olympic-track-and-field-trials/2012/06/23/gJQAy94XyV_story.html|archive-date=June 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625011638/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/ashton-eaton-sets-world-record-in-decathlon-at-us-olympic-track-and-field-trials/2012/06/23/gJQAy94XyV_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Nik Wallenda]] becomes the first man to [[Skywire Live|successfully walk across]] the [[Grand Canyon]] on a [[Tightrope walking|tight rope]].
*  2013   &ndash; Militants storm a high-altitude mountaineering base camp near [[Nanga Parbat]] in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, [[2013 Nanga Parbat tourist shooting|killing ten climbers]] and a local guide.
*[[2014]] &ndash; The last of Syria's [[Syria chemical weapons program|declared chemical weapons]] are [[Destruction of Syria's chemical weapons|shipped out for destruction]].
*[[2016]] &ndash; The [[United Kingdom]] votes in a [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|referendum]] to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%.
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[June 2017 Pakistan bombings|A series of terrorist attacks]] take place in [[Pakistan]], resulting in 96 deaths and wounding 200 others.
*[[2018]] &ndash; Twelve boys and an assistant coach from a soccer team in Thailand [[Tham Luang cave rescue|are trapped in a flooding cave]], leading to an 18-day rescue operation.<ref name="yahoo_Timeline">{{cite web|date=8 July 2018|title=Thai cave rescue: a timeline|url=https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/thai-cave-rescue-timeline-075857109.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708132107/https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/thai-cave-rescue-timeline-075857109.html|archive-date=8 July 2018|access-date=9 July 2018|publisher=Yahoo!}}</ref>

==Births==

===Pre-1600===
*[[47 BC]] &ndash; [[Caesarion]], Egyptian king (died 30 BC)
*[[1385]] &ndash; [[Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken]] (died 1459)
*[[1433]] &ndash; [[Francis II, Duke of Brittany]] (died 1488)
*[[1456]] &ndash; [[Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland]] (died 1486)
*[[1489]] &ndash; [[Charles II, Duke of Savoy]], Italian nobleman (died 1496)
*[[1534]] &ndash; [[Oda Nobunaga]], Japanese warlord (died 1582)
*[[1596]] &ndash; [[Johan Banér]], Swedish field marshal (died 1641)

===1601–1900===
*[[1616]] &ndash; [[Shah Shuja (Mughal prince)|Shah Shuja]], Mughal prince (died 1661)
*[[1625]] &ndash; [[John Fell (bishop)|John Fell]], English churchman and influential academic (died 1686)
*[[1668]] &ndash; [[Giambattista Vico]], Italian jurist, historian, and philosopher (died 1744)
*[[1683]] &ndash; [[Étienne Fourmont]], French orientalist and sinologist (died 1745)
*[[1711]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Battista Guadagnini]], Italian instrument maker (died 1786)
*[[1716]] &ndash; [[Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley]], English lawyer and politician, [[Solicitor General for England and Wales]] (died 1789)
*[[1750]] &ndash; [[Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu]], French geologist and academic (died 1801)
*[[1763]] &ndash; [[Joséphine de Beauharnais]], French wife of [[Napoleon I]] (died 1814)
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[John Milton Bernhisel]], American physician and politician (died 1881)
*[[1800]] &ndash; [[Karol Marcinkowski]], Polish physician and activist (died 1846)
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Carl Reinecke]], German pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1910)
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[Paul Heinrich von Groth]], German scientist (died 1927)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Albert Giraud]], Belgian poet and librarian (died 1929)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Sándor Bródy (writer)|Sándor Bródy]], Hungarian author and journalist (died 1924)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Norman Pritchard]], Indian-English hurdler and actor (died 1929)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Huda Sha'arawi]], Egyptian feminist and journalist (died 1947)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Huda-Sharawi|title=Huda Sharawi {{!}} Egyptian feminist and nationalist|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2018-02-27|language=en|archive-date=2017-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228233922/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Huda-Sharawi|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Cyclone Taylor]], Canadian ice hockey player and politician (died 1979)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Bronson M. Cutting]], American publisher and politician (died 1935)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Anna Akhmatova]], Ukrainian-Russian poet and author (died 1966)
*  1889   &ndash; [[Verena Holmes]], English engineer (died 1964)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Harold Barrowclough]], New Zealand military leader, lawyer and [[Chief Justice of New Zealand|Chief Justice]] (died 1972)
*  1894   &ndash; [[Alfred Kinsey]], American entomologist and sexologist (died 1956)
*  1894   &ndash; [[Edward VIII]], King of the United Kingdom (died 1972)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Winifred Holtby]], English novelist and journalist (died 1935)<ref>{{cite web |title=Winifred Holtby {{!}} Hull History Centre |url=https://www.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/research/research-guides/winifred-holtby.aspx |website=www.hullhistorycentre.org.uk |access-date=5 December 2024}}</ref>
