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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[830]] &ndash; [[Theodora (wife of Theophilos)|Theodora]] is crowned [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] empress and marries then emperor [[Theophilos (emperor)|Theophilos]] in the [[Hagia Sophia]]. She is credited with restoring Christian orthodoxy and [[Iconodulism|icons]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Garland |first1=Lynda |title=Byzantine Empresses: Women and Power in Byzantium AD 527-1204 |date=4 January 2002 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-75639-1 |pages=96–98 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gWGAgAAQBAJ |access-date=31 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1086]] &ndash; [[Tutush I|Tutush]], brother of [[Seljuk Sultanate|Seljuk sultan]] [[Malik-Shah I|Malik Shah]], defeats [[Suleiman ibn Qutalmish]], the [[Sultanate of Rum|Turkish ruler of Anatolia]] in the [[battle of Ain Salm]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Basan |first1=Osman Aziz |title=The Great Seljuqs: A History |year=2010 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1136953934 |page=91}}</ref>
*[[1257]] &ndash; [[Kraków]], in Poland, receives [[city rights]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Jan Garlicki |author2=Jerzy Kossowski |author3=Leszek Ludwikowski |title=A Guide to Cracow |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG8nAQAAMAAJ |year=1969 |publisher=Sport i Turystyka |page=23}}</ref>
*[[1284]] &ndash; [[Battle of the Gulf of Naples]]: [[Roger of Lauria]], admiral to King [[Peter III of Aragon]], destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures [[Charles II of Naples|Charles of Salerno]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UmHxAAAAMAAJ |year=1993 |publisher=AMS Press |isbn=9780404628642}}</ref>
*[[1288]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Worringen]] ends the [[War of the Limburg Succession]], with [[John I, Duke of Brabant]], being one of the more important victors.<ref>{{cite book |author=J. F. Verbruggen |title=The Art of Warfare in Western Europe During the Middle Ages: From the Eighth Century to 1340 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-qH1u1Ca-1IC&pg=PA260 |year=1997 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-0-85115-570-8 |pages=260}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1610]] &ndash; The masque [[Tethys' Festival]] is performed at [[Whitehall Palace]] to celebrate the investiture of [[Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales]].<ref>J. Leeds Barroll, ''Anna of Denmark, A Cultural Biography'' (Pennsylvania, 2001), pp. 122–6.</ref>
*[[1644]] &ndash; The [[Qing dynasty]]'s [[Manchu people|Manchu]] forces led by the [[Shunzhi Emperor]] take Beijing during the collapse of the [[Ming dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Dorothy Perkins |title=Encyclopedia of China: History and Culture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KMQeAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA282 |date=19 November 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-93562-7 |pages=282}}</ref>
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[Haitian Revolution]]: [[Battle of Port-Républicain]]: British troops capture the capital of [[Saint-Domingue]].<ref>{{Cite book |author=Thomas Madiou |author-link=Thomas Madiou |title=Histoire d'Haïti, Tome I |year=1847 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vN4CAAAAYAAJ&q=Histoire+d'Haiti,+Volume+1+Par+Thomas+Madiou&pg=PA363 |language=French |pages=186–188}}</ref>
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Battle of New Ross (1798)|Battle of New Ross]]: The attempt to spread the [[Irish Rebellion of 1798|United Irish Rebellion]] into [[Munster]] is defeated.
*[[1817]] &ndash; The first [[Great Lakes]] steamer, the [[PS Frontenac|''Frontenac'']], is launched.
*[[1829]] &ndash; {{HMS|Pickle}} captures the armed slave ship ''Voladora'' off the coast of [[Cuba]].
*[[1832]] &ndash; The [[June Rebellion]] breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of [[Louis Philippe]].
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Houston]] is incorporated by the [[Republic of Texas]].
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Denmark]] becomes a [[constitutional monarchy]] by the signing of a new [[Constitution of Denmark|constitution]].
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]]'s anti-[[slavery]] serial, ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'', or ''Life Among the Lowly'', starts a ten-month run in the ''National Era'' [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionist]] newspaper.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Kenneth M. Price |author2=Susan Belasco Smith |title=Periodical Literature in Nineteenth-century America |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HW9sLYfukkAC&pg=PA87 |year=1995 |publisher=University of Virginia Press |isbn=978-0-8139-1629-3 |pages=87}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; As the [[Treaty of Saigon (1862)|Treaty of Saigon]] is signed, ceding parts of southern [[Vietnam]] to France, the guerrilla leader [[Trương Định]] decides to defy Emperor [[Tự Đức]] of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Piedmont]]: [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces under [[General]] [[David Hunter]] defeat a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] army at [[Piedmont, Augusta County, Virginia|Piedmont, Virginia]], taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
*[[1873]] &ndash; Sultan [[Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar]] closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.<ref>Christopher Lloyd, ''The Navy and the Slave Trade: The Suppression of the African Slave Trade in the Nineteenth Century'', 1968, pp 264–268</ref> 
*[[1883]] &ndash; The first regularly scheduled [[Orient Express]] departs Paris.
*[[1888]] &ndash; The [[1888 Río de la Plata earthquake|Rio de la Plata earthquake]] takes place.
*[[1893]] &ndash; The trial of [[Lizzie Borden]] for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Second Boer War]]: British soldiers take [[Pretoria]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Craig Wilcox |title=Australia's Boer War: The War in South Africa, 1899–1902 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ftyAAAAMAAJ |year=2002 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-551637-1 |pages=84–85}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1915]] &ndash; Denmark amends its [[constitution of Denmark|constitution]] to allow [[women's suffrage]].
