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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[218]] &ndash; [[Battle of Antioch (218)|Battle of Antioch]]: With the support of the Syrian [[Roman legion|legions]], [[Elagabalus]] defeats the forces of emperor [[Macrinus]].<ref>{{cite book|author=David Braund|title=The Roman Army in the East|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GWJoAAAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Journal of Roman Archaeology|isbn=978-1-887829-18-2|pages=140–141}}</ref>
* [[452]] &ndash; [[Attila]] leads a [[Huns|Hun]] army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces as he heads for Rome.<ref>{{cite book|first=Edwarde Arthur|last=Thompson|title=The Huns. People of Europe Series|date=4 May 1999 |publisher=Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell|isbn=978-0-631-21443-4}}</ref>
* [[793]] &ndash; Vikings raid the abbey at [[Lindisfarne]] in [[Northumbria]], commonly accepted as the beginning of [[Norse activity in the British Isles]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Deirdre O'Sullivan|author2=Robert Young|title=Book of Lindisfarne: Holy Island|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ONMWAQAAIAAJ|year=1995|publisher=B.T. Batsford|isbn=978-0-7134-7307-0|page=38}}</ref>
*[[1042]] &ndash; [[Edward the Confessor]] becomes [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|King of England]] &ndash; the country's penultimate Anglo-Saxon king.<ref name="Cheney1945">{{cite book|author=Christopher Robert Cheney|title=Handbook of Dates for Students of English History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MCRnAAAAMAAJ|year=1945|publisher=Offices of the Royal Historical Society|page=18}}</ref>
*[[1191]] &ndash; King [[Richard I]] of England arrives in [[Acre, Israel|Acre]], beginning the [[Third Crusade]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=McLynn |first=Frank |author-link=Frank McLynn |title=Richard and John: Kings at War |publisher=[[Da Capo Press]] |year=2007 |isbn=9780306815799 |edition=1st Da Capo Press |location=Cambridge |pages=182}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1663]] &ndash; [[Portuguese Restoration War]]: Portuguese victory at the [[Battle of Ameixial]] ensures Portugal's independence from Spain.<ref>Rui Natário, As Grandes Batalhas da História de Portugal, Marcador Editora, Barcarena, 2013 (in Portuguese)</ref>
*[[1772]] &ndash; [[Alexander Fordyce]] flees to [[Kingdom of France|France]] to avoid debt repayment, triggering the [[British credit crisis of 1772–1773|credit crisis of 1772]] in the [[British Empire]] and the [[Dutch Republic]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=5 of the World's Most Devastating Financial Crises {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/list/5-of-the-worlds-most-devastating-financial-crises|access-date=2022-01-13|website=www.britannica.com|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Continental Army]] attackers are driven back at the [[Battle of Trois-Rivières]].
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[Laki]], a [[volcano]] in [[Iceland]], begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year [[famine]].
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[James Madison]] introduces [[United States Bill of Rights|twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution]] in Congress.
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[Maximilien Robespierre]] inaugurates the [[French Revolution]]'s new state religion, the [[Cult of the Supreme Being]], with large organized festivals all across France.
*[[1856]] &ndash; A group of 194 [[Pitcairn Islands|Pitcairn Islanders]], descendants of the mutineers of {{HMS|Bounty}}, arrives at [[Norfolk Island]], commencing the Third Settlement of the Island.
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Tennessee in the American Civil War|Tennessee]] secedes from the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]].
*[[1862]] &ndash; American Civil War: A [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] victory by forces under General [[Stonewall Jackson]] at the [[Battle of Cross Keys]], along with the [[Battle of Port Republic]] the next day, prevents [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces from reinforcing General [[George B. McClellan]] in his [[Peninsula campaign]].
*[[1867]] &ndash; Coronation of [[Franz Joseph I of Austria|Franz Joseph]] as [[King of Hungary]] following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (''[[Ausgleich]]'').
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Herman Hollerith]] applies for US [[patent]] #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his [[punched card]] [[calculator]].

===1901–present===
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Theodore Roosevelt]] signs the [[Antiquities Act]] into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of [[public land]] with historical or conservation value.
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[1924 British Mount Everest expedition|British Mount Everest expedition]]:<ref>{{cite news |title=Irvine and Mallory: In hobnail boots they took on Everest |author= Gentleman, Amelia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/may/04/ameliagentleman |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 May 1999 |access-date=27 March 2018}}</ref> British mountaineers [[Andrew Irvine (mountaineer)|Andrew Irvine]] and [[George Mallory]] go missing.
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Second Northern Expedition]]: The [[National Revolutionary Army]] captures [[Beijing]], whose name is changed to Beiping ("Northern Peace").<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Beijing |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Beijing.aspx |encyclopedia=[[The Columbia Encyclopedia]] |edition=6th |year=2008 |access-date=2012-01-19 |archive-date=2010-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212121906/http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Beijing.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Margaret Bondfield]] is appointed [[Secretary of State for Employment|Minister of Labour]]. She is the first woman appointed to the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite book | author-link=David Marquand | last= Marquand | first= David | title=Ramsay MacDonald | publisher=Jonathan Cape | location=London | year=1977 | isbn= 0-224-01295-9 | page=492}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The completion of [[Operation Alphabet]], the evacuation of Allied forces from [[Narvik]] at the end of the [[Norwegian Campaign]].