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Amédée Gordini]], Italian-born French race car driver and sports car manufacturer (died 1979)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Blanche Noyes]], American aviator, winner of the 1936 [[Bendix Trophy|Bendix Trophy Race]] (died 1981)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atca.org/from-the-archives-early-earhart-rival-leaves-legacy-of-safety|title=From the Archives Early Earhart Rival Leaves Legacy of Safety|website=www.atca.org|language=en|access-date=2017-10-20|archive-date=2017-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021111729/https://www.atca.org/from-the-archives-early-earhart-rival-leaves-legacy-of-safety|url-status=live}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar]], Turkish author, poet, and scholar (died 1962)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Paul Martin Sr.]], Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1992)<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Joseph James Martin {{!}} Canadian politician and diplomat |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Joseph-James-Martin |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=23 June 2021 |language=en |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205713/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Joseph-James-Martin |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Quintin McMillan]], South African cricketer (died 1938)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Jack Pickersgill]], Canadian civil servant and politician, 35th [[Secretary of State for Canada]] (died 1997)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Tribhuvan of Nepal]] (died 1955)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Dercy Gonçalves]], Brazilian actress and singer (died 2008)
*  1907   &ndash; [[James Meade]], English economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1995)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[David Lewis (Canadian politician)|David Lewis]], Russian-Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1981)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Georges Rouquier]], French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1989)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Jean Anouilh]], French playwright and screenwriter (died 1987)
*  1910   &ndash; [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], American religious leader, 15th [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (died 2008)
*  1910   &ndash; [[Milt Hinton]], American bassist and photographer (died 2000)
*  1910   &ndash; [[Bill King (Royal Navy officer)|Bill King]], English yachtsman, naval commander and author (died 2012)
*  1910   &ndash; [[Lawson Little]], American golfer (died 1968)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Alan Turing]], English mathematician and computer scientist (died 1954)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alan Turing {{!}} Biography, Facts, & Education |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alan-Turing |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=14 February 2020 |language=en |archive-date=11 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011184445/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alan-Turing |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[William P. Rogers]], American commander, lawyer, and politician, 55th [[United States Secretary of State]] (died 2001)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Frances Gabe]], American artist and inventor (died 2016)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Len Hutton]], English cricketer and soldier (died 1990)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Irene Worth]], American actress (died 2002) 
*  1916   &ndash; [[Al G. Wright]], American bandleader and conductor (died 2020)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Mohamed Boudiaf]], Algerian politician, [[List of heads of state of Algeria|President of Algeria]] (died 1992)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Saleh Ajeery]], Kuwaiti astronomer (died 2022)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Paul Findley]], American politician (died 2019)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Morris R. Jeppson]], American lieutenant and physicist (died 2010)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Hal Laycoe]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1998)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Peter Corr]], Irish-English footballer and manager (died 2001)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Elroy Schwartz]], American screenwriter and producer (died 2013)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Doris Johnson]], American politician (died 2021)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Jerry Rullo]], American professional basketball player (died 2016)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Giuseppina Tuissi]], Italian communist and Partisan (died 1945)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Frank Bolle]], American comic-strip artist, comic-book artist and illustrator (died 2020)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Miriam Karlin]], English actress (died 2011)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Art Modell]], American businessman (died 2012)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Anna Chennault]], Chinese widow of Lieutenant General [[Claire Lee Chennault]] (died 2018)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior]], English microbiologist and parasitologist (died 2017)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Magda Herzberger]], Romanian author, poet and composer, survivor of the Holocaust (died 2021)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Annette Mbaye d'Erneville]], Senegalese writer
