June 6

Events

=Pre-1600=

913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed by Constantine's uncle Alexander on his deathbed.{{cite book |last=Grierson |first=Philip |title=Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection: Leo III to Nicephorus III, 717–1801 |year=1973 |publisher=Dumbarton Oaks |location=Washington, D.C. |page=526 |isbn=978-08-84020-45-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dDH8GM4xrysC&pg=PA526}}
1505 – The M8.2–8.8 Lo Mustang earthquake affects Tibet and Nepal, causing severe damage in Kathmandu and parts of the Indo-Gangetic plain.{{cite book |last1=Gupta |first1=Harsh K. |last2=Fareeduddin |title=Recent Advances in Earth System Science |year=2008 |publisher=Geological Society of India |location=Bangalore |pages=244, 381 |isbn=978-81-85867-83-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T-hQAQAAIAAJ}}
1513 – Battle of Novara. In the Italian Wars, Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis II de la Trémoille, forcing them to abandon Milan; Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored.{{cite book |last=Delbrück |first=Hans |title=The Dawn of Modern Warfare |year=1990 |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |location=Omaha |pages=78–81 |isbn=978-08-03265-86-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MsBMpfMVp-AC&pg=PA78}}
1523 – Swedish regent Gustav Vasa is elected King of Sweden and, marking a symbolic end to the Kalmar Union, 6 June is designated the country's national day.{{cite book |last=Lockhart |first=Paul Douglas |title=Sweden in the Seventeenth Century |publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education |location=London |year=2004 |page=6 |isbn=978-02-30802-55-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nNYcBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA6}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nordiskamuseet.se/aretsdagar/sveriges-nationaldag |title=Sveriges nationaldag |newspaper=Nordiska Museet |date=26 February 2013 |publisher=Nordis Kamuseet |location=Stockholm |access-date=14 July 2020}}

=1601–1900=

1654 – Swedish Queen Christina abdicated her throne in favour of her cousin Charles Gustav and converted to Catholicism.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KNdAAAAAcAAJ&q=Charles+Gustavus&pg=PA153|title=Memoirs of Christina, Queen of Sweden: In 2 volumes. II|first=Henry|last=Woodhead|date=10 July 1863|publisher=Hurst and Blackett|access-date=10 July 2017|via=Google Books}}
1674 – Shivaji is crowned as the first Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire at Raigad Fort.{{cite book |first=Pradeep |last=Barua | title=The State at War in South Asia | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FIIQhuAOGaIC&pg=PA42 | year= 2005 | publisher=University of Nebraska Press | isbn=978-0-8032-1344-9 | page=42 }}
1762 – In the Seven Years' War, British forces begin the Siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city.{{cite book |last=Pocock |first=Tom |title=Battle for Empire: the very first world war 1756–1763 |year=1998 |publisher=Michael O'Mara Books Ltd |location=London |pages=217–218 |isbn=978-18-54793-32-4}}
1813 – The Battle of Stoney Creek, considered a critical turning point in the War of 1812. A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force twice its size under William Winder and John Chandler.{{cite web |url=https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=521 |title=Battle of Stoney Creek National Historic Site of Canada |publisher=Parks Canada |location=Ottawa |access-date=24 July 2020}}
1822 – Alexis St Martin is accidentally shot in the stomach, leading to William Beaumont's studies on digestion.{{cite journal |last=Tanner |first=David E. |title=Narrative, Ethics, and Human Experimentation in Richard Selzer's "Alexis St. Martin": the Miraculous Wound Re-Examined |journal=HEC Forum |date=2000 |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=149–160 |doi=10.1023/A:1008949000333 |pmid=11066194 |s2cid=45586623}}
1832 – The June Rebellion in Paris is put down by the National Guard.{{cite book |last=Seignobos |first=Charles |translator-first=Silas Marcus |translator-last=Macvane |title=A Political History of Europe since 1814 |year=1900 |publisher=Henry Holt and Company |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.180159 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.180159/page/n158 136]–138}}{{cite book |editor-first=William |editor-last=Duckett |title=Dictionnaire de la conversation et de la lecture |volume=11 |page=702 |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k308103/f706.image |language=fr}}
1844 – The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.{{cite web |url=https://www.ymca.int/about-us/ymca-history/ |title=YMCA History |work=World YMCA |publisher=World Alliance of YMCAs |location=Vernier, Switzerland |access-date=20 July 2020}}
1859 – Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales. The date is still celebrated as Queensland Day.{{cite web |url=https://www.qld.gov.au/about/about-queensland/history/creation-of-state |title=Creation of a State |work=History of Queensland |publisher=The State of Queensland |location=Brisbane |access-date=24 September 2020}}
1862 – The First Battle of Memphis, a naval engagement fought on the Mississippi results in the capture of Memphis, Tennessee by Union forces from the Confederates.{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Ellet#ref199664 |title=Charles Ellet (re Battle of Memphis) |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=5 January 2021}}{{cite book |last=Luraghi |first=Raimondo |title=A History of the Confederate Navy |translator-last=Coletta |translator-first=Paolo E. |location=Annapolis |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1996 |page=71 |isbn=978-15-57505-27-9}}
1882 – The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.{{cite book |last1=Ofcansky |first1=Thomas P. |last2=Prouty |first2=Chris |last3=Shinn |first3=David Hamilton |title=Historical dictionary of Ethiopia |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Lanham, Maryland |year=2004 |page=633 |isbn=978-08-10849-10-5}}
1889 – The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.{{cite journal |last1=Austin |first1=Charles W. |last2=Scott |first2=H. S. |title=The Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889 |journal=Washington State Genealogical and Historical Review |volume=1 |issue=2 |date=1983 |publisher=Meico Associates |location=South Prairie |pages=41–72}}
