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Events
=Pre-1600=
- 296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy.{{cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09637d.htm|title=Pope Saint Marcellinus|website=Catholic Encyclopedia|access-date=30 June 2019|archive-date=12 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012233942/http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09637d.htm|url-status=live}}
- 763 – The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus.{{cite book|title=Revue Bulgare D'histoire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ieFBAAAAYAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Publishing House of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences|page=68|access-date=2019-06-30|archive-date=2020-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926155411/https://books.google.com/books?id=ieFBAAAAYAAJ|url-status=live}}
- 1422 – Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan and the Swiss cantons.{{cite book|author=Jim Bradbury|title=The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3FRsBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA232|date=2 August 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-59847-2|pages=232|access-date=1 July 2019|archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918082644/https://books.google.com/books?id=3FRsBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA232|url-status=live}}
- 1521 – Spanish forces defeat a combined French and Navarrese army at the Battle of Noáin during the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre.{{cite book|last=Bard|first=Rachel|title=Navarra: The Durable Kingdom|location=Reno, Nev.|publisher=University of Nevada Press|date=1982|isbn=9780874170733|page=96}}
- 1559 – King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel, comte de Montgomery.{{cite book|last=Benedict|first=Phillip|title=Graphic History: The Wars, Massacres and Troubles of Tortorel and Perrissin|location=Geneva|publisher=Droz|date=2007|isbn=9782600004404|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZO75rkTPt5QC|page=227|access-date=2020-06-30|archive-date=2014-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627180300/http://books.google.com/books?id=ZO75rkTPt5QC|url-status=live}}
- 1598 – The Spanish-held Castillo San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico having been besieged for fifteen days, surrenders to an English force under Sir George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland.{{cite book |last= Van Middeldyk |first= R A |title=The History of Puerto Rico |year= 2008 |publisher= Echo Library |location= Teddington, UK|page=114 |isbn=978-1-4068-7497-6}}
=1601–1900=
- 1632 – The University of Tartu is founded.{{cite book | author=Seppo Zetterberg | title=Viron Historia | location=Helsinki | publisher=Tammi | year=2007 | isbn= 978-9517465205|language=fi}}
- 1651 – The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising: The Battle of Berestechko ends with a Polish victory.{{cite book|last=Stone|first=Daniel|title=The Polish-Lithuanian State, 1386-1795|location=Seattle|publisher=University of Washington Press|date=2001|isbn=9780295980935|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AxETCgAAQBAJ|page=165|access-date=2020-06-30|archive-date=2020-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919074802/https://books.google.com/books?id=AxETCgAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}
- 1688 – The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.{{cite book|last=Murphy|first=Andrew R.|title=William Penn: A Life|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2019|isbn=9780190234249|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FzpxDwAAQBAJ|page=197|access-date=2020-07-01|archive-date=2021-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918082716/https://books.google.com/books?id=FzpxDwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}
- 1703 – The Battle of Ekeren between a Dutch force and a French force.{{Cite book |last=Wijn |first=J.W. |title=Het Staatsche Leger: Deel VIII Het tijdperk van de Spaanse Successieoorlog (The Dutch States Army: Part VIII The era of the War of the Spanish Succession) |publisher=Martinus Nijhoff |date=1956|language=Dutch}}
- 1758 – Seven Years' War: Habsburg Austrian forces destroy a Prussian reinforcement and supply convoy in the Battle of Domstadtl, helping to expel Prussian King Frederick the Great from Moravia.{{cite book|last=Redman|first=Herbert J.|title=Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' War, 1756-1763|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Company|date=2015|isbn=9780786476695|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fm4xBgAAQBAJ|pages=187–188|access-date=2020-07-01|archive-date=2021-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918082646/https://books.google.com/books?id=fm4xBgAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}
- 1794 – Northwest Indian War: Native American forces under Blue Jacket attack Fort Recovery.
- 1805 – Under An act to divide the Indiana Territory into two separate governments, adopted by the U.S. Congress on January 11, 1805, the Michigan Territory is organized.{{cite book|last=Farmer|first=Silas|title=The Michigan Book: A State Cyclopedia|location=Detroit|publisher=Press of John F. Eby & Co.|date=1901|oclc=12143171|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=my8dAAAAMAAJ|page=314|access-date=2020-07-01|archive-date=2011-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209130448/http://books.google.com/books?id=my8dAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}
- 1859 – French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
- 1860 – The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
- 1864 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
- 1882 – Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
- 1886 – The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
- 1892 – The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.{{cite book|last=Foner|first=Philip|title=History of the Labor Movement in the United States. Vol. 2: From the Founding of the A.F. of L. to the Emergence of American Imperialism|location=New York|publisher=International Publishers|date=1955|isbn=9780717803880|pages=207 (footnote), 208, 210–211}}
- 1900 – A savage fire wrecked three steamships docked at a pier in Hoboken, New Jersey. Over 200 crew members and passengers are killed, and hundreds injured.{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=15|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}
=1901–present=
- 1905 – Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.
- 1906 – The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
- 1908 – The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
- 1912 – The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
- 1916 – World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.{{cite book|last=Eddleston|first=John J.|title=Chichester in the Great War|location=Barnsley, South Yorkshire, U.K.|publisher=Pen & Sword Military|date=2016|isbn=9781783463282|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v4ITDgAAQBAJ|page=46|access-date=2020-07-01|archive-date=2021-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918082645/https://books.google.com/books?id=v4ITDgAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}
- 1921 – U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.
