June 28th

June 28 is the 179th (one hundred and seventy-ninth) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar and the 180th in leap years. There are 186 days left to end the year.

Events

• 1098: In Palestine, the Crusaders of the First Crusade are defeated by Kerbogha of Mosul.
• 1243: In Rome, Sinibaldo Fieschi is elected pope and assumes with the name of Inocencio IV.
• 1360: in Granada, Spain, Muhammed VI became the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismaíl II.
• 1412: In Spain it is made public that the Spanish infant Fernando de Trastámara is named king of Aragon, adopting the name of Fernando I (Compromiso de Caspe).
• 1461: Edward IV of England is crowned king of England.
• 1495: French troops defeat the expeditionary army in command of Captain Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba in Seminara, Italy, in the framework of the so-called Italian War of 1494-1498.

Carlos I of Spain.

• 1519: Charles V is appointed emperor of the Holy Roman German Empire
• 1579: Antonio Pérez, secretary of King Felipe II, is imprisoned in Spain.
• 1635: In the Caribbean Sea, the island of Guadalupe becomes a French colony.
• 1675: the Battle of Fehrbellin is produced, where the bourgeois army, led by Federico Guillermo I of Brandenburg, beats the Swedish army at the orders of Carl Gustaf Wrangel.
• 1762: In the Russian Empire, Catherine the Great is crowned as a steward of all Russia.
• 1778: In New Jersey there is the battle of Monmouth, which is regarded as the turning point in the American Revolution.
• 1807: At the Viceroy of the Rio de la Plata: the British disembark in Buenos Aires, starting the Second English Invasion.
• 1808: the Spanish forces defeat the French in the First Battle of Valencia of the Spanish Independence War.
• 1817: In Mexico, the Battle of Los Arrastraderos occurs, where the insurgents commanded by General Francisco Xavier Mina defeated the realistic forces commanded by Colonel Cristóbal Ordóñez.
• 1820: the Battle of Cañada de la Cruz takes place with the victory of the leader Estanislao López over the forces of the province of Buenos Aires, led by General Miguel Estanislao Soler.
• 1838: Victoria is crowned from England.
• 1841: in Paris the ballet is premiered Giselle, in two acts, the result of the work between Jules-Henri Vernoy libretists of Saint-Georges and Théophile Gautier, Adolphe Adam musician, and choreographers Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot.
• 1859: Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Englaterra) produces the first canine exhibition in history.
• 1863: The battle of Las Playas is waged in which General Wenceslao Paunero, commander of the forces that responded to the new president of the Argentine Republic Bartolomé Mitre, leader of the winning liberal party in Pavón, defeats Angel Vicente Peñaloza, leader of the federal armed resistance.
• 1865: The Potomac Army is dissolved in the United States.
• 1880: In Glenrowan the Australian bandit Ned Kelly is captured.
• 1881: Austria and Serbia celebrate a secret treaty.
• 1884: In Gerona, Spain, two soldiers are shot and charged with favoring a republican uprising in Santa Coloma de Farnés.
• 1894: In the United States, Labor Day becomes an official holiday.
• 1895: El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form the Republic of Central America.
• 1902: The U.S. Congress authorizes President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire the rights of Colombia by the Panama Canal.

Murder of the Archduke Francisco Fernando and his wife.

• 1914: In Sarajevo, an anarchist named Gavrilo Princip murders the Archduke Francisco Fernando and his wife, Sofia Chotek, in the so-called Sarajevo Atentate. This will originate the First World War.
• 1918: In Las Palmas de Gran Canaria the Teatro Pérez Galdós is set on fire.

Versailles Treaty.

• 1919: in France the Treaty of Versailles is signed.
• 1919: France annexes the regions of Alsace and Lorena, together with cities such as Strasbourg and Metz. The annexation of these territories was signed by Germany in the Versailles Treaty.
• 1919: In the Polish-Ukrainian War: the Polish forces break the Ukrainian lines of Yanchyn and force the Ukrainian army to withdraw to the Zbruch River.
• 1921: King Alexander I of Serbia validates the new Constitution of the kingdom of Yugoslavia, known as the Constitution of Vidovdan.
• 1922: In Ireland begins the Irish Civil War with the Battle of Dublin.
• 1927: Iberia (airline) begins to operate.
• 1931: in Spain the first general elections take place in the Second Spanish Republic that the PSOE wins.
• 1936: In northern China, invaded by Japan, the “protected” of Mengjiang is created.
• 1940: Romania yields Besarabia (now Moldova) to the Soviet Union.
• 1941: In the Soviet Union—in the framework of World War II—Nazi Germany creates the Minsk Ghetto, where at least 100,000 Jews would be massacred.
• 1942: In the Soviet Union—in the framework of the Second World War—the German army begins Operation Blue (in German: Fall Blau) with the intention of occupying the Soviet oil wells in the Caucasus.
• 1945: In Poland, the Government of National Unity, ally of the Soviet Union, forms one day after the Day of Victory in Europe.
• 1945: in Mexico, the Monterrey Football Club is founded.
• 1948: Cominform drives Yugoslavia out of the communist bloc.
• 1950: As part of the Korean war, the city of Seoul is captured by the North Korean troops.
• 1956: in Poznan, Poland, HCP factory workers go out to the street. It is the first strike against a communist government throughout Europe.

Explosion of the atomic bomb Oak, of 8900 kilotons (the explosive power of which he detonated on Hiroshima was 13 kilotons).