1892 – The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.{{cite book |last=Borzo |first=Greg |title=The Chicago "L" |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=Chicago |year=2007 |pages=23, 43 |isbn=978-07-38551-00-5}}
1894 – Governor Davis H. Waite orders the Colorado state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners' strike.{{cite journal |last=Philpott |first=William |title=The Lessons of Leadville, Or, Why the Western Federation of Miners Turned Left |journal=Monograph |publisher=Colorado Historical Society |location=Denver |year=1994 |page=26 |issn=1046-3100}}{{cite book |last=Suggs |first=George G. Jr. |title=Colorado's War on Militant Unionism: James H. Peabody and the Western Federation of Miners |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |location=Norman, Oklahoma |year=1991 |page=19 |isbn=978-0-8061-2396-7}}

=1901–present=

1912 – The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.{{cite book |last1=Simkin |first1=Tom |last2=Siebert |first2=Lee |title=Volcanoes of the World |publisher=Geoscience Press, Inc. |location=Tucson |year=1994 |page=117 |isbn=978-09-45005-12-4}}{{cite journal |last1=Fierstein |first1=Judy |last2=Hildreth |first2=Wes |title=The plinian eruptions of 1912 at Novarupta, Katmai National Park, Alaska |journal=Bulletin of Volcanology |volume=54 |issue=8 |pages=646–684 |publisher=Springer |location=New York City |date=11 December 2004 |doi=10.1007/BF00430778 |bibcode=1992BVol...54..646F |s2cid=86862398|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1232468 }}
1918 – Battle of Belleau Wood in World War I: the U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at Château-Thierry (the losses are exceeded at the Battle of Tarawa in November 1943).{{cite web |url=https://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/belleau.htm |last=Duffy |first=Michael |title=Battles: the Battle of Belleau Wood |series=Battles: the Western Front |work=First World War.com |date= 22 August 2009 |access-date=13 January 2021}}
1925 – The original Chrysler Corporation was founded by Walter Chrysler from the remains of the Maxwell Motor Company.{{cite book |last1=Davis |first1=Mike |last2=Tell |first2=David |title=The Technology Century: 100 years of The Engineering Society 1895–1995 | publisher=Engineering Society of Detroit |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=nHhRAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Chrysler+Corporation,+founded+on+June+6,+1925%22 |section=Section II Automobiles: Picking Up Steam |year=1995 |page=53 |isbn=978-1-56378-022-6}}
1933 – The first drive-in theater opens in Camden, New Jersey.{{cite web |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-history-of-the-drive-in-movie-theater-51331221/ |last=Reid |first=Robin T. |title=The History of the Drive-In Movie Theater |work=Smithsonian Magazine |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |location=Washington, DC |date=27 May 2008 |access-date=13 January 2021}}
1934 – New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.{{cite journal |url=https://ssrn.com/abstract=2040946 |last=Lin |first=Tom C. W. |title=A Behavioral Framework for Securities Risk |journal=Seattle University Law Review |volume=34 |publisher=Social Science Research Network (SSRN) |location=Rochester, New York |date=16 April 2012 |page=325 |ssrn=2040946}}
1942 – The United States Navy's victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway is a major turning point in the Pacific Theater of World War II. All four Japanese fleet carriers taking part—{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Akagi||2}}, {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Kaga||2}}, {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Sōryū||2}} and {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Hiryū||2}}—are sunk, as is the heavy cruiser {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Mikuma||2}}. The American carrier {{USS|Yorktown|CV-5|2}} and the destroyer {{USS|Hammann|DD-412|2}} are also sunk.{{cite book |last1=Parshall |first1=Jonathan |last2=Tully |first2=Anthony |title=Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway |publisher=Potomac Books |location=Dulles, Virginia |isbn=978-15-74889-23-9 |year=2005 |pages=378–380, 476 |url=https://archive.org/details/shatteredswordun0000pars}}
1944 – Commencement of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, with the execution of Operation Neptune—commonly referred to as D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops cross the English Channel with about 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers participating. By the end of the day, the Allies have landed on five invasion beaches and are pushing inland.{{cite book |last=Beevor |first=Antony |author-link=Antony Beevor |title=D-Day: The Battle for Normandy |publisher=Viking |location=New York City |year=2009 |page=74 |isbn=978-06-70021-19-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/ddaybattlefornor00beev_0}}{{cite book |last1=Ellis |first1=L. F. |last2=Allen |first2=G. R. G. |last3=Warhurst |first3=A. E. |editor-last=Butler |editor-first=J. R. M. |editor-link=James Ramsay Montagu Butler |title=Victory in the West, Volume I: The Battle of Normandy |series=History of the Second World War United Kingdom Military Series |publisher=Naval & Military Press |location=London |year=2004 |orig-year=1962 |pages=521–533 |isbn=978-18-45740-58-0}}
1944 – Capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges by Allied paratroopers, also known as Operation Coup de Main (incorrectly referred to as Operation Deadstick.){{Cite web |date=2016-02-19 |title=Pegasus Bridge - Operation Deadstick - D-Day - Normandy landings |url=https://www.dday-overlord.com/en/d-day/air-operations/commonwealth/pegasus-bridge |access-date=2024-12-29 |language=en-US}}
1966 – March Against Fear: African-American civil rights activist James Meredith is wounded in an ambush by white sniper James Aubrey Norvell.{{cite news | title = 6 June 1966: Black civil rights activist shot | work = BBC News – On this day | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/6/newsid_3009000/3009967.stm | access-date = May 5, 2023 | date=June 6, 1966}} Meredith and Norvell are photographed by Jack R. Thornell, whose photo will receive the 1967 Pulitzer Prize in Photography, the last one to be awarded in the category.[http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Photography "Photography"]. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2023-22-05.
