June 13

Events

• 313 - The decisions of the Edict of Milan, signed by Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius, granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire, are published in Nicomedia.
• 1381 - In England, the Peasants' Revolt, led by Wat Tyler, comes to a head, as rebels set fire to the Savoy Palace.
• 1514 - Henry Grace à Dieu, at over 1,000 tons the largest warship in the world at this time, built at the new Woolwich Dockyard in England, is dedicated.
• 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.
• 1625 - King Charles I of England marries Catholic princess Henrietta Maria of France and Navarre, at Canterbury.
• 1740 - Georgia provincial governor James Oglethorpe begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augustine.
• 1774 - Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
• 1777 - American Revolutionary War: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
• 1805 - Lewis and Clark Expedition: Scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.
• 1881 - The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
• 1886 - A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
• 1893 - Grover Cleveland notices a rough spot in his mouth and on July 1 undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; the operation was not revealed to the public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.
• 1898 - Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
• 1917 - World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
• 1927 - Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
• 1944 - World War II: The Battle of Villers-Bocage: German tank ace Michael Wittmann ambushes elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, destroying up to fourteen tanks, fifteen personnel carriers and two anti-tank guns in a Tiger I tank.
• 1944 - World War II: German combat elements, reinforced by the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division, launch a counterattack on American forces near Carentan.
• 1944 - World War II: Germany launches the first V1 Flying Bomb attack on England. Only four of the eleven bombs strike their targets.
• 1952 - Catalina affair: A Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
• 1966 - The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.
• 1967 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
• 1971 - Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers.
• 1977 - Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
• 1981 - At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
• 1982 - Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid.
• 1982 - Battles of Tumbledown and Wireless Ridge, during the Falklands War.
• 1983 - Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passes beyond the orbit of Neptune.
• 1990 - First day of the June 1990 Mineriad in Romania. At least 240 strikers and students are arrested or killed in the chaos ensuing from the first post-Ceaușescu elections.
• 1994 - A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages.
• 1996 - The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents.
• 1997 - A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
• 2000 - President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang.
• 2000 - Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Ağca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
• 2002 - The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
• 2007 - The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a second time.
• 2010 - A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth.
• 2012 - A series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others.
• 2015 - A man opens fire at policemen outside the police headquarters in Dallas, Texas, while a bag containing a pipe bomb is also found. He was later shot dead by police.

  Births

• AD 40 - Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general
• 823 - Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor
• 839 - Charles the Fat, Holy Roman Emperor
• 1367 - Taejong of Joseon
• 1500 - Ernest of Bavaria, pledge lord of the County of Glatz
• 1508 - Alessandro Piccolomini, Italian astronomer and philosopher
• 1539 - Jost Amman, Swiss printmaker
• 1555 - Giovanni Antonio Magini, Italian mathematician, cartographer and astronomer
• 1580 - Willebrord Snell, Dutch astronomer and mathematician
• 1595 - Jan Marek Marci, Czech physician and scientist
• 1617 - Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet, English politician
• 1649 - Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic
• 1711 - Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Ewell, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London
• 1752 - Frances Burney, English novelist and playwright
• 1761 - Antonín Vranický, Czech violinist and composer
• 1763 - José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian poet, academic, and politician
• 1773 - Thomas Young, English physicist and physiologist
• 1775 - Antoni Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian composer and politician
• 1786 - Winfield Scott, American general