*  1926   &ndash; [[Arnaldo Pomodoro]], Italian sculptor
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Bob Fosse]], American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director (died 1987)
*  1927   &ndash; [[John Habgood, Baron Habgood]], English archbishop (died 2019)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Jean Cione]], American baseball player (died 2010)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Klaus von Dohnányi]], German politician
*  1928   &ndash; [[Michael Shaara]], American author and academic (died 1988)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[June Carter Cash]], American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (died 2003)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Mario Ghella]], Italian racing cyclist (died 2020)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Donn F. Eisele]], American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1987)
*  1930   &ndash; [[John Elliott (historian)|John Elliott]], English historian and academic (died 2022)<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir John Elliott, Oxford Regius Professor of Modern History who as a historian of imperial Spain boldly opened up new areas of research |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/03/10/jh-elliott-oxford-regius-professor-modern-history-historian/ |access-date=12 March 2022 |work=The Telegraph |date=10 March 2022}}</ref>
*  1930   &ndash; [[Francis Newall, 2nd Baron Newall]], English businessman and politician
*  1930   &ndash; [[Anthony Thwaite]], English poet, critic, and academic (died 2021)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny]], former First Lady of Ivory Coast
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Gunnar Uusi]], Estonian chess player (died 1981)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Ola Ullsten]], Swedish politician and diplomat (died 2018)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Peter Millett, Baron Millett]], English lawyer and judge (died 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Statement by the Judiciary|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202105/29/P2021052900786.htm|access-date=2021-06-22|website=www.info.gov.hk|archive-date=2021-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531122635/https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202105/29/P2021052900786.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Keith Sutton (bishop)|Keith Sutton]], English bishop (died 2017)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Bill Torrey]], Canadian businessman (died 2018)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Virbhadra Singh]], Indian politician (died 2021)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Maurice Ferré]], Puerto Rican-American politician, 32nd [[Mayor of Miami]] (died 2019)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mazzei|first=Patricia|date=2019-09-19|title=Maurice Ferré, Miami's First Hispanic Mayor, Dies at 84|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/us/politics/maurice-ferre-dead.html|access-date=2021-06-22|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2021-06-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625001937/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/us/politics/maurice-ferre-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1935   &ndash; [[Keith Burkinshaw]], English footballer and manager
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Richard Bach]], American novelist and essayist
*  1936 &ndash; [[Costas Simitis]], Greek economist, lawyer, and politician, 180th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 5, 2025 |title=Former Greek prime minister Simitis dies aged 88 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/former-greek-prime-minister-simitis-dies-aged-88-2025-01-05/ |access-date=January 6, 2025 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Martti Ahtisaari]], Finnish captain and politician, 10th [[President of Finland]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2023)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Alan Haselhurst]], English academic and politician
*  1937   &ndash; [[Niki Sullivan]], American guitarist and songwriter  (died 2004)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Scott Burton]], American sculptor (died 1989)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Adam Faith]], English singer (died 2003)
*  1940   &ndash; [[George Feigley]], American sex cult leader and two-time prison escapee (died 2009)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg]], Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain]]
*  1940   &ndash; [[Wilma Rudolph]], American runner (died 1994)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Mike Shrimpton]], New Zealand cricketer and coach (died 2015)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Stuart Sutcliffe]], Scottish painter and musician (died 1962)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Diana Trask]], Australian singer-songwriter