- 1922 – In Washington D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes and Dominican Ambassador Francisco J. Peynado sign the Hughes–Peynado agreement, which ends the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic.
- 1934 – The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
- 1936 – Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
- 1937 – The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
- 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
- 1953 – The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
- 1956 – A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
- 1959 – A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.
- 1960 – Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).
- 1963 – Ciaculli bombing: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police officers and military personnel near Palermo.
- 1966 – The National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminist organization, is founded.
- 1968 – Pope Paul VI issues the Credo of the People of God.{{cite book|last=Bunson|first=Matthew|title=Saint Pope Paul VI: Celebrating the 262nd Pope of the Roman Catholic Church|location=Irondale, Ala.|publisher=ETWN Publishing|date=2018|isbn=9781682780701|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=doF1DwAAQBAJ|page=117|access-date=2020-07-01|archive-date=2021-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918082646/https://books.google.com/books?id=doF1DwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}
- 1971 – The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.{{cite news|last=Gwertzman|first=Bernard|title=Russians Mourn Soyuz 11 Astronauts|work=The New York Times|date=July 2, 1971|page=14|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|last=Teitel|first=Amy Shira|title=Only Three People Have Died in Space|work=Discover Magazine|date=August 20, 2017|access-date=June 30, 2020|url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/only-three-people-have-died-in-space|archive-date=July 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702185300/https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/only-three-people-have-died-in-space|url-status=live}}
- 1972 – The first leap second is added to the UTC time system.
- 1973 – Concorde 001 intercepts the path of a total solar eclipse and follows the moon's shadow, experiencing the longest total eclipse observation.{{Cite web |last=Hatherill |first=Chris |date=2016-03-09 |title=When Astronomers Chased a Total Eclipse in a Concorde |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/8q8qwk/the-concorde-and-the-longest-solar-eclipse |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=Vice |language=en}}
- 1974 – The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins.{{cite news|last=Franklin|first=Ben A.|title=Baltimore Ends Its 15-Day Strike|work=The New York Times|date=July 16, 1974|pages=1, 22, 73}}
- 1977 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
- 1985 – Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.
- 1986 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.{{cite book|last=Ball|first=Howard|title=The Supreme Court in the Intimate Lives of Americans: Birth, Sex, Marriage, Childrearing, and Death|location=New York|publisher=New York University Press|date=2002|isbn=9780814798638|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LzbVChZR6xYC|page=24|access-date=2020-06-30|archive-date=2021-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918082646/https://books.google.com/books?id=LzbVChZR6xYC|url-status=live}}
- 1989 – A coup d'état in Sudan deposes the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and President Ahmed al-Mirghani.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/01/world/military-coup-in-sudan-ousts-civilian-regime.html|title=Military Coup in Sudan Ousts Civilian Regime|date=1 July 1989|work=The New York Times|access-date=3 April 2022|archive-date=26 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626050448/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/01/world/military-coup-in-sudan-ousts-civilian-regime.html|url-status=live}}
- 1990 – East and West Germany merge their economies.
- 1993 – Malta is officially subdivided into 68 local councils by the Local Councils Act.{{cite web | url=https://legislation.mt/eli/act/1993/15 | title=Leġiżlazzjoni Malta }}
- 1994 – During a test flight of an Airbus A330-300 at Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, the aircraft crashes killing all seven people on board.{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19940630-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A330-321 F-WWKH Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-06-21|archive-date=2019-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819035938/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19940630-0|url-status=live}}
- 2007 – A Jeep Cherokee filled with propane canisters drives into the entrance of Glasgow Airport, Scotland in a failed terrorist attack. This was linked to the 2007 London car bombs that had taken place the day before.
- 2009 – Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310-300, crashes into the Indian Ocean near Comoros, killing 152 of the 153 people on board. A 14-year-old girl named Bahia Bakari survives the crash.{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090630-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A310-324 7O-ADJ Mitsamiouli|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-06-21|archive-date=2019-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815113336/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090630-0|url-status=live}}
- 2013 – Nineteen firefighters die controlling a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona.
- 2013 – Protests begin around Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi and the ruling Freedom and Justice Party, leading to their overthrow during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état.
- 2015 – A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people on board crashes in a residential area in Medan, Indonesia, resulting in at least 116 deaths.