• 1790 - José Antonio Páez, Venezuelan general and politician, President of Venezuela
• 1809 - Heinrich Hoffmann, German psychiatrist and author
• 1822 - Carl Schmidt, Latvian-German chemist and academic
• 1827 - Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman
• 1831 - James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician
• 1840 - Augusta Lundin, the first international Swedish fashion designer
• 1854 - Charles Algernon Parsons, English engineer, founded C. A. Parsons and Company
• 1863 - Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer
• 1864 - Rudolf Kjellén, Swedish political scientist and academic
• 1864 - Dwight B. Waldo, American historian and academic
• 1865 - Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer
• 1865 - W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1868 - Wallace Clement Sabine, American physicist and academic
• 1870 - Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1872 - Thomas N. Heffron, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1873 - Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer
• 1875 - Paul Neumann, Austrian swimmer and physician
• 1876 - William Sealy Gosset, English chemist and statistician
• 1879 - Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician
• 1879 - Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs
• 1884 - Leon Chwistek, Polish painter, philosopher, and mathematician
• 1884 - Étienne Gilson, French philosopher and academic
• 1885 - Henry George Lamond, Australian farmer and author
• 1887 - André François-Poncet, French politician and diplomat
• 1887 - Bruno Frank, German-American author, poet, and playwright
• 1888 - Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet and critic
• 1892 - Basil Rathbone, South African-born British-American actor
• 1893 - Alan Arnold Griffith, English engineer
• 1893 - Dorothy L. Sayers, English author and poet
• 1894 - Leo Kanner, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician
• 1894 - Jacques Henri Lartigue, French photographer and painter
• 1897 - Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner and coach
• 1899 - Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer, conductor, and journalist, founded the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra
• 1901 - Tage Erlander, Swedish lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1902 - Carolyn Eisele, American mathematician and historian
• 1903 - Willard Harrison Bennett, American physicist and chemist
• 1905 - James T. Rutnam, Sri Lankan historian and author
• 1906 - Bruno de Finetti, Austrian-Italian mathematician and statistician
• 1909 - E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Indian theorist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Kerala
• 1910 - Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Spanish journalist, author, and playwright
• 1910 - Mary Wickes, American actress
• 1910 - Mary Whitehouse, English activist, founded the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association
• 1911 - Luis Walter Alvarez, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1911 - Maurice Copeland, American actor
• 1911 - Erwin Wilhelm Müller, German physicist and academic
• 1912 - Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter
• 1913 - Ralph Edwards, American radio and television host
• 1913 - Yitzhak Pundak, Israeli general, diplomat and politician
• 1914 - Frederic Franklin, English-American ballet dancer and director
• 1915 - Don Budge, American tennis player and coach
• 1916 - Wu Zhengyi, Chinese botanist and academic
• 1917 - Teddy Turner, English actor
• 1917 - Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan novelist
• 1918 - Ben Johnson, American actor and stuntman
• 1918 - Helmut Lent, German soldier and pilot
• 1918 - Percy Rodriguez, Canadian-American actor
• 1920 - Rolf Huisgen, German chemist and academic
• 1920 - Iosif Vorovich, Russian mathematician and engineer
• 1921 - Lennart Strand, Swedish runner
• 1922 - Etienne Leroux, South African author
• 1923 - Lloyd Conover, American chemist and inventor
• 1925 - Kristine Miller, American actress
• 1926 - Jérôme Lejeune, French pediatrician and geneticist
• 1926 - Paul Lynde, American actor and comedian
• 1927 - Slim Dusty, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1928 - Giacomo Biffi, Italian cardinal
• 1928 - Renée Morisset, Canadian pianist
• 1928 - John Forbes Nash, Jr., American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1929 - Ralph McQuarrie, American illustrator
• 1929 - Robert W. Scott, American farmer and politician, 67th Governor of North Carolina
• 1930 - Gotthard Graubner, German painter and educator
• 1930 - Ryszard Kukliński, Polish colonel and spy
• 1930 - Paul Veyne, French archaeologist, historian, and academic
• 1931 - Nora Kovach, Hungarian-American ballerina
• 1931 - Reed Scowen, Canadian politician
• 1931 - Irvin D. Yalom, American psychotherapist and academic
• 1932 - Raymond Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton, English politician
• 1932 - Bob McGrath, American singer and actor
• 1932 - Billy Williams, American baseball player and coach
