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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [524](/source/524) – The [Franks](/source/Franks) are defeated by the [Burgundians](/source/Burgundians) in the [Battle of Vézeronce](/source/Battle_of_V%C3%A9zeronce).[{{cite book|title=Medieval Wars 500–1500.|author=Dennis Showalter|publisher=Amber Books Limited|year=2013|isbn=9781782741190|page=604}}]
* [841](/source/841) – In the [Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye](/source/Battle_of_Fontenoy_(841)), forces led by [Charles the Bald](/source/Charles_the_Bald) and [Louis the German](/source/Louis_the_German) defeat the armies of [Lothair I](/source/Lothair_I) of Italy and [Pepin II of Aquitaine](/source/Pepin_II_of_Aquitaine).[{{cite book|editor=Clifford J. Rogers|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2010|page=53}}]
*[1258](/source/1258) – [War of Saint Sabas](/source/War_of_Saint_Sabas): In the [Battle of Acre](/source/Battle_of_Acre_(1258)), the [Venetians](/source/Republic_of_Venice) defeat a larger [Genoese](/source/Republic_of_Genoa) fleet sailing to relieve [Acre](/source/Acre%2C_Israel).
*[1401](/source/1401) – [Schaffhausen massacre](/source/Schaffhausen_massacre): 30 Jews were executed, following torture, after being accused of a [blood libel](/source/blood_libel) in [Schaffhausen](/source/Schaffhausen) (in present-day [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland)).[{{Cite web |date=2018-09-17 |title=Wie 1401 ein Gerücht allen Juden in Schaffhausen das Leben kostete {{!}} Schaffhauser Nachrichten |url=https://www.shn.ch/region/stadt/2018-09-17/wie-1401-ein-geruecht-allen-juden-in-schaffhausen-das-leben-kostete |access-date=2025-10-27 |website=www.shn.ch |language=de}}]
*[1530](/source/1530) – At the [Diet of Augsburg](/source/Diet_of_Augsburg) the [Augsburg Confession](/source/Augsburg_Confession) is presented to the [Holy Roman Emperor](/source/Holy_Roman_Emperor) by the [Lutheran](/source/Lutheran) princes and [Electors](/source/Prince-elector) of Germany.
===1601–1900===
*[1658](/source/1658) – [Spanish](/source/Spanish_Empire) forces fail to retake [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica) at the [Battle of Rio Nuevo](/source/Battle_of_Rio_Nuevo) during the [Anglo-Spanish War](/source/Anglo-Spanish_War_(1654%E2%80%9360)).
*[1678](/source/1678) – [Venetian](/source/Republic_of_Venice) [Elena Cornaro Piscopia](/source/Elena_Cornaro_Piscopia) is the first woman awarded a [doctorate of philosophy](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) when she graduates from the [University of Padua](/source/University_of_Padua).
*[1741](/source/1741) – [Maria Theresa](/source/Maria_Theresa) is crowned [Queen of Hungary](/source/List_of_rulers_of_Hungary).
*[1786](/source/1786) – [Gavriil Pribylov](/source/Gavriil_Pribylov) discovers [St. George Island](/source/St._George_Island_(Alaska)) of the [Pribilof Islands](/source/Pribilof_Islands) in the [Bering Sea](/source/Bering_Sea).
*[1788](/source/1788) – [Virginia](/source/Virginia) becomes the tenth [state](/source/U.S._state) to ratify the [United States Constitution](/source/United_States_Constitution).
*[1848](/source/1848) – A photograph of the [June Days uprising](/source/June_Days_uprising) becomes the first known instance of [photojournalism](/source/photojournalism).
*[1876](/source/1876) – [American Indian Wars](/source/American_Indian_Wars): [Battle of the Little Bighorn](/source/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn): 300 men of the [U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment](/source/U.S._7th_Cavalry_Regiment) under [Lieutenant Colonel](/source/Lieutenant_colonel) [George Armstrong Custer](/source/George_Armstrong_Custer) are wiped out by 5,000 [Lakota](/source/Lakota_people), [Cheyenne](/source/Cheyenne) and [Arapaho](/source/Arapaho), led by [Sitting Bull](/source/Sitting_Bull) and [Crazy Horse](/source/Crazy_Horse).
*[1900](/source/1900) – The [Taoist](/source/Taoism) monk [Wang Yuanlu](/source/Wang_Yuanlu) discovers the [Dunhuang manuscripts](/source/Dunhuang_manuscripts), a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the [Mogao Caves](/source/Mogao_Caves) of [Dunhuang](/source/Dunhuang), China.
===1901–present===
*[1906](/source/1906) – [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania](/source/Pittsburgh) millionaire [Harry Thaw](/source/Harry_Thaw) shoots and kills prominent architect [Stanford White](/source/Stanford_White).
*[1910](/source/1910) – The [United States Congress](/source/United_States_Congress) passes the [Mann Act](/source/Mann_Act), which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for "immoral purposes"; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
* 1910 – [Igor Stravinsky](/source/Igor_Stravinsky)'s ballet ''[The Firebird](/source/The_Firebird)'' is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
*[1913](/source/1913) – [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War) veterans begin arriving at the [Great Reunion of 1913](/source/Great_Reunion_of_1913).
*[1935](/source/1935) – [Colombia–Soviet Union relations](/source/Colombia%E2%80%93Russia_relations) are established.
*[1938](/source/1938) – Dr. [Douglas Hyde](/source/Douglas_Hyde) is inaugurated as the first [President of Ireland](/source/President_of_Ireland).
*[1940](/source/1940) – [World War II](/source/World_War_II): The French [armistice](/source/Armistice_of_22_June_1940) with Nazi Germany comes into effect.
*[1941](/source/1941) – World War II: The [Continuation War](/source/Continuation_War) between the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) and [Finland](/source/Finland), supported by [Nazi Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany), began.[{{Cite web|url=https://viakarelia.fi/en/themes/military-history/memorials-of-the-continuation-war-on-via-karelia/|title=Memorials of the Continuation War on Via Karelia – Via Karelia|date=March 18, 2019}}]
*[1943](/source/1943) – [The Holocaust](/source/The_Holocaust) and World War II: Jews in the [Częstochowa Ghetto](/source/Cz%C4%99stochowa_Ghetto) in Poland stage [an uprising](/source/Cz%C4%99stochowa_Ghetto_Uprising) against the Nazis.
* 1943 – The left-wing German Jewish exile [Arthur Goldstein](/source/Arthur_Goldstein) is murdered in [Auschwitz](/source/Auschwitz).
*[1944](/source/1944) – World War II: The [Battle of Tali-Ihantala](/source/Battle_of_Tali-Ihantala), the largest battle ever fought in the [Nordic countries](/source/Nordic_countries), begins.
* 1944 – World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships [bombard Cherbourg](/source/Bombardment_of_Cherbourg) to support [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) units engaged in the [Battle of Cherbourg](/source/Battle_of_Cherbourg).
* 1944 – The final page of the comic ''[Krazy Kat](/source/Krazy_Kat)'' is published, exactly two months after its author [George Herriman](/source/George_Herriman) died.
*[1947](/source/1947) – ''[The Diary of a Young Girl](/source/The_Diary_of_a_Young_Girl)'' (better known as ''The Diary of Anne Frank'') is published.
*[1948](/source/1948) – The [United States Congress](/source/United_States_Congress) passes the [Displaced Persons Act](/source/Displaced_Persons_Act) to allow [World War II refugees](/source/World_War_II_refugees) to [immigrate to the United States](/source/Immigration_to_the_United_States) above quota restrictions.[{{Cite web|title=1946–1948: Key Dates|url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/1946-1948-key-dates|access-date=2022-01-17|website=encyclopedia.ushmm.org|language=en}}]
*[1950](/source/1950) – The [Korean War](/source/Korean_War) begins with the invasion of [South Korea](/source/First_Republic_of_Korea) by [North Korea](/source/North_Korea).
*[1960](/source/1960) – Cold War: Two [cryptographers](/source/cryptography) working for the United States [National Security Agency](/source/National_Security_Agency) left for vacation to Mexico, and from there [defected to the Soviet Union](/source/Martin_and_Mitchell_defection).
*[1975](/source/1975) – [Mozambique](/source/Mozambique) achieves independence from [Portugal](/source/Portugal).
* 1975 – Prime Minister [Indira Gandhi](/source/Indira_Gandhi) declares a [state of internal emergency](/source/The_Emergency_(India)) in India.