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Robert Hunter (lyricist)|Robert Hunter]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Roger McDonald]], Australian author and screenwriter
*  1941   &ndash; [[Keith Newton (footballer)|Keith Newton]], English footballer (died 1998)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow]], English cosmologist and astrophysicist
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Patrick Bokanowski]], French filmmaker
*1943 &ndash; [[Vint Cerf]], American computer scientist and Internet pioneer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vinton-Cerf}}</ref>
*  1943   &ndash; [[Ellyn Kaschak]], American psychologist and academic
*  1943   &ndash; [[James Levine]], American pianist and conductor (died 2021)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Kjell Albin Abrahamson]], Swedish journalist and author (died 2016)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-09-23|title=Kjell Albin Abrahamson död|url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/kjell-albin-abrahamson-dod/|access-date=2021-06-22|newspaper=Dagens Nyheter|language=sv|archive-date=2018-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309054348/https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/kjell-albin-abrahamson-dod/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1945   &ndash; [[John Garang]], Sudanese colonel and politician, [[List of presidents of South Sudan|President of Southern Sudan]] (died 2005)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Julian Hipwood]], English polo player and coach
*  1946   &ndash; [[Ted Shackelford]], American actor
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Bryan Brown]], Australian actor and producer
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Clarence Thomas]], American lawyer and jurist, [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]]
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Gordon Bray]], Australian journalist and sportscaster
*  1949   &ndash; [[Sheila Noakes, Baroness Noakes]], English accountant and politician
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Angelo Falcón]], Puerto Rican-American political scientist, activist, and academic, founded the [[National Institute for Latino Policy]] (died 2018)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Robles|first=Frances|date=2018-05-26|title=Angelo Falcón, Advocate for Latinos in New York, Dies at 66|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/obituaries/angelo-falcon-advocate-for-latinos-in-new-york-dies-at-66.html|access-date=2021-06-22|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2018-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709070210/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/obituaries/angelo-falcon-advocate-for-latinos-in-new-york-dies-at-66.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1951   &ndash; [[Michèle Mouton]], French race car driver and manager
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Raj Babbar]], Indian actor and politician
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Armen Sarkissian]], Armenian physicist, politician and President of Armenia<ref>{{cite web |title=President Sarkissian celebrates 65th birthday anniversary with family |url=https://armenpress.am/eng/news/938632.html |website=Armenpress |date=23 June 2018 |access-date=25 June 2019 |archive-date=24 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624234716/https://armenpress.am/eng/news/938632.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Pierre Corbeil]], Canadian dentist and politician
*  1955   &ndash; [[Glenn Danzig]], American singer-songwriter and producer 
*  1955   &ndash; [[Jean Tigana]], French footballer and manager
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Daniel J. Drucker]], Canadian academic and educator 
*  1956   &ndash; [[Tony Hill (wide receiver)|Tony Hill]], American football player and sportscaster
*  1956   &ndash; [[Randy Jackson]], American bass player and producer 
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[David Houghton (cricketer)|Dave Houghton]], Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
*  1957   &ndash; [[Frances McDormand]], American actress, winner of the [[Triple Crown of Acting]]
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[John Hayes (British politician)|John Hayes]], English politician, [[Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change]]
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Donald Harrison]], American saxophonist, composer, and producer
*  1960   &ndash; [[Tatsuya Uemura]], Japanese composer and programmer
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Richard Arnold (judge)|Richard Arnold]], English lawyer and judge
*  1961   &ndash; [[Zoran Janjetov]], Serbian singer and illustrator 
*  1961   &ndash; [[LaSalle Thompson]], American basketball player, coach, and manager
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Chuck Billy (vocalist)|Chuck Billy]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Colin Montgomerie]], Scottish golfer
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Marceau]], Canadian economist and politician
*  1964   &ndash; [[Tara Morice]], Australian actress and singer
*  1964   &ndash; [[Joss Whedon]], American director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1964   &ndash; [[Lou Yun]], Chinese gymnast
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Paul Arthurs]], English guitarist 
