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==Events== |
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* [[363]] - [[Roman Emperor]] [[Julian the Apostate|Julian]] is killed during the retreat from the [[Sassanid Empire]]. General [[Jovian]] is proclaimed Emperor by the troops on the battlefield. |
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*[[1284]] - According to legend, the [[Pied Piper]] lures 130 children away from Hamelin. |
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*[[1409]] - [[Western Schism]]: the [[Roman Catholic church]] is led into a double [[schism (religion)|schism]] as Petros Philargos is crowned [[Pope Alexander V]] after the [[Council of Pisa]], joining [[Pope Gregory XII]] in [[Rome]] and [[Pope Benedict XII]] in [[Avignon]]. |
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*[[1483]] - [[Richard III of England|Richard III]] is crowned king of England. |
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*[[1541]] - [[Francisco Pizarro]] is [[assassinated]] in [[Lima]] by the son of his former companion and later [[antagonist]], [[Diego Almagro]] the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed. |
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*[[1718]] - [[Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia]], [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great's]] son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him. |
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*[[1723]] - After a lasting siege and bombardment by cannons, [[Baku]] surrenders to the [[Russians]]. |
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*[[1848]] - End of the [[June Days Uprising]] in Paris. |
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*[[1857]] - The first investiture of the [[Victoria Cross]] in [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]], [[London]]. |
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*[[1870]] - The [[Christian]] holiday of [[Christmas]] is declared a [[federal holiday]] in the [[United States]]. |
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*[[1917]] - the first U.S. troops arrive in [[France]] to fight alongside [[United Kingdom|Britain]], [[France]], [[Italy]], and [[Russia]] against [[Germany]], and [[Austria-Hungary]] in [[World War I]]. |
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*[[1918]] - [[World War I]], [[Eastern Front (World War I)|Western Front]]: [[Battle for Belleau Wood]] - Allied Forces under [[John J. Pershing]] and [[James Harbord]] defeat Imperial German Forces under [[Wilhelm, German Crown Prince]]. |
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*[[1924]] - [[United States|American]] occupying forces leave the [[Dominican Republic]]. |
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*[[1927]] - [[The Cyclone]] roller coaster opens on Coney Island |
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*[[1934]] - President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] signs the [[Federal Credit Union Act]], which establishes credit unions. |
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* 1936 - Initial flight of the [[Focke-Wulf Fw 61]], the first practical helicopter. |
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*[[1940]] - [[World War II]]: under the [[Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact]], the [[Soviet Union]] presents an [[June 1940 Soviet Ultimatum|ultimatum]] to [[Romania]] requiring it to cede [[Bessarabia]] and the northern part of [[Bukovina]]. |
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*[[1945]] - The [[United Nations Charter]] is signed in San Francisco. |
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*[[1948]] - The Western allies begin an airlift to [[Berlin]] after the [[Soviet Union]] blockades [[West Berlin]]. |
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* 1948 - [[William Shockley]] filed the original patent for the [[grown junction transistor]], the first [[bipolar junction transistor]]. |
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*[[1959]] - The [[Saint Lawrence Seaway]] opens, opening North America's [[Great Lakes (North America)|Great Lakes]] to ocean-going ships. |
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*[[1960]] - The former [[United Kingdom|British]] Protectorate of [[Somaliland]] [[United Kingdom|British Somaliland]] gains its independence. |
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*[[1963]] - [[John F. Kennedy]] speaks the famous words "[[Ich bin ein Berliner]]" on a visit to [[West Berlin]]. |
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*[[1973]] - On [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome]] 9 people are killed in an explosion of a Cosmos 3-M rocket. |
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*[[1974]] - The [[Universal Product Code]] is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's [[chewing gum]] at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio |
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*[[1975]] - [[Indira Gandhi]] establishes emergency rule in [[India]]. |
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* 1975 - Two [[FBI]] agents and a member of the [[American Indian Movement]] are killed in a shootout on the [[Pine Ridge Indian Reservation]] in [[South Dakota]]; [[Leonard Peltier]] is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial. |
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*[[1976]] - The [[CN Tower]], the world's tallest free-standing structure on land, is opened. |
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*[[1977]] - The [[Yorkshire Ripper]] kills 16 year old shop assistant Jayne MacDonald in [[Leeds]], changing public perception of the killer as she was the first victim who was not a [[prostitute]]. |
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*[[1978]] - [[Air Canada Flight 189]] to Toronto overruns the runway and crashes into the [[Etobicoke Creek]] [[ravine]]. Two of 107 passengers on board perish. |