*[[1941]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] commence the [[Syria&ndash;Lebanon Campaign]] against the possessions of [[Vichy France]] in the [[Levant]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] submarines [[Japanese submarine I-21|I-21]] and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: The two-day [[Battle of Porta]] between the [[Royal Italian Army]] and the [[Greek People's Liberation Army]] begins.<ref>{{cite book | last = Grigoriadis | first = Solon | author-link = Solon Grigoriadis | title = Συνοπτική Ιστορία της Εθνικής Αντίστασης, 1941-1944 | trans-title = Concise History of the National Resistance, 1941-1944  | publisher = Kapopoulos | location = Athens | year = 1982 | language = el | oclc = 165816421 | pages = 244–245}}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[George Orwell]]'s dystopian novel ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' is published in the [[United States]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-06-08 |title=Five Fascinating Facts about George Orwell’s 1984 |url=https://interestingliterature.com/2014/06/five-fascinating-facts-about-george-orwells-1984/ |access-date=8 June 2025 |website=Interesting Literature |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[1953 Flint&ndash;Beecher tornado|An F5 tornado]] hits [[Beecher, Michigan]], United States, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
*  1953   &ndash; The [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] rules in ''[[District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co.]]'' that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
*[[1959]] &ndash; {{USS|Barbero|SS-317|6}} and the [[United States Postal Service]] attempt the delivery of mail via [[Missile Mail]].
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Wedding of Prince Edward and Katharine Worsley|Marriage]] of [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent]] to [[Katharine, Duchess of Kent|Katharine Worsley]] at [[York Minster]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Wedding at York of Prince Edward (1961)|url=https://www.britishpathe.com/video/wedding-at-york |website=[[Pathé News|British Pathé]] |accessdate=21 September 2023}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; An [[Lockheed F-104 Starfighter|F-104 Starfighter]] collides with [[North American XB-70 Valkyrie|XB-70 Valkyrie]] prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near [[Edwards Air Force Base]]. [[Joseph A. Walker]], a [[NASA]] test pilot, and Carl Cross, a [[United States Air Force]] test pilot, are both killed.
*  1966   &ndash; [[Topeka, Kansas]], United States is [[Tornado outbreak sequence of June 1966|devastated by a tornado]] that registers as an "F5" on the [[Fujita scale]], exceeding US$200 million in damages. Seventeen people are killed, over five hundred more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=US Department of Commerce |first=NOAA |title=June 8th 1966 Topeka Tornado |url=https://www.weather.gov/top/1966TopekaTornado |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=www.weather.gov |language=EN-US}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Six-Day War]]: The [[USS Liberty incident|USS ''Liberty'' incident]]: A [[United States Navy]] [[spy ship]] is attacked by the [[Israeli Air Force]] and Navy, resulting in 34 deaths and 171 wounded.<ref>{{cite report |first1=William D. |last1=Gerhard |first2=Henry W. |last2=Millington |title=Attack on a SIGINT Collector, the USS ''Liberty'' |year=1981 |work=NSA History Report, U.S. Cryptologic History series |publisher=National Security Agency |url=http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/uss_liberty/attack_sigint.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030155345/http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/uss_liberty/attack_sigint.pdf |pages=1–2, 5, 25–26, 28}}</ref> 
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[James Earl Ray]], the man who [[Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.|assassinated]] [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] is arrested at [[Heathrow Airport|London Heathrow Airport]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-06-08|title=When Martin Luther King Jr's assassin fled to London|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36434706|access-date=2021-06-08}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: Nine-year-old [[Phan Thi Kim Phuc|Phan Thị Kim Phúc]] is burned by [[napalm]], an event captured by [[Associated Press]] photographer [[Nick Ut]] moments later while the young girl is seen running naked down a road, in what would become an iconic, [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning photo.
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Bluff Cove Air Attacks]] during the [[Falklands War]]: Fifty-six British servicemen are killed by an [[Argentines|Argentine]] air attack on two landing ships, {{ship|RFA|Sir Galahad|1966|6}} and {{ship|RFA|Sir Tristram|L3505|6}}.
*  1982   &ndash; [[VASP Flight 168]] crashes in [[Pacatuba, Ceará]], Brazil, killing 128 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-212 PP-SRK Sierra de Pacatuba, CE|url=https://www.aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19820608-0|access-date=2021-06-08|website=www.aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Homosexuality]] is decriminalized in the [[States and territories of Australia|Australian state]] of [[New South Wales]].
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[New Zealand]]'s [[Fourth Labour Government of New Zealand|Labour government]] establishes a [[New Zealand nuclear-free zone|national nuclear-free zone]] under the [[New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987]].
*[[1992]] &ndash; The first [[World Oceans Day]] is celebrated, coinciding with the [[Earth Summit]] held in [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil.
*1992   &ndash; [[GP Express Airlines Flight 861]] crashes on approach to [[Anniston Regional Airport]] in [[Anniston, Alabama]], killing three.<ref name="ntsb">{{cite web |date=1993-03-02 |title=Controlled Collision with Terrain; GP Express Airlines Flight 861; Beechcraft C99 N118GP; Anniston, Alabama; June 8, 1992 |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR9303.pdf |publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |id=NTSB/AAR-93/03}} - [https://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR93-03.pdf Copy at] [[Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University]].</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; Downed U.S. Air Force pilot [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]] [[Scott O'Grady]] is rescued by [[U.S. Marines]] in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]].
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Mamoru Takuma]] kills eight and injures 15 in [[Ikeda school massacre|a mass stabbing]] at an elementary school in the [[Osaka Prefecture]] of [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Struck|first=Doug|title=School Stabbings Diminish Japan's Feelings of Safety|url=http://www.msnbc.com/news/584902.asp|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=June 9, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010610151408/http://www.msnbc.com/news/584902.asp?cp1=1|archive-date=June 10, 2001}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; The first [[Transit of Venus, 2004|Venus Transit]] in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in [[1882 transit of Venus|1882]].