*  1965   &ndash; [[Sylvia Mathews Burwell]], American government and non-profit executive
*  1965   &ndash; [[Peter O'Malley (golfer)|Peter O'Malley]], Australian golfer 
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Chico DeBarge]], American singer and pianist 
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Martin Klebba]], American actor, producer, and stuntman
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Robert Brooks (American football)|Robert Brooks]], American football player
*  1970   &ndash; [[Martin Deschamps]], Canadian singer-songwriter 
*  1970   &ndash; [[Yann Tiersen]], French singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Fred Ewanuick]], Canadian actor and producer
*  1971   &ndash; [[Félix Potvin]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Selma Blair]], American actress
*  1972   &ndash; [[Louis Van Amstel]], Dutch dancer and choreographer
*  1972   &ndash; [[Zinedine Zidane]], French footballer and manager
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Joel Edgerton]], Australian actor
*  1974   &ndash; [[Mark Hendrickson]], American basketball and baseball player
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Kevin Dyson]], American football player and coach
*  1975   &ndash; [[David Howell (golfer)|David Howell]], English golfer
*  1975   &ndash; [[Mike James (basketball, born 1975)|Mike James]], American basketball player
*  1975   &ndash; [[KT Tunstall]], Scottish singer-songwriter and musician
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Wade Barrett (soccer)|Wade Barrett]], American soccer player and manager
*  1976   &ndash; [[Joe Becker (musician)|Joe Becker]], American guitarist and composer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Savvas Poursaitidis]], Greek-Cypriot footballer and scout
*  1976   &ndash; [[Brandon Stokley]], American football player
*  1976   &ndash; [[Paola Suárez]], Argentinian tennis player
*  1976   &ndash; [[Emmanuelle Vaugier]], Canadian actress and singer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Patrick Vieira]], French footballer and manager
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Miguel Ángel Angulo]], Spanish footballer
*  1977   &ndash; [[Hayden Foxe]], Australian footballer and manager
*  1977   &ndash; [[Jaan Jüris]], Estonian ski jumper
*  1977   &ndash; [[Jason Mraz]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1977   &ndash; [[Shaun O'Hara]], American football player and sportscaster
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Memphis Bleek]], American rapper, producer, and actor
*  1978   &ndash; [[Frederic Leclercq]], French heavy metal musician
*  1978   &ndash; [[Matt Light]], American football player and sportscaster
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[LaDainian Tomlinson]], American football player 
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Becky Cloonan]], American author and illustrator
*  1980   &ndash; [[Melissa Rauch]], American actress
*  1980   &ndash; [[Francesca Schiavone]], Italian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Francesca Schiavone |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/festivefundown/sport/player/35362.html |website=ESPN.co.uk |access-date=14 February 2020 |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224042427/http://en.espn.co.uk/festivefundown/sport/player/35362.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Antony Costa]], English singer-songwriter 
*  1981   &ndash; [[Rolf Wacha]], German rugby player
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Derek Boogaard]], Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2011)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Brooks Laich]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1983   &ndash; [[José Rojas (footballer, born 1983)|José Manuel Rojas]], Chilean footballer
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]], Welsh singer-songwriter and actress
*  1984   &ndash; [[Takeshi Matsuda]], Japanese swimmer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Levern Spencer]], Saint Lucian high jumper
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Marcel Reece]], American football player
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Christy Altomare]], American actress and singer-songwriter 
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Alessia Filippi]], Italian swimmer
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Chet Faker]], Australian singer-songwriter
*  1988   &ndash; [[Chellsie Memmel]], American gymnast
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Lisa Carrington]], New Zealand flatwater canoeist<ref>{{cite web|title=Lisa Carrington|url=https://www.olympic.org/lisa-carrington|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=5 March 2020|archive-date=4 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204231426/https://www.olympic.org/lisa-carrington|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[Jordan Nolan]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Clevid Dikamona]], French footballer
*  1990   &ndash; [[Vasek Pospisil]], Canadian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Vasek Pospisil |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/122796 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=23 June 2021 |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624233438/http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/122796 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Laura Ràfols]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Laura Ràfols Stats |url=https://fbref.com/en/players/52094b0f/Laura-Rafols |website=FBref.com |access-date=14 February 2020 |language=en |archive-date=28 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228105246/https://fbref.com/en/players/52094b0f/Laura-Rafols |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Katie Armiger]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Luiza Galiulina]], Uzbekistani gymnast