• 1958: In the Enewetak atoll (Marshall Islands, in the Pacific Ocean), the United States detonates its atomic bomb Oak8,900 kiloton. It is the 142nd bomb of 1127 that the United States detonated between 1945 and 1992.
• 1964: in the United States Malcolm X creates the Organization of African American Unity.
• 1966: in Buenos Aires, there is the fifth successful coup d'etat, which defeated constitutional president Arturo Umberto Illia.
• 1967: Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
• 1969: In New York the Stonewall riots are unleashed, a series of altercations for the rights of transgender people and homosexuals that occurred around Stonewall Inn.
• 1971 South African entrepreneur and founder of Tesla, Inc, Elon Musk
• 1976: Angolan justice sentenced British and American mercenaries to death in the Luanda Judgment.
• 1978: The United States launches Seasat Marine Observation Satellite.
• 1987: For the first time in history, the civilian population is the target of a chemical attack by Iraqi planes on Sardasht.
• 1989: in Kosovo, Slobodan Milošević pronounces the famous speech by Gazimestanwhich brought serious consequences for stability in the Balkans.
• 1989: Cuban American singer Gloria Estefan publishes the simple "Hey my song" in her debut album as soloist " Cut Both Aways". That same year he was recognized as the best Latin American female artist in the world
• 1992: Constitution of Estonia.
• 1994: Mexican singer Juan Gabriel publishes the simple "But what need" of his 31st album "Thanks for waiting", title of the album is clear, referring to that the singer thanks the wait for a new album with new songs, The album was nominated for a Lo Our Award in the Album category of the year and to a Grammy Award for the Best Latin Album Pop in the 36th annual edition of the Grammy Awards.
• 1995: in Mexico, the state of Guerrero police murder 17 peasants who were heading for a political rally in Atoyac de Álvarez (Masacre de Aguas Blancas).
• 1996: the Constitution of Ukraine is sanctioned.
• 1997:
  • In Valle Grande (Bolivia), the remains of the Argentine commander Ernesto Che Guevara (1928-1967) and some of his colleagues are found.
  • In the United States, boxer Mike Tyson is disqualified by pulling a piece of ear from boxer Evander Holyfield.
  • In Canton, China, the Canton Metro Line 1 is opened.
• 1999: in the Vatican City, Pope John Paul II recognizes the venerable religious Jerome Usera.
• 2004: In Iraq, Paul Bremer leaves the country after transferring sovereignty.
• 2007: In Colombia, 11 of the 12 deputies who were kidnapped on April 11, 2002 are killed by the FARC guerrilla group. (According to the FARC, they were shot by the Government Army during a failed rescue attempt; but the government's forensic investigations demonstrated the government's version.)
• 2007: signature of the Free Trade Agreement between Panama and the United States
• 2009: in Honduras a coup against President Manuel Zelaya is perpetrated.
• 2009: Legislative elections are held in Argentina.
• 2009: In Uruguay, internal elections are held to elect candidates unique to the presidency.
• 2009: in the Vatican City, Pope Benedict XVI closed the Pauline Year.
• 2009: Spain creates the Banking Ordered Restructuring Fund.
• 2011: Google launches its social network, Google+.
• 2013: Nintendo ceases the functions of the online WiiConnect24 service.
• 2016: Terrorist attacks at Atatürk International Airport, Istanbul leave at least 36 dead and more than 145 wounded.
• 2017: In the Vatican City, Pope Francis officially appoints Gregorio Rosa Chávez, the first cardinal of the Republic of El Salvador.
• 2019: In Costa Rica there are riots in the streets. The students manifest themselves, demanding the departure of the Minister of Education Edgar Mora.

Births

• 1170: Valdemar II of Denmark, Danish king (f. 1241).
• 1243: Go-Fukakusa, Japanese emperor (f. 1304).
• 1476: Paulo IV, Italian potato between 1555 and 1559 (f. 1559).
• 1490: Albert of Brandenburg, German archbishop (f. 1545).

Henry VIII of England.

• 1491: Henry VIII, English king between 1509 and 1547 (f. 1547).
• 1503: Giovanni Della House, Italian poet and clergy (f. 1556).
• 1547: Cristofano Malvezzi, organist and Italian composer (f. 1599).
• 1557: Philip Howard, English aristocrat (f. 1595).

Peter Paul Rubens.

• 1577: Peter Paul Rubens, a Dutch painter (f. 1640).
• 1585: Baltasar Elisio de Medinilla, Spanish poet (f. 1620).
• 1609: Pieter van Lint, flamenco painter (f. 1690).
• 1641: María Casimira Luisa de la Grange d'Arquien, a French aristocrat, wife of Polish king John III (f. 1716).
• 1653: André Hercule de Fleury, a French politician (f. 1743).
• 1664: Nicolas Bernier, French musician and composer (f. 1734).
• 1674: Pier Leone Ghezzi, Italian painter (f. 1755).
• 1703: John Wesley, Anglican pastor and American Christian theologian (f. 1791).

Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

• 1712: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss writer, composer and philosopher (f. 1778).
• 1719: Étienne François de Choiseul, a French politician (f. 1785).
• 1753: Anton Stadler, Austrian clarinetist (f. 1812).
• 1773: Frédéric Cuvier, zoologist and French botanist (f. 1838).
• 1776: Pedro José Agrelo, an Argentine politician (f. 1846).
• 1794: John Biscoe, British navy and explorer (f. 1843).
• 1796: Carolina Amalia of Augustenburg, aristocrat dinamarquesa (f. 1881).
• 1797: León de Febres Cordero, militar y política Venezuela (f. 1872).
• 1798: Leonardo Infante, Venezuelan military. (f. 1826).
• 1804: Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen, German physician and botanist (f. 1840).
• 1808: Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso, aristocrat, patriot, journalist and Italian writer (f. 1871).
• 1812: William James Müller, British painter (f. 1845).
• 1815: Robert Franz, German composer (f. 1892).
• 1819: Carlotta Grisi, Italian dancer (f. 1899).
• 1824: Paul Broca, a French surgeon and anthropologist (f. 1880).
• 1824: William Tatum Wofford, American military (f. 1884).
• 1825: Emil Erlenmeyer, German chemist (f. 1909).
• 1826: Leon Federico Aneiros, Argentine priest (f. 1894).
• 1828: John Paul Ayllón, Peruvian military (f. 1881).