- 2019 – Donald Trump becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-travel-dmz-meet-kim-jong/story?id=64042883|title=President Trump becomes 1st president to step inside North Korea ahead of meeting with Kim Jong Un|website=ABC News|access-date=2 July 2020|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128214011/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-travel-dmz-meet-kim-jong/story?id=64042883|url-status=live}}
- 2021 – The Tiger Fire ignites near Black Canyon City, Arizona, and goes on to burn {{cvt|16,278|acres}} of land before being fully contained on July 30.{{cite web |title=Tiger Fire |url=https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7595/ |website=InciWeb |access-date=21 December 2022 |archive-date=28 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128195754/https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7595/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Evacuation orders issued in parts of Arizona as Tiger Fire continues to burn |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/04/us/evacuation-arizona-tiger-fire/index.html |website=CNN |date=4 July 2021 |publisher=Claudia Dominguez and Alaa Elassar |access-date=21 December 2022 |archive-date=21 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221025204/https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/04/us/evacuation-arizona-tiger-fire/index.html |url-status=live }}
- 2023 – A Tajik citizen with ISIS connections, wanted in Tajikistan for murder and kidnapping, kills two people at Chișinău International Airport in Moldova, after being denied entry to the country.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66070461|title= Moldova attack: Two dead as man opens fire inside Chisinau airport|publisher=BBC|date=30 June 2023}}
Births
=Pre-1600=
- 1286 – John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, English magnate (d. 1347){{cite book|author=Thomas Walker Horsfield|title=The History and Antiquities of Lewes and Its Vicinity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6wUWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA132|year=1824|publisher=J. Baxter|pages=132|access-date=2019-06-30|archive-date=2021-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918082647/https://books.google.com/books?id=6wUWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA132|url-status=live}}
- 1468 – John, Elector of Saxony (d. 1532){{cite web |title=John {{!}} elector of Saxony |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-elector-of-Saxony |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 October 2020 |language=en |archive-date=23 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023042437/https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-elector-of-Saxony |url-status=live }}
- 1470 – Charles VIII of France (d. 1498){{cite web |title=Charles VIII {{!}} king of France |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-VIII |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 October 2020 |language=en |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021041728/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-VIII |url-status=live }}
- 1478 – John, Prince of Asturias, Son of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile (d. 1497)
- 1503 – John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1554)
- 1533 – Martín de Rada, Spanish missionary (d. 1578)
- 1588 – Giovanni Maria Sabino, Italian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1649)
=1601–1900=
- 1641 – Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, German-English general (d. 1719)
- 1685 – John Gay, English poet and playwright (d. 1732){{cite web |title=John Gay – British Library |url=https://www.bl.uk/people/john-gay |website=www.bl.uk |access-date=1 January 2023 |archive-date=1 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101204012/https://www.bl.uk/people/john-gay |url-status=live }}
- 1688 – Abu l-Hasan Ali I, ruler of Tunisia (d. 1756)
- 1722 – Jiří Antonín Benda, Czech composer, violinist and Kapellmeister (d. 1795)
- 1755 – Paul Barras, French soldier and politician (d. 1829)
- 1789 – Horace Vernet, French painter and academic (d. 1863)
- 1791 – Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist (d. 1841)
- 1803 – Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, playwright, and physician (d. 1849)
- 1807 – Friedrich Theodor Vischer, German author, poet, and playwright (d. 1887)
- 1817 – Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (d. 1911)
- 1843 – Ernest Mason Satow, English orientalist and diplomat (d. 1929)
- 1864 – Frederick Bligh Bond, English architect and archaeologist (d. 1945)
- 1884 – Georges Duhamel, French author and critic (d. 1966)
- 1889 – Archibald Frazer-Nash, English motor car designer, engineer and founder of Frazer Nash (d. 1965)
- 1890 – Paul Boffa, Maltese physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1962)
- 1891 – Man Mountain Dean, American wrestler and sergeant (d. 1953)
- 1891 – Ed Lewis, American wrestler and manager (d. 1966)
- 1891 – Stanley Spencer, English painter (d. 1959)
- 1892 – Pierre Blanchar, Algerian-French actor and director (d. 1963)
- 1893 – Nellah Massey Bailey, American politician and librarian (d. 1956){{cite news |last=Hewitt |first=Purser |title=Hewitt to the Line |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73002022/clarion-ledger/ |access-date=2 April 2021 |newspaper=Clarion-Ledger |page=16 |date=June 30, 1955 |archive-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918082720/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73002022/clarion-ledger/ |url-status=live }}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HWolDwAAQBAJ|author1-link=David Sansing |last=Sansing |first=David G |editor1-last=Ownby |editor1-first=Ted |editor2-last=Wilson |editor2-first=Charles Reagan |editor3-last=Abadie |editor3-first=Ann J |editor4-last=Lindsey |editor4-first=Odie |editor5-last=Thomas Jr |editor5-first=James G |title=The Mississippi Encyclopedia |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |year=2017 |chapter=Bailey, Thomas Lowry |isbn=978-1-4968-1159-2 |page=63 |access-date=2021-04-02 |archive-date=2021-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122140209/https://books.google.com/books?id=HWolDwAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}
