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Events

1358 – Republic of Dubrovnik is founded
1709 – Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava .
1743 – War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Dettingen: On the battlefield in Bavaria, George II personally leads troops into battle. The last time that a British monarch would command troops in the field.
1759 – General James Wolfe begins the siege of Quebec .
1844 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are murdered by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
1898 – The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia .
1905 – (June 14 according to the Julian calendar): Battleship Potemkin uprising: sailors start a mutiny aboard the Battleship Potemkin, denouncing the crimes of autocracy, demanding liberty and an end to war.
1923 – Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH-4B biplane
1941 – Romanian governmental forces, allies of Nazi Germany, launch one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history in the city of Iaşi , (Romania ), resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews.
1941 – German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.
1950 – The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
1954 – The world's first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk , near Moscow .
1967 – The world's first ATM is installed in Enfield , London .
1973 – The President of Uruguay dissolves Parliament and heads a coup d'état.
1974 – U.S president Richard Nixon visits the U.S.S.R..

1976 – Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv -Athens -Paris ) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe , Uganda.
1977 – France grants independence to Djibouti .
1982 – Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.
1991 – Slovenia , after declaring independence two days before, is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft, starting the Ten-Day War.
2001 – Pope John Paul II beatifies 28 Ukrainian Greek Catholics, including 27 martyrs most of whom were killed by the Soviet secret police. Beatification takes place at the service in Lviv , western Ukraine during his first visit to this country.
2007 – The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.
2007 – Gordon Brown becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom succeeding Tony Blair