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*[[1991]] - [[Ten-Day War]]- the Yugoslav people's army begins the Ten-Day War in [[Slovenia]]. |
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*[[1993]] - The [[U.S.]] launches a missile attack targeting [[Baghdad]] intelligence headquarters in retaliation for a thwarted assassination attempt against former President [[George H.W. Bush]] in April in [[Kuwait]]. |
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*[[1995]] - [[Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani]] deposes his father [[Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani]], the [[Emir]] of [[Qatar]], in a bloodless [[coup]]. |
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*[[1996]] - Irish Journalist [[Veronica Guerin]] is shot in her car while in traffic in the outskirts of [[Dublin]] |
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*[[1997]] - The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rules that the [[Communications Decency Act]] violates the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] |
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*[[2003]] - The U.S. Supreme Court rules in ''[[Lawrence v. Texas]]'' that gender-based [[sodomy law]]s are unconstitutional. |
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*[[2008]] - The U.S. Supreme Court rules in ''[[District of Columbia v. Heller]]'' that the ban on handguns in the [[District of Columbia]] is unconstitutional. |
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==Births== |
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*[[1575]] - [[Anne Catherine of Brandenburg]], queen of Denmark and Norway (d. [[1612]]) |
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*[[1681]] - [[Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp]], Swedish writer (d. [[1708]]) |
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*[[1689]] - [[Edward Holyoke]], American academic (d. [[1769]]) |
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*[[1694]] - [[Georg Brandt]], Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. [[1768]]) |
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*[[1702]] - [[Philip Doddridge (Nonconformist)|Philip Doddridge]], English religious leader (d. [[1751]]) |
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*[[1703]] - [[Thomas Clap]], American academic (d. [[1767]]) |
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*[[1730]] - [[Charles Messier]], French Astronomer (d. [[1817]]) |
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*[[1817]] - [[Branwell Bronte]], British painter and poet (d. [[1848]]) |
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*[[1819]] - [[Abner Doubleday]], American Major General (d. [[1893]]) |
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*[[1824]] - [[Lord Kelvin]], Irish-born physicist (d. [[1907]]) |
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*[[1838]] - [[Bankim Chandra Chatterjee]], Bengali Novelist (d. [[1894]]) |
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*[[1854]] - [[Robert Laird Borden]], Canadian politician (d. [[1937]]) |
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*[[1865]] - [[Bernard Berenson]], American art historian (d. [[1959]]) |
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*[[1866]] - [[George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon]], English financier of Egyptian excavations (d. [[1923]]) |
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*[[1869]] - [[Martin Andersen Nexø]], Danish writer (d. [[1954]]) |
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*[[1880]] - [[Natalia, Princess Brassova]] (d. [[1952]]) |
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*[[1892]] - [[Pearl S. Buck]], American writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1973]]) |
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*[[1895]] - [[George Hainsworth]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. [[1950]]) |
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*[[1898]] - [[Willy Messerschmitt]], German aircraft designer (d. [[1978]]) |
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* 1898 - [[Chesty Puller]], the most decorated Marine in history (d. [[1971]]) |
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*[[1899]] - [[Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia]] (d. [[1918]]) |
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*[[1902]] - [[Hugues Cuénod]], [[Switzerland|Swiss]] Tenor |
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*[[1904]] - [[Frank Scott Hogg]], Canadian astronomer (d. [[1951]]) |
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* 1904 - [[Peter Lorre]], Hungarian-born actor (d. [[1964]]) |
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*[[1906]] - [[Alberto Rabagliati]], Italian singer (d. [[1974]]) |
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* 1906 - [[Viktor Schreckengost]], American industrial designer (d. [[2008]]) |
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*[[1907]] - [[Debs Garms]], American baseball player (d. [[1984]]) |
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*[[1908]] - [[Salvador Allende]], Former President of Chile (1970-1973) (d. [[1973]]) |
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*[[1909]] - [[Colonel Tom Parker]], [[Elvis Presley]]'s manager (d. [[1997]]) |
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*[[1911]] - [[Babe Didrikson Zaharias]], American athlete (d. [[1956]]) |
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*[[1913]] - [[Aimé Césaire]], French Martinican poet and politician (d. [[2008]]) |
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*[[1914]] - [[Laurie Lee]], British writer (d. [[1997]]) |
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*[[1915]] - [[Paul Castellano]], American mafia boss (d. [[1985]]) |
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* 1915 - [[Charlotte Zolotow]], American author |