1971 – Soyuz 11 is launched. The mission ends in disaster when all three cosmonauts, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev are suffocated by uncontrolled decompression of the capsule during re-entry on 29 June.{{cite web |url=https://spacecentre.co.uk/blog-post/the-soyuz-11-disaster/ |last=Kendall |first=Dan |title=The Soyuz 11 Disaster |work=The National Space Centre |publisher=National Space Centre |location=Leicester |date=30 May 2018 |access-date=13 January 2021}}
1971 – Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collides with a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II of the United States Marine Corps over the San Gabriel Mountains, killing 50.{{cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 N9345 Duarte, CA |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19710606-0 |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}
1975 – British referendum results in continued membership of the European Economic Community, with 67% of votes in favour.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/6/newsid_2499000/2499297.stm |title=UK embraces Europe in referendum |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |location=London |date=6 June 1975 |access-date=13 January 2021}}
1976 – Chief Minister of Sabah Faud Stephens, Peter Joinud Mojuntin, and several other politicians are killed in a plane crash near Kota Kinabalu International Airport in Malaysia.{{cite news |date=5 April 2015 |title=Past air crashes that involved VIPs |work=The Rakyat Post |url=http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2015/04/05/past-air-crashes-that-involved-vips/ |access-date=24 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724213500/http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2015/04/05/past-air-crashes-that-involved-vips/ |archive-date=24 July 2015 |quote=The Double Six Crash, also known as the Double Six Tragedy, was a plane crash which took place in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. The plane was carrying 11 people, including then Sabah Chief Minister Tun Fuad Stephens, just seven weeks after he took office for a second term. The other passengers on the flight were State Ministers Datuk Salleh Sulong, Datuk Peter Mojuntin, Chong Thien Vun, and assistant minister Darius Binion.}}
1982 – The Lebanon War begins. Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.{{cite book |last=Bickerton |first=Ian J. |title=The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A History |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |location=London |year=2009 |page=151 |isbn=978-18-61895-27-1}}
1985 – The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is opened in Embu, Brazil; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz's "Angel of Death"; Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979.{{cite book |last1=Posner |first1=Gerald L. |author-link1=Gerald Posner |last2=Ware |first2=John |author-link2=John Ware (TV journalist) |title=Mengele: The Complete Story |publisher=McGraw-Hill |location=New York |year=1986 |pages=315–321 |isbn=978-00-70505-98-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/mengelecompletes00posn}}
1992 – Copa Airlines Flight 201 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes into the Darién Gap in Panama, killing all 47 aboard.{{cite news |date=9 June 1992 |title=Panama Plane Wreckage Found |newspaper=Manila Standard |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1370&dat=19920609&id=towmAAAAIBAJ&pg=6561,1445751}}
1993 – Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat wins the first presidential election in Mongolia.{{cite book |last1=Nohlen |first1=Dieter |last2=Grotz |first2=Florian |last3=Hartmann |first3=Christof |title=Elections in Asia: a Data Handbook, Volume II |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2001 |page=490 |isbn=978-01-99249-59-6}}
1994 – China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 crashes near Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, killing all 160 people on board.{{cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-154M B-2610 Xian-Xianyang International Airport (XIY) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19940606-1 |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}
2002 – Eastern Mediterranean event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at ten meters in diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.{{cite book |last=Morison |first=Ian |author-link=Ian Morison |title=A Journey through the Universe: Gresham Lectures on Astronomy |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2014 |page=107 |isbn=978-11-07073-46-3}}
2017 – Syrian civil war: The Battle of Raqqa begins with an offensive by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to capture the city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-raqqa-idUSKBN18X0LH|title=U.S.-backed Syrian force starts battle to capture Raqqa from Islamic State|publisher=Reuters|date=6 June 2017}}
2023 – Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam during the Russo-Ukrainian war.{{Cite news |last1=Willis |first1=Haley |last2=Kramer |first2=Andrew E. |last3=Kim |first3=Victoria |date=2023-06-06 |title=Russia-Ukraine War: Critical Dam Destroyed on Front Line in Southern Ukraine |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/06/world/russia-ukraine-news |access-date=2023-06-07 |issn=0362-4331}}
2024 – The launch of SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 4 (IFT-4){{Cite web |title=SpaceX accomplishes first soft splashdown of Starship, Super Heavy Booster on Flight 4 mission – Spaceflight Now |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/06/06/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-its-starship-rocket-on-its-fourth-test-flight/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |language=en-US}}

Births

=Pre-1600=