Births

862 – Hindu saint Manikkavacakar
1040 – King Ladislaus I of Hungary (d. 1095)
1350 – Manuel II Palaiologos, Eastern Roman Emperor
1462 – King Louis XII of France (d. 1515)
1550 – King Charles IX of France (d. 1574)
1696 – William Pepperrell, British colonial soldier (d. 1759)
1717 – Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (d. 1799)
1838 – Paul von Mauser, German weapon designer (d. 1914)
1846 – Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish independence fighter (d. 1891)
1850 – Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-born author (d. 1904)
1850 – Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician (d. 1919)
1865 – Sir John Monash, Australian military commander (d. 1931)
1869 – Kate Carew, American caricaturist (d. 1961)
1869 – Emma Goldman, Lithuanian/American anarchist and feminist (d. 1940)
1869 – Hans Spemann, German embryologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1941)
1880 – Helen Keller, American deaf and blind activist (d. 1968)
1882 – Eduard Spranger, German philosopher and educator (d. 1963)
1884 – Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet (d. 1962)
1888 – Antoinette Perry, American theater director (d. 1946)
1888 – Lewis Bernstein Namier, English historian (d. 1960)
1892 – Paul Colin, French poster designer (d. 1985)
1899 – Juan Trippe, American airline entrepreneur (d. 1981)
1905 – Armand Mondou, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)
1907 – John McIntire, American actor (d. 1991)
1908 – João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian writer (d. 1967)
1913 – Willie Mosconi, American billiards player (d. 1993)
1914 – Robert Aickman, English author (d. 1981)
1914 – Giorgio Almirante, Italian politician (d. 1988)
1921 – Muriel Pavlow, British actress
1923 – Jacques Berthier, French composer (d. 1994)
1924 – Rosalie Allen, American singer and disc jockey (d. 2003)
1924 – Bob Appleyard, English cricketer
1925 – Doc Pomus, American blues singer/songwriter (d. 1991)
1927 – Bob Keeshan, American actor (d. 2004)
1928 – Rudy Perpich, American politician (d. 1995)
1929 – William Afflis, American wrestler (d. 1991)
1930 – Ross Perot, American businessman and politician
1931 – Charles Bronfman, Canadian industrialist
1931 – Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1932 – Anna Moffo, American soprano (d. 2006)
1932 – Eddie Kasko, baseball player
1932 – Magali Noël, French actress
1935 – Laurent Terzieff, French actor
1935 – Ramon Zamora, Filipino martial arts actor (d. 2007)
1936 – Lucille Clifton, American poet
1938 – Tommy Cannon, British comedian
1938 – Shirley Anne Field, British actress
1938 – Kathryn Beaumont, British voice actress
1938 – Bruce Babbitt, American politician and Secretary of the Interior
1939 – Rahul Dev Burman, Indian composer and actor (d. 1994)
1941 – Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director (d. 1996)
1941 – Bill Baxley, American politician
1941 – James P. Hogan, British science fiction author
1941 – Avi Lerner, Israeli-born American film producer
1942 – Bruce Johnston, American musician (The Beach Boys)
1942 – Frank Mills, Canadian pianist and composer
1943 – Rico Petrocelli, American baseball player
1943 – Kjersti Døvigen, Norwegian actress
1944 – Patrick Sercu, Belgian cyclist
1948 – Camile Baudoin, American musician
1949 – Vera Wang, American fashion designer
1951 – Mary McAleese, President of Ireland
1951 – Julia Duffy, American actress
1952 – Madan Kumar Bhandari, Nepalese politician (d. 1993)
1955 – Isabelle Adjani, French actress
1956 – Heiner Dopp, German field hockey player
1956 – Brad Childress, American football coach
1956 – Ted Haggard, American evangelical preacher
1958 – Lisa Germano, American singer, songwriter and musician
1958 – Brian Helicopter, Musician, bass guitarist (The Shapes, HellsBelles, Rogue Male)
1958 – Magnus Lindberg, Finnish composer
1958 – Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Gun Club) (d. 1996)
1959 – Dan Jurgens, American comic book writer
1959 – Lorrie Morgan, American country music singer
1960 – Craig Hodges, American basketball player
1961 – Meera Syal, British-Indian comedienne and actress
1961 – Margo Timmins, Canadian folk-rock singer (Cowboy Junkies)
1962 – Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Hong Kong actor
1963 – Paul Roos, Australian rules footballer
1963 – Johnny Benson, American NASCAR driver
1964 – Stephan Brenninkmeijer, Dutch film producer and director
1964 – Chuck Person, American basketball player
1966 – J. J. Abrams, American television writer and producer
1967 – Sylvie Fréchette, French-Canadian synchronized swimmer
1968 – Pascale Bussières, French-Canadian actress
1969 – Viktor Petrenko, Ukranian figure skater
1970 – John Eales, Australian Rugby Player
1970 – Jim Edmonds, American baseball player
1971 – Yancey Arias, American actor
1971 – Jo Frost, English nanny and television host
1971 – Kieren Keke, Nauruan politician
1971 – DJ Screw, American musician (Screwed Up Click) (d. 2000)
1972 – Dawud Wharnsby Ali, Canadian poet and singer/songwriter
1972 – Tony McCarroll
1974 – Big Moe, American musician (Screwed Up Click) (d. 2007)
1974 – Christian Kane, American actor and singer
1975 – Ace Darling, American professional wrestler
1975 – Sarah Evanetz, Canadian swimmer
1975 – Tobey Maguire, American actor
1975 – Daryle Ward, American baseball player
1976 – Johnny Estrada, American baseball player
1976 – Leigh Nash, American musician (Sixpence None the Richer)
1977 – Raúl, Spanish footballer
1977 – Arkadiusz Radomski, Polish footballer
1978 – Courtney Ford, American actress
1978 – Anna Kumble, British singer, also known as Lolly
1979 – Kim Gyu-ri, South Korean actress
1979 – Benjamin Speed, Australian musician and film composer
1979 – John Warne, American musician (Relient K; Ace Troubleshooter)
1980 – Jennifer Goodridge, American Musician (Seaspin, Your Enemies Friends)
1980 – Kevin Pietersen, English cricketer
1980 – Craig Terrill, American football player
1981 – John Driscoll, American actor
1981 – Andrew Embley, Australian rules footballer
1983 – Alsou, Russian singer
1983 – Dale Steyn, South African cricketer
1983 – Evan Taubenfeld, American musician
1984 – Rocío Guirao Díaz, Argentinian model
1984 – Gökhan Inler, Swiss footballer
1984 – Khloe Kardashian, American reality television star
1984 – D.J. King, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Emma Lahana, New Zealand actress
1984 – Julie Ordon, Swiss model
1985 – Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russian tennis player
1985 – James Hook, Welsh rugby player
1985 – Nico Rosberg, German race car driver
1986 – Drake Bell, musician/ songwriter / American actor
1986 – LaShawn Merritt, American sprinter
1987 – Ed Westwick, English actor
1988 – Stefani Bismpikou, Greek gymnast
1988 – Matthew Spiranovic, Australian footballer
1988 – Kate Ziegler, American swimmer
1989 – Matthew Lewis, English actor
1990 – Aselin Debison, Canadian singer
1991 – Madylin Sweeten, American actress
1996 – Tanay Chheda , Indian actor