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*[[1919]] - [[Richard Neustadt]], American political historian (d. [[2003]]) |
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*[[1921]] - [[Violette Szabo]], French WWII secret agent (d. [[1945]]) |
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*[[1922]] - [[Eleanor Parker]], American actress |
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*[[1923]] - [[Barbara Graham]], American murderer (d. [[1955]]) |
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*[[1924]] - [[Costas Axelos]], Greek philosopher |
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*[[1925]] - [[Pavel Belyayev]], Soviet cosmonaut (d. [[1970]]) |
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*[[1928]] - [[Jacob Druckman]], American composer (d. [[1996]]) |
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* 1928 - [[Yoshiro Nakamatsu]], Japanese inventor |
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*[[1929]] - [[Milton Glaser]], American Designer |
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*[[1933]] - [[Claudio Abbado]], Italian conductor |
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* 1933 - [[Gene Green (baseball)|Gene Green]], American baseball player (d. [[1981]]) |
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*[[1934]] - [[Jeremy Wolfenden]], British journalist (d. [[1965]]) |
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* 1934 - [[Dave Grusin]], American jazz pianist |
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*[[1936]] - [[Robert Maclennan]], British politician |
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* 1936 - [[Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte]], Archbishop of [[Montreal]] |
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*[[1937]] - [[Sombat Metanee]], Thai film actor |
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* 1937 - [[Robert Coleman Richardson]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel laureate]] |
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*[[1938]] - [[Gerald North]], American climatologist |
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*[[1940]] - [[Billy Davis, Jr.]], American singer ([[The Fifth Dimension]]) |
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*[[1941]] - [[Yves Beauchemin]], Canadian novelist |
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*[[1942]] - [[Gilberto Gil]], Brazilian singer and Minister of Culture |
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* 1942 - [[James J. Dillon]], American professional wrestling manager |
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*[[1943]] - [[John Beasley (actor)|John Beasley]], American actor |
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* 1943 - [[Georgie Fame]], British singer |
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*[[1945]] - [[Malachi York]], Nuwaubian leader |
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*[[1951]] - [[Gary Gilmour]], Australian cricketer |
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*[[1953]] - [[Robert Davi]], American actor |
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*[[1954]] - [[Steve Barton]], American actor (d. [[2001]]) |
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*[[1955]] - [[Mick Jones (The Clash)|Mick Jones]], British guitarist ([[The Clash]], [[Big Audio Dynamite]]) |
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*[[1956]] - [[Chris Isaak]], American singer |
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*[[1957]] - [[Patty Smyth]], American singer ([[Scandal (band)|Scandal]]) |
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* 1957 - [[Philippe Couillard]], Quebec neurosurgeon and politician |
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*[[1959]] - [[Mark McKinney]], Canadian actor |
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*[[1960]] - [[Zachary Breaux]], American [[jazz guitar]]ist |
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*[[1961]] - [[Greg LeMond]], American cyclist |
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* 1961 - [[Terri Nunn]], American singer ([[Berlin (band)|Berlin]]) |
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* [[1962]] - [[Preston A. Whitmore II]], American screenwriter and film director |
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*[[1963]] - [[Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky]], Russian businessman |
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* 1963 - [[Richard Garfield]], American game designer |
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*[[1966]] - [[Minaguchi Yuko]], japanese voice actress |
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*[[1967]] - [[Todd Pletcher]], American horse trainer |
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*[[1968]] - [[Paolo Maldini]], Italian footballer |
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* 1968 - [[Shannon Sharpe]], American football player |
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*[[1969]] - [[Colin Greenwood]], British musician ([[Radiohead]]) |
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* 1969 - [[Ingrid Lempereur]], Belgian swimmer |
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* 1969 - [[Mike Myers (baseball)|Mike Myers]], American baseball player |
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*[[1970]] - [[Paul Thomas Anderson]], American filmmaker |
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* 1970 - [[Irv Gotti]], American record producer |
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* 1970 - [[Sean Hayes (actor)|Sean Hayes]], American actor |
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* 1970 - [[Matt Letscher]], American actor |
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* 1970 - [[Chris O'Donnell]], American actor |
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* 1970 - [[Nick Offerman]], American actor |