1436 – Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller von Königsberg), German mathematician, astronomer, and bishop (died 1476){{cite book |title=Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People |year=1876 |publisher=W. and R. Chambers |location=Edinburgh |page=167 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b21LAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA167}}{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Regiomontanus |title=Regiomontanus |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=12 July 2020}}
1519 – Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (died 1603){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andrea-Cesalpino |title=Andrea Cesalpino |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=12 July 2020}}
1599 – Diego Velázquez (date of baptism), Spanish painter and educator (died 1660){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diego-Velazquez |title=Diego Velázquez |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=14 January 2021}}

=1601–1900=

1606 – Pierre Corneille, French playwright and producer (died 1684){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pierre-Corneille |title=Pierre Corneille |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=14 January 2021}}
1622 – Claude-Jean Allouez, French-American missionary and explorer (died 1689){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Claude-Jean-Allouez |title=Claude-Jean Allouez |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=14 January 2021}}
1714 – Joseph I of Portugal, King of Portugal from 31 July 1750 until his death (died 1777){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-king-of-Portugal |title=Joseph, King of Portugal |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=14 January 2021}}
1755 – Nathan Hale, American soldier (died 1776){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nathan-Hale |title=Nathan Hale (American Revolutionary War officer) |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=14 January 2021}}
1756 – John Trumbull, American soldier and painter (died 1843){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Trumbull-American-painter |title=John Trumbull (American painter) |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=14 January 2021}}
1799 – Alexander Pushkin, Russian author and poet (died 1837){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aleksandr-Sergeyevich-Pushkin |title=Aleksandr Pushkin |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=14 January 2021}}
1810 – Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin, German philologist and scholar (died 1856){{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Schneidewin, Friedrich Wilhelm |volume=24 |page=345}}{{cite book |last=Baumeister |first=August |author-link=August Baumeister |title=Schneidewin, Friedrich Wilhelm |work=Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German) |volume=32 |publisher=Duncker & Humblot |location=Leipzig |year=1891 |pages=150–153}}
1825 – Friedrich Bayer, German pharmacist, founded Bayer (died 1880){{cite web|title=Eigentlich müsste es Beyer heißen|website=www.ksta.de|publisher=Leverkusener Anzeiger|url=http://www.ksta.de/stadt-leverkusen/bayer-eigentlich-muesste-es-beyer-heissen,15189132,22822812.html|access-date=2015-05-26|last=Thomas Käding|date=2013-05-21}}
1841 – Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (died 1910){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eliza-Orzeszkowa |title=Eliza Orzeszkowa |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1843 – Henriette Wulfsberg, Norwegian school owner and writer (died 1906){{cite book|last1=Borgen |first1=Per Otto |title=De skriveføre drammensere : drammensdiktere gjennom 220 år |date=1996 |publisher=Forl. for by- og bygdehistorie |location=Drammen |isbn=8291649022 |pages=82–85 |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2014061608252?page=83 |language=no}}
1850 – Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate in 1909 for physics (died 1918){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferdinand-Braun |title=Ferdinand Braun |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1851 – Angelo Moriondo, Italian inventor of the espresso machine (died 1914){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/google-doodle-honors-angelo-moriondo-who-was-he-and-what-did-he-invent|title=Google Doodle Honors Angelo Moriondo: Who Was He and What Did He Invent? |access-date=6 June 2022}}
1857 – Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist (died 1918){{cite web |url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Lyapunov/ |last1=O'Connor |first1=J. J. |last2=Robertson |first2=E. F. |title=Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov |work=MacTutor |publisher=School of Mathematics and Statistics |location=University of St Andrews |date=2004 |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1862 – Henry Newbolt, English historian, author, and poet (died 1938){{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Newbolt, Henry John |volume=19 |page=463}}
1867 – David T. Abercrombie, American entrepreneur and co-founder of lifestyle brand Abercrombie & Fitch (died 1931){{Cite book |last=Abercrombie |first=Ronald Taylor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JTExAAAAMAAJ&q=%22David+Thomas+Abercrombie%22 |title=The Abercrombies of Baltimore: A Genealogical and Biographical Sketch of the Family of David Abercrombie, who Settled in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1848 |date=1940 |publisher=Priv. print. |language=en}}
1868 – Robert Falcon Scott, English sailor and explorer (died 1912){{cite book |last=Crane |first=David |author-link=David Crane (historian) |title=Scott of the Antarctic: A Life of Courage, and Tragedy in the Extreme South |publisher=HarperCollins |location=London |year=2005 |pages=14–15 |isbn=978-00-07150-68-7}}
1872 – Alix of Hesse, German princess and Russian empress (died 1918){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexandra-empress-consort-of-Russia |title=Alexandra, Empress Consort of Russia |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1872 – Arthur Henry Adams, Australian journalist and author (died 1936){{Cite web |title=Arthur H. Adams |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A14697 |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
