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What happend on 6. June in History
In our data base we found 332 events happened on 6. June:
• 1134: Norbert of Xanten Holy Roman priest, saint, and founder of the Premonstratensian order of Canons Regular (b. 1060) [category: Deaths]
• 1236: Wen Tianxiang, Chinese scholar and general (d. 1283) [category: Births]
• 1296: Władysław of Legnica (d. 1352) [category: Births]
• 1393: Emperor Go-En'yū of Japan (b. 1359) [category: Deaths]
• 1436: Regiomontanus, German mathematician, astronomer, and bishop (d. 1476) [category: Births]
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• 1480: Vecchietta, Italian artist and architect (b. 1412) [category: Deaths]
• 1502: John III of Portugal (d. 1557) [category: Births]
• 1513: Italian Wars: Battle of Novara. Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis de la Tremoille, forcing the French to abandon Milan. Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored. [category: Events]
• 1519: Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603) [category: Births]
• 1523: Gustav Vasa is crowned king of Sweden. This is the Swedish national day. [category: Events]
• 1542: Richard Grenville, English soldier and explorer (d. 1591) [category: Births]
• 1548: João de Castro, Portuguese noble and explorer (b. 1500) [category: Deaths]
• 1563: Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519) [category: Deaths]
• 1576: Giovanni Diodati, Swiss clergyman (d. 1649) [category: Births]
• 1580: Godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667) [category: Births]
• 1583: Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556) [category: Deaths]
• 1586: Francis Drake's forces raid St. Augustine in Spanish Florida. [category: Events]
• 1599: Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660) [category: Births]
• 1606: Pierre Corneille, French dramatist (d. 1684) [category: Births]
• 1622: Claude-Jean Allouez, French missionary and explorer (d. 1689) [category: Births]
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• 1644: The Qing Dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor capture Beijing during the collapse of the Ming Dynasty. [category: Events]
• 1654: Charles X succeeds his abdicated cousin Queen Christina to the Swedish throne. [category: Events]
• 1661: Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer (d. 1756) [category: Births]
• 1674: Shivaji, founder of the Maratha empire, is crowned. [category: Events]
• 1683: The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum. [category: Events]
• 1699: Johann Georg Estor, German theorist and historian (d. 1773) [category: Births]
• 1714: Joseph I of Portugal (d. 1777) [category: Births]
• 1730: Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, French marshal (b. 1646) [category: Deaths]
• 1735: Anton Schweitzer, German composer (d. 1787) [category: Births]
• 1740: Alexander Spotswood, English-American lieutenant and politician, Governor of Virginia (b. 1676) [category: Deaths]
• 1752: A devastating fire destroys one-third of Moscow, including 18,000 homes. [category: Events]
• 1755: Nathan Hale, American writer and soldier (d. 1776) [category: Births]
• 1756: John Trumbull, American painter (d. 1843) [category: Births]
• 1762: British forces begin a siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city in the Battle of Havana. [category: Events]
• 1772: Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (d. 1807) [category: Births]
• 1784: Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch politician (b. 1741) [category: Deaths]
• 1799: Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet (d. 1837) [category: Births]
• 1799: Patrick Henry, American attorney, planter, and politician, Governor of Virginia (b. 1736) [category: Deaths]
• 1807: Thieu Tri, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1847) [category: Births]
• 1808: Napoleon's brother, Joseph Bonaparte is crowned King of Spain. [category: Events]
• 1809: Sweden promulgates a new Constitution, which restores political power to the Riksdag of the Estates after 20 years of Enlightened absolutism. At the same time, Charles XIII is elected to succeed Gustav IV Adolf as King of Sweden. [category: Events]
• 1810: Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin, German scholar (d. 1856) [category: Births]
• 1813: Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (b. 1739) [category: Deaths]
• 1813: War of 1812: Battle of Stoney Creek – A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force two times its size under William Winder and John Chandler. [category: Events]
• 1822: Alexis St. Martin accidentally shot in the stomach, which leads way to William Beaumont's studies on digestion. [category: Events]
• 1829: Honinbo Shusaku, Japanese Go player (d. 1862) [category: Births]
• 1832: Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher (b. 1748) [category: Deaths]
• 1832: The June Rebellion of Paris is put down by the National Guard. [category: Events]
• 1833: U.S. President Andrew Jackson becomes the first President to ride on a train. [category: Events]
• 1840: Marcellin Champagnat, French priest and saint, founder of the Marist Brothers (b. 1789) [category: Deaths]
• 1841: Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish novelist (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1843: Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet and dramatist (b. 1770) [category: Deaths]
• 1844: Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter (d. 1905) [category: Births]
• 1844: The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London. [category: Events]
• 1850: Karl Ferdinand Braun, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1857: Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1857: Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden-Norway. [category: Events]
• 1859: Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day). [category: Events]
• 1861: Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1810) [category: Deaths]
