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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1312 BC]] &ndash; [[Mursili II]] [[Mursili's eclipse|launches a campaign]] against the Kingdom of [[Azzi-Hayasa]].
*[[AD 109|109]] &ndash; Roman emperor [[Trajan]] inaugurates the [[Aqua Traiana]], an [[Roman aqueduct|aqueduct]] that channels water from [[Lake Bracciano]], {{convert|40|km|mi|abbr=off}} northwest of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]].
* [[474]] &ndash; [[Julius Nepos]] forces Roman usurper [[Glycerius]] to abdicate the throne and proclaims himself Emperor of the [[Western Roman Empire]].
* [[637]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Moira]] is fought between the [[High King of Ireland]] and the Kings of [[Ulster]] and [[Dál Riata]]. It is claimed to be the largest battle in the history of Ireland.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Baron Michael Morris Killanin|author2=Michael V. Duignan|title=The Shell guide to Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B6cMAQAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Gill and Macmillan|isbn=9780717115952}}</ref>
* [[843]] &ndash; The Vikings sack the French city of [[Viking Brittany|Nantes]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thewildpeak.wordpress.com//the-viking-sack-of-nantes.html|title=The-viking-sack-of-nantes|date=12 March 2014|access-date=March 12, 2014}}</ref> 
* [[972]] &ndash; [[Battle of Cedynia]], the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place.<ref>{{cite book|author=Tony Jaques|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A-E|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3amnMPTPP5MC&pg=PA215|year=2007|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-33537-2|pages=215}}</ref>
*[[1128]] &ndash; [[Battle of São Mamede]], near [[Guimarães]]: Forces led by [[Afonso I of Portugal|Afonso I]] defeat forces led by his mother [[Theresa, Countess of Portugal|Teresa of León]] and her lover [[Fernando Pérez de Traba]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Alan W. Ertl|title=Toward an Understanding of Europe: A Political Economic Précis of Continental Integration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X9PGRaZt-zcC&pg=PA300|year=2008|publisher=Universal-Publishers|isbn=978-1-59942-983-0|pages=300}}</ref>
*[[1230]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Jaén (1230)|Siege of Jaén]] begins, in the context of the Spanish Reconquista.<ref>{{cite book|author=Clifford J. Rogers|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mzwpq6bLHhMC&pg=RA1-PA435|year=2010|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-533403-6|pages=1}}</ref>
*[[1314]] &ndash; [[First War of Scottish Independence]]: The [[Battle of Bannockburn]] concludes with a decisive victory by Scottish forces led by [[Robert the Bruce]].<ref name="White1871">{{cite book|author=Robert White|title=A History of the Battle of Bannockburn, Fought A.D. 1314: With Notices of the Principal Warriors who Engaged in that Conflict|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vVwVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA77|year=1871|publisher=Edmonston and Douglas|pages=77}}</ref>
*[[1340]] &ndash; [[Hundred Years' War]]: [[Battle of Sluys]]: The French fleet is almost completely destroyed by the English fleet commanded in person by King [[Edward III of England|Edward III]].
*[[1374]] &ndash; A sudden outbreak of [[Dancing mania|St. John's Dance]] causes people in the streets of [[Aachen]], Germany, to experience [[hallucination]]s and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion.
*[[1497]] &ndash; [[John Cabot]] lands in North America at [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] leading the first European exploration of the region since the [[Vikings]].
*[[1509]] &ndash; [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] and [[Catherine of Aragon]] are crowned King and Queen of England.
*[[1535]] &ndash; The [[Anabaptist]] state of [[Münster Rebellion|Münster]] is conquered and disbanded.
*[[1540]] &ndash; English King [[Henry VIII]] commands his fourth wife, [[Anne of Cleves]], to leave the court.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ecclesiastical memorials relating chiefly to religion, and the reformation of it, and the emergencies of the Church of England, under King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, and Queen Mary I: with large appendixes, containing original papers, records, &c. |url=https://archive.org/details/ecclesiasticalme0102stry/page/n3/mode/2up |last=Strype |first=John |year=1822 |pages=[https://archive.org/stream/ecclesiasticalme0102stry#page/450/mode/2up 450–463] |volume=1}}</ref>
*[[1571]] &ndash; [[Miguel López de Legazpi]] conquers [[Manila]] for Spain, modern day capital of the [[Philippines]].
*[[1593]] &ndash; The Dutch city of [[Geertruidenberg]] held by the Spanish, [[Siege of Geertruidenberg (1593)|capitulates to a besieging Dutch and English]] army led by [[Maurice of Nassau]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Black|first=Jeremy|title=European Warfare, 1494-1660 Warfare and History|date=2005|page=112|publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781134477081}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1604]] &ndash; [[Samuel de Champlain]] encounters the mouth of the [[Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)|Saint John River]], site of [[Reversing Falls]] and the present-day city of [[Saint John, New Brunswick]], Canada.
*[[1622]] &ndash; [[Battle of Macau]]: The Dutch make a failed attempt to capture [[Macau]].
*[[1663]] &ndash; The Spanish garrison of [[Évora]] capitulates, following the Portuguese victory at the [[Battle of Ameixial]]. 
*[[1717]] &ndash; The [[Premier Grand Lodge of England]] is founded in London, the first [[Freemasonry|Masonic]] [[Grand Lodge]] in the world (now the [[United Grand Lodge of England]]).
*[[1724]] &ndash; On the [[Nativity of St John the Baptist|Feast of St. John the Baptist]], [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] leads the first performance of his ''{{lang|de|[[Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7|Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam]]}}'', BWV{{nbsp}}7, the third cantata of his [[chorale cantata cycle]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000008?lang=en | title = Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam BWV 7; BC A 177 | website = [[Bach Digital]] | date = 2024 }}</ref>
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Battle of Wilhelmsthal]]: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The [[Great Siege of Gibraltar]] begins.
*[[1793]] &ndash; The [[French Constitution of 1793|first Republican constitution]] in France is adopted.
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: Napoleon's [[Grande Armée]] crosses the [[Neman (river)|Neman]] river beginning the [[French invasion of Russia|invasion]] of Russia.
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Battle of Beaver Dams]]: A British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army.
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Battle of Carabobo]]: Decisive battle in the war of independence of [[Venezuela]] from Spain.
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Battle of Solferino]] (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): [[Sardinia]] and France defeat Austria in [[Solferino]], northern Italy.
