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451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory.
1214 – The University of Oxford receives its charter.
1605 – After only three months as tsar, 16-year-old Feodor II of Russia is assassinated.
1631 – The sack of Baltimore: the Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates.
1652 – Tarhoncu Ahmet Paşa is appointed grand vezir of the Ottoman Empire.
1685 – Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater.
1756 – A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
1782 – The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
1787 – Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States.
1789 – Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
1819 – The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. She is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail.
1837 – Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
1840 – Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
1862 – Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
1863 – American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
1877 – Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
1887 – Victoria Terminus, the busiest railway station in India, opens in Bombay.
1893 – Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
1895 – The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
1900 – Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
1919 – 150 die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
1921 – Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike.
1942 – The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp.
1943 – The Detroit Race Riot breaks out and continues for three more days.
1944 – World War II: The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot".
1944 – Continuation war: the Soviet Union demands an unconditional surrender from Finland during the beginning of partially successful Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive. The Finnish government refuses.
1948 – Toast of the Town, later The Ed Sullivan Show, makes its television debut.
1956 – A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
1959 – A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
1960 – The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
1963 – The so-called "red telephone" is established between the Soviet Union and the United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis.
1972 – Watergate scandal: An 18½-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex.
1973 – Ezeiza massacre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
1979 – ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The murder is caught on tape and sparks an international outcry against the regime.
1982 – The Argentine base (Corbeta Uruguay) on Southern Thule surrenders to Royal Marine commandos in the final action of the Falklands War.
1990 – Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
1991 – The German Bundestag votes to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin.
2003 – The WikiMedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
2009 – During the Iranian election protests, the death of Neda Agha-Soltan is captured on video and spreads virally on the Internet, making it "probably the most widely witnessed death in human history".
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| Births | |
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1005 – Ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036)
1389 – John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435)
1469 – Gian Galeazzo Sforza, duke of Milan (d. 1494)
1485 – Astorre III Manfredi, lord of Faenza (d. 1502)
1566 – King Sigismund III Vasa of Poland (d. 1632)
1583 – Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)
1634 – Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (d. 1675)
1642 (O.S.) – George Hickes, English minister and scholar (d. 1715)
1647 – John George III, Elector of Saxony (d. 1691)
1699 – William Gustav of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1737)
1717 – Jacques Saly, French sculptor (d. 1776)
1723 – Adam Ferguson, Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1816)
1723 – Theophilus Lindsey, English theologian (d. 1808)
1733 – Betty Washington, sister of George Washington (d. 1797)
