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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
2021
June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
190 days remain until the end of the year. Contents · 1Events · 2Births · 3Deaths Events[edit] ·
1312 BC – Mursili II launches a campaign against
the Kingdom of Azzi-Hayasa. ·
217 BC – The Romans, led by Gaius Flaminius, are ambushed and defeated
by Hannibal at the Battle of Lake
Trasimene. ·
109 – Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 kilometres (25 miles)
northwest of Rome. ·
474 – Julius Nepos forces Roman usurper Glycerius to abdicate the throne and
proclaims himself Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. ·
637 –
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.[1] ·
972 – Battle of Cedynia,
the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place.[2] ·
1128 – Battle of São Mamede,
near Guimarães: Forces led
by Afonso I defeat
forces led by his mother Teresa of
León and her lover Fernando Pérez de
Traba.[3] ·
1230 –
The Siege of Jaén begins,
in the context of the Spanish Reconquista.[4] ·
1314 – First
War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of
Bannockburn concludes with a decisive victory by Scottish
forces led by Robert the Bruce.[5] ·
1340 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Sluys: The French fleet is almost
completely destroyed by the English fleet commanded in person by King Edward III. ·
1374 –
A sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the
streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and
twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion. ·
1497 – John Cabot lands in North America
at Newfoundland leading
the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings. ·
1509 – Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon are
crowned King and Queen of England. ·
1535 –
The Anabaptist state of Münster is
conquered and disbanded. ·
1571 – Miguel López de
Legazpi founds Manila, the capital of the Philippines. ·
1604 – Samuel de Champlain discovers
the mouth of the Saint
John River, site of Reversing Falls and the present-day
city of Saint John, New
Brunswick, Canada. ·
1622 – Battle of Macau: The Dutch make a failed
attempt to capture Macau. ·
1663 –
The Spanish garrison of Évora capitulates, following the
Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial. ·
1717 –
The Premier
Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United
Grand Lodge of England). ·
1762 – Battle of
Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of
Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia. ·
1779 – American
Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of
Gibraltar begins. ·
1793 –
The first
Republican constitution in France is adopted. ·
1812 – Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon's Grande Armée crosses the Neman river beginning the invasion of
Russia. ·
1813 – Battle of Beaver
Dams: A British and Indian combined force defeats the United
States Army. ·
1821 –
The Battle of Carabobo takes
place. It is the decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain. ·
1859 – Battle of Solferino (Battle
of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria
in Solferino, northern Italy. ·
1866 – Battle of
Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army
during the Austro-Prussian War. ·
1880 –
First performance of O Canada at
the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become
the national anthem of
Canada. ·
1894 – Marie François
Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo
Caserio. ·
1902 –
King Edward VII of
the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation. ·
1913 –
Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria. ·
1916 – Mary Pickford becomes the first female
film star to sign a million-dollar contract. ·
1918 –
First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto. ·
1922 –
The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National
Football League. ·
1932 –
A bloodless revolution instigated
by the People's Party ends
the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand). ·
1938 –
Pieces of a meteorite land
near Chicora,
Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons when it hit the Earth's
atmosphere and exploded. ·
1939 –
Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram,
the country's third prime minister. ·
1940 – World War II: Operation
Collar, the first British Commando raid
on occupied France, by No 11 Independent Company. ·
1943 –
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. ·
1947 – Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely
reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington. ·
1948 – Cold War: Start of the Berlin Blockade: The Soviet Union makes overland travel
between West Germany and West Berlin impossible. ·
1949 –
The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd,
is aired on NBC. ·
1950 – Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally
segregating races. ·
1954 – First Indochina War: Battle of Mang
Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops
belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M. 100 of France in An Khê. ·
1957 –
In Roth v. United States,
the U.S.
Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by
the First Amendment. ·
1963 –
The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government. ·
1973 –
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, USA. Thirty-two people die as a result of
fire or smoke inhalation. ·
1975 – Eastern Air
Lines Flight 66 encounters severe wind shear and crashes on
final approach to New York's 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.[6] ·
1981 –
The Humber Bridge opens
to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It remained the world's
longest bridge span for 17 years. ·
1982 –
"The Jakarta Incident": British Airways
Flight 9 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the
eruption of Mount Galunggung,
resulting in the failure of all four engines. ·
1989 – Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China after
the Tiananmen
Square protests of 1989. ·
1995 – Rugby World Cup: South
Africa defeats New
Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment. ·
2002 –
The Igandu train
disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train
accident in African history. ·
2004 –
In New York, capital punishment is
declared unconstitutional. ·
2010 –
At Wimbledon, John Isner of the United States
defeats Nicolas Mahut of
France, in the longest match in professional tennis history. ·
2010
– Julia Gillard assumes
office as the first female Prime
Minister of Australia. ·
2012 –
Death of Lonesome George,
the last known individual of Chelonoidis
nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise. ·
2013 –
Former Italian Prime
Minister Silvio Berlusconi is found
guilty of abusing his power and engaging in sex with an
underage prostitute, and is sentenced to seven years in prison. Births[edit] ·
1210 –
Count Floris IV of
Holland (d. 1234) ·
1244 – Henry I,
Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1308) ·
1254 – Floris V,
Count of Holland (d. 1296) ·
1257 – Robert
de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford, English nobleman (probable;[7] d. 1331) ·
1314 – Philippa of Hainault Queen
of England (d. 1369) ·
1322 – Joanna,
Duchess of Brabant (d. 1406) ·
1343 – Joan of
Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373) ·
1360 – Nuno Álvares Pereira,
Portuguese general ·
1386 – John of Capistrano,
Italian priest and saint (d. 1456) ·
1465 – Isabella del Balzo,
Queen Consort of Naples (d. 1533) ·
1485 – Johannes Bugenhagen,
Polish-German priest and reformer (d. 1558)[8] ·
1485
– Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg (d.
1555) ·
1499 – Johannes Brenz, German theologian and the
Protestant Reformer (d. 1570) ·
1519 – Theodore Beza, French theologian and scholar
(d. 1605) ·
1532 – Robert
Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician (d. 1588) ·
1532
– William
IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1573) ·
1535 – Joanna
of Austria, Princess of Portugal (d. 1573) ·
1546 – Robert Persons, English Jesuit priest,
insurrectionist, and author (d. 1610) ·
1587 – William Arnold,
English-American settler (d. 1675) ·
1591 – Mustafa I, Ottoman sultan (d. 1639) ·
1614 – John
Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse ·
1616 – Ferdinand Bol, Dutch painter, etcher and
draftsman, student of Rembrandt (d. 1680) ·
1661 – Hachisuka Tsunanori,
Japanese daimyō (d. 1730) ·
1663 – Jean Baptiste
Massillon, French bishop (d. 1742) ·
1687 – Johann Albrecht
Bengel, German-Lutheran clergyman and scholar (d. 1757) ·
1694 – Jean-Jacques
Burlamaqui, Swiss author and theorist (d. 1748) ·
1704 – Jean-Baptiste
de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French philosopher and author (d.
