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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[533]] &ndash; A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under [[Belisarius|Belisarios]] sails from Constantinople to [[Vandalic War|attack the Vandals]] in Africa, via Greece and Sicily.<ref>{{cite book|last=Elliott|first=Simon|title=Vandal Heaven: Reinterpreting Post-Roman North Africa|location=Havertown, Pa.|publisher=Casemate Publishing|date=2024|isbn=9781636242873|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=643xEAAAQBAJ|page=175}}</ref>
*[[1307]] &ndash; [[Külüg Khan]] is enthroned as [[Khagan]] of the [[Mongols]] and [[Külüg Khan|Wuzong]] of the [[Yuan dynasty|Yuan]].
*[[1529]] &ndash; [[Kingdom of France|French]] forces are driven out of northern Italy by [[Habsburg Spain|Spain]] at the [[Battle of Landriano]] during the [[War of the League of Cognac]].
*[[1582]] &ndash; [[Sengoku period]]: [[Oda Nobunaga]], the most powerful of the Japanese ''[[daimyō]]s'', is [[Honnō-ji Incident|forced to commit suicide]] by his own general [[Akechi Mitsuhide]].

===1601–1900===
*[[1621]] &ndash; [[Old Town Square execution|Execution of 27 Czech noblemen]] on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the [[Battle of White Mountain]].
*[[1734]] &ndash; In [[Montreal]], [[New France]], a  slave known by the French name of [[Marie-Joseph Angélique]] is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.
*[[1749]] &ndash; [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nova Scotia {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timeline/nova-scotia |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref>
*[[1768]] &ndash; [[James Otis Jr.]] offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[New Hampshire]] becomes the ninth state to ratify the [[Constitution of the United States]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Merrill Jensen|author2=Robert A. Becker|title=The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections, 1788-1790|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sxS00wE2l5kC&pg=PA23|date=15 June 1976|publisher=Univ of Wisconsin Press|isbn=978-0-299-06690-1|pages=23}}</ref>
*[[1791]] &ndash; King [[Louis XVI of France]] and his immediate family begin the [[Flight to Varennes]] during the French Revolution.
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Irish Rebellion of 1798]]: The British Army defeats Irish rebels at the [[Battle of Vinegar Hill]].
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Peninsular War]]: Wellington defeats Joseph Bonaparte at the [[Battle of Vitoria]].
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Greek War of Independence]]: Egyptian forces capture [[Psara]] in the Aegean Sea.
*[[1826]] &ndash; [[Maniots]] defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the [[Battle of Vergas]].
*[[1848]] &ndash; In the [[Wallachian Revolution of 1848|Wallachian Revolution]], [[Ion Heliade Rădulescu]] and [[Christian Tell]] issue the [[Proclamation of Islaz]] and create a new republican government.
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road]] begins.
*[[1898]] &ndash; The United States [[Capture of Guam|captures Guam]] from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.<ref>{{cite book|last=Barnes|first=Mark|title=The Spanish–American War and Philippine Insurrection, 1898–1902: An Annotated Bibliography|location=Florence, Ky.|publisher=Taylor & Francis|date=2010|isbn=9780415999571|page=xv|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Schoonover|first=Thomas David|title=Uncle Sam's War of 1898 and the Origins of Globalization|location=Lexington, Ky.|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|date=2003|isbn=9780813122823|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JpsRZqopiN4C|page=89}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Boxer Rebellion]]: China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the [[Empress Dowager Cixi]].

===1901–present===
*[[1915]] &ndash; The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] hands down its decision in ''[[Guinn v. United States]]'' 238 US 347 1915, striking down [[Oklahoma]] [[grandfather clause]] legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
*[[1919]] &ndash; The [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the [[Winnipeg general strike]].
*  1919   &ndash; Admiral [[Ludwig von Reuter]] [[Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow|scuttles the German fleet]] at [[Scapa Flow]], [[Orkney]]. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of [[World War I]].
*[[1921]] &ndash; The Irish village of Knockcroghery [[Knockcroghery#Burning of Knockcroghery|was burned by British forces]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.westmeathindependent.ie/2021/06/18/local-community-to-mark-centenary-of-night-of-terror/|title=Local community to mark centenary of 'night of terror'|date=18 June 2021 }}</ref><ref name="autogenerated21">Healy, P., ''God Save All Here'' (1999) at p.21.</ref><ref name="Roscommon People 2016, p. 39">Roscommon People, 24 June 2016, at p. 39</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador [[Dwight Whitney Morrow]] ends the [[Cristero War]] in Mexico. 
*[[1930]] &ndash; One-year [[conscription]] comes into force in France.
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Italy begins an [[Italian invasion of France|unsuccessful invasion]] of France.
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: [[Axis capture of Tobruk|Tobruk falls]] to Italian and German forces; 33,000 Allied troops are taken prisoner.<ref>* {{cite book |last=Playfair |first=I. S. O. |year=2004 |title=The History of the Second World War - The Mediterranean and Middle East: British Fortunes Reach Their Lowest Ebb |volume=III |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/NHC/NewPDFs/UK/UK%20MME-3.pdf |location=London |publisher=HMSO |edition=pbk. repr. Naval and Military Press, Uckfield |isbn=978-1-84574-067-2 |author-link=I. S. O. Playfair|pages=266–274}}</ref>
*  1942   &ndash; World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, [[Bombardment of Fort Stevens|firing 17 shells at Fort Stevens]] in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland.
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Battle of Okinawa]] ends when the organized resistance of [[Imperial Japanese Army]] forces collapses in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island.
*[[1952]] &ndash; The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the [[Polytechnic University of the Philippines]].
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Ellen Fairclough]] is sworn in as Canada's first female [[Cabinet of Canada|Cabinet Minister]].
*[[1963]] &ndash; Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is [[1963 papal conclave|elected]] as [[Pope Paul VI]].
*[[1964]] &ndash; Three [[civil rights movement|civil rights]] workers, [[Andrew Goodman (activist)|Andrew Goodman]], [[James Chaney]] and [[Michael Schwerner]], [[Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner|are murdered]] in [[Neshoba County, Mississippi]], United States, by members of the [[Ku Klux Klan]].
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Penn Central]] [[Bankruptcy of Penn Central|declares]] Section 77 [[bankruptcy]] in what was the largest U.S. corporate bankruptcy to date.<ref>{{cite news|last=Charlton|first=Linda|title=Penn Central Is Granted Authority to Reorganize Under Bankruptcy Laws|work=The New York Times|date=June 22, 1970|pages=1, 74|access-date=June 21, 2020|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/06/22/archives/penn-central-is-granted-authority-to-reorganize-under-bankruptcy.html|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Markham|first=Jerry W.|title=A Financial History of the United States. Volume 3: From the Age of Derivatives into the New Millennium (1970-2001)|location=Armonk, N.Y.|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|date=2002|isbn=9780765607300|page=5}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; In its decision in ''[[Miller v. California]]'', 413 U.S. 15, the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] establishes the [[Miller test]] for determining whether something is [[obscenity|obscene]] and not protected speech under the U.S. constitution.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cohen|first=Henry|title=Obscenity and Indecency: Constitutional Principles and Federal Statutes|location=New York|publisher=Novinka Books|date=2003|isbn=9781590337493|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FeRWNgMa5zAC|pages=2–3}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; The original production of [[Tim Rice]] and [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]'s [[Musical theatre|musical]], ''[[Evita (musical)|Evita]]'', based on the life of [[Eva Perón]], opens at the [[Prince Edward Theatre]], [[London]].