*[1976](/source/1976) – [Missouri](/source/Missouri) Governor [Kit Bond](/source/Kit_Bond) issues an executive order rescinding the [Extermination Order](/source/Missouri_Executive_Order_44), formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to members of [the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints](/source/the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints).
*[1978](/source/1978) – The [rainbow flag](/source/rainbow_flag_(LGBT_movement)) representing [gay pride](/source/gay_pride) is flown for the first time during the San Francisco [Gay Freedom Day Parade](/source/San_Francisco_Pride).
*[1981](/source/1981) – [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft) is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of [Washington](/source/Washington_(state)).
*[1991](/source/1991) – The [breakup of Yugoslavia](/source/breakup_of_Yugoslavia) begins when [Slovenia](/source/Slovenia) and [Croatia](/source/Croatia) declare their independence from [Yugoslavia](/source/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia).
*[1992](/source/1992) – [Space Shuttle ''Columbia''](/source/Space_Shuttle_Columbia) launches on [STS-50](/source/STS-50), the first shuttle mission to carry [Extended Duration Orbiter](/source/Extended_Duration_Orbiter) hardware.[{{cite web |title=STS-50 |url=http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-50/mission-sts-50.html |access-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-date=February 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216184145/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-50/mission-sts-50.html |url-status=dead }} {{PD-notice}}]
*[1993](/source/1993) – [Kim Campbell](/source/Kim_Campbell) is sworn in as the first female [Prime Minister of Canada](/source/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Canada).
*[1996](/source/1996) – The [Khobar Towers bombing](/source/Khobar_Towers_bombing) in [Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabia) kills 19 [U.S. servicemen](/source/United_States_Armed_Forces).
*1996 – American rapper [Jay-Z](/source/Jay-Z) releases his debut album, [Reasonable Doubt](/source/Reasonable_Doubt_(album)).[{{Cite web |date=2021-06-24 |title=Coming of Age: JAY-Z's 'Reasonable Doubt' @ 25 |url=https://tidal.com/magazine/article/reasonable-doubt-25/1-79555 |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=TIDAL Magazine |language=en-US}}]
*[1997](/source/1997) – An uncrewed [Progress spacecraft](/source/Progress_M-34) collides with the Russian [space station](/source/space_station) ''[Mir](/source/Mir)''.
* 1997 – The [National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) approved expansion franchises for [Nashville](/source/Nashville_Predators) (1998), [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta_Thrashers) (1999), [Columbus](/source/Columbus_Blue_Jackets) (2000), and [Minneapolis-Saint Paul](/source/Minnesota_Wild) (2000).
*[1998](/source/1998) – In ''[Clinton v. City of New York](/source/Clinton_v._City_of_New_York)'', the [United States Supreme Court](/source/United_States_Supreme_Court) decides that the [Line Item Veto Act of 1996](/source/Line_Item_Veto_Act_of_1996) is [unconstitutional](/source/Constitution_of_the_United_States).
*[2007](/source/2007) – [PMTair Flight 241](/source/PMTair_Flight_241) crashes in the [Dâmrei Mountains](/source/D%C3%A2mrei_Mountains) in [Kampot Province, Cambodia](/source/Kampot_Province%2C_Cambodia), killing all 22 people on board.[{{cite news |date=2007-06-27 |title='No survivors' in Cambodia plane |work=[BBC News](/source/BBC_News) |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6243842.stm |access-date=2007-06-26}}]
*[2022](/source/2022) – The prime minister of Bangladesh, [Sheikh Hasina](/source/Sheikh_Hasina) inaugurates the longest bridge of Bangladesh, [Padma Bridge](/source/Padma_Bridge).[{{Cite web|url=https://m.bdnews24.com/amp/en/detail/bangladesh/2081200|title=Hasina leads celebrations over the opening of Padma Bridge|website=Bdnews24|access-date=2022-06-25|archive-date=2022-06-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625074518/https://m.bdnews24.com/amp/en/detail/bangladesh/2081200|url-status=dead}}]
* 2022 – [Russo-Ukrainian War](/source/Russo-Ukrainian_War): The [Battle of Sievierodonetsk](/source/Battle_of_Sievierodonetsk_(2022)) ends after weeks of heavy fighting with the Russian capture of the city, leading to the [Battle of Lysychansk](/source/Battle_of_Lysychansk).[{{cite web|title=Ukraine Retreats From Embattled City, as Russia Grinds On|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/24/world/europe/ukraine-russia-sievvierodonetsk-donbas-lysychansk.html|author1=Gibbons-Neff, Thomas|author2=Marc Santora|author3=Michael Levenson|website=The New York Times|date=June 24, 2022|access-date=June 27, 2022}}]
* 2022 – Two people are killed and 21 more injured after a gunman opens fire at three sites in [Oslo](/source/Oslo) in a [suspected Islamist anti-LGBTQ+ attack](/source/2022_Oslo_shooting).[{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61933817|title=Oslo shooting: Norway attack being treated as Islamist terrorism, police say|website=BBC News|date=25 June 2022}}]
* 2024 – Thousands of people [storm Kenya's Parliament Buildings](/source/2024_storming_of_the_Parliament_of_Kenya) protesting the passing of the government's 2024/25 Finance Bill.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/kenya-protestors-storm-parliament-set-on-fire-4669260|title=Kenya protesters storm parliament, set sections on fire|website=The East African|date=25 June 2024}}]
==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[1242](/source/1242) – [Beatrice of England](/source/Beatrice_of_England) (died 1275)[{{cite book|title=Hadley, John – Intestina|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=av9eAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA124|year=1838|publisher=Knight|pages=124}}]
*[1328](/source/1328) – [William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury](/source/William_de_Montagu%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Salisbury), English commander (died 1397)[{{cite book|author=George Frederick Beltz|title=Memorials of the Order of the Garter, from Its Foundation to the Present Time|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vcRcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA36|year=1841|publisher=W. Pickering|pages=36–}}]
*[1371](/source/1371) – [Joanna II of Naples](/source/Joanna_II_of_Naples) (died 1435)[{{Cite web |title=Joan II {{!}} queen of Naples {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joan-II |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}]
*[1484](/source/1484) – [Bartholomeus V. Welser](/source/Bartholomeus_V._Welser), German banker (died 1561)
*[1526](/source/1526) – [Elisabeth Parr, Marchioness of Northampton](/source/Elisabeth_Parr%2C_Marchioness_of_Northampton)[{{Cite web |last=Larson |first=Rebecca |date=2017-06-25 |title=Interesting Life of Elizabeth Brooke, Lady Northampton |url=https://tudorsdynasty.com/interesting-life-elizabeth-brooke-lady-northampton/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Tudors Dynasty |language=en-US}}] (died 1565)
*[1560](/source/1560) – [Wilhelm Fabry](/source/Wilhelm_Fabry), German surgeon (died 1634)
*[1568](/source/1568) – [Gunilla Bielke](/source/Gunilla_Bielke), Queen of Sweden (died 1597)
===1601–1900===
*[1612](/source/1612) – [John Albert Vasa](/source/John_Albert_Vasa), Polish cardinal (died 1634)
*[1632](/source/1632) – [Girolamo Corner](/source/Girolamo_Corner), Venetian statesman and military commander (died 1690)[{{DBI | last = Derosas | first = Renzo | title = CORNER, Girolamo | volume = 29 | url = https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/girolamo-corner_res-479d0835-87eb-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/}}]
*[1709](/source/1709) – [Francesco Araja](/source/Francesco_Araja), Italian composer (died 1762)
*[1715](/source/1715) – [Joseph Foullon de Doué](/source/Joseph_Foullon_de_Dou%C3%A9), French soldier and politician, [Controller-General of Finances](/source/Controller-General_of_Finances) (died 1789)
*[1755](/source/1755) – [Natalia Alexeievna of Russia](/source/Natalia_Alexeievna_of_Russia) (died 1776)
*[1799](/source/1799) – [David Douglas](/source/David_Douglas_(botanist)), Scottish-English botanist and explorer (died 1834)
*[1814](/source/1814) – [Gabriel Auguste Daubrée](/source/Gabriel_Auguste_Daubr%C3%A9e), French geologist and engineer (died 1896)
*[1825](/source/1825) – [James Farnell](/source/James_Farnell), Australian politician, 8th [Premier of New South Wales](/source/Premier_of_New_South_Wales) (died 1888)
*[1848](/source/1848) – [Thomas Henry Tracy](/source/Thomas_Henry_Tracy), Canadian architect and alderman (died 1925)[{{cite book
|title=Victorian Architecture in London and Southwestern Ontario: Symbols of Aspiration
|url=https://archive.org/details/victorianarchite0000taus/mode/2up?q=%22john+mackenzie+moore%22
|last1=Tausky
|first1=Nancy Z.
