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"The Aphelion, the point in the year when the Earth is farthest from the Sun, occurs around this date. Events *362 BC - Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans. * 414 - Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaimed herself empress (Augusta) of the Eastern Roman Empire. * 836 - Pactum Sicardi, a peace treaty between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples, is signed. * 993 - Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized as a saint. *1054 - A supernova, called SN 1054, is seen by Chinese Song dynasty, Arab, and possibly Amerindian observers near the star Zeta Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula. *1120 - Jordan II of Capua is anointed as prince after his infant nephew's death. *1187 - The Crusades: Battle of Hattin: Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem. *1253 - Battle of West-Capelle: John I of Avesnes defeats Guy of Dampierre. *1359 - Francesco II Ordelaffi of Forlì surrenders to the Papal commander Gil de Albornoz. *1456 - Ottoman–Hungarian wars: The Siege of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade) begins. *1534 - Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of Rye. *1584 - Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe arrive at Roanoke Island *1610 - The Battle of Klushino is fought between forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia during the Polish–Muscovite War. *1634 - The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (now Quebec, Canada). *1744 - The Treaty of Lancaster, in which the Iroquois cede lands between the Allegheny Mountains and the Ohio River to the British colonies, was signed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. *1774 - Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts. *1776 - American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress. *1778 - American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign. *1802 - At West Point, New York, the United States Military Academy opens. *1803 - The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people. *1817 - In Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins. *1826 - John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, respectively the second and third presidents of the United States, die the same day, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence. Adams' last words were, "Thomas Jefferson survives." *1827 - Slavery is abolished in the State of New York. *1831 - Samuel Francis Smith writes "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" for the Boston, Massachusetts July 4 festivities. *1832 - John Neal delivers the first public lecture in the US to advocate the rights of women. *1837 - Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool. *1838 - The Iowa Territory is organized. *1845 - Henry David Thoreau moves into a small cabin on Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau's account of his two years there, Walden, will become a touchstone of the environmental movement. *1855 - The first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published In Brooklyn. *1862 - Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels. *1863 - American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to U.S. forces under Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. One hundred fifty miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas. * 1863 - American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Confederate invasion of U.S. territory. *1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee. *1881 - In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens. *1886 - The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel. *1887 - The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi. *1892 - Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days. *1894 - The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole. *1898 - En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives. *1901 - William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines. *1903 - The Philippine–American War is officially concluded. *1910 - The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured. *1911 - A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities. *1913 - President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913. *1914 - The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo. *1918 - Mehmed V died at the age of 73 and Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne. * 1918 - World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front. * 1918 - Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date). *1927 - First flight of the Lockheed Vega. *1939 - Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball. *1941 - Nazi crimes against the Polish nation: Nazi troops massacre Polish scientists and writers in the captured Ukrainian city of Lviv. * 1941 - World War II: The Burning of the Riga synagogues: The Great Choral Synagogue in German occupied Riga is burnt with 300 Jews locked in the basement. *1942 - World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces. *1943 - World War II: The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of Prokhorovka. * 1943 - World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives. *1946 - The Kielce pogrom against Jewish Holocaust survivors in Poland. * 1946 - After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States. *1947 - The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan. *1950 - Cold War: Radio Free Europe first broadcasts. *1951 - Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage. * 1951 - William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor. *1954 - Rationing ends in the United Kingdom. *1960 - Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Acts (United States)). *1961 - On its maiden voyage, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-19 suffers a complete loss of coolant to its reactor. The crew are able to effect repairs, but 22 of them die of radiation poisoning over the following two years. *1966 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act went into effect the next year. *1976 - Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists. * 1976 - The U.S. celebrates its Bicentennial. *1977 - The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington state capitol in Olympia, in solidarity with a prison strike at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary Intensive Security Unit. *1982 - Three Iranian diplomats and a journalist are kidnapped in Lebanon by Phalange forces, and their fate remains unknown. *1987 - In France, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie (a.k.a. the "Butcher of Lyon") is convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment. *1994 - Rwandan genocide: Kigali, the Rwandan capital, is captured by the Rwandan Patriotic Front, ending the genocide in the city. *1997 - NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars. *1998 - Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation. *2001 - Vladivostock Air Flight 352 crashes on approach to Irkutsk Airport killing all 145 people on board. *2004 - The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the World Trade Center site in New York City. * 2004 - Greece beats Portugal in the UEFA Euro 2004 Final and becomes European Champion for first time in its history. *2005 - The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1. *2006 - Space Shuttle program: Discovery launches STS-121 to the International Space Station. The event gained wide media attention as it was the only shuttle launch in the program's history to occur on the United States' Independence Day.https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/sts-121/index.html *2009 - The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the September 11 attacks. * 2009 - The first of four days of bombings begins on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao. *2012 - The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN. *2015 - Chile claims its first title in international soccer by defeating Argentina in the 2015 Copa América Final. Births *AD 68 - Salonina Matidia, Roman daughter of Ulpia Marciana (d. 119) *1095 - Usama ibn Munqidh, Muslim poet, author and faris (Knight) (d. 1188)According to Ibn Khallikan he was born on 27 Jumada al-Thani, 488 AH and died 23 Ramadan 584 AH. Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, trans. William MacGuckin, Baron de Slane, vol. 1 (Paris: 1842), p. 179. The Gregorian calendar dates are from Cobb, Usama ibn Munqidh, p. 4. *1330 - Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shōgun (d. 1367) *1477 - Johannes Aventinus, Bavarian historian and philologist (d. 1534) *1546 - Murad III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1595) *1656 - John Leake, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1720) *1694 - Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist and composer (d. 1772) *1715 - Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet and academic (d. 1769) *1719 - Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright (d. 1797) *1729 - George Leonard, American lawyer, jurist and politician (d. 1819) *1753 - Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight (d. 1809) *1790 - George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor (d. 1866) *1799 - Oscar I of Sweden (d. 1859) *1804 - Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1864) *1807 - Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (d. 1882) *1816 - Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club whisky (d. 1899) *1826 - Stephen Foster, American songwriter and composer (d. 1864) *1842 - Hermann Cohen, German philosopher (d. 1918) *1845 - Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist and humanitarian (d. 1905) *1847 - James Anthony Bailey, American circus ringmaster, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (d. 1906) *1854 - Victor Babeș, Romanian physician and biologist (d. 1926) *1868 - Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (d. 1921) *1871 - Hubert Cecil Booth, English engineer (d. 1955) *1872 - Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (d. 1933) *1874 - John McPhee, Australian journalist and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1952) *1880 - Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1975) *1881 - Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (d. 1968) *1883 - Rube Goldberg, American sculptor, cartoonist, and engineer (d. 1970) *1887 - Pio Pion, Italian engineer and businessman (d. 1965) *1888 - Henry Armetta, Italian-American actor and singer (d. 1945) *1895 - Irving Caesar, American songwriter and composer (d. 1996) *1896 - Mao Dun, Chinese journalist, author, and critic (d. 1981) *1897 - Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (d. 1924) *1898 - Pilar Barbosa, Puerto Rican-American historian and activist (d. 1997) * 1898 - Gertrude Lawrence, British actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1952) * 1898 - Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian politician (d. 1998) * 1898 - Gertrude Weaver, American supercentenarian (d. 2015) *1900 - Belinda Dann, Indigenous Australian who was one of the Stolen Generation, reunited with family aged 107 (d. 2007) * 1900 - Nellie Mae Rowe, American folk artist (d. 1982) *1902 - Meyer Lansky, American gangster (d. 1983) * 1902 - George Murphy, American actor and politician (d. 1992) *1903 - Flor Peeters, Belgian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1986) *1904 - Angela Baddeley, English actress (d. 1976) *1905 - Irving Johnson, American sailor and author (d. 1991) * 1905 - Robert Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey, British diplomat and public servant (d. 1996) * 1905 - Lionel Trilling, American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator (d. 1975) *1906 - Vincent Schaefer, American chemist and meteorologist (d. 1993) *1907 - John Anderson, American discus thrower (d. 1948) * 1907 - Howard Taubman, American author and critic (d. 1996) *1909 - Alec Templeton, Welsh composer, pianist and satirist (d. 1963) *1910 - Robert K. Merton, American sociologist and scholar (d. 2003) * 1910 - Gloria Stuart, American actress (d. 2010) *1911 - Bruce Hamilton, Australian public servant (d. 1989) * 1911 - Mitch Miller, American singer and producer (d. 2010) *1914 - Nuccio Bertone, Italian automobile designer (d. 1997) *1915 - Timmie Rogers, American actor and singer-songwriter (d. 2006) *1916 - Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American typist and broadcaster (d. 2006) *1918 - Eppie Lederer, American journalist and radio host (d. 2002) * 1918 - Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver (d. 1984) * 1918 - King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga, (d. 2006) * 1918 - Alec Bedser, English cricketer (d. 2010) * 1918 - Eric Bedser, English cricketer (d. 2006) * 1918 - Pauline Phillips, American journalist and radio host, created Dear Abby (d. 2013) *1920 - Norm Drucker, American basketball player and referee (d. 2015) * 1920 - Leona Helmsley, American businesswoman (d. 2007) * 1920 - Fritz Wilde, German footballer and manager (d. 1977) * 1920 - Paul Bannai, American politician (d. 2019) *1921 - Gérard Debreu, French economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) * 1921 - Nasser Sharifi, Iranian sports shooter * 1921 - Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut (d. 2014) * 1921 - Philip Rose, American actor, playwright, and producer (d. 2011) * 1921 - Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (d. 2003) *1922 - R. James Harvey, American politician (d. 2019) *1923 - Rudolf Friedrich, Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 2013) *1924 - Eva Marie Saint, American actress * 1924 - Delia Fiallo, Cuban author and screenwriter *1925 - Ciril Zlobec, Slovene poet, writer, translator, journalist and politician (d. 2018) * 1925 - Dorothy Head Knode, American tennis player (d. 2015) *1926 - Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (d. 2014) * 1926 - Lake Underwood, American race car driver and businessman (d. 2008) *1927 - Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress and photographer * 1927 - Neil Simon, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2018) *1928 - Giampiero Boniperti, Italian footballer and politician * 1928 - Teofisto Guingona Jr., Filipino politician; 11th Vice President of the Philippines * 1928 - Jassem Alwan, Syrian Army Officer (d. 2018) * 1928 - Shan Ratnam, Sri Lankan physician and academic (d. 2001) * 1928 - Chuck Tanner, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011) *1929 - Ron Casey, Australian journalist and sportscaster (d. 2018) * 1929 - Al Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (d. 2011) * 1929 - Bill Tuttle, American baseball player (d. 1998) *1930 - George Steinbrenner, American businessman (d. 2010) *1931 - Stephen Boyd, Northern Ireland-born American actor (d. 1977) * 1931 - Rick Casares, American football player and soldier (d. 2013) * 1931 - Sébastien Japrisot, French author, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003) * 1931 - Peter Richardson, English cricketer (d. 2017) *1932 - Aurèle Vandendriessche, Belgian runner *1934 - Yvonne B. Miller, American academic and politician (d. 2012) * 1934 - Colin Welland, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2015) *1935 - Paul Scoon, Grenadian politician, 2nd Governor-General of Grenada (d. 2013) *1936 - Zdzisława Donat, Polish soprano and actress *1937 - Thomas Nagel, American philosopher and academic * 1937 - Queen Sonja of Norway * 1937 - Richard Rhodes, American journalist and historian * 1937 - Eric Walters, Australian journalist (d. 2010) *1938 - Steven Rose, English biologist and academic * 1938 - Bill Withers, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2020) *1940 - Pat Stapleton, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2020) *1941 - Sam Farr, American politician * 1941 - Tomaž Šalamun, Croatian-Slovenian poet and academic (d. 2014) * 1941 - Pavel Sedláček, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1941 - Brian Willson, American soldier, lawyer, and activist *1942 - Hal Lanier, American baseball player, coach, and manager * 1942 - Floyd Little, American football player and coach * 1942 - Stefan Meller, French-Polish academic and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2008) * 1942 - Prince Michael of Kent * 1942 - Peter Rowan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist *1943 - Conny Bauer, German trombonist * 1943 - Emerson Boozer, American football player and sportscaster * 1943 - Adam Hart-Davis, English historian, author, and photographer * 1943 - Geraldo Rivera, American lawyer, journalist, and author * 1943 - Fred Wesley, American jazz and funk trombonist * 1943 - Alan Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1970) *1945 - Andre Spitzer, Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (d. 1972) *1946 - Ron Kovic, American author and activist * 1946 - Michael Milken, American businessman and philanthropist *1947 - Lembit Ulfsak, Estonian actor and director (d. 2017) *1948 - René Arnoux, French race car driver * 1948 - Tommy Körberg, Swedish singer and actor * 1948 - Jeremy Spencer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist *1950 - Philip Craven, English basketball player and swimmer * 1950 - David Jensen, Canadian-English radio and television host *1951 - John Alexander, Australian tennis player and politician * 1951 - Ralph Johnson, American R&B; drummer and percussionist * 1951 - Vladimir Tismăneanu, Romanian-American political scientist, sociologist, and academic * 1951 - Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, American lawyer and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland *1952 - Álvaro Uribe, Colombian lawyer and politician, 39th President of Colombia * 1952 - Carol MacReady, English actress * 1952 - John Waite, English singer- songwriter and guitarist * 1952 - Paul Rogat Loeb, American author and activist *1953 - Francis Maude, English lawyer and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office *1954 - Jim Beattie, American baseball player, coach, and manager * 1954 - Morganna, American model, actress, and dancer * 1954 - Devendra Kumar Joshi, 21st Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy *1955 - Kevin Nichols, Australian cyclist *1956 - Robert Sinclair MacKay, British academic and educator *1957 - Rein Lang, Estonian politician and diplomat, 25th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs *1958 - Vera Leth, Greenlandic Ombudsman * 1958 - Kirk Pengilly, Australian guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter * 1958 - Carl Valentine, English-Canadian footballer, coach, and manager *1959 - Victoria Abril, Spanish actress and singer *1960 - Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (d. 1994) *1961 - Richard Garriott, English-American video game designer, created the Ultima series *1962 - Pam Shriver, American tennis player and sportscaster *1963 - Henri Leconte, French tennis player and sportscaster * 1963 - Laureano Márquez, Spanish-Venezuelan political scientist and journalist * 1963 - José Oquendo, Puerto Rican- American baseball player and coach * 1963 - Sonia Pierre, Hatian-Dominican human rights activist (d. 2011) *1964 - Cle Kooiman, American soccer player and manager * 1964 - Elie Saab, Lebanese fashion designer * 1964 - Edi Rama, Albanian politician * 1964 - Mark Slaughter, American singer-songwriter and producer * 1964 - Mark Whiting, American actor, director, and screenwriter *1965 - Harvey Grant, American basketball player and coach * 1965 - Horace Grant, American basketball player and coach * 1965 - Kiriakos Karataidis, Greek footballer and manager * 1965 - Gérard Watkins, English actor and playwright *1966 - Ronni Ancona, Scottish actress and screenwriter * 1966 - Minas Hantzidis, German-Greek footballer * 1966 - Lee Reherman, American actor (d. 2016) *1967 - Vinny Castilla, Mexican baseball player and manager * 1967 - Sébastien Deleigne, French athlete *1969 - Al Golden, American football player and coach * 1969 - Todd Marinovich, American football player and coach * 1969 - Wilfred Mugeyi, Zimbabwean footballer and coach *1972 - Stephen Giles, Canadian canoe racer and engineer * 1972 - Mike Knuble, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach *1973 - Keiko Ihara, Japanese race car driver * 1973 - Gackt, Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor * 1973 - Michael Johnson, English-Jamaican footballer and manager * 1973 - Anjelika Krylova, Russian ice dancer and coach * 1973 - Jan Magnussen, Danish race car driver * 1973 - Tony Popovic, Australian footballer and manager *1974 - Jill Craybas, American tennis player * 1974 - La'Roi Glover, American football player and sportscaster * 1974 - Adrian Griffin, American basketball player and coach *1976 - Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2003) * 1976 - Yevgeniya