- 1893 – Walter Ulbricht, German soldier and politician (d. 1973)
- 1895 – Heinz Warneke, German-American sculptor and educator (d. 1983)
- 1899 – Madge Bellamy, American actress (d. 1990)
=1901–present=
- 1905 – John Van Ryn, American tennis player (d. 1999)
- 1906 – Anthony Mann, American actor and director (d. 1967)
- 1907 – Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian general and politician (d. 1950)
- 1908 – Winston Graham, English author (d. 2003)
- 1908 – Luigi Rovere, Italian film producer (d. 1996)
- 1908 – Rob Nieuwenhuys, Dutch writer (d. 1999)
- 1909 – Juan Bosch, 43rd President of the Dominican Republic (d. 2001)
- 1911 – Czesław Miłosz, Polish novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
- 1911 – Nagarjun, Indian poet (d. 1998)
- 1912 – Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (d. 2003)
- 1912 – Dan Reeves, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1971)
- 1912 – María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías, Mexican architect (d. 2009)
- 1913 – Alfonso López Michelsen, Colombian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Colombia (d. 2007)
- 1913 – Harry Wismer, American sportscaster (d. 1967)
- 1914 – Francisco da Costa Gomes, Portuguese general and politician, 15th President of Portugal (d. 2001)
- 1914 – Allan Houser, American sculptor and painter (d. 1994)
- 1917 – Susan Hayward, American actress (d. 1975){{cite web |title=Susan Hayward {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Susan-Hayward |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 October 2020 |language=en |archive-date=22 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022053659/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Susan-Hayward |url-status=live }}
- 1917 – Lena Horne, American actress, singer, and activist (d. 2010)
- 1917 – Willa Kim, American costume designer (d. 2016)
- 1919 – Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon (d. 2007)
- 1920 – Eleanor Ross Taylor, American poet and educator (d. 2011)
- 1921 – Washington SyCip, American-Filipino accountant (d. 2017)
- 1924 – Max Trepp, Swiss sprinter (d. 1990)
- 1925 – Fred Schaus, American basketball player and coach (d. 2010)
- 1925 – Ebrahim Amini, Iranian politician (d. 2020)
- 1926 – Paul Berg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2023)
- 1927 – Shirley Fry Irvin, American tennis player (d. 2021)
- 1927 – James Goldman, American screenwriter and playwright (d. 1998)
- 1927 – Mario Lanfranchi, Italian director, screenwriter, producer, collector and actor (d. 2022)
- 1927 – Frank McCabe, American basketball player (d. 2021)
- 1928 – Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli, Islamic philosopher, theologian, mathematician and mystic (d. 2021)
- 1928 – Nathaniel Tarn, American poet, essayist, anthropologist, and translator
- 1929 – Yang Ti-liang, Chinese judge (d. 2023)
- 1930 – Ben Atchley, American politician (d. 2018)
- 1930 – Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabian politician (d. 2021)
- 1930 – Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad, Syrian bishop (d. 2018)
- 1931 – Yo-Yo Davalillo, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (d. 2013)
- 1931 – Andrew Hill, American pianist and composer (d. 2007)
- 1931 – Ronald Rene Lagueux, American judge (d. 2023)
- 1931 – Kaye Vaughan, American football player (d. 2023)
- 1933 – Tomislav Ivić, Croatian football coach and manager (d. 2011)
- 1933 – Joan Murrell Owens, American educator and marine biologist (d. 2011)
- 1933 – M. J. K. Smith, English cricketer and rugby player
- 1933 – Orval Tessier, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2022)
- 1933 – Cookie, Australian Major Mitchell's cockatoo, oldest recorded parrot (d. 2016){{cite web|title=Oldest parrot - living|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/oldest-parrot-living|publisher=Guinness World Records|accessdate=20 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704223148/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/oldest-parrot-living|archive-date=4 July 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-brookfield-zoo-cookie-cockatoo-dead-20160829-column.html|title=Cookie the Cockatoo at Brookfield Zoo dies|date=29 August 2016|publisher=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=20 June 2023|archive-date=13 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413150407/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-brookfield-zoo-cookie-cockatoo-dead-20160829-column.html|url-status=live}}
- 1934 – Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician and author (d. 1997)
- 1935 – John Harlin, American pilot and mountaineer (d. 1966)
- 1936 – Assia Djebar, Algerian-French author and translator (d. 2015)
- 1936 – Nancy Dussault, American actress and singer
- 1936 – Tony Musante, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2013)
- 1936 – Dave Van Ronk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
- 1937 – Larry Henley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
- 1938 – Billy Mills, American sprinter
- 1938 – Jeri Taylor, American screenwriter (d. 2024){{Cite web |last=Betancourt |first=Emiliana |date=October 27, 2024 |title=Jeri Taylor, 'Star Trek: Voyager' Co-Creator and Showrunner, Dies at 86 |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/obituaries-people-news/jeri-taylor-dead-star-trek-voyager-1236191921/ |access-date=November 20, 2024 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
- 1939 – Tony Hatch, English pianist, composer, and producer
- 1939 – Barry Hines, English author and screenwriter (d. 2016)
- 1939 – José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet and author (d. 2014)
- 1940 – Mark Spoelstra, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
- 1941 – Peter Pollock, South African cricketer and author
- 1942 – Robert Ballard, American lieutenant and oceanographer
- 1942 – Ron Harris, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1943 – Florence Ballard, American pop/soul singer (d. 1976)
- 1943 – Saeed Akhtar Mirza, Indian director and screenwriter