Deaths

1162 – Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)
1458 – King Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)
1574 – Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect (b. 1511)
1603 – Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (b. 1539)
1627 – John Hayward, English historian
1636 – Date Masamune, founder of Sendai Japan (b. 1567)
1655 – Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1598)
1672 – Roger Twysden, English antiquarian (b. 1597)
1720 – Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet (b. 1639)
1773 – Mentewab, dowager Empress of Ethiopia (b. c. 1706)
1794 – Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz, Austrian statesman (b. 1711)
1794 – Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French nobleman (b. 1715)
1794 – Anne d'Arpajon, comtesse de Noailles, French noblewoman (b. 1729)
1827 – Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian (b. 1754)
1829 – James Smithson, English scientist and philanthropist (b. 1765)
1831 – Sophie Germain, French mathematician (b. 1776)
1844 – Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (b. 1800)
1844 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1805)
1896 – John Berryman, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1825)
1907 – Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American educator (b. 1822)
1912 – George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (b. 1855)
1917 – Karl Allmenroder, German World War I Ace (b. 1896)
1935 – Eugene Augustin Lauste, French inventor (b. 1857)
1944 – Milan Hodža, Slovak politician (b. 1878)
1947 – Frank Smythe, British mountaineer (b. 1900)
1952 – Max Dehn, German mathematician (b. 1878)
1952 – Jean "Skip" Ziegler, American Test Pilot (b. 1920)
1954 – Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (b. 1881)
1957 – Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1924)
1960 – Lottie Dod, English athlete (b. 1871)
1962 – Paul Viiding, Estonian poet (b. 1904)
1970 – Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (b. 1902)
1986 – George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1905)
1989 – Alfred Jules Ayer, British philosopher (b. 1910)
1991 – Klaas Bruinsma, Dutch drug lord (b. 1953)
1991 – Milton Subotsky, American screenwriter (b. 1921)
1996 – Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (b. 1909)
1998 – Gilles Rocheleau, French Canadian politician (b. 1935)
1999 – Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek dictator (b. 1919)
2000 – Molly Bish, American Abductee (b. 1983)
2001 – Tove Jansson, Finnish author (b. 1914)
2001 – Jack Lemmon, American actor (b. 1925)
2002 – John Entwistle, English bassist (The Who) (b. 1944)
2003 – David Newman, American filmmaker (b. 1937)
2004 – George Patton IV, American general (b. 1923)
2004 – Darrell Russell, American race car driver (b. 1968)
2005 – Shelby Foote, American author and historian (b. 1917)
2005 – Frank Harte, Traditional Irish Singer and song collector
2005 – John T. Walton, American businessman (b. 1946)
2005 – Ray Holmes, Battle of Britain veteran (b. 1914)
2005 – Domino Harvey, English-born bounty hunter (b. 1969)
2006 – Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, Mexican serial killer, known as "The Railway Killer" (b. 1959)
2007 – Patrick Allotey, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1979)
2007 – Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet (b. 1905)
2007 – William Hutt, Canadian stage and film actor (b. 1920)
2008 – Michael Turner, American comic book artist (b. 1971)
2008 – Sam Manekshaw, Indian Field Marshall (b. 1914)
2009 – Gale Storm, TV Personality (b. 1922)
2009 – Fayette Pinkney, African American singer (The Three Degrees) (b. 1948)