1771) ·
1753 – William Hull, American general and
politician, 1st Governor
of Michigan Territory (d. 1825) ·
1755 – Anacharsis Cloots,
Prussian-French activist (d. 1794) ·
1767 – Jean-Baptiste
Benoît Eyriès, French geographer and author (d. 1846) ·
1771 – Éleuthère Irénée
du Pont, French chemist and businessman, founded DuPont (d. 1834) ·
1774 – Antonio
González de Balcarce, Argentinian commander and politician,
5th Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de
la Plata (d. 1819) ·
1774
– François-Nicolas-Benoît
Haxo, French general and engineer (d. 1838) ·
1777 – John Ross,
Scottish commander and explorer (d. 1856) ·
1782 – Juan Larrea,
Argentinian captain and politician (d. 1847) ·
1783 – Johann
Heinrich von Thünen, German economist and geographer (d. 1850) ·
1784 – Juan Antonio
Lavalleja, Uruguayan general and politician, President
of Uruguay (d. 1853) ·
1788 – Thomas
Blanchard, American inventor (d. 1864) ·
1795 – Ernst Heinrich Weber,
German physician and psychologist (d. 1878) ·
1797 – John
Hughes, Irish-American archbishop (d. 1864) ·
1797
– Paweł
Edmund Strzelecki, Polish geologist and explorer (d. 1873) ·
1804 – Stephan Endlicher,
Austrian botanist, numismatist, and sinologist (d. 1849) ·
1804
– Willard Richards,
American religious leader (d. 1854) ·
1811 – John Archibald
Campbell, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1889) ·
1813 – Henry Ward Beecher,
American minister and reformer (d. 1887) ·
1813
– Francis Boott,
American composer (d. 1904) ·
1821 – Guillermo Rawson, Argentinian physician and
politician (d. 1890) ·
1826 – George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor
(d. 1898) ·
1835 – Johannes Wislicenus,
German chemist and academic (d. 1902) ·
1838 – Jan Matejko, Polish painter (d. 1893) ·
1839 – Gustavus Franklin
Swift, American businessman (d. 1903) ·
1842 – Ambrose Bierce, American short story writer,
essayist, and journalist (d. 1914) ·
1846 – Samuel
Johnson, Nigerian priest and historian (d. 1901) ·
1850 – Herbert
Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish field marshal and
politician, Governor-General
of Sudan (d. 1916) ·
1852 – Friedrich Loeffler,
German bacteriologist and academic (d. 1915) ·
1854 – Eleanor Norcross, American painter (d. 1923)[9] ·
1856 – Henry Chapman Mercer,
American archaeologist and author (d. 1930) ·
1858 – Hastings Rashdall,
English historian, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1924) ·
1865 – Robert Henri, American painter and educator
(d. 1929) ·
1867 – Ruth Randall Edström,
American educator and activist (d. 1944) ·
1869 – Prince
George of Greece and Denmark (d. 1957) ·
1872 – Frank Crowninshield,
American journalist and art and theatre critic (d. 1947) ·
1875 – Forrest Reid, Irish novelist, literary
critic and translator (d. 1947) ·
1880 – Oswald Veblen, American mathematician and
academic (g. 1960) ·
1880
– João Cândido
Felisberto, Brazilian revolutionary and sailor (d. 1969) ·
1881 – George Shiels, Irish-Canadian author, poet,
and playwright (d. 1949) ·
1882 – Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and
politician (d. 1953) ·
1882
– Carl Diem, German businessman (d. 1962) ·
1883 – Victor Francis Hess,
Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1964) ·
1883
– Fritz Löhner-Beda,
Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (d.1942) ·
1883
– Jean Metzinger,
French artist (d. 1956) ·
1883
– Arthur L. Newton,
American runner (d. 1956) ·
1883
– Frank Verner,
American runner (d. 1966) ·
1884 – Frank Waller, American runner (d. 1941) ·
1885 – Olaf Holtedahl, Norwegian geologist (d.
1975) ·
1888 – Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect, designed
the Rietveld Schröder
House (d. 1964) ·
1893 – Roy O. Disney, American businessman,
co-founded The Walt Disney
Company (d. 1971) ·
1895 – Jack Dempsey, American boxer and soldier (d.
1983) ·
1898 – Armin Öpik, Estonian-Australian paleontologist
and geologist (d. 1983) ·
1898
– Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Minister
of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (d. 1958) ·
1900 – Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and
engineer (d. 1945) ·
1901 – Marcel Mule, French saxophonist (d. 2001) ·
1901
– Harry Partch,
American composer and theorist (d. 1974) ·
1901
– Chuck Taylor,
American basketball player and salesman (d. 1969) ·
1904 – Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and
actor (d. 1995) ·
1905 – Fred Alderman, American sprinter (d. 1998) ·
1906 – Pierre Fournier, French cellist and educator
(d. 1986) ·
1906
– Willard Maas,
American poet and educator (d. 1971) ·
1907 – Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet and
translator (d. 1989) ·
1908 – Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and
conductor (d. 1942) ·
1908
– Alfons Rebane,
Estonian colonel (d. 1976) ·
1909 – Jean Deslauriers, Canadian violinist,
composer, and conductor (d. 1978) ·
1909
– William
Penney, Baron Penney, English mathematician and physicist (d.