- 1944 – Terry Funk, American wrestler (d. 2023){{cite web |last1=Ward |first1=Marshall |title=WWE Exclusive: Hardcore Icon Terry Funk Says "Extreme" Wrestling Was A Necessary Evil |url=https://whatculture.com/wwe/wwe-exclusive-hardcore-icon-terry-funk-says-extreme-wrestling-necessary-evil |publisher=WhatCulture |access-date=28 June 2023 |date=14 March 2014 |archive-date=7 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807083632/https://whatculture.com/wwe/wwe-exclusive-hardcore-icon-terry-funk-says-extreme-wrestling-necessary-evil |url-status=live }}
- 1944 – Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist and author
- 1944 – Glenn Shorrock, English-Australian singer-songwriter
- 1944 – Ron Swoboda, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1949 – Uwe Kliemann, German footballer, coach, and manager
- 1949 – Andy Scott, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1949 – Bùi Thanh Liêm, Vietnamese cosmonaut (d. 1981){{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |title=Interkosmos: The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program |date=2016 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham |isbn=9783319241630 |page=113}}
- 1951 – Stanley Clarke, American bass player and composer
- 1952 – Athanassios S. Fokas, Greek mathematician and academic
- 1952 – David Garrison, American actor and singer
- 1953 – Hal Lindes, American-English guitarist and film score composer
- 1954 – Stephen Barlow, English organist, composer, and conductor
- 1954 – Pierre Charles, Dominican educator and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica (d. 2004)
- 1954 – Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian politician, 3rd President of Armenia
- 1954 – Wayne Swan, Australian academic and politician, 14th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
- 1955 – Brian Vollmer, Canadian singer
- 1955 – Egils Levits, Latvian judge, jurist, 10th President of Latvia{{cite book|author=Council of Europe|title=Parliamentary Assembly Documents 2001 Ordinary Session (Second Part), Volume IV|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q7DFyBqsJhwC&pg=PA142|publisher=Council of Europe|isbn=978-92-871-4641-0|pages=142|access-date=2020-09-03|archive-date=2021-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918082647/https://books.google.com/books?id=q7DFyBqsJhwC&pg=PA142|url-status=live}}
- 1956 – Volker Beck, German hurdler and coach
- 1956 – David Lidington, English historian, academic, and politician, Minister of State for Europe
- 1956 – David Alan Grier, American actor, singer, and comedian
- 1957 – Bud Black, American baseball player and manager
- 1957 – Sterling Marlin, American race car driver
- 1958 – Pam Royle, British television presenter, journalist and voice coach
- 1958 – Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer
- 1959 – Vincent D'Onofrio, American actor
- 1959 – Daniel Goldhagen, American political scientist, author, and academic
- 1959 – Brendan Perry, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1959 – Sakis Tsiolis, Greek footballer and manager
- 1959 – Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma, Indian-English businesswoman and politician
- 1960 – Jack McConnell, Scottish educator and politician, 3rd First Minister of Scotland
- 1960 – Murray Cook, Australian musician, actor, songwriter and producer
- 1961 – Lynne Jolitz, American computer scientist and programmer
- 1961 – Clive Nolan, English musician, composer and producer
- 1962 – Tony Fernández, Dominican baseball player (d. 2020){{cite news |title=Tony Fernandez, Stylish All-Star Shortstop, Is Dead at 57 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/16/obituaries/tony-fernandez-dead-at-57.html |website=The New York Times |date=16 February 2020 |access-date=2021-06-30 |archive-date=2021-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709201632/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/16/obituaries/tony-fernandez-dead-at-57.html |url-status=live }}
- 1962 – Julianne Regan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1963 – Olha Bryzhina, Ukrainian sprinter
- 1963 – Rupert Graves, English actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1963 – Yngwie Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist and songwriter
- 1964 – Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg
- 1964 – Mark Waters, American director and producer
- 1965 – Steve Duchesne, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
- 1965 – Cho Jae-hyun, South Korean actor{{cite web |title=Full Profile Of Korean Actor, Cho Jae-hyun |url=https://channel-korea.com/full-profile-of-cho-jae-hyun/ |website=Channel-K |access-date=February 19, 2019 |archive-date=February 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220063156/https://channel-korea.com/full-profile-of-cho-jae-hyun/ |url-status=usurped }}
- 1965 – Anna Levandi, Russian figure skater and coach
- 1965 – Gary Pallister, English footballer and sportscaster
- 1965 – Mitch Richmond, American basketball player
- 1966 – Mike Tyson, American boxer and actor
- 1967 – Patrik Bodén, Swedish javelin thrower
- 1967 – David Busst, English footballer and manager
- 1967 – Victoria Kaspi, American-Canadian astrophysicist and academic
- 1968 – Phil Anselmo, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1969 – Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan cricketer and politician
- 1969 – Uta Rohländer, German sprinter
- 1969 – Sébastien Rose, Canadian director and screenwriter
- 1970 – Brian Bloom, American actor and screenwriter
- 1970 – Antonio Chimenti, Italian footballer and manager
- 1970 – Mark Grudzielanek, American baseball player and manager
- 1971 – Monica Potter, American actress
- 1972 – Sandra Cam, Belgian swimmer
- 1972 – Molly Parker, Canadian actress{{cite web |title=Molly Parker |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/147744%7C0/Molly-Parker/#overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=28 June 2023 |archive-date=30 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530154236/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/147744%7C0/Molly-Parker#overview |url-status=live }}
- 1973 – Chan Ho Park, South Korean baseball player
- 1973 – Frank Rost, German footballer and manager
- 1974 – Katrin Auer, Austrian politician{{cite web |title=Recherchieren: Personen - Mag. Katrin Auer |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/30688 |publisher=Austrian Parliament |access-date=24 October 2024 |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}}