Joseph Joachim.

• 1831: Joseph Joachim, director of orchestra, violinist and Austro-Hungarian composer (f. 1907).
• 1831: Joaquín Villanueva, an Argentine politician (f. 1906).
• 1832: Juan León Mera Martínez, writer, painter and Ecuadorian politician (f. 1894).
• 1833: Peter Waage, Norwegian chemist (f. 1900).
• 1836: Canuto Berea Rodríguez, director of orchestra, violinist and Spanish composer (f. 1891).
• 1836: Emmanuil Roídis, a Greek journalist (f. 1904).
• 1838: Jan Matejko, Polish painter (f. 1893).
• 1841: Marie Bonnevial, a French activist (f. 1918).
• 1843: Alois Düll, Austrian sculptor (f. 1900).
• 1848: León Guruciaga, teacher, journalist and Argentine writer of Basque origin (f. 1919).
• 1856: Julio Herrera, Argentine politician (f. 1927).
• 1858: Francisco S. Rivera, Argentinian Marine (f. 1899).
• 1859: Charles Jacobus, American athlete (f. 1929).
• 1859: José Sánchez Guerra, politician, lawyer and Spanish journalist (f. 1935).
• 1865: Juan B. Justo, doctor, writer and politician Argentinian (f. 1928).
• 1867: Francisco Bens, a Spanish military and colonial administrator (f. 1949).

Luigi Pirandello.

• 1867: Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer, Nobel Literature Prize in 1934 (f. 1936).
• 1870: José María Gabriel and Galán, a Spanish poet (f. 1905).
• 1871: Sergéi Bulgákov, theologian, philosopher and Russian economist (f. 1944).
• 1873: Alexis Carrel, biologist, doctor and French writer, nobel medical prize in 1912 (f. 1944).
• 1875: Henri Léon Lebesgue, French mathematician (f. 1941).
• 1876: Robert Guérin, French businessman, FIFA's first president (f. 1952).
• 1883: Pierre Laval, a French politician (f. 1945).
• 1885: Berthold Viertel, Austrian filmmaker (f. 1953).
• 1885: Saulo Torón Navarro, a Spanish writer (f. 1974).
• 1887: Margarito Ledesma, Mexican politician (f. 1974).
• 1888: Lionel Edwards Atherton, Chilean politician (n. 1948).

Lola Membrives.

• 1888: Lola Membrives, an Argentine actress (f. 1969).
• 1888: Eloy Vaquero Cantillo, Spanish politician (f. 1960).
• 1891: Esther Forbes, American writer (f. 1968).
• 1891: Carl Panzram, American serial killer (f. 1930).
• 1892: Edward Hallett Carr, British historian and journalist (f. 1982).
• 1893: August Zamoyski, Polish sculptor (f. 1970).
• 1894: Frank Hunter, British tennis player (f. 1981).
• 1894: Lois Wilson, American actress (f. 1988).
• 1896: Javier Rojo Gómez, Mexican politician (f. 1970).
• 1900: Giovanni De Prà, Italian footballer (f. 1979).
• 1901: Antonio Acuña Carballar, Spanish politician (f. 1936).
• 1902: George Padmore, trinitense politician (f. 1959).
• 1902: Richard Rodgers, American composer (f. 1979).
• 1902: Monchín Triana, Spanish footballer (f. 1936).
• 1903: André Maschinot, French footballer (f. 1963).
• 1904: Adrian Rollini, American musician (f. 1956).
• 1905: Francis Camps, a British pathologist (f. 1972).
• 1905: Henry H. Carter, American hypnist (f. 2001).

Maria Goeppert-Mayer.

• 1906: Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German physics, nobel prize of physics in 1963 (f. 1972).
• 1907: Carlos Encinas González, a Spanish painter (f. 1998).
• 1907: Jimmy Mundy, American jazz composer (f. 1984).
• 1908: Juan Carlos Thorry, Argentine actor (f. 2000).
• 1909: Eric Ambler, British writer (f. 1998).
• 1909: José Antonio Elola-Olaso, Spanish politician (f. 1976).
• 1909: Francisco Grande Covián, Spanish biochemical (f. 1995).
• 1909: José de Magalhães Pinto, a Brazilian banker and diplomat (f. 1996).
• 1909: Christopher Soglo, President of Benin (f. 1983).
• 1912: Sergiu Celibidache, director of the Romanian orchestra and musician (f. 1996).
• 1912: Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (f. 2007).
• 1913: Roberto Grela, guitarist and composer of Argentine tangos (f. 1992).
• 1914: Aribert Heim, Austrian physician (f. 1992).
• 1915: Rafael Bernal, Mexican diplomat and writer (f. 1972).
• 1915: Manuel Juan Carrillo Marco, Spanish sculptor and soloist (f. 1988)
• 1915: David Honeyboy Edwards, American guitarist, singer of delta blues (f. 2011).
• 1916: Steve Calvert, American actor (f. 1991).
• 1916: Virgilio Rodríguez Macal, journalist, novelist and Guatemalan diplomat (f. 1964).
• 1917: Stella Inda, Mexican actress and writer (f. 1995).
• 1918: Maxine Stuart, American actress (f. 2013).
• 1919: Alfredo Vera Vera, Ecuadorian politician (f. 1999).
• 1921: P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian politician (f. 2004).
• 1922: Mauro Bolognini, Italian filmmaker (f. 2004).
• 1922: Robert Campbell, soccer player and Scottish coach (f. 2009).
• 1923: Tomás Asiain, Spanish composer (f. 1989).
• 1923: Howard E. Bigelow, American micrologist (f. 1987).
• 1923: Conte Candoli, American trumpetist (f. 2001).
• 1923: Pete Candoli, American trompetist (f. 2008).
• 1923: Antonio Hernández Carpe, a Spanish painter (f. 1977).
• 1923: Giff Roux, American basketball player (f. 2011).
• 1924: Manuel López Villaseñor, a Spanish painter (f. 1996).
• 1925: Severino Díaz, Argentinian football referee (f. 2008).
• 1925: León Droz Blanco, Venezuelan military (f. 1954).
• 1925: Giselher Klebe, German composer (f. 2009).
• 1925: Fidel Tello Repiso, a Spanish painter.

