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Events
- 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.
- 1269 - King Louis IX of France orders all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver.
- 1306 - The Earl of Pembroke's defeat Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.
- 1770 - Emanuel Swedenborg reports the completion of the Second Coming of Christ in his work True Christian Religion.
- 1807 - Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.
- 1816 - Battle of Seven Oaks between Northwest Company and Hudson Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
- 1821 - Decisive defeat of the Philikí Etaireía by the Ottomans at Drăgăşani (in Wallachia).
- 1846 - The first baseball game under recognizable modern rules is played in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States.
- 1860 - Louise of Orange-Nassau marries King Charles XV of Sweden-Norway.
- 1862 - U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying the Dred Scott Case.
- 1865 - Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is henceforth unofficially celebrated as Juneteenth.
- 1867 - Maximilian I of the Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
- 1870 - After all of the Southern States are formally readmitted to the United States of America, the Confederate States of America (AKA the CSA) ceases to exist.
- 1885 - The Statue Of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor as a symbol of Franco-American friendship.
- 1912 - The eight-hour work day is established in the United States.
- 1934 - The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
- 1939 - Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with "Lou Gehrig's disease" on his 36th birthday.
- 1943 - Race riots occur in Beaumont, Texas.
- 1944 - The Battle of the Philippine Sea takes place.
- 1949 - NASCAR sanctions the first "strictly stock" race, which will evolve into the modern Nextel Cup. Jim Roper wins the event.
- 1961 - Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1970 - The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is signed.
- 1976 - King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden marries Silvia Sommerlath.
- 1978 - First comic strip of Garfield is published.
- 1999 - Stephen King was hit in a car accident on Route 5 in North Lovell, Maine by Bryan Smith.
- 2006 - The NHL's Carolina Hurricanes win their first-ever Stanley Cup.
Births
- 1301 - Prince Morikuni, Japanese shogun (d. 1333)
- 1507 - Annibale Caro, Italian poet (d. 1566)
- 1566 - King James I of England and VI of Scotland (d. 1625)
- 1606 - James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (d. 1649)
- 1623 - Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1662)
- 1633 - Philipp van Limborch, Dutch protestant theologian (d. 1712)
- 1717 - Johann Stamitz, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1757)
- 1764 - José Gervasio Artigas, father of Uruguay (d. 1850)
- 1771 - Joseph Gergonne, French mathematician, logician
- 1792 - Gustav Schwab, German author (d. 1850)
- 1815 - Cornelius Krieghoff, Canadian painter (d. 1872)
- 1816 - William Henry Webb, American industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1899)
- 1834 - Charles Spurgeon, English preacher (d. 1892)
- 1846 - Antonio Abetti, Italian astronomer (d. 1928)
- 1861 - Douglas Haig, British soldier (d. 1928)
- 1861 - José Rizal, Filipino poet and national hero (d. 1896)
- 1865 - Dame May Whitty, English entertainer (d. 1948)
- 1874 - Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish engineer and physicist (d. 1941)
- 1877 - Charles Coburn, American actor (d. 1961)
- 1896 - Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor (d. 1986)
- 1897 - Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
- 1897 - Moe Howard, American actor and comedian (d. 1975)
- 1898 - James Joseph Sweeney, American Catholic prelate (d. 1968)
- 1902 - Guy Lombardo, Canadian bandleader (d. 1977)
- 1903 - Lou Gehrig, baseball player (d. 1941)
- 1903 - Wally Hammond, English cricketer (d. 1965)
- 1905 - Mildred Natwick, American actress (d. 1994)
- 1906 - Ernst Boris Chain, German-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1979)
- 1907 - Clarence Wiseman, the 10th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1985)
- 1910 - Paul Flory, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
- 1914 - Alan Cranston, American politician (d. 2000)
- 1914 - Lester Flatt, American musician (d. 1979)
- 1915 - Julius Schwartz, American editor and agent
- 1919 - Pauline Kael, American movie critic (d. 2001)
- 1919 - Louis Jourdan, French actor
- 1922 - Aage Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1925 - Charlie Drake, British actor, writer and singer
- 1928 - Nancy Marchand, American actress (d. 2000)