Medvedeva, Russian skier *1978 - Marcos Daniel, Brazilian tennis player * 1978 - Émile Mpenza, Belgian footballer *1979 - Siim Kabrits, Estonian politician * 1979 - Josh McCown, American football player * 1979 - Renny Vega, Venezuelan footballer *1980 - Kwame Steede, Bermudan footballer *1981 - Dedé, Angolan footballer * 1981 - Brock Berlin, American football player * 1981 - Christoph Preuß, German footballer * 1981 - Francisco Cruceta, Dominican baseball player * 1981 - Will Smith, American football player (d. 2016) *1982 - Vladimir Boisa, Georgian basketball player * 1982 - Vladimir Gusev, Russian cyclist * 1982 - Jeff Lima, New Zealand rugby league player * 1982 - Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino, American model, author and television personality *1983 - Melanie Fiona, Canadian singer-songwriter * 1983 - Amantle Montsho, Botswanan sprinter * 1983 - Miguel Pinto, Chilean footballer * 1983 - Amol Rajan, Indian-English journalist * 1983 - Mattia Serafini, Italian footballer *1984 - Jin Akanishi, Japanese singer-songwriter * 1984 - Miguel Santos Soares, Timorese footballer * 1985 - Kane Tenace, Australian footballer * 1985 - Dimitrios Mavroeidis, Greek basketball player * 1985 - Wason Rentería, Colombian footballer *1986 - Ömer Aşık, Turkish basketball player * 1986 - Nguyen Ngoc Duy, Vietnamese footballer * 1986 - Rafael Arévalo, Salvadoran tennis player * 1986 - Willem Janssen, Dutch footballer * 1986 - Terrance Knighton, American football player * 1986 - Marte Elden, Norwegian skier *1987 - Wude Ayalew, Ethiopian runner * 1987 - Guram Kashia, Georgian footballer *1988 - Angelique Boyer, French-Mexican actress *1989 - Benjamin Büchel, Liechtensteiner footballer *1990 - Jake Gardiner, American ice hockey player * 1990 - Richard Mpong, Ghanaian footballer * 1990 - Naoki Yamada, Japanese footballer * 1990 - Ihar Yasinski, Belarusian footballer *1992 - Ángel Romero, Paraguayan footballer * 1992 - Óscar Romero, Paraguayan footballer *1993 - Tom Barkhuizen, English footballer *1995 - Post Malone, American singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer *1999 - Moa Kikuchi, Japanese musician *2003 - Polina Bogusevich, Russian singer Deaths * 673 - Ecgberht, king of Kent * 907 - Luitpold, margrave of Bavaria * 907 - Dietmar I, archbishop of Salzburg * 910 - Luo Shaowei, Chinese warlord (b. 877) * 940 - Wang Jianli, Chinese general (b. 871) * 943 - Taejo of Goryeo, Korean king (b. 877) * 945 - Zhuo Yanming, Chinese Buddhist monk and emperor * 965 - Benedict V, pope of the Catholic Church * 973 - Ulrich of Augsburg, German bishop and saint (b. 890) * 975 - Gwangjong of Goryeo, Korean king (b. 925) *1187 - Raynald of Châtillon, French knight (b. 1125) *1307 - Rudolf I of Bohemia (b. 1281) *1336 - Saint Elizabeth of Portugal (b. 1271) *1429 - Carlo I Tocco, ruler of Epirus (b. 1372) *1533 - John Frith, English priest, writer, and martyr (b. 1503) *1541 - Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish general and explorer (b. 1495) *1546 - Hayreddin Barbarossa, Ottoman admiral (b. 1478) *1551 - Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell, English politician (b. 1514) *1603 - Philippe de Monte, Flemish composer and educator (b. 1521) *1623 - William Byrd, English composer (b. c. 1540) *1644 - Brian Twyne, English academic, antiquarian and archivist (b. 1581) *1648 - Antoine Daniel, French missionary and saint, one of the eight Canadian Martyrs (b. 1601) *1742 - Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1671) *1754 - Philippe Néricault Destouches, French playwright and author (b. 1680) *1761 - Samuel Richardson, English author and painter (b. 1689) *1780 - Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (b. 1712) *1787 - Charles, Prince of Soubise, Marshal of France (b. 1715) *1821 - Richard Cosway, English painter and academic (b. 1742) *1826 - John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735) * 1826 - Thomas Jefferson, American architect, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of the United States (b. 1743) *1831 - James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States (b. 1758) *1848 - François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician (b. 1768) *1850 - William Kirby, English entomologist and author (b. 1759) *1854 - Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German academic and jurist (b. 1781) *1857 - William L. Marcy, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State (b. 1786) *1881 - Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician (b. 1806) *1882 - Joseph Brackett, American composer and author (b. 1797) *1886 - Poundmaker, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1797) *1891 - Hannibal Hamlin, American lawyer and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States (b. 1809) *1901 - Johannes Schmidt, German linguist and academic (b. 1843) *1902 - Vivekananda, Indian monk and saint (b. 1863) *1905 - Élisée Reclus, French geographer and author (b. 1830) *1910 - Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1833) * 1910 - Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer and historian (b. 1835) *1916 - Alan Seeger, American soldier and poet (b. 1888) *1922 - Lothar von Richthofen, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1894) *1926 - Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian activist and saint (b. 1901) *1934 - Marie Curie, French-Polish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867) *1938 - Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1881) * 1938 - Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (b. 1899) *1941 - Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1881) *1943 - Władysław Sikorski, Polish general and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland (b. 1881) *1946 - Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach (b. 1906) *1948 - Monteiro Lobato, Brazilian journalist and author (b. 1882) *1949 - François Brandt, Dutch rower and engineer (b. 1874) *1963 - Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, New Zealand general and politician, 7th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1889) * 1963 - Clyde Kennard, American activist and martyr (b. 1927) * 1963 - Pingali Venkayya, Indian activist, designed the Flag of India (b. 1876) *1964 - Gaby Morlay, French actress and singer (b. 1893) *1969 - Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter (b. 1890) *1970 - Barnett Newman, American painter and illustrator (b. 1905) * 1970 - Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American sailor and businessman (b. 1884) *1971 - August Derleth, American anthologist and author (b. 1909) * 1971 - Thomas C. Hart, American admiral and politician (b. 1877) *1974 - Georgette Heyer, English author (b. 1902) * 1974 - André Randall, French actor (b. 1892) *1976 - Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli colonel (b. 1946) * 1976 - Antoni Słonimski, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1895) *1977 - Gersh Budker, Ukrainian physicist and