Mel Brooks.

• 1926: Mel Brooks, American writer, actor and filmmaker.
• 1927: Jesús Nieto, an actor of Spanish bent (f. 1996).
• 1927: F. Sherwood Rowland, American scientist (f. 2012).
• 1927: Enrique Velasco Ibarra, Mexican politician (f. 2010).
• 1928: Hans Blix, Swedish diplomat and politician.
• 1928: Don Dubbins, an American actor (f. 1991).
• 1928: John S. Bell, American physicist (f. 1990).
• 1929:
  • Alfred Miodowicz, Polish politician and trade unionist (f. 2021).
  • Glenn D. Paige, American polytologist.
  • Tomás Marco Nadal, a Spanish cartoonist (f. 2000).
• 1930: Taty Almeida, Argentine writer and activist, member of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo.
• 1930: José Luis Artetxe, Spanish footballer (f. 2016).
• 1930: Fernando Delgado, Spanish actor (f. 2009).
• 1930: Norma Fontenla, Argentinian dancer (f. 1971).
• 1930: Itamar Franco, a Brazilian politician of Italian origin (f. 2011).
• 1930: Jack Gold, British filmmaker (f. 2015).
• 1930: Horacio Gómez Bolaños, Mexican actor (f. 1999).
• 1930: William C. Campbell, Irish biochemist.
• 1931: Junior Johnson, American racing driver (f. 2019).
• 1931: Enrique Monsonís, Spanish politician (f. 2011).
• 1932: Attila L. Borhidi, botanist and Hungarian politician.
• 1932: Carlos Hayre, Peruvian composer (f. 2012).

Pat Morita.

• 1932: Pat Morita, American actor (f. 2005).

Carl Levin.

• 1934: Carl Levin, American lawyer and politician (f. 2021).
• 1934: Jordi Parra, player, coach and director of Spanish basketball.
• 1936: Chuck Howley, American football player.
• 1937: Richard Bright, American actor (f. 2006).
• 1937: Carlos Monden, Chilean actor (f. 2011).
• 1937: Juan José Saer, Argentine novelist (f. 2005).
• 1938: Leon Panetta, American politician.
• 1938: Moy Yat, a Chinese martial artist (f. 2001).
• 1939: Pedro Luis Barcia, Argentine linguist.
• 1940: José Sanchis Sinisterra, Spanish playwright.
• 1940: Muhammad Yunus, banker and Bengali economist.
• 1941: David Lloyd Johnston, Canadian academic, lawyer and politician.
• 1941: Clifford Luyk, Spanish basketball player.
• 1942: David Kopay, American football player.
• 1942: Pedro Navascués, Spanish historian.
• 1942: Rupert Sheldrake, writer, parapsychologist and British biochemical.
• 1942: Frank Zane, American bodybuilder.
• 1943: Pietro Guerra, Italian cyclist.
• 1943: Donald Johanson, American paleoanthropologist.
• 1943: Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics in 1985.
• 1943: Ismael Laguna, Panamanian boxer.
• 1943: Alfonso Santisteban, director of orchestra and Spanish composer (f. 2013).
• 1944: Colette Cusset, French botany.
• 1944: Philippe Druillet, French hysterist.
• 1944: Luis Alberto Nicolao, Argentine swimmer.
• 1944: Carlos Palenque, singer, television presenter and Bolivian politician (f. 1997).
• 1944: Luis del Val, Spanish journalist.
• 1945: Raul Seixas, Brazilian musician (f. 1989).
• 1945: Luisito Rey, Spanish singer (f. 1992).
• 1946: Bruce Davison, American actor and filmmaker.
• 1946: Jaime Guzmán, Chilean politician (f. 1991).
• 1946: Gilda Radner, American actress and singer (f. 1989).
• 1947: Peter Abrahams, American writer.
• 1947: Robin Ian MacDonald Dunbar, British anthropologist.
• 1948: Kathy Bates, American actress.
• 1948: Serguéi Bodrov, Russian American filmmaker.
• 1949: Don Baylor, American baseball coach (f. 2017).
• 1949: Jorge Bonaldi, guitarist, singer and Uruguayan composer.
• 1949: Tom Owens, American basketball player.
• 1950: David Lanz, American pianist.
• 1950: Juan Pascualli Gómez, Mexican engineer and politician (f. 2010).
• 1950: Francisca Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Spanish politics.
• 1950: Mauricio Rojas, economist and politician Swedish-Chinese.
• 1951: Walter Alva Alva, Peruvian archaeologist.
• 1951: Lalla Ward, British actress and writer.
• 1952: Tomás Boy, a Mexican footballer (f. 2022).
• 1952: Pietro Mennea, an Italian athlete and politician (f. 2013).
• 1952: Jean-Christophe Rufin, doctor, writer, academic and French diplomat.