1875 – Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1955){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Mann |title=Thomas Mann |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1890 – Ted Lewis, American singer, clarinet player, and bandleader (died 1971){{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/08/26/archives/ted-lewis-showman-dies-at-80-tophatted-jazzman-made-isevrybody.html |last=Freeman |first=William M. |title=Ted Lewis, Showman, Dies at 80 |newspaper=New York Times |date=26 August 1971 |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1891 – Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, Indian author and academic (died 1986){{cite web |url=https://www.karnataka.com/personalities/masti-venkatesha-iyengar/ |author=Madur |title=Masti Venkatesha Iyengar – The Famous Kannada Writer |publisher=Mahesh |location=Karnataka |date=10 October 2011 |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1891 – Erich Marcks, German general in WWII who planned Operation Barbarossa (died 1944){{cite web |url=https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/44532/Marcks-Erich.htm |title=Marcks, Erich |work=Traces of War |publisher=STIWOT |location=Badhoevedorp, Netherlands |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1896 – Henry Allingham, English World War I soldier and supercentenarian (died 2009){{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4/entries/7e185c19-18d1-3267-a230-705aa674f52a |title=Henry William Allingham, 6 June 1896 – 18 July 2009 |work=BBC Radio 4 |publisher=BBC |location=London |date=19 July 2009 |access-date=8 July 2020}}
1896 – Italo Balbo, Italian air marshal and fascist politician who played a key role in developing Mussolini's air force (died 1940){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Italo-Balbo |title=Italo Balbo |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1897 – Joel Rinne, Finnish actor (died 1981){{cite web|url=https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000001234164.html|title=Savusaunasta Suomen parhaan elokuvan tähdeksi – Joel Rinteen uskomaton elämäntarina!|first=Siru|last=Valleala|work=Ilta-Sanomat|date=August 5, 2016|access-date=January 6, 2021|language=fi}}
1898 – Jacobus Johannes Fouché, South African politician, 2nd State President of South Africa (died 1980){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jacobus-Johannes-Fouche |title=Jacobus Johannes Fouché |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1898 – Ninette de Valois, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (died 2001){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ninette-de-Valois |title=Dame Ninette de Valois |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1900 – Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician (died 1957){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Manfred-J-Sakel |title=Manfred Sakel |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=15 January 2021}}

=1901–present=

1901 – Jan Struther, English author, poet and hymnwriter who created the character Mrs Miniver (died 1953){{cite ODNB|id=39183|title=Placzek, Joyce Anstruther [pseud. Jan Struther]}}
1901 – Sukarno, Indonesian engineer and politician, 1st President of Indonesia (died 1970){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sukarno |title=Sukarno |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1902 – Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (died 1947){{cite book |last=Determeyer |first=Eddy |title=Rhythm Is Our Business: Jimmie Lunceford and the Harlem Express |publisher=University of Michigan Press |year=2006 |pages=1–2 |isbn=978-04-72033-59-1}}
1903 – Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor (died 1978){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aram-Khachaturian |title=Aram Khachaturian |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1906 – Max August Zorn, German mathematician and academic who is noted for Zorn's Lemma (died 1993){{cite web |url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Zorn/ |last1=O'Connor |first1=J. J. |last2=Robertson |first2=E. F. |title=Max August Zorn |work=MacTutor |publisher=School of Mathematics and Statistics |location=University of St Andrews |date=2002 |access-date=16 January 2021}}
1907 – Bill Dickey, American baseball player and manager who played in eight World Series, winning seven (died 1993){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bill-Dickey |title=Bill Dickey |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1909 – Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-English historian and philosopher (died 1997){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Isaiah-Berlin |title=Isaiah Berlin |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=16 January 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituray-sir-isaiah-berlin-1292530.html |first=Henry |last=Hardy |title=Obituary: Sir Isaiah Berlin |work=The Independent |location=London |date=7 November 1997 |access-date=16 January 2021}}
1915 – Vincent Persichetti, American pianist and composer (died 1987){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vincent-Persichetti |title=Vincent Persichetti |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=16 January 2021}}
1916 – Hamani Diori, Nigerien academic and politician, 1st President of Niger (died 1989){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hamani-Diori |title=Hamani Diori |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=16 January 2021}}
1917 – Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman, founded the Tracinda Corporation (died 2015){{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/business/kirk-kerkorian-billionaire-investor-in-film-studios-and-casinos-dies-at-98.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/business/kirk-kerkorian-billionaire-investor-in-film-studios-and-casinos-dies-at-98.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |last=Kandell |first=Jonathan |title=Kirk Kerkorian, Billionaire Investor in Film Studios and Casinos, Dies at 98 |newspaper=New York Times |date=16 June 2015 |access-date=16 January 2021}}{{cbignore}}