*  1992   &ndash; [[Nampalys Mendy]], French footballer
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Tim Anderson (baseball)|Tim Anderson]], American baseball player
*  1993   &ndash; [[Marvin Grumann]], German footballer
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Ben Dwarshuis]], Australian cricketer<ref name="LA">{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1036453.html |title=Matador BBQs One-Day Cup, 7th Match: New South Wales v Cricket Australia XI at Sydney, Oct 7, 2016 |access-date=19 October 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo |archive-date=9 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009110843/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1036453.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Starford To'a]], New Zealand rugby league player<ref>https://www.newcastleknights.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/newcastle-knights/starford-toa/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929084853/https://www.newcastleknights.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/newcastle-knights/starford-toa/ |date=2021-09-29 }} Newcastle Knights profile</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Elliana Walmsley]], American dancer<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-23|title=Why You Should Know Dance Darling Elliana Walmsley|url=https://www.dancespirit.com/why-you-should-know-elliana-walmsley-2620765571.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721151152/https://www.dancespirit.com/why-you-should-know-elliana-walmsley-2620765571.html|archive-date=2019-07-21|access-date=2021-06-23|website=Dance Spirit|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Lilliana Ketchman]], American dancer and [[YouTuber]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Lilliana Ketchman [@lillykofficial]|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CByiSdKjbRd/|title=And this is 12!|publisher=[[Instagram]] (official)|date=June 23, 2020|access-date=December 23, 2020|archive-date=September 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918083036/https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 79|79]] &ndash; [[Vespasian]], Roman emperor (born AD 9)<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=220|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> 
* [[AD 679|679]] &ndash; [[Æthelthryth]], English saint (born 636)
* [[947]] &ndash; [[Li Congyi]], prince of Later Tang (born 931)
*   947   &ndash; [[Consort Dowager Wang|Wang]], imperial consort of Later Tang
* [[960]] &ndash; [[Feng Yanji]], chancellor of Southern Tang (born 903)
* [[994]] &ndash; [[Lothair Udo I, Count of Stade|Lothair Udo I]], count of Stade (born 950)
*[[1018]] &ndash; [[Henry I, Margrave of Austria|Henry I]], margrave of Austria
*[[1137]] &ndash; [[Adalbert I of Mainz|Adalbert of Mainz]], German archbishop
*[[1222]] &ndash; [[Constance of Aragon, Holy Roman Empress|Constance of Aragon]], Hungarian queen (born 1179)
*[[1290]] &ndash; [[Henryk IV Probus]], duke of Wrocław and high duke of Kraków (born c. 1258)
*[[1314]] &ndash; [[Henry de Bohun]], English knight
*[[1324]] &ndash; [[Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke]] (born 1270)
*[[1343]] &ndash; [[Giacomo Gaetani Stefaneschi]], Italian cardinal (born c. 1270)
*[[1356]] &ndash; [[Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut|Margaret II]], Holy Roman Empress (born 1311)
*[[1537]] &ndash; [[Pedro de Mendoza]], Spanish conquistador (born 1487)
*[[1565]] &ndash; [[Dragut]], Ottoman admiral (born 1485)
*[[1582]] &ndash; [[Shimizu Muneharu]], Japanese commander (born 1537)

===1601–1900===
*[[1615]] &ndash; [[Mashita Nagamori]], Japanese daimyō (born 1545)
*[[1677]] &ndash; [[William Louis, Duke of Württemberg|William Louis]], duke of Württemberg (born 1647)
*[[1686]] &ndash; [[William Coventry]], English politician (born 1628)
*[[1707]] &ndash; [[John Mill (theologian)|John Mill]], English theologian and author (born 1645)
*[[1733]] &ndash; [[Johann Jakob Scheuchzer]], Swiss paleontologist and scholar (born 1672)
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[Mark Akenside]], English poet and physician (born 1721)
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[Karl Ludwig von Pöllnitz]], German adventurer and author (born 1692)
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[Mikael Sehul]], Ethiopian warlord (born 1691)
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson]], French zoologist and philosopher (born 1723)
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida]], Portuguese poet and author (born 1740)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet]], Scottish geologist and geophysicist (born 1761)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[James Mill]], Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (born 1773)
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este|Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este]], Electress of Bavaria (born 1776)