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[John Hinckley Jr.|John Hinckley]] is found [[Insanity defense|not guilty by reason of insanity]] for the [[Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan|attempted assassination]] of U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]].
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Braathens SAFE Flight 139]] is hijacked on approach to [[Oslo Airport, Fornebu]]. Special forces arrest the hijacker and there are no fatalities.<ref>{{cite web |author= |title=21-Jun-1985 |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850621-0 |access-date=11 September 2009 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=[[Flight Safety Foundation]]}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rules in ''[[Texas v. Johnson]]'', 491 U.S. 397, that American flag-burning is a form of political protest protected by the First Amendment.<ref>{{cite book|last=Welch|first=Michael|title=Flag Burning: Moral Panic and the Criminalization of Protest|location=New York|publisher=Aldine de Gruyter|date=2000|isbn=9780202306513|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s5btT1HO60kC|pages=68–71}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'']] is launched on [[STS-57]] to retrieve the [[European Retrievable Carrier]] (EURECA) satellite. It is also the first shuttle mission to carry the [[Astrotech Corporation|Spacehab]] module.<ref name="STS-57">{{cite web |date=March 31, 2010 |title=STS-57 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-57.html |access-date=February 12, 2022 |publisher=NASA}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Section 28]] (of the [[Local Government Act 1988]]), outlawing the 'promotion' of [[homosexuality]] in the United Kingdom, is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.
*[[2001]] &ndash; A federal grand jury in [[Alexandria, Virginia]], indicts 13 Saudis and a Lebanese in the 1996 bombing of the [[Khobar Towers bombing|Khobar Towers]] in [[Saudi Arabia]] that killed 19 American servicemen.
*[[2004]] &ndash; ''[[SpaceShipOne]]'' becomes the first privately funded [[spaceplane]] to achieve [[Human spaceflight|spaceflight]].
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Edgar Ray Killen]], who had previously been unsuccessfully tried for the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner, is convicted of manslaughter 41 years afterwards (the case had been reopened in 2004).
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Pluto]]'s newly discovered moons are officially named [[Nix (moon)|Nix]] and [[Hydra (moon)|Hydra]].
*2006   &ndash; A [[Yeti Airlines]] [[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter]] [[2006 Yeti Airlines Twin Otter crash|crashes]] at [[Jumla Airport]] in Nepal, killing nine people.<ref name="NT">{{Cite news |date=June 21, 2006 |title=Yeti crash, 9 dead |work=Nepali Times |url=https://archive.nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=12024 |accessdate=October 12, 2017}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Greenland]] assumes [[self-governance|self-rule]].
*[[2012]] &ndash; A boat carrying more than 200 migrants [[2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster|capsizes]] in the Indian Ocean between the Indonesian island of Java and Christmas Island, killing 17 people and leaving 70 others missing.
*2012   &ndash; An [[Indonesian Air Force]] [[Fokker F27 Friendship]] [[2012 Indonesian Air Force Fokker F27 crash|crashes]] near [[Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport]], killing 11.<ref name="Flight-Int-1">{{cite news |last1=Waldron |first1=Greg |date=21 June 2012 |title=Indonesian air force Fokker F27 crashes near Jakarta |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/indonesian-air-force-fokker-f27-crashes-near-jakarta-373242/ |accessdate=6 February 2019 |work=[[Flight International]]}}</ref>

==Births==

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===Pre-1600===
* [[906]] &ndash; [[Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Muhammad]], Saffarid emir (d. 963)
*[[1002]] &ndash; [[Pope Leo IX]] (d. 1054)
*[[1226]] &ndash; [[Bolesław V the Chaste]] of Poland (d. 1279)
*[[1521]] &ndash; [[John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev]] (d. 1580)
*[[1528]] &ndash; [[Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress]] (d. 1603)
*[[1535]] &ndash; [[Leonhard Rauwolf]], German physician and botanist (d. 1596)
*[[1565]] &ndash; [[Scipione Chiaramonti]], Italian philosopher and astronomer (d. 1652)<ref>{{Cite web |title=CHIARAMONTI, Scipione |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/scipione-chiaramonti_(Dizionario-Biografico)/,%20https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/scipione-chiaramonti_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Treccani |language=it}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1630]] &ndash; [[Samuel Oppenheimer]], German Jewish banker and diplomat (d. 1703)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.loebtree.com/oppsam.html|title=Samuel OPPENHEIMER|website=www.loebtree.com}}</ref>
*[[1636]] &ndash; [[Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon]], French noble (d. 1721)
*[[1639]] &ndash; ([[Old Style|O.S.]]) [[Increase Mather]], American minister and author (d. 1723)
*[[1676]] &ndash; ([[Old Style|O.S.]]) [[Anthony Collins (philosopher)|Anthony Collins]], English philosopher and author (d. 1729)
*[[1706]] &ndash; [[John Dollond]], English optician and astronomer (d. 1761)
*[[1710]] &ndash; [[James Short (mathematician)|James Short]], Scottish-English mathematician and optician (d. 1768)
*[[1712]] &ndash; [[Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, comte de Guichen]], French admiral (d. 1790)
*[[1730]] &ndash; [[Motoori Norinaga]], Japanese poet and scholar (d. 1801)
*[[1732]] &ndash; [[Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach]], German pianist and composer (d. 1791)
*[[1736]] &ndash; ([[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]]) [[Enoch Poor]], American general (d. 1780)
*[[1741]] &ndash; [[Prince Benedetto, Duke of Chablais]] (d. 1808)
*[[1750]] &ndash; [[Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet]], French sculptor and illustrator (d. 1818)
*[[1759]] &ndash; [[Alexander J. Dallas (statesman)|Alexander J. Dallas]], American lawyer and politician, 6th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] (d. 1817)
*[[1763]] &ndash; [[Pierre Paul Royer-Collard]], French philosopher and academic (d. 1845)
*[[1764]] &ndash; [[Sidney Smith (Royal Navy officer)|Sidney Smith]], English admiral and politician (d. 1840)
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[Daniel D. Tompkins]], American lawyer and politician, 6th [[Vice President of the United States]] (d. 1825)
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[Siméon Denis Poisson]], French mathematician and physicist (d. 1840)
*[[1786]] &ndash; [[Charles Edward Horn]], English opera singer and composer (d. 1849)
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Christian Baur]], German theologian and scholar (d. 1860)
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Küchelbecker]], Russian poet and author (d. 1846)
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Alexander Thomson of Banchory]], Scottish jurist, agriculturalist and religious activist (d. 1868)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Smeaton |first=George |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JdQxAQAAMAAJ&q=21+june |title=Memoir of Alexander Thomson of Banchory |date=1869 |publisher=Edmonston and Douglas |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1802]] &ndash; [[Karl Zittel]], German theologian (d. 1871)
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Karl Friedrich Curschmann]], German composer and singer (d. 1841)
*  1805   &ndash; [[Charles Thomas Jackson]], American physician and geologist (d. 1880)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Paweł Bryliński]], Polish sculptor (d. 1890)<ref>{{cite web |title=Brylinski Pawel |url=https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Brylinski,_Pawel |website=Astro-Databank |date=27 June 2016 |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>
*  1814   &ndash; [[Anton Nuhn]], German anatomist and academic (d. 1889)
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Jean Chacornac]], French astronomer (d. 1873)
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie]], Irish economist and jurist (d. 1882)
*  1825   &ndash; [[William Stubbs]], English bishop and historian (d. 1901)
*[[1828]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand André Fouqué]], French geologist and academic (d. 1904)
*  1828   &ndash; [[Nikolaus Nilles]], German Catholic writer and teacher (d. 1907)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Frans de Cort]], Flemish poet and author (d. 1878)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Luigi Tripepi]], Italian theologian (d. 1906)
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis]], Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1908)