academic (b. 1918) *1979 - Lee Wai Tong, Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1905) *1980 - Maurice Grevisse, Belgian linguist and author (b. 1895) *1984 - Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (b. 1949) *1986 - Paul-Gilbert Langevin, French musicologist, critique musical and physicist (b. 1933) * 1986 - Flor Peeters, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1903) * 1986 - Oscar Zariski, Belarusian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1899) *1988 - Adrian Adonis, American wrestler (b. 1954) *1990 - Olive Ann Burns, American journalist and author (b. 1924) *1991 - Victor Chang, Chinese-Australian surgeon and physician (b. 1936) * 1991 - Art Sansom, American cartoonist (b. 1920) *1992 - Astor Piazzolla, Argentinian bandoneon player and composer (b. 1921) *1993 - Bona Arsenault, Canadian historian, genealogist, and politician (b. 1903) *1994 - Joey Marella, American wrestling referee (b. 1964) *1995 - Eva Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and singer (b. 1919) * 1995 - Bob Ross, American painter and television host (b. 1942) *1997 - Charles Kuralt, American journalist (b. 1934) * 1997 - John Zachary Young, English zoologist and neurophysiologist (b. 1907) *1999 - Leo Garel, American illustrator and educator (b. 1917) *2000 - Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Polish journalist and author (b. 1919) *2002 - Gerald Bales, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1919) * 2002 - Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American general (b. 1912) *2003 - Larry Burkett, American author and radio host (b. 1939) * 2003 - André Claveau, French singer (b. 1915) * 2003 - Barry White, American singer- songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1944) *2004 - Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1920) *2005 - Cliff Goupille, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1915) * 2005 - Hank Stram, American football player and coach (b. 1923) *2007 - Bill Pinkney, American singer (b. 1925) *2008 - Thomas M. Disch, American author and poet (b. 1940) * 2008 - Jesse Helms, American politician (b. 1921) * 2008 - Evelyn Keyes, American actress (b. 1916) * 2008 - Terrence Kiel, American football player (b. 1980) * 2008 - Charles Wheeler, German- English soldier and journalist (b. 1923) *2009 - Brenda Joyce, American actress (b. 1917) * 2009 - Allen Klein, American businessman and talent agent, founded ABKCO Records (b. 1931) * 2009 - Drake Levin, American guitarist (b. 1946) * 2009 - Steve McNair, American football player (b. 1973) * 2009 - Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish author and actor (b. 1935) * 2009 - Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard, Congolese poet and politician (b. 1938) *2010 - Robert Neil Butler, American physician and author (b. 1927) *2012 - Hiren Bhattacharyya, Indian poet and author (b. 1932) * 2012 - Jimmy Bivins, American boxer (b. 1919) * 2012 - Jeong Min-hyeong, South Korean footballer (b. 1987) * 2012 - Eric Sykes, English actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923) *2013 - Onllwyn Brace, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1932) * 2013 - Jack Crompton, English footballer and manager (b. 1921) * 2013 - James Fulton, American dermatologist and academic (b. 1940) * 2013 - Charles A. Hines, American general (b. 1935) * 2013 - Bernie Nolan, Irish singer (b. 1960) *2014 - Giorgio Faletti, Italian author, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1950) * 2014 - C. J. Henderson, American author and critic (b. 1951) * 2014 - Earl Robinson, American baseball player (b. 1936) * 2014 - Richard Mellon Scaife, American businessman (b. 1932) *2015 - Nedelcho Beronov, Bulgarian judge and politician (b. 1928) * 2015 - William Conrad Gibbons, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1926) *2016 - Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, and photographer (b. 1940) *2017 - John Blackwell, American R&B;, funk, and jazz drummer (b. 1973) * 2017 - Daniil Granin, Soviet and Russian author (b. 1919) * 2017 - Gene Conley, American MLB player and NBA player (b. 1930) *2018 - Henri Dirickx, Belgian footballer (b. 1927) * 2018 - Robby Müller, Dutch cinematographer (b. 1940) Holidays and observances *Christian feast day: **Andrew of Crete **Bertha of Artois **Blessed Catherine Jarrige **Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati **Elizabeth of Aragon (or of Portugal) **Oda of Canterbury **Ulrich of Augsburg **July 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) *Birthday of Queen Sonja (Norway) *The first evening of Dree Festival, celebrated until July 7 (Apatani people, Arunachal Pradesh, India) *Independence Day, celebrates the Declaration of Independence of the United States from Great Britain in 1776. (United States and its dependencies) *Liberation Day (Northern Mariana Islands) *Liberation Day (Rwanda) *Republic Day (Philippines) ReferencesExternal links Days of the year July "
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"Events * 350 - The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. * 713 - The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, deposed and sent into exile by conspirators of the Opsikion army in Thrace. He is succeeded by Anastasios II, who begins the reorganization of the Byzantine army. *1140 - The French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy. *1326 - The Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark. *1539 - Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain. *1608 - Samuel de Champlain completes his third voyage to New France at Tadoussac, Quebec. *1621 - The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherland. *1658 - Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France. *1665 - James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft. *1781 - Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton. *1839 - In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1.2 million kilograms of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War. *1861 - American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia. *1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor: Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia. *1866 - The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario back into the United States. *1885 - In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police. *1889 - The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon. *1916 - The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men. *1935 - One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa. *1937 - The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson. *1940 - World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris. * 1940 - World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat. * 1940 - Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl. *1941 - World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants. *1942 - World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island. *1943 - In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clash with Latino youths in the Zoot Suit Riots. *1950 - Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak. *1962 - At Paris Orly Airport, Air France Flight 007 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130. *1963 - Soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army attack protesting Buddhists in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalized for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments. *1965 - The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Ed White, a crew member, performs the first American spacewalk. *1969 - Melbourne–Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer in half. *1973 - A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft. *1979 - A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded. *1980 - An explosive device is detonated at the Statue of Liberty. The FBI suspects Croatian nationalists. * 1980 - The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak hits Nebraska, causing five deaths and $300 million (equivalent to $ million in ) worth of damage. *1982 - The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street; he survives but is left paralysed. *1984 - Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000. *1989 - The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation. *1991 - Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists. *1992 - Aboriginal land rights are granted in Australia in Mabo v Queensland (No 2), a case brought by Eddie Mabo. *1998 - After suffering a mechanical failure, a high speed train derails at Eschede, Germany, killing 101 people. *2006 - The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence. *2012 - A plane carrying 153 people on board crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board and 10 people on the ground. * 2012 - The pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II takes place on the River Thames. *2013 - The trial of United States Army private Chelsea Manning for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks begins in Fort Meade, Maryland. * 2013 - At least 119 people are killed in a fire at a poultry farm in Jilin Province in northeastern China. *2015 - An explosion at a gasoline station in Accra, Ghana, killing more than 200 people. *2017 - London Bridge attack: Eight people are murdered and dozens of civilians are wounded by Islamist terrorists. Three of the attackers are shot dead by the police. *2019 - Khartoum massacre: In Sudan, over 100 people are killed when security forces accompanied by Janjaweed militiamen storm and open fire on a sit-in protest. Births *20 BC - Sejanus, Roman soldier and bodyguard (d. 31 AD) *1139 - Conon of Naso, Basilian abbot (d. 1236) *1421 - Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici, Italian noble (d. 1463) *1454 - Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania (1474–1523) (d. 1523) *1537 - João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (d. 1554) *1540 - Charles II, Archduke of Austria (d. 1590) *1554 - Pietro de' Medici, Italian noble (d. 1604) *1576 - Giovanni Diodati, Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1649)Jean Diodati, in the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland *1594 - César, Duke of Vendôme, French nobleman (d. 1665) *1603 - Pietro Paolini, Italian painter (d. 1681) *1635 - Philippe Quinault, French playwright and composer (d. 1688) *1636 - John Hale, American minister (d. 1700) *1659 - David Gregory, Scottish-English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1708) *1662 - Willem van Mieris, Dutch painter (d. 1747) *1723 - Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician, geologist, and botanist (d. 1788) *1726 - James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician (d. 1797) *1736 - Ignaz Fränzl, German violinist and composer (d. 1811) *1770 - Manuel Belgrano, Argentinian economist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1820) *1808 - Jefferson Davis, American colonel and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1889) *1818 - Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician, Governor of Senegal (d. 1889) *1819 - Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1892) * 1819 - Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (d. 1891) *1832 - Charles Lecocq, French pianist and composer (d. 1918) *1843 - Frederick VIII of Denmark (d. 1912) *1844 - Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (d. 1899) * 1844 - Detlev von Liliencron, German poet and author (d. 1909) *1852 - Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (d. 1896) *1853 - Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic (d. 1942) *1864 - Otto Erich Hartleben, German poet and playwright (d. 1905) * 1864 - Ransom E. Olds, American businessman, founded Oldsmobile and REO Motor Car Company (d. 1950) *1865 - George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1936) *1866 - George Howells Broadhurst, English-American director and manager (d. 1952) *1873 - Otto Loewi, German-American pharmacologist and psychobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961) *1877 - Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (d. 1953) *1879 - Alla Nazimova, Ukrainian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1945) * 1879 - Raymond Pearl, American biologist and botanist (d. 1940) * 1879 - Vivian Woodward, English footballer and soldier (d. 1954) *1881 - Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter and set designer (d. 1964) *1890 - Baburao Painter, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1954) *1897 - Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter (d. 1973) *1899 - Georg von Békésy, Hungarian-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972) *1900 - Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (d. 1932) * 1900 - Leo Picard, German-Israeli geologist and academic (d. 1997) *1901 - Maurice Evans, English actor (d. 1989) * 1901 - Zhang Xueliang, Chinese general and warlord (d. 2001) *1903 - Eddie Acuff, American actor (d. 1956) *1904 - Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (d. 1950) * 1904 - Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (d. 1984) *1905 - Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer (d. 1946) *1906 - R. G. D. Allen, English economist, mathematician, and statistician (d. 1983) * 1906 - Josephine Baker, French actress, singer, and dancer; French Resistance operative (d. 1975) * 1906 - Walter Robins, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1968) *1907 - Paul Rotha, English director and producer (d. 1984) *1910 - Paulette Goddard, American actress and model (d. 1990) *1911 - Ellen Corby, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1999) *1913 - Pedro Mir, Dominican poet and author (d. 2000) *1914 - Ignacio Ponseti, Spanish physician and orthopedist (d. 2009) *1917 - Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969) *1918 - Patrick Cargill, English actor and producer (d. 1996) * 1918 - Lili St. Cyr, American dancer (d. 1999) *1921 - Forbes Carlile, Australian pentathlete and coach (d. 2016) * 1921 - Jean Dréjac, French singer and composer (d. 2003) *1922 - Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (d. 2014) *1923 - Igor Shafarevich, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 2017) *1924 - Karunanidhi, Indian screenwriter and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 2018) * 1924 - Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (d. 1991) * 1924 - Bernard Glasser, American director and producer (d. 2014) * 1924 - Jimmy Rogers, American singer and guitarist (d. 1997) * 1924 - Torsten Wiesel, Swedish neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate *1925 - Tony Curtis, American actor (d. 2010) * 1925 - Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal (d. 2001) *1926 - Allen Ginsberg, American poet (d. 1997) * 1926 - Flora MacDonald, Canadian banker and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Communications (d. 2015) *1927 - Boots Randolph, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2007) *1928 - Donald Judd, American sculptor and painter (d. 1994) * 1928 - John Richard Reid, New Zealand cricketer *1929 - Werner Arber, Swiss microbiologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate * 1929 - Chuck Barris, American game show host and producer (d. 2017) *1930 - Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author and poet (d. 1999) * 1930 - George Fernandes, Indian journalist and politician, Minister of Defence for India (d. 2019) * 1930 - Dakota Staton, American singer (d. 2007) * 1930 - Abbas Zandi, Iranian wrestler (d. 2017) * 1930 - Ben Wada, Japanese director and producer (d. 2011) * 1930 - Joe Coulombe, founder of Trader Joe's (d. 2020) *1931 - Françoise Arnoul, Algerian-French actress * 1931 - Raúl Castro, Cuban commander and politician, 18th President of Cuba * 1931 - John Norman, American philosopher and author * 1931 - Lindy Remigino, American runner and coach (d. 2018) *1933 - Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahranian king (d. 1999) *1936 - Larry McMurtry, American novelist and screenwriter * 1936 - Colin Meads, New Zealand rugby player and coach (d. 2017) *1937 - Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, French race car driver *1939 - Frank Blevins, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Premier of South Australia (d. 2013) * 1939 - Steve Dalkowski, American baseball player (d. 2020) * 1939 - Ian Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist *1942 - Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1999) *1943 - Billy Cunningham, American basketball player and coach *1944 - Thomas Burns, British bishop * 1944 - Edith McGuire, American sprinter and educator * 1944 - Eddy Ottoz, Italian hurdler and coach *1945 - Hale Irwin, American golfer and architect * 1945 - Ramon Jacinto, Filipino singer, guitarist, and businessman, founded the Rajah Broadcasting Network * 1945 - Bill Paterson, Scottish actor *1946 - Michael Clarke, American drummer (d. 1993) * 1946 - Eddie Holman, American pop/R&B;/gospel singer * 1946 - Penelope Wilton, English actress *1947 - John Dykstra, American special effects artist and producer * 1947 - Mickey Finn, English drummer (d. 2003) *1948 - Jan Reker, Dutch footballer and manager *1950 - Frédéric François, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter * 1950 - Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2015) * 1950 - Juan José Muñoz, Argentinian businessman (d. 2013) * 1950 - Larry Probst, American businessman * 1950 - Suzi Quatro, American- English singer-songwriter, bass player, producer, and actress * 1950 - Christos Verelis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Transport and Communications * 1950 - Deniece Williams, American singer-songwriter *1952 - Billy Powell, American keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2009) * 1952 - David Richards, Welsh entrepreneur and businessman *1954 - Dan Hill, Canadian singer-songwriter * 1954 - Susan Landau, American mathematician and engineer *1956 - George Burley, Scottish footballer and manager * 1956 - Danny Wilde, American singer-songwriter and guitarist *1957 - Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player *1959 - Imbi Paju, Estonian-Finnish journalist and author *1960 - Catherine Davani, first female Papua New Guinean judge (d. 2016) * 1960 - Tracy Grimshaw, Australian television host * 1960 - Carl Rackemann, Australian cricketer and sportscaster *1961 - Lawrence Lessig, American lawyer, academic, and author, founded the Creative Commons * 1961 - Peter Vidmar, American gymnast * 1961 - Ed Wynne, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer *1962 - Susannah Constantine, English fashion designer, journalist, and author * 1962 - Dagmar Neubauer, German sprinter *1963 - Rudy Demotte, Belgian politician, 8th Minister-President of the Walloon Region * 1963 - Toshiaki Karasawa, Japanese actor *1964 - André Bellavance, Canadian politician * 1964 - Kerry King, American guitarist and songwriter * 1964 - James Purefoy, English actor *1965 - Hans Kroes, Dutch swimmer * 1965 - Michael Moore, British accountant and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland *1966 - Wasim Akram, Pakistani cricketer, coach, and sportscaster *1967 - Anderson Cooper, American journalist and author * 1967 - Tamás Darnyi, Hungarian swimmer *1969 - Takako Minekawa, Japanese singer-songwriter * 1969 - Dean Pay, Australian rugby league player and coach *1971 - Luigi Di Biagio, Italian footballer and manager * 1971 - Mary Grigson, Australian cross-country mountain biker *1972 - Julie Gayet, French actress *1974 - Kelly Jones, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1974 - Serhiy Rebrov, Ukrainian international footballer and manager *1975 - Jose Molina, Puerto Rican- American baseball player *1976 - Nikos Chatzis, Greek basketball player * 1976 - Jamie McMurray, American race car driver *1977 - Cris, Brazilian footballer *1978 - Lyfe Jennings, American singer-songwriter and producer *1979 - Luis Fernando López, Colombian race walker * 1979 - Christian Malcolm, Welsh sprinter *1980 - Amauri, Brazilian-Italian footballer *1981 - Sosene Anesi, New Zealand rugby player *1982 - Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter * 1982 - Manfred Mölgg, Italian skier *1983 - Pasquale Foggia, Italian footballer *1984 - Todd Reid, Australian tennis player (d. 2018) *1985 - Papiss Cissé, Senegalese footballer * 1985 - Łukasz Piszczek, Polish footballer *1986 - Al Horford, Dominican basketball player * 1986 - Micah Kogo, Kenyan runner * 1986 - Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player * 1986 - Adrián Vallés, Spanish race car driver * 1986 - Tomáš Verner, Czech ice skater *1987 - Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress *1989 - Katie Hoff, American swimmer *1991 - Lukasz Teodorczyk, Polish footballer * 1991 - Sami Vatanen, Finnish ice hockey defenceman * 1991 - Yordano Ventura, Dominican