• 1933 - Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
• 1933 - Norman Lloyd-Edwards, Welsh lawyer and politician, Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan
• 1934 - Bill Blakeley, American basketball player and coach
• 1934 - Lucjan Brychczy, Polish footballer and coach
• 1934 - Manuel Clouthier, Mexican businessman and politician
• 1934 - James Anthony Griffin, American bishop
• 1934 - Uriel Jones, American drummer
• 1934 - Leonard Kleinrock, American computer scientist and engineer
• 1935 - Christo, Bulgarian-French sculptor and painter
• 1935 - Jeanne-Claude, Moroccan sculptor and painter
• 1935 - Samak Sundaravej, Thai politician, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand
• 1937 - Eleanor Holmes Norton, American lawyer and politician
• 1937 - Erich Ribbeck, German footballer and manager
• 1937 - Andreas Whittam Smith, English journalist and publisher, co-founded The Independent
• 1940 - Bobby Freeman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1940 - Dallas Long, American shot putter and physician
• 1941 - Marcel Lachemann, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1941 - Serge Lemoyne, Canadian painter
• 1941 - Marv Tarplin, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1942 - Yiannis Boutaris, Greek businessman and politician, Mayor of Thessaloniki
• 1943 - Harry Collins, English sociologist, author, and academic
• 1943 - Malcolm McDowell, English actor and producer
• 1943 - Jim Guy Tucker, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Arkansas
• 1944 - Christine Beasley, English nursing administrator
• 1944 - David Curry, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
• 1944 - Ban Ki-moon, South Korean politician and diplomat, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations
• 1945 - Whitley Strieber, American author
• 1946 - Sher Bahadur Deuba, Nepalese politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Nepal
• 1946 - Paul L. Modrich, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1946 - Gabriel of Komana, Belgian-Dutch archbishop
• 1948 - Garnet Bailey, Canadian-American ice hockey player and scout
• 1948 - Joe Roth, American director and producer, co-founded Morgan Creek Productions
• 1949 - Ann Druyan, American popular science writer
• 1949 - Dennis Locorriere, American singer and musician
• 1949 - Ulla Schmidt, German educator and politician, German Federal Minister of Health
• 1949 - Red Symons, English-Australian musician, television, and radio personality
• 1950 - Nick Brown, English politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
• 1950 - Gerd Zewe, German footballer and manager
• 1951 - Howard Leese, American guitarist and producer
• 1951 - Richard Thomas, American actor, director, and producer
• 1951 - Stellan Skarsgård, Swedish actor
• 1952 - Jean-Marie Dedecker, Belgian martial artist and politician
• 1953 - Tim Allen, American actor, comedian, and producer
• 1954 - Andrzej Lepper, Polish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
• 1954 - Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigerian economist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Nigeria
• 1955 - Alan Hansen, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
• 1955 - Leah Ward Sears, German-American lawyer and jurist
• 1956 - Blair Chapman, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1956 - Sal Paolantonio, American lieutenant and journalist
• 1957 - Ron Areshenkoff, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1957 - Roy Cooper, American lawyer and politician, 75th Governor of North Carolina
• 1957 - Bruce Flowers, American basketball player
• 1957 - Andrzej Morozowski, Polish journalist and author
• 1957 - Dicky Thompson, American golfer
• 1959 - Boyko Borissov, Bulgarian footballer and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• 1959 - Maurice G. Dantec, French-born Canadian science fiction writer
• 1959 - Steve Georganas, Australian politician
• 1959 - Klaus Iohannis, Romanian educator and politician, 5th President of Romania
• 1960 - Jacques Rougeau, Canadian wrestler
• 1961 - Anders Järryd, Swedish tennis player
• 1962 - Davey Hamilton, American race car driver
• 1962 - Glenn Michibata, Canadian-American tennis player and coach
• 1962 - Ally Sheedy, American actress and author
• 1962 - Hannah Storm, American journalist and author
• 1963 - Bettina Bunge, Swiss-German tennis player
• 1963 - Sarah Connolly, English soprano and actress
• 1963 - Audrey Niffenegger, American author and academic
• 1964 - Christian Wilhelm Berger, Romanian organist, composer, and educator
• 1964 - Kathy Burke, English actress, director, and playwright
• 1964 - Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways, Government of India, Politician
• 1964 - Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1965 - Infanta Cristina Federica of Spain
• 1965 - Vassilis Karapialis, Greek footballer
• 1965 - Lukas Ligeti, Austrian-American drummer and composer
• 1965 - Maninder Singh, Indian cricketer
• 1966 - Henry Bond, English photographer and curator
• 1966 - Grigori Perelman, Russian mathematician