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Battle of Custoza (1866)|Battle of Custoza]]: An [[Austrian Empire|Austrian]] army defeats the Italian army during the [[Austro-Prussian War]].
*[[1880]] &ndash; First performance of ''[[O Canada]]'' at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the [[national anthem]] of Canada.
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Assassination of Sadi Carnot|Assassination of the French President, Sadi Carnot]] by [[Sante Geronimo Caserio|Sante Caserio]] during the ''[[Ère des attentats]]'' (1892-1894).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/ocm43706446 |title=Regards populaires sur la violence |date=2000 |publisher=Publications de l'Université de Saint-Etienne |isbn=978-2-86272-180-4 |editor-last=Piarotas |editor-first=Mireille |series=Travaux / Centre interdisciplinaire d'études et de recherches sur l'expression contemporaine |location=Saint-Etienne |pages=141–142 |oclc=ocm43706446}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1913]] &ndash; Greece and [[Serbia]] annul their alliance with [[Bulgaria]].
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Mary Pickford]] becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
*[[1918]] &ndash; First [[airmail]] service in Canada from [[Montreal]] to [[Toronto]].
*[[1922]] &ndash; The American Professional Football Association is renamed the [[National Football League]].
*[[1932]] &ndash; A bloodless [[Siamese revolution of 1932|revolution]] instigated by the [[Khana Ratsadon|People's Party]] ends the absolute power of King [[Prajadhipok]] of [[Rattanakosin Kingdom|Siam]] (now [[Thailand]]).
*[[1938]] &ndash; Pieces of a [[meteorite]] land near [[Chicora, Pennsylvania]]. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450&nbsp;[[metric ton]]s when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
*[[1939]] &ndash; Siam is renamed Thailand by [[Plaek Phibunsongkhram]], the country's third [[Prime Minister of Thailand|prime minister]].
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Operation Collar (commando raid)|Operation Collar]], the first [[British Commandos|British Commando]] raid on occupied France, by No&nbsp;11 [[Independent Company]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in [[Bamber Bridge]], England, sparking the [[Battle of Bamber Bridge]] mutiny that leaves one dead and seven wounded.
*[[1945]] &ndash; The first [[Victory Day Parade]] takes place on [[Red Square]] in [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]], symbolizing the victory of the Soviet Union over [[Nazi Germany]].<ref>{{cite web |website=Presidential Library |url=https://www.prlib.ru/en/history/619337 |title=VICTORY PARADE TOOK PLACE ON THE RED SQUARE |date=24 June 1945}}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Kenneth Arnold]] makes the first widely reported [[Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting|UFO sighting]] near [[Mount Rainier]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]].
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: Start of the [[Berlin Blockade]]: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and [[West Berlin]] impossible.
*[[1949]] &ndash; The first [[Westerns on television|television western]], ''[[Hopalong Cassidy]]'', starring [[William Boyd (actor)|William Boyd]], is aired on [[NBC]].
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Apartheid]]: In South Africa, the [[Group Areas Act]] is passed, formally segregating races.
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[First Indochina War]]: [[Battle of Mang Yang Pass]]: [[Viet Minh]] troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M.&nbsp;100 of France in [[An Khê]].
*[[1957]] &ndash; In ''[[Roth v. United States]]'', the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] rules that obscenity is not protected by the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]].
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Venezuela]]n President [[Rómulo Betancourt]] is injured in an [[Assassination attempt of Rómulo Betancourt|assassination attempt]].
*[[1963]] &ndash; The United Kingdom grants [[Zanzibar]] internal self-government.
*[[1973]] &ndash; The [[UpStairs Lounge arson attack]] takes place at a gay bar located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141 Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, US. Thirty-two people die as a result of fire or smoke inhalation.
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Eastern Air Lines Flight 66]] encounters severe wind shear and crashes on final approach to New York's [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|JFK Airport]] killing 113 of the 124 passengers on board, making it the deadliest U.S. plane crash at the time. This accident led to decades of research into downburst and microburst phenomena and their effects on aircraft.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lessonslearned.faa.gov/ll_main.cfm?TabID=1&LLID=67 |title=Eastern Airlines Flight 66, B727 |publisher=[[Federal Aviation Administration]] |website=lessonslearned.faa.gov |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; The [[Humber Bridge]] opens to traffic, connecting [[Yorkshire]] and [[Lincolnshire]]. It remained the world's longest bridge span for 17&nbsp;years.
*[[1982]] &ndash; "The Jakarta Incident": [[British Airways Flight 009]] flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of [[Mount Galunggung]], resulting in the failure of all four engines.<!--Resulted in world record, book, awards, etc. -->
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Jiang Zemin]] succeeds [[Zhao Ziyang]] to become the [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] after the [[1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre]].
*[[1994]] &ndash; A [[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress]] [[1994 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash|crashes]] at [[Fairchild Air Force Base]] near [[Spokane, Washington]], killing four.<ref name="atrgatfc">{{cite news |last=Jewell |first=Mark |date=25 June 1995 |title=Another tragedy at Fairchild |page=1 |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |agency=Associated Press |location=(Idaho-Washington) |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-vwtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qNAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5783%2C2507852}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[1995 Rugby World Cup|Rugby World Cup]]: [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]] defeats [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]] and [[Nelson Mandela]] presents [[Francois Pienaar]] with the [[Webb Ellis Cup]] in an iconic post-[[apartheid]] moment.
*[[2002]] &ndash; The [[Igandu train disaster]] in [[Tanzania]] kills 281, the worst train accident in [[Africa]]n history.
*[[2004]] &ndash; In New York, [[capital punishment]] is declared unconstitutional.
*[[2010]] &ndash; At [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]], [[John Isner]] of the United States defeats [[Nicolas Mahut]] of France, in [[Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships|the longest match in professional tennis history]].
*  2010   &ndash; [[Julia Gillard]] assumes office as the first female [[Prime Minister of Australia]].
*[[2012]] &ndash; Death of [[Lonesome George]], the last known individual of ''[[Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii]]'', a subspecies of the [[Galápagos tortoise]].
*[[2013]] &ndash; Former [[Prime Minister of Italy|Italian Prime Minister]] [[Silvio Berlusconi]] is [[Silvio Berlusconi prostitute trial|found guilty]] of abusing his power and engaging in sex with an underage prostitute, and is sentenced to seven years in prison.