|last2=Distefano
|first2=Lynne D.
|year=2018
|isbn=978-1-4875-8257-9
|publisher=University of Toronto Press
|location=Toronto
| page=201
| jstor=10.3138/j.ctvfrxbbj
}}]
*[1852](/source/1852) – [Antoni Gaudí](/source/Antoni_Gaud%C3%AD), Spanish architect, designed the [Park Güell](/source/Park_G%C3%BCell) (died 1926)
*[1858](/source/1858) – [Georges Courteline](/source/Georges_Courteline), French author and playwright (died 1929)
*[1860](/source/1860) – [Gustave Charpentier](/source/Gustave_Charpentier), French composer and conductor (died 1956)
*[1863](/source/1863) – [Émile Francqui](/source/%C3%89mile_Francqui), Belgian soldier and diplomat (died 1935)
*[1864](/source/1864) – [Walther Nernst](/source/Walther_Nernst), German chemist and physicist, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry) laureate (died 1941)[{{cite book|author=Bartel, Hans-Georg, (1999)|url=http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz71086.html|chapter=Nernst, Walther|pages=66–68|title=Neue Deutsche Biographie |volume=19|access-date=20 September 2018}}]
*[1866](/source/1866) – [Eloísa Díaz](/source/Elo%C3%ADsa_D%C3%ADaz), Chilean doctor and Chile's first female physician (died 1950)[{{Cite web |url = http://www.memoriachilena.cl/temas/dest.asp?id=biografiaeloisadiaz |title = Eloísa Díaz y Amanda Labarca |publisher = Memoria Chilena |language = es |access-date = September 10, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120427223718/http://www.memoriachilena.cl/temas/dest.asp?id=biografiaeloisadiaz |archive-date = 27 April 2012 |url-status = live}}]
*[1874](/source/1874) – [Rose O'Neill](/source/Rose_O'Neill), American [cartoonist](/source/cartoonist), illustrator, artist, and writer (died 1944)
*[1884](/source/1884) – [Géza Gyóni](/source/G%C3%A9za_Gy%C3%B3ni), Hungarian soldier and poet (died 1917)
* 1884 – [Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler](/source/Daniel-Henry_Kahnweiler), German-French art collector and historian (died 1979)
*[1886](/source/1886) – [Henry H. Arnold](/source/Henry_H._Arnold), American general (died 1950)
*[1887](/source/1887) – [George Abbott](/source/George_Abbott), American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995)
* 1887 – [Frigyes Karinthy](/source/Frigyes_Karinthy), Hungarian author, poet, and journalist (died 1938)
*[1892](/source/1892) – [Shirō Ishii](/source/Shir%C5%8D_Ishii), Japanese microbiologist and general (died 1959)
*[1894](/source/1894) – [Hermann Oberth](/source/Hermann_Oberth), Romanian-German physicist and engineer (died 1989)
*[1898](/source/1898) – [Kay Sage](/source/Kay_Sage), American painter and poet (died 1963)
*[1900](/source/1900) – [Marta Abba](/source/Marta_Abba), Italian actress (died 1988)
* 1900 – [Zinaida Aksentyeva](/source/Zinaida_Aksentyeva), Ukrainian/Soviet astronomer (died 1969)
* 1900 – [Georgia Hale](/source/Georgia_Hale), American silent film actress and real estate investor (died 1985)
* 1900 – [Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma](/source/Louis_Mountbatten%2C_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma), English admiral and politician, 44th [Governor-General of India](/source/Governor-General_of_India) (died 1979)
===1901–present===
*[1901](/source/1901) – [Harold Roe Bartle](/source/Harold_Roe_Bartle), American businessman and politician, 47th [Mayor of Kansas City](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Kansas_City%2C_Missouri) (died 1974)
*[1902](/source/1902) – [Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu](/source/Yasuhito%2C_Prince_Chichibu) of Japan (died 1953)
*[1903](/source/1903) – [George Orwell](/source/George_Orwell), British novelist, essayist, and critic (died 1950)[{{Cite book |last=Crick |first=Bernard |author-link=Bernard Crick |title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=[Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press) |location=Oxford |year=2004 |chapter=Eric Arthur Blair [''pseud.'' George Orwell] (1903–1950)}}]
* 1903 – [Anne Revere](/source/Anne_Revere), American actress (died 1990)
*[1905](/source/1905) – [Rupert Wildt](/source/Rupert_Wildt), German-American astronomer and academic (died 1976)
*[1907](/source/1907) – [J. Hans D. Jensen](/source/J._Hans_D._Jensen), German physicist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) laureate (died 1973)[{{cite web | title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 - J. Hans D. Jensen - Biographical | website=NobelPrize.org | date=25 June 1907 | url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1963/jensen/biographical/ | access-date=14 May 2021}}]
*[1908](/source/1908) – [Willard Van Orman Quine](/source/Willard_Van_Orman_Quine), American philosopher and academic (died 2000)
*[1911](/source/1911) – [William Howard Stein](/source/William_Howard_Stein), American chemist and biologist, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry) laureate (died 1980)
*[1912](/source/1912) – [William T. Cahill](/source/William_T._Cahill), American lawyer and politician, 46th [Governor of New Jersey](/source/Governor_of_New_Jersey) (died 1996)
*[1913](/source/1913) – [Cyril Fletcher](/source/Cyril_Fletcher), English actor and screenwriter (died 2005)
*[1917](/source/1917) – [Nils Karlsson](/source/Nils_Karlsson), Swedish skier (died 2012)
* 1917 – [Claude Seignolle](/source/Claude_Seignolle), French author (died 2018)
*[1918](/source/1918) – [P. H. Newby](/source/P._H._Newby), English soldier and author (died 1997)[{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-p-h-newby-1238239.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-p-h-newby-1238239.html |archive-date=24 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |last1=Thwaite |first1=Anthony |title=Obituary: P.H. Newby |access-date=12 July 2020 |work=[The Independent](/source/The_Independent) |date=9 September 1997}}]
*[1920](/source/1920) – [Lassie Lou Ahern](/source/Lassie_Lou_Ahern), American actress (died 2018)
*[1921](/source/1921) – [Celia Franca](/source/Celia_Franca), English-Canadian ballerina and choreographer, founded the [National Ballet of Canada](/source/National_Ballet_of_Canada) (died 2007)
*[1922](/source/1922) – [Johnny Smith](/source/Johnny_Smith), American guitarist and songwriter (died 2013)
*[1923](/source/1923) – [Sam Francis](/source/Sam_Francis), American soldier and painter (died 1994)
* 1923 – [Dorothy Gilman](/source/Dorothy_Gilman), American author (died 2012)
* 1923 – [Jamshid Amouzegar](/source/Jamshid_Amouzegar), 43rd Prime Minister of Iran (died 2016)
*[1924](/source/1924) – [Sidney Lumet](/source/Sidney_Lumet), American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2011)
*[1924](/source/1924) – [Dimitar Isakov](/source/Dimitar_Isakov), Bulgarian footballer
* 1924 – [Madan Mohan](/source/Madan_Mohan_(composer)), Iraqi-Indian composer and director (died 1975)
*[1925](/source/1925) – [June Lockhart](/source/June_Lockhart), American actress (died 2025)
* 1925 – [Robert Venturi](/source/Robert_Venturi), American architect and academic (died 2018)[{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/obituaries/robert-venturi-dead.html|title = Robert Venturi, Architect Who Rejected Modernism, Dies at 93|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 19 September 2018|last1 = Bernstein|first1 = Fred A.}}]
* 1925 – [Virginia Patton](/source/Virginia_Patton), American actress and businesswoman (died 2022)[{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/obituaries-people-news/virginia-patton-moss-dead-its-a-wonderful-life-1235346753/|work=Variety|title= Virginia Patton Moss, Last Surviving Adult Cast Member of 'It's a Wonderful Life,' Dies at 97|access-date=August 21, 2022|author=Murphy, J. Kim|date=21 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821195102/https://variety.com/2022/film/obituaries-people-news/virginia-patton-moss-dead-its-a-wonderful-life-1235346753/ |archive-date=August 21, 2022}}]
*[1926](/source/1926) – [Ingeborg Bachmann](/source/Ingeborg_Bachmann), Austrian author and poet (died 1973)