• 1966 - Naoki Hattori, Japanese race car driver
• 1967 - Taşkın Aksoy, German-Turkish footballer and manager
• 1968 - Fabio Baldato, Italian cyclist
• 1968 - Peter DeBoer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1968 - Darren Dreger, Canadian sportscaster
• 1968 - David Gray, English-Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1968 - Tim Leveque, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968 - Denise Pearson, English singer-songwriter
• 1968 - Marcel Theroux, Ugandan-English journalist and author
• 1969 - Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Spanish actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1969 - Virginie Despentes, French author, screenwriter, and director
• 1969 - Laura Kightlinger, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 - Svetlana Krivelyova, Russian shot putter
• 1969 - Søren Rasted, Danish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1970 - Rivers Cuomo, American rock musician, frontman of Weezer
• 1970 - Chris Cairns, New Zealand cricketer
• 1971 - Nóra Köves, Hungarian tennis player
• 1972 - Natalie MacMaster, Canadian fiddler
• 1972 - Marek Jerzy Minakowski, Polish philosopher, historian, genealogist
• 1973 - Sam Adams, American football player
• 1973 - Tanner Foust, American race car driver and television host
• 1973 - Mattias Hellberg, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1973 - Stuart Karppinen, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1973 - Ville Laihiala, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1974 - Valeri Bure, Russian-American ice hockey player
• 1975 - Ante Covic, Australian footballer
• 1975 - Jeff Davis, American screenwriter and producer
• 1975 - Jennifer Nicole Lee, American model, actress, and author
• 1975 - Jaan Pehk, Estonian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1975 - Riccardo Scimeca, English footballer
• 1976 - Kym Marsh, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1977 - Romain Mesnil, French pole vaulter
• 1977 - Earthwind Moreland, American football player
• 1978 - Ethan Embry, American actor
• 1979 - Esther Anderson, Australian actress
• 1979 - Nila Håkedal, Norwegian volleyball player
• 1979 - Miguel Pate, American long jumper
• 1979 - Ryan Pickett, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1980 - Florent Malouda, French footballer
• 1980 - Diego Mendieta, Paraguayan footballer
• 1980 - Jamario Moon, American basketball player
• 1980 - Juan Carlos Navarro, Spanish basketball player
• 1980 - Darius Vassell, English footballer
• 1980 - Markus Winkelhock, German racing driver
• 1981 - Chris Evans, American actor and producer
• 1981 - Blake Judd, American actor, director, and producer
• 1981 - David Madden, founder and executive director of the National History Bee and the National History Bowl
• 1981 - Radim Vrbata, Czech ice hockey player
• 1982 - Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian runner
• 1982 - Krzysztof Bosak, Polish politician
• 1982 - Nate Jones, American football player
• 1983 - Steve Novak, American basketball player
• 1983 - Jason Spezza, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 - Rachel Taylor, Welsh rugby union player
• 1984 - Nery Castillo, Mexican-Uruguayan footballer
• 1984 - Kaori Icho, Japanese wrestler
• 1984 - Antje Möldner-Schmidt, German runner
• 1985 - Filipe Albuquerque, Portuguese racing driver
• 1985 - Silvio Bankert, German footballer
• 1985 - Pedro Strop, Dominican baseball player
• 1985 - Danny Syvret, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 - Kat Dennings, American actress and comedian
• 1986 - Keisuke Honda, Japanese footballer
• 1986 - Jonathan Lucroy, American baseball catcher
• 1986 - Ashley Olsen, American child actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman
• 1986 - Mary-Kate Olsen, American child actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman
• 1986 - DJ Snake, French DJ and record producer
• 1986 - Lea Verou, Greek computer scientist and author
• 1986 - Måns Zelmerlöw, Swedish singer
• 1987 - Marko Grgić, Croatian footballer
• 1988 - Gabe Carimi, American football player
• 1988 - Reece Noi, British actor
• 1988 - Cody Walker, American actor
• 1989 - Ben Barba, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 - James Calado, English racing driver
• 1989 - Ryan McDonagh, American ice hockey defenseman
• 1989 - Daniel Mortimer, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 - Andreas Samaris, Greek footballer
• 1989 - Tommy Searle, English motocross racer
• 1989 - Hassan Whiteside, American basketball player
• 1989 - Erica Wiebe, Canadian wrestler
• 1990 - James McCann, American baseball player
• 1990 - Nicole Riner, Swiss tennis player
• 1990 - Aaron Taylor-Johnson, English actor
• 1991 - Will Claye, American jumper
• 1991 - Ryan Mason, English footballer
• 1992 - Semi Radradra, Fijian rugby league player
• 1993 - Simona Senoner, Italian ski jumper
• 1993 - Denis Ten, Kazakhstani figure skater
• 1994 - Deepika Kumari, Indian archer
• 1995 - Emily Fanning, New Zealand tennis player
• 1995 - Laura Ucrós, Colombian tennis player