- 1974 – Hezekiél Sepeng, South African runner
- 1975 – James Bannatyne, New Zealand footballer
- 1975 – Ralf Schumacher, German race car driver
- 1978 – Ben Cousins, Australian footballer
- 1978 – Patrick Ivuti, Kenyan runner
- 1978 – Claudio Rivalta, Italian footballer
- 1979 – Sylvain Chavanel, French cyclist
- 1980 – Rade Prica, Swedish footballer
- 1980 – Seyi Olofinjana, Nigerian footballer
- 1980 – Ryan ten Doeschate, Dutch cricketer
- 1981 – Can Artam, Turkish race car driver
- 1981 – Matt Kirk, Canadian football player
- 1981 – Barbora Špotáková, Czech javelin thrower
- 1981 – Ben Utecht, American football player
- 1982 – Lizzy Caplan, American actress
- 1982 – Ignacio Carrasco, Mexican footballer
- 1983 – Marcus Burghardt, German cyclist
- 1983 – Katherine Ryan, UK-based Canadian comedian and presenter
- 1983 – Cheryl, English singer and TV personality
- 1984 – Fantasia Barrino, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1984 – Dax Harwood, American wrestler{{cite web |title=Scott Dawson |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/19126912/wwe-profile-page-scott-dawson |publisher=ESPN |access-date=28 June 2023 |date=10 April 2017 |archive-date=9 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409121036/https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/19126912/wwe-profile-page-scott-dawson |url-status=live }}
- 1984 – Tunku Ismail Idris, Crown Prince of Johor, Malaysia
- 1985 – Trevor Ariza, American basketball player{{Cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/players/trevor/ariza/2772 |title=Trevor Ariza stats, details, videos, and news |website=NBA.com |access-date=2019-06-30 |archive-date=2019-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627145929/https://www.nba.com/players/trevor/ariza/2772 |url-status=live }}
- 1985 – Michael Phelps, American swimmer{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/michael-phelps-345192 |title=Michael Phelps Biography: Swimming, Athlete (1985–) |publisher=Biography.com (FYI / A&E Networks) |access-date=November 18, 2015 |archive-date=November 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119042832/http://www.biography.com/people/michael-phelps-345192 |url-status=live }}
- 1985 – Cody Rhodes, American wrestler{{cite web |last1=Mohan |first1=Sai |title=Video: Cody Rhodes Birthday Celebration Post AEW Dynamite |url=https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2021/07/cody-rhodes-birthday-celebration-aew-dynamite/ |website=Wrestling Inc |date=July 2021 |access-date=23 June 2022 |archive-date=23 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623052550/https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2021/07/cody-rhodes-birthday-celebration-aew-dynamite/ |url-status=live }}
- 1985 – Fabiana Vallejos, Argentinian footballer
- 1986 – Alicia Fox, American wrestler, model, and actress
- 1986 – Fredy Guarín, Colombian footballer
- 1986 – Nicola Pozzi, Italian footballer
- 1986 – Allegra Versace, Italian-American businesswoman{{cite book|author=Deborah Ball|title=House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder, and Survival|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w1vpiOUrnZgC&pg=PT118|date=2 February 2010|publisher=Crown Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-307-46240-4|pages=118|access-date=30 June 2019|archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918082647/https://books.google.com/books?id=w1vpiOUrnZgC&pg=PT118|url-status=live}}
- 1987 – Ryan Cook, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Ryan Cook Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/ryan-cook-475857 |website=MLB.com |access-date=20 October 2020 |language=en |archive-date=22 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022203318/https://www.mlb.com/player/ryan-cook-475857 |url-status=live }}
- 1987 – Andrew Hedgman, New Zealand runner
- 1988 – Jacksfilms, American YouTuber{{cite AV media|last=Douglass |first=Jack |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAHDywxvxuw |time=0:08 |title=DRAW MY LIFE – Jack Douglass |work=jacksfilms |via=YouTube |date=July 19, 2013 |access-date=August 30, 2022}}
- 1988 – Joe Mazzulla, American basketball coach{{cite web |title=Joe Mazzulla: Coaching Record, Awards |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/mazzujo99c.html |website=basketball-reference.com |access-date=June 28, 2024}}
- 1989 – Asbel Kiprop, Kenyan runner
- 1989 – Steffen Liebig, German rugby player
- 1989 – David Myers, Australian footballer
- 1993 – Trea Turner, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Trea Turner |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/trea-turner-607208 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=28 June 2023 |archive-date=28 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428003934/https://www.mlb.com/player/trea-turner-607208 |url-status=live }}
- 1995 – bbno$, Canadian singer-songwriter{{cite web |title=bbno |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/bbno%24/1161580951 |website=Apple Music |access-date=June 28, 2024}}
- 1997 – A. J. Brown, American football player{{cite web |title=A.J. Brown |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4047646 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=28 June 2023 |archive-date=13 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313131357/https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4047646 |url-status=live }}
- 1997 – Reuben Garrick, Australian rugby league player{{Cite web |url=https://www.seaeagles.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/manly-warringah-sea-eagles/reuben-garrick/ |title=Reuben Garrick |access-date=2021-08-17 |archive-date=2021-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817112704/https://www.seaeagles.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/manly-warringah-sea-eagles/reuben-garrick/ |url-status=live }}
- 1998 – Tom Davies, English footballer
Deaths
=Pre-1600=
- 350 – Nepotianus, Roman ruler
- 710 – Erentrude, Frankish abbess
- 888 – Æthelred, archbishop of Canterbury
- 1066 – St.Theobald Of Provins{{Cite web |title=Theobald von Provins - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon |url=https://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienT/Theobald_von_Provins.html |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=www.heiligenlexikon.de |language=de}}