1918 – Kenneth Connor, English comedy actor (died 1993){{cite ODNB|id=51616|title=Connor, Kenneth}}
1918 – Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edwin-Krebs |title=Edwin Gerhard Krebs |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1919 – Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, English army officer and politician, 6th Secretary General of NATO (died 2018){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-Carington-6th-Baron-Carrington-of-Upton |title=Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1923 – V. C. Andrews, American author, illustrator, and painter (died 1986){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Andrews_V_C_1923-1986#start_entry |last=Campbell | first=Edward D. C. Jr. |title=V. C. Andrews (1923–1986) |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Virginia |date=8 April 2009 |access-date=16 January 2021}}
1923 – Jean Pouliot, Canadian broadcaster (died 2004){{cite news |last=Francoeur |first=Gary |title=Broadcast executive Jean Pouliot founded TVA, TQS networks |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |date=10 August 2004 |page=8}}
1925 – Maxine Kumin, American poet and author (died 2014){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Maxine-Kumin |title=Maxine Kumin |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1925 – Frank Chee Willeto, American soldier and politician, 4th Vice President of the Navajo Nation and a noted code talker during World War II (died 2013){{cite news |url=https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/navajo-code-talker-frank-chee-willeto-walks-on-xYLgf2Xa-UupZ7I2ttdL1A |title=Navajo Code Talker Frank Chee Willeto Walks On |newspaper=Ict News |publisher=Indian Country Today |location=Phoenix |date=26 June 2012 |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1926 – Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (died 1998){{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-klaus-tennstedt-1138414.html |last1=Lebrecht |first1=Norman |last2=Lister |first2=David |title=Obituary: Klaus Tennstedt |work=The Independent |location=London |date=13 January 1998 |access-date=16 January 2021}}
1929 – James Barnor, Ghanaian photographer{{cite news |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2019-06-21-00-photographer-james-barnor-ever-young-at-90 |last=Naidoo |first=Riason |title=Photographer James Barnor – Ever Young at 90 |newspaper=Mail & Guardian |location=Johannesburg |date=21 June 2019 |access-date=24 September 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/whats-on/james-barnor/ |title=Exhibition – James Barnor |publisher=Serpentine Galleries |location=London |access-date=24 September 2020}}
1929 – Sunil Dutt, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician (died 2005){{cite news |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050526/main1.htm |first=Shiv |last=Kumar |title=Sunil Dutt is no more |newspaper=The Tribune |location=Chandigarh |date=25 May 2005 |access-date=24 September 2020}}
1930 – Frank Tyson, English-Australian cricketer, coach and journalist (died 2015){{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/21644.html |title=Frank Tyson |publisher=ESPN Sports Media Ltd |location=London |access-date=8 July 2020}}
1932 – David Scott, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut who was the commander of Apollo 15{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Scott |title=David Scott |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1933 – Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Heinrich-Rohrer |title=Heinrich Rohrer |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1934 – Albert II, King of the Belgians from 9 August 1993 to 21 July 2013 (abdicated){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albert-II-king-of-Belgium |title=Albert II – King of Belgium |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1934 – Taichi Yamada, Japanese screenwriter and novelist (died 2023){{Cite web |url=https://www.waseda.jp/top/assets/uploads/2016/10/2016_Mr.Taichi-Yamada.pdf |title=顕彰状山田太一氏 |work=Honors and Awards Database - Waseda University |publisher=Waseda University |language=ja |date=24 September 2016 |access-date=3 December 2023}}
1935 – Jon Henricks, Australian swimmer; winner of two Olympic gold medals in 1956{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/jon-henricks |title=Jon Henricks |publisher=International Olympic Committee |location=Lausanne |access-date=8 July 2020}}
1936 – D. Ramanaidu, Indian actor, director, and producer, founded Suresh Productions (died 2015){{cite news |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/telugu-producer-d-rama-naidu-passes-away-movie-moguls-death-shocks-celebs-fans-623854 |last=Hooli |first=Shekhar H. |title=Telugu Producer D Rama Naidu Passes Away; Movie Mogul's Death Shocks Tollywood Celebs |work=International Business Times |location=Bangalore |date=18 February 2015 |access-date=16 January 2021}}
1936 – Levi Stubbs, American soul singer; lead vocalist of the Four Tops (died 2008){{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/arts/music/18stubbs.html?ref=obituaries |last=Maynard |first=Micheline |title=Levi Stubbs, 72, Powerful Voice for Four Tops, Dies |newspaper=The New York Times |date=17 October 2008 |access-date=24 September 2020}}
1939 – Louis Andriessen, Dutch pianist and composer (died 2021){{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/sep/28/classicalmusicandopera.artsfeatures1 |last=O'Mahony |first=John |title=Louis the first |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=28 September 2002 |access-date=16 January 2021}}
1939 – Gary U.S. Bonds, American singer-songwriter{{cite book |first=Joseph |last=Murrells |title=The Book of Golden Discs |edition=2nd |publisher=Barrie and Jenkins Ltd |location=London |year=1978 |page=132 |isbn=978-02-14205-12-5 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/132}}