* 1926 – [Kep Enderby](/source/Kep_Enderby), Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd [Attorney-General for Australia](/source/Attorney-General_for_Australia) (died 2015)
* 1926 – [Stig Sollander](/source/Stig_Sollander), Swedish Alpine skier (died 2019)
*[1927](/source/1927) – [Antal Róka](/source/Antal_R%C3%B3ka), Hungarian runner (died 1970)
* 1927 – [Arnold Wolfendale](/source/Arnold_Wolfendale), English astronomer and academic (died 2020)
*[1928](/source/1928) – [Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov](/source/Alexei_Alexeyevich_Abrikosov), Russian-American physicist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) laureate (died 2017)
* 1928 – [Michel Brault](/source/Michel_Brault), Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)
* 1928 – [Peyo](/source/Peyo), Belgian author and illustrator, created ''[The Smurfs](/source/The_Smurfs)'' (died 1992)
*[1929](/source/1929) – [Eric Carle](/source/Eric_Carle), American author and illustrator (died 2021)[{{cite web|url=https://abc7.com/eric-carle-very-hungry-caterpillar-author-illustrator/10699566/|title='The Very Hungry Caterpillar' author, illustrator Eric Carle dies at 91|publisher=[ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company)|date=May 26, 2021}}][{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/books/eric-carle-dead.html#:~:text=Eric%20Carle%2C%20the%20artist%20and,the%20cause%20was%20kidney%20failure.|title=Eric Carle, Author of ''The Very Hungry Caterpillar'', Dies at 91|work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|date=May 26, 2021}}]
* 1929 – [Francesco Marchisano](/source/Francesco_Marchisano), Italian cardinal (died 2014)
*[1931](/source/1931) – [V. P. Singh](/source/V._P._Singh), Indian lawyer and politician, 7th [Prime Minister of India](/source/Prime_Minister_of_India) (died 2008)
*[1932](/source/1932) – [Peter Blake](/source/Peter_Blake_(artist)), English painter and illustrator[{{cite book|author=Peter Blake|title=Peter Blake|publisher=Tate Gallery|year=1983|isbn=9780905005140|page=8}}]
* 1932 – [George Sluizer](/source/George_Sluizer), French-Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
*[1933](/source/1933) – [Álvaro Siza Vieira](/source/%C3%81lvaro_Siza_Vieira), Portuguese architect, designed the [Porto School of Architecture](/source/Porto_School_of_Architecture)
*[1934](/source/1934) – [Jean Geissinger](/source/Jean_Geissinger), American baseball player (died 2014)[{{cite web|url=https://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/jean-geissinger-harding-dutch-and-squeaky/311|title=Jean (Geissinger) Harding|website=All-American Girls Professional Baseball League|access-date=15 March 2026}}]
* 1934 – [Jack W. Hayford](/source/Jack_W._Hayford), American minister and author (died 2023)
* 1934 – [Beatriz Sheridan](/source/Beatriz_Sheridan), Mexican actress and director (died 2006)
*[1935](/source/1935) – [Salihu Ibrahim](/source/Salihu_Ibrahim), Nigerian Army Officer (died 2018)
* 1935 – [Taufiq Ismail](/source/Taufiq_Ismail), Indonesian poet and activist
* 1935 – [Larry Kramer](/source/Larry_Kramer), American author, playwright, and activist, co-founded [Gay Men's Health Crisis](/source/Gay_Men's_Health_Crisis) (died 2020)[{{Cite web|title=Larry Kramer obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/28/larry-kramer-obituary|date=May 28, 2020|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=May 28, 2020}}]
* 1935 – [Judy Howe](/source/Judy_Howe), American artistic gymnast
* 1935 – [Charles Sheffield](/source/Charles_Sheffield), English-American mathematician, physicist, and author (died 2002)
*[1936](/source/1936) – [B. J. Habibie](/source/B._J._Habibie), Indonesian engineer and politician, 3rd [President of Indonesia](/source/President_of_Indonesia) (died 2019)
* 1936 – [Bert Hölldobler](/source/Bert_H%C3%B6lldobler), German biologist and entomologist
*[1937](/source/1937) – [Eddie Floyd](/source/Eddie_Floyd), American R&B/soul singer-songwriter
* 1937 – [Doreen Wells](/source/Doreen_Wells), English ballerina and actress
*[1939](/source/1939) – [Allen Fox](/source/Allen_Fox), American tennis player and coach
*[1940](/source/1940) – [Judy Amoore](/source/Judy_Amoore), Australian runner
* 1940 – [Mary Beth Peil](/source/Mary_Beth_Peil), American actress and singer
* 1940 – [A. J. Quinnell](/source/A._J._Quinnell), English-Maltese author (died 2005)
*[1941](/source/1941) – [Denys Arcand](/source/Denys_Arcand), Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1941 – [John Albert Raven](/source/John_Albert_Raven), Scottish academic and ecologist
*[1942](/source/1942) – [Patricia Brake](/source/Patricia_Brake), English actress (died 2022)[{{cite web |title=Patricia Brake obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/may/30/patricia-brake-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=31 May 2022 |language=en |date=30 May 2022}}]
* 1942 – [Nikiforos Diamandouros](/source/Nikiforos_Diamandouros), Greek academic and politician
* 1942 – [Willis Reed](/source/Willis_Reed), American basketball player, coach, and manager (died 2023)
* 1942 – [Michel Tremblay](/source/Michel_Tremblay), Canadian author and playwright
*[1943](/source/1943) – [Carly Simon](/source/Carly_Simon), American singer-songwriter[{{cite web|publisher=[BFI](/source/British_Film_Institute)|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba312883c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103043008/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba312883c|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 3, 2019|title=Carly Simon}}]
*[1944](/source/1944) – [Robert Charlebois](/source/Robert_Charlebois), Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
* 1944 – [Gary David Goldberg](/source/Gary_David_Goldberg), American screenwriter and producer (died 2013)
*[1945](/source/1945) – [Baba Gana Kingibe](/source/Baba_Gana_Kingibe), Nigerian politician
* 1945 – [Harry Womack](/source/Harry_Womack), American singer (died 1974)
*[1946](/source/1946) – [Roméo Dallaire](/source/Rom%C3%A9o_Dallaire), Dutch-Canadian general and politician
* 1946 – [Allen Lanier](/source/Allen_Lanier), American guitarist and songwriter (died 2013)
* 1946 – [Ian McDonald](/source/Ian_McDonald_(musician)), English guitarist and saxophonist (died 2022)
*[1947](/source/1947) – [John Powell](/source/John_Powell_(discus_thrower)), American discus thrower (died 2022)
* 1947 – [Jimmie Walker](/source/Jimmie_Walker), American actor[{{cite web |title=Jimmie Walker |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/200897%7C0/jimmie-walker#biographyhttps://prod-www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/200897%7C0/Jimmie-Walker#biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705054820/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/200897%7C0/Jimmie-Walker/#biographyhttps://prod-www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/200897%7C0/Jimmie-Walker#biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 5, 2012 |publisher=[Turner Classic Movies](/source/Turner_Classic_Movies) |access-date=23 June 2023}}]
* 1947 – [Paul-André Cadieux](/source/Paul-Andr%C3%A9_Cadieux), Canadian ice hockey player (died 2024)[[https://www.laliberte.ch/info-regionale/carnet-noir-l-ancien-entraineur-de-gotteron-paul-andre-cadieux-est-decede-743877 Carnet noir: L’ancien entraîneur de Gottéron Paul-André Cadieux est décédé] {{in lang|fr}}]
*[1949](/source/1949) – [Richard Clarke](/source/Richard_Clarke_(bishop)), Irish archbishop
* 1949 – [Patrick Tambay](/source/Patrick_Tambay), French racing driver (died 2022)[{{cite journal|journal=Ski|date=Oct 1983|author=Chuck Queener|title=The Game's the Same|page=123}}]
* 1949 – [Yoon Joo-sang](/source/Yoon_Joo-sang), South Korean actor
*[1950](/source/1950) – [Marcello Toninelli](/source/Marcello_Toninelli), Italian author and screenwriter
*[1951](/source/1951) – [Eva Bayer-Fluckiger](/source/Eva_Bayer-Fluckiger), Swiss mathematician and academic