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Newcastle, New South Wales]], Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of a trade ship, the {{MV|Pasha Bulker}}.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ships ignored warning to leave |author=Ben Cubby and Edmund Tadros |work=Sydney Morning Herald |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/ships-ignored-warning-to-leave/2007/06/08/1181089338446.html |date=9 June 2007 |access-date=9 April 2008 |archive-date=17 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417164805/http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/ships-ignored-warning-to-leave/2007/06/08/1181089338446.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; Former US President [[Donald Trump]] is [[Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (classified documents case)|indicted]] on federal charges of misusing classified information.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-09 |title=Trump indictment highlights: Former president faces seven charges in classified docs probe |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/live-updates-trump-classified-documents-florida-grand-jury-rcna88233 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[862]] &ndash; [[Emperor Xizong of Tang]] (died 888)<ref>[[Academia Sinica]] [http://sinocal.sinica.edu.tw/ Chinese-Western Calendar Converter].</ref><ref>''[[Old Book of Tang]]'', [[:zh:s:???/?19?|vol. 19, part 2]].</ref>
*[[1508]] &ndash; [[Primož Trubar]], Slovenian Protestant reformer (died 1586)
*[[1593]] &ndash; [[George I Rákóczi]], prince of Transylvania (died 1648)

===1601–1900===
*[[1625]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Domenico Cassini]], Italian-French mathematician and astronomer (died 1712)
*[[1671]] &ndash; [[Tomaso Albinoni]], Italian violinist and composer (died 1751)
*[[1717]] &ndash; [[John Collins (Continental Congress)|John Collins]], American lawyer and politician, 3rd [[Governor of Rhode Island]] (died 1795)<ref>{{CongBio|C000639}}</ref>
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[John Smeaton]], English engineer, designed the [[Coldstream Bridge]] and [[Perth Bridge]] (died 1794)
*[[1745]] &ndash; [[Caspar Wessel]], Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (died 1818)
*[[1757]] &ndash; [[Ercole Consalvi]], Italian cardinal (died 1824)
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[Thomas Rickman]], English architect and architectural antiquary (died 1841)<ref>{{EB1911|wstitle=Rickman, Thomas|volume=21|page=315}}</ref>
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[Charles A. Wickliffe]], American politician, 14th [[Governor of Kentucky]] (died 1869)
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Robert Schumann]], German composer and critic (died 1856)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Musical World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E5cPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA499|year=1864|publisher=J. Alfredo Novello|pages=499}}</ref>
*[[1829]] &ndash; [[John Everett Millais]], English painter and illustrator (died 1896)<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Muther|title=The History of Modern Painting|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jt5cAAAAcAAJ|year=1907|publisher=J.M. Dent|page=429}}</ref>
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Thomas J. Higgins]], Canadian-American sergeant, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (died 1917)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[John Q. A. Brackett]], American lawyer and politician, 36th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (died 1918)
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval]], French physician and physicist (died 1940)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Guido Banti]], Italian physician and pathologist (died 1925)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Douglas Cameron (politician)|Douglas Cameron]], Canadian politician, 8th [[Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba]] (died 1921)
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[George Charles Haité]], English painter and illustrator (died 1924)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Charlotte Scott]], English mathematician (died 1931)<ref>{{cite book | first=Patricia | last=Clark Kenschaft | chapter=Charlotte Angas Scott | editor1-last=Grinstein | editor1-first=Louise S. | editor2-last=Campbell | editor2-first=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics: a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=193}}</ref>
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Alicia Boole Stott]], Irish-English mathematician and theorist (died 1940)<ref>{{cite book | first=H.S.M. | last=Coxeter Kenschaft | chapter=Alicia Boole Stott | editor1-last=Grinstein | editor1-first=Louise S. | editor2-last=Campbell | editor2-first=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics: a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=220}}</ref>
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], American architect, designed the [[Price Tower]] and [[Fallingwater]] (died 1959)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Robert Robinson Taylor]], American architect (died 1942)<ref>{{cite web|last=Williams|first=Clarence G.|date=13 January 1998|title=From 'Tech' to Tuskegee: The Life of Robert Robinson Taylor, 1868-1942|url=http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/mithistory/blacks-at-mit/taylor.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/7963/20190702041158/https://libraries.mit.edu/archives/mithistory/blacks-at-mit/taylor.html|archive-date=July 2, 2019|access-date=July 12, 2020|website=|publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology}}</ref>
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Jan Frans De Boever]], Belgian painter and illustrator (died 1949)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Alexandre Tuffère]], Greek-French triple jumper (died 1958)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Evan Roberts (minister)|Evan Roberts]], Welsh Revivalist minister (died 1951)<ref>{{Cite DWB |last=Roberts |first=Gomer Morgan |title=ROBERTS, EVAN JOHN (1878 - 1951), 'Y Diwygiwr' (the Revivalist) revivalist preacher |id=s2-ROBE-JOH-1878 |date=2021}}</ref>
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Karl Genzken]], German physician (died 1957)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[William Funnell (public servant)|William Funnell]], Australian public servant (died 1962)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Ernst Marcus (zoologist)|Ernst Marcus]], German zoologist (died 1968)
*  1893   &ndash; [[Gaby Morlay]], French actress (died 1964)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Erwin Schulhoff]], Czech composer and pianist (died 1942)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Santiago Bernabéu Yeste]], Spanish footballer and manager (died 1978)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[John G. Bennett]], English mathematician and technologist (died 1974)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Eugène Lapierre]], Canadian organist, composer and arts administrator (died 1970)
*  1899   &ndash; [[Ernst-Robert Grawitz]], German physician (died 1945)<ref>{{cite web|title=The Nazi doctor who experimented on gay people – and Britain helped to escape justice|website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date=5 May 2015|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/05/nazi-doctor-gay-people-carl-vaernet-escaped-justice-danish}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Lena Baker]], African-American maid executed for capital murder, later pardoned posthumously (died 1945)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bishop.house.gov/media-center/congressional-record-statements/in-honor-of-lena-baker-posthumously|title=In Honor of Lena Baker (Posthumously)|date=2011-01-03|work=Congressman Sanford Bishop|access-date=2017-10-20|language=en|archive-date=2019-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831234209/https://bishop.house.gov/media-center/congressional-record-statements/in-honor-of-lena-baker-posthumously|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Ralph Yarborough]], American lawyer and politician (died 1996)