1991) ·
1909
– Betty Cavanna,
American author (d. 2001)[10] ·
1911 – Juan Manuel Fangio,
Argentinian race car driver (d. 1995) ·
1911
– Ernesto Sabato,
Argentinian physicist and academic (d. 2011) ·
1911
– Portia White,
Canadian opera singer (d. 1968)[11] ·
1912 – Brian Johnston, English sportscaster and
author (d. 1994) ·
1912
– Mary Wesley, English author (d. 2002) ·
1913 – Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist and soldier
(d. 2002) ·
1914 – Jan Karski, Polish-American activist and
academic (d. 2000) ·
1914
– Pearl Witherington,
French secret agent (d. 2008) ·
1915 – Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and author
(d. 2001) ·
1916 – William B. Saxbe, American soldier, lawyer,
and politician, 70th United
States Attorney General (d. 2010) ·
1916
– Saloua Raouda
Choucair, Lebanese painter and sculptor (d. 2017) ·
1917 – David Easton, Canadian-American political
scientist and academic (d. 2014) ·
1917
– Lucy Jarvis,
American television producer (d. 2020) ·
1917
– Ramblin' Tommy Scott,
American singer and guitarist (d. 2013) ·
1917
– Joan Clarke, English cryptanalyst and
numismatist (d. 1996) ·
1918 – Mildred Ladner
Thompson, American journalist and author (d. 2013) ·
1918
– Yong Nyuk Lin,
Singaporean businessman and politician, Singaporean
Minister for Education (d. 2012) ·
1919 – Al Molinaro, American actor (d. 2015) ·
1921 – Gerhard Sommer, German soldier ·
1922 – Jack Carter,
American actor and comedian (d. 2015) ·
1922
– John
Postgate, English microbiologist, author, and academic (d. 2014) ·
1922
– Richard Timberlake,
American economist ·
1923 – Margaret Olley, Australian painter and
philanthropist (d. 2011) ·
1924 – Kurt Furgler, Swiss politician, 70th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2008) ·
1924
– Archie Roy, Scottish astronomer and academic
(d. 2012) ·
1924
– Yoshito Takamine,
American politician (d. 2015) ·
1925 – Ogden Reid, American politician (d. 2019) ·
1927 – Fernand Dumont, Canadian sociologist,
philosopher, and poet (d. 1997) ·
1927
– James B. Edwards,
American dentist, soldier, and politician, 3rd United
States Secretary of Energy (d. 2014) ·
1927
– Martin Lewis Perl,
American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 2014) ·
1929 – Carolyn S. Shoemaker,
American astronomer ·
1930 – Claude Chabrol, French actor, director,
producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010) ·
1930
– Donald
Gordon, South African businessman and philanthropist (d. 2019) ·
1930
– William Bernard
Ziff, Jr., American publisher (d. 2006) ·
1931 – Billy Casper, American golfer and architect
(d. 2015) ·
1932 – David McTaggart, Canadian-Italian
environmentalist (d. 2001) ·
1933 – Sam Jones,
American basketball player and coach ·
1933
– Ngina Kenyatta,
1st First Lady of Kenya ·
1934 – Ferdinand Biwersi,
German footballer and referee (d. 2013) ·
1934
– Jean-Pierre Ferland,
Canadian singer-songwriter ·
1934
– Gloria Christian,
Italian singer ·
1935 – Terry Riley, American composer and educator ·
1935
– Jean Milesi, French racing cyclist ·
1935
– Charlie Dees,
American baseball player ·
1937 – Anita Desai, Indian-American author and
academic ·
1938 – Lawrence Block, American author ·
1938
– Abulfaz Elchibey,
1st democratically elected Azerbaijani president (d. 2000) ·
1938
– Ken Gray,
New Zealand rugby player (d. 1992) ·
1939 – Brigitte Fontaine,
French singer ·
1940 – Ian Ross,
Australian newsreader (d. 2014) ·
1940
– Vittorio Storaro,
Italian cinematographer ·
1941 – Erkin Koray, Turkish singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1941