• 1953: Aída Ayala, an Argentine journalist.
• 1953: Héctor Raúl Rondán, Uruguayan cyclist.
• 1954: Anna Birulés, Spanish business policy and directive.
• 1954: Julio Blanck, journalist and political analyst (f. 2020).
• 1954: Alice Krige, British actress.
• 1954: Mario Marín Torres, Mexican politician.
• 1954: Valentina Quintero, Venezuelan television presenter.
• 1954: Benoît Sokal, historietist and Belgian video game designer.
• 1955: Alvaro Cuesta, Spanish politician.
• 1955: Thomas Hampson, American baritone.
• 1956: Bakir Izetbegović, Bosnian politician.
• 1956: Helmut Kickton, German choir director and organist.
• 1957: Luis Pagani, an Argentine businessman.
• 1957: Gueorgui Purvanov, Bulgarian president.
• 1957: Jim Spanarkel, American basketball player.
• 1958: Raúl Durán Reveles, Mexican architect and politician (f. 1996).
• 1959: Raúl Vallejo, Ecuadorian writer and politician.
• 1960: Gabriel Donoso, Chilean polysta (f. 2006).
• 1960: John Elway, American football player.
• 1961: Jeff Malone, basketball player and American coach.
• 1961: Víctor Emilio Masalles Pere, bishop, economist and Spanish theologian.
• 1962: Anisoara Cusmir-Stanciu, a Rwandan athlete.
• 1962: Raúl Wensel, footballer and Argentine coach.
• 1963: Marco Barrientos, Mexican singer.
• 1963: Charlie Clouser, American writer and composer (Nine Inch Nails).
• 1963: Beverley Craven, American singer.
• 1963: Babatunde Fashola, a Nigerian politician and lawyer.
• 1964: Daniel Giacomino, Argentine politician.
• 1965: Luis Abarca, Chilean footballer.

I got Delgado.

• 1965: Teté Delgado, Spanish artist and actress.
• 1965: Jessica Hecht, American actress.
• 1965: Cyril Makanaky, Cameroonian footballer.
• 1965: Joaquín Talisman, Spanish musician.
• 1966: John Cusack, American actor.
• 1966: Andrew Lang, American basketball player.
• 1966: Åsa Larsson, Swedish writer.
• 1966: Mary Stuart Masterson, American actress.
• 1967: Gil Bellows, Canadian actor.
• 1967: Miguel Ángel Martínez Torres, Spanish cyclist.
• 1967: Lars Riedel, German athlete.
• 1967: Myriam Seco, archaeologist and Spanish Egyptian.

Chayanne.

• 1968: Chayanne, Puerto Rican singer and actor.
• 1968: Otto, Brazilian singer.
• 1968: Jay Schroeder, American football player.
• 1968: Adam Woodyatt, British actor.
• 1969: Marcela Carvajal, Colombian actress and director.
• 1969: Stéphane Chapuisat, Swiss footballer.
• 1969: Ayelet Zurer, American actress.
• 1970: Oliver Hartmann, American guitarist, at Vance band.
• 1970: Roope Latvala, Finnish guitarist.
• 1971: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, jihadist terrorist (f. 2019).
• 1971: Fabien Barthez, French footballer.
• 1971: Bobby Hurley, American basketball player.
• 1971: Elon Musk, American physicist and entrepreneur.
• 1972: Pity Álvarez, Argentine singer, of the Intoxicated band.
• 1972: Ngô Billono Châu, Vietnamese mathematician.
• 1972: Julie Doiron, Canadian singer and composer.
• 1972: Óscar Esquivias, Spanish writer.
• 1972: Jon Heidenreich, American fighter.
• 1972: David Hyatt, American programmer.
• 1972: Mark Merklein, American tennis player.
• 1972: Alessandro Nivola, American actor.
• 1972: Jorge San Esteban, Argentine soccer player.
• 1973: Eduardo Aldan, TV presenter, humorist and Spanish actor.
• 1973: MisterChip (Alexis Martín-Tamayo), journalist and sports data expert.
• 1973: Alberto Berasategui, Spanish tennis player.
• 1973: Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad, Norwegian bassist, Satyricon band.
• 1973: Carlos Martínez Mínguez, Spanish politician.
• 1974: Manola Diez, Mexican actress.
• 1974: Rob Dyrdek, skateboarder and American actor.
• 1975: Ning Baizura, Malay singer.
• 1975: Richard Hidalgo, Venezuelan baseball player.
• 1975: Mercedes Margalot, Argentine grass hockey player.
• 1975: Jon Nödtveidt, Norwegian singer, composer and guitarist, of the band Dissection (f. 2006).
• 1976: Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player.
• 1976: Sheila Herrero, Spanish skater.
• 1976: Hans Sarpei, Ghanaian footballer.
• 1976: Satam al-Suqami, a Saudi terrorist who participated in 11S (f. 2001).
• 1977: Measha Brueggergosman, soprano and Canadian actress.
• 1977: Fernando J. López, Spanish writer.
• 1977: Mark Stoermer, U.S. bassist, of the band The Killers.
• 1977: Juan Díaz Prendes, Spanish footballer.
• 1977: Davide Mandelli, Italian footballer.
• 1977: Anna Allen, Spanish actress.
• 1978: Sergio Salas, Chilean footballer.
• 1979: Ha Ji Won, South Korean actress and singer.
• 1979: Nélida Béjar, Spanish composer.

Felicia Day.