*  1903   &ndash; [[Marguerite Yourcenar]], Belgian-French author and poet (died 1987)<ref>{{cite book | last1=Savigneau |first1=Josyane |last2=Howard | first2=Joan E. |title=Marguerite Yourcenar : Inventing a Life | location=Chicago London | publisher=The University of Chicago Press | year=1993 | isbn=978-0-22673-544-3 | page=17}}</ref>
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[John W. Campbell]], American journalist and author (died 1971)<ref name=Ash>{{cite book| first=Brian| last=Ash|title=Who's Who in Science Fiction|publisher=Elm Tree Books| location=London| year=1976| pages = 63|isbn=0-241-89383-6}}</ref>
*  1910   &ndash; [[Fernand Fonssagrives]], French-American photographer, sculptor, and painter (died 2003)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Edmundo Rivero]], Argentinian singer-songwriter (died 1986)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Wilhelmina Barns-Graham]], British abstract painter (died 2004)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Maurice Bellemare]], Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1989)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Harry Holtzman]], American painter (died 1987)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Glueck |first1=Grace |title=Harry Holtzman, Artist, Dies; An Expert on Piet Mondrian |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/29/obituaries/harry-holtzman-artist-dies-an-expert-on-piet-mondrian.html |website=The New York Times |accessdate=21 May 2020 |date=29 September 1987}}</ref>
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Seán McCaughey]], Irish Republican Army leader, died on hunger strike (died 1946)<ref>{{cite book|author=J. Bowyer Bell|title=The Secret Army: The Ira|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UvTD1B-WzmsC&pg=PA243|date=1 January 1997|publisher=Transaction Publishers|isbn=978-1-4128-3888-7|pages=243}}</ref>
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Kayyar Kinhanna Rai]], Indian journalist, author, and poet (died 2015)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Francis Crick]], English biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2004)<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bretscher|first1=Mark S.|author-link1=Mark Bretscher|last2=Mitchison|first2=Graeme|title=Francis Harry Compton Crick OM. 8 June 1916 – 28 July 2004|journal=[[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]]|volume=63|pages=159–196|year=2017|issn=0080-4606|doi=10.1098/rsbm.2017.0010|doi-access=free}}</ref>
*  1916   &ndash; [[Luigi Comencini]], Italian director and screenwriter (died 2007)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Richard Pousette-Dart]], American painter and educator (died 1992)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Byron White]], American football player, lawyer and judge (died 2002)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/15/obituaries/byron-r-white-supreme-court-justice-for-31-years-dies-at-84.html|title=Byron R. White, Supreme Court Justice for 31 Years, Dies at 84|last=Greenhouse|first=Linda|date=April 15, 2002|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 5, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=October 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006062708/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/15/obituaries/byron-r-white-supreme-court-justice-for-31-years-dies-at-84.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[George Edward Hughes]], Irish-New Zealand philosopher and logician (died 1994)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Robert Preston (actor)|Robert Preston]], American actor and singer (died 1987)
*  1918   &ndash; [[John D. Roberts]], American chemist and academic (died 2016)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[John R. Deane, Jr.]], American general (died 2013)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Gwen Harwood]], Australian poet and playwright (died 1995)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Gordon McLendon]], American broadcaster and businessman (died 1986)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Olga C. Nardone|Olga Nardone]], American actress (died 2010)
*  1921   &ndash; [[LeRoy Neiman]], American painter (died 2012)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Alexis Smith]], Canadian-born American actress and singer (died 1993)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Suharto]], Indonesian soldier and politician, 2nd [[President of Indonesia]] (died 2008)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Billie Dawe]], Canadian ice hockey player and manager (died 2013)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Kenneth Waltz]], American political scientist and academic (died 2013)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/us/kenneth-n-waltz-who-helped-shape-international-relations-as-a-discipline-dies-at-88.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | title=Kenneth Waltz, Foreign-Relations Expert, Dies at 88 | first=Douglas | last=Martin | date=May 19, 2013 | page=A22}}</ref>
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Barbara Bush]], American wife of [[George H. W. Bush]], 41st [[First Lady of the United States]] (died 2018)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Jerry Stiller]], American actor, comedian and producer (died 2020)
*  [[1928]] &ndash; [[Gustavo Gutiérrez]], Peruvian philosopher, theologian and priest (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Friskics-Warren |first=Bill |date=October 23, 2024 |title=Gustavo Gutiérrez, Father of Liberation Theology, Dies at 96 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/world/americas/gustavo-gutierrez-dead.html |access-date=October 23, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
*  1928 &ndash; [[Mimi Mariani]], Indonesian actress, model, and singer (died 1971)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-08 |title=5 Fakta Sri Asih, Superhero Indonesia Dibintangi Pevita Pearce |url=https://film.zigi.id/5-fakta-sri-asih-superhero-indonesia-dibintangi-pevita-pearce-10843 |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=www.zigi.id |language=id}}</ref>
*  1928 &ndash; [[J. R. P. Suriyapperuma]], Sri Lankan politician (died 2025)<ref>[https://www.newswire.lk/2025/01/02/j-r-p-suriyapperuma-passed-away/ J. R. P. Suriyapperuma passed away]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Former MP J.R.P. Suriyapperuma passes away |url=https://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=104681 |access-date=2 January 2025 |website=www.adaderana.lk |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Nada Inada]], Japanese psychiatrist and author (died 2013)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Robert Aumann]], German-American mathematician and economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*  1930   &ndash; [[Marcel Léger]], Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1993)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Dana Wynter]], British actress (died 2011)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Ray Illingworth]], English cricketer and sportscaster (died 2021)<ref>{{cite news |title=Raymond Illingworth obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/dec/26/raymond-illingworth-obituary |access-date=26 December 2021 |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Peter |last=Mason |date=26 December 2021}}</ref>
*  1932   &ndash; [[Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood]], Scottish lawyer and judge (died 2017)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Joan Rivers]], American comedian, actress, and television host (died 2014)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Millicent Martin]], English actress and singer