*[[1845]] &ndash; [[Samuel Griffith]], Welsh-Australian politician, 9th [[Premier of Queensland]] (d. 1920)
*  1845   &ndash; [[Arthur Cowper Ranyard]], English astrophysicist and astronomer (d. 1894)
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Marion Adams-Acton]], Scottish-English author and playwright (d. 1928)
*  1846   &ndash; [[Enrico Coleman]], Italian painter (d. 1911)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/enrico-coleman_(Dizionario-Biografico)|title=COLEMAN, Enrico in "Dizionario Biografico"|website=www.treccani.it}}</ref>
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Daniel Carter Beard]], American author and illustrator, co-founded the [[Boy Scouts of America]] (d. 1941)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Charles Alderton]], American pharmacist, founded [[Dr. Pepper]]  (d. 1941)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7CaAAAAIAAJ&q=charles+courtice+alderton+parents|title=Entrepreneur magazine encyclopedia of entrepreneurs|first1=Anthony|last1=Hallett|first2=Diane|last2=Hallett|date=24 October 1997|publisher=Wiley |isbn=9780471175360|accessdate=24 May 2020}}</ref>
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe De Sanctis]], Italian painter (d. 1924)
*  1858   &ndash; [[Medardo Rosso]], Italian sculptor and educator (d. 1928)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Henry Ossawa Tanner]], American-French painter and illustrator (d. 1937)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[William Dobinson Halliburton]], British physiologist and biochemist (d. 1931)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Halliburton, William Dobinson {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/halliburton-william-dobinson |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Damrong Rajanubhab]], Thai historian and author (d. 1943)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Ludwig Lange (physicist)|Ludwig Lange]], German physicist (d. 1936)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Biographie |first=Deutsche |title=Lange, Ludwig - Deutsche Biographie |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd116703954.html#ndbcontent |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=www.deutsche-biographie.de |language=de}}</ref>
*  1863   &ndash; [[Max Wolf]], German astronomer and academic (d. 1932)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Wölfflin]], Swiss historian and critic (d. 1945)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Matt Kilroy]], American baseball player (d. 1940)<ref>{{cite web |title=Matt Kilroy |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/matt-kilroy-117059 |website=mlb.com |publisher=MLB |access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref>
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Oscar Florianus Bluemner]], German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1938)
*  1867   &ndash; [[William Brede Kristensen]], Norwegian historian of religion (d. 1953)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Edwin Stephen Goodrich]], English zoologist and anatomist (d. 1946)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Clara Immerwahr]], Jewish-German chemist and academic (d. 1915)
*  1870   &ndash; [[Anthony Michell]], English-Australian engineer (d. 1959)
*  1870   &ndash; [[Julio Ruelas]], Mexican painter (d. 1907)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://museoamparo.com/documentos/Ruelas.pdf |title=El sueño de Julio Ruelas en Montparnasse |author=Julieta Ortiz Gaitán |date=16 January 2009 |website=Museo Amparo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302125748/http://museoamparo.com/documentos/Ruelas.pdf |access-date=23 January 2021 |archive-date=2016-03-02}}</ref>
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Jacob Linzbach]], Estonian linguist (d. 1953)<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335058752|author=Sébastien Moret|title=Jakob Linzbach on his life and work|date=August 2019|journal=Sign Systems Studies|issue=47(1/2):305}}</ref>
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Willem Hendrik Keesom]], Dutch physicist and academic (d. 1956)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Arnold Gesell]], American psychologist and pediatrician (d. 1961)
*  1880   &ndash; [[Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp]], English economist and civil servant (d. 1941)
*[[1881]] &ndash; ([[Old Style|O.S.]]) [[Natalia Goncharova]], Russian painter, costume designer, and illustrator (d. 1962)<ref>{{cite book|title=Amazons of the avant-garde: Alexandra Exter, Natalia Goncharova, Liubov Popova, Olga Rozanova, Varvara Stepanova, and Nadezhda Udaltsova|date=2000|publisher=Guggenheim Museum|isbn=0-8109-6924-6|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/amazonsofavantga00exte/page/155 155]|chapter=Natalia Goncharova|author1=Sharp, Jane A.|editor1-last=Bowlt|editor1-first=John E.|editor2-last=Drutt|editor2-first=Matthew|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/amazonsofavantga00exte/page/155}}</ref>
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Ya'acov Ben-Dov]], Israeli photographer and cinematographer (d. 1968)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=C. I. E. |date=2023-06-21 |title=Filmmaker Ya'acov Ben-Dov Born |url=https://israeled.org/filmmaker-yaacov-ben-dov-born/ |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=CIE |language=en}}</ref>
*1882 &ndash; [[Lluís Companys]], Spanish lawyer and politician, 123rd [[President of Catalonia]] (d. 1940)
*  1882   &ndash; [[Adrianus de Jong]], Dutch fencer and soldier (d. 1966)
*  1882   &ndash; [[Rockwell Kent]], American painter and illustrator (d. 1971)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Feodor Gladkov]], Russian author and educator (d. 1958)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Claude Auchinleck]], English field marshal (d. 1981)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Norman L. Bowen]], Canadian geologist and petrologist (d. 1956)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Ralph Craig]], American sprinter and sailor (d. 1972)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Pier Luigi Nervi]], Italian architect and engineer, co-designed the [[Pirelli Tower]] and [[Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption (San Francisco, California)|Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption]] (d. 1979)
*  1891   &ndash; [[Hermann Scherchen]], German-Swiss viola player and conductor (d. 1966)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Reinhold Niebuhr]], American theologian and academic (d. 1971)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Alois Hába]], Czech composer and educator (d. 1973)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Milward Kennedy]], English journalist and civil servant (d. 1968)
*  1894   &ndash; [[Harry Schmidt (mathematician)|Harry Schmidt]], German mathematician and physicist (d. 1951)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://disk.mathematik.uni-halle.de/history/schmidt/index.html|title=Harry Schmidt (1894-1951)|website=University of Halle|access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Charles Momsen]], American admiral, invented the [[Momsen lung]] (d. 1967)<ref>{{cite book|title=IEEE Transactions on Military Electronics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qWpKAQAAIAAJ|year=1957|publisher=IEEE|page=52}}</ref>
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Pavel Haas]], Czech composer (d. 1944)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Georges-Henri Bousquet]], French economist and Islamologist (d. 1978)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/bousquet-georges-henri|title=BOUSQUET, Georges-Henri - TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi|website=TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Hermann Engelhard]], German runner and coach (d. 1984)
*  1903   &ndash; [[Al Hirschfeld]], American caricaturist, painter and illustrator (d. 2003)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Jacques Goddet]], French journalist (d. 2000)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Jean-Paul Sartre]], French philosopher and author (d. 1980)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Grete Sultan]], German-American pianist (d. 2005)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Object Metadata @ LexM |url=https://www.lexm.uni-hamburg.de/object/lexm_lexmperson_00001399 |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=www.lexm.uni-hamburg.de}}</ref>