• 1979: Felicia Day, American actress and screenwriter.
• 1979: Alejandro Lago, Uruguayan footballer.
• 1979: Tim McCord, American guitarist, Evanescence band.
• 1979: Leticia Judith Murray Acedo, Mexican model.
• 1979: James Spithill, Australian sailor.
• 1980: Maurizio Domizzi, Italian footballer.
• 1980: Birger Maertens, Belgian footballer.
• 1980: Flávio Saretta, Brazilian tennis player
• 1980: Rodney White, American basketball player.
• 1981: Vasil Kiryienka, Belarusian cyclist.
• 1981: Guillermo Martínez López, Cuban athlete.
• 1981: Brandon Phillips, American baseball player.
• 1981: Mara Santangelo, Italian tennis player.
• 1981: Kevin Truckenmiller, American singer, of the band Quietdrive.
• 1982: Rorys Aragón, Ecuadorian footballer.
• 1982: Diego Gallo González, Uruguayan swimmer.
• 1982: Marino García, Colombian footballer.
• 1982: Irakli Garibashvili, Georgian politician.
• 1982: Vladimir Potkin, Russian chess.
• 1982: Sixto Rojas, Paraguayan footballer (f. 2007).
• 1983: Dorge Kouemaha, Cameroonian footballer.
• 1983: Carolina Soto, Chilean singer.
• 1983: Dmitri Yakovenko, Russian chess player.
• 1984: Andriy Pyatov, Ukrainian footballer.
• 1985: Gloria Aura, Mexican actress and singer.
• 1985: Phil Bardsley, British footballer.
• 1985: Raúl González Guzmán, Venezuelan footballer.
• 1985: Ahmed Kantari, Moroccan footballer.
• 1985: Ataru Nakamura, Japanese singer and actress.
• 1985: Ronald Quinteros, Peruvian footballer.
• 1986: Kellie Pickler, American singer.
• 1986: Shadia Simmons, Canadian actress.
• 1987: Amanda Babin, American model.
• 1987: Jayann Bautista, Filipino singer.
• 1987: John Jairo Garcés, Ecuadorian footballer.
• 1987: Terrence Williams, American basketball player.
• 1988: Rogerio Leichtweis, Paraguayan footballer.
• 1988: Nikolay Mihaylov, Bulgarian footballer.
• 1988: Alina Orlova, Lithuanian singer.
• 1988: Juana Repetto, actress, comedian and Argentine dancer.
• 1989: Sergio Asenjo, Spanish footballer.
• 1990: Daniel Cervantes, Mexican footballer.
• 1990: Mário Figueira Fernandes, Brazilian footballer.
• 1990: Nicholas Purcell, American actor.
• 1990: Jasmine Richards, Canadian actress and singer.
• 1990: Daisy Turner, British actress and model.
• 1991: Kevin De Bruyne, Belgian footballer.
• 1991: Seohyun, singer, South Korean actress, member of the group Girls' Generation.
• 1991: Kang Min Hyuk, South Korean singer.

Raquel Rodriguez.

• 1992:
  • Oscar Hiljemark, Swedish footballer.
  • Raquel Rodríguez, Spanish gymnast.
• 1993: Bradley Beal, American basketball player.
• 1993: Mohamed Benkhemassa, Algerian footballer.
• 1994: Juan Ignacio Cavallaro, Argentine soccer player.
• 1995: Kåre Hedebrant, Swedish actor.
• 1995: Matheus Biteco, Brazilian footballer, victim of LaMia Flight 2933 (f. 2016).
• 1995: Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, South African model and title winner Miss South Africa 2017 and Miss Universe 2017.
• 1995: Krizza Neri, Filipino singer.
• 1996: Donna Vekić, Croatian tennis player.
• 1997: Aleix García, Spanish footballer.
• 1997: Jean-Philippe Mateta, French footballer.
• 2006: Laurel Griggs, American child actress (f. 2019).

Deaths

• 202: Yuan Shao, lord of war during the civil war towards the end of the Han Dynasty (n. 154).

Byzantium Theodora.

• 548: Theodora, Byzantine Empress wife of Justinian I (c. 500).
• 572: Alboin, Lombard king (n. 530).
• 767: Paulo I, potato between 757 and 767 (n. 700).
• 928: Louis III the Blind, Germanic Roman emperor (n. 880).
• 1019: Heed of Hassungen, a German pilgrim and preacher (n. 970).
• 1057: Victor II, Roman pope.
• 1061: Dutch aristocrat (n. 1020).
• 1119: Roger de Salerno, anti-oquian regent.
• 1174: Andréi Bogoliubski, aristocrat and holy Russian (n. 1111).
• 1189: Matilde Plantagenet, aristocrat sajona (n. 1156).

Andronic IV Paleologist.

• 1385: Andronic IV Paleologist, Byzantine Emperor (n. 1348).
• 1389: Miloš Obilić, Serbian military.
• 1589: Primož Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (n. 1508).
• 1598: Abraham Ortelius, Dutch geographer and cartographer (n. 1527).
• 1607: Domenico Fontana, Italian architect (n. 1543).
• 1623: Federico Ubaldo della Rovere, an Italian aristocrat (n. 1605).
• 1628: Jens Munk, Norwegian-danese navigator and explorer (n. 1579).
• 1649: Gioacchino Assereto, Italian painter (n. 1600).
• 1650: Jean Rotrou, French writer (n. 1609).
• 1654: John Southworth, holy English (n. 1592).
• 1681: María Angélica de Scorailles, aristocrat french (n. 1661).
• 1708: Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros, virrey española en Perú (n. 1629).
• 1721: Isaac Sailmaker, sailor and Dutch painter (n. 1633).
• 1729: Miguel Núñez de Sanabria, a Spanish-Peruvian lawyer and politician (n. 1645).
• 1757: Sofia Dorotea of Hanover, Prussian queen (n. 1687).
• 1768: George Hadley, British lawyer and meteorologist (n. 1685).
• 1801: Martin Johann Schmidt, Austrian painter (n. 1718).
• 1809: Francisco de Biedma y Narváez, marine and Spanish explorer (n. 1737).
• 1813: Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general (n. 1755).
• 1815: Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese artist (n. 1752).
• 1816: Faustino Álvarez de Foronda, aristocrat criollo Hispanicperuano (n. 1739).
• 1816: Johannes Flüggé, botanist and German teacher (n. 1776).
• 1816: Joseph of Monaco, Monegasque heir (n. 1767).
• 1821: August Friedrich Schweigger, German physician and naturalist (n. 1783).
• 1829: Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer, German physician and botanist (n. 1755).