1737 – Tokugawa Ieharu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1786)
1754 – Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. 1832)
1756 – Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish composer (d. 1792)
1761 – Jacob Hübner, German entomologist (d. 1826)
1763 – Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot (d. 1798)
1770 – Moses Waddel, American educator/minister and bestselling author (d. 1840)
1771 – Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Scottish philanthropist (d. 1820)
1771 – Hermann von Boyen, German army officer (d. 1848)
1778 – Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac, French politician (d. 1832)
1786 – Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, French poet (d. 1859)
1796 – Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso, Italian cardinal (d. 1878)
1808 – Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi (d. 1888)
1813 – Joseph Autran, French poet (d. 1877)
1819 – Jacques Offenbach, German-born French composer (d. 1880)
1855 – Sir Richard Lodge, English historian (d. 1936)
1858 – Charles W. Chesnutt, American writer (d. 1932)
1860 – Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (d. 1937)
1861 – Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (d. 1947)
1862 – Marco Praga, Italian playwright (d. 1929)
1870 – Georges Dufrénoy, French post-impressionnist painter (d. 1943)
1872 – George Carpenter, the 5th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1948)
1875 – Reginald Punnett, British geneticist (d. 1967)
1884 – Johannes Heinrich Schultz, German psychiatrist, psychotherapist (d. 1970)
1885 – Andrzej Gawroński, Polish scholar (d. 1927)
1887 – Kurt Schwitters, German painter and writer (d. 1948)
1889 – John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer (d. 1951)
1891 – John A. Costello, second Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland (d. 1976)
1891 – Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Italian soprano (d. 1951)
1893 – Wilhelm Zaisser, German politician (d. 1958)
1894 – Lloyd Hall, American chemist (d. 1971)
1896 – Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian conductor (d. 1982)
1897 – Elisabeth Hauptmann, German writer (d. 1973)
1899 – Jean Moulin, French Resistance leader (d. 1943)
1905 – Lillian Hellman, American playwright (d. 1984)
1907 – Jimmy Driftwood, American songwriter and musician (d. 1998)
1908 – Billy Werber, American baseball player (d. 2009)
1909 – Errol Flynn, Australian actor (d. 1959)
1911 – Gail Patrick, American actress (d. 1980)
1912 – Anthony Buckeridge, English author (d. 2004)
1915 – Dick Reynolds, Australian rules footballer and coach (d. 2002)
1915 – Terence Young, British film director (d. 1994)
1916 – Jean-Jacques Bertrand, premier of Quebec (d. 1973)
1916 – Johnny Morris, British children's presenter (d. 1999)
1917 – Igor Śmiałowski, Polish actor (d. 2006)
1918 – George Lynch, American auto racer (d. 1997)
1918 – Zoltán Sztáray, Hungarian writer
1920 – Hans Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater
1921 – Byron Farwell, American military historian (d. 1999)
1923 – Bjørn Watt-Boolsen, Danish actor (d. 1998)
1924 – Chet Atkins, American guitar player and producer (d. 2001)
1924 – Audie Murphy, American Medal of Honor recipient and actor (d. 1971)
1924 – Fritz Koenig, German sculptor
1926 – Rehavam Ze'evi, Israeli general, politician, and historian who was assassinated (d. 2001)
1928 – Eric Dolphy, American jazz musician (d. 1964)
1928 – Martin Landau, American actor
1928 – Jean-Marie Le Pen, French politician
1928 – Asrat Woldeyes, Ethiopian politician
1929 – Anne Weale, British writer (d. 2007)
1930 – Paul Pender, American boxer (d. 2003)
1930 – Magdalena Abakanowicz, Polish artist
1931 – Olympia Dukakis, American actress
1931 – James Tolkan, American actor
1932 – Robert Rozhdestvensky, Russian poet (d. 1994)
1933 – Danny Aiello, American actor
1934 – Wendy Craig, English actress
1934 – Rossana Podestà, Italian actress
1934 – Yuri Vizbor, Russian poet (d. 1984)
1935 – Len Dawson, American football player
1935 – Neal Knox, American gun rights activist (d. 2005)
1936 – Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 2002)
1937 – Jerry Keller, American pop singer and songwriter
1938 – Mickie Most, British record producer (d. 2003)