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*[[1971]] - [[Max Biaggi]], Italian motorcycle racer |
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*[[1972]] - [[Garou (singer)|Garou]], Canadian singer |
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* 1972 - [[Jai Taurima]], Australian long jumper |
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*[[1973]] - [[Gretchen Wilson]], American singer |
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* 1973 - [[Paweł Małaszyński]], Polish actor |
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* 1973 - [[Jussi Sydänmaa]], Finnish musician ([[Lordi]]) |
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*[[1974]] - [[Matt Striker]], American professional wrestler |
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* 1974 - [[Derek Jeter]], American baseball player |
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* 1974 - [[Jeff Frankenstein]], American musician ([[Newsboys]]) |
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* 1974 - [[Jason Kendall]], American baseball player |
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* 1974 - [[Nicole Saba]], Lebanese singer |
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*[[1975]] - [[Jonah Sorrentino]], American hip hop artist |
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* 1975 - [[Terry Skiverton]], English football player |
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*[[1976]] - [[Ed Jovanovski]], Canadian ice hockey player |
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* 1976 - [[Chad Pennington]], American football player |
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* 1976 - [[Joe Landon]], American pornographic actor |
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*[[1977]] - [[Tite Kubo|Kubo Tite]], Japanese cartoonist |
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*[[1977]] - [[Mark Jindrak]],American Professional Wrestler |
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*[[1978]] - [[Alexandra]], French singer, L5's singer |
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* 1979 - [[Wálter Herrmann]], Argentinian basketball player |
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* 1979 - [[Andy O'Brien (footballer)|Andy O'Brien]], English footballer |
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* 1979 - [[Ryo Fukuda]], Japanese racing driver |
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*[[1980]] - [[Jason Schwartzman]], American actor |
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* 1980 - [[Michael Vick]], American football player |
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* 1980 - [[Chris Shelton (baseball player)|Chris Shelton]], American baseball player |
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*[[1980]] - [[Sinik]], French singer and rapper |
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*[[1984]] - [[Elijah Dukes]], American baseball player |
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* 1984 - [[Raymond Felton]], American basketball player |
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* 1984 - [[Deron Williams]], American basketball player |
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* 1984 - [[Jose Juan Barea]], American basketball player |
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*[[1985]] - [[Urgyen Trinley Dorje]], Tibetan spiritual leader |
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*[[1986]] - [[Drake Bell]], American actor, musician |
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*[[1986]] - [[Casey Desmond]], American singer |
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*[[1986]] - [[Kyle Patrick]], [[The Click Five]] vocalist |
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*[[1987]] - [[Carlos Iaconelli]], Brazilian racing driver |
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*[[1987]] - [[Samir Nasri]], French footballer |
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*[[1991]] - [[Jamie Brown]], American novelist |
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*[[1992]] - [[Jennette McCurdy]], American actress |
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*[[2005]] - [[Princess Alexia of the Netherlands]] |
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==Deaths== |
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* [[363]] - [[Julian the Apostate]], [[Roman Emperor]] (b. [[331]]) |
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*[[1291]] - [[Eleanor of Provence]], wife of [[Henry III of England]] |
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*[[1541]] - [[Francisco Pizarro]], Spanish conqueror of Peru |
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*[[1688]] - [[Ralph Cudworth]], English philosopher (b. [[1617]]) |
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*[[1784]] - [[Caesar Rodney]], American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. [[1728]]) |
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*[[1793]] - [[Gilbert White]], English ornithologist (b. [[1720]]) |
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*[[1810]] - [[Montgolfier brothers|Joseph Michel Montgolfier]], French inventor (b. [[1740]]) |
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*[[1836]] - [[Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle]], French composer ([[La Marseillaise]]) (b. [[1760]]) |
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*[[1878]] - [[Mercedes of Orleans]], queen of Spain (b. 1860) |
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*[[1918]] - [[Peter Rosegger]], Austrian poet and Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1843]]) |
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*[[1922]] - [[Albert I, Prince of Monaco]] (b. [[1848]]) |
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*[[1939]] - [[Ford Madox Ford]], English writer (b. [[1873]]) |