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[William Frankena]], American philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Aleksandr Tvardovsky]], Russian poet and author (d. 1971)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Irving Fein]], American producer and manager (d. 2012)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Kazimierz Leski]], Polish pilot and engineer (d. 2000)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Mary McCarthy (author)|Mary McCarthy]], American novelist and critic (d. 1989)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Vishnu Prabhakar]], Indian author and playwright (d. 2009)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Madihe Pannaseeha Thero]], Sri Lankan monk and scholar (d. 2003)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Luis Taruc]], Filipino political activist (d. 2005)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[William Vickrey]], Canadian-American economist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1996)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Gliese]], German soldier and astronomer (d. 1993)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Joseph Cyril Bamford]], English businessman, founded [[J. C. Bamford]]  (d. 2001)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Tchan Fou-li]], Chinese photographer (d. 2018)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Herbert Friedman]], American physicist and astronomer (d. 2000)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Buddy O'Connor]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1977)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Robert A. Boyd]], Canadian engineer (d. 2006)
*  1918   &ndash; [[James Joll]], English historian, author, and academic (d. 1994)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Eddie Lopat]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1992)
*  1918   &ndash; [[J. Clyde Mitchell]], British sociologist and anthropologist (d. 1995)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Susan J. |title=J. CLYDE MITCHELL |url=https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/954/Memoirs_18-06-Mitchell.pdf}}</ref>
*  1918   &ndash; [[Dee Molenaar]], American mountaineer (d. 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Connelly|first=Joel|date=2020-01-21|title='The Brotherhood of the Rope': Dee Molenaar dies at 101|url=https://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/Dee-Molenaar-RIP-at-101-and-The-Brotherhood-of-14993166.php |access-date=2021-05-02|website=Seattle Pi|language=en-US}}</ref>
*  1918   &ndash; [[Robert Roosa|Robert V. Roosa]], American economist and banker (d. 1993)<ref>{{Cite journal |jstor = 987305|title = Robert V. Roosa (21 June 1918-23 December 1993)|last1 = MacLaury|first1 = Bruce K.|journal = Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society|year = 1997|volume = 141|issue = 2|pages = 227–229}}</ref>
*  1918   &ndash; [[Tibor Szele]], Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1955)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Josephine Webb]], American engineer (d. 2017)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Antonia Mesina]], Italian martyr and saint (d. 1935)
*  1919   &ndash; [[Gérard Pelletier]], Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1997)
*  1919   &ndash; [[Vladimir Simagin]], Russian chess player and coach (d. 1968)
*  1919   &ndash; [[Paolo Soleri]], Italian-American architect, designed the [[Cosanti]] (d. 2013)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Hans Gerschwiler]], Swiss figure skater (d. 2017)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Judy Holliday]], American actress and singer (d. 1965)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Jane Russell]], American actress and singer (d. 2011)
*  1921   &ndash; [[William Edwin Self]], American actor, producer, and production manager (d. 2010)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Joseph Ki-Zerbo]], Burkinabé historian, politician and writer (d. 2006)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Jacques Hébert (Canadian politician)|Jacques Hébert]], Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2007)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Pontus Hultén]], Swedish art collector and historian (d. 2006)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Ezzatolah Entezami]], Iranian actor (d. 2018)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Wally Fawkes]], British-Canadian jazz clarinetist and satirical cartoonist (d. 2023)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Jean Laplanche]], French psychoanalyst and academic (d. 2012)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Larisa Avdeyeva]], Russian mezzo-soprano (d. 2013)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Stanley Moss]], American poet, publisher, and art dealer (d. 2024)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Giovanni Spadolini]], Italian journalist and politician, 45th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (d. 1994)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Maureen Stapleton]], American actress (d. 2006)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Fred Cone (American football)|Fred Cone]], American football player (d. 2021)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Conrad Hall]], French-American cinematographer (d. 2003)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Carl Stokes]], American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to Seychelles]] (d. 1996)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Wolfgang Haken]], German-American mathematician and academic (d. 2022)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Fiorella Mari]], Brazilian-Italian actress (d. 1983)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Margit Bara]], Hungarian actress (d. 2016)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Gerald Kaufman]], English journalist and politician, [[Shadow Foreign Secretary]] (d. 2017)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Mike McCormack (American football)|Mike McCormack]], American football player and coach (d. 2013)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Zlatko Grgić]], Croatian-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter (d. 1988)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Margaret Heckler]], American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 15th [[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services]] (d. 2018)
*  1931   &ndash; [[David Kushnir]], Israeli Olympic long-jumper (d. 2020)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Bernard Ingham]], English journalist and civil servant (d. 2023)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Lalo Schifrin]], Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor
*  1932   &ndash; [[O.C. Smith]], American R&B/jazz singer (d. 2001)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Bernie Kopell]], American actor and comedian
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Françoise Sagan]], French author and playwright (d. 2004)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[John Edrich]], English cricketer and coach (d. 2020)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Don Black (lyricist)|Don Black]], English songwriter
*  1938   &ndash; [[John W. Dower]], American historian and author
*  1938   &ndash; [[Michael M. Richter]], German mathematician and computer scientist (d. 2020)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Mariette Hartley]], American actress and television personality
*  1940   &ndash; [[Michael Ruse]], Canadian philosopher and academic
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Aloysius Paul D'Souza]], Indian Catholic bishop
*  1941   &ndash; [[Joe Flaherty]], American-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite news |title='SCTV' star, comedian Joe Flaherty dies following illness, daughter says |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/04/02/sctv-star-comedian-joe-flaherty-dies-following-illness-daughter-says/ |access-date=April 2, 2024 |work=CityNews Toronto |agency=Canadian Press |date=April 2, 2024}}</ref>
*  1941   &ndash; [[Lyman Ward (actor)|Lyman Ward]], Canadian actor
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Clive Brooke, Baron Brooke of Alverthorpe]], English businessman and politician
*  1942   &ndash; [[Norbert Brunner (bishop)|Norbert Brunner]], Swiss Catholic bishop<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bishop Norbert Brunner [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbrunner.html |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref>
*  1942   &ndash; [[Marjorie Margolies]], American journalist and politician
*  1942   &ndash; [[Henry S. Taylor]], American author and poet
*  1942   &ndash; [[Flaviano Vicentini]], Italian cyclist (d. 2002)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=Cycling |title=Flaviano Vicentini |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=8084 |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=www.cyclingarchives.com |language=en}}</ref>
*  1942   &ndash; [[Togo D. West Jr.]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 3rd [[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs]] (d. 2018)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Eumir Deodato]], Brazilian pianist, composer, and producer{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}