1939 – Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (d. 1998)
1940 – Eugen Drewermann, German theologian
1940 – John Mahoney, English actor
1941 – Ulf Merbold, German physicist and astronaut
1941 – Stephen Frears, English film director
1942 – Brian Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys)
1942 – Richard I. Neal, American general
1944 – Cheryl Holdridge, American actress (d. 2009)
1944 – David Roper, English actor
1945 – Anne Murray, Canadian singer
1946 – Bob Vila, American television host
1946 – Xanana Gusmão, President of East Timor
1946 – Andre Watts, American pianist
1946 – Lars Vilks, Swedish artist
1947 – Dolores Brooks, American singer (the Crystals)
1947 – Candy Clark, American actress
1947 – Josef Clemens, German bishop and Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
1947 – Ivo Milazzo, Italian comic book artist
1948 – Ludwig Scotty, President of Nauru
1949 – Lionel Richie, American musician (The Commodores)
1949 – Alan Longmuir, Scottish bass guitarist (Bay City Rollers)
1950 – Nouri Al-Maliki, Prime Minister of Iraq
1951 – Tress MacNeille, American voice actress
1951 – Paul Muldoon, Northern Irish poet
1951 – Bill Simon, American businessman and politician
1952 – John Goodman, American actor
1952 – Vince Gotera, American poet
1952 – Larry Riley, American actor (d. 1992)
1952 – Vikram Seth, Indian poet
1953 – Robert Crais, American mystery writer
1953 – Ulrich Mühe, German actor (d. 2007)
1953 – Raúl Ramírez, Mexican tennis player
1953 – Willy Rampf, German F1 technical director (BMW, Sauber)
1954 – Michael Anthony, American musician (Van Halen)
1954 – Ilan Ramon, Israeli combat pilot and astronaut (d. 2003)
1954 – Allan Lamb, South African born English cricketer
1954 – Miles O'Keeffe, American actor
1956 – Peter Reid, English former footballer
1957 – Koko B. Ware, American professional wrestler
1958 – Chuck Wagner, American actor
1958 – Ron Hornaday, American racecar driver
1960 – John Taylor, English musician (Duran Duran)
1963 – Amir Derakh, American musician (Orgy)
1963 – Don West, American professional wrestling announcer
1964 – Pierfrancesco Chili, Italian motorcycle racer
1964 – Silke Möller, German track and field athlete
1967 – Nicole Kidman, American/Australian actress
1968 – Robert Rodriguez, American film director
1969 – MaliVai Washington, American tennis player
1969 – Misha Verbitsky, Russian mathematician
1969 – Peter Paige, American actor
1970 – Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco
1970 – Andrea Nahles, German politician
1970 – Bruce Woodcock, American computer games analyst
1971 – Josh Lucas, American actor
1971 – Jeordie White, American musician (Marilyn Manson)
1971 – Josh Kronfeld, New Zealander rugby union footballer
1971 – Rodney Rogers, American basketball player
1972 – Alexis Alexoudis, Greek footballer
1972 – Paul Bako, American baseball player
1973 – Chino Moreno, American musician (Deftones)
1974 – Attila Czene, Hungarian swimmer
1974 – Tuta, Brazilian footballer
1975 – Daniel Zítka, Czech footballer
1976 – Jerome Fontamillas, American musician (Switchfoot)
1976 – Carlos Lee, Panamanian baseball player
1976 – Rob Mackowiak, American baseball player
1976 – Juliano Belletti, Brazilian footballer
1977 – Gordan Giriček, Croatian basketball player
1978 – LaVar Arrington, American football player
1978 – Quinton Jackson, American mixed martial artist
1978 – Frank Lampard, English footballer
1978 – Jan-Paul Saeijs, Dutch footballer
1978 – Bobby Seay, American baseball player
1979 – Charlotte Hatherley, English guitarist (Ash)
1979 – Charles Howell III, American professional golfer
1979 – Cael Sanderson, American Olympic freestyle wrestler
1980 – Carlo Festuccia, Italian rugby union footballer
1980 – Fabian Wegmann, German road racing cyclist
1980 – Tony Lovato, American singer and guitarist (Mest)
1980 – Franco Semioli, Italian footballer
1981 – Ardian Gashi, Albanian-Norwegian footballer
1981 – Angerfist, Dutch musician
1982 – Aleksei Berezutski, Russian footballer
1982 – Vasili Berezutski, Russian footballer
1982 – George Forsyth, Peruvian footballer
1982 – Example (rapper), British rapper
1982 – April Ross, American professional beach volleyball player
1983 – Darren Sproles, American football player
1983 – Josh Childress, American basketball player