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Molade Okoya-Thomas]], Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (died 2015)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[James Darren]], American actor (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saperstein |first=Pat |date=2024-09-02 |title=James Darren, Teen Idol Actor in 'Gidget,' Singer and Director, Dies at 88 |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/james-darren-gidget-moondoggie-star-trek-1236127756/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
*  1936   &ndash; [[Kenneth G. Wilson]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2013)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/21/science/kenneth-wilson-nobel-physicist-dies-at-77.html|title=Kenneth Wilson, Nobel Physicist, Dies at 77|first=Dennis|last=Overbye|date=20 June 2013|access-date=10 April 2018|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Gillian Clarke]], Welsh poet and playwright
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Angelo Amato]], Italian cardinal
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Herb Adderley]], American football player (died 2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=Herb Adderley |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/herb-adderley/ |publisher=[[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] |access-date=4 June 2023}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Nancy Sinatra]], American singer and actress
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Robert Bradford (Northern Irish politician)|Robert Bradford]], Northern Irish politician and activist (died 1981)
*  1941   &ndash; [[George Pell]], Australian cardinal (died 2023)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Doug Mountjoy]], Welsh snooker player (died 2021)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doug Mountjoy obituary |author=Rawling, John |work=The Guardian |date=17 February 2021 |access-date=19 February 2021 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/feb/17/doug-mountjoy-obituary}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Colin Baker]], English actor
*  1943   &ndash; [[William Calley]], American military officer<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations|title=Briefing on Vietnam: Hearings ... 91-1, Nov. 18-19, 1969|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfxbeolhU00C&pg=PA139|year=1969|pages=139}}</ref>
*  1943   &ndash; [[Willie Davenport]], American hurdler (died 2002)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/willie-davenport|title=Willie Davenport|website=IOC|access-date=February 27, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Marc Ouellet]], Canadian archbishop and cardinal<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 13 March 2025 | date = 15 November 2002 | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2002/11/15/0565/01787.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 15.11.2002 | publisher = Holy See Press Office }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| language = fr | access-date = 13 March 2025 | url = http://www.diocesequebec.qc.ca/histoire/eveques/mgr_marc_ouellet.htm |title=Mgr Marc Ouellet |website=Archdiocese of Quebec |url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080208110716/http://www.diocesequebec.qc.ca/histoire/eveques/mgr_marc_ouellet.htm | archive-date= 8 February 2008}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Boz Scaggs]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{cite book|title=Chase's Annual Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WA3vAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-3732-6|page=241}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Steven Fromholz]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and poet (died 2014)<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Country Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1993|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-726-6|pages=151/2}}</ref>
*  1945   &ndash; [[Derek Underwood]], English cricketer (died 2024)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Peter Arnold|author2=Peter Wynne-Thomas|title=The Illustrated History of the Test Match|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=olIMAAAAYAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Sidgwick & Jackson|isbn=978-0-283-99618-4|page=66}}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Graham Henry]], New Zealand rugby player and coach
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Annie Haslam]], English singer-songwriter and painter
*  1947   &ndash; [[Sara Paretsky]], American author<ref>{{cite book|author=Bella Vivante|title=Contemporary American Women Fiction Writers: An A-to-Z Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2FGahwDJFu4C&pg=PA294|year=2002|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31627-2|pages=294}}</ref>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Eric F. Wieschaus]], American biologist, geneticist, and academic [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate<ref>{{cite book|author=George Thomas Kurian|title=The Nobel Scientists: A Biographical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YbTaAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Prometheus Books|isbn=978-1-57392-927-1|page=386}}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Emanuel Ax]], Polish-American pianist and educator
*  1949   &ndash; [[Hildegard Falck]], German runner<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/hildegard-falck|title=Hildegard Falck|website=IOC|access-date=February 27, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Kathy Baker]], American actress
*  1950   &ndash; [[Sônia Braga]], Brazilian actress and producer
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Bonnie Tyler]], Welsh singer-songwriter
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Ivo Sanader]], Croatian historian and politician, 8th [[Prime Minister of Croatia]]
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Kiril of Varna]], Bulgarian metropolitan (died 2013)
*  1954   &ndash; [[Sergei Storchak]], Ukrainian-Russian politician
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Tim Berners-Lee]], English computer scientist, invented the [[World Wide Web]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Tim Berners-Lee {{!}} Biography, Education, Internet, Contributions, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tim-Berners-Lee |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 March 2023 |language=en |archive-date=15 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315031626/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tim-Berners-Lee |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1955   &ndash; [[José Antonio Camacho]], Spanish footballer and manager
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Scott Adams]], American author and illustrator
*  1957   &ndash; [[Sonja Vectomov (sculptor)|Sonja Vectomov]], Czech/Finnish sculptor
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Louise Richardson]], Irish political scientist and academic<ref>{{Who's Who |title=Richardson, Prof. Louise Mary |id=U249874 |volume=2016 |edition=online [[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Mohsen Kadivar]], Iranian philosopher<ref>{{cite book|author=Lloyd Ridgeon|title=Iranian Intellectuals: 1997–2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DcWMAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA57|date=18 October 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-96935-8|pages=57}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Neil Baker]], Australian rugby league player<ref name="rlp">{{cite web|title=Neil Baker|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/neil-baker/summary.html|website=Rugby League Project|publisher=Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates|access-date=1 August 2017}}</ref>