*[1952](/source/1952) – [Péter Erdő](/source/P%C3%A9ter_Erd%C5%91), Hungarian cardinal
* 1952 – [Tim Finn](/source/Tim_Finn), New Zealand singer-songwriter
* 1952 – [Martin Gerschwitz](/source/Martin_Gerschwitz), German singer-songwriter and keyboard player
* 1952 – [Kristina Abelli Elander](/source/Kristina_Abelli_Elander), Swedish artist
*[1953](/source/1953) – [Olivier Ameisen](/source/Olivier_Ameisen), French-American cardiologist and educator (died 2013)
* 1953 – [Ian Davis](/source/Ian_Davis_(cricketer)), Australian cricketer
*[1954](/source/1954) – [Mario Lessard](/source/Mario_Lessard), Canadian ice hockey player
* 1954 – [David Paich](/source/David_Paich), American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
* 1954 – [Sonia Sotomayor](/source/Sonia_Sotomayor), American lawyer and jurist, [Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States](/source/Associate_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States)[{{Cite web |url=https://www.oyez.org/justices/sonia_sotomayor |title=Sonia Sotomayor |website=Oyez |language=en-US |publisher=[Legal Information Institute](/source/Legal_Information_Institute) (Cornell University), [Chicago-Kent College of Law](/source/Chicago-Kent_College_of_Law) |access-date=June 23, 2018 |archive-date=October 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091014034856/https://www.oyez.org/justices/sonia_sotomayor |url-status=live}}]
*[1955](/source/1955) – [Vic Marks](/source/Vic_Marks), English cricketer and sportscaster
*[1956](/source/1956) – [Anthony Bourdain](/source/Anthony_Bourdain), American chef and author (died 2018)
* 1956 – [Boris Trajkovski](/source/Boris_Trajkovski), Macedonian politician, 2nd [President of the Republic of Macedonia](/source/President_of_the_Republic_of_Macedonia) (died 2004)
* 1956 – [Craig Young](/source/Craig_Young_(rugby_league)), Australian rugby player and coach
*[1957](/source/1957) – [Greg Millen](/source/Greg_Millen), Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2025)[{{Cite web |last=Butler |first=Alex |date=April 8, 2025 |title=Longtime NHL goalie, analyst Greg Millen dies at 67 |url=https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/NHL/2025/04/08/canada-NHL-goalie-Greg-Millen-dies/3591744111148/ |access-date=April 17, 2025 |website=[United Press International](/source/United_Press_International) |language=en}}]
*[1958](/source/1958) – [William Basinski](/source/William_Basinski), American musician and composer[{{AllMusic |id=william-basinski-mn0001768491 |title=William Basinski access-date=3 December 2025}}]
*[1959](/source/1959) – [Lutz Dombrowski](/source/Lutz_Dombrowski), German long jumper and educator
* 1959 – [Jari Puikkonen](/source/Jari_Puikkonen), Finnish ski jumper
* 1959 – [Bobbie Vaile](/source/Bobbie_Vaile), Australian astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1996)
*[1960](/source/1960) – [Alastair Bruce of Crionaich](/source/Alastair_Bruce_of_Crionaich), English-Scottish journalist and author[{{cite book |title= [Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood](/source/Burke's_Peerage)|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Mosley, Charles |editor-link=Charles Mosley (genealogist) |edition=107 |year= 2003 |pages=1297–1298|ref=Burke |isbn=0-9711966-2-1}}]
* 1960 – [Craig Johnston](/source/Craig_Johnston), South African-Australian footballer and photographer
* 1960 – [Laurent Rodriguez](/source/Laurent_Rodriguez), French rugby player
*[1961](/source/1961) – [Timur Bekmambetov](/source/Timur_Bekmambetov), Kazakh director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1961 – [Ricky Gervais](/source/Ricky_Gervais), English comedian, actor, director, producer and singer
*[1963](/source/1963) – [Yann Martel](/source/Yann_Martel), Spanish-born Canadian author[{{cite book|title=A Study Guide (New Edition) for Yann Martel's "The Life of Pi"|publisher=Gale, Cengage|isbn=9780028665801|page=1}}]
* 1963 – [Doug Gilmour](/source/Doug_Gilmour), Canadian ice hockey player and manager
* 1963 – [George Michael](/source/George_Michael), English singer-songwriter and producer (died 2016)[{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/george-michael-dead-7633292/|title=George Michael Dies at 53|magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|date=December 25, 2016|access-date=June 6, 2024}}]
*[1964](/source/1964) – [Phil Emery](/source/Phil_Emery), Australian cricketer
* 1964 – [Johnny Herbert](/source/Johnny_Herbert), English racing driver and sportscaster
* 1964 – [John McCrea](/source/John_McCrea_(musician)), American singer-songwriter and musician
*[1965](/source/1965) – [Napole Polutele](/source/Napole_Polutele), French politician
* 1965 – [Kerri Pottharst](/source/Kerri_Pottharst), Australian beach volleyball player
*[1966](/source/1966) – [Dikembe Mutombo](/source/Dikembe_Mutombo), Congolese-American basketball player (died 2024)[{{Cite web |last=Close |first=David |date=2024-09-30 |title=Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo dies from brain cancer at 58, NBA says |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/30/sport/dikembe-mutombo-death-nba-spt-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=CNN |language=en}}]
*[1967](/source/1967) – [Tracey Spicer](/source/Tracey_Spicer), Australian journalist
*[1968](/source/1968) – [Adrian Garvey](/source/Adrian_Garvey), Zimbabwean-South African rugby player
* 1968 – [Vaios Karagiannis](/source/Vaios_Karagiannis), Greek footballer and manager
*[1969](/source/1969) – [Kevin Kelley](/source/Kevin_Kelley_(American_football)), American football coach[{{cite web |title=A different way to think football |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/apr/10/a-different-way-to-think-football/ |website=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |access-date=May 8, 2021 |language=en |date=April 10, 2021}}]
*[1970](/source/1970) – [Roope Latvala](/source/Roope_Latvala), Finnish guitarist
* 1970 – [Erki Nool](/source/Erki_Nool), Estonian decathlete and politician
*[1971](/source/1971) – [Karen Darke](/source/Karen_Darke), English cyclist and author[{{cite web|title=Karen Darke|url=http://www.scottishdisabilitysport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Karen-Darke.pdf|publisher=Scottish Disability Sport|access-date=21 March 2021}}]
* 1971 – [Jason Gallian](/source/Jason_Gallian), Australian-English cricketer and educator
* 1971 – [Rod Kafer](/source/Rod_Kafer), Australian rugby player and sportscaster
* 1971 – [Angela Kinsey](/source/Angela_Kinsey), American actress[{{cite web |last1=Schremph |first1=Kelly |title=Jenna Fischer's Birthday Message To Angela Kinsey Will Melt Your 'Office'-Loving Heart |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/jenna-fischers-birthday-message-to-angela-kinsey-proves-these-office-costars-are-total-bffs-photo-18144459 |publisher=[Bustle](/source/Bustle_(magazine)) |access-date=23 June 2023 |date=25 June 2019}}]
* 1971 – [Neil Lennon](/source/Neil_Lennon), Northern Irish-Scottish footballer and manager
* 1971 – [Michael Tucker](/source/Michael_Tucker_(baseball)), American baseball player
*[1972](/source/1972) – [Carlos Delgado](/source/Carlos_Delgado), Puerto Rican baseball player and coach
* 1972 – [Saif al-Islam Gaddafi](/source/Saif_al-Islam_Gaddafi), Libyan engineer and politician (died 2026)
*[1973](/source/1973) – [Milan Hnilička](/source/Milan_Hnili%C4%8Dka), Czech ice hockey player
* 1973 – [Jamie Redknapp](/source/Jamie_Redknapp), English footballer and coach[{{cite web|url=https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/396|title=Players – Jamie Redknapp|website=LFC History|access-date=March 21, 2021}}]
*[1974](/source/1974) – [Nisha Ganatra](/source/Nisha_Ganatra), Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1974 – [Glen Metropolit](/source/Glen_Metropolit), Canadian ice hockey player
*[1975](/source/1975) – [Kiur Aarma](/source/Kiur_Aarma), Estonian journalist and producer