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*[[1943]] - [[Karl Landsteiner]], Austrian biologist and physician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1868]]) |
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*[[1946]] - [[Yosuke Matsuoka]], Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (b. [[1880]]) |
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* 1946 - [[Max Kögel]], SS officer (b. [[1895]]) |
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*[[1947]] - [[Richard Bedford Bennett]], eleventh [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (b. [[1870]]) |
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*[[1948]] - [[Lilian Velez]], Filipino actress (b. [[1924]]) |
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*[[1949]] - [[Kim Gu]], President of the [[Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea]] (b. [[1876]]) |
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*[[1956]] - [[Clifford Brown]], American jazz trumpeter (b. [[1930]]) |
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*[[1957]] - [[Alfred Döblin]], German writer (b. [[1878]]) |
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*[[1958]] - [[George Orton]], Canadian athlete (b. [[1873]]) |
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* 1958 - [[Andrija Stampar|Andrija Štampar]], Croatian physician and United Nations diplomat (b. [[1888]]) |
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*[[1964]] - [[Leo Dandurand]], American-born Canadian sports executive (b. [[1889]]) |
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* 1964 - [[Gerrit Rietveld]], Dutch architect (b. [[1888]]) |
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*[[1967]] - [[Françoise Dorléac]], French actress (b. [[1942]]) |
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*[[1975]] - [[Josemaría Escrivá|St. Josemaría Escrivá]], Spanish Catholic priest (b. [[1902]]) |
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*[[1990]] - [[Anni Blomqvist]], Finnish novelist (b. [[1909]]) |
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*[[1992]] - [["Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers|Herman Rohde]], professional wrestler (b. [[1921]]) |
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*[[1993]] - [[William H. Riker]], American political scientist (b. [[1920]]) |
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* 1993 - [[Roy Campanella]], American baseball player (b. [[1921]]) |
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* 1994 - [[Jahanara Imam]], [[Bangladeshi]] writer and activist (b. [[1929]]) |
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*[[1996]] - [[Veronica Guerin]], Irish journalist (b. [[1958]]) |
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*[[1997]] - [[Israel Kamakawiwo'ole]], Hawaiian singer (b. [[1959]]) |
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*[[2001]] - [[Soccer (dog actor)]] (b. [[1988]]) |
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*[[2002]] - [[Arnold Brown (General of The Salvation Army)|Arnold Brown]], the 11th General of [[The Salvation Army]] (b. [[1913]]) |
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* 2002 - [[Jay Berwanger]], American football player (b. [[1914]]) |
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*[[2003]] - [[Marc-Vivien Foé]], Cameroon footballer (b. [[1975]]) |
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* 2003 - [[Denver Randleman]], U.S. Army Seargent (b. [[1920]]) |
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* 2003 - [[Strom Thurmond]], U.S. Senator (b. [[1902]]) |
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* 2003 - [[Dennis Thatcher|Sir Dennis Thatcher]] [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]], husband of [[Margaret Thatcher]] (b. [[1915]]) |
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*[[2004]] - [[Yash Johar]], Indian film producer (b. [[1929]]) |
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* 2004 - [[Naomi Shemer]], Israeli singer and song-writer (b. [[1930]]) |
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*[[2005]] - [[Richard Whiteley]], British television game show host (b. [[1943]]) |
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*[[2007]] - [[Liz Claiborne (fashion designer)|Liz Claiborne]], Belgian-born American fashion designer (b. [[1929]]) |
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* 2007 - [[Joey Sadler]], All Black rugby player (b. [[1914]]) |
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* 2007 - [[Natasja Saad]], Danish Reggae singer (b. [[1974]]) |
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==Holidays and observances== |
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* [[International Day in Support of Torture Victims]] |
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* [[International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking]] |
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* [[Madagascar]]: [[Independence Day]] |
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* [[Thailand]]: [[Sunthorn Phu]] Day |
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* [[Romania]]: [[Flag_of_Romania|Flag Day]] |
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* [[Mar Abhai]] |
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* [[Anthelm of Belley]] |
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* [[John and Paul|Saints John and Paul]] |
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* [[Saint Josemaría Escrivá]] (d. [[1975]]) |
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==External links== |
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/26 BBC: On This Day] |
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June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 188 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
- 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. General Jovian is proclaimed Emperor by the troops on the battlefield.