- 1928 - Barry Took, British comedy writer and broadcaster (d. 2002)
- 1928 - Tommy DeVito, musician and singer (The Four Seasons)
- 1930 - Gena Rowlands, American actress
- 1932 - Pier Angeli, Italian-born actress (d. 1972)
- 1932 - Marisa Pavan, Italian-born actress
- 1933 - Viktor Patsayev, cosmonaut
- 1938 - Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and wrestler (d. 2002)
- 1941 - Václav Klaus, Czech politician and President
- 1942 - Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane, lead singer of Spanky and Our Gang
- 1945 - Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1945 - Radovan Karadžić, Serbian-Bosnian politician
- 1947 - Salman Rushdie, Indian author
- 1948 - Phylicia Rashad, American actress
- 1948 - Nick Drake, British singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1974)
- 1950 - Ann Wilson, American singer
- 1954 - Kathleen Turner, American actress
- 1957 - Anna Lindh, Swedish politician (d. 2003)
- 1960 - Luke Morley, British guitarist and songwriter
- 1962 - Paula Abdul, American singer and choreographer
- 1962 - Jeremy Bates, English tennis player
- 1963 - Rory Underwood, English rugby player
- 1964 - Boris Johnson, British Member of Parliament (Conservative, seat of Henley-upon-Thames), and Shadow Higher Education Secretary. Also former editor of The Spectator, journalist and sometime game show host
- 1964 - Brian Vander Ark, American rock singer/guitarist (Verve Pipe)
- 1966 - Joichi Ito, Japanese Activist and Entrepreneur
- 1967 - Bjørn Dæhlie, Norwegian skier
- 1968 - Alastair Lynch, Australian footballer
- 1970 - Quincy Watts, American athlete
- 1970 - Rahul Gandhi, Indian Politician
- 1970 - Brian Welch, American guitarist (formerly of KoЯn)
- 1972 - Brian McBride, American soccer player
- 1972 - Poppy Montgomery, Australian actress (claims 1975 as her birth year)
- 1974 - Joshua John Fanene, American artist
- 1975 - Anthony Parker, American basketball player
- 1976 - Bryan Hughes, English footballer
- 1977 - Peter Warrick, American football player
- 1978 - Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player
- 1978 - Tyson Dux, Professional wrestler
- 1978 - Claudio Vargas, Professional baseball player
- 1979 - John Duddy, Northern Irish boxer
- 1979 - Quentin Jammer, American football player
- 1982 - David Pollack, American football player
- 1982 - Alexander Frolov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1985 - Jordan Brown, professional Australian musician
- 1995 - Blake Woodruff, American actor
Deaths
- 1312 - Piers Gaveston, French favorite of Edward II of England
- 1542 - Leo Jud, Swiss reformer (b. 1482)
- 1545 - Abraomas Kulvietis Lithuanian autor, reformer, professor (b. 1509)
- 1584 - François, Duke of Anjou (b. 1555)
- 1608 - Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (b. 1551)
- 1650 - Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver (b. 1593)
- 1747 - Alessandro Marcello, Italian composer (b. 1669)
- 1762 - Johann Ernst Eberlin, German composer (b. 1702)
- 1768 - Benjamin Tasker, provincial Governor of Maryland (b. 1690)
- 1805 - Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (b. 1724)
- 1820 - Joseph Banks, English naturalist and botanist (b. 1743)
- 1844 - Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (b. 1772)
- 1902 - Albert, King of Saxony (b. 1828)
- 1921 - Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet (b. 1888)
- 1937 - J. M. Barrie, Scottish author (b. 1860)
- 1939 - Grace Abbott, American social worker and activist (b. 1878)
- 1953 - Julius Rosenberg, American spy (executed) (b. 1918)
- 1953 - Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (executed) (b. 1915)
- 1956 - Thomas J. Watson, American businessman (IBM) (b. 1874)
- 1966 - Ed Wynn, American actor (b. 1886)
- 1968 - James Joseph Sweeney, American Catholic prelate (b. 1898)
- 1975 - Sam Giancana, gangster (b.1908)
- 1977 - Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist (b. 1933)
- 1977 - Lady Olave Baden-Powell, English Chief Girl Guide (b. 1889)
- 1979 - Paul Popenoe, American eugenicist (b. 1888)
- 1986 - Coluche, French comedian (b. 1944)
- 1986 - Len Bias, American basketball player (b. 1963)
- 1988 - Fernand Séguin, French Canadian biologist and radio/tv host (b. 1922)
- 1993 - William Golding, English writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
- 1996 - G. David Schine, American businessman (b. 1927)
- 1997 - Bobby Helms, American singer (b. 1933)
- 2003 - Laura Sadler, English actress (b. 1980)
Holidays and observances
- Juneteenth – celebrates the Emancipation Proclamation.
Liturgical feasts
- Saint Romuald (died 1027)
- Blessed Odo of Cambrai
- Blessed Remi Isoré (died 1900)
- Saint Juliana Falconieri
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