* 1975 – [Linda Cardellini](/source/Linda_Cardellini), American actress[{{Cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2007/11/25/linda-cardellini-2/ |title=Linda Cardellini |website=[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune) |date=November 25, 2007 |author=Jacqueline Cutler |access-date=August 26, 2018}}]
* 1975 – [Albert Costa](/source/Albert_Costa), Spanish tennis player and coach[{{cite web |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/albert-costa/c378/overview |title=Albert Costa |website=atptour.com |publisher=[Association of Tennis Professionals](/source/Association_of_Tennis_Professionals) |access-date=March 21, 2021}}]
* 1975 – [Vladimir Kramnik](/source/Vladimir_Kramnik), Russian chess player
* 1975 – [Michele Merkin](/source/Michele_Merkin), American model and television host
*[1976](/source/1976) – [José Cancela](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Cancela), Uruguayan footballer
* 1976 – [Carlos Nieto](/source/Carlos_Nieto_(rugby_union)), Argentinian-Italian rugby player
* 1976 – [Neil Walker](/source/Neil_Walker_(swimmer)), American swimmer[{{cite web|title=Neil Walker|url=https://www.olympic.org/neil-walker|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=10 May 2020}}]
*[1978](/source/1978) – [Aramis Ramírez](/source/Aramis_Ram%C3%ADrez), Dominican baseball player
*[1979](/source/1979) – [Richard Hughes](/source/Richard_Hughes_(footballer)), Scottish footballer
* 1979 – [Busy Philipps](/source/Busy_Philipps), American actress
*[1981](/source/1981) – [Simon Ammann](/source/Simon_Ammann), Swiss ski jumper[{{cite web|title=Simon Ammann|url=https://www.olympic.org/simon-ammann|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=21 March 2021}}]
*[1982](/source/1982) – [Rain](/source/Rain_(entertainer)), South Korean singer and actor
* 1982 – [Mikhail Youzhny](/source/Mikhail_Youzhny), Russian tennis player[{{cite web |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mikhail-youzhny/y061/overview |title=Mikhail Youzhny |website=atptour.com |publisher=[Association of Tennis Professionals](/source/Association_of_Tennis_Professionals)}}]
*[1983](/source/1983) – [Marc Janko](/source/Marc_Janko), Austrian footballer[{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/14537/Marc_Janko.html|title=Marc Janko|website=National Football Teams|access-date=21 March 2021}}]
*[1985](/source/1985) – [Karim Matmour](/source/Karim_Matmour), Algerian footballer[{{cite web|url=https://www.htafc.com/news/2016/january/signing-karim-matmour-arrives-at-htafc/|title=Signing: Karim Matmour arrives at HTAFC|date=20 January 2016|website=Huddersfield Town|author=David Threlfall-Sykes|access-date=21 March 2021}}]
*[1986](/source/1986) – [Aya Matsuura](/source/Aya_Matsuura), Japanese singer and actress
*[1988](/source/1988) – [Jhonas Enroth](/source/Jhonas_Enroth), Swedish ice hockey player
* 1988 – [Miguel Layún](/source/Miguel_Lay%C3%BAn), Mexican footballer
* 1988 – [Therese Johaug](/source/Therese_Johaug), Norwegian cross-country skier[{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/therese-johaug|title=Therese Johaug|website=IOC|access-date=March 20, 2021}}]
*[1990](/source/1990) – [Andi Eigenmann](/source/Andi_Eigenmann), Filipino actress[{{cite news|author1=Abunda, Boy|author-link=Boy Abunda|title=All out for Andi|url=http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/567545/all-out-andi|access-date=14 June 2016|work=The Philippine Star|date=19 April 2010}}]
*[1996](/source/1996) – [Pietro Fittipaldi](/source/Pietro_Fittipaldi), Brazilian-American race car driver
*[1998](/source/1998) – [Kyle Chalmers](/source/Kyle_Chalmers), Australian swimmer[{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/kyle-chalmers|title=Kyle Chalmers|website=IOC|access-date=March 20, 2021}}]
*[2001](/source/2001) – [Philip Broberg](/source/Philip_Broberg), Swedish professional ice hockey player[{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/oilers/player/philip-broberg-8481598|title=Philip Broberg|website=NHL|access-date=June 24, 2024}}]
* [2002](/source/2002) – [Benson Boone](/source/Benson_Boone), American singer-songwriter[{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/benson-boone-who-facts-beautiful-things/|title=Benson Boone: Everything you need to know about the Beautiful Things singer and TikTok star|first1=Carl|last1=Smith|website=[Official Charts](/source/Official_Charts)|date=March 19, 2024|access-date=February 26, 2025}}]
* [2005](/source/2005) – [Kylie Cantrall](/source/Kylie_Cantrall), American actress, singer, songwriter, dancer, and social media personality[{{cite web|url=https://entertainment.ie/person/kylie-cantrall/|title=Kylie Cantrall – About|website=[Entertainment.ie](/source/Entertainment.ie)|access-date=June 10, 2025}}]
==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [635](/source/635) – [Gao Zu](/source/Emperor_Gaozu_of_Tang), Chinese emperor (born 566)
* [841](/source/841) – [Gerard of Auvergne](/source/Gerard%2C_Count_of_Auvergne), Frankish nobleman
* 841 – [Ricwin of Nantes](/source/Ricwin_of_Nantes), Frankish nobleman
* [891](/source/891) – [Sunderolt](/source/Sunderolt), German archbishop
* [931](/source/931) – [An Chonghui](/source/An_Chonghui), Chinese general
*[1014](/source/1014) – [Æthelstan Ætheling](/source/%C3%86thelstan_%C3%86theling), son of [Æthelred the Unready](/source/%C3%86thelred_the_Unready)
*[1031](/source/1031) – [Sheng Zong](/source/Emperor_Shengzong_of_Liao), Chinese emperor (born 972)
*[1134](/source/1134) – [Niels](/source/Niels%2C_King_of_Denmark), king of Denmark (born 1065)
*[1218](/source/1218) – [Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester](/source/Simon_de_Montfort%2C_5th_Earl_of_Leicester), French politician, [Lord High Steward](/source/Lord_High_Steward) (born 1160)
*[1291](/source/1291) – [Eleanor of Provence](/source/Eleanor_of_Provence), queen of England (born 1223)
*[1337](/source/1337) – [Frederick III](/source/Frederick_III_of_Sicily), king of Sicily (born 1272)
*[1394](/source/1394) – [Dorothea of Montau](/source/Dorothea_of_Montau), German hermitess (born 1347)[Martyrologium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2001 {{ISBN|88-209-7210-7}})]
*[1483](/source/1483) – [Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers](/source/Anthony_Woodville%2C_2nd_Earl_Rivers), English courtier and translator (born 1440)
* 1483 – [Richard Grey](/source/Richard_Grey), half brother of [Edward V](/source/Edward_V) of England (born 1458)
*[1522](/source/1522) – [Franchinus Gaffurius](/source/Franchinus_Gaffurius), Italian composer and theorist (born 1451)
*[1533](/source/1533) – [Mary Tudor](/source/Mary_Tudor%2C_Queen_of_France), queen of France (born 1496)[{{cite book |last1=Cannon |first1=John |last2=Hargreaves |first2=Anne |title=The Kings and Queens of Britain |date=26 March 2009 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-158028-4 |page=261 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FKhB1kiXq7YC&dq=Mary+Tudor+1496+25+june+1533&pg=PT261 |language=en}}]
*[1579](/source/1579) – [Hatano Hideharu](/source/Hatano_Hideharu), Japanese warlord (born 1541)
*[1593](/source/1593) – [Michele Mercati](/source/Michele_Mercati), Italian physician and archaeologist (born 1541)
===1601–1900===
*[1634](/source/1634) – [John Marston](/source/John_Marston_(playwright)), English poet and playwright (born 1576)
*[1638](/source/1638) – [Juan Pérez de Montalbán](/source/Juan_P%C3%A9rez_de_Montalb%C3%A1n), Spanish author, poet, and playwright (born 1602)
*[1665](/source/1665) – [Sigismund Francis](/source/Sigismund_Francis%2C_Archduke_of_Austria), archduke of Austria (born 1630)
*[1669](/source/1669) – [François de Vendôme](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Vend%C3%B4me%2C_Duke_of_Beaufort), duke of Beaufort (born 1616)
*[1671](/source/1671) – [Giovanni Battista Riccioli](/source/Giovanni_Battista_Riccioli), Italian priest and astronomer (born 1598)