*  1943   &ndash; [[Diane Marleau]], Canadian accountant and politician, [[Minister of Health (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Health]] (d. 2013)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Brian Sternberg]], American pole vaulter (d. 2013)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Ray Davies]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1944   &ndash; [[Jon Hiseman]], English drummer (d. 2018)<ref>{{cite book |last=Lentz III |first=Harris M. |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2018 |date=30 May 2019 |publisher=McFarland |page=171 |isbn=9781476636559 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CfWaDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT185}}</ref>
*  1944   &ndash; [[Tony Scott]], English-American director and producer (d. 2012)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Robert Dewar]], English-American computer scientist and academic (d. 2015)
*  1945   &ndash; [[Adam Zagajewski]], Polish author and poet (d. 2021)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Per Eklund]], Swedish race car driver
*  1946   &ndash; [[Kate Hoey]], Northern Irish-British academic and politician, [[Minister for Sport and the Olympics]]
*  1946   &ndash; [[Brenda Holloway]], American singer-songwriter
*  1946   &ndash; [[Trond Kirkvaag]], Norwegian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Malcolm Rifkind]], Scottish lawyer and politician, [[Secretary of State for Scotland]]
*  1946   &ndash; [[Maurice Saatchi, Baron Saatchi]], Iraqi-British businessman, founded [[M&C Saatchi]] and [[Saatchi & Saatchi]]
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Meredith Baxter]], American actress 
*  1947   &ndash; [[Shirin Ebadi]], Iranian lawyer, judge, and activist, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate<ref>{{cite web |title=Shirin Ebadi |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/shirin-ebadi |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en |date=26 February 2019}}</ref>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Michael Gross (actor)|Michael Gross]], American actor
*  1947   &ndash; [[Joey Molland]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1947   &ndash; [[Wade Phillips]], American football coach
*  1947   &ndash; [[Fernando Savater]], Spanish philosopher and author
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Jovan Aćimović]], Serbian footballer and manager
*  1948   &ndash; [[Ian McEwan]], British novelist and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lpppub.com/miscellany/happy-birthday-to-ian-mcewan/|title=HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO IAN MCEWAN|access-date=28 September 2018}}</ref>
*  1948   &ndash; [[Andrzej Sapkowski]], Polish author and translator
*  1948   &ndash; [[Philippe Sarde]], French composer and conductor
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[John Agard]], Guyanese-English author, poet, and playwright
*  1949   &ndash; [[Derek Emslie, Lord Kingarth]], Scottish lawyer and judge
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Anne Carson]], Canadian poet and academic
*  1950   &ndash; [[Joey Kramer]], American rock drummer and songwriter
*  1950   &ndash; [[Enn Reitel]], Scottish actor and screenwriter
*  1950   &ndash; [[Trygve Thue]], Norwegian guitarist and record producer (d. 2022)
*  1950   &ndash; [[John Paul Young]], Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Jim Douglas]], American academic and politician, 80th [[Governor of Vermont]]
*  1951   &ndash; [[Terence Etherton]], English lawyer and judge
*  1951   &ndash; [[Alan Hudson]], English footballer
*  1951   &ndash; [[Nils Lofgren]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1951   &ndash; [[Lenore Manderson]], Australian anthropologist and academic
*  1951   &ndash; [[Mona-Lisa Pursiainen]], Finnish sprinter (d. 2000)
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Judith Bingham]], English singer-songwriter
*  1952   &ndash; [[Jeremy Coney]], New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
*  1952   &ndash; [[Patrick Dunleavy]], English political scientist and academic
*  1952   &ndash; [[Kōichi Mashimo]], Japanese director and screenwriter
*  1952   &ndash; [[Ginny Ruffner]], American artist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ruffner, Ginny (b. 1952) |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/11143 |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=www.historylink.org}}</ref>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Benazir Bhutto]], Pakistani politician, [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite web |title=Benazir Bhutto |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/benazir-bhutto |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en |date=15 February 2019}}</ref>
*  1953   &ndash; [[Augustus Pablo]], Jamaican producer and musician (d. 1999)<ref>Thompson, Dave (2002) ''Reggae & Caribbean Music'', Backbeat Books, {{ISBN|0-87930-655-6}}, p. 200-202</ref>
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Már Guðmundsson]], Icelandic economist, former Governor of [[Central Bank of Iceland]]
*  1954   &ndash; [[Mark Kimmitt]], American general and politician, 16th Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
*  1954   &ndash; [[Robert Menasse]], Austrian author and academic
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Tim Bray]], Canadian software developer and businessman
*  1955   &ndash; [[Michel Platini]], French footballer and manager
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Rick Sutcliffe]], American baseball player and broadcaster<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sutclri01.shtml|title=Rick Sutcliffe Stats|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Berkeley Breathed]], American author and illustrator
*  1957   &ndash; [[Luis Antonio Tagle]], Filipino cardinal
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Víctor Montoya]], Bolivian journalist and author
*  1958   &ndash; [[Gennady Padalka]], Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[John Baron (politician)|John Baron]], English captain and politician
*  1959   &ndash; [[Tom Chambers (basketball)|Tom Chambers]], American basketball player and sportscaster
*  1959   &ndash; [[Marcella Detroit]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1959   &ndash; [[Kathy Mattea]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Kate Brown]], American politician, 38th [[Governor of Oregon]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chron.com/life/article/Birthdays-June-21-13007666.php |title=Birthdays: June 21|access-date=November 2, 2018|date=June 20, 2018|newspaper=[[The Houston Chronicle]]}}</ref>
*  1960   &ndash; [[Karl Erjavec]], Slovenian politician
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Manu Chao]], French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 
*  1961   &ndash; [[Sascha Konietzko]], German keyboard player and producer 
*  1961   &ndash; [[Joko Widodo]], Indonesian businessman and politician, 7th [[President of Indonesia]]
*  1961   &ndash; [[Kip Winger]], American rock singer-songwriter and musician 
*  1961   &ndash; [[Iztok Mlakar]], Slovenian actor and singer-songwriter 
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Shōhei Takada]], Japanese [[shogi]] player and theoretician <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://shogihub.com/players/90|title=ShogiHub / Takada, Shohei (高田尚平)|website=shogihub.com}}</ref> 
*  1962   &ndash; [[Viktor Tsoi]], Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist  (d. 1990)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Dario Marianelli]], Italian pianist and composer
*  1963   &ndash; [[Mike Sherrard]], American football player
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[David Morrissey]], English actor and director
*  1964   &ndash; [[Valeriy Neverov]], Ukrainian chess player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=37995|title=The chess games of Valeriy Neverov|website=www.chessgames.com}}</ref>
*  1964   &ndash; [[Dimitris Papaioannou]], Greek director and choreographer
*  1964   &ndash; [[Dean Saunders]], Welsh footballer and manager
*  1964   &ndash; [[Doug Savant]], American actor
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[David Beerling]], English biologist and academic
*  1965   &ndash; [[Yang Liwei]], Chinese general, pilot, and astronaut
*  1965   &ndash; [[Ewen McKenzie]], Australian rugby player and coach
*  1965   &ndash; [[Lana Wachowski]], American director, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Gretchen Carlson]], American model and TV journalist, [[Miss America|Miss America 1989]]
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Jim Breuer]], American comedian, actor, and producer
*  1967   &ndash; [[Derrick Coleman]], American basketball player and sportscaster
*  1967   &ndash; [[Pierre Omidyar]], French-American businessman, founded [[eBay]]
*  1967   &ndash; [[Carrie Preston]], American actress, director, and producer