*[[2021]] &ndash; The Champlain Towers South condominium in [[Surfside, Florida]] suffers a [[Surfside condominium collapse|sudden partial collapse]], killing 98 people inside.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gorman |first=Steve |date=2021-07-27 |title=Final death toll from Florida condominium collapse put at 98 |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/final-death-toll-florida-condominium-collapse-put-98-2021-07-26/ |access-date=2022-03-23}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; In ''[[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization]]'', the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] rules that the [[Constitution of the United States|U.S. Constitution]] does not assign the authority to regulate [[abortion]]s to the federal government, thereby returning such authority to the individual states. This overturns the prior decisions in ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' (1973) and ''[[Planned Parenthood v. Casey]]'' (1992).<ref>{{cite web |last=Liptak|first=Adam |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/06/24/us/roe-wade-abortion-supreme-court|title=Ending Constitutional Right to Abortion, Supreme Court Reshapes U.S. Politics|work=The New York Times|date=June 24, 2022|access-date=June 24, 2022}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; The [[Wagner Group]] led by [[Yevgeny Prigozhin]] [[Wagner Group rebellion|launches an insurrection]] against the [[Government of Russia|Russian government.]]<ref>{{cite web |website=CNN |url=https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-06-24-23/index.html |title=June 24, 2023 - Wagner head says group standing down |date=24 June 2023 |author1=Helen Regan |author2=Andrew Raine |author3=Sophie Tanno |author4=Hafsa Khalil |author5=Tori B. Powell |author6=Adrienne Vogt |author7=Kaanita Iyer}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1210]] &ndash; Count [[Floris IV, Count of Holland|Floris IV]] of Holland (died 1234)
*[[1244]] &ndash; [[Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse]] (died 1308)
*[[1254]] &ndash; [[Floris V, Count of Holland]] (died 1296)
*[[1257]] &ndash; [[Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford]], English nobleman (probable;<ref>{{cite book|title=Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kjme027UeagC&pg=RA1-PA565|publisher=Douglas Richardson|isbn=978-1-4610-4513-7|pages=1–}}</ref> (died 1331)
*[[1314]] &ndash; [[Philippa of Hainault]] Queen of England (died 1369)
*[[1322]] &ndash; [[Joanna, Duchess of Brabant]] (died 1406)
*[[1343]] &ndash; [[Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre]] (died 1373)
*[[1360]] &ndash; [[Nuno Álvares Pereira]], Portuguese general
*[[1386]] &ndash; [[John of Capistrano]], Italian priest and saint (died 1456)
*[[1465]] &ndash; [[Isabella del Balzo]], Queen Consort of Naples (died 1533)
*[[1485]] &ndash; [[Johannes Bugenhagen]], Polish-German priest and reformer (died 1558)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Peter G. Bietenholz|author2=Thomas Brian Deutscher|title=Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hruQ386SfFcC&pg=PA217|year=2003|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-8577-1|pages=217–}}</ref>
*  1485   &ndash; [[Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg]] (died 1555)
*[[1499]] &ndash; [[Johannes Brenz]], German theologian and the Protestant Reformer (died 1570)
*[[1519]] &ndash; [[Theodore Beza]], French theologian and scholar (died 1605)
*[[1532]] &ndash; [[Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester]], English politician (died 1588)
*  1532   &ndash; [[William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel]] (died 1573)
*[[1535]] &ndash; [[Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal]] (died 1573)
*[[1546]] &ndash; [[Robert Persons]], English Jesuit priest, insurrectionist, and author (died 1610)
*[[1587]] &ndash; [[William Arnold (settler)|William Arnold]], English-American settler (died 1675)

===1601–1900===
*[[1614]] &ndash; [[John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse]] 
*[[1616]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Bol]], Dutch painter, etcher and draftsman, student of Rembrandt (died 1680)
*[[1661]] &ndash; [[Hachisuka Tsunanori]], Japanese daimyō (died 1730)
*[[1663]] &ndash; [[Jean Baptiste Massillon]], French bishop (died 1742)
*[[1687]] &ndash; [[Johann Albrecht Bengel]], German-Lutheran clergyman and scholar (died 1757)
*[[1694]] &ndash; [[Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui]], Swiss author and theorist (died 1748)
*[[1704]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens]], French philosopher and author (died 1771)
*[[1753]] &ndash; [[William Hull]], American general and politician, 1st [[Governor of Michigan Territory]] (died 1825)
*[[1755]] &ndash; [[Anacharsis Cloots]], Prussian-French activist (died 1794)
*[[1767]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès]], French geographer and author (died 1846)
*[[1771]] &ndash; [[Éleuthère Irénée du Pont]], French chemist and businessman, founded [[DuPont (1802–2017)|DuPont]] (died 1834)
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[Antonio González de Balcarce]], Argentinian commander and politician, 5th [[Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata]] (died 1819)
*  1774   &ndash; [[François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo]], French general and engineer (died 1838)
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[John Ross (Arctic explorer)|John Ross]], Scottish commander and explorer (died 1856)
*[[1782]] &ndash; [[Juan Larrea (politician)|Juan Larrea]], Argentinian captain and politician (died 1847)
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[Johann Heinrich von Thünen]], German economist and geographer (died 1850)
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[Juan Antonio Lavalleja]], Uruguayan general and politician, [[List of Presidents of Uruguay|President of Uruguay]] (died 1853)
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[Thomas Blanchard (inventor)|Thomas Blanchard]], American inventor (died 1864)
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Ernst Heinrich Weber]], German physician and psychologist (died 1878)
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[John Hughes (archbishop of New York)|John Hughes]], Irish-American archbishop (died 1864)
*  1797   &ndash; [[Paweł Edmund Strzelecki]], Polish geologist and explorer (died 1873)
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[Stephan Endlicher]],  Austrian botanist, numismatist, and sinologist (died 1849)
*  1804   &ndash; [[Willard Richards]], American religious leader (died 1854)
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[John Archibald Campbell]], American lawyer and jurist (died 1889)
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Henry Ward Beecher]], American minister and reformer (died 1887)
*  1813   &ndash; [[Francis Boott (composer)|Francis Boott]], American composer (died 1904)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Guillermo Rawson]], Argentinian physician and politician (died 1890)
*[[1826]] &ndash; [[George Goyder]], English-Australian surveyor (died 1898)
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Johannes Wislicenus]], German chemist and academic (died 1902)
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Jan Matejko]], Polish painter (died 1893)
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Gustavus Franklin Swift]], American businessman (died 1903)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Ambrose Bierce]], American short story writer, essayist, and journalist (died 1914)
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Samuel Johnson (Nigerian historian)|Samuel Johnson]], Nigerian priest and historian (died 1901)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener]], Irish field marshal and politician, [[List of governors of pre-independence Sudan|Governor-General of Sudan]] (died 1916)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Loeffler]], German bacteriologist and academic (died 1915)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Eleanor Norcross]], American painter (died 1923)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://fitchburgartmuseum.org/eleanor-norcross/ | title=Eleanor Norcross: Artist, Collector, and Museum Founder|publisher=Fitchburg Art Museum | access-date=September 19, 2014 }}</ref>
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Henry Chapman Mercer]], American archaeologist and author (died 1930)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Hastings Rashdall]], English historian, philosopher, and theologian (died 1924)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Robert Henri]], American painter and educator (died 1929)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Ruth Randall Edström]], American educator and activist (died 1944)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Prince George of Greece and Denmark]] (died 1957)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Frank Crowninshield]], American journalist and art and theatre critic (died 1947)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Forrest Reid]], Irish novelist, literary critic and translator (died 1947)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Oswald Veblen]], American mathematician and academic (g. 1960)
*  1880   &ndash; [[João Cândido Felisberto]], Brazilian revolutionary and sailor (died 1969)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[George Shiels]], Irish-Canadian author, poet, and playwright (died 1949)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Athanase David]], Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1953)
*  1882   &ndash; [[Carl Diem]], German businessman (died 1962)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Victor Francis Hess]], Austrian-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1964)
*  1883   &ndash; [[Fritz Löhner-Beda]], Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (died 1942)
*  1883   &ndash; [[Jean Metzinger]], French artist (died 1956)
*  1883   &ndash; [[Arthur L. Newton]], American runner (died 1956)
*  1883   &ndash; [[Frank Verner]], American runner (died 1966)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Frank Waller (athlete)|Frank Waller]], American runner (died 1941)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Olaf Holtedahl]], Norwegian geologist (died 1975)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Gerrit Rietveld]], Dutch architect, designed the [[Rietveld Schröder House]] (died 1964)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Roy O. Disney]], American businessman, co-founded [[The Walt Disney Company]] (died 1971)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Jack Dempsey]], American boxer and soldier (died 1983)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Armin Öpik]], Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist (died 1983)
*  1898   &ndash; [[Karl Selter]], Estonian politician, 14th [[Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia]] (died 1958)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Cauer]], German mathematician and engineer (died 1945)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Marcel Mule]], French saxophonist (died 2001)
*  1901   &ndash; [[Harry Partch]], American composer and theorist (died 1974)
*  1901   &ndash; [[Chuck Taylor (salesman)|Chuck Taylor]], American basketball player and salesman (died 1969)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Phil Harris]], American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1995)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Fred Alderman]], American sprinter (died 1998)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Pierre Fournier]], French cellist and educator (died 1986)
*  1906   &ndash; [[Willard Maas]], American poet and educator (died 1971)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Arseny Tarkovsky]], Russian poet and translator (died 1989)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Hugo Distler]], German organist, composer, and conductor (died 1942)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Alfons Rebane]], Estonian colonel (died 1976)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Jean Deslauriers]], Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1978)
*  1909   &ndash; [[William Penney, Baron Penney]], English mathematician and physicist (died 1991)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Betty Cavanna]], American author (died 2001)<ref name="usm">{{cite web |title=de Grummond Collection: Betty Cavanna Papers |url=http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/degrum/public_html/html/research/findaids/cavanna.htm |website=University of Southern Mississippi |access-date=25 August 2019}}</ref> 
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Juan Manuel Fangio]], Argentinian race car driver (died 1995)
*  1911   &ndash; [[Ernesto Sabato]], Argentinian physicist and academic (died 2011)
*  1911   &ndash; [[Portia White]], Canadian opera singer (died 1968)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Portia White|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/portia-white-emc|last1=King|first1=Betty Nygaard|last2=So|first2=Joseph K.|date=December 20, 2018|website=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=2020-05-16|last3=Mcpherson|first3=James B.}}</ref>
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Brian Johnston]], English sportscaster and author (died 1994)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Mary Wesley]], English author (died 2002)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Gustaaf Deloor]], Belgian cyclist and soldier (died 2002)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Kari Diesen]], Norwegian singer and revue actress (died 1987)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Kari Diesen  |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date= 22 August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Kari_Diesen |language=no|access-date=13 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1914   &ndash; [[Jan Karski]], Polish-American activist and academic (died 2000)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Pearl Witherington]], French secret agent (died 2008)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Fred Hoyle]], English astronomer and author (died 2001)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[William B. Saxbe]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 70th [[United States Attorney General]] (died 2010)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Saloua Raouda Choucair]], Lebanese painter and sculptor (died 2017)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[David Easton]], Canadian-American political scientist and academic (died 2014)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Lucy Jarvis (producer)|Lucy Jarvis]], American television producer (died 2020)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Ramblin' Tommy Scott]], American singer and guitarist (died 2013)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Joan Clarke]], English cryptanalyst and numismatist (died 1996)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Mildred Ladner Thompson]], American journalist and author (died 2013)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Yong Nyuk Lin]], Singaporean businessman and politician, [[Minister for Education (Singapore)|Singaporean Minister for Education]] (died 2012)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Al Molinaro]], American actor (died 2015)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Gerhard Sommer]], German soldier (died 2019)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Jack Carter (comedian)|Jack Carter]], American actor and comedian (died 2015)
*  1922   &ndash; [[John Postgate (microbiologist)|John Postgate]], English microbiologist, author, and academic (died 2014)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Richard Timberlake]], American economist (died 2020)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Margaret Olley]], Australian painter and philanthropist (died 2011)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Kurt Furgler]], Swiss politician, 70th [[List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation|President of the Swiss Confederation]] (died 2008)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Archie Roy]], Scottish astronomer and academic (died 2012)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Yoshito Takamine]], American politician (died 2015)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Ogden Reid]], American politician (died 2019)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Fernand Dumont]], Canadian sociologist, philosopher, and poet (died 1997)
*  1927   &ndash; [[James B. Edwards]], American dentist, soldier, and politician, 3rd [[United States Secretary of Energy]] (died 2014)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Martin Lewis Perl]], American physicist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2014)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Carolyn S. Shoemaker]], American astronomer (died 2021)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Claude Chabrol]], French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Donald Gordon (South African businessman)|Donald Gordon]], South African businessman and philanthropist (died 2019)
*  1930   &ndash; [[William Bernard Ziff, Jr.]], American publisher (died 2006)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Billy Casper]], American golfer (died 2015)<ref>{{cite web |title=Billy Casper: Golfer who won prolifically but who became unfairly |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/billy-casper-golfer-who-won-prolifically-who-became-unfairly-overshadowed-big-three-his-generation-a173166.html |website=The Independent |access-date=26 July 2021 |language=en |date=11 February 2015}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[David McTaggart]], Canadian-Italian environmentalist (died 2001)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Bob Cole (sportscaster)|Bob Cole]], Canadian sports announcer (died 2024)<ref>{{cite news |title=Bob Cole, the play-by-play voice of countless NHL games, dies at 90 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/bob-cole-obituary-1.7184556 |access-date=25 April 2024 |publisher=CBC |date=25 April 2024}}</ref>
*1933 &ndash; [[Sam Jones (basketball, born 1933)|Sam Jones]], American basketball player and coach (died 2021)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Ngina Kenyatta]], 1st First Lady of Kenya
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Biwersi]], German footballer and referee (died 2013)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Jean-Pierre Ferland]], Canadian singer-songwriter (died 2024)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Gloria Christian]], Italian singer
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Terry Riley]], American composer and educator
*  1935   &ndash; [[Jean Milesi]], French racing cyclist
*  1935   &ndash; [[Charlie Dees]], American baseball player
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Robert Downey Sr.]], American actor and director (died 2021)<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=AMJ1gPGGRzIC&pg=PA131 |title=Film Voices: Interviews from Post Script |first=Gerald|last=Duchovnay|year=2012|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=9780791484753 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Chloe Melas |title=Robert Downey Sr., director and father of Robert Downey Jr., has died |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/07/entertainment/robert-downey-sr-obit/index.html |website=CNN |date=7 July 2021 |access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Anita Desai]], Indian-American author and academic
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Lawrence Block]], American author
*  1938   &ndash; [[Abulfaz Elchibey]], Azerbaijani politician, 1st democratically elected Azerbaijani President (died 2000)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Ken Gray (rugby union)|Ken Gray]], New Zealand rugby player (died 1992)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Brigitte Fontaine]], French singer
*  1939   &ndash; [[Judy Olson Duhamel]], American politician and educator<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Taylor Rick |first=Lynn |title=Judy Olson Duhamel |url=https://sdexcellence.org/w/images/b/b9/Judy_Olson_Duhamel_Black_Hills_Faces.pdf |magazine=Black Hills Faces Magazine |access-date=April 4, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Ian Ross (newsreader)|Ian Ross]], Australian newsreader (died 2014)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Vittorio Storaro]], Italian cinematographer
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Erkin Koray]], Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Julia Kristeva]], Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst and author
*  1941   &ndash; [[Graham McKenzie]], Australian cricketer
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Arthur Brown (musician)|Arthur Brown]], English rock singer-songwriter
*  1942   &ndash; [[Michele Lee]], American actress and singer
*  1942   &ndash; [[Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle]], Chilean engineer and politician, 32nd [[President of Chile]]
*  1942   &ndash; [[Colin Groves]], Australian academician and educator  (died 2017)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Birgit Grodal]], Danish economist and academic (died 2004)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Jeff Beck]], English guitarist and songwriter (died 2023)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/arts/music/jeff-beck-dead.html|title=Jeff Beck, Guitarist With a Chapter in Rock History, Dies at 78|last=Farber|first=Jim|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 11, 2023|access-date=January 11, 2023}}</ref>
*  1944   &ndash; [[Kathryn Lasky]], American author
*  1944   &ndash; [[Chris Wood (rock musician)|Chris Wood]], English saxophonist (died 1983)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Colin Blunstone]], English singer-songwriter 
*  1945   &ndash; [[Wayne Cashman]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*  1945   &ndash; [[George Pataki]], American lawyer and politician, 53rd [[Governor of New York]]
*  1945   &ndash; [[Betty Stöve]], Dutch tennis player
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[David Collenette]], Canadian civil servant and politician, 32nd [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Canadian Minister of National Defence]]
*  1946   &ndash; [[Ellison Onizuka]], American engineer, and astronaut (died 1986)<ref>{{cite web |title=Space Shuttle Challenger Fast Facts |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/15/us/space-shuttle-challenger-fast-facts/index.html |website=CNN |date=16 September 2013 |access-date=4 December 2021}}</ref>
*  1946   &ndash; [[Robert Reich]], American economist and politician, 22nd [[United States Secretary of Labor]]
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Clarissa Dickson Wright]], English chef, author, and television personality (died 2014)<ref>{{cite news |last=Morris |first=Steven |title=TV chef Clarissa Dickson Wright dies |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/mar/17/clarissa-dickson-wright-tv-chef-dies-two-fat-ladies |access-date=14 April 2014 |newspaper=.theguardian.com |date=24 June 2018}}</ref>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Mick Fleetwood]], English-American drummer
*  1947   &ndash; [[Peter Weller]], American actor and director
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Patrick Moraz]], Swiss keyboard player and songwriter 
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[John Illsley]], English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer 
*  1949   &ndash; [[Betty Jackson]], English fashion designer
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Nancy Allen (actress)|Nancy Allen]], American actress
*  1950   &ndash; [[Bob Carlos Clarke]], Irish-born English photographer (died 2006)
*  1950   &ndash; [[Jan Kulczyk]], Polish businessman (died 2015)
*  1950   &ndash; [[Mercedes Lackey]], American author
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Raelene Boyle]], Australian sprinter
*  1951   &ndash; [[Charles Sturridge]], English director, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Dianna Melrose]], English diplomat, [[List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Tanzania|British High Commissioner to Tanzania]]
*  1952   &ndash; [[Bob Neill]], English lawyer and politician
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[William E. Moerner]], American chemist and physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*  1953   &ndash; [[Michael Tuck]], Australian footballer and coach
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Chris Higgins (academic)|Chris Higgins]], English geneticist and academic
*  1955   &ndash; [[Edmund Malura]], German footballer and manager
*  1955   &ndash; [[Loren Roberts]], American golfer
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Owen Paterson]], English politician, [[Secretary of State for Northern Ireland]]
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Mark Parkinson (Kansas politician)|Mark Parkinson]], American lawyer and politician, 45th [[Governor of Kansas]]
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Jean Charest]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th [[Deputy Prime Minister of Canada]]
*  1958   &ndash; [[Silvio Mondinelli]], Italian mountaineer
*  1958   &ndash; [[Reed Oliver]], governor of [[Pohnpei State]], Micronesia<ref name="lt gov bio">{{cite web|url=https://pohnpeistate.gov.fm/assets/PDF/Lt.pdf|title=LT._GOV_BIO.xlsx|access-date=August 19, 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819112711/https://pohnpeistate.gov.fm/assets/PDF/Lt.pdf|archive-date=August 19, 2023}}</ref>