– Julia Kristeva,
Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst and author ·
1941
– Graham McKenzie,
Australian cricketer ·
1942 – Arthur Brown,
English rock singer-songwriter ·
1942
– Mick Fleetwood,
English-American drummer ·
1942
– Michele Lee, American actress and singer ·
1942
– Eduardo Frei
Ruiz-Tagle, Chilean engineer and politician, 32nd President of Chile ·
1942
– Colin Groves,
Australian academician and educator ·
1943 – Birgit Grodal, Danish economist and academic
(d. 2004) ·
1944 – Jeff Beck, English guitarist and songwriter ·
1944
– Kathryn Lasky,
American author ·
1944
– Chris Wood,
English saxophonist (d. 1983) ·
1945 – Colin Blunstone, English singer-songwriter ·
1945
– Wayne Cashman,
Canadian ice hockey player and coach ·
1945
– George Pataki,
American lawyer and politician, 53rd Governor of New York ·
1945
– Betty Stöve, Dutch
tennis player ·
1946 – David Collenette, Canadian civil servant and
politician, 32nd Canadian
Minister of National Defence ·
1946
– Ellison Onizuka,
American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1986) ·
1946
– Robert Reich,
American economist and politician, 22nd United
States Secretary of Labor ·
1947 – Clarissa Dickson
Wright, English chef, author, and television personality (d. 2014)[12] ·
1947
– Peter Weller,
American actor and director ·
1948 – Patrick Moraz, Swiss keyboard player and
songwriter ·
1949 – John Illsley, English singer-songwriter,
bass player, and producer ·
1949
– Betty Jackson,
English fashion designer ·
1950 – Nancy Allen,
American actress ·
1950
– Bob Carlos Clarke,
Irish-born English photographer (d. 2006) ·
1950
– Jan Kulczyk, Polish businessman (d. 2015) ·
1950
– Mercedes Lackey,
American author ·
1951 – Raelene Boyle, Australian sprinter ·
1951
– Charles Sturridge,
English director, producer, and screenwriter ·
1952 – Dianna Melrose, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to Tanzania ·
1952
– Bob Neill, English lawyer and politician ·
1953 – William E. Moerner,
American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ·
1953
– Michael Tuck,
Australian footballer and coach ·
1955 – Chris Higgins,
English geneticist and academic ·
1955
– Edmund Malura,
German footballer and manager ·
1955
– Loren Roberts,
American golfer ·
1956 – Owen Paterson, English politician, Secretary
of State for Northern Ireland ·
1957 – Mark
Parkinson, American lawyer and politician, 45th Governor of Kansas ·
1958 – Jean Charest, Canadian lawyer and
politician, 5th Deputy
Prime Minister of Canada ·
1958
– Silvio Mondinelli,
Italian mountaineer ·
1958
– John Tortorella,
American ice hockey player and coach ·
1959 – Andy McCluskey, English singer-songwriter,
bass player, and producer ·
1960 – Elish Angiolini, Scottish lawyer, judge, and
politician, Solicitor
General for Scotland ·
1960
– Siedah Garrett,
American singer-songwriter and pianist ·
1960
– Karin Pilsäter,
Swedish accountant and politician ·
1960
– Erik Poppe, Norwegian director,
cinematographer, and screenwriter ·
1961 – Dennis Danell, American singer and guitarist
(d. 2000) ·
1961
– Iain Glen, Scottish actor ·
1961
– Bernie Nicholls,
Canadian ice hockey player and coach ·
1961
– Ralph E. Reed, Jr.,
American journalist and activist ·
1961
– Curt Smith, English singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and producer ·
1963 – Yuri Kasparyan, Russian guitarist ·
1963
– Preki, Serbian-American soccer player and
coach ·
1963
– Mike Wieringo,
American author and illustrator (d. 2007) ·
1964 – Jean-Luc Delarue, French television host and
producer (d. 2012) ·
1964
– Kathryn
Parminter, Baroness Parminter, English politician ·
1964
– Gary Suter, American ice hockey player and
scout ·
1965 – Claude Bourbonnais,
Canadian race car driver ·
1965
– Uwe Krupp, German ice hockey player and
coach ·
1965
– Richard Lumsden,
English actor, writer, composer and musician ·
1966 – Hope Sandoval, American singer-songwriter
and musician ·
1966
– Adrienne Shelly,
American actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006) ·
1967 – Janez Lapajne, Slovenian director and
producer ·
1967
– John Limniatis,
Greek-Canadian footballer and manager ·
1968 – Alaa Abdelnaby, Egyptian-American basketball
player and sportscaster ·
1970 – Glenn Medeiros, American singer-songwriter
and guitarist ·
1970
– Bernardo Sassetti,
Portuguese pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2012) ·
1972 – Robbie McEwen, Australian cyclist ·
1972
– Denis Žvegelj,
Slovenian rower ·
1973 – Alexis Gauthier, French chef ·
1973
– Jere Lehtinen,
Finnish ice hockey player ·
1974 – Dan Byles, English sailor, rower, and
politician ·
1974
– Chris Guccione,
American baseball player and umpire ·
1975 – Marek Malík, Czech ice hockey player ·
1975
– Federico
Pucciariello, Argentinian-Italian rugby player ·
1976 – Brock Olivo, American football player and
coach ·
1977 – Dimos Dikoudis, Greek basketball player and
manager ·
1977
– Jeff Farmer,
Australian footballer ·
1978 – Luis
García, Spanish footballer ·
1978
– Pantelis Kafes,
Greek footballer ·
1978
– Shunsuke Nakamura,
Japanese footballer ·
1978
– Ariel Pink, American singer-songwriter ·
1978
– Juan Román Riquelme,
Argentinian footballer ·
1978
– Emppu Vuorinen,
Finnish guitarist and songwriter ·
1979 – Mindy Kaling, American actress and producer ·
1979
– Petra Němcová,
Czech model and philanthropist ·
1980 – Cicinho, Brazilian footballer ·
1980
– Nina Dübbers,
German tennis player ·
1980
– Andrew Jones,
Australian race car driver ·
1980
– Minka Kelly, American actress ·
1982 – Kevin Nolan, English footballer ·
1982
– Jarret Stoll,
Canadian ice hockey player ·
1983 – Rebecca Cooke, English swimmer ·
1983
– Gianni Munari,
Italian footballer ·
1983
– Gard Nilssen,
Norwegian drummer ·
1983
– David Shillington,
Australian rugby league player ·
1984 – Andrea Raggi, Italian footballer ·
1984
– J.J. Redick, American basketball player ·
1984
– Johanna Welin,
Swedish-born German wheelchair
basketball player ·
1985 – Diego Alves Carreira,
Brazilian footballer ·
1985
– Tom Kennedy,
English footballer ·
1985
– Ethan Klein,
American YouTuber ·
1985
– Nate Myles, Australian rugby league player ·
1985
– Vernon Philander,
South African cricketer ·
1985
– Yukina Shirakawa,
Japanese model ·
1986 – Stuart Broad, English cricketer ·
1986
– Phil Hughes, American baseball player ·
1986
– Solange Knowles,
American singer-songwriter and actress ·
1987 – Simona Dobrá, Czech tennis player ·
1987
– Lionel Messi,
Argentinian footballer[13] ·
1987
– Pierre Vaultier,
French snowboarder[14] ·
1988 – Micah Richards, English footballer ·
1989 – Teklemariam Medhin,
Eritrean runner[15] ·
1990 – Michael Del Zotto,
Canadian ice hockey player ·
1990
– Richard Sukuta-Pasu,
German footballer ·
1991 – Yasmin Paige, English actress ·
1991
– Aidan Sezer, Australian rugby league player ·
1992 – David Alaba, Austrian footballer ·
1996 – Duki, Argentinian rapper Deaths[edit] ·
994 – Abu Isa al-Warraq,
Arab scholar (b. 889) ·
1046 – Jeongjong
II, Korean ruler (b. 1018) ·
1088 – William
de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, Norman nobleman ·
1314 – Gilbert
de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester, English commander (b. 1291) ·
1314
– Robert
de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford, English soldier and
politician, Lord Warden of
the Marches (b. 1274) ·
1398 – Hongwu, Chinese emperor (b. 1328) ·
1439 – Frederick
IV, duke of Austria (b. 1382) ·
1503 – Reginald Bray, English architect and
politician, Chancellor
of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1440) ·
1519 – Lucrezia Borgia, Italian wife of Alfonso
I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (b. 1480) ·
1520 – Hosokawa Sumimoto,
Japanese commander (b. 1489) ·
1604 – Edward
de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English courtier, Lord Great
Chamberlain (b. 1550) ·
1637 – Nicolas-Claude
Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer and historian (b. 1580) ·
1643 – John Hampden, English politician (b. 1595) ·
1766 – Adrien Maurice
de Noailles, French soldier and politician, French
Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1678) ·
1778 – Pieter Burman
the Younger, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1714) ·
1803 – Matthew Thornton, Irish-American judge and
politician (b. 1714) ·
1817 – Thomas McKean, American lawyer and
politician, 2nd Governor of
Pennsylvania (b. 1734) ·
1835 – Andreas Vokos
Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1769) ·
1902 – George Leake, Australian politician,
2nd Premier of
Western Australia (b. 1856) ·
1908 – Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and
politician, 22nd and 24th President
of the United States (b. 1837) ·
1909 – Sarah Orne Jewett,
American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1849) ·
1922 – Walther Rathenau, German businessman and
politician, 7th German
Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1867) ·
1931 – Otto Mears, Russian-American businessman (b.
1840) ·
1931
– Xiang Zhongfa,
Chinese politician, 2nd General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (b.
1880) ·
1932 – Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (b. 1879) ·
1943 – Camille Roy,
Canadian priest and critic (b. 1870) ·
1946 – Louise
Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857) ·
1947 – Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (b.
1864) ·
1962 – Volfgangs
Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist and music critic (b.
1906) ·
1964 – Stuart Davis,
American painter and academic (b. 1892) ·
1968 – Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and
screenwriter (b. 1924) ·
1969 – Frank King,
American cartoonist (b. 1883) ·
1969
– Willy Ley, German-American historian and
author (b. 1906) ·
1975 – Wendell Ladner, Profesional Basketball
Player in the ABA ·
1976 – Minor White, American photographer, critic,
and academic (b. 1908) ·
1978 – Robert Charroux, French author and critic
(b. 1909) ·
1980 – V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician,
4th President of India (b.
1894)[16] ·
1984 – Clarence Campbell,
Canadian businessman (b. 1905) ·
1987 – Jackie Gleason, American actor, comedian,
and producer (b. 1916) ·
1988 – Csaba Kesjár, Hungarian race car driver (b.
1962) ·
1991 – Sumner Locke Elliott,
Australian-American author and playwright (b. 1917) ·
1991
– Rufino Tamayo,
Mexican painter and illustrator (b. 1899) ·
1994 – Jean Vallerand, Canadian violinist,
composer, and conductor (b. 1915) ·
1995 – Andrew J. Transue,
American politician and attorney Morissette v.
United States (b. 1903) ·
1997 – Brian Keith, American actor (b. 1921) ·
2000 – Vera Atkins, British intelligence officer
(b. 1908) ·
2000
– David Tomlinson,
English actor and comedian (b. 1917) ·
2000
– Rodrigo Bueno,
Argentine cuarteto singer (b. 1973) ·
2001 – Konstantin Gerchik,
the second head of the world's first cosmodrome — "Baikonur"
(1958-1961). ·
2002 – Pierre Werner, Luxembourgian banker and
politician, 21st Prime
Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1913) ·
2004 – Ifigeneia
Giannopoulou, Greek songwriter and author (b. 1957) ·
2005 – Paul Winchell, American actor, voice artist,
and ventriloquist (b. 1922) ·
2007 – Natasja Saad, Danish rapper and reggae
singer (b. 1974) ·
2007
– Chris Benoit,
Canadian wrestler (b. 1967) ·
2007
– Derek Dougan,
Northern Irish footballer and manager (b. 1938) ·
2008 – Gerhard Ringel, Austrian mathematician and
academic (b. 1919) ·
2009 – Roméo LeBlanc, Canadian journalist and
politician, 25th Governor
General of Canada (b. 1927) ·
2010 – Fred Anderson,
American jazz tenor saxophonist (b. 1929) ·
2011 – Tomislav Ivić, Croatian football coach
and manager (b. 1933) ·
2012 – Darrel Akerfelds, American baseball player
and coach (b. 1962) ·
2012
– Gad Beck, German author and educator (b.
1923) ·
2012
– Gu Chaohao, Chinese mathematician and
academic (b. 1926) ·
2012
– Miki Roqué, Spanish
footballer (b. 1988) ·
2012
– Ann C. Scales,
American lawyer, educator, and activist (b. 1952) ·
2013 – Mick Aston, English archaeologist and
academic (b. 1946) ·
2013
– Emilio Colombo,
Italian politician, 40th Prime Minister of
Italy (b. 1920) ·
2013
– Joannes Gijsen,
Dutch bishop (b. 1932) ·
2013
– William Hathaway,
American lawyer and politician (b. 1924) ·
2013
– James Martin,
English-Bermudian computer scientist and author (b. 1933) ·
2013
– Alan Myers,
American drummer (b. 1955) ·
2014 – John Clement,
Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1928) ·
2014
– Olga Kotelko,
Canadian runner and softball player (b. 1919) ·
2014
– Ramón José Velásquez,
Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of
Venezuela (b. 1916) ·
2014
– Eli Wallach, American actor (b. 1915) ·
2015 – Cristiano Araújo,
Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1986) ·
2015
– Mario Biaggi,
American police officer, politician and criminal (b. 1917) ·
2015
– Marva Collins,
American author and educator (b. 1936) ·
2015
– Susan Ahn Cuddy,
American lieutenant (b. 1915) Holidays and observances[edit] ·
Army Day or Battle of Carabobo Day (Venezuela) ·
Christian feast day: o María
Guadalupe García Zavala o Nativity
of Saint John the Baptist o June
24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
Day of the Caboclo (Amazonas,
Brazil) ·
Discovery Day, observed on the nearest
Monday to June 24 (Newfoundland
and Labrador) ·
Earliest
day on which Armed
Forces Day can fall, while June 30 is the latest; celebrated
on the last Saturday in June. (United Kingdom) ·
Earliest
day on which Inventors' and
Rationalizers' Day can fall, while June 30 is the latest;
celebrated on the last Saturday in June. (Russia) ·
Earliest
day on which Mother's Day can
fall, while June 30 is the latest; celebrated on the last Sunday in June. (Kenya) ·
Earliest
day on which Youth Day can
fall, while Jun 30 is the latest; celebrated on the last Sunday in June. (Ukraine, Belarus) ·
Inti Raymi, a winter solstice festival and
a New Year in the Andes of the Southern Hemisphere (Sacsayhuamán) ·
St John's
Day and the second day of the Midsummer celebrations (although this
is not the astronomical summer solstice, see June 20) (Roman Catholic
Church, Europe), and its related
observances: o Midsummer Day (England) o Saint Jonas'
Festival or Joninės (Lithuania) o Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Day (Quebec) o Sânziene (western Carpathian Mountains of Romania) o Wattah Wattah
Festival (Philippines) ·
Fors Fortuna, ancient Roman festival
to Fortuna |
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