baseball player (d. 2017) *1992 - Mario Götze, German footballer Deaths * 628 - Liang Shidu, Chinese rebel leader * 800 - Staurakios, Byzantine general *1052 - Prince Guaimar IV of Salerno *1395 - Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria (b. 1350) *1397 - William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English commander (b. 1328) *1411 - Leopold IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1371) *1453 - Loukas Notaras, last megas doux of the Byzantine Empire *1511 - Ahmad ibn Abi Jum'ah, Islamic scholar, author of the Oran fatwa *1548 - Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish-Mexican archbishop (b. 1468) *1553 - Wolf Huber, Austrian painter, printmaker and architect (b. 1485) *1594 - John Aylmer, English bishop and scholar (b. 1521) *1605 - Jan Zamoyski, Polish nobleman (b. 1542) *1615 - Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567) *1640 - Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1584) *1649 - Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (b. 1590) *1657 - William Harvey, English physician and academic (b. 1578) *1659 - Morgan Llwyd, Welsh minister and poet (b. 1619) *1665 - Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland, English noble (b. 1639) *1780 - Thomas Hutchinson, American businessman and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1711) *1826 - Nikolay Karamzin, Russian historian and poet (b. 1766) *1858 - Julius Reubke, German pianist and composer (b. 1834) *1861 - Stephen A. Douglas, American lawyer and politician, 7th Secretary of State of Illinois (b. 1813) *1865 - Okada Izō, Japanese samurai (b. 1838) *1875 - Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer (b. 1838) *1877 - Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian botanist, composer, and publisher (b. 1800) *1882 - Christian Wilberg, German painter and illustrator (b. 1839) *1894 - Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1812) *1899 - Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1825) *1900 - Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author (b. 1862) *1902 - Vital- Justin Grandin, French-Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1829) *1906 - John Maxwell, American golfer (b. 1871) *1921 - Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower and physician (b. 1879) *1924 - Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian lawyer and author (b. 1883) *1928 - Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1864) *1933 - William Muldoon, American wrestler (b. 1852) *1938 - John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower and tug of war competitor (b. 1873) *1946 - Mikhail Kalinin, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1875) *1963 - Edmond Decottignies, French weightlifter (b. 1893) * 1963 - Pope John XXIII (b. 1881) * 1963 - Nâzım Hikmet Ran, Turkish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1902) *1964 - Kâzım Orbay, Turkish general and politician, 9th Turkish Speaker of the Parliament (b. 1887) * 1964 - Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888) *1969 - George Edwin Cooke, American soccer player (b. 1883) *1970 - Hjalmar Schacht, Danish-German economist, banker, and politician (b. 1877) *1971 - Heinz Hopf, German-Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1894) *1973 - Jean Batmale, French footballer and manager (b. 1895) *1975 - Ozzie Nelson, American actor and bandleader (b. 1906) * 1975 - Eisaku Satō, Japanese lawyer and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1901) *1977 - Archibald Hill, English physiologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886) * 1977 - Roberto Rossellini, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1906) *1981 - Carleton S. Coon, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1904) *1986 - Anna Neagle, English actress and singer (b. 1904) *1987 - Will Sampson, American actor and painter (b. 1933) *1989 - Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran (b. 1902) *1990 - Robert Noyce, American physicist and businessman, co-founded the Intel Corporation (b. 1927) *1991 - Brian Bevan, Australian rugby league player (b. 1924) * 1991 - Katia Krafft, French volcanologist and geologist (b. 1942) * 1991 - Maurice Krafft, French volcanologist and geologist (b. 1946) * 1991 - Lê Văn Thiêm, Vietnamese mathematician and academic (b. 1918) *1992 - Robert Morley, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1908) *1993 - Yeoh Ghim Seng, Singaporean politician, acting President of Singapore (b. 1918) *1994 - Puig Aubert, German-French rugby player and coach (b. 1925) *1997 - Dennis James, American actor and game show host (b. 1917) *2001 - Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor and producer (b. 1915) *2002 - Lew Wasserman, American talent agent and manager (b. 1913) *2003 - Felix de Weldon, Austrian-American sculptor, designed the Marine Corps War Memorial (b. 1907) *2005 - Harold Cardinal, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1945) *2009 - David Carradine, American actor (b. 1936) * 2009 - Koko Taylor, American singer (b. 1928) *2010 - John Hedgecoe, English photographer and author (b. 1932) * 2010 - Rue McClanahan, American actress (b. 1934) *2011 - James Arness, American actor and producer (b. 1923) * 2011 - Andrew Gold, American singer, songwriter, musician and arranger (b. 1951) * 2011 - Bhajan Lal, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of Haryana (b. 1930) * 2011 - Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist, author, and activist (b. 1928) * 2011 - Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (b. 1925) *2012 - Carol Ann Abrams, American producer, author, and academic (b. 1942) * 2012 - Rajsoomer Lallah, Mauritian lawyer and judge (b. 1933) * 2012 - Roy Salvadori, English race car driver and manager (b. 1922) * 2012 - Brian Talboys, New Zealand journalist and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1921) *2013 - Atul Chitnis, German-Indian technologist and journalist (b. 1962) * 2013 - Józef Czyrek, Polish economist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1928) * 2013 - Frank Lautenberg, American soldier and politician (b. 1924) *2014 - Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1942) * 2014 - Gopinath Munde, Indian politician, 3rd Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1949) *2015 - Avi Beker, Israeli political scientist and academic (b. 1951) *2016 - Muhammad Ali, American boxer (b. 1942) Holidays and observances * Christian feast day: ** Charles Lwanga and Companions (Roman Catholic Church), and its related observances: *** Martyrs' Day (Uganda) ** Clotilde ** Kevin of Glendalough ** Ovidius ** Vladimirskaya (Russian Orthodox) ** June 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) * Confederate Memorial Day (Kentucky, Louisiana, and Tennessee, United States) * Economist day (Buenos Aires, Argentina) * Mabo Day (Australia) * Opium Suppression Movement Day (Taiwan) * World Bicycle Day References External links Days of the year June "