- 1181 – Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester, Welsh politician (b. 1147)
- 1224 – Adolf of Osnabrück, German monk and bishop (b. 1185)
- 1278 – Pierre de la Broce, French courtier
- 1337 – Eleanor de Clare, English noblewoman (b. 1290)
- 1364 – Arnošt of Pardubice, Czech archbishop (b. 1297)
- 1538 – Charles II, Duke of Guelders (b. 1467)
- 1522 – Johann Reuchlin, German humanist and Hebrew scholar (b. 1455)
=1601–1900=
- 1607 – Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1538)
- 1649 – Simon Vouet, French painter (b. 1590)
- 1660 – William Oughtred, English minister and mathematician (b. 1575)
- 1666 – Alexander Brome, English poet and playwright (b. 1620)
- 1670 – Henrietta of England (b. 1644)
- 1704 – John Quelch, English pirate (b. 1665)
- 1708 – Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (b. 1684)
- 1709 – Edward Lhuyd, Welsh botanist, linguist, and geographer (b. 1660)
- 1785 – James Oglethorpe, English general and politician, 1st Colonial Governor of Georgia (b. 1696)
- 1796 – Abraham Yates Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1724)
- 1857 – Alcide d'Orbigny, French zoologist and paleontologist (b. 1802)
- 1882 – Charles J. Guiteau, American preacher and lawyer, assassin of James A. Garfield (b. 1841)
- 1882 – Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (b. 1827)
- 1890 – Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American organist and composer (b. 1819)
=1901–present=
- 1908 – Thomas Hill, American painter (b. 1829){{Cite web |last=Us |first=Phone: 209/372-0200 Contact |title=Thomas Hill - Yosemite National Park (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/historyculture/thomas-hill.htm |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=www.nps.gov |language=en}}
- 1913 – Alphonse Kirchhoffer, French fencer (b. 1873){{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Alphonse Kirchhoffer |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/21908 |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=www.olympedia.org}}
- 1916 – Eunice Eloisae Gibbs Allyn, American correspondent, author, and poet (b. 1847)
- 1917 – Antonio de La Gándara, French painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
- 1917 – Dadabhai Naoroji, Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political and social leader (b. 1825){{Cite web |date=2025-02-13 |title=Dadabhai Naoroji {{!}} Indian Politician, Indian National Congress Founder, Drain of Wealth, Economist, & Educator {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dadabhai-Naoroji |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}
- 1919 – John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1842){{Cite web |title=Nobel Prize in Physics 1904 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1904/strutt/biographical/ |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}
- 1932 – Bruno Kastner, German actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1890)
- 1934 – Karl Ernst, German soldier (b. 1904)
- 1934 – Erich Klausener, German soldier and politician (b. 1885)
- 1934 – Gustav Ritter von Kahr, German lawyer and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1862)
- 1934 – Gregor Strasser, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1892)
- 1934 – Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany (b. 1882)
- 1941 – Yefim Fomin, Belarusian politician (b. 1909)
- 1941 – Aleksander Tõnisson, Estonian general and politician, 5th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1875)
- 1948 – Prince Sabahaddin, Turkish-Swiss sociologist and academic (b. 1879)
- 1949 – Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (b. 1868)
- 1951 – Yrjö Saarela, Finnish wrestler and coach (b. 1884)
- 1953 – Elsa Beskow, Swedish author and illustrator (b. 1874)
- 1953 – Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer and civil servant (b. 1874)
- 1954 – Andrass Samuelsen, Faroese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1873)
- 1956 – Thorleif Lund, Norwegian actor (b. 1880)
- 1959 – José Vasconcelos, Mexican philosopher and politician (b. 1882)
- 1961 – Lee de Forest, American inventor, invented the audion tube (b. 1873)
- 1966 – Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (b. 1906)
- 1966 – Margery Allingham, English author of detective fiction (b. 1904)
- 1968 – Ernst Marcus, German zoologist (b. 1893)
- 1971 – Georgi Asparuhov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1943)
- 1971 – Herbert Biberman, American director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
- 1971 – Georgy Dobrovolsky Ukrainian pilot and astronaut (b. 1928)
- 1971 – Nikola Kotkov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1938)
- 1971 – Viktor Patsayev, Kazakh engineer and astronaut (b. 1933)
- 1971 – Vladislav Volkov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1935)
- 1973 – Nancy Mitford, English journalist and author (b. 1904)
- 1973 – Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop and martyr (b. 1903)
- 1974 – Alberta Williams King, Civil rights activist (b. 1904){{Cite news |last=Winchester |first=Simon |date=2014-07-01 |title=Martin Luther King's mother slain in church: From the archive, 1 July 1974 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/01/martin-luther-kings-mother-slain-in-church-1974 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918082648/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/01/martin-luther-kings-mother-slain-in-church-1974 |archive-date=2021-09-18 |access-date=2019-01-19 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
- 1976 – Firpo Marberry, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1898)
- 1984 – Lillian Hellman, American author and playwright (b. 1905){{cite web |title=Lillian Hellman {{!}} American playwright |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lillian-Hellman |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=14 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=27 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227133522/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lillian-Hellman |url-status=live }}
- 1985 – Haruo Remeliik, Palauan politician, 1st President of Palau (b. 1933)
- 1995 – Georgy Beregovoy, Ukrainian general and astronaut (b. 1921)