*[1673](/source/1673) – [Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan](/source/Charles_de_Batz-Castelmore_d'Artagnan), French captain (born 1611)
*[1686](/source/1686) – [Simon Ushakov](/source/Simon_Ushakov), Russian painter and educator (born 1626)
*[1715](/source/1715) – [Jean-Baptiste du Casse](/source/Jean-Baptiste_du_Casse), French admiral and politician (born 1646)
*[1767](/source/1767) – [Georg Philipp Telemann](/source/Georg_Philipp_Telemann), German composer and theorist (born 1681)
*[1798](/source/1798) – [Thomas Sandby](/source/Thomas_Sandby), English cartographer, painter, and architect (born 1721)
*[1822](/source/1822) – [E. T. A. Hoffmann](/source/E._T._A._Hoffmann), German composer, critic, and jurist (born 1776)
*[1835](/source/1835) – [Ebenezer Pemberton](/source/Ebenezer_Pemberton), American educator (born 1746)
*[1838](/source/1838) – [François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois-Nicolas-Beno%C3%AEt_Haxo), French general and engineer (born 1774)
*[1861](/source/1861) – [Abdülmecid I](/source/Abd%C3%BClmecid_I), Ottoman sultan (born 1823)
*[1866](/source/1866) – [Alexander von Nordmann](/source/Alexander_von_Nordmann), Finnish biologist and paleontologist (born 1803)
*[1868](/source/1868) – [Carlo Matteucci](/source/Carlo_Matteucci), Italian physicist and neurophysiologist (born 1811)
*[1870](/source/1870) – [David Heaton](/source/David_Heaton), American lawyer and politician (born 1823)
*[1875](/source/1875) – [Antoine-Louis Barye](/source/Antoine-Louis_Barye), French sculptor (born 1796)
*[1876](/source/1876) – [James Calhoun](/source/James_Calhoun_(soldier)), American lieutenant (born 1845)
* 1876 – [Boston Custer](/source/Boston_Custer), American civilian army contractor (born 1848)
* 1876 – [George Armstrong Custer](/source/George_Armstrong_Custer), American general (born 1839)
* 1876 – [Thomas Custer](/source/Thomas_Custer), American officer, [Medal of Honor](/source/Medal_of_Honor) recipient (born 1845)
* 1876 – [Myles Keogh](/source/Myles_Keogh), Irish-American officer (born 1840)
*[1882](/source/1882) – [François Jouffroy](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Jouffroy), French sculptor (born 1806)
*[1884](/source/1884) – [Hans Rott](/source/Hans_Rott), Austrian organist and composer (born 1858)
*[1886](/source/1886) – [Jean-Louis Beaudry](/source/Jean-Louis_Beaudry), Canadian businessman and politician, 11th [Mayor of Montreal](/source/Mayor_of_Montreal) (born 1809)
*[1894](/source/1894) – [Marie François Sadi Carnot](/source/Marie_Fran%C3%A7ois_Sadi_Carnot), French engineer and politician, 5th [President of France](/source/President_of_France) (born 1837)
===1901–present===
*[1906](/source/1906) – [Stanford White](/source/Stanford_White), American architect, designed the [Washington Square Arch](/source/Washington_Square_Arch) (born 1853)
*[1912](/source/1912) – [Lawrence Alma-Tadema](/source/Lawrence_Alma-Tadema), Dutch-British painter (born 1836)
*[1916](/source/1916) – [Thomas Eakins](/source/Thomas_Eakins), American painter, photographer, and sculptor (born 1844)
*[1917](/source/1917) – [Géza Gyóni](/source/G%C3%A9za_Gy%C3%B3ni), Hungarian soldier and poet (born 1884)
*[1918](/source/1918) – [Jake Beckley](/source/Jake_Beckley), American baseball player and coach (born 1867)
*[1922](/source/1922) – [Satyendranath Dutta](/source/Satyendranath_Dutta), Indian poet and author (born 1882)
*[1937](/source/1937) – [Colin Clive](/source/Colin_Clive), British actor (born 1900)
*[1939](/source/1939) – [Richard Seaman](/source/Richard_Seaman), English race car driver (born 1913)
*[1943](/source/1943) – [Arthur Goldstein](/source/Arthur_Goldstein), German Jewish left-wing activist (c. 1887)
*[1944](/source/1944) – [Dénes Berinkey](/source/D%C3%A9nes_Berinkey), Hungarian jurist and politician, 18th [Prime Minister of Hungary](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Hungary) (born 1871)
* 1944 – [Lucha Reyes](/source/Lucha_Reyes_(Mexican_singer)), Mexican singer and actress (born 1906)
*[1947](/source/1947) – [Jimmy Doyle](/source/Jimmy_Doyle_(boxer)), American boxer (born 1924)
*[1948](/source/1948) – [William C. Lee](/source/William_C._Lee), American general (born 1895)
*[1949](/source/1949) – [Buck Freeman](/source/Buck_Freeman), American baseball player (born 1871)
* 1949 – [James Steen](/source/James_Steen_(water_polo)), American water polo player (born 1876)
*[1950](/source/1950) – [Muiris Ó Súilleabháin](/source/Muiris_%C3%93_S%C3%BAilleabh%C3%A1in), Irish police officer and author (born 1904)
*[1958](/source/1958) – [Alfred Noyes](/source/Alfred_Noyes), English author, poet, and playwright (born 1880)
*[1959](/source/1959) – [Charles Starkweather](/source/Charles_Starkweather), American spree killer (born 1938)
*[1960](/source/1960) – [Tommy Corcoran](/source/Tommy_Corcoran_(baseball)), American baseball player and manager (born 1869)
*[1968](/source/1968) – [Tony Hancock](/source/Tony_Hancock), English comedian and actor (born 1924)
*[1971](/source/1971) – [John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr](/source/John_Boyd_Orr%2C_1st_Baron_Boyd-Orr), Scottish physician, biologist, and politician, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Peace_Prize) laureate (born 1880)
*[1972](/source/1972) – [Jan Matulka](/source/Jan_Matulka), Czech-American painter and illustrator (born 1890)
*[1974](/source/1974) – [Cornelius Lanczos](/source/Cornelius_Lanczos), Hungarian mathematician and physicist (born 1893)
*[1976](/source/1976) – [Johnny Mercer](/source/Johnny_Mercer), American singer-songwriter, co-founded [Capitol Records](/source/Capitol_Records) (born 1909)
*[1977](/source/1977) – [Olave Baden-Powell](/source/Olave_Baden-Powell), British [Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting](/source/Girl_Guiding_and_Girl_Scouting) leader (born 1889)
* 1977 – [Endre Szervánszky](/source/Endre_Szerv%C3%A1nszky), Hungarian pianist and composer (born 1911)
*[1979](/source/1979) – [Dave Fleischer](/source/Dave_Fleischer), American animator, director, and producer (born 1894)
* 1979 – [Philippe Halsman](/source/Philippe_Halsman), Latvian-American photographer (born 1906)
*[1981](/source/1981) – [Felipe Cossío del Pomar](/source/Felipe_Coss%C3%ADo_del_Pomar), Peruvian painter and political activist (born 1888)
*[1983](/source/1983) – [Alberto Ginastera](/source/Alberto_Ginastera), Argentinian pianist and composer (born 1916)[{{cite web |title=Alberto Ginastera {{!}} Argentine composer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alberto-Ginastera |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=27 April 2022 |language=en}}]
*[1984](/source/1984) – [Michel Foucault](/source/Michel_Foucault), French historian and philosopher (born 1926)
*[1988](/source/1988) – [Hillel Slovak](/source/Hillel_Slovak), Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (born 1962)
*[1990](/source/1990) – [Ronald Gene Simmons](/source/Ronald_Gene_Simmons), American sergeant and murderer (born 1940)
*[1992](/source/1992) – [Jerome Brown](/source/Jerome_Brown), American football player (born 1965)
*[1995](/source/1995) – [Warren E. Burger](/source/Warren_E._Burger), Fifteenth [Chief Justice](/source/Chief_Justice_of_the_United_States) of the [Supreme Court of the United States](/source/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States) (born 1907)
* 1995 – [Ernest Walton](/source/Ernest_Walton), Irish physicist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) laureate (born 1903)
*[1996](/source/1996) – [Arthur Snelling](/source/Arthur_Snelling), English civil servant and diplomat, [British Ambassador to South Africa](/source/List_of_High_Commissioners_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_South_Africa) (born 1914)
*[1997](/source/1997) – [Jacques Cousteau](/source/Jacques_Cousteau), French oceanographer and explorer (born 1910)