- 1284 - According to legend, the Pied Piper lures 130 children away from Hamelin.
- 1409 - Western Schism: the Roman Catholic church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon.
- 1483 - Richard III is crowned king of England.
- 1541 - Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
- 1718 - Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
- 1723 - After a lasting siege and bombardment by cannons, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
- 1848 - End of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
- 1857 - The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
- 1870 - The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
- 1917 - the first U.S. troops arrive in France to fight alongside Britain, France, Italy, and Russia against Germany, and Austria-Hungary in World War I.
- 1918 - World War I, Western Front: Battle for Belleau Wood - Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
- 1924 - American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic.
- 1927 - The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island
- 1934 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
- 1936 - Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
- 1940 - World War II: under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
- 1945 - The United Nations Charter is signed in San Francisco.
- 1948 - The Western allies begin an airlift to Berlin after the Soviet Union blockades West Berlin.
- 1948 - William Shockley filed the original patent for the grown junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
- 1959 - The Saint Lawrence Seaway opens, opening North America's Great Lakes to ocean-going ships.
- 1960 - The former British Protectorate of Somaliland British Somaliland gains its independence.
- 1963 - John F. Kennedy speaks the famous words "Ich bin ein Berliner" on a visit to West Berlin.
- 1973 - On Plesetsk Cosmodrome 9 people are killed in an explosion of a Cosmos 3-M rocket.
- 1974 - The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio
- 1975 - Indira Gandhi establishes emergency rule in India.
- 1975 - Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.
- 1976 - The CN Tower, the world's tallest free-standing structure on land, is opened.
- 1977 - The Yorkshire Ripper kills 16 year old shop assistant Jayne MacDonald in Leeds, changing public perception of the killer as she was the first victim who was not a prostitute.
- 1978 - Air Canada Flight 189 to Toronto overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of 107 passengers on board perish.
- 1991 - Ten-Day War- the Yugoslav people's army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia.
- 1993 - The U.S. launches a missile attack targeting Baghdad intelligence headquarters in retaliation for a thwarted assassination attempt against former President George H.W. Bush in April in Kuwait.
- 1995 - Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup.
- 1996 - Irish Journalist Veronica Guerin is shot in her car while in traffic in the outskirts of Dublin
- 1997 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment
- 2003 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.
- 2008 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. Heller that the ban on handguns in the District of Columbia is unconstitutional.
Births
- 1575 - Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612)
- 1681 - Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708)
- 1689 - Edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769)
- 1694 - Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)
- 1702 - Philip Doddridge, English religious leader (d. 1751)
- 1703 - Thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)
- 1730 - Charles Messier, French Astronomer (d. 1817)
- 1817 - Branwell Bronte, British painter and poet (d. 1848)
- 1819 - Abner Doubleday, American Major General (d. 1893)
- 1824 - Lord Kelvin, Irish-born physicist (d. 1907)
- 1838 - Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Bengali Novelist (d. 1894)
- 1854 - Robert Laird Borden, Canadian politician (d. 1937)
- 1865 - Bernard Berenson, American art historian (d. 1959)
- 1866 - George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier of Egyptian excavations (d. 1923)
- 1869 - Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (d. 1954)
- 1880 - Natalia, Princess Brassova (d. 1952)
- 1892 - Pearl S. Buck, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1973)
- 1895 - George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1950)