*  1958   &ndash; [[John Tortorella]], American ice hockey player and coach
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Andy McCluskey]], English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer 
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Elish Angiolini]], Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, [[Solicitor General for Scotland]]
*  1960   &ndash; [[Siedah Garrett]], American singer-songwriter and pianist
*  1960   &ndash; [[Karin Pilsäter]], Swedish accountant and politician
*  1960   &ndash; [[Erik Poppe]], Norwegian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Dennis Danell]], American singer and guitarist (died 2000)
*  1961   &ndash; [[Iain Glen]], Scottish actor 
*  1961   &ndash; [[Bernie Nicholls]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*  1961   &ndash; [[Ralph E. Reed, Jr.]], American journalist and activist 
*  1961   &ndash; [[Curt Smith]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Gautam Adani]], Indian industrialist and billionaire<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Newsmaker of the Year 2022: Gautam Adani - The growth king |magazine=India Today |access-date=4 January 2023 |date=3 January 2023 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20230109-newsmaker-of-the-year-2022-gautam-adani-the-growth-king-2315197-2022-12-30 |first1=Raj |last1=Chengappa |first2=MG |last2=Arun |volume=48 |issue=2 |page=24 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
*  1962   &ndash; [[Claudia Sheinbaum]], Mexican politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Twitter: Dra. Claudia Sheinbaum |date=28 June 2023 |url=https://x.com/Claudiashein/status/1674129481827581952 |access-date=3 June 2024}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Yuri Kasparyan]], Russian guitarist 
*  1963   &ndash; [[Preki]], Serbian-American soccer player and coach 
*  1963   &ndash; [[Mike Wieringo]], American author and illustrator (died 2007)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Jean-Luc Delarue]], French television host and producer (died 2012)
*  1964   &ndash; [[Kathryn Parminter, Baroness Parminter]], English politician
*  1964   &ndash; [[Gary Suter]], American ice hockey player and scout
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Claude Bourbonnais]], Canadian race car driver
*  1965   &ndash; [[Uwe Krupp]], German ice hockey player and coach
*  1965   &ndash; [[Richard Lumsden]], English actor, writer, composer and musician
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Hope Sandoval]], American singer-songwriter and musician
*  1966   &ndash; [[Adrienne Shelly]], American actress, director, and screenwriter (died 2006)
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Janez Lapajne]], Slovenian director and producer
*  1967   &ndash; [[John Limniatis]], Canadian soccer player and manager
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Alaa Abdelnaby]], Egyptian-American basketball player and sportscaster
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Glenn Medeiros]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1970   &ndash; [[Bernardo Sassetti]], Portuguese pianist, composer, and educator (died 2012)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Robbie McEwen]], Australian cyclist
*  1972   &ndash; [[Denis Žvegelj]], Slovenian rower
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Alexis Gauthier]], French chef
*  1973   &ndash; [[Jere Lehtinen]], Finnish ice hockey player
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Dan Byles]], English sailor, rower, and politician
*  1974   &ndash; [[Chris Guccione (umpire)|Chris Guccione]], American baseball player and umpire
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Marek Malík]], Czech ice hockey player
*  1975   &ndash; [[Federico Pucciariello]], Argentinian-Italian rugby player
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Brock Olivo]], American football player and coach
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Dimos Dikoudis]], Greek basketball player and manager
*  1977   &ndash; [[Jeff Farmer (footballer)|Jeff Farmer]], Australian footballer
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Luis García (footballer, born 1978)|Luis García]], Spanish footballer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Pantelis Kafes]], Greek footballer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Shunsuke Nakamura]], Japanese footballer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Ariel Pink]], American singer-songwriter 
*  1978   &ndash; [[Juan Román Riquelme]], Argentinian footballer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Emppu Vuorinen]], Finnish guitarist and songwriter
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Mindy Kaling]], American actress and producer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Petra Němcová]], Czech model and philanthropist
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Cicinho]], Brazilian footballer
*  1980   &ndash; [[Nina Dübbers]], German tennis player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Andrew Jones (racing driver)|Andrew Jones]], Australian race car driver
*  1980   &ndash; [[Minka Kelly]], American actress
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Kevin Nolan]], English footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Jarret Stoll]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Rebecca Cooke]], English swimmer
*  1983   &ndash; [[John Lloyd Cruz]], Filipino actor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/showbiznews/news/14617/the-impressive-resume-of-multi-awarded-tv-movie-star-john-lloyd-cruz/photo|title=The impressive resume of multi-awarded TV-movie star John Lloyd Cruz|publisher=[[GMA Network]]|access-date=June 4, 2024}}</ref>
*  1983   &ndash; [[Gianni Munari]], Italian footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Gard Nilssen]], Norwegian drummer
*  1983   &ndash; [[David Shillington]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Andrea Raggi]], Italian footballer
*  1984   &ndash; [[JJ Redick]], American basketball player and coach
*  1984   &ndash; [[Johanna Welin]], Swedish-born German [[wheelchair basketball]] player
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Diego Alves Carreira]], Brazilian footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Tom Kennedy (English footballer)|Tom Kennedy]], English footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Nate Myles]], Australian rugby league player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Vernon Philander]], South African cricketer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Yukina Shirakawa]], Japanese model
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Stuart Broad]], English cricketer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Phil Hughes (baseball)|Phil Hughes]], American baseball player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Solange Knowles]], American singer-songwriter and actress
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Simona Dobrá]], Czech tennis player
*  1987   &ndash; [[Lionel Messi]], Argentinian footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2012/11/05/869-is-the-magic-number-for-lionel-messi-and-cristiano-ronaldo-613869/|title=869 is the magic number for Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo|date=5 November 2012|author=Jimmy Nsubuga|website=Metro|access-date=24 June 2019}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Pierre Vaultier]], French snowboarder<ref>{{cite web|title=Pierre Vaultier|url=https://www.olympic.org/pierre-vaultier|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=14 March 2020}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Micah Richards]], English footballer
*  1988   &ndash; [[Nichkhun]], Thai-American singer and actor<ref>{{cite web|title='NICHKHUN (From 2PM) Premium Solo Concert 2018' 화이트 슈트에 레드 넥타이를 매치한...|url=https://www.ksilbo.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=702569|work=경상일보|language=ko|date=4 July 2019|access-date=23 February 2025}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Teklemariam Medhin]], Eritrean runner<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/teklemariam-medhin-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111541/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/teklemariam-medhin-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Teklemariam Medhin Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-09}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Michael Del Zotto]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1990   &ndash; [[Richard Sukuta-Pasu]], German footballer