José Fernández Madrid.

• 1830: José Fernández Madrid, a Colombian revolutionary (n. 1789).
• 1836: James Madison, American politician, 4th President (n. 1751).
• 1838: Carlos García and Bocanegra, a Mexican lawyer (n. 1788).
• 1839: Ramón Maza, Argentine military (n. 1810).
• 1844: Plácido (Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés), an Afro-Cuban poet unjustly executed (n. 1809).
• 1847: Edwin John Quekett, British botanist (n. 1808).
• 1848: Jean-Baptiste Debret, French painter (n. 1768).
• 1850: Jacinto Roque de Sena Pereira, marine Portuguese (n. 1784).
• 1853: Manuel Guillermo Pinto, Argentinean military (n. 1783).
• 1856: Matías Pérez, aeronauta Lusocubano (n. 1810).
• 1867: Digby Mackworth Dolben, British poet (n. 1848).
• 1881: Jules-Armand Dufaure, French politician, Prime Minister of his country (n. 1798).
• 1882: Jacques Nicolas Ernest Germain de Saint-Pierre, a French physician and botanist (n. 1815).
• 1888: Andrés del Valle, Salvadoran politician (n. 1833).
• 1889: Maria Mitchell, American astronomer (n. 1818).
• 1891: José Inzenga, Spanish composer (n. 1828).
• 1904: Daniel Decatur Emmett, U.S. theatre director (n. 1815).
• 1907: Hermenegildo Bustos, Mexican painter (n. 1832).
• 1913: Ernst Betche, German botanist and explorer (n. 1851).
• 1913: Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales, a Brazilian politician and lawyer (n. 1841).
• 1914: Camillo Boito, Italian architect and writer (n. 1836).

• 1914: El Tuerto de Pirón, Spanish bandolero.
  

  Francisco Fernando of Austria.
• 1914: Francisco Fernando of Austria, Austrian aristocrat; assassinated (n. 1841).
• 1914: Sofia Chotek, German aristocrat, wife of Ferdinand, murdered (n. 1868).
• 1915: Guillermo Billinghurst Angulo, politician, businessman and Peruvian journalist (n. 1851).
• 1916: Ştefan Luchian, a Romanian painter (n. 1868).
• 1916: Christian Luerssen, German botanist (n. 1843).
• 1917: Sven Berggren, a Swedish naturalist and botanist (n. 1837).
• 1918: Albert Henry Munsell, American painter (n. 1858).
• 1922: Velimir Jlébnikov, Russian poet (n. 1885).
• 1923: Emilio Frers, Argentine lawyer and politician (n. 1854).
• 1924: Guillermo Renner, French pint (n. 1843).
• 1925: Georgina Febres-Cordero, a Venezuelan religious (n. 1861).
• 1928: Ida Ferenczy, Hungarian aristocrat, maid of company of the Bavarian Sissi Empress (n. 1839).
• 1929: Edward Carpenter, British poet and philosopher (n. 1844).
• 1930: Juan Antonio Benlliure, Spanish sculptor (n. 1859).
• 1935: Enrique Lynch Arribálzaga, zoologist and Argentine ornithologist (n. 1856).
• 1936: Alexander Berkman, American writer and activist (n. 1870).
• 1937: Max Adler, jurist, politician and Austrian philosopher (n. 1873).
• 1939: Luis Manrique, Spanish actor (n. 1890?).
• 1939: Bobby Vernon, American actor (n. 1898).
• 1940: Modesto Méndez Álvarez, Spanish historietist (f. 1885).

Italo Balbo.

• 1940: Italo Balbo, Italian politician (n. 1896).
• 1940: Vicent Miquel Carceller, Spanish journalist.
• 1940: Isidro Escandell, Spanish politician (n. 1895).
• 1940: Carlos Gómez Carrera, Spanish artist (n. 1903).
• 1942: Yanka Kupala, a Belarusian writer (n. 1882).
• 1943: Pietro Porcelli, Italian sculptor (n. 1872).
• 1943: Frida Uhl, Austrian writer (n. 1872).
• 1947: Alcibíades Roldán Álvarez, Chilean politician (n. 1859).
• 1948: Jesus Enrique Lossada, Venezuelan intellectual (n. 1892).
• 1958: Alfred Noyes, British writer (n. 1880).
• 1960: Juan Jover Sañes, a Spanish racer (n. 1903).
• 1960: Móric Esterházy, aristocrat and Hungarian politician (n. 1881).
• 1960: Jaume Vicens Vives, Spanish historian (n. 1910).
• 1962: Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player (n. 1903).

Red Nichols.