- 1898 - Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer (d. 1978)
- 1898 - Chesty Puller, the most decorated Marine in history (d. 1971)
- 1899 - Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
- 1902 - Hugues Cuénod, Swiss Tenor
- 1904 - Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer (d. 1951)
- 1904 - Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor (d. 1964)
- 1906 - Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer (d. 1974)
- 1906 - Viktor Schreckengost, American industrial designer (d. 2008)
- 1907 - Debs Garms, American baseball player (d. 1984)
- 1908 - Salvador Allende, Former President of Chile (1970-1973) (d. 1973)
- 1909 - Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager (d. 1997)
- 1911 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete (d. 1956)
- 1913 - Aimé Césaire, French Martinican poet and politician (d. 2008)
- 1914 - Laurie Lee, British writer (d. 1997)
- 1915 - Paul Castellano, American mafia boss (d. 1985)
- 1915 - Charlotte Zolotow, American author
- 1919 - Richard Neustadt, American political historian (d. 2003)
- 1921 - Violette Szabo, French WWII secret agent (d. 1945)
- 1922 - Eleanor Parker, American actress
- 1923 - Barbara Graham, American murderer (d. 1955)
- 1924 - Costas Axelos, Greek philosopher
- 1925 - Pavel Belyayev, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1970)
- 1928 - Jacob Druckman, American composer (d. 1996)
- 1928 - Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor
- 1929 - Milton Glaser, American Designer
- 1933 - Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor
- 1933 - Gene Green, American baseball player (d. 1981)
- 1934 - Jeremy Wolfenden, British journalist (d. 1965)
- 1934 - Dave Grusin, American jazz pianist
- 1936 - Robert Maclennan, British politician
- 1936 - Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte, Archbishop of Montreal
- 1937 - Sombat Metanee, Thai film actor
- 1937 - Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1938 - Gerald North, American climatologist
- 1940 - Billy Davis, Jr., American singer (The Fifth Dimension)
- 1941 - Yves Beauchemin, Canadian novelist
- 1942 - Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer and Minister of Culture
- 1942 - James J. Dillon, American professional wrestling manager
- 1943 - John Beasley, American actor
- 1943 - Georgie Fame, British singer
- 1945 - Malachi York, Nuwaubian leader
- 1951 - Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer
- 1953 - Robert Davi, American actor
- 1954 - Steve Barton, American actor (d. 2001)
- 1955 - Mick Jones, British guitarist (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite)
- 1956 - Chris Isaak, American singer
- 1957 - Patty Smyth, American singer (Scandal)
- 1957 - Philippe Couillard, Quebec neurosurgeon and politician
- 1959 - Mark McKinney, Canadian actor
- 1960 - Zachary Breaux, American jazz guitarist
- 1961 - Greg LeMond, American cyclist
- 1961 - Terri Nunn, American singer (Berlin)
- 1962 - Preston A. Whitmore II, American screenwriter and film director
- 1963 - Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, Russian businessman
- 1963 - Richard Garfield, American game designer
- 1966 - Minaguchi Yuko, japanese voice actress
- 1967 - Todd Pletcher, American horse trainer
- 1968 - Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer
- 1968 - Shannon Sharpe, American football player
- 1969 - Colin Greenwood, British musician (Radiohead)
- 1969 - Ingrid Lempereur, Belgian swimmer
- 1969 - Mike Myers, American baseball player
- 1970 - Paul Thomas Anderson, American filmmaker
- 1970 - Irv Gotti, American record producer
- 1970 - Sean Hayes, American actor
- 1970 - Matt Letscher, American actor
- 1970 - Chris O'Donnell, American actor
- 1970 - Nick Offerman, American actor
- 1971 - Max Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer
- 1972 - Garou, Canadian singer
- 1972 - Jai Taurima, Australian long jumper
- 1973 - Gretchen Wilson, American singer
- 1973 - Paweł Małaszyński, Polish actor
- 1973 - Jussi Sydänmaa, Finnish musician (Lordi)
- 1974 - Matt Striker, American professional wrestler
- 1974 - Derek Jeter, American baseball player
- 1974 - Jeff Frankenstein, American musician (Newsboys)
- 1974 - Jason Kendall, American baseball player
- 1974 - Nicole Saba, Lebanese singer
- 1975 - Jonah Sorrentino, American hip hop artist
- 1975 - Terry Skiverton, English football player
- 1976 - Ed Jovanovski, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976 - Chad Pennington, American football player