*  1967   &ndash; [[Yingluck Shinawatra]], Thai businesswoman and politician, 28th [[Prime Minister of Thailand]]
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Sonique (musician)|Sonique]], English singer-songwriter and DJ
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Eric Reed (musician)|Eric Reed]], American pianist and composer 
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Tyronne Drakeford]], American football player
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Nobuharu Asahara]], Japanese sprinter and long jumper
*  1972   &ndash; [[Neil Doak]], Northern Irish cricketer and rugby player
*  1972   &ndash; [[Irene van Dyk]], South African-New Zealand netball player
*  1972   &ndash; [[Tomáš Valášek]], Slovak diplomat and politician<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=M. A. Tomáš Valášek |url=https://www.nrsr.sk/web/Default.aspx?sid=poslanci/poslanec&PoslanecID=1075&CisObdobia= |publisher=Národná rada SR |language=}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Juliette Lewis]], American actress and singer-songwriter 
*  1973   &ndash; [[John Mitchell (musician)|John Mitchell]], English guitarist, vocalist and songwriter
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Rob Kelly (American football)|Rob Kelly]], American football player
*  1974   &ndash; [[Craig Lowndes]], Australian race car driver
*  1974   &ndash; [[Flavio Roma]], Italian footballer
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Brian Simmons]], American football player
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Shelley Craft]], Australian television host
*  1976   &ndash; [[Mike Einziger]], American guitarist and songwriter 
*  1976   &ndash; [[Nigel Lappin]], Australian footballer and coach
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Michael Gomez]], Irish boxer
*  1977   &ndash; [[Al Wilson]], American football player
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Thomas Blondeau]], Flemish writer (d. 2013)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=blon011|title=Thomas Blondeau · dbnl|website=DBNL}}</ref>
*  1978   &ndash; [[Matt Kuchar]], American golfer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Cristiano Lupatelli]], Italian footballer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Dejan Ognjanović]], Montenegrin footballer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Rim'K]], French rapper<ref>{{cite web |url=https://next.liberation.fr/musique/2017/05/21/rim-k-tonton-du-game_1571153 |title=Bio |last= |first= |date= |website= next.liberation.fr|access-date=2021-05-02}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Kostas Katsouranis]], Greek footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Chris Pratt]], American actor
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Michael Crocker]], Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
*  1980   &ndash; [[Łukasz Cyborowski]], Polish chess player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Richard Jefferson]], American basketball player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Sendy Rleal]], Dominican baseball player
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Yann Danis]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1981   &ndash; [[Garrett Jones]], American baseball player
*  1981   &ndash; [[Brandon Flowers]], American singer-songwriter
*  1981   &ndash; [[Brad Walker (athlete)|Brad Walker]], American pole vaulter
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Lee Dae-ho]], South Korean baseball player
*  1982   &ndash; [[William, Prince of Wales]], [[heir apparent]] to the British throne <ref>{{cite web |title=Prince William of Wales & Catherine |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/prince-william-of-wales-catherine |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=8 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Jussie Smollett]], American actor and singer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jdnews.com/news/20180621/history-june-21-reagan-shooter-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity|title=HISTORY, June 21: Reagan shooter not guilty by reason of insanity|agency=Associated Press|website=The Daily News}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Edward Snowden]], American activist and academic
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Kris Allen]], American musician, singer and songwriter<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kris-allen-crowned-american-idol-in-surprise-victory-268576/|title=Kris Allen Crowned 'American Idol' In Surprise Victory|website=www.billboard.com}}</ref>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Lana Del Rey]], American singer-songwriter
*  1985   &ndash; [[Sentayehu Ejigu]], Ethiopian runner
*  1985   &ndash; [[Byron Schammer]], Australian footballer
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy]], Australian [[wheelchair basketball]] player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Hideaki Wakui]], Japanese baseball player
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Pablo Barrera]], Mexican footballer 
*  1987   &ndash; [[Sebastian Prödl]], Austrian footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Dale Thomas (footballer)|Dale Thomas]], Australian footballer
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Allyssa DeHaan]], American basketball and volleyball player
*  1988   &ndash; [[Alejandro Ramírez (chess player)|Alejandro Ramírez]], American chess player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=49584|title=The chess games of Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez|website=www.chessgames.com}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Paolo Tornaghi]], Italian footballer
*  1988   &ndash; [[Thaddeus Young]], American basketball player
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Abubaker Kaki]], Sudanese runner
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Ričardas Berankis]], Lithuanian tennis player
*  1990   &ndash; [[Sergei Matsenko]], Russian chess player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=118229|title=The chess games of Sergei Matsenko|website=www.chessgames.com}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[François Moubandje]], Swiss footballer<ref>{{cite news|title=F. Moubandje|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/jacques-francois-moubandje/120936/|access-date=1 June 2017|website=Soccerway}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Håvard Nordtveit]], Norwegian footballer
*  1990   &ndash; [[Isabel Pires]], Portuguese politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Deputados: Biografia - Isabel Pires |url=https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=5854 |access-date=30 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102151409/https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=5854 |archive-date=2 January 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Gaël Kakuta]], French footballer
*  1991   &ndash; [[Min (South Korean singer)|Lee Min-young]], South Korean singer-songwriter, actress, and entertainer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Min Artist Profile |url=http://100.daum.net/encyclopedia/view/33XXXX541666 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190225074626/http://100.daum.net/encyclopedia/view/33XXXX541666 |archive-date=February 25, 2019 |access-date=February 25, 2019 |website=[[Daum (web portal)|Daum]]}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Max Schneider|MAX]], American singer, songwriter, actor, dancer and model
*  1992   &ndash; [[Hussein El Shahat]], Egyptian professional footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018: List of Players: Al Ain FC |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FCWC/2018/pdf/FCWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |publisher=FIFA |page=1 |date=6 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206234932/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FCWC/2018/pdf/FCWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=6 December 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Hungrybox]], Argentine-American [[esports]] player<ref>{{cite tweet|author=hungrybox|title=Right on my 30th birthday... Def doing a watch party in the morning for this. WHAT WILL THE BIG SURPRISE BE? 🤔 Kirby? F-Zero? Mario? ...the unthinkable?|number=1671159271936106498|user=LiquidHbox|date=June 20, 2023|access-date=June 20, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Başak Eraydın]], Turkish tennis player
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Tyrone May]], Australian rugby league player
*  1996   &ndash; [[Scottie Scheffler]], American golfer<ref>{{cite web |title=Scottie Scheffler Height, Weight, Age, Position, Bio - Golf |url=https://www.foxsports.com/golf/scottie-scheffler-player-bio |website=Fox Sports |access-date=June 19, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Rebecca Black]], American singer-songwriter
*  1997   &ndash; [[Derrius Guice]], American football player