*  1960   &ndash; [[Mick Hucknall]], English singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/biography/biography-mick-hucknall|title=Biography: Mick Hucknall|publisher=[[Lifetime (UK and Ireland)|Lifetime]]|access-date=14 November 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141118001917/http://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/biography/biography-mick-hucknall|archive-date=18 November 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*  1960   &ndash; [[Thomas Steen]], Swedish ice hockey player and coach
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Mary Bonauto]], American lawyer and gay rights activist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glbtqarchive.com/ssh/bonauto_mary_S.pdf|title=Bonauto, Mary|date=2015}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Butch Reynolds]], American runner and coach<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/harry-butch-reynolds|title=Harry Butch. Reynolds|website=IOC|access-date=February 27, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Kevin Farley]], American screenwriter<ref>{{cite book|last=Farley|first=Tom|author2=Tanner Colby |title=The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts|publisher=Viking Adult|year=2008|pages=11–13|isbn=978-0670019236}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Julianna Margulies]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reif |first1=Carol |title=Happy Birthday To Spring Valley's Julianna Margulies |url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/ramapo/lifestyle/happy-birthday-to-spring-valleys-julianna-margulies/649503/ |publisher=[[The Daily Voice (American hyperlocal news)|The Daily Voice]] |access-date=4 June 2023 |date=8 June 2016}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Russell E. Morris]], Welsh chemist and academic<ref>{{Who's Who | title=MORRIS, Prof. Russell Edward | id = U287302 | volume = 2017 | edition = online [[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Bernard Grech]], Maltese lawyer and politician<ref>{{Cite web |last=Diacono |first=Tim |date=2024-06-08 |title=Bernard Grech Celebrates 53rd Birthday. Will He Get The Ultimate Present? |url=https://lovinmalta.com/news/bernard-grech-celebrates-53rd-birthday-will-he-get-the-ultimate-present/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Lovin Malta |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Kelli Williams]], American actress and director<ref>{{Cite news|title=KELLI WILLIAMS: [CHICAGOLAND FINAL Edition]|author=Lavin, Cheryl|date=October 11, 1998|work=Chicago Tribune|page=8|quote=Birthday: June 8, 1970.  Birthplace: Los Angeles.  Occupation: Actress|id={{ProQuest|418548149}}}}</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Lauren Burns]], Australian taekwondo practitioner<ref name="SportsReference2009">[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025807/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/lauren-burns-1.html Sports Reference: Lauren Burns] (c. 2009). Retrieved on 26 March 2010.</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Mark Ricciuto]], Australian footballer and sportcaster<ref name="hw">{{cite web|title=Mark Ricciuto|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/mark%2Bricciuto/13119|publisher=Australian Football|access-date=14 May 2016}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Lindsay Davenport]], American tennis player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/40106/- |title=Lindsay Davenport |website=wtatennis.com |publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Kanye West]], American rapper, producer, director, and fashion designer<ref>{{cite book|author=Mickey Hess|title=Icons of Hip Hop: An Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RTkHAQAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-33904-2|page=557}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Maria Menounos]], American television personality, professional wrestler, author, and actress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/maria-menounos/bio/198320 |title=Maria Menounos: Biography |publisher=[[TV Guide|TVGuide.com]] |access-date=April 10, 2013}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Rachel Held Evans]], American Christian author (died 2019)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/us/rachel-held-evans.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/us/rachel-held-evans.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Rachel Held Evans, Voice of the Wandering Evangelical, Dies at 37 - The New York Times |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=4 May 2019 |access-date=2019-06-08|last1=Dias |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Roberts |first2=Sam }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Nadia Petrova]], Russian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/160379/- |title=Nadia Petrova |website=wtatennis.com |publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Kim Clijsters]], Belgian tennis player; winner of six [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournament titles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/festivefundown/sport/player/1317.html |title=Kim Clijsters |publisher=ESPN Sports Media Ltd |location=London |access-date=18 July 2020}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Javier Mascherano]], Argentinian footballer and manager<ref>{{FIFA player|182372}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Keith Gill]], American financial analyst and investor<ref name="stonehill">{{cite web| title= Stonehill Men's Cross Country|url=http://stonehillskyhawks.com/sports/mxc/2006/2007_Veteran_Bios/Keith_Gill?view=bio|website= Stonehill|access-date= February 21, 2021|language =en|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204224832/https://www.stonehillskyhawks.com/sports/mxc/2006/2007_Veteran_Bios/Keith_Gill?view=bio|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Timea Bacsinszky]], Swiss tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/311579/timea-bacsinszky|title=Timea Bacsinszky|website=WTA|access-date=21 March 2020}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Liv Morgan]], American professional wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Liv Morgan |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/21658533/wwe-profile-page-liv-morgan |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=4 June 2023 |date=24 April 2023}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Ferland Mendy]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Ferland Mendy|url=https://www.realmadrid.com/en-US/football/first-team/players/ferland-mendy|website=[[Real Madrid CF]]|access-date=8 June 2025}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Jeļena Ostapenko]], Latvian tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/319939/jelena-ostapenko|title=Jelena Ostapenko|website=WTA|access-date=21 March 2020}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Francesca Capaldi]], American actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/prime-video/actor/Francesca-Capaldi/amzn1.dv.gti.1d42eb27-42ac-43f3-9fde-ee9100280b89/|title=Francesca Capaldi: Movies, TV, and bio|website=Amazon.com|access-date=23 October 2024}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[632]] &ndash; [[Muhammad]], the central figure of Islam. (born 570/571)<ref>[https://www.usnews.com/articles/news/religion/2008/04/07/the-last-prophet.html?PageNr=3 ''The Last Prophet''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123041056/http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/religion/2008/04/07/the-last-prophet.html?PageNr=3 |date=23 January 2009 }}, p. 3. Lewis Lord of [[U.S. News & World Report]]. 7 April 2008.</ref>
* [[696]] &ndash; [[Chlodulf of Metz|Chlodulf]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Metz|Metz]] (or 697)
* [[951]] &ndash; [[Zhao Ying]], Chinese chancellor (born 885)
*[[1042]] &ndash; [[Harthacnut]], English-Danish king (born 1018)<ref name="Cheney1945"/>
*[[1154]] &ndash; [[William of York]], English archbishop and saint