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Louis Brandeis]] is sworn in as a [[Justice of the United States Supreme Court]]; he is the first [[History of Jews in the United States|American Jew]] to hold such a position.
*  1916   &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[Arab Revolt]] against the [[Ottoman Empire]] breaks out.
*[[1917]] &ndash; World War I: [[Selective Service Act of 1917|Conscription]] begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: After a brief lull in the [[Battle of France]], the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the [[River Somme]] in Operation ''[[Fall Rot]]'' ("Case Red").
*[[1941]] &ndash; World War II: Four thousand [[Chongqing]] residents are [[asphyxia]]ted in a bomb shelter during the [[Bombing of Chongqing]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: The United States declares war on [[Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]], [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]], and [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[Atlantic Wall|gun batteries]] on the [[Normandy]] coast in preparation for [[Normandy landings|D-Day]].
*[[1945]] &ndash; The [[Allied Control Council]], the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
*[[1946]] &ndash; A fire in the [[La Salle Hotel]] in Chicago, [[Illinois]], kills 61 people.<!--Resulted in laws and policy change; notable-->
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: [[Marshall Plan]]: In a speech at [[Harvard University]], the [[United States Secretary of State]] [[George Marshall]] calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Thailand]] elects [[Orapin Chaiyakan]], the first [[Women in Thailand|female]] member of [[Thailand's Parliament]].
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Elvis Presley]] introduces his new single, "[[Hound Dog (song)|Hound Dog]]", on ''[[The Milton Berle Show]]'', scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
*[[1959]] &ndash; The first government of [[Singapore]] is sworn in.
*[[1960]] &ndash; The [[Lake Bodom murders]] occur in [[Finland]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://allthatsinteresting.com/lake-bodom-murders |title=The Lake Bodom Murders: Finland's Most Famous Unsolved Triple Homicide |first=Katie |last=Serena |date=2019-01-09 |language=en-US |access-date=2020-12-13}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; The British [[Secretary of State for War]], [[John Profumo]], resigns in a [[sex scandal]] known as the "[[Profumo affair]]".
*  1963   &ndash; [[Movement of 15 Khordad]]: Protests against the arrest of [[Ayatollah]] [[Ruhollah Khomeini]] by the [[Shah]] of [[Iran]], [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]]. In several cities, masses of angry demonstrators are confronted by tanks and [[paratrooper]]s.
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[DSV Alvin|DSV ''Alvin'']] is commissioned.
*[[1967]] &ndash; The [[Six-Day War]] begins: [[Israel]] launches surprise strikes against [[Egypt]]ian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border.
*[[1968]] &ndash; Presidential candidate [[Robert F. Kennedy]] is [[Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy|assassinated]] by [[Sirhan Sirhan]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sirhan-sirhan-kept-behind-bars/ |title=Sirhan Sirhan Kept Behind Bars |last=Murphy |first=Jarrett |date=March 7, 2003 |work=CBS News |access-date=June 5, 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; The [[Suez Canal]] opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
*  1975   &ndash; The United Kingdom holds its first [[1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum|country-wide referendum]] on membership of the [[European Economic Community]] (EEC).<ref>{{cite web |title=Archive: how The Guardian reported the 1975 EEC referendum |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/from-the-archive-blog/2015/jun/05/referendum-eec-europe-1975 |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 May 2022 |language=en |date=5 June 2015}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; The [[Teton Dam]] in [[Idaho]], United States, collapses. Eleven people are killed as a result of flooding.<ref>{{cite book |author=Reed Business Information |title=New Scientist |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5RHTCiRgnB0C&pg=PA280 |date=2 February 1978 |publisher=Reed Business Information |pages=280}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; The ''[[Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report]]'' of the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of [[pneumonia]] seen only in patients with weakened [[immune system]]s, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of [[AIDS]].
*[[1983]] &ndash; More than 100 people are killed when the Russian river cruise ship ''[[Aleksandr Suvorov (ship)|Aleksandr Suvorov]]'' collides with a girder of the [[Ulyanovsk]] Railway Bridge. The collision caused a freight train to [[Derailment|derail]], further damaging the vessel, yet the ship remained afloat and was eventually restored and returned to service.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/08/world/more-than-100-died-in-volga-boat-crash-soviet-official-says.html |title=MORE THAN 100 DIED IN VOLGA BOAT CRASH, SOVIET OFFICIAL SAYS |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 8, 1983 |access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Operation Blue Star]]: Under orders from [[Prime Minister of India|India's prime minister]], [[Indira Gandhi]], the Indian Army begins an invasion of the [[Harmandir Sahib|Golden Temple]], the holiest site of the [[Sikh]] religion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/19/world/punjab-raid-unanswered-questions.html |title=PUNJAB RAID: UNANSWERED QUESTIONS |author=William K. Stevens |date=June 1984 |website=New York Times |access-date=June 4, 2018}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; The [[Tank Man]] halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]].
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] is launched on [[STS-40]], the fifth [[spacelab]] mission.<ref>{{cite web |title=STS-40 |url=http://spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-40.htm |access-date=February 26, 2014 |publisher=Spacefacts}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; Portions of the [[Holbeck Hall Hotel]] in [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire]], UK, fall into the sea following a landslide.
*[[1995]] &ndash; The [[Bose–Einstein condensate]] is first created.
*[[1997]] &ndash; The [[Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–1999)|Second Republic of the Congo Civil War]] begins.
*[[1998]] &ndash; A [[Strike action|strike]] begins at the [[General Motors]] parts factory in [[Flint, Michigan]], that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants. The strike lasts seven weeks.
*[[2000]] &ndash; The [[Six-Day War (2000)|Six-Day War in Kisangani]] begins in [[Kisangani]], in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], between [[Uganda]]n and [[Rwanda]]n forces. A large part of the city is destroyed.