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Yasmin Paige]], English actress
*  1991   &ndash; [[Aidan Sezer]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[David Alaba]], Austrian footballer
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Duki (rapper)|Duki]], Argentinian rapper
*  1996   &ndash; [[Marcus Coco]], Guadeloupean footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Marcus Coco |url= https://www.fcnantes.com/groupepro/20212022/fiche.php?numjoueur=319 |publisher= FC Nantes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725170212/https://www.fcnantes.com/groupepro/20212022/fiche.php?numjoueur=319 |archive-date=25 July 2022 }}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Darwin Núñez]], Uruguayan footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Darwin Núñez: Overview |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/70287/Darwin-N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez/overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=25 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Erika Andreeva]], Russian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Erika Andreeva {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/330151/erika-andreeva |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Erika Andreeva - Player Profile - Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/erika-andreeva_prs553773/person.shtml |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Eurosport UK |language=en}}</ref>
*  2004   &ndash; [[Luke Chambers (footballer, born 2004)|Luke Chambers]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Luke Chambers: Overview |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/73893/Luke-Chambers/overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=28 October 2023}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1046]] &ndash; [[Jeongjong, 10th Monarch of Goryeo|Jeongjong II]], Korean ruler (born 1018)
*[[1088]] &ndash; [[William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey]], Norman nobleman
*[[1314]] &ndash; [[Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester]], English commander (born 1291)
*  1314   &ndash; [[Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford]], English soldier and politician, [[Lord Warden of the Marches]] (born 1274)
*[[1398]] &ndash; [[Hongwu Emperor|Hongwu]], Chinese emperor (born 1328)
*[[1439]] &ndash; [[Frederick IV, Duke of Austria|Frederick IV]], duke of Austria (born 1382)
*[[1503]] &ndash; [[Reginald Bray]], English architect and politician, [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] (born 1440)
*[[1519]] &ndash; [[Lucrezia Borgia]], Italian wife of [[Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara]] (born 1480)
*[[1520]] &ndash; [[Hosokawa Sumimoto]], Japanese commander (born 1489)

===1601–1900===
*[[1604]] &ndash; [[Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford]], English courtier, [[Lord Great Chamberlain]] (born 1550)
*[[1637]] &ndash; [[Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc]], French astronomer and historian (born 1580)
*[[1643]] &ndash; [[John Hampden]], English politician (born 1595)
*[[1766]] &ndash; [[Adrien Maurice de Noailles]], French soldier and politician, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (France)|French Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (born 1678)
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[Pieter Burman the Younger]], Dutch philologist and academic (born 1714)
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[Matthew Thornton]], Irish-American judge and politician (born 1714)
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Thomas McKean]], American lawyer and politician, 2nd [[Governor of Pennsylvania]] (born 1734)
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Andreas Vokos Miaoulis]], Greek admiral and politician (born 1769)

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[George Leake]], Australian politician, 2nd [[Premier of Western Australia]] (born 1856)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Grover Cleveland]], American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th  [[President of the United States]] (born 1837)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Sarah Orne Jewett]], American novelist, short story writer, and poet (born 1849)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Edward T.|last1=James|first2=Janet|last2=Wilson James|first3=Paul S.|last3=Boyer|title=Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary|location=Cambridge|publisher=Belknap Press of Harvard University Press|year=1971|page=274|isbn=978-0-67462-731-4}}</ref>
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Walther Rathenau]], German businessman and politician, 7th [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany)|German Minister for Foreign Affairs]] (born 1867)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Edith Södergran]], [[Swedish-speaking population of Finland|Swedish-Finnish]] poet (born 1892)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://svenskanu.fi/laromaterial/vetamix/index.php/portfolio_page/edith-sodergran/|title=Edith Södergran|work=Vetamix|publisher=Svenska nu|access-date=April 4, 2022|language=sv}}</ref>
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Otto Mears]], Russian-American businessman (born 1840)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Xiang Zhongfa]], Chinese politician, 2nd [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] (born 1880)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Ernst Põdder]], Estonian general (born 1879)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Camille Roy (literary critic)|Camille Roy]], Canadian priest and critic (born 1870)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Louise Whitfield Carnegie]], American philanthropist (born 1857)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Emil Seidel]], American politician, [[Mayor of Milwaukee]] (born 1864)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Volfgangs Dārziņš]], Latvian composer, pianist and music critic (born 1906)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Stuart Davis (painter)|Stuart Davis]], American painter and academic (born 1892)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Frank King (cartoonist)|Frank King]], American cartoonist (born 1883)
*  1969   &ndash; [[Willy Ley]], German-American historian and author (born 1906) 
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Wendell Ladner]], Professional Basketball Player in the ABA 
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Minor White]], American photographer, critic, and academic (born 1908)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Robert Charroux]], French author and critic (born 1909)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[V. V. Giri]], Indian lawyer and politician, 4th [[President of India]] (born 1894)<ref>{{cite book|last=Lentz|first=Harris M.|title=Heads of States and Governments Since 1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6HKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA379|access-date=2018-06-21|date=2014-02-04|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134264902|pages=379–380}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Clarence Campbell]], Canadian businessman (born 1905)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Jackie Gleason]], American actor, comedian, and producer (born 1916)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Csaba Kesjár]], Hungarian race car driver (born 1962)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Sumner Locke Elliott]], Australian-American author and playwright (born 1917)
*  1991   &ndash; [[Rufino Tamayo]], Mexican painter and illustrator (born 1899)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Jean Vallerand]], Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1915)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Andrew J. Transue]], American politician and attorney ''[[Morissette v. United States]]'' (born 1903)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Brian Keith]], American actor (born 1921)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Vera Atkins]], British intelligence officer (born 1908)
*  2000   &ndash; [[David Tomlinson]], English actor and comedian (born 1917)
*  2000   &ndash; [[Rodrigo Bueno]], Argentine cuarteto singer (born 1973)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Konstantin Gerchik]], the second head of the world's first cosmodrome — "Baikonur" (1958-1961).