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Ivan Kireyevsky]], Russian philosopher and critic (born 1806)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Matthias Jakob Schleiden]], German botanist and academic (born 1804)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Eduard Weber]], German physicist and academic (born 1804)
*  1891   &ndash; [[Samuel Newitt Wood]], American lawyer and politician (born 1825)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[William Fox (politician)|William Fox]], English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (born 1812)
*  1893   &ndash; [[Theophilus Shepstone]], English-South African politician (born 1817)

===1901–present===
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Bhaktivinoda Thakur]], Indian guru and philosopher (born 1838) 
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Giuseppina Tuissi]], Italian journalist and activist (born 1923)
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Albert Gleizes]], French painter (born 1881)
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Salih Omurtak]], Turkish general (born 1889)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Reinhold Glière]], Russian composer and educator (born 1875)
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Boris Vian]], French author, poet, and playwright (born 1920)
*  1959   &ndash; [[Hidir Lutfi]], Iraqi poet. (born 1880)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Volmari Iso-Hollo]], Finnish runner (born 1907)
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Roscoe Turner]], American soldier and pilot (born 1895)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Gerry Birrell]], Scottish race car driver (born 1944)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Sanjay Gandhi]], Indian engineer and politician (born 1946)
*  1980   &ndash; [[Clyfford Still]], American painter and academic (born 1904)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Werner Best]], German police officer and jurist (born 1903)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]], Indian poet, actor, and politician (born 1898)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Eric Andolsek]], American football player (born 1966)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Roger Grimsby]], American journalist (born 1928)
*  1995   &ndash; [[Jonas Salk]], American biologist and physician (born 1914)
*  1995   &ndash; [[Anatoli Tarasov]], Russian ice hockey player and coach (born 1918)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Andreas Papandreou]], Greek economist and politician, 174th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (born 1919)
*  1996   &ndash; [[Ray Lindwall]], Australian cricketer and rugby player (born 1921)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Betty Shabazz]], American educator and activist (born 1936)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Maureen O'Sullivan]], Irish-American actress (born 1911)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Peter Dubovský (footballer)|Peter Dubovský]], Slovak footballer (born 1972)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Pedro Alcázar]], Panamanian boxer (born 1975)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Shana Alexander]], American journalist and author (born 1926)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Manolis Anagnostakis]], Greek poet and critic (born 1925)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Aaron Spelling]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter, founded [[Spelling Television]] (born 1923)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Rod Beck]], American baseball player (born 1968)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Claudio Capone]], Italian-Scottish actor (born 1952)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Arthur Chung]], Guyanese surveyor and politician, 1st [[President of Guyana]] (born 1918)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Marian Glinka]], Polish actor and bodybuilder (born 1943)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Raymond Berthiaume]], Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (born 1931)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Ed McMahon]], American game show host and announcer (born 1923)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Jerri Nielsen]], American physician and explorer (born 1952)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[John Burton (diplomat)|John Burton]], Australian public servant and diplomat (born 1915)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Peter Falk]], American actor (born 1927)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Dennis Marshall (footballer, born 1985)|Dennis Marshall]], Costa Rican footballer (born 1985)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Fred Steiner]], American composer and conductor (born 1923)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[James Durbin]], English economist and statistician (born 1923)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Brigitte Engerer]], French pianist and educator (born 1952)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Alan McDonald (association football)|Alan McDonald]], Northern Ireland footballer and manager (born 1963)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Frank Chee Willeto]], American soldier and politician, 4th [[Vice President of the Navajo Nation]] (born 1925)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Walter J. Zable]], American football player and businessman, founded the [[Cubic Corporation]] (born 1915)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Bobby Bland]], American