1983 – Cherrie Ying, Hong Kong actress
1984 – Hassan Adams, American basketball player
1984 – Neetu Chandra, Indian actress
1984 – Dennis Malura, German footballer
1985 – Matt Flynn, American football player
1985 – Souleymane Mamam, Togolese footballer
1985 – Darko Miličić, Serbian basketball player
1985 – Halil Savran, German footballer
1986 – Dreama Walker, American Actress
1987 – Carsten Ball, Australian tennis player
1988 – Shefali Chowdhury, Welsh actress
1989 – Christopher Mintz-Plasse, American actor
1989 – Terrelle Pryor, American football player
1989 – Javier Pastore, Argentine footballer
1991 – Rick ten Voorde, Dutch soccer player
1997 – Maria Lark, Russian/American actress
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451 – Theodorid, King of the Visigoths
840 – Louis the Pious, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (b. 778)
885 – Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841)
1176 – Mikhail of Vladimir, Russian prince
1597 – Willem Barentsz, Dutch navigator (b. 1550)
1605 – Feodor II of Russia, tsar of Russia (b. 1589)
1668 – Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620)
1776 – Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (b. 1704)
1787 – Carl Friedrich Abel, German composer (b. 1723)
1800 – Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician (b. 1719)
1810 – Count Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish statesman (b. 1755)
1820 – Manuel Belgrano, Argentine lawyer and politician (b. 1770)
1837 – William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1765)
1840 – Pierre Claude François Daunou, French statesman and historian (b. 1761)
1847 – Juan Larrea, Argentine economist (b. 1782)
1869 – Hijikata Toshizō, Shinsengumi vice-commander (b. 1835)
1870 – Jules de Goncourt, French writer (b. 1830)
1872 – Elie Frédéric Forey, French general (b. 1804)
1875 – Joseph Meek, American mountain man (b. 1810)
1888 – Johannes Zukertort, German-Polish-Jewish chess master (b. 1842)
1906 – John Clayton Adams, British landscape artist (b. 1840)
1925 – Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (b. 1842)
1929 – Emmanuel Benakis, Greek merchant and politician (b. 1843)
1945 – Bruno Frank, German author (b. 1878)
1945 – Luís Fernando de Orleans y Borbón, Spanish prince (b. 1888)
1947 – Bugsy Siegel, American crime figure (b. 1906)
1952 – Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (b. 1898)
1958 – Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
1963 – Raphaël Salem, Greek mathematician (b. 1898)
1965 – Bernard Baruch, American presidential advisor and financier (b. 1870)
1966 – Georges Lemaître, Belgian catholic priest and astronomer, originator of the Big Bang theory (b. 1894)
1972 – Howard Johnson, American businessman, originator of restaurant chain (b. 1897)
1974 – Horace Lindrum, Australian snooker and billiards player (b. 1912)
1976 – Lou Klein, American baseball player (b. 1918)
1978 – Mark Robson, Canadian film director and producer (b. 1913)
1984 – Estelle Winwood, English actress (b. 1883)
1995 – Emil Cioran, Romanian-born French philosopher (b. 1911)
1996 – Jim Ellison, singer/guitarist for (Material Issue) (b. 1964)
1997 – Lawrence Payton, American singer (The Four Tops) (b. 1938)
1998 – Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (b. 1942)
1999 – Clifton Fadiman, American author (b. 1902)
2002 – Erwin Chargaff, Austrian biochemist (b. 1905)
2002 – Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (b. 1916)
2003 – Bob Stump, American politician (b. 1927)
2005 – Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer, Nobel laureate (b. 1923)
2005 – Larry Collins, American writer (b. 1929)
2006 – Billy Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1918)
2007 – Trevor Henry, New Zealand justice (b. 1902)
2009 – Neda Agha-Soltan, Iranian student (b. 1982)
2010 – Harry Blackmore Whittington, British palaeontologist (b. 1916)
2010 – Roberto Rosato, Italian footballer (b. 1943)
2011 – Ryan Dunn, American actor (b. 1977)
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Adalbert, Archbishop of Magdeburg
Florentina
Margareta Ebner (Beatified)
Pope Silverius
June 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of the National Flag (Argentina)
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