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Isabel Atkin]], British-American freestyle skier<ref>{{Cite web |title=Izzy Atkin |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/137217 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=27 March 2024 }}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Ky Rodwell]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nswrl.com.au/players/nsw-cup/parramatta-eels-nsw-cup/ky-rodwell/|title = Official Knock on Effect NSW Cup profile of Ky Rodwell for Parramatta Eels NSW Cup - NSWRL| date=March 2022 }}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Dylan Brown]], New Zealand rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parraeels.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/parramatta-eels/dylan-brown/|title=Dylan Brown|access-date=2021-09-29|archive-date=2021-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929084437/https://www.parraeels.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/parramatta-eels/dylan-brown/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Alexandra Obolentseva]], Russian chess player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=158752|title=The chess games of Alexandra Obolentseva|website=www.chessgames.com}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Lil Bub]], American celebrity cat (d. 2019)<ref name="LilBub">{{cite news |last=Silverman |first=Ellie |date=2 December 2019 |title=Lil BUB, the internet celebrity cat with an always-hanging tongue, has died |url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/lil-bub-dead-cat-20191202.html |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |location=[[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania|PA]] |access-date=24 June 2020 }}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[532]] &ndash; [[Emperor Jiemin of Northern Wei]], former [[Northern Wei]] emperor
* [[866]] &ndash; [[Rodulf (archbishop of Bourges)|Rodulf]], Frankish [[archbishop]]
* [[868]] &ndash; [[Ali al-Hadi]], the tenth Imam of Shia Islam (b. 829)<ref name="Tabari34">{{cite book |last1=Muhammad ibn Yarir al- Tabari |title=The History of al-Tabari Vol. 34 |date=January 1989 |publisher=SUNY Press |isbn=9780887068744 |page=76 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nxyl-gp36y8C&q=Ali+al-Hadi+1+July+868&pg=PA76}}</ref>
* [[870]] &ndash; [[Al-Muhtadi]], Muslim [[caliph]]
* [[947]] &ndash; [[Zhang Li (Liao dynasty)|Zhang Li]], official of the Liao Dynasty
*[[1040]] &ndash; [[Fulk III, Count of Anjou]] (b. 972)
*[[1171]] &ndash; [[Walter de Luci]], French-English monk (b. 1103)
*[[1208]] &ndash; [[Philip of Swabia]] (b. 1177)
*[[1305]] &ndash; [[Wenceslaus II of Bohemia]] (b. 1271)
*[[1359]] &ndash; [[Eric XII of Sweden|Erik Magnusson]], king of Sweden (b. 1339)
*[[1377]] &ndash; [[Edward III of England]] (b. 1312)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - Edward III |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/edward_iii_king.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=19 July 2020}}</ref>
*[[1421]] &ndash; [[Jean Le Maingre]], French general (b. 1366)
*[[1527]] &ndash; [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], Italian historian and author (b. 1469)<ref>{{cite web |title=Niccolo Machiavelli {{!}} Biography, Books, Philosophy, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Niccolo-Machiavelli |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=3 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1529]] &ndash; [[John Skelton (poet)|John Skelton]], English poet and educator (b. 1460)
*[[1547]] &ndash; [[Sebastiano del Piombo]], Italian painter and educator (b. 1485)
*[[1558]] &ndash; [[Piero Strozzi]], Italian general (b. 1510)
*[[1582]] &ndash; [[Oda Nobunaga]], Japanese warlord (b. 1534)
*[[1585]] &ndash; [[Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland]] (b. 1532)
*[[1591]] &ndash; [[Aloysius Gonzaga]], Italian saint (b. 1568)<ref name=Aloysius>{{cite web |title=Saint Aloysius Gonzaga {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Aloysius-Gonzaga |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=23 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1596]] &ndash; [[Jean Liebault]], French agronomist and physician (b. 1535)

===1601–1900===
*[[1621]] &ndash; [[Louis III, Cardinal of Guise]] (b. 1575)
*  1621   &ndash; [[Kryštof Harant]], Czech soldier and composer (b. 1564)
*[[1622]] &ndash; [[Salomon Schweigger]], German theologian (b. 1551)
*[[1631]] &ndash; [[John Smith (explorer)|John Smith]], English admiral and explorer (b. 1580)
*[[1652]] &ndash; [[Inigo Jones]], English architect, designed the [[Queen's House]] and [[Wilton House]] (b. 1573)
*[[1661]] &ndash; [[Andrea Sacchi]], Italian painter (b. 1599)
*[[1737]] &ndash; [[Matthieu Marais]], French author, critic, and jurist (b. 1664)
*[[1738]] &ndash; [[Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (b. 1674)
*[[1765]] &ndash; [[Nachman of Horodenka]], Hasidic rabbi<ref>{{cite web|url=https://toldot.com/history/nahmanIzGrodenki.html|website=toldot.com|date=2 July 2018 |language=ru|script-title=ru:Раби Нахман ИЗ ГОРОДЕНКИ|trans-title=Rabbi Nachman from Horodenka|access-date=28 April 2023}}</ref>
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[Richard Gridley]], American soldier and engineer (b. 1710)
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Étienne Aignan]], French playwright and translator (b. 1773)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Frances Adeline Seward]], American wife of [[William H. Seward]] (b. 1824)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Anders Jonas Ångström]], Swedish physicist and astronomer (b. 1814)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]], Mexican general and politician 8th [[President of Mexico]] (b. 1794)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Theophilus H. Holmes]], American general (b. 1804)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Leland Stanford]], American businessman and politician, 8th [[Governor of California]] (b. 1824)<ref>{{cite web |title=Leland Stanford {{!}} Biography, Robber Baron, & Stanford University |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leland-Stanford |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=24 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]], Russian composer and educator (b. 1844)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Bertha von Suttner]], Austrian journalist and author, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1843)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse]], English sociologist, journalist, and academic (b. 1864)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Thorne Smith]], American author (b. 1892)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Smedley Butler]], American general, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1881)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Édouard Vuillard]], French painter (b. 1868)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Charles Dillon Perrine]], American astronomer (b. 1867)
*  1951   &ndash; [[Gustave Sandras]], French gymnast (b. 1872)
*  1951   &ndash; [[Ville Kiviniemi]], Finnish politician (b. 1877)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Ville Kiviniemi |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/910748.aspx |publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date=13 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315165100/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/910748.aspx |archive-date=15 March 2019 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Wop May]], Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1896)
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Gideon Sundback]], Swedish-American engineer, developed the [[zipper]] (b. 1880)
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Claude Farrère]], French captain and author (b. 1876)
*  1957   &ndash; [[Johannes Stark]], German physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1874)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[James Chaney]], American civil rights activist (b. 1943)
*  1964   &ndash; [[Andrew Goodman (activist)|Andrew Goodman]], American civil rights activist (b. 1943)
*  1964   &ndash; [[Michael Schwerner]], American civil rights activist (b. 1939)
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Theodore Sizer (art historian)|Theodore Sizer]], American professor of the history of art (b. 1892)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Constance Georgina Adams|Constance Georgina Tardrew]], South African botanist (b. 1883)<ref>{{cite book |last=Rall |first=Maureen |title=Petticoat Pioneers: The History of the Pioneer Women who Lived on the Diamond Fields in the Early Years| location=Kimberley, South Africa |publisher=Kimberley Africana Library |year=2002 |page=117 |isbn=978-0-62027-613-9}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Maureen Connolly]], American tennis player (b. 1934)