*[[1290]] &ndash; [[Beatrice Portinari]], object of [[Dante Alighieri]]'s adoration (born 1266)<ref>{{cite book|author=Stephen Bemrose|title=A New Life of Dante|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vybuAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=University of Exeter Press|isbn=978-0-85989-584-2|page=17}}</ref>
*[[1376]] &ndash; [[Edward, the Black Prince]], English son of [[Edward III of England]] (born 1330)<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Hatcher|author2=Professor of Economic and Social History John Hatcher, Dr|author3=Hatcher, Erik|title=Rural Economy and Society in the Duchy of Cornwall 1300-1500|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9PE8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA11-IA12|date=31 October 1970|publisher=CUP Archive|pages=11}}</ref>
*[[1383]] &ndash; [[Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros]], English politician (born 1338)
*[[1384]] &ndash; [[Kan'ami]], Japanese actor and playwright (born 1333)
*[[1405]] &ndash; [[Richard Scrope (bishop)|Richard le Scrope]], Archbishop of York (born {{circa|1350}})<ref name="Grainge1855">{{cite book|author=William Grainge|title=The castles and abbeys of Yorkshire: a historical and descriptive account of the most celebrated ruins in the county|url=https://archive.org/details/castlesabbeysofy00grai|year=1855|publisher=J. Sampson|pages=[https://archive.org/details/castlesabbeysofy00grai/page/39 39]}}</ref>
*  1405   &ndash; [[Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk]] (born 1385)<ref name="Grainge1855"/>
*[[1476]] &ndash; [[George Neville (bishop)|George Neville]], English archbishop and academic (born 1432)
*[[1492]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Woodville]], Queen consort of England (born 1437)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last=Hicks |first=Michael |title=Elizabeth (c.1437–1492) |year=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/8634 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8634 |access-date=25 September 2010 }} {{subscription required}}</ref>
*[[1501]] &ndash; [[George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly]], Earl of Huntly and Lord Chancellor of Scotland (born 1440)
*[[1505]] &ndash; [[Hongzhi Emperor]] of China (born 1470)
*[[1600]] &ndash; [[Edward Fortunatus]], German nobleman (born 1565)

===1601–1900===
*[[1611]] &ndash; [[Jean Bertaut]], French bishop and poet (born 1552)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Gordon |title=Bertaut, Jean |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198601753.001.0001/acref-9780198601753-e-424 |website=The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=8 June 2022 |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780198601753.001.0001 |date=1 January 2005|isbn=978-0-19-860175-3 }}</ref>
*[[1612]] &ndash; [[Hans Leo Hassler]], German organist and composer (born 1562)
*[[1621]] &ndash; [[Anne de Xainctonge]], French saint, founded the [[Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin]] (born 1567)
*[[1628]] &ndash; [[Rudolph Goclenius]], German lexicographer and philosopher (born 1547)
*[[1651]] &ndash; [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]], Japanese shōgun (born 1604)
*[[1714]] &ndash; [[Sophia of Hanover]] (born 1630)
*[[1716]] &ndash; [[Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine]], German son of [[Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt]] (born 1658)
*[[1727]] &ndash; [[August Hermann Francke]], German-Lutheran pietist, philanthropist, and scholar (born 1663)
*[[1768]] &ndash; [[Johann Joachim Winckelmann]], German archaeologist and scholar (born 1717)
*[[1771]] &ndash; [[George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (born 1716)
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Louis XVII of France]] (born 1785)
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Thomas Paine]], English-American theorist and author (born 1737)
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Sarah Siddons]], Welsh actress (born 1755)<ref>{{cite DWB|id=s-SIDD-SAR-1755|title=Siddons, Sarah (1755-1831), actress|author=Cecil John Layton Price|access-date=2 May 2019}}</ref>
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Gian Domenico Romagnosi]], Italian economist and jurist (born 1761)
*[[1845]] &ndash; [[Andrew Jackson]], American general, judge, and politician, 7th [[President of the United States]] (born 1767)
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Rodolphe Töpffer]], Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist (born 1799)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Douglas William Jerrold]], English journalist and playwright (born 1803)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Cochise]], American tribal chief (born 1805)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[George Sand]], French author and playwright (born 1804)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Ignace Bourget]], Canadian bishop (born 1799)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Gerard Manley Hopkins]], English poet (born 1844)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Mary of the Divine Heart]], German nun and saint (born 1863)

===1901–present===
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Emily Davison]], English suffragette (born 1872)<ref name=Atkinson>{{cite web |title='That malignant Suffragette': remembering Emily Davison |author= Atkinson, Diane |url=https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/discover/malignant-suffragette-remembering-emily-wilding-davison |website=Museum of London |date=7 May 2018 |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Cora Agnes Benneson]], American attorney (born 1851)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nazzal |first=James A. |date=2000 |title='Verite Sans Peur': Cora Agnes Benneson, a First-Wave Feminist of Illinois |url=https://jstor.org/stable/40193344 |journal=[[Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society]] |volume=93 |issue=3 |page=273 |jstor=40193344 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Eugène Fiset]], Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th [[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec]] (born 1874)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Marie Laurencin]], French painter and sculptor (born 1883)
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Anton Melik]], Slovenian geographer and academic (born 1890)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Enright]], American author and illustrator (born 1909)
*  1968   &ndash; [[Ludovico Scarfiotti]], Italian racing driver (born 1933)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Arunachalam Mahadeva]], Sri Lankan politician and diplomat (born 1885)
*  1969   &ndash; [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]], American actor (born 1911)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1CBlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F4gNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2349,1859090|title=Lung cancer claims life of actor Robert Taylor|newspaper=Edmonton Journal|date=June 9, 1969|page=9|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Abraham Maslow]], American psychologist and academic (born 1908)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[J. I. Rodale]], American author and playwright (born 1898)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe]], Norwegian zoologist and psychologist (born 1894)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Satchel Paige]], American baseball player (born 1906)<ref>{{cite web |title=Satchel Paige {{!}} Biography, Height, Teams, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Satchel-Paige |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=21 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Gordon Jacob]], English composer and academic (born 1895)<ref>{{cite ODNB | url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-31281 | isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 | doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31281 | title=The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | year=2004 }}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Alexander Iolas]], Egyptian-American art collector (born 1907)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Juan Carlos Onganía]], Argentine general and politician, 35th [[President of Argentina]] (born 1914)<ref>{{Cite web|title=A 30 años de la muerte de Onganía, el dictador de grandes bigotes y escaso intelecto que pretendió eternizarse en el poder|url=https://www.infobae.com/historias/2025/06/08/a-30-anos-de-la-muerte-de-ongania-el-dictador-de-grandes-bigotes-y-escaso-intelecto-que-pretendio-eternizarse-en-el-poder/|website=[[Infobae]]|access-date=8 June 2025|language=es}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[George Turner (writer)|George Turner]], Australian author and critic (born 1916)