*[1999](/source/1999) – [Fred Trump](/source/Fred_Trump), American real estate developer and businessman (born 1905)[{{cite news |author1-first=Angela |author1-last=Mosconi |title=Fred Trump, dad of Donald, dies at 93 |date=1999-06-26 |newspaper=[New York Post](/source/New_York_Post) |url=https://nypost.com/1999/06/26/fred-trump-dad-of-donald-dies-at-93/ |archive-date=2015-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204015132/https://nypost.com/1999/06/26/fred-trump-dad-of-donald-dies-at-93/ |url-status=live}}]
*[2002](/source/2002) – [Jean Corbeil](/source/Jean_Corbeil), Canadian politician, 29th [Canadian Minister of Labour](/source/Minister_of_Labour_(Canada)) (born 1934)
*[2003](/source/2003) – [Lester Maddox](/source/Lester_Maddox), American businessman and politician, 75th [Governor of Georgia](/source/Governor_of_Georgia) (born 1915)
*[2004](/source/2004) – [Morton Coutts](/source/Morton_Coutts), New Zealand inventor (born 1904)
*[2005](/source/2005) – [John Fiedler](/source/John_Fiedler), American actor and voice artist (born 1925)
* 2005 – [Kâzım Koyuncu](/source/K%C3%A2z%C4%B1m_Koyuncu), Turkish singer-songwriter and activist (born 1971)
*[2006](/source/2006) – [Jaap Penraat](/source/Jaap_Penraat), Dutch-American humanitarian (born 1918)
*[2007](/source/2007) – [J. Fred Duckett](/source/J._Fred_Duckett), American journalist and educator (born 1933)
* 2007 – [Jeeva](/source/Jeeva_(director)), Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (born 1963)
*[2008](/source/2008) – [Lyall Watson](/source/Lyall_Watson), South African anthropologist and ethologist (born 1939)
*[2009](/source/2009) – [Farrah Fawcett](/source/Farrah_Fawcett), American actress and producer (born 1947)[{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2009/06/25/farrah-fawcett-dies/|title=Farrah Fawcett dies at 62|magazine=[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)|date=June 25, 2009|access-date=June 6, 2024}}]
* 2009 – [Michael Jackson](/source/Michael_Jackson), American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (born 1958)
* 2009 – [Sky Saxon](/source/Sky_Saxon), American singer-songwriter (born 1937)
*[2010](/source/2010) – [Alan Plater](/source/Alan_Plater), English playwright and screenwriter (born 1935)
* 2010 – [Richard B. Sellars](/source/Richard_B._Sellars), American businessman and philanthropist (born 1915)
*[2011](/source/2011) – [Annie Easley](/source/Annie_Easley), American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1933)
* 2011 – [Goff Richards](/source/Goff_Richards), English composer and conductor (born 1944)
* 2011 – [Margaret Tyzack](/source/Margaret_Tyzack), English actress (born 1931)
*[2012](/source/2012) – [Shigemitsu Dandō](/source/Shigemitsu_Dand%C5%8D), Japanese academic and jurist (born 1913)
* 2012 – [Campbell Gillies](/source/Campbell_Gillies), Scottish jockey (born 1990)
* 2012 – [George Randolph Hearst, Jr.](/source/George_Randolph_Hearst%2C_Jr.), American businessman (born 1927)
* 2012 – [Lucella MacLean](/source/Lucella_MacLean), American baseball player (born 1921)
* 2012 – [Edgar Ross](/source/Edgar_Ross_(boxer)), American boxer (born 1949)
*[2013](/source/2013) – [George Burditt](/source/George_Burditt_(writer)), American screenwriter and producer (born 1923)
* 2013 – [Catherine Gibson](/source/Catherine_Gibson), Scottish swimmer (born 1931)
* 2013 – [Robert E. Gilka](/source/Robert_E._Gilka), American photographer and journalist (born 1916)
* 2013 – [Harry Parker](/source/Harry_Parker_(rower)), American rower and coach (born 1935)
* 2013 – [Mildred Ladner Thompson](/source/Mildred_Ladner_Thompson), American journalist (born 1918)
* 2013 – [Green Wix Unthank](/source/Green_Wix_Unthank), American soldier and judge (born 1923)
*[2014](/source/2014) – [Nigel Calder](/source/Nigel_Calder), English journalist, author, and screenwriter (born 1931)
* 2014 – [Ana María Matute](/source/Ana_Mar%C3%ADa_Matute), Spanish author and academic (born 1925)
* 2014 – [Ivan Plyushch](/source/Ivan_Plyushch), Ukrainian agronomist and politician (born 1941)
*[2015](/source/2015) – [Patrick Macnee](/source/Patrick_Macnee), English actor (born 1922)
* 2015 – [Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni](/source/Nerses_Bedros_XIX_Tarmouni), Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (born 1940)
*[2016](/source/2016) – [Adam Small](/source/Adam_Small_(writer)), South African writer of apartheid-period (born 1936)
*[2023](/source/2023) – [Simon Crean](/source/Simon_Crean), Australian trade union leader and politician (born 1949)[{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/25/former-labor-leader-simon-crean-dies-age-74 |title=Tributes flow after former Labor leader Simon Crean dies age 74 |first=Paul |last=Karp |date=25 June 2023 |newspaper=[Guardian Australia](/source/Guardian_Australia) |access-date=27 June 2023}}]
*[2024](/source/2024) – [Sika Anoa‘i](/source/Sika_Anoa%E2%80%98i), American Samoan professional wrestler (born 1945)[{{Cite web |last=Kasabian |first=Paul |title=WWE Hall of Famer Sika Anoa'i Dies at Age 79; Father of Roman Reigns |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10126042-wwe-hall-of-famer-sika-anoai-dies-at-age-79-father-of-roman-reigns |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=Bleacher Report |language=en}}]
* 2024 – [Bill Cobbs](/source/Bill_Cobbs), American actor (born 1934)[{{cite web|title=Bill Cobbs, 'The Sopranos' and 'The Bodyguard' character actor, dies at 90 |url=https://www.thewrap.com/bill-cobbs-dies-sopranos-bodyguard/ |website=TheWrap |date=June 26, 2024}}]
==Holidays and observances==
*[Arbor Day](/source/Arbor_Day) ([Philippines](/source/Philippines))
*Christian [feast day](/source/feast_day):
**[David of Munktorp](/source/David_of_Munktorp)
**[Eurosia](/source/Eurosia)
**[Maximus (Massimo) of Turin](/source/Maximus_of_Turin)
**[Our Lady of Medjugorje](/source/Our_Lady_of_Medjugorje)[{{cite web |title=25 giugno, Anniversario Medjugorje |url=https://rusconiviaggi.com/it/25-giugno-anniversario-medjugorje/ |website=Rusconi Viaggi |date= 25 June 2021|access-date=29 October 2024 |language=it}}]
**[Philipp Melanchthon](/source/Philipp_Melanchthon) ([Evangelical Lutheran Church in America](/source/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_America))
**Presentation of the [Augsburg Confession](/source/Augsburg_Confession) ([Lutheran](/source/Lutheran))
**[Prosper of Aquitaine](/source/Prosper_of_Aquitaine)
**[Prosper of Reggio](/source/Prosper_of_Reggio)
**[William of Montevergine](/source/William_of_Montevergine)
**[June 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)](/source/June_25_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics))
*[Independence Day](/source/Independence_Day_(Mozambique)), celebrates the independence of [Mozambique](/source/Mozambique) from Portugal in 1975.
*[Independence Day (Croatia)](/source/Independence_Day_(Croatia))[{{cite web|title=Croatia observing Independence Day today
|date=25 June 2023 |url=https://www.croatiaweek.com/croatia-observing-independence-day-today/}}]
*[National Catfish Day](/source/National_Catfish_Day) ([United States](/source/United_States))
*[Statehood Day (Slovenia)](/source/Statehood_Day_(Slovenia))[{{cite web |title=National days |url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/embassies/national-days/ |website=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |access-date=17 November 2020 |language=en-NZ}}]
*[Statehood Day (Virginia)](/source/Statehood_Day_(Virginia))
*[Teacher's Day](/source/Teacher's_Day) ([Guatemala](/source/Guatemala))
*[World Vitiligo Day](/source/World_Vitiligo_Day)
== References ==
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==External links==
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*{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/25 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
*{{NYT On this day|month=06|day=25}}
*{{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/june/25 |title=Historical Events on June 25 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}
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