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Sukarno]], Indonesian engineer and politician, 1st [[President of Indonesia]] (b. 1901)
*  1970   &ndash; [[Piers Courage]], English race car driver (b. 1942)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Margaret Herrick]], American librarian (b. 1902)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Bert Kaempfert]], German conductor and composer (b. 1923)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Don Figlozzi]], American illustrator and animator (b. 1909)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Hector Boyardee]], Italian-American chef and businessman, founded [[Chef Boyardee]] (b. 1897)
*  1985   &ndash; [[Tage Erlander]], Swedish lieutenant and politician, 25th [[Prime Minister of Sweden]] (b. 1901)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Assi Rahbani]], Lebanese singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1923)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Madman Muntz]], American engineer and businessman, founded the [[Muntz Car Company]] (b. 1914)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Bobby Dodd]], American football coach (b. 1908)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Cedric Belfrage]], English journalist and author, co-founded the ''[[National Guardian]]'' (b. 1904)
*  1990   &ndash; [[June Christy]], American singer (b. 1925)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Ben Alexander (rugby league)|Ben Alexander]], Australian rugby league player (b. 1971)
*  1992   &ndash; [[Arthur Gorrie]], Australian hobby shop proprietor (b. 1922)
*  1992   &ndash; [[Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah]], Bangladeshi poet, author, and playwright (b. 1956)
*  1992   &ndash; [[Li Xiannian]], Chinese captain and politician, 3rd [[President of the People's Republic of China]] (b. 1909)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[William Wilson Morgan]], American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1906)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Shintaro Katsu]], Japanese actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1931)
*  1997   &ndash; [[Fidel Velázquez Sánchez]], Mexican trade union leader (b. 1900)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Harry Cranbrook Allen]], English historian (b. 1917)
*  1998   &ndash; [[Anastasio Ballestrero]], Italian cardinal (b. 1913)
*  1998   &ndash; [[Al Campanis]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1916)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Kami (musician)|Kami]], Japanese drummer (b. 1973)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Alan Hovhaness]], Armenian-American pianist and composer (b. 1911)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[John Lee Hooker]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1917)
*  2001   &ndash; [[Soad Hosny]], Egyptian actress and singer (b. 1942)
*  2001   &ndash; [[Carroll O'Connor]], American actor and producer (b. 1924)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Timothy Findley]], Canadian author and playwright (b. 1930)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Roger Neilson]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1934)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Leon Uris]], American soldier and author (b. 1924)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Leonel Brizola]], Brazilian engineer and politician, [[Governor of Rio de Janeiro]] (b. 1922)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Ruth Leach Amonette]], American businesswoman (b. 1916)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Jaime Sin]], Filipino cardinal (b. 1928)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Jared C. Monti]], American sergeant, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1975)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Bob Evans (restaurateur)|Bob Evans]], American businessman, founded [[Bob Evans Restaurants]] (b. 1918)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Scott Kalitta]], American race car driver (b. 1962)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Russell Ash]], English author (b. 1946)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Russell Ash |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-russell-ash-2442284 |website=www.scotsman.com |date=9 July 2010 |access-date=3 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  2010   &ndash; [[Irwin Barker]], Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1956)
*  2010   &ndash; [[İlhan Selçuk]], Turkish lawyer, journalist, and author (b. 1925)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Robert Kroetsch]], Canadian author and poet (b. 1927)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Richard Adler]], American composer and producer (b. 1921)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Abid Hussain]], Indian economist and diplomat, [[Indian Ambassador to the United States]] (b. 1926)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Sunil Janah]], Indian photographer and journalist (b. 1918)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Anna Schwartz]], American economist and author (b. 1915)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[James P. Gordon]], American physicist and academic (b. 1928)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Elliott Reid]], American actor and screenwriter (b. 1920)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Yozo Ishikawa]], Japanese politician, [[Minister of Defense (Japan)|Japanese Minister of Defense]] (b. 1925)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Walter Kieber]], Austrian-Liechtenstein politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of Liechtenstein]] (b. 1931)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Wong Ho Leng]], Malaysian lawyer and politician (b. 1959)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Darryl Hamilton]], American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1964)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Veijo Meri]], Finnish author and poet (b. 1928)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Remo Remotti]], Italian actor, playwright, and poet (b. 1924)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski]], German soldier and politician (b. 1932)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Gunther Schuller]], American horn player, composer, and conductor (b. 1925)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Pierre Lalonde]], Canadian television host and singer (b. 1941)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Charles Krauthammer]], American columnist and conservative political commentator (b. 1950)
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Winnie Ewing]], Scottish politician (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Brian |title=Winifred Ewing obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/22/winifred-ewing-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=22 June 2023 |date=22 June 2023 |archive-date=22 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622215659/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/22/winifred-ewing-obituary |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Frederick Crews]], American essayist and literary critic (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Veale |first=Scott |date=2024-06-24 |title=Frederick Crews, Withering Critic of Freud's Legacy, Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/24/books/frederick-crews-dead.html |access-date=2024-06-26 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Alban of Mainz]]
**[[Aloysius Gonzaga]]<ref name=Aloysius />
**[[Engelmund of Velsen]]
**[[Martin of Tongres]]
**[[Onesimos Nesib]] ([[Lutheran]])
**[[June 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Day of the Martyrs (Togo)]]
*[[Father's Day]] ([[Egypt]], [[Lebanon]], [[Jordan]], [[Syria]], [[Uganda]], [[Pakistan]], [[United Arab Emirates]])
*[[Go Skateboarding Day]]
*[[International Yoga Day]] ([[international observances|international]])<ref>{{cite news |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |newspaper=United Nations |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015|last1=Nations |first1=United }}</ref>
*[[National Aboriginal Day]] (Canada)
*[[Solstice]]-related observances (''see also [[June 20]]''):
**[[Day of Private Reflection]] ([[Northern Ireland]])
**[[International Surfing Day]]
**[[National Day (Greenland)]]
**[[We Tripantu]], a winter solstice festival in the southern hemisphere. ([[Mapuche]], southern [[Chile]])
**[[Willkakuti]], an Andean-Amazonic New Year ([[Aymara people|Aymara]])
**[[Fête de la Musique]]
*[[World Humanist Day]] ([[Humanism]])
*[[World Hydrography Day]] (international)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/21 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=06|day=21}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/june/21 |title=Historical Events on June 21 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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