• 2000 - Penny Oleksiak, Canadian swimmer

  Deaths

• 220 - Xiahou Dun, Chinese general
• 976 - Mansur I, Samanid emir
• 995 - Fujiwara no Michikane, Japanese nobleman
• 1036 - Ali az-Zahir, Fatimid caliph
• 1231 - Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint
• 1256 - Tankei, Japanese sculptor
• 1348 - Juan Manuel, Spanish prince
• 1432 - Uko Fockena, Frisian chieftain
• 1550 - Veronica Gambara, Italian poet
• 1636 - George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, Scottish politician
• 1645 - Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese samurai
• 1661 - Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth, English politician
• 1665 - Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer, Dutch admiral
• 1784 - Henry Middleton, American farmer and politician, 2nd President of the Continental Congress
• 1846 - Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès, French geographer and author
• 1861 - Henry Gray, English anatomist and surgeon
• 1881 - Joseph Škoda, Czech physician and dermatologist
• 1886 - Ludwig II, king of Bavaria
• 1894 - John Cox Bray, Australian politician, 15th Premier of South Australia
• 1898 - Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Quebec
• 1904 - Nikiforos Lytras, Greek painter and educator
• 1917 - Louis-Philippe Hébert, Canadian sculptor
• 1918 - Michael Alexandrovich, Russian Grand Duke
• 1930 - Henry Segrave, American-English racing driver
• 1931 - Kitasato Shibasaburō, Japanese physician and bacteriologist
• 1939 - Arthur Coningham, Australian cricketer
• 1943 - Kočo Racin, Macedonian author and activist
• 1948 - Osamu Dazai, Japanese author
• 1951 - Ben Chifley, Australian engineer and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Australia
• 1957 - Irving Baxter, American high jumper and pole vaulter
• 1958 - Edwin Keppel Bennett, English poet and academic
• 1965 - Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and theologian
• 1965 - David Drummond, Australian farmer and politician
• 1969 - Pralhad Keshav Atre, Indian journalist, director, and producer
• 1972 - Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1972 - Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy
• 1979 - Demetrio Stratos, Egyptian-Italian singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1980 - Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and activist
• 1981 - Olivério Pinto, Brazilian zoologist and physician
• 1984 - António Variações, Portuguese singer-songwriter
• 1986 - Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader
• 1987 - Geraldine Page, American actress
• 1989 - Fran Allison, American television personality and puppeteer
• 1993 - Gérard Côté, Canadian runner
• 1993 - Deke Slayton, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut
• 1994 - Nadia Gray, Romanian-French actress
• 1997 - Nguyen Manh Tuong, Vietnamese lawyer and academic
• 1998 - Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor and academic
• 1998 - Birger Ruud, Norwegian ski jumper
• 1998 - Reg Smythe, English cartoonist
• 2002 - John Hope, American navigator and meteorologist
• 2002 - Maia Wojciechowska, Polish-American author
• 2003 - Malik Meraj Khalid, Pakistani lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan
• 2004 - Ralph Wiley, American journalist and author
• 2005 - Álvaro Cunhal, Portuguese academic and politician
• 2005 - David Diamond, American pianist and composer
• 2006 - Charles Haughey, Irish lawyer and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland
• 2007 - Walid Eido, Lebanese judge and politician
• 2008 - Tim Russert, American journalist and lawyer
• 2009 - Fathi Yakan, Lebanese scholar and politician
• 2010 - Jimmy Dean, American singer and businessman, founded Jimmy Dean Foods
• 2012 - Sam Beddingfield, American pilot and engineer
• 2012 - Graeme Bell, Australian pianist, composer, and bandleader
• 2012 - Roger Garaudy, French philosopher and author
• 2012 - Jože Humer, Slovenian composer and translator
• 2012 - Mehdi Hassan, Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer for Lollywood
• 2013 - David Deutsch, American businessman, founded Deutsch Inc.
• 2013 - Sam Most, American flute player and saxophonist
• 2013 - Albert White Hat, American educator and activist
• 2014 - Mahdi Elmandjra, Moroccan economist and sociologist
• 2014 - Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer and manager
• 2014 - Jim Keays, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 2014 - Chuck Noll, American football player and coach
• 2014 - Robert Peters, American poet, playwright, and critic
• 2015 - Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player
• 2015 - Sergio Renán, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 2015 - Mike Shrimpton, New Zealand cricketer and coach

  Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
• * Anthony of Padua, Doctor of the Church
• * Aquilina
• * Cetteus
• * Felicula
• * G. K. Chesterton
• * Gerard of Clairvaux
• * Psalmodius
• * :fr:Ragnebert|Ragnebert
• * Blessed Thomas Woodhouse
• * Triphyllius
• * June 13
• Inventors' Day
• Suleimaniah City Fallen and Martyrs Day