• 1965: Red Nichols, a cornetist and American jazz composer (n. 1905).
• 1968: Unto Mononen, Finnish composer (n. 1930).
• 1970: Jan C. Vondrouš, Czech engraver (n. 1884).
• 1971: Franz Stangl, Austrian SS officer (n. 1908).
• 1971: Camille Clifford, Belgian theatre actress (n. 1885).
• 1972: Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, an Indian scientist (n. 1893).
• 1972: Rafael Pérez de la Dehesa, Spanish historian (n. 1931).
• 1973: Francisco López de Goicoechea, Spanish politician (n. 1894).
• 1974: María Lejárraga, a Spanish writer (n. 1874).
• 1975: Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis, Greek architect (n. 1913).
• 1975: Ofelia Rodríguez Acosta, a Cuban writer and activist (n. 1902).
• 1975: Rod Serling, American screenwriter (n. 1924).
• 1975: Mikhail Shumilov, Soviet military (n. 1895)
• 1976: Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and producer (n. 1927).
• 1978: José María Portell, Spanish journalist (n. 1933).
• 1980: Herbie Faye, American actor (n. 1899).
• 1980: José Iturbi, director of orchestra, pianist and Spanish composer (n. 1895).
• 1981: Terry Fox, athlete and Canadian political activist (n. 1958).
• 1982: Raúl Berón, Argentinian tanguist (n. 1920).
• 1982: Roger Pla, writer and critic of Argentine art (n. 1912).
• 1984: Raimundo Blanco, Spanish footballer (n. 1918).
• 1984: Yigael Yadin, archaeologist, military and political Israeli (n. 1917).
• 1985: Rinus Meijer, Dutch sculptor (n. 1917).
• 1985: Lynd Ward, American writer and illustrator (n. 1905).
• 1988: Guillermo Porras Muñoz, lawyer, historian and Mexican academic (n. 1917).
• 1988: Kurt Raab, German actor (n. 1941).
• 1989: Antoni Campañà Bandranas, Catalan photographer (n. 1906).
• 1989: Joris Ivens, Dutch filmmaker (n. 1898).
• 1989: Alfredo Sadel, Venezuelan singer (n. 1930).

Henri Lefebvre.

• 1991: Henri Lefebvre, French Marxist philosopher (n. 1901).
• 1992: Mikhail Tal, a Latvian chess player (n. 1936).
• 1993: GG Allin, American singer, of the bands The Murder Junkies and The Jabbers (n. 1956).
• 1993: Boris Christoff, under Bulgarian opera (n. 1914).
• 1993: Olga Costa, Mexican painter (n. 1913).
• 1995: Francisco Grande Covián, Spanish biochemical (n. 1909).
• 1995: Mercedes Ballesteros Gaibrois, Spanish writer (n. 1913).
• 1996: Francisco Alcuaz, a pilot of Argentine motor racing (n. 1942).
• 1996: Julio Bolbochán, Argentinian chess player (n. 1920).
• 1996: Rafael Agustín Gumucio, Chilean politician (n. 1909).
• 1997: Paulina Lazareno, Mexican actress (n. 1977).
• 1998: Mario Romero, Argentine writer (n. 1943).
• 1998: Jack Rowley, British footballer (n. 1920).
• 1999: Vere Cornwall Bird, a Caribbean politician (n. 1910).
• 1999: Hilde Krahl, Austrian actress (n. 1917).
• 2000: Nils Poppe, Swedish actor (n. 1908).
• 2001: Mortimer Adler, American philosopher (n. 1902).
• 2001: Joan Sims, British actress (n. 1930).
• 2005: Cecil Baugh, Jamaican sculptor (n. 1908).
• 2005: Vicente Osvaldo Cutolo, Argentine historian (n. 1922).
• 2006: Jim Baen, American publicist (n. 1943).
• 2006: Fina Basser, Argentine actress (n.?).
• 2006: Fabián Bielinsky, Argentine filmmaker (n. 1959).
• 2007: Karl Gotch, Belgian professional fighter (n. 1924).
• 2007: Kiichi Miyazawa, a Japanese politician (n. 1919).
• 2008: Irina Baronova, Russian dancer (n. 1919).
• 2008: Josep Bassas, a Spanish rallies pilot (n. 1961).
• 2008: Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakh model (n. 1987).
• 2009: René Benavides, a Chilean businessman and politician (n. 1922).
• 2009: Marco de Brix, Paraguayan singer (n. 1963).
• 2009: Billy Mays, American TV (n. 1958).
• 2010: Miguel Ara Torrell, Spanish flight pilot without Spanish motor (n. 1921).
• 2010: Bill Aucoin, American gang manager (n. 1943).
• 2010: Robert Byrd, American politician (n. 1917).
• 2010: Ricardo Falcón, Argentine historian and professor (n. 1945).
• 2010: Vicente Fuentes Díaz, politician and Mexican historian (n. 1920).
• 2010: Maruja Pino Piñeiro, a Galician writer (n. 1918).
• 2010: Rodolfo Torre Cantú, Mexican doctor and politician (n. 1964).
• 2011: Nelson García Otero, Uruguayan jurist (n. 1922).
• 2011: Ignacio Román, composer, producer and Spanish flamenco litrist (n. 1925).
• 2013: Yiye Ávila, Puerto Rican evangelist (n. 1924).
• 2013: Matt Osborne, American professional fighter (n. 1957).
• 2013: Kenneth Minogue, New Zealand politician and academic (n. 1930).
• 2013: Silvi Vrait, Estonian singer and actress (n. 1951).
• 2014: Meshach Taylor, American actor (n. 1947).
• 2018: Christine Nöstlinger, Austrian writer (n. 1936).

Celebrations

• Vidovdan, celebrating San Vito and an important day in Serbian history. (Orthodox Church).
• International LGBT Pride Day.
• International Day of Sexual Diversity.
• Poland: Day of Remembrance of Poznań.
• Peru: National Ceviche Day.
• HondurasHonduras. National Bird Day and the National Mammal: the red guacamaya and the white tail deer.

Catholic saints list

• Saint Irenaeus of LyonBishop (c. 200).
• Saint Martyrs of Alexandria (c. 202).
• San Paulo I(767).
• San Argimiro de Córdobamartyr (856).
• Heimerado of Hassungen, presbyter and eremite (1019).
• San Juan Southworth, priest and martyr (1654).
• Saint Vincent GerosaVirgin (1847).
• Saint Lucia Wang Cheng, Maria Fan Kun, Maria Qi Yu and Maria Zheng Xumartyrs (1900).
• Saint Mary Du Zhaozhimartyr (1900).
• Blessed Severiano Baranyak and Joaquín Senkivskyj, priests and martyrs (1941).