- 1976 - Joe Landon, American pornographic actor
- 1977 - Kubo Tite, Japanese cartoonist
- 1977 - Mark Jindrak,American Professional Wrestler
- 1978 - Alexandra, French singer, L5's singer
- 1979 - Wálter Herrmann, Argentinian basketball player
- 1979 - Andy O'Brien, English footballer
- 1979 - Ryo Fukuda, Japanese racing driver
- 1980 - Jason Schwartzman, American actor
- 1980 - Michael Vick, American football player
- 1980 - Chris Shelton, American baseball player
- 1980 - Sinik, French singer and rapper
- 1984 - Elijah Dukes, American baseball player
- 1984 - Raymond Felton, American basketball player
- 1984 - Deron Williams, American basketball player
- 1984 - Jose Juan Barea, American basketball player
- 1985 - Urgyen Trinley Dorje, Tibetan spiritual leader
- 1986 - Drake Bell, American actor, musician
- 1986 - Casey Desmond, American singer
- 1986 - Kyle Patrick, The Click Five vocalist
- 1987 - Carlos Iaconelli, Brazilian racing driver
- 1987 - Samir Nasri, French footballer
- 1991 - Jamie Brown, American novelist
- 1992 - Jennette McCurdy, American actress
- 2005 - Princess Alexia of the Netherlands
Deaths
- 363 - Julian the Apostate, Roman Emperor (b. 331)
- 1291 - Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England
- 1541 - Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru
- 1688 - Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher (b. 1617)
- 1784 - Caesar Rodney, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1728)
- 1793 - Gilbert White, English ornithologist (b. 1720)
- 1810 - Joseph Michel Montgolfier, French inventor (b. 1740)
- 1836 - Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French composer (La Marseillaise) (b. 1760)
- 1878 - Mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (b. 1860)
- 1918 - Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
- 1922 - Albert I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1848)
- 1939 - Ford Madox Ford, English writer (b. 1873)
- 1943 - Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1868)
- 1946 - Yosuke Matsuoka, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (b. 1880)
- 1946 - Max Kögel, SS officer (b. 1895)
- 1947 - Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870)
- 1948 - Lilian Velez, Filipino actress (b. 1924)
- 1949 - Kim Gu, President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (b. 1876)
- 1956 - Clifford Brown, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1930)
- 1957 - Alfred Döblin, German writer (b. 1878)
- 1958 - George Orton, Canadian athlete (b. 1873)
- 1958 - Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician and United Nations diplomat (b. 1888)
- 1964 - Leo Dandurand, American-born Canadian sports executive (b. 1889)
- 1964 - Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect (b. 1888)
- 1967 - Françoise Dorléac, French actress (b. 1942)
- 1975 - St. Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish Catholic priest (b. 1902)
- 1990 - Anni Blomqvist, Finnish novelist (b. 1909)
- 1992 - Herman Rohde, professional wrestler (b. 1921)
- 1993 - William H. Riker, American political scientist (b. 1920)
- 1993 - Roy Campanella, American baseball player (b. 1921)
- 1994 - Jahanara Imam, Bangladeshi writer and activist (b. 1929)
- 1996 - Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (b. 1958)
- 1997 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Hawaiian singer (b. 1959)
- 2001 - Soccer (dog actor) (b. 1988)
- 2002 - Arnold Brown, the 11th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1913)
- 2002 - Jay Berwanger, American football player (b. 1914)
- 2003 - Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroon footballer (b. 1975)
- 2003 - Denver Randleman, U.S. Army Seargent (b. 1920)
- 2003 - Strom Thurmond, U.S. Senator (b. 1902)
- 2003 - Sir Dennis Thatcher MBE, husband of Margaret Thatcher (b. 1915)
- 2004 - Yash Johar, Indian film producer (b. 1929)
- 2004 - Naomi Shemer, Israeli singer and song-writer (b. 1930)
- 2005 - Richard Whiteley, British television game show host (b. 1943)
- 2007 - Liz Claiborne, Belgian-born American fashion designer (b. 1929)
- 2007 - Joey Sadler, All Black rugby player (b. 1914)
- 2007 - Natasja Saad, Danish Reggae singer (b. 1974)
Holidays and observances
- International Day in Support of Torture Victims
- International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
- Madagascar: Independence Day
- Thailand: Sunthorn Phu Day
- Romania: Flag Day
- Mar Abhai
- Anthelm of Belley
- Saints John and Paul
- Saint Josemaría Escrivá (d. 1975)