- 1995 – Gale Gordon, American actor and voice artist (b. 1906)
- 1996 – Lakis Petropoulos, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1932)
- 2001 – Chet Atkins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1924)
- 2001 – Joe Henderson, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1937)
- 2002 – Chico Xavier, Brazilian medium and author (b. 1910)
- 2003 – Buddy Hackett, American actor and comedian (b. 1924)
- 2003 – Robert McCloskey, American author and illustrator (b. 1915)
- 2004 – Eddie Burns, Australian rugby league player (b. 1916)
- 2007 – Sahib Singh Verma, Indian librarian and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Delhi (b. 1943)
- 2009 – Pina Bausch, German dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1940)
- 2009 – Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (b. 1933)
- 2012 – Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, English-Australian politician (b. 1942)
- 2012 – Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician, 7th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1915)
- 2012 – Michael J. Ybarra, American journalist and author (b. 1966)
- 2013 – Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, English lawyer and judge (b. 1917)
- 2013 – Akpor Pius Ewherido, Nigerian politician (b. 1963)
- 2013 – Kathryn Morrison, American educator and politician (b. 1942)
- 2013 – Thompson Oliha, Nigerian footballer (b. 1968)
- 2013 – Keith Seaman, Australian politician, 29th Governor of South Australia (b. 1920)
- 2014 – Frank Cashen, American businessman (b. 1925)
- 2014 – Paul Mazursky, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
- 2014 – Željko Šturanović, Montenegrin lawyer and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Montenegro (b. 1960)
- 2015 – Charles W. Bagnal, American general (b. 1934)
- 2015 – Robert Dewar, English-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1945)
- 2015 – Arthur Porter, Canadian physician and academic (b. 1956)
- 2015 – Leonard Starr, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)
- 2017 – Barry Norman, English television presenter (b. 1933)
- 2017 – Simone Veil, French lawyer and politician (b. 1927){{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Douglas |title=Simone Veil obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/30/simone-veil-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=28 April 2020 |date=30 June 2017 |archive-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918082648/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/30/simone-veil-obituary |url-status=live }}
- 2018 – Smoke Dawg, Canadian rapper (b. 1996){{Cite web|last=Nyren|first=Erin|date=2018-07-01|title=Smoke Dawg, Toronto Rapper and Drake Tourmate, Dies at 21|url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/smoke-dawg-dead-dies-toronto-rapper-drake-opener-1202862894/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-28|website=Variety|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-08-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828003018/https://variety.com/2018/music/news/smoke-dawg-dead-dies-toronto-rapper-drake-opener-1202862894/}}
- 2021 – Raj Kaushal, Indian Film Director and Producer (b. 1971)
- 2022 – Technoblade, American YouTuber and streamer (b. 1999){{efn|Technoblade's death was announced on June 30, 2022. His exact date of death is unknown, but sources agree that it was during June 2022.|name=Technoblade}}{{cite web|last1=Harrison|first1=Ellie|date=2022-07-01|title=Technoblade death: Popular Minecraft YouTuber dies from cancer, aged 23|url=https://news.yahoo.com/technoblade-death-minecraft-youtuber-dies-093028060.html|access-date=2022-07-04|archive-date=2022-07-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704040201/https://news.yahoo.com/technoblade-death-minecraft-youtuber-dies-093028060.html|url-status=live}}
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day:
- St.Paul the Apostle (solo feast day){{Cite web |last=AnaStpaul |date=2023-06-30 |title=Saint of the Day – 30 June – The Commemoration of St Paul. Apostle and Martyr. |url=https://anastpaul.com/2023/06/30/saint-of-the-day-30-june-the-commemoration-of-st-paul-apostle-and-martyr/#:~:text=June%2030,%202023-,Saint%20of%20the%20Day%20%E2%80%93%2030%20June%20%E2%80%93%20The%20Commemoration%20of%20St,Depositio%20Martyrum,%20written%20in%20336. |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=AnaStpaul |language=en}}
- St.Mary of Jerusalem, mother of Apostle Mark the Evangelist first Bishop of Alexandria and Byblos{{Cite web |title=Douay-Rheims The Holy Bible, Acts of Apostles Chapter 12.12 |url=https://www.drbo.org/chapter/51012.htm#:~:text=12%20And%20considering,%20he%20came,hearken,%20whose%20name%20was%20Rhode. |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=www.drbo.org}}
- St.Martial
- Feast of the 12 Apostles is on June 30 (marks the end of the Season of Pentecost and the beginning of the Season of Apostles){{Cite web |title=Feast of the Twelve Apostles - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America - Orthodox Church |url=https://www.goarch.org/-/feast-of-the-twelve-apostles |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |language=en-US}}
- First Martyrs of the Church of Rome
- St. Theobald of Provins
- St. Adolf of Osnabrück
- St. Otto of Bamberg
- June 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Armed Forces Day (Guatemala)
- Asteroid Day (International observance)
- General Prayer Day (Central African Republic)
- Independence Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo), celebrates the independence of Democratic Republic of the Congo from Belgium in 1960.
- Navy Day (Israel)
- Philippine–Spanish Friendship Day (Philippines)
- Revolution Day (Sudan)
- Teachers' Day (Dominican Republic)
Notes
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References
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External links
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- {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/30 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
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- {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/june/30 |title=Historical Events on June 30 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}
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