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On leap years, this day usually marks the
summer
solstice
in the
northern hemisphere
and the
winter solstice
in the
southern hemisphere
.
Events
451
–
Battle of Chalons
:
Flavius Aetius
' battles
Attila the Hun
. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory.
1214
– The
University of Oxford
receives its
charter
.
1631
– The
sack of Baltimore
: the
Irish
village of
Baltimore
is attacked by
Algerian
pirates
.
1652
–
Tarhoncu Ahmet Paşa
appointed
grand vezir
of the
Ottoman Empire
, served until
21 March
1653
.
1685
–
Monmouth Rebellion
:
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
declares himself
King of England
at
Bridgwater
.
1756
– A
British
garrison
is imprisoned in the
Black Hole of Calcutta
.
1782
– The
U.S.
Congress
adopts the
Great Seal of the United States
.
1787
–
Oliver Ellsworth
moves at the
Federal Convention
to call the government the
United States
.
1789
–
Deputies
of the
French
Third Estate
take the
Tennis Court Oath
.
1791
– King
Louis XVI of France
and his immediate family begin the
Flight to Varennes
during
The French Revolution
.
1819
– The U.S.
vessel
SS Savannah
arrives at
Liverpool
,
United Kingdom
.
She is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the
Atlantic
, although most of the journey was made under sail.
1837
–
Queen Victoria
succeeds to the
British
throne.
1840
–
Samuel Morse
receives the patent for the
telegraph
.
1862
–
Barbu Catargiu
, the
Prime Minister
of
Romania
, is assassinated.
1863
–
American Civil War
:
West Virginia
is admitted as the 35th
U.S. state
.
1877
–
Alexander Graham Bell
installs the world's first commercial
telephone
service in
Hamilton
,
Ontario
,
Canada
.
1893
–
Lizzie Borden
is acquitted for the murders of her father and stepmother.
1919
– 150 die at the
Teatro Yaguez
fire,
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
.
1944
–
World War II
: The
Battle of the Philippine Sea
concludes with a decisive
U.S. naval
victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the “Great Marianas Turkey Shoot”.
1948
–
Toast of the Town
, later
The Ed Sullivan Show
, makes its
television
debut.
1956
– A
Venezuelan
Super-Constellation
crashes in the
Atlantic Ocean
off
Asbury Park
,
New Jersey
, killing 74 people.
1959
–
A rare June hurricane
struck Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
1960
– Independence of
Mali
and
Senegal
.
1963
– The so-called "
red telephone
" is established between the
Soviet Union
and the United States following the
Cuban Missile Crisis
.
1973
–
Ezeiza massacre
in
Buenos Aires
,
Argentina
.
Snipers
fire upon left-wing
Peronists
. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
1979
– ABC News correspondent
Bill Stewart
is shot dead by a
Nicaraguan
soldier under the regime of
Anastasio Somoza Debayle
.
The murder is caught on tape and sparked international outcry of the regime.
1990
–
Asteroid
Eureka
is discovered.
1991
– The
German
parliament
decides to move the
capital
from
Bonn
back to
Berlin
.
Births
236 BC
–
Scipio Africanus
, Roman statesman and general of the
Second Punic War
(d. 183 BC)
1005
–
Ali az-Zahir
, caliph (d. 1036)
1389
–
John, Duke of Bedford
, regent of England (d. 1435)
1469
–
Gian Galeazzo Sforza
, duke of Milan (d. 1494)
1485
–
Astorre III Manfredi
, lord of
Faenza
(d.
1502)
1566
– King
Sigismund III Vasa
of Poland (d. 1632)
1583
–
Jacob De la Gardie
, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)
1634
–
Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy
(d. 1675)
1642
(
O.S.
) –
George Hickes
, English minister and scholar (d. 1715)
1647
–
John George III, Elector of Saxony
(d. 1691)
1699
–
William Gustav of Anhalt-Dessau
(d. 1737)
1717
–
Jacques Saly
, French sculptor (d. 1776)
1723
(
O.S.
) –
Adam Ferguson
, Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1816)
1723 (
O.S.
) –
Theophilus Lindsey
, English theologian (d. 1808)
1733
–
Betty Washington
, sister of George Washington (d. 1797)
1737
–
Tokugawa Ieharu
, Japanese Shogun (d. 1786)
1754
–
Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
(d. 1832)
1756
–
Joseph Martin Kraus
, Swedish composer (d. 1792)
1761
–
Jacob Hübner
, German entomologist (d. 1826)
1763
–
Wolfe Tone
, Irish patriot (d. 1798)
1770
–
Moses Waddel
, American
educator
/
minister
and bestselling
author
(d. 1840)
1771
–
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk
, Scottish philanthropist (d. 1820)
1771 –
Hermann von Boyen
, German army officer (d. 1848)
1778
–
Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac
, French politician (d. 1832)
1786
–
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
, French poet (d. 1859)
1796
–
Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso
, Italian cardinal (d. 1878)
1808
–
Samson Raphael Hirsch
, German rabbi (d. 1888)
1813
–
Joseph Autran
, French poet (d. 1877)
1819
–
Jacques Offenbach
, German-born French composer (d. 1880)
1855
–
Sir Richard Lodge
, English historian (d. 1936)
1858
–
Charles W.
Chesnutt
, American writer (d. 1932)
1860
–
Jack Worrall
, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (d. 1937)
1861
–
Frederick Hopkins
, English biochemist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
(d. 1947)
1862
–
Marco Praga
, Italian playwright (d. 1929)
1870
–
Georges Dufrénoy
, French post-impressionnist painter (d. 1943)
1872
–
George Carpenter
, the 5th General of
The Salvation Army
(d. 1948)
1875
–
Reginald Punnett
, British geneticist (d. 1967)
1885
–
Andrzej Gawroński
, Polish scholar (d. 1927)
1887
–
Kurt Schwitters
, German painter and writer (d. 1948)
1889
–
John S.
Paraskevopoulos
, Greek-South African astronomer (d. 1951)
1891
–
John A.
Costello
, second
Taoiseach
of the
Republic of Ireland
(d.
1976)
1891 –
Giannina Arangi-Lombardi
, Italian soprano (d. 1951)
1893
–
Wilhelm Zaisser
, German politician (d. 1958)
1894
–
Lloyd Hall
, American chemist (d. 1971)
1896
–
Wilfrid Pelletier
, Canadian conductor (d. 1982)
1897
–
Elisabeth Hauptmann
, German writer (d. 1973)
1899
–
Jean Moulin
, French Resistance leader (d. 1943)
1905
–
Lillian Hellman
, American playwright (d. 1984)
1907
–
Jimmy Driftwood
, American songwriter and musician (d. 1998)
1908
–
Billy Werber
, American baseball player (d. 2009)
1909
–
Errol Flynn
, Australian actor (d. 1959)
1911
–
Gail Patrick
, American actress (d. 1980)
1912
–
Anthony Buckeridge
, English author (d. 2004)
1915
–
Dick Reynolds
, Australian rules footballer and coach (d. 2002)
1915 –
Terence Young
, British film director (d. 1994)
1916
–
Jean-Jacques Bertrand
, premier of
Quebec
(d.
1973)
1916 –
Johnny Morris
, British children's presenter (d. 1999)
1917
–
Igor Śmiałowski
, Polish actor (d. 2006)
1918
–
George Lynch
, American auto racer (d. 1997)
1918 –
Zoltán Sztáray
, Hungarian writer
1920
–
Hans Gerschwiler
, Swiss figure skater
1921
–
Byron Farwell
, American military historian (d. 1999)
1923
–
Bjørn Watt-Boolsen
, Danish actor (d. 1998)
1924
–
Chet Atkins
, American guitar player and producer (d. 2001)
1924 –
Audie Murphy
, American
Medal of Honor
recipient and actor (d. 1971)
1924 –
Fritz Koenig
, German sculptor
1928
–
Eric Dolphy
, American jazz musician (d. 1964)
1928 –
Jean-Marie Le Pen
, French politician
1930
–
Paul Pender
, American boxer
1930 –
Magdalena Abakanowicz
, Polish artist
1931
–
Olympia Dukakis
, American actress
1931 –
Martin Landau
, American actor
1931 –
James Tolkan
, American actor
1932
–
Robert Rozhdestvensky
, Russian poet (d. 1994)
1933
–
Danny Aiello
, American actor
1934
–
Wendy Craig
, English actress
1934 –
Rossana Podestà
, Italian actress
1934 –
Yuri Vizbor
, Russian poet (d. 1984)
1935
–
Len Dawson
, American football player
1935 –
Neal Knox
, American gun rights activist (d. 2005)
1936
–
Billy Guy
, American singer (
The Coasters
) (d. 2002)
1937
–
Jerry Keller
, American pop singer and songwriter
1938
–
Mickie Most
, British record producer (d. 2003)
1939
–
Ramakant Desai
, Indian cricketer (d. 1998)
1940
–
Eugen Drewermann
, German theologian
1940 –
John Mahoney
, English actor
1941
–
Ulf Merbold
, German physicist and astronaut
1941 –
Stephen Frears
, English film director
1942
–
Brian Wilson
, American musician (
The Beach Boys
)
1944
–
Cheryl Holdridge
, American actress
1944 –
David Roper
, English actor
1945
–
Anne Murray
, Canadian singer
1946
–
Bob Vila
, American television host
1946 –
Xanana Gusmão
,
President of East Timor
1946 –
Andre Watts
, American pianist
1946 –
Lars Vilks
, Swedish artist
1947
–
Dolores Brooks
, American singer (
the Crystals
)
1947 –
Candy Clark
, American actress
1947 –
Josef Clemens
, German bishop and Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
1947 –
Ivo Milazzo
, Italian comic book artist
1948
–
Ludwig Scotty
,
President of Nauru
1949
–
Lionel Richie
, American musician (
The Commodores
)
1949 –
Alan Longmuir
, Scottish bass guitarist (
Bay City Rollers
)
1950
–
Nouri Al-Maliki
,
Prime Minister of Iraq
1951
–
Tress MacNeille
, American voice actress
1951 –
Paul Muldoon
, Northern Irish poet
1951 –
Bill Simon
, American businessman and politician
1952
–
John Goodman
, American actor
1952 –
Vince Gotera
, American poet
1952 –
Larry Riley
, American actor (d. 1992)
1952 –
Vikram Seth
, Indian poet
1953
–
Ulrich Mühe
, German actor (d. 2007)
1953 –
Raúl Ramírez
, Mexican tennis player
1953 –
Willy Rampf
, German
F1
technical director (
BMW Sauber
)
1954
–
Michael Anthony
, American musician (
Van Halen
)
1954 –
Ilan Ramon
, Israeli combat pilot and astronaut (d. 2003)
1954 –
Allan Lamb
, South African born English cricketer
1956
–
Peter Reid
, English former footballer
1957
–
Koko B.
Ware
, American professional wrestler
1958
–
Chuck Wagner
, American actor
1958 –
Ron Hornaday
, American racecar driver
1960
–
John Taylor
, English musician (
Duran Duran
)
1963
–
Amir Derakh
, American musician (
Orgy
)
1963 –
Don West
, American professional wrestling announcer
1964
–
Pierfrancesco Chili
, Italian motorcycle racer
1964 –
Silke Möller
, German track and field athlete
1967
–
Nicole Kidman
, American-born Australian actress
1968
–
Robert Rodriguez
, American film director
1969
–
MaliVai Washington
, American tennis player
1969 –
Misha Verbitsky
, Russian mathematician
1969 –
Peter Paige
, American actor
1970
–
Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco
1970 –
Andrea Nahles
, German politician
1970 –
Bruce Woodcock
, American computer games analyst
1971
–
Josh Lucas
, American actor
1971 –
Jeordie White
, American musician (
Marilyn Manson
)
1971 –
Josh Kronfeld
, New Zealander rugby union footballer
1971 –
Rodney Rogers
, American basketball player
1972
–
Alexis Alexoudis
, Greek footballer
1972 –
Paul Bako
, American baseball player
1973 –
Chino Moreno
, American musician (
Deftones
)
1974
–
Attila Czene
, Hungarian swimmer
1974 –
Tuta
, Brazilian footballer
1975
–
Daniel Zítka
, Czech footballer
1976
–
Jerome Fontamillas
, American musician (
Switchfoot
)
1976 –
Carlos Lee
, Panamanian baseball player
1976 –
Rob Mackowiak
, American baseball player
1976 –
Juliano Belletti
, Brazilian footballer
1977
–
Gordan Giriček
, Croatian basketball player
1978
–
LaVar Arrington
, American football player
1978 –
Quinton Jackson
, American Mixed Martial Artist
1978 –
Frank Lampard
, English footballer
1978 –
Jan-Paul Saeijs
, Dutch footballer
1978 –
Bobby Seay
, American baseball player
1978 –
Mike Birbiglia
, Comedian
1979
–
Charlotte Hatherley
, English guitarist (
Ash
)
1979 –
Charles Howell III
, American professional golfer
1979 –
Cael Sanderson
, American olympic freestyle wrestler
1980
–
Carlo Festuccia
, Italian rugby union footballer
1980 –
Fabian Wegmann
, German road racing cyclist
1980 –
Tony Lovato
, American singer and guitarrist (
Mest
)
1980 –
Franco Semioli
, Italian footballer
1981
–
Ardian Gashi
, Albanian-Norwegian footballer
1981 –
Angerfist
, Dutch musician
1982
–
Aleksei Berezutski
, Russian footballer
1982 –
Vasili Berezutski
, Russian footballer
1982 –
George Forsyth
, Peruvian footballer
1983
–
Darren Sproles
, American football player
1983 –
Josh Childress
, American basketball player
1983 –
Cherrie Ying
, Hong Kong actress
1985
–
Souleymane Mamam
, Togolese footballer
1985 –
Darko Miličić
, Serbian basketball player
1988
–
Shefali Chowdhury
, Welsh actress
1989
–
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
, American actor
1989 –
Terrelle Pryor
, American football player
1991
–
Lillian Wu
, Chinese-American News Anchor
1997
–
Maria Lark
, Russian-born American actress
muthuvel 20 1987 june
Deaths
451
–
Theodorid
,
King of the Visigoths
840
–
Louis the Pious
, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (b. 778)
885
–
Bernard Plantapilosa
, Count of Auvergne (b. 841)
1176
–
Mikhail of Vladimir
, Russian prince
1597
–
Willem Barentsz
, Dutch navigator (b. 1550)
1605
–
Feodor II of Russia
, tsar of Russia (b. 1589)
1668
–
Heinrich Roth
, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620)
1776
–
Benjamin Huntsman
, English inventor and manufacturer (b. 1704)
1787
–
Carl Friedrich Abel
, German composer (b. 1723)
1800
–
Abraham Gotthelf Kästner
, German mathematician (b. 1719)
1810
–
Count Axel von Fersen the Younger
, Swedish statesman (b. 1755)
1820
–
Manuel Belgrano
, Argentine lawyer and politician (b. 1770)
1840
–
Pierre Claude François Daunou
, French statesman and historian (b. 1761)
1837
–
William IV of the United Kingdom
(b. 1765)
1869
–
Toshizou Hijikata
,
Shinsengumi
vice-commander (b. 1835)
1870
–
Jules de Goncourt
, French writer (b. 1830)
1872
–
Elie Frédéric Forey
, French general (b. 1804)
1888
–
Johannes Zukertort
, German-Polish-Jewish chess master (b. 1842)
1906
–
John Clayton Adams
, British landscape artist (b. 1840)
1925
–
Josef Breuer
, Austrian psychologist (b. 1842)
1929
–
Emmanuel Benakis
, Greek merchant and politician (b. 1843)
1945
–
Bruno Frank
, German author (b. 1878)
1945 –
Luís Fernando de Orleans y Borbón
, Spanish prince (b. 1888)
1947
–
Bugsy Siegel
, American crime figure (b. 1906)
1952
–
Luigi Fagioli
, Italian race car driver (b. 1898)
1958
–
Kurt Alder
, German chemist,
Nobel laureate
(b. 1902)
1963
–
Raphaël Salem
, Greek mathematician (b. 1898)
1965
–
Bernard Baruch
, American politician (b. 1870)
1972
–
Howard Johnson
, American businessman, originator of restaurant chain (b. 1897)
1974
–
Horace Lindrum
, Australian snooker and billiards player (b. 1912)
1976
–
Lou Klein
, American baseball player (b. 1918)
1978
–
Mark Robson
, Canadian film director and producer (b. 1913)
1984
–
Estelle Winwood
, English actress (b. 1883)
1995
–
Emil Cioran
, Romanian-born French philosopher (b. 1911)
1996
–
Jim Ellison
, Singer/Guitarist for the band Material Issue (b. 1964)
1997
–
Lawrence Payton
, American singer (
The Four Tops
) (b. 1938)
1998
–
Conrad Schumann
, East German border guard (b. 1942)
1999
–
Clifton Fadiman
, American author (b. 1902)
2002
–
Erwin Chargaff
, Austrian biochemist (b. 1905)
2002 –
Tinus Osendarp
, Dutch runner (b. 1916)
2003
–
Bob Stump
, American politician (b. 1927)
2005
–
Jack Kilby
, American electrical engineer,
Nobel laureate
(b. 1923)
2005 –
Larry Collins
, American writer (b. 1929)
2006
–
Billy Johnson
, American baseball player (b. 1918)
2007
–
Trevor Henry
, New Zealand Justice (b. 1902)
Holidays and observances
Solstice
and
Midsummer
celebrations (if the solstice falls on this day, it varies annually)
Neopaganism
,
Wicca
:
Litha
in the
Northern Hemisphere
and
Yule
in the
Southern Hemisphere
(if solstice falls on this day)
International Surfing Day
(June 21 during
leap years
)
World Refugee Day
Argentina
:
Flag Day
Eritrea
:
Martyrs' Day
West Virginia
:
West Virginia Day
.
Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg
(d. 981)
External links
BBC: On This Day
On This Day in Canada
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