*  1997   &ndash; [[Karen Wetterhahn]], American chemist and academic (born 1948)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Sani Abacha]], Nigerian general and politician, 10th [[President of Nigeria]] (born 1943)
*  1998   &ndash; [[Maria Reiche]], German mathematician and archaeologist (born 1903)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Frédéric Dard]], French author and screenwriter (born 1921)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/jun/09/guardianobituaries.crimebooks |title=Obituary: Frédéric Dard |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=9 June 2000 |access-date=18 July 2020}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Alex de Renzy]], American director and producer (born 1935)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Charles Hyder]], American astrophysicist and academic (born 1930)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Mack Jones]], American baseball player (born 1938)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Jaxon (cartoonist)|Jaxon]], American illustrator and publisher, co-founded [[Rip Off Press]] (born 1941)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Matta El Meskeen]], Egyptian monk, theologian, and author (born 1919)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Omar Bongo]], Gabonese captain and politician, [[President of Gabon]] (born 1935)<ref>{{cite news|title=Gabon's leader is confirmed dead|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8090056.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|date=2009-06-08|accessdate=2009-06-08}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Charles E. M. Pearce]], New Zealand-Australian mathematician and academic (born 1940)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Ghassan Tueni]], Lebanese journalist, academic, and politician (born 1926)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/42763-dean-of-journalists-and-veteran-politician-ghassan-tueni-dies|title=Dean of Journalists and Veteran Politician Ghassan Tueni Dies|date=8 June 2012|publisher=Naharnet|accessdate=8 June 2012}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Paul Cellucci]], American soldier and politician, 69th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (born 1948)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Yoram Kaniuk]], Israeli painter, journalist, and critic (born 1930)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Taufiq Kiemas]], Indonesian politician, 5th [[First Spouse of Indonesia]] (born 1942)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Alexander Imich]], Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (born 1903)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Yoshihito, Prince Katsura]] of Japan (born 1948)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Chea Sim]], Cambodian commander and politician (born 1932)<ref>{{cite web|title=Cambodia: Chea Sim Death Shows Failings of Khmer Rouge Court|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/06/08/cambodia-chea-sim-death-shows-failings-khmer-rouge-court|website=Human Rights Watch|date=8 June 2015 |accessdate=9 June 2015}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Anthony Bourdain]], American chef and travel documentarian (born 1956)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Patten|first=Dominic|date=2018-06-11|title=Anthony Bourdain's Suicide Mourned By Rose McGowan In New Letter; Didn't Take "Doctor's Advice" In Depression Battle|url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/rose-mcgowan-anthony-bourdain-suicide-statement-depression-1202407718/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183703/https://deadline.com/2018/06/rose-mcgowan-anthony-bourdain-suicide-statement-depression-1202407718/|archive-date=2021-07-09|access-date=2021-07-07|website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Andre Matos]], Brazilian heavy metal musician (born 1971)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entretenimento.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2019/06/08/morre-andre-matos-ex-vocalista-e-fundador-do-angra.htm|title=Morre Andre Matos, ex-vocalista e fundador do Angra, aos 47 anos|website=Entretenimento.uol.com.br|date=8 June 2019 |access-date=8 June 2019}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Paula Rego]], Portuguese-British visual artist (born 1935)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-08 |title=Dame Paula Rego obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jun/08/dame-paula-rego-obituary |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Pat Robertson]], American televangelist (born 1930)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-04 |title=Honoring Pat Robertson, 1930-2023: Witness to a God-Sized, World-Changing Dream |url=https://www2.cbn.com/news/us/honoring-pat-robertson-1930-2023-witness-god-sized-world-changing-dream |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=CBN |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Ramoji Rao]], Indian businessman, media proprietor and film producer (born 1936)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frost |first=Caroline |date=2024-06-09 |title=Ramoji Rao Dies: Indian Film Mogul Was 87 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/ramoji-rao-dead-indian-film-mogul-87-1235963350/ |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Chet Walker]], American basketball player (born 1940)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Araton |first=Harvey |date=2024-06-09 |title=Chet Walker, N.B.A. Champion and Movie Producer, Dies at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/09/sports/basketball/chet-walker-dead.html |access-date=2024-06-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

== Holidays and observances ==
* Christian [[feast day]]:
** [[Mary of the Divine Heart|Blessed Mary of the Divine Heart (Droste zu Vischering)]]
** [[Chlodulf of Metz]]
** [[Jacques Berthieu]], [[Society of Jesus|S.J.]]
** [[Jadwiga of Poland|Jadwiga (Hedwig) of Poland]]
** [[Medardus|Medard]]
** [[Melania the Elder]]
** [[Roland Allen]] ([[Episcopal Church (USA)]])
** [[Thomas Ken]] ([[Church of England]])
** [[William of York]]
** [[June 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[First Indochina War]] day (France)<ref>Instituée par le décret du 26 mai 2005 [http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jopdf/common/jo_pdf.jsp?numJO=0&dateJO=20050527&numTexte=00074&pageDebut=00074&pageFin= Site Légifrance].</ref><ref>{{cite web |access-date=9 June 2023 |date=8 June 2022 |title=8 juin : Journée nationale d'hommage aux "morts pour la France" en Indochine |url=https://www.defense.gouv.fr/sga/actualites/8-juin-journee-nationale-dhommage-aux-morts-france-indochine |website=defense.gouv.fr}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
* [[Bounty Day]] ([[Norfolk Island]])
* [[AIDS.gov|Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day]]
* [[Engineer's Day]] ([[Peru]])
* [[Primož Trubar Day]] ([[Slovenia]])
* [[World Brain Tumor Day]]
* [[World Oceans Day]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/8 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=06|day=08}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/june/8 |title=Historical Events on June 8 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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