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Pierre Werner]], Luxembourgish banker and politician, 21st [[Prime Minister of Luxembourg]] (born 1913)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Ifigeneia Giannopoulou]], Greek songwriter and author (born 1957)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Paul Winchell]], American actor, voice artist, and ventriloquist (born 1922)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Natasja Saad]], Danish rapper and reggae singer (born 1974)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Chris Benoit]], Canadian wrestler (born 1967)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Derek Dougan]], Northern Irish footballer and manager (born 1938) 
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Gerhard Ringel]], Austrian mathematician and academic (born 1919)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Roméo LeBlanc]], Canadian journalist and politician, 25th [[Governor General of Canada]] (born 1927)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Fred Anderson (musician)|Fred Anderson]], American jazz tenor saxophonist (born 1929)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Tomislav Ivić]], Croatian football coach and manager (born 1933)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Darrel Akerfelds]], American baseball player and coach (born 1962)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Gad Beck]], German author and educator (born 1923) 
*  2012   &ndash; [[Gu Chaohao]], Chinese mathematician and academic (born 1926)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Miki Roqué]], Spanish footballer (born 1988)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Ann C. Scales]], American lawyer, educator, and activist (born 1952)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Lonesome George]], [[endling|last known]] [[Pinta Island tortoise]] (h. {{circa|1910}})<ref>{{cite news |last=Schultz |first=Isaac |date=March 12, 2023 |title=These Lonely Animals Were the Last of Their Kind |url=https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2023/03/these-lonely-animals-were-the-last-of-their-kind/ |work=[[Gizmodo]] |location= |access-date=June 26, 2023}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Mick Aston]], English archaeologist and academic (born 1946)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Emilio Colombo]], Italian politician, 40th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (born 1920)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Joannes Gijsen]], Dutch bishop (born 1932)
*  2013   &ndash; [[William Hathaway]], American lawyer and politician (born 1924)
*  2013   &ndash; [[James Martin (author)|James Martin]], English-Bermudian computer scientist and author (born 1933)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Alan Myers (drummer)|Alan Myers]], American drummer  (born 1955)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[John Clement (Ontario politician)|John Clement]], Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1928)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Olga Kotelko]], Canadian runner and softball player (born 1919)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Ramón José Velásquez]], Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, [[President of Venezuela]] (born 1916)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Eli Wallach]], American actor (born 1915)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Cristiano Araújo]], Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1986)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Mario Biaggi]], American police officer, politician and criminal (born 1917)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Marva Collins]], American author and educator (born 1936)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Susan Ahn Cuddy]], American lieutenant (born 1915)
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Benigno Aquino III]], 15th [[President of the Philippines]] (born 1960)<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 June 2021 |title=Former president Benigno Aquino, part of Philippines' political dynasty, dead at 61 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/philippines-president-aquino-obituary-1.6078245 |access-date=28 June 2021 |publisher=CBC News|agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
*  2021 &ndash; [[Trần Thiện Khiêm]], 7th [[Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam|Prime Minister of South Vietnam]] and army officer (born 1925)<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 June 2021 |title=Cựu Đại Tướng Trần Thiện Khiêm Qua Đời Tại California Hưởng Thọ 95 Tuổi |url=https://vietbao.com/a308560/cuu-dai-tuong-tran-thien-khiem-qua-doi-tai-california-huong-tho-95-tuoi |access-date=14 July 2021 |website=[[Việt Báo Daily News]] |language=vi}}</ref>
*  [[2024]] &ndash; [[Shifty Shellshock]], American vocalist (born 1974)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shafer |first=Ellise |date=2024-06-25 |title=Shifty Shellshock, Crazy Town Frontman and 'Butterfly' Singer, Dies at 49 |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/global/shifty-shellshock-dead-crazy-town-frontman-butterfly-singer-1236047633/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
* [[Armed Forces Day|Army Day]] or [[Battle of Carabobo|Battle of Carabobo Day]] ([[Venezuela]])
* [[Battle of Bannockburn|Bannockburn Day]] ([[Scotland]])
* Christian [[feast day]]:
** [[María Guadalupe García Zavala]] 
** [[Nativity of Saint John the Baptist]]
** [[June 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Day of the Caboclo]] ([[Amazonas (Brazilian state)|Amazonas, Brazil]])
*[[Inti Raymi]], a winter solstice festival and a [[New Year]] in the [[Andes]] of the Southern Hemisphere ([[Sacsayhuamán]])
* [[Nativity of St John the Baptist|St John's Day]] and the second day of the [[Midsummer|Midsummer celebrations]] (although this is not the astronomical summer solstice, see [[June 20]]) ([[Roman Catholic Church]], [[Europe]]), and its related observances: 
** [[Enyovden]] ([[Bulgaria]])
** [[St John's Day (Estonia)|Jaanipäev]] ([[Estonia]])
** [[Jāņi]] ([[Latvia]])
** [[Jónsmessa]] ([[Iceland]])
** [[Midsummer|Midsummer Day]] ([[England]])
** [[Saint Jonas' Festival]] or ''Joninės'' ([[Lithuania]])
** [[Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day]] ([[Quebec]])
** [[Sânziene]] (western [[Carpathian Mountains]] of [[Romania]])
** [[Wattah Wattah Festival]] ([[Philippines]])
* [[Fors Fortuna]], [[Religion in ancient Rome|ancient Roman]] festival to [[Fortuna]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/24 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=06|day=24}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/june/24 |title=Historical Events on June 24 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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