• 1862: Henry John Newbolt, English author (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1862: Turner Ashby, American confederate commander (b. 1828) [category: Deaths]
• 1862: American Civil War: Battle of Memphis – Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates. [category: Events]
• 1865: William Quantrill, American confederate general (b. 1837) [category: Deaths]
• 1867: David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, founder of Abercrombie & Fitch (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1868: Robert Falcon Scott, English navy officer and explorer (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1872: Alexandra of Hesse (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1875: Thomas Mann, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1878: Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French attorney (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1878: Robert Stirling, Scottish clergyman and inventor, inventor of the stirling engine (b. 1790) [category: Deaths]
• 1881: Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
• 1882: More than 100,000 inhabitants of Bombay are killed as a cyclone in the Arabian Sea pushes huge waves into the harbour. [category: Events]
• 1882: The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River. [category: Events]
• 1889: The Great Seattle fire destroys the entirety of downtown Seattle, Washington. [category: Events]
• 1890: Ted Lewis, American singer, musician, and bandleader (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1891: Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, Karnatakaian poet and playwright (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1891: John A. Macdonald, Canadian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815) [category: Deaths]
• 1892: Donald F. Duncan, Sr., American toy maker and businessman, founder of the Duncan Toys Company (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1892: Chicago 'L' begins operation [category: Events]
• 1894: Governor Davis H. Waite orders the Colorado state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners' strike. [category: Events]
• 1896: Henry Allingham, English soldier and super-centenarian (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1896: Italo Balbo, Italian political leader and marshal (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1898: Ninette de Valois, Irish-English dancer, choreographer, and director (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1898: Walter Abel, American actor (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1900: Manfred Sakel, Polish psychiatrist (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1901: Sukarno, Indonesian politician, 1st President of Indonesia (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1902: Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1903: Aram Khachaturian, Russian-Armenian composer (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1906: Max August Zorn, German mathematician (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1907: Bill Dickey, American baseball player (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1909: French troops capture Abéché (in modern-day Chad) and install a puppet sultan in the Ouaddai Empire. [category: Events]
• 1912: The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century. [category: Events]
• 1913: Carlo L. Golino, American scholar (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1914: H. Adams Carter, American mountaineer and educator (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1915: Vincent Persichetti, American composer and pianist (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1916: Hamani Diori, Nigerien politician, 1st President of Niger (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1916: Yuan Shikai, Chinese military officer and politician (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman, founder of the Tracinda Corporation [category: Births]
• 1918: Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1918: World War I: Battle of Belleau Wood – The U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at Chateau-Thierry. [category: Events]
• 1919: Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, English politician, 6th Secretary General of NATO [category: Births]
• 1919: The Republic of Prekmurje ends. [category: Events]
• 1921: The Southwark Bridge in London, is opened for traffic by King George V and Queen Mary. [category: Events]
• 1922: Lillian Russell, American actress (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: V. C. Andrews, American author (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1924: William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Irish shipbuilder and businessman (b. 1847) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Hideji Ōtaki, Japanese actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1926: Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1926: Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1929: Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1932: Billie Whitelaw, English actress [category: Births]
• 1932: David Scott, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1932: The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States, at a rate of 1 cent per US gallon (1/4 ¢/L) sold. [category: Events]
• 1933: Eli Broad, American businessman and philanthropist [category: Births]
• 1933: Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1933: The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey, United States. [category: Events]
• 1934: Albert II of Belgium [category: Births]
• 1934: Roy Innis, American civil rights activist [category: Births]
• 1934: Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and writer (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Act of 1933 into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. [category: Events]
• 1935: Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English army officer, 12th Governor-General of Canada (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: A. Venkatesh Naik, Indian politician [category: Births]
• 1936: Levi Stubbs, American singer and actor (The Four Tops) (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1938: Prince Luís of Orléans-Braganza [category: Births]
• 1939: Eddie Giacomin, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1939: Gary U.S. Bonds, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1939: Lawrence Stephen, Nauruan politician (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1939: Louis Andriessen, Dutch composer and pianist [category: Births]
• 1939: Marian Wright Edelman, American activist, founder of the Children's Defense Fund [category: Births]
• 1939: Judge Joseph Force Crater, known as the "Missingest Man in New York", is declared legally dead. [category: Events]
• 1940: Larry Lujack, American disc jockey [category: Births]
• 1940: Willie John McBride, Irish rugby player [category: Births]
• 1941: Alexander Cockburn, Scottish-American journalist [category: Births]
• 1941: Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and businessman, founder of Chevrolet and Frontenac Motor Corporation (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: World War II: Battle of Midway. U.S. Navy dive bombers sink the Japanese cruiser Mikuma and four Japanese carriers. [category: Events]
• 1943: José de Jesús Gudiño Pelayo, Mexican jurist [category: Births]
• 1943: Ken Hatfield, American football player and coach [category: Births]
• 1943: Richard Smalley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1943: Pandelis Pouliopoulos, Greek communist (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: David Penhaligon, English politician (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1944: Edgar Froese, German musician and songwriter (Tangerine Dream) [category: Births]
• 1944: Monty Alexander, Jamaican pianist (Clue J & His Blues Blasters) [category: Births]
• 1944: Phillip Allen Sharp, American scientist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1944: Tommie Smith, American athlete [category: Births]
• 1944: World War II: Battle of Normandy begins. D-Day, code named Operation Overlord, commences with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. [category: Events]
• 1945: Arthur Shawcross, American serial killer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1945: David Dukes, American actor (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1945: David E. Bonior, American politician [category: Births]
• 1946: Tony Levin, American singer-songwriter and bassist (King Crimson, Liquid Tension Experiment, and Bruford Levin Upper Extremities) [category: Births]
• 1946: Gerhart Hauptmann, German dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: The National Basketball Association is created, with eleven original teams. [category: Events]
• 1947: Ada Kok, Dutch swimmer [category: Births]
• 1947: David Blunkett, English politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Robert Englund, American actor [category: Births]
• 1947: James Agate, English author and critic (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Richard Sinclair, English singer and musician (Caravan, The Wilde Flowers, Camel, and Hatfield and the North) [category: Births]
• 1948: Louis Lumière, French director, writer, and producer (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Holly Near, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1949: Ioannis Matzourakis, Greek footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1950: Chantal Akerman, Belgian director [category: Births]
• 1951: Dwight Twilley, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer [category: Births]
• 1951: Marietta Giannakou, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Noritake Takahara, Japanese race car driver [category: Births]
• 1951: Olive Tell, American actress (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Harvey Fierstein, American actor [category: Births]
• 1952: Jean Hamel, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1952: Yukihiro Takahashi, Japanese singer, drummer, producer, and actor (Yellow Magic Orchestra, Sadistic Mika Band, and Sketch Show) [category: Births]
• 1953: Dimitris Avramopoulos, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1953: June Yamagishi, Japanese-American guitarist (Papa Grows Funk and The Wild Magnolias) [category: Births]
• 1954: Cynthia Rylant, American author [category: Births]
• 1954: Władysław Żmuda, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1954: Alan Turing, English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist. (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Fritz Kasparek, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Sandra Bernhard, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1955: Max Meldrum, Scottish painter (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player [category: Births]
• 1956: Bubbi Morthens, Icelandic singer-songwriter and musician (Utangarðsmenn and Egó) [category: Births]
• 1957: Christian Rach, German chef [category: Births]
• 1957: Fred Arbinger, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1957: Mike Gatting, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1958: Danny Webb, English actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Amanda Pays, English actress [category: Births]
• 1959: Colin Quinn, American comedian and writer [category: Births]
• 1959: David Schultz, American wrestler (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1959: Georgios Voulgarakis, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1959: Jimmy Jam, American musician, songwriter, and producer (The Time) [category: Births]
• 1959: Josie Lawrence, English comedian and actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Jozef Pribilinec, Slovak athlete [category: Births]
• 1960: Lola Forner, Spanish actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Steve Vai, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Alcatrazz) [category: Births]
• 1961: Bill Bates, American football player [category: Births]
• 1961: Nir Brand, Israeli conductor and composer [category: Births]
• 1961: Tom Araya, Chilean-American singer-songwriter and bassist (Slayer) [category: Births]
• 1961: Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Ioannis Theotokis, Greek politician, 146th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Yves Klein, French artist (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Eric Cantor, American politician [category: Births]
• 1963: Jason Isaacs, English actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Wolfgang Drechsler, German scientist [category: Births]
• 1964: Jay Bentley, American singer and bassist (Bad Religion) [category: Births]
• 1964: Under a temporary order, the rocket launches at Cuxhaven, Germany, are terminated, though they never resume. [category: Events]
• 1965: Cam Neely, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1966: Sean Yseult, American musician (White Zombie and The Cramps) [category: Births]
• 1966: Tony Yeboah, Ghanaian footballer [category: Births]
• 1967: Max Casella, American actor [category: Births]
• 1967: Paul Giamatti, American actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Alan Licht, American guitarist, composer, and journalist [category: Births]
• 1968: François Avard, Canadian writer and scenarist [category: Births]
• 1968: Randolph Churchill, English journalist and politician, son of Winston Churchill (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Robert F. Kennedy, American politician, 64th United States Attorney General (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Erik Prince, American businessman, co-founded Academi [category: Births]
• 1970: Albert Ferrer, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Anthony Norris, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1970: Eugeni Berzin, Russian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1970: James Shaffer, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Korn, Fear and the Nervous System, and L.A.P.D.) [category: Births]
• 1970: Sarah Dessen, American author [category: Births]
• 1971: A midair collision between a Hughes Airwest Douglas DC-9 jetliner and a United States Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II jet fighter near Duarte, California claims 50 lives. [category: Events]
• 1971: Soyuz program: Soyuz 11 launches. [category: Events]
• 1971: Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Khanh between Australian and Vietnamese communist forces begins. [category: Events]
• 1972: Cristina Scabbia, Italian singer-songwriter (Lacuna Coil) [category: Births]
• 1972: Natalie Morales, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1973: Kat Swift, American politician [category: Births]
• 1974: Danny Strong, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Sonya Walger, English actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Uncle Kracker, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1974: A new Instrument of Government is promulgated making Sweden a parliamentary monarchy. [category: Events]
• 1975: Cheer Chen, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1975: Niklas Sundström, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1975: Nina Kaczorowski, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Staci Keanan, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Larry Blyden, American actor (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Akido, Canadian musician and composer [category: Births]
• 1976: Emilie-Claire Barlow, Canadian singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Geoff Rowley, English skateboarder [category: Births]
• 1976: Jonathan Nolan, English-American author, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1976: Z-Ro, American rapper and producer (Screwed Up Click and ABN) [category: Births]
• 1976: J. Paul Getty, American industrialist, founded the Getty Oil Company (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Victor Varconi, Hungarian actor (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Bryn Williams, Welsh chef [category: Births]
• 1977: David Connolly, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Andrew Reynolds, American skateboarder [category: Births]
• 1978: Carl Barât, English singer, guitarist, actor, and author (The Libertines, Dirty Pretty Things, and The Chavs) [category: Births]
• 1978: Joy Enriquez, American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Judith Barsi, American actress (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1978: Mariana Popova, Bulgarian singer [category: Births]
• 1979: Jack Haley, American actor (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Matt Belisle, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Peter Mosely, American bass player (Yellowcard and Inspection 12) [category: Births]
• 1981: Johnny Pacar, American actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Philip McGinley, English actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Carleton S. Coon, American anthropologist (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Bihar train disaster A passenger train travelling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the Bagmati river. [category: Events]
• 1982: Kenneth Rexroth, American poet (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: 1982 Lebanon War begins: Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon in their "Operation Peace for the Galilee", eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut. [category: Events]
• 1983: Gemma Bissix, English actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Gianna Michaels, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Joe Rokocoko, Fijian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1983: Michael Krohn-Dehli, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Jason Trusnik, American football player [category: Births]
• 1984: Noor Sabri, Iraqi footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Shannon Stewart, American model [category: Births]
• 1984: A. Bertram Chandler, Australian author (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Tetris, one of the best-selling video games of all-time, is released. [category: Events]
• 1985: Chris Henry, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Drew McIntyre, Scottish wrestler [category: Births]
• 1985: Sebastian Larsson, Swedish footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is exhumed in Embu, Brazil; the remains found are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz's "Angel of Death". Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979. [category: Events]
• 1986: Bhavana Balachandran, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Kim Hyun-joong, Korean singer, dancer, and actor (SS501) [category: Births]
• 1986: Randy Gardner, American guitar player [category: Births]
• 1987: Daniel Logan, New Zealand actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Kyle Falconer, Scottish singer and musician (The View) [category: Births]
• 1987: Rubin Okotie, Austrian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Gideon Glick, American actor [category: Births]
• 1988: Israel Dagg, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1988: Maria Alyokhina, Russian singer and activist (Pussy Riot) [category: Births]
• 1989: Monice, Bosnian-Austrian singer and author [category: Births]
• 1989: Paula Brancati, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Ashleigh Chisholm, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Gavin Hoyte, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Mike G, American rapper (OFWGKTA) [category: Births]
• 1990: Ryan Higa, a Japanese American YouTube celebrity, actor, comedian, and producer. [category: Births]
• 1990: Vid Belec, Slovenian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Zach Booher, American singer-songwriter and musician (While We're Up) (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1991: Mary Ann Springer, American actress [category: Births]
• 1991: Son Dong-woon, Korean singer and dancer (Beast) [category: Births]
• 1991: Stan Getz, American saxophonist (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Kim Hyun-a, Korean singer, dancer, and model (4minute and Wonder Girls) [category: Births]
• 1992: Megumi Murakami, Japanese singer and actress (Cute and ZYX) [category: Births]
• 1992: Larry Riley, American actor (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Mongolia holds its first direct presidential elections. [category: Events]
• 1994: Barry Sullivan, American actor (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Mark McManus, Scottish actor (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Savely Kramarov, Soviet-American actor (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: George Davis Snell, American geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Anne Haddy, Australian actress (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Frédéric Dard, French writer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Robbin Crosby, American guitarist and songwriter (Ratt) (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Eastern Mediterranean Event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at 10 meters diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The resulting explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb. [category: Events]
• 2003: Dave Rowberry, English singer-songwriter and pianist (The Animals) (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Ken Grimwood, American writer (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Tamil is established as a Classical language by the President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in a joint sitting of the two houses of the Indian Parliament. [category: Events]
• 2005: Anne Bancroft, American actress (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Dana Elcar, American actor (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: The United States Supreme Court upholds a federal law banning cannabis, including medical marijuana, in Gonzales v. Raich. [category: Events]
• 2006: Arnold Newman, American photographer (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Billy Preston, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Hilton Ruiz, Puerto Rican pianist (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: The Comcast Center officially opens, making it the tallest building in Philadelphia. [category: Events]
• 2009: Jean Dausset, French immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Jim Owens, American football player and coach (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Mary Howard de Liagre, American actress (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Marvin Isley, American singer-songwriter, bassist, and composer (The Isley Brothers and Isley-Jasper-Isley) (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Agostinho José Sartori, Brazilian bishop (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Cotton Owens, American race car driver (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Li Wangyang, Chinese activist (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Manuel Preciado Rebolledo, Spanish footballer and coach (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mykola Volosyanko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Nemanja Nešić, Serbian rower (b. 1988) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: The Al-Qubeir massacre occurred in a village near Hama, Syria, killing 78 people. [category: Events]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Claude the Thaumaturge [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Engineer's Day (Argentina) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: June 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Marcellin Champagnat [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Memorial Day (South Korea) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day of Sweden, marks the end of the Danish-ruled Kalmar Union and the day Gustav Vasa got elected king of Sweden (Sweden) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Norbert of Xanten [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Queensland Day (Queensland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Teachers' Day (Bolivia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: UN Russian Language Day (United Nations) [category: Holidays and observances]