1940 – Willie John McBride, Northern Irish rugby player who toured with the British Lions five times{{cite web |url=https://www.planetrugby.com/my-rugby-hero-ireland-and-british-and-irish-lions-legend-willie-john-mcbride/ |title=My rugby hero: Willie John McBride |work=Planet Rugby |publisher=Planet Sport Publishing |location=Leeds |date=13 January 2021 |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1943 – Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate in 1996 for chemistry (died 2005){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Smalley |title=Richard Smalley |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1944 – Monty Alexander, Jamaican jazz pianist{{cite book |last=Rinzler |first=Paul |title=The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, vol. 1 |year=2002 |publisher=Grove's Dictionaries Inc. |location=New York |chapter=Alexander, Monty |page=28 |isbn=978-15-61592-84-5}}
1944 – Phillip Allen Sharp, American molecular biologist; 1993 Nobel Prize laureate (Physiology or Medicine){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Phillip-A-Sharp |title=Phillip A. Sharp |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=8 July 2020}}
1944 – Tommie Smith, American sprinter and football player; winner of 1968 Olympic 200m gold medal in a world record time{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tommie-Smith |title=Tommie Smith |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=8 July 2020}}
1946 – Tony Levin, American bass player and songwriter{{cite web |last=Ankeny |first=Jason |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p98056|pure_url=yes}} |title=Tony Levin |work=AllMusic |location=Ann Arbor, Michigan |access-date=7 July 2020}}
1947 – David Blunkett, British Labour politician; Home Secretary 2001–2004{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Blunkett |title=David Blunkett |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=7 July 2020}}
1947 – Robert Englund, American actor; best known for Nightmare on Elm Street{{cite web |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2020/06/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-june-6-2020-includes-celebrities-robert-englund-jason-isaacs.html |last=Rose |first=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays |publisher=Advance Local Media LLC |location=Cleveland, Ohio |date=6 June 2020 |access-date=7 July 2020}}
1947 – Ada Kok, Dutch butterfly stroke swimmer; winner of three Olympic medals including gold in 1968{{cite web |url=http://www.swimnews.com/News/view/9495 |title=Happy Birthday To A Butterfly Legend |publisher=Swim News Publishing Inc. |location=Woodbridge, Ontario |date=6 June 2012 |access-date=7 July 2020}}
1947 – Keith Daniel Williams, American convicted rapist and triple murderer (died 1996){{cite web|title=Capital Punishment|work=California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation|url=http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Capital_Punishment/inmates_executed/Keith_Williams.html|access-date=December 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911205548/http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Capital_Punishment/inmates_executed/Keith_Williams.html|archive-date=September 11, 2014}}
1948 – Arlene Harris, American entrepreneur, inventor, investor and policy advocate{{cite web |url=http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/arlene_joy_harris_born_1948_3655492 |title=Arlene Joy Harris profile |publisher=California Birth Records |location=Los Angeles |access-date=7 July 2020}}
1949 – Holly Near, American folk singer and songwriter{{cite web |last=Deming |first=Mark |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p579909|pure_url=yes}} |title=Holly Near |work=AllMusic |location=Ann Arbor, Michigan |access-date=7 July 2020}}
1951 – Dwight Twilley, American pop/rock singer and songwriter (died 2023){{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/01/arts/music/dwight-twilley-dead.html|title=Dwight Twilley, Rootsy Power-Pop Hitmaker, Dies at 72|last=Williams|first=Alex|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 1, 2023|access-date=November 2, 2023}}
1954 – Harvey Fierstein, American actor and playwright; winner of four Tony Awards{{cite web |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Harvey_Fierstein.html |title=Harvey Fierstein |work=Jewish Virtual Library |date=6 June 1954 |access-date=7 July 2020}}
1954 – Wladyslaw Zmuda, Polish footballer and manager; 91 caps for Poland and voted Best Young Player at the 1974 FIFA World Cup{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/wladyslaw-zmuda |title=Wladyslaw Zmuda |publisher=International Olympic Committee |location=Lausanne |access-date=7 July 2020}}
1955 – Sam Simon, American director, producer and screenwriter; co-developer of The Simpsons (died 2015){{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/mar/09/sam-simon-obituary |last=Carlson |first=Michael |title=Sam Simon obituary |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=9 March 2015 |access-date=7 July 2020}}
1956 – Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player; winner of eleven Grand Slam singles titles including five consecutive Wimbledons{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bjorn-Borg |title=Björn Borg |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=7 July 2020}}
1959 – Colin Quinn, American comedian and actor{{cite web |title=Colin Quinn |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/156565%7C0/Colin-Quinn#overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=1 June 2023}}
1960 – Steve Vai, American musician{{cite web |title=Steve Vai celebrates 61st birthday with "Sandman Cloud Mist" jam |url=https://bravewords.com/news/steve-vai-celebrates-61st-birthday-with-sandman-cloud-mist-jam |publisher=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles |access-date=1 June 2023 |date=7 June 2021}}
1963 – Jason Isaacs, English actor{{Cite web |title=Jason Isaacs News & Biography - Empire |url=https://www.empireonline.com/people/jason-isaacs/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=www.empireonline.com}}
1966 – Sophie Jamal, Canadian endocrinologist involved in scientific misconduct{{cite web|url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001127392.html|title=Jamal, Sophie (Sophie A.), 1966-|work=Library of Congress|date=12 March 2001|access-date=4 February 2022}}