singer-songwriter (born 1930)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Gary David Goldberg]], American screenwriter and producer (born 1944)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Frank Kelso]], American admiral and politician, [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] (born 1933)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Kurt Leichtweiss]], German mathematician and academic (born 1927)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Richard Matheson]], American author and screenwriter (born 1926)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Darryl Read]], English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (born 1951)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Sharon Stouder]], American swimmer (born 1948)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Nancy Garden]], American author (born 1938)<ref>{{cite web |title=Nancy Garden: The author whose novel Annie on My Mind was credited |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/nancy-garden-the-author-whose-novel-annie-on-my-mind-was-credited-with-helping-gay-teenagers-feel-9603448.html |website=The Independent |access-date=14 February 2020 |language=en |date=14 July 2014 |archive-date=24 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324084231/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/nancy-garden-the-author-whose-novel-annie-on-my-mind-was-credited-with-helping-gay-teenagers-feel-9603448.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  2014   &ndash; [[Euros Lewis]], Welsh cricketer (born 1942)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Paula Kent Meehan]], American businesswoman, co-founded [[Redken]] (born 1931)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Miguel Facussé Barjum]], Honduran businessman (born 1924)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Nirmala Joshi]], Indian nun, lawyer, and social worker (born 1934)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Dick Van Patten]], American actor (born 1928)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Ralph Stanley]], American singer and banjo player (born 1927)
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[John McAfee]], British-American computer programmer and businessman, founded [[McAfee]] (born 1945)<ref>{{cite news |first=Glenn |last=Rifkin |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/john-mcafee-dead/2021/06/23/912f66ce-9ac8-11eb-9d05-ae06f4529ece_story.html |title=John McAfee, software entrepreneur with outlaw persona, dies in prison at 75 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=June 23, 2021 |access-date=June 24, 2021 |archive-date=June 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630045638/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/john-mcafee-dead/2021/06/23/912f66ce-9ac8-11eb-9d05-ae06f4529ece_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[feast day]]:
** [[Æthelthryth]]
** [[Marie of Oignies]]
** [[Joseph Cafasso]]
** [[June 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Father's Day]] ([[Nicaragua]], [[Poland]])
* [[Grand Duke's Official Birthday]] ([[Luxembourg]])
* International Women in Engineering Day<ref>{{cite web | url=https://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2023/06/22/women-in-engineering-day | title=International Women in Engineering Day &#124; Blogs &#124; CDC | date=22 June 2023 }}</ref>
* [[International Widows Day]] ([[International observance|international]])<ref name=un>{{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 |archive-date=28 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328001659/https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |url-status=live |last1=Nations |first1=United }}</ref>
* [[National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism]] (Canada)
* [[Okinawa Memorial Day]] ([[Okinawa Prefecture]])
* [[Saint John's Eve]] and the first day of the [[Midsummer|Midsummer celebrations]] (although this is not the real [[summer solstice]]; see [[June 20]]) ([[Roman Catholic Church]], [[Europe]]):
**[[Bonfires of Saint John]] ([[Spain]])
** First night of [[Festa de São João do Porto]] ([[Porto]])
** First day of [[Golowan Festival]] ([[Cornwall]])
** [[St John's Day (Estonia)|Jaaniõhtu]] ([[Estonia]])
** [[Jāņi]] ([[Latvia]])
** [[Kupala Night]] (Belarus,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Silitski |first1=Vitali Jr. |last2=Zaprudnik |first2=Jan |title=The A to Z of Belarus |date=7 April 2010 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-1-4617-3174-0 |page=211 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bQXyAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA211 |language=en |access-date=14 February 2021 |archive-date=19 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519185646/https://books.google.com/books?id=bQXyAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA211 |url-status=live }}</ref> Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine)
** Last day of [[Drăgaica fair]] ([[Buzău]], Romania)
* [[United Nations Public Service Day]] ([[International observance|International]])<ref name=un />
* [[Võidupüha|Victory Day]] ([[Estonia]])

== References ==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/23 |title=On This Day |work=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=06|day=23}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/june/23 |title=Historical Events on June 23 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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