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Tropical Storm Allison]] makes landfall on the upper-[[Texas]] coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5&nbsp;billion in damages, making Allison the second costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'']] launches on [[STS-111]], carrying the [[Expedition 5]] crew to the [[International Space Station]] to replace the [[Expedition 4]] crew. Astronaut [[Franklin Chang-Díaz]] becomes the second person to have flown on seven spaceflights.<ref name="ws20071114">{{cite web |title=Franklin Chang-Diaz: Astronaut and Rocket Scientist |url=http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/story/80-franklin_chang_diaz_astronaut_and_rocket_scientist.html |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071115161244/http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/story/80-franklin_chang_diaz_astronaut_and_rocket_scientist.html |archive-date=November 15, 2007 |access-date=January 12, 2010 |website=[[PBS]]}}, ''[[Wired Science]]'', November 14, 2007</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; A severe [[heat wave]] across [[Pakistan]] and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50&nbsp;°C (122&nbsp;°F) in the region.
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Noël Mamère]], Mayor of Bègles, celebrates [[same-sex marriage in France|marriage for two men]] for the first time in France.
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Serbia]] declares independence from the [[Serbia and Montenegro|State Union of Serbia and Montenegro]].
*[[2009]] &ndash; After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people [[2009 Peruvian political crisis|are killed]] in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near [[Bagua, Peru]].
*2009 &ndash; A [[2009 Hermosillo daycare center fire|fire at a day-care center]] kills 49 people in [[Hermosillo]], Mexico.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-27684358|title=Memories of deadly 2009 nursery fire haunt Mexico|work=BBC|first=Will|last=Grant|access-date=8 April 2025|date=5 June 2014}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; Last [[2012 transit of Venus|transit of Venus]] until the year 2117.<ref>{{cite news |first=Irene |last=Klotz |title=Venus transit offers opportunity to study planet's atmosphere (+video) |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0606/Venus-transit-offers-opportunity-to-study-planet-s-atmosphere-video |publisher=Christian Science Monitor |date=6 June 2012 |access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; An [[2015 Sabah earthquake|earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.0]] strikes Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia, killing 18 people, including hikers and mountain guides on [[Mount Kinabalu]], after mass landslides that occurred during the earthquake. This is the strongest earthquake to strike Malaysia since 1975.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/south-east-asia/story/sabah-quake-death-toll-rises-18-after-missing-singaporeans-found-201 |title=Sabah quake: Death toll rises to 18; Malaysia to end search and rescue ops |work=[[The Straits Times]] |date=10 June 2015 |access-date=10 June 2015}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; Two [[2016 Aktobe shootings|shootings]] in [[Aktobe]], Kazakhstan, kill six people.<ref name="reuters">{{cite news |last1=Nurshayeva |first1=Raushan |last2=Auyezov |first2=Olzhas |date=5 June 2016 |title=Suspected militants attack Kazakh guard base, kill six |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kazakhstan-extremists-shooting-idUSKCN0YR0IX |access-date=5 June 2016 |work=Reuters}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Montenegro]] becomes the 29th member of [[NATO]].
*  2017   &ndash; Six Arab countries—[[Bahrain]], [[Egypt]], [[Libya]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Yemen]], and the [[United Arab Emirates]]—[[Qatar diplomatic crisis|cut diplomatic ties]] with [[Qatar]], accusing it of destabilising the region.
*  [[2022]] &ndash; A [[2022 Kazakh constitutional referendum|constitutional referendum]] is held in Kazakhstan following [[2022 Kazakh unrest|violent protests and civil unrest]] against the government.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-16 |title=Kazakhstan president proposes reforms to limit his powers |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/16/kazakhistan-president-proposes-reforms-to-limit-his-powers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414125015/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/16/kazakhistan-president-proposes-reforms-to-limit-his-powers |archive-date=14 April 2022 |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref>
*  [[2024]] &ndash; The [[Boeing Starliner]] is launched on its [[Boeing Crew Flight Test|first crewed flight]], carrying astronauts [[Barry Wilmore]] and [[Sunita Williams]] to the International Space Station.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |author-link=Jeff Foust |date=5 June 2024 |title=Starliner lifts off on crewed test flight |url=https://spacenews.com/starliner-lifts-off-on-crewed-test-flight/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605235858/https://spacenews.com/starliner-lifts-off-on-crewed-test-flight/ |archive-date=5 June 2024 |access-date=5 June 2024 |journal=[[SpaceNews]]}}</ref>
*  [[2025]] &ndash; The [[Nintendo Switch 2]] [[video game console]] is released worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yin-Poole |first=Wesley |date=2025-04-02 |title=Switch 2 Release Date Confirmed During Nintendo Direct |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/switch-2-release-date-confirmed-during-nintendo-direct |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===

*[[1341]] &ndash; [[Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York]], son of King [[Edward III of England]] and [[Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports]] (died 1402)<ref>G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910–1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), Volume XII/2, page 895.</ref>
*[[1412]] &ndash; [[Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua]], Italian ruler (died 1478)
*[[1493]] &ndash; [[Justus Jonas]], German priest and academic (died 1555)
*[[1523]] &ndash; [[Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry]] (died 1573)
*[[1554]] &ndash; [[Benedetto Giustiniani]], Italian clergyman (died 1621)
*[[1587]] &ndash; [[Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick]], English colonial administrator and admiral (died 1658)
*[[1596]] &ndash; [[Peter Wtewael]], Dutch Golden Age painter (died 1660)

===1601–1900===
*[[1640]] &ndash; [[Pu Songling]], Chinese author (died 1715)
*[[1646]] &ndash; [[Elena Cornaro Piscopia]], Italian mathematician and philosopher (died 1684)
*[[1660]] &ndash; [[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough]] (died 1744)
*[[1757]] &ndash; [[Pierre Jean George Cabanis]], French physiologist and philosopher (died 1808)
*[[1760]] &ndash; [[Johan Gadolin]], Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (died 1852)
*[[1771]] &ndash; [[Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover]] (died 1851)<ref>{{citation |editor1-last=Gibbs |editor2-last=Doubleday |editor1-first=Vicary |editor2-first=H. A. |title=The Complete Peerage |volume=III |year=1913 |publisher=St Catherine Press |page=575 |chapter=Cumberland, Duke of}}</ref>
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[Christian Lobeck]], German scholar and academic (died 1860)
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[William Scamp]], English architect and engineer (died 1872)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hughes |first1=Quentin |last2=Thake |first2=Conrad |title=Malta, War & Peace: An Architectural Chronicle 1800–2000 |date=2005 |publisher=Midsea Books Ltd |isbn=9789993270553 |page=250 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=75IgAAAACAAJ}}</ref>
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[John Couch Adams]], English mathematician and astronomer (died 1892)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Adams, John Couch |volume=1 |pages=177–178}}</ref>
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Carmine Crocco]], Italian soldier (died 1905)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Pat Garrett]], American sheriff (died 1908)
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Allvar Gullstrand]], Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1930)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[James Connolly]], Scottish-born Irish rebel leader (died 1916)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Bernard de Pourtalès]], Swiss captain and sailor (died 1935)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Isaac Heinemann]], German-Israeli scholar and academic (died 1957)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Willard Miller]], Canadian-American sailor, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (died 1959)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Pancho Villa]], Mexican general and politician, [[Governor of Chihuahua]] (died 1923)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Robert Mayer (philanthropist)|Robert Mayer]], German-English businessman and philanthropist (died 1985)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[John Maynard Keynes]], English economist, philosopher, and academic (died 1946)
*  1883   &ndash; [[Mary Helen Young]], Scottish nurse and resistance fighter during World War II (died 1945)<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Young, Mary Helen (1883–1945), nurse and resistance worker |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-73212 |year=2004 |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/73212 |isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 |last1=Watson |first1=Fiona R.}}</ref>
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Ralph Benatzky]], Czech-Swiss composer (died 1957)
*  1884   &ndash; [[Ivy Compton-Burnett]], English author (died 1969)
*  1884   &ndash; [[Frederick Lorz]], American runner (died 1914)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Jaan Kikkas]], Estonian weightlifter (died 1944)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet]], Canadian-English publisher and academic (died 1976)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[William Boyd (actor)|William Boyd]], American actor and producer (died 1972)
*  1895   &ndash; [[William Roberts (painter)|William Roberts]], English soldier and painter (died 1980)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Salvatore Ferragamo]], Italian shoe designer, founded [[Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.]] (died 1960)
*  1898   &ndash; [[Federico García Lorca]], Spanish poet, playwright, and director (died 1936)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Otis Barton]], American diver, engineer, and actor, designed the [[bathysphere]] (died 1992)
*  1899   &ndash; [[Theippan Maung Wa]], Burmese writer (died 1942)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Dennis Gabor]], Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1979)

===1901–present===
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Dean Amadon]], American ornithologist and author (died 2003)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Eric Hollies]], English cricketer (died 1981)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Conrad Marca-Relli]], American-Italian painter and academic (died 2000)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Beatrice De Cardi|Beatrice de Cardi]], English archaeologist and academic (died 2016)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Lancelot Ware]],  English barrister and biochemist, co-founder of Mensa (died 2000)<ref name=Guardian18082000>{{Cite news |title=Obituary: Lancelot Ware |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/aug/18/guardianobituaries |last=Barker |first=Dennis |date=18 August 2000 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Sid Barnes]], Australian cricketer (died 1973)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Eddie Joost]], American baseball player and manager (died 2011)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Richard Scarry]], American-Swiss author and illustrator (died 1994)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Marion Motley]], American football player and coach (died 1999)<ref>{{cite news |last=Litsky |first=Frank |title=Marion Motley, Bruising Back For Storied Browns, Dies at 79 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/28/sports/marion-motley-bruising-back-for-storied-browns-dies-at-79.html |access-date=July 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109152245/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/28/sports/marion-motley-bruising-back-for-storied-browns-dies-at-79.html |archive-date=November 9, 2012 |newspaper=New York Times |date=June 28, 1999 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  1920   &ndash; [[Cornelius Ryan]], Irish-American journalist and author (died 1974)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Paul Couvret]], Dutch-Australian soldier, pilot, and politician (died 2013)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Sheila Sim]], English actress (died 2016)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Jorge Daponte]], Argentinian racing driver (died 1963)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Daniel Pinkham]], American organist and composer (died 2006)<ref>{{citation |title=Daniel Pinkham, 83, Composer and Organist, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/21/obituaries/21pinkham.html?_r=1&oref=slogin |author=Daniel J. Wakin |issue=December 21, 2006 |accessdate=2007-11-16 |periodical=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 21, 2006}}</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Art Donovan]], American football player and radio host (died 2013)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Paul Soros]], Hungarian-American engineer and businessman (died 2013)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Robert Lansing (actor)|Robert Lansing]], American actor (died 1994)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Tony Richardson]], English-American director and producer (died 1991)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Alifa Rifaat]], Egyptian author (died 1996)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Yves Blais]], Canadian businessman and politician (died 1998)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Jacques Demy]], French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1990)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Jerzy Prokopiuk]], Polish anthropologist and philosopher (died 2021)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Christy Brown]], Irish painter and author (died 1981)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Dave Gold]], American businessman, founded the [[99 Cents Only Stores]] (died 2013)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Bata Živojinović]], Serbian actor and politician (died 2016)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Vilhjálmur Einarsson]], Icelandic triple jumper, painter, and educator (died 2019)
*  1934 &ndash; [[Bill Moyers]], American journalist, 13th [[White House Press Secretary]] (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Scott |first=Janny |date=June 26, 2025 |title=Bill Moyers, a Face of Public TV and Once a White House Voice, Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/business/media/bill-moyers-dead.html |access-date=July 22, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Hélène Cixous]], French author, poet, and critic
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Moira Anderson]], Scottish singer
*  1938   &ndash; [[Karin Balzer]], German hurdler (died 2019)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Roy Higgins (jockey)|Roy Higgins]], Australian jockey (died 2014)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Joe Clark]], Canadian journalist and politician, 16th [[Prime Minister of Canada]]<ref>{{cite book |author=John Robert Colombo |title=1000 Questions About Canada: Places, People, Things and Ideas, A Question-and-Answer Book on Canadian Facts and Culture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=atJFfMfg8PsC&pg=PA83 |date=1 June 2001 |publisher=Dundurn |isbn=978-1-4597-1820-3 |pages=83}}</ref>
*  1939   &ndash; [[Margaret Drabble]], English novelist, biographer, and critic<ref>{{cite book |author=Nora Foster Stovel |title=Margaret Drabble, Symbolic Moralist |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BUkgAQAAIAAJ |year=1989 |publisher=Starmont House |isbn=978-1-55742-035-0 |page=ix}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Martha Argerich]], Argentinian pianist<ref>{{cite book |title=International Piano Quarterly: IPQ. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EE45AQAAIAAJ |year=2000 |publisher=Gramophone Publications |page=10}}</ref>
*  1941   &ndash; [[Erasmo Carlos]], Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 2022)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Spalding Gray]], American writer, actor, and monologist (died 2004)<ref>{{cite book |author=Edward Vilga |title=Acting Now: Conversations on Craft and Career |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CwVlkTBSCugC&pg=PA100 |year=1997 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |isbn=978-0-8135-2403-0 |pages=100}}</ref>
*  1941   &ndash; [[Gudrun Sjödén]], Swedish designer
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo]], Equatoguinean lieutenant and politician, 2nd [[President of Equatorial Guinea]]
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Abraham Viruthakulangara]], Roman Catholic Archbishop of Nagpur, Maharashtra, India (died 2018)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Whitfield Diffie]], American cryptographer and academic
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[John Carlos]], American runner and football player
*  1945   &ndash; [[André Lacroix (ice hockey)|André Lacroix]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[John Du Cann]], English guitarist (died 2001)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Bob Grant (rugby league)|Bob Grant]], Australian rugby league player
*  1946   &ndash; [[Patrick Head]], English engineer and businessman, co-founded [[Williams F1]]
*  1946   &ndash; [[Wanderléa]], Brazilian singer and television host
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Laurie Anderson]], American singer-songwriter and violinist
*  1947   &ndash; [[Tom Evans (musician)|Tom Evans]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1983)
*  1947   &ndash; [[David Hare (playwright)|David Hare]], English director, playwright, and screenwriter
*  1947   &ndash; [[Freddie Stone]], American singer, guitarist, and pastor 
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Ken Follett]], Welsh author
*  1949   &ndash; [[Elizabeth Gloster]], English lawyer and judge
*  1949   &ndash; [[Alexander Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of Dundee]], Scottish politician
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Ronnie Dyson]], American singer and actor (died 1990)
*  1950   &ndash; [[Abraham Sarmiento, Jr.]], Filipino journalist and activist (died 1977)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Suze Orman]], American financial adviser, author, and television host
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Pierre Bruneau (journalist)|Pierre Bruneau]], Canadian journalist and news anchor
*  1952   &ndash; [[Carole Fredericks]], American singer  (died 2001)
*  1952   &ndash; [[Nicko McBrain]], English drummer and songwriter
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Kathleen Kennedy (film producer)|Kathleen Kennedy]], American film producer, co-founded [[Amblin Entertainment]]
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Alberto Malesani]], Italian footballer and manager
*  1954   &ndash; [[Phil Neale]], English cricketer, coach, and manager
*  1954   &ndash; [[Nancy Stafford]], American model and actress
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Edino Nazareth Filho]], Brazilian footballer and manager
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Kenny G]], American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Avigdor Lieberman]], Moldavian-Israeli politician, [[Deputy leaders of Israel|Deputy Prime Minister of Israel]]
*  1958   &ndash; [[Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi]], Comorian businessman and politician, [[President of Comoros]]
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Mark Ella]], Australian rugby player
*  1959   &ndash; [[Werner Schildhauer]], German runner
*  1960   &ndash; [[Claire Fox]], English author and academic
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Anke Behmer]], German heptathlete
*  1961   &ndash; [[Mary Kay Bergman]], American voice actress (died 1999)
*  1961   &ndash; [[Anthony Burger]], American singer and pianist (died 2006)
*  1961   &ndash; [[Aldo Costa]], Italian engineer
*  1961   &ndash; [[Ramesh Krishnan]], Indian tennis player and coach
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Jeff Garlin]], American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter
*  1962   &ndash; [[Tõnis Lukas]], Estonian historian and politician, 34th [[Minister of Education and Research (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of Education]]
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Lisa Cholodenko]], American director and screenwriter
*  1964   &ndash; [[Rick Riordan]], American author<ref name="Puffin ID">{{cite web |title=Rick Riordan ID Card |url=http://www.puffin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000068821,00.html |publisher=Puffin Books |access-date=April 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928213432/http://www.puffin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000068821,00.html |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Michael E. Brown]], American astronomer and author
*  1965   &ndash; [[Sandrine Piau]], French soprano
*  1965   &ndash; [[Alfie Turcotte]], American ice hockey player
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Joe DeLoach]], American sprinter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14236245 |title=Joe DeLoach |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
*  1967   &ndash; [[Ron Livingston]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Ron Livingston |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/115021%7C184548/Ron-Livingston/#overview |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Ed Vaizey]], English lawyer and politician, [[Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries]]
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Brian McKnight]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Martin Gélinas]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Susan Lynch]], Northern Irish actress
*  1971   &ndash; [[Alex Mooney]], American politician<ref>{{ CongLinks | congbio = M001195 }}</ref>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Mark Wahlberg]], American model, actor, producer, and rapper 
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Yogi Adityanath]], Indian priest and politician
*  1972   &ndash; [[Paweł Kotla]], Polish conductor and academic
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Lamon Brewster]], American boxer
*  1973   &ndash; [[Gella Vandecaveye]], Belgian martial artist
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Mervyn Dillon]], Trinidadian cricketer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Scott Draper]], Australian tennis player and golfer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Russ Ortiz]], American baseball player
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Zydrunas Ilgauskas]], Lithuanian-American basketball player
*  1975   &ndash; [[Duncan Patterson]], English drummer and keyboard player 
*  1975   &ndash; [[Sandra Stals]], Belgian runner
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Joe Gatto]], American comedian<ref>{{Cite Twitter profile|@Joe_Gatto}}</ref>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Giannis Giannoulis]], Canadian basketball player
*  1976   &ndash; [[Torry Holt]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Torry Holt |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/1757/torry-holt |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Liza Weil]], American actress
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Nick Kroll]], American actor and comedian<ref>{{cite web |title=Happy Birthday To Rye's Nick Kroll |url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/rye/neighbors/happy-birthday-to-ryes-nick-kroll/458670/ |publisher=[[The Daily Voice (American hyperlocal news)|The Daily Voice]] |access-date=31 May 2023 |date=5 June 2014}}</ref>
*  1978   &ndash; [[Fernando Meira]], Portuguese footballer
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Stefanos Kotsolis]], Greek footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Matthew Scarlett]], Australian footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Pete Wentz]], American singer-songwriter, bass player, actor, and fashion designer 
*  1979   &ndash; [[Jason White (American racing driver)|Jason White]], American race car driver
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Mike Fisher (ice hockey)|Mike Fisher]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Antonio Garcia (racing driver)|Antonio García]], Spanish racing driver
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Serhat Akın]], Turkish footballer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Sébastien Lefebvre]], Canadian singer and guitarist 
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Ryan Dallas Cook]], American trombonist (died 2005)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Marques Colston]], American football player
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Robert Barbieri]], Canadian-Italian rugby player
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Jeremy Abbott]], American figure skater
*  1985   &ndash; [[Ekaterina Bychkova]], Russian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ekaterina Bychkova &#124; Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/20706/name |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Dave Bolland]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Vernon Gholston]], American football player
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Marcus Thornton (basketball, born 1987)|Marcus Thornton]], American basketball player
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Alessandro Salvi]], Italian footballer
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Cam Atkinson]], American ice hockey player
*  1989   &ndash; [[Megumi Nakajima]], Japanese voice actress and singer
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Radko Gudas]], Czech ice hockey defenceman
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Sören Bertram]], German footballer
*  1991   &ndash; [[Ninja (gamer)|Ninja]], American professional gamer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Viana |first1=Bhernardo |title=Ninja turns 28 today—here's what he's accomplished and missed in the past year |url=https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/ninja-turns-28-today-heres-what-hes-accomplished-and-missed-in-the-past-year |website=Dot Esports |publisher=[[Gamurs]] |access-date=31 May 2023 |date=5 June 2019}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Joazhiño Arroe]], Peruvian footballer
*  1992   &ndash; [[Emily Seebohm]], Australian swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Ones to watch in Delhi: Emily Seebohm |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/swimming/8995227.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=8 January 2022 |date=1 October 2010}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Roger Tuivasa-Sheck]], Samoan-New Zealand rugby league player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.warriors.kiwi/teams/telstra-premiership/warriors/roger-tuivasa-sheck/ |title=Official NRL profile of Roger Tuivasa-Sheck |website=Warriors |access-date=9 October 2019 |archive-date=October 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012100524/https://www.warriors.kiwi/teams/telstra-premiership/warriors/roger-tuivasa-sheck/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Troye Sivan]], South African–born Australian singer-songwriter, actor, and [[YouTuber]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/troyesivan/status/739352032461524992 |title=troye sivan on Twitter: "IM 21" |website=[[Twitter]] |date=5 June 2016 |access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Ross Wilson (table tennis)|Ross Wilson]], English table tennis player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympics.org.uk/athletes/ross-wilson |title=Ross Wilson |website=Paralympics GB |access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Sam Darnold]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/new-york-jets/post/_/id/76390/21-things-to-know-about-jets-qb-sam-darnold-on-his-21st-birthday |title=21 things to know about Jets QB Sam Darnold on his 21st birthday |date=5 June 2018 |author=Rich Cimini |website=ESPN |access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Kale Clague]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kale Clague |url=https://www.nhl.com/sabres/player/kale-clague-8479348 |access-date=23 September 2024 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]]}}</ref>
*  1998   &ndash; [[Jaqueline Cristian]], Romanian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/320319/jaqueline-cristian |title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Jaqueline Cristian |publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]] |access-date=17 October 2022}}</ref>
*  1998   &ndash; [[Dave (rapper)|Dave]], British rapper<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dodds |first=Emma |date=11 February 2024 |title=Dave: Everything there is to know about the 'Starlight' rapper |url=https://planetradio.co.uk/kiss/entertainment/music/dave-music/ |website=Planet Radio}}</ref>
*  1998   &ndash; [[Yulia Lipnitskaya]], Russian figure skater
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Chaeryeong]], South Korean singer and dancer<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 July 2022 |title=[CELEB] Grab your 'Sneakers' and fasten your shoelaces for ITZY's new EP 'Checkmate' |url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2022/07/17/entertainment/kpop/Korea-Kpop-ITZY/20220717155339710.html |website=Korea JoongAng Daily |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[301]] &ndash; [[Sima Lun]], Chinese emperor (born 249)
* [[535]] &ndash; [[Epiphanius of Constantinople|Epiphanius]], patriarch of Constantinople
* [[567]] &ndash; [[Pope Theodosius I of Alexandria|Theodosius I]], patriarch of Alexandria
* [[708]] &ndash; [[Jacob of Edessa]], Syrian bishop (born 640)
* [[754]] &ndash; [[Eoban]], bishop of Utrecht
*   754   &ndash; [[Saint Boniface|Boniface]], English missionary and martyr (born 675)
* [[879]] &ndash; [[Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar|Ya'qub ibn al-Layth]], Persian emir (born 840)
* [[928]] &ndash; [[Louis the Blind]], king of Provence
*[[1017]] &ndash; [[Emperor Sanjō|Sanjō]], emperor of Japan (born 976)
*[[1118]] &ndash; [[Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester]], Norman nobleman and politician (born 1049)
*[[1296]] &ndash; [[Edmund Crouchback]], English politician, [[Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports]] (born 1245)
*[[1310]] &ndash; [[Amalric, Lord of Tyre|Amalric]], prince of Tyre
*[[1316]] &ndash; [[Louis X of France|Louis X]], king of France (born 1289)
*[[1383]] &ndash; [[Dmitry of Suzdal]], Russian grand prince (born 1324)
*[[1400]] &ndash; [[Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg|Frederick I]], duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
*[[1424]] &ndash; [[Braccio da Montone]], Italian nobleman (born 1368)
*[[1434]] &ndash; [[Yuri IV]], Russian grand prince (born 1374)
*[[1443]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand the Holy Prince|Ferdinand]], Portuguese prince (born 1402)
*[[1445]] &ndash; [[Leonel Power]], English composer
*[[1530]] &ndash; [[Mercurino Gattinara]], Italian statesman and jurist (born 1465)
*[[1568]] &ndash; [[Lamoral, Count of Egmont]] (born 1522)

===1601–1900===
*[[1625]] &ndash; [[Orlando Gibbons]], English organist and composer (born 1583)
*[[1667]] &ndash; [[Francesco Sforza Pallavicino]], Italian cardinal and historian (born 1607)
*[[1708]] &ndash; [[Ignatius George II]], Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (born 1648)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Barsoum |first1=Ephrem |date=2009 |title=History of the Syriac Dioceses |volume=1 |publisher=Gorgias Press |translator=Matti Moosa |author-link=Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum |page=1}}</ref>
*[[1716]] &ndash; [[Roger Cotes]], English mathematician and academic (born 1682)
*[[1722]] &ndash; [[Johann Kuhnau]], German organist and composer (born 1660)
*[[1738]] &ndash; [[Isaac de Beausobre]], French pastor and theologian (born 1659)
*[[1740]] &ndash; [[Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent]], English politician and courtier (born 1671)
*[[1791]] &ndash; [[Frederick Haldimand]], Swiss-Canadian general and politician, 22nd [[List of Governors General of Canada|Governor of Quebec]] (born 1718)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Paisiello]], Italian composer and educator (born 1741)
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Odysseas Androutsos]], Greek soldier (born 1788)
*[[1826]] &ndash; [[Carl Maria von Weber]], German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1786)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[John McDouall Stuart]], Scottish explorer and surveyor (born 1815)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Antonio Luna]], Filipino general (born 1866)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Stephen Crane]], American poet, novelist, and short story writer (born 1871)

===1901–present===
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann]], German philosopher and author (born 1842)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[O. Henry]], American short story writer (born 1862)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Chris von der Ahe]], German-American businessman (born 1851)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener]], Irish-born British field marshal and politician, [[Secretary of State for War]] (born 1850)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Rhoda Broughton]], Welsh-English author (born 1840)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Will Crooks]], English trade unionist and politician (born 1852)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Georges Feydeau]], French playwright (born 1862)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Eric Lemming]], Swedish athlete (born 1880)<ref>{{cite web |title=Eric Lemming |url=https://www.olympic.org/eric-lemming |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=2 March 2020}}</ref>
*  1930   &ndash; [[Pascin]], Bulgarian-French painter and illustrator (born 1885)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Emily Dobson]], Australian philanthropist (born 1842)<ref>{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last1=Reynolds |first1=I. A. |title=Dobson, Emily (1842–1934) |id2=dobson-emily-5985 |access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref>
*  1934   &ndash; [[William Holman]], English-Australian politician, 19th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (born 1871)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Nils Olaf Chrisander]], Swedish-American actor and director (born 1884)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Eleanor Farjeon]], English author, poet, and playwright (born 1881)<ref>{{cite book |last=Campbell |first=Margaret |chapter=Farjeon, Eleanor |editor-first=D.L. |editor-last=Kirkpatrick |title=Twentieth-century Children's Writers |location=London |publisher=Macmillan |year=1978 |isbn=978-0-33323-414-3 |page=426}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Arthur Biram]], Israeli philologist, philosopher, and academic (born 1878)
*  1967   &ndash; [[Harry Brown (public servant)|Harry Brown]], Australian public servant (born 1878)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Conway Twitty]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1933)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Acharya Kuber Nath Rai]], Indian poet and scholar (born 1933)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[J. Anthony Lukas]], American journalist and author (born 1933)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Jeanette Nolan]], American actress (born 1911)
*  1998   &ndash; [[Sam Yorty]], American soldier and politician, 37th [[Mayor of Los Angeles]] (born 1909)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Mel Tormé]], American singer-songwriter (born 1925)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Don Liddle]], American baseball player (born 1925)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Dee Dee Ramone]], American singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1951)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Jürgen Möllemann]], German soldier and politician, 10th [[Vice-Chancellor of Germany]] (born 1945)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Manuel Rosenthal]], French composer and conductor (born 1904)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Iona Brown]], English violinist and conductor (born 1941)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Ronald Reagan]], American actor and politician, 40th [[President of the United States]] (born 1911)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Adolfo Aguilar Zínser]], Mexican scholar and politician (born 1949)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Wee Chong Jin]], Singaporean judge (born 1917)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2005/06/06/exchief-justice-wee-dies-at-87 |title=Ex-chief justice Wee dies at 87 |website=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]] |date=6 June 2005 |access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Frederick Franck]], Dutch-American painter, sculptor, and author (born 1909)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Edward L. Moyers]], American businessman (born 1928)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Jeff Hanson]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1978)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Azam Khan (singer)|Azam Khan]], Bangladeshi singer-songwriter (born 1950)<ref>{{cite news |title=Azam Khan is dead |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2011/06/05/pop-guru-azam-khan-is-dead |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=5 June 2021}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Ray Bradbury]], American science fiction writer and screenwriter  (born 1920)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Hal Keller]], American baseball player and manager (born 1928)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Mihai Pătrașcu (computer scientist)|Mihai Pătrașcu]], Romanian-American computer scientist (born 1982)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Charlie Sutton]], Australian footballer and coach (born 1924)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Helen McElhone]], Scottish politician (born 1933)<ref>{{cite web |title=The ex-MPs who died in 2013 - part two |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25449128 |website=BBC News |access-date=9 March 2022 |date=27 December 2013}}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [[Stanisław Nagy]], Polish cardinal (born 1921)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Ruairí Ó Brádaigh]], Irish republican activist and politician (born 1932)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Michel Ostyn]], Belgian physiologist and physician (born 1924)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi]], Iraqi commander (born 1971)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Don Davis (record producer)|Don Davis]], American songwriter and producer (born 1938)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Reiulf Steen]], Norwegian journalist and politician, [[Minister of Transport and Communications (Norway)|Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications]] (born 1933)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Tariq Aziz]], Iraqi journalist and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iraq)|Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (born 1936)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Alan Bond (businessman)|Alan Bond]], English-Australian businessman (born 1938)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Richard Johnson (actor)|Richard Johnson]], English actor (born 1927)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Roger Vergé]], French chef and author (born 1930)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Jerome Bruner]], American psychologist (born 1915)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Andy Cunningham (actor)|Andy Cunningham]], English actor (born 1950)
*  2017   &ndash; [[Cheick Tioté]], Ivorian footballer (born 1986)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Kate Spade]], American fashion designer (born 1962)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44374844 |title=Kate Spade: Fashion designer found dead in New York home |date=June 5, 2018 |access-date=June 5, 2018 |work=BBC News}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[T. B. Joshua]], Nigerian televangelist (born 1963)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Makhafola |first=Complied by Getrude |title=Nigerian televangelist pastor TB Joshua dies |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/nigerian-televangelist-prophet-tb-joshua-dies-20210606 |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Astrud Gilberto]], Brazilian singer (born 1940)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Farber |first=Jim |date=2023-06-06 |title=Astrud Gilberto, 83, Dies; Shot to Fame With 'The Girl From Ipanema' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/06/arts/music/astrud-gilberto-dead.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
*[[Arbor Day#New Zealand|Arbor Day]] (New Zealand)
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Saint Boniface|Boniface]]<ref name="Martyrologium">{{cite book |title=Martyrologium Romanum |date=2004 |publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana |location=Vatican |pages=323–324 |url=https://archive.org/details/MartRom2004/page/322/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=31 May 2025}}</ref>
**[[Dorotheus of Gaza]]
**[[Dorotheus of Tyre]]<ref name="Martyrologium" />
**[[Luke Loan Ba Vu]] ([[Roman Catholic Church]])<ref name="Martyrologium" />
**[[Genesius, Count of Clermont]]
**Blessed [[Meinwerk]]
**[[June 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Constitution Day (Denmark)]]
*[[Father's Day]] (Denmark)
*[[Indian Arrival Day (Suriname)]]
*[[Liberation Day (Seychelles)]]
*[[Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo|President's Day]] ([[Equatorial Guinea]])
*[[Public holidays in Azerbaijan|Reclamation Day]] ([[Azerbaijan]])
*[[Speciesism|World Day Against Speciesism]] ([[International observance|International]])<ref>{{cite news |last=Rao |first=Siddharth |title=Call to shun 'speciesism', love all animals |newspaper=Telangana Today |location=Hyderabad |pages= |language= |publisher=Telangana Publications |date=5 June 2021 |url=https://telanganatoday.com/call-to-shun-speciesism-love-all-animals |access-date=5 June 2021}}</ref>
*[[World Environment Day]] ([[International observance|International]])<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=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/5/ |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=06|day=05}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/june/5 |title=Historical Events on June 5 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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