1966 – Tony Yeboah, Ghanaian footballer{{Cite web |title=Anthony Yeboah Leeds United Forward, Profile & Stats {{!}} Premier League |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/889/Anthony-Yeboah/overview |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=www.premierleague.com |language=en}}
1967 – Paul Giamatti, American actor and producer{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Giamatti|title = Paul Giamatti {{pipe}} Biography, Films, & Facts| date=2 June 2023 }}
1972 – Natalie Morales, American television journalist and NBC News anchor{{cite web |url=https://hollywoodlife.com/celeb/natalie-morales/ |last=Fuller |first=Bonnie |title=Natalie Morales |work=HollywoodLife |date=5 May 2016 |location=Los Angeles |access-date=7 July 2020}}
1973 – Jackie Arklöv, Swedish mercenary and convicted murderer{{cite web |author=Jackie Banny Arklöv |title=Ratsit - gratis upplysning på företag och privatpersoner |url=http://www.ratsit.se/BC/ReportSmall.aspx?ID=WroizDX9e_DrJLvlRtqi2y-KWeek109Z38ZLEO4hyro |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531140936/http://www.ratsit.se/BC/ReportSmall.aspx?ID=WroizDX9e_DrJLvlRtqi2y-KWeek109Z38ZLEO4hyro |archive-date=31 May 2009 |access-date=9 May 2025 |publisher=Ratsit.se}}{{Cite web |last=Radio |first=Sveriges |date=2006-12-18 |title=Swedish killer found guilty of crimes against humanity - Radio Sweden |url=https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/1098709 |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=www.sverigesradio.se |language=en}}
1974 – Uncle Kracker, American musician{{Cite web |title=Uncle Kracker Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/uncle-kracker-mn0000219428 |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}
1974 – Sonya Walger, British-American actress{{cite web|url=https://www.tvinsider.com/people/sonya-walger/|title = Sonya Walger - Actress| date=22 July 2022 }}
1977 – David Connolly, Irish footballer{{Cite web |title=David Connolly Forward, Profile & Stats {{!}} Premier League |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/3037/David-Connolly/overview |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=www.premierleague.com |language=en}}
1979 – Roberto De Zerbi, Italian football manager{{Cite web |title=Roberto De Zerbi Brighton and Hove Albion Manager Profile, Record & Stats {{!}} Premier League |url=https://www.premierleague.com/managers/118012/Roberto-De%20Zerbi/overview |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=www.premierleague.com |language=en}}
1983 – Michael Krohn-Dehli, Danish footballer{{Cite web |url=https://www.eurosport.com/geoblocking.shtml |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=www.eurosport.com |title=Eurosport is not available in your region }}
1985 – Sebastian Larsson, Swedish footballer{{Cite web |title=Sebastian Larsson AIK Midfielder, Profile & Stats {{!}} Premier League |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/2613/Sebastian-Larsson/overview |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=www.premierleague.com |language=en}}
1985 – Drew McIntyre, Scottish professional wrestler{{Cite web |date=2022-08-30 |title=WWE Profile - Drew McIntyre |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/wwe/story/_/id/23405953/wwe-profile-page-drew-mcintyre |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}
1985 – Becky Sauerbrunn, American footballer; twice a winner of the FIFA Women's World Cup, also an Olympic gold medallist{{cite web |url=https://www.ussoccer.com/players/s/becky-sauerbrunn |title=Becky Sauerbrunn |publisher=US Soccer |location=Chicago |access-date=14 January 2021}}
1988 – Anthony Pilkington, Irish footballer{{Cite web |title=Anthony Pilkington Fleetwood Town Midfielder, Profile & Stats {{!}} Premier League |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4356/Anthony-Pilkington/overview |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=www.premierleague.com |language=en}}
1990 – Gavin Hoyte, English born footballer who represented Trinidad and Tobago{{Cite web |title=Gavin Hoyte Maidstone United Defender, Profile & Stats {{!}} Premier League |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/3048/Gavin-Hoyte/overview |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=www.premierleague.com |language=en}}
1990 – Anthony Rendon, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Anthony Rendon |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/anthony-rendon-543685 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=1 June 2023}}
1990 – Pape Souaré, Senegalese footballer{{Cite web |title=Pape Souaré Charlton Athletic Defender, Profile & Stats {{!}} Premier League |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/10444/Pape-Souar%C3%A9/overview |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=www.premierleague.com |language=en}}
1992 – DeAndre Hopkins, American football player{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HopkDe00.htm|title = DeAndre Hopkins Stats| website=Pro-Football-Reference.com }}
1993 – Vic Mensa, American rapper and singer{{Cite web |last=Madden |first=Sidney|title=Happy Birthday, Vic Mensa! - XXL |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/happy-birthday-vic-mensa/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=XXL Mag |date=6 June 2016 |language=en}}
1994 – Yvon Mvogo, Swiss footballer{{Cite web |title=Yvon Mvogo profile |url=https://www.ligue1.com/player |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Ligue1 |language=en}}
1995 – Julian Green, American soccer player{{Cite web |title=Julian Wesley Green {{!}} SpVgg Greuther Fürth {{!}} Player Profile {{!}} Bundesliga |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/julian-green |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website |language=en}}
1996 – Jack Hetherington, Australian rugby league player[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.com/players/Jack_Hetherington.html RLP]
1998 – Kenny Pickett, American football player{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PickKe00.htm|title = Kenny Pickett Stats| website=Pro-Football-Reference.com }}
2000 – Haechan, South Korean singