June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 190 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
109 – Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana , an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano , 40 kilometres (25 miles) north-west 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.
972 – Battle of Cedynia , the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place.
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 . After this battle, the future king calls himself "Prince of Portugal", the first step towards "official independence" that will be reached in 1139 after the Battle of Ourique .
1230 – The Siege of Jaén started in the context of the Spanish Reconquista.
1314 – First War of Scottish Independence : The Battle of Bannockburn concludes with a decisive victory by Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce , though England did not recognize Scottish independence until 1328 with the signing of the Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton .
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.
1531 – The city of San Juan del Río , Mexico, is founded.
1535 – The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded.
1571 – Miguel López de Legazpi founds Manila , the capital of the Republic of the Philippines .
1597 – The first Dutch voyage to the East Indies reaches Banten (on Java ).
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 attempt but fail to capture Macau .
1717 – The Premier Grand Lodge of England , the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England ), is founded in London.
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 , the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français.
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.
1916 – World War I : The Battle of the Somme begins with a week-long artillery bombardment on the German Line .
1918 – First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
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 meteor , estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded, land near Chicora, Pennsylvania .
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 .
1947 – Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier , Washington .
1948 – 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 , is aired on NBC starring William Boyd .
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.
1967 – The worst caving disaster in British history takes six lives at Mossdale Caverns .
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.
1981 – The Humber Bridge is opens to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire . It would be the world's longest single-span suspension bridge 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 final ": South Africa defeats New Zealand, Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb-Ellis trophy 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 – John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon , in the longest match in professional tennis history .
2010 – Julia Gillard assumed office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia .
2012 – Lonesome George , the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii , a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise , dies.
2013 – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is found guilty of abusing his power and having sex with an underage prostitute, and is sentenced to seven years in prison.
Births
1244 – Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1308)
1257 – Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford , England noblemen (d. 1331)
1314 – Philippa of Hainault (d. 1369)
1343 – Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373)
1386 – John of Capistrano , Italian priest and saint (d. 1456)
1485 – Johannes Bugenhagen , Polish-German priest and reformer (d. 1558)
1519 – Theodore Beza , French theologian and scholar (d. 1605)
1532 – Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire (d. 1588)
1532 – William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1573)
1535 – Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (d. 1573)
1542 – John of the Cross , Spanish mystic and saint (d. 1591)
1546 – Robert Persons , English-Italian priest and author (d. 1610)
1587 – William Arnold , English-American settler (d. 1675)
1661 – Hachisuka Tsunanori , Japanese daimyo (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)
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)
1825 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1844)
1826 – George Goyder , English-Australian surveyor (d. 1898)
1835 – Johannes Wislicenus , German chemist and academic (d. 1902)
1839 – Gustavus Franklin Swift , American businessman (d. 1903)
1842 – Ambrose Bierce , American journalist and author (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)
1856 – Henry Chapman Mercer , American archaeologist and author (d. 1930)
1858 – Hastings Rashdall , English historian, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1924)
1860 – Mercedes of Orléans (d. 1878)
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)
1880 – Oswald Veblen , American mathematician and academic (g. 1960)
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 – 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)
1886 – George Shiels , Irish-Canadian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1949)
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)
1897 – Daniel K. Ludwig , American businessman (d. 1992)
1897 – Omkarnath Thakur , Indian singer, musicologist, and academic (d. 1967)
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)
1911 – Juan Manuel Fangio , Argentinian race car driver (d. 1995)
1911 – Ernesto Sabato , Argentinian physicist and academic (d. 2011)
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)
1917 – David Easton , Canadian-American political scientist and academic (d. 2014)
1917 – Ramblin' Tommy Scott , American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
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)
1922 – Jack Carter , American actor, singer, and director (d. 2015)
1922 – Tata Giacobetti , Italian singer-songwriter (Quartetto Cetra ) (d. 1988)
1922 – John Postgate , English microbiologist, author, and academic (d. 2014)
1923 – Margaret Olley , Australian painter and philanthropist (d. 2011)
1924 – Brian Bevan , Australian-English rugby player (d. 1991)
1924 – Kurt Furgler , Swiss politician, 70th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2008)
1924 – Archie Roy , Scottish astronomer and academic (d. 2012)
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)
1928 – M. S. Viswanathan , Indian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2015)
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
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
1934 – Ferdinand Biwersi , German footballer and referee (d. 2013)
1934 – Jean-Pierre Ferland , Canadian singer-songwriter
1935 – Terry Riley , American composer and educator
1937 – Anita Desai , Indian-American author and academic
1938 – Lawrence Block , American author
1939 – Michael Gothard , English actor (d. 1992)
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
1941 – Charles Whitman , American murderer (d. 1966)
1942 – Arthur Brown , English singer (Kingdom Come and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown )
1942 – Michele Lee , American actress, singer, and dancer
1942 – Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle , Chilean engineer and politician, 32nd President of Chile
1943 – Birgit Grodal , Danish economist and academic (d. 2004)
1944 – Jeff Beck , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Yardbirds , The Jeff Beck Group , The Honeydrippers , and Beck, Bogert & Appice )
1944 – David Mark Berger , American-Israeli weightlifter (d. 1972)
1944 – Nancy Cartwright , American philosopher and academic
1944 – Kathryn Lasky , American author
1944 – John "Charlie" Whitney , English guitarist (Family , Axis Point , and Streetwalkers )
1944 – Chris Wood , English saxophonist (Traffic and Ginger Baker's Air Force ) (d. 1983)
1945 – Colin Blunstone , English singer-songwriter (The Zombies and Keats )
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 academic (d. 2014)
1947 – Mick Fleetwood , English-American drummer and actor (Fleetwood Mac and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers )
1947 – Peter Weller , American actor and director
1948 – Patrick Moraz , Swiss keyboard player and songwriter (Yes , The Moody Blues , and Refugee )
1949 – John Illsley , English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Dire Straits )
1949 – Betty Jackson , English fashion designer
1950 – Nancy Allen , American actress
1950 – Bob Carlos Clarke , Irish photographer (d. 2006)
1950 – Jan Kulczyk , Polish businessman (d. 2015)
1950 – Mercedes Lackey , American author
1951 – Raelene Boyle , Australian sprinter
1951 – Leslie Cochran , American activist (d. 2012)
1951 – David Rodigan , German-English actor and radio host
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 – Betsy Randle , American actress
1956 – Michael Coleman , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
1956 – Owen Paterson , English politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1957 – Astro , English rapper (UB40 )
1957 – Mark Parkinson , American lawyer and politician, 45th Governor of Kansas
1958 – Kenneth Biros , American murderer (d. 2009)
1958 – Jean Charest , Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
1958 – Tom Lister, Jr. , American wrestler and actor
1958 – Silvio Mondinelli , Italian mountaineer
1958 – John Tortorella , American ice hockey player and coach
1958 – Kathy Troccoli , American singer and author
1959 – Andy McCluskey , English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Id , Dalek I Love You , and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark )
1960 – Elish Angiolini , Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland
1960 – Walter E. Ellis , American serial killer (d. 2013)
1960 – Siedah Garrett , American singer-songwriter and pianist (Brand New Heavies )
1960 – Karin Pilsäter , Swedish accountant and politician
1960 – Erik Poppe , Norwegian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
1961 – Dennis Danell , American singer and guitarist (Social Distortion ) (d. 2000)
1961 – Iain Glen , Scottish actor and producer
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 (Tears for Fears and Graduate )
1963 – Yuri Kasparyan , Russian guitarist (Kino , U-Piter )
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
1966 – Hope Sandoval , American singer-songwriter (Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions )
1966 – Adrienne Shelly , American actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1967 – Jeff Cease , American guitarist (The Black Crowes )
1967 – Bill Huard , Canadian ice hockey player
1967 – Richard Z. Kruspe , German guitarist (Rammstein , Emigrate , and First Arsch )
1967 – Janez Lapajne , Slovenian director and producer
1967 – John Limniatis , Greek-Canadian footballer and manager
1967 – Sherry Stringfield , American actress
1968 – Alaa Abdelnaby , Egyptian-American basketball player and sportscaster
1969 – Sissel Kyrkjebø , Norwegian soprano and actress
1970 – Glenn Medeiros , American singer-songwriter
1970 – Bernardo Sassetti , Portuguese pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2012)
1971 – Ji Jin-hee , South Korean actor
1971 – Christopher Showerman , American actor and producer
1972 – Robbie McEwen , Australian cyclist
1972 – Denis Žvegelj , Slovenian rower
1973 – Alexander Beyer , German actor
1973 – Alexis Gauthier , French chef
1973 – Jere Lehtinen , Finnish ice hockey player
1974 – Dan Byles , English sailor, rower, and politician
1974 – Vinnie Fiorello , American drummer and songwriter (Less Than Jake )
1974 – Chris Guccione , American baseball player and umpire
1974 – Ruffa Gutierrez , Filipino model and actress
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 (Atheif )
1978 – Juan Román Riquelme , Argentinian footballer
1978 – Emppu Vuorinen , Finnish guitarist and songwriter (Nightwish , Brother Firetribe , Altaria , and Barilari )
1979 – Virginie Caprice , French glamour model, television personality, and pornographic actress
1979 – Mindy Kaling , American actress and producer
1979 – Petra Němcová , Czech model and philanthropist
1979 – Craig Shergold , English cancer patient
1980 – Cicinho , Brazilian footballer
1980 – Liane Balaban , Canadian actress
1980 – Nina Dübbers , German tennis player
1980 – Andrew Jones , Australian race car driver
1980 – Minka Kelly , American actress
1982 – Clint Bajada , Maltese radio and television host
1982 – Kevin Nolan , English footballer
1982 – Mark Penney , Canadian director and producer
1982 – Jarret Stoll , Canadian ice hockey player
1983 – Rebecca Cooke , English swimmer
1983 – John Lloyd Cruz , Filipino actor
1983 – Gianni Munari , Italian footballer
1983 – Gard Nilssen , Norwegian drummer (Puma , Bushman's Revenge )
1983 – David Shillington , Australian rugby player
1984 – Andrea Raggi , Italian footballer
1984 – J. J. Redick , American basketball player
1985 – Diego Alves Carreira , Brazilian footballer
1985 – Tom Kennedy , English footballer
1985 – Nate Myles , Australian rugby player
1985 – Vernon Philander , South African cricketer
1985 – Kyle Searles , American actor
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 – LiSA , Japanese singer-songwriter
1987 – Briana Blair , American porn actress and model
1987 – Simona Dobrá , Czech tennis player
1987 – Serdar Güneş , Turkish footballer
1987 – Craig Henderson , New Zealand footballer
1987 – Arturo Lupoli , Italian footballer
1987 – Josh Lillis , English footballer
1987 – Lionel Messi , Argentinian footballer
1988 – Nichkhun , Thai singer, dancer, and actor (2PM )
1988 – Ardo Arusaar , Estonian wrestler
1988 – Candice Patton , American actress
1988 – Micah Richards , English footballer
1989 – Teklemariam Medhin , Eritrean runner
1990 – Michael Del Zotto , Canadian ice hockey player
1990 – Richard Sukuta-Pasu , German footballer
1991 – Mutaz Essa Barshim , Qatari high jumper
1991 – Rie Kitahara , Japanese actress and singer (AKB48 , SKE48 , and Not Yet )
1992 – David Alaba , Austrian footballer
1992 – Raven Goodwin , American actress
1994 – Erin Moriarty , American actress
1998 – Coy Stewart , American actor
Deaths
803 – Higbald of Lindisfarne , English bishop
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 Emperor of China (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)
1564 – Rani Durgavati , Indian queen (b. 1524)
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)
1908 – Grover Cleveland , American lawyer and politician, 22nd President of the United States (b. 1837)
1909 – Sarah Orne Jewett , American author 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)
1935 – Carlos Gardel , French-Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1890)
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)
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)
1976 – Minor White , American photographer, critic, and academic (b. 1908)
1978 – Robert Charroux , French author and critic (b. 1909)
1984 – Clarence Campbell , Canadian businessman (b. 1905)
1987 – Jackie Gleason , American actor and singer (b. 1916)
1988 – Csaba Kesjár , Hungarian race car driver (b. 1962)
1989 – Hibari Misora , Japanese singer and actress (b. 1937)
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)
1997 – Brian Keith , American actor and director (b. 1921)
2000 – Rodrigo , Argentinian singer-songwriter (b. 1973)
2000 – Vera Atkins , Romanian-English intelligence officer (b. 1908)
2000 – David Tomlinson , English actor and singer (b. 1917)
2002 – Pierre Werner , Luxembourgian banker and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1913)
2004 – Ifigeneia Giannopoulou , Greek songwriter and author (b. 1957)
2005 – Yedidia Shofet , Iranian-American rabbi (b. 1908)
2005 – Paul Winchell , American voice actor and ventriloquist (b. 1922)
2006 – Patsy Ramsey , American model, Miss West Virginia 1977 (b. 1956)
2007 – Chris Benoit , Canadian wrestler (b. 1967)
2007 – Derek Dougan , Irish-English footballer and manager (b. 1938)
2007 – Natasja Saad , Danish rapper (b. 1974)
2008 – Gerhard Ringel , Austrian mathematician and academic (b. 1919)
2008 – Ira Tucker , American singer (The Dixie Hummingbirds ) (b. 1925)
2009 – Roméo LeBlanc , Canadian journalist and politician, 25th Governor General of Canada (b. 1927)
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 – Jean Cox , American tenor (b. 1922)
2012 – Lonesome George , Ecuadorian tortoise (b. 1910)
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 – Jackie Fargo , American wrestler and trainer (b. 1930)
2013 – Joannes Gijsen , Dutch bishop (b. 1932)
2013 – William Hathaway , American lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
2013 – Puff Johnson , American singer-songwriter (b. 1972)
2013 – James Martin , English-Bermudian computer scientist and author (b. 1933)
2013 – Alan Myers , American drummer (Devo and Swahili Blonde ) (b. 1955)
2014 – John Clement , Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1928)
2014 – Olga Kotelko , Canadian runner and softball player (b. 1919)
2014 – Lee McBee , American singer and harmonica player (b. 1951)
2014 – Ramón José Velásquez , Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1916)
2014 – Eli Wallach , American actor and producer (b. 1915)
2015 – Cristiano Araújo , Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1986)
2015 – Mario Biaggi , American police officer and politician (b. 1917)
2015 – Walter Browne , Australian-American chess and poker player (b. 1949)
2015 – Marva Collins , American author and educator (b. 1936)
2015 – Susan Ahn Cuddy , American lieutenant (b. 1915)
2015 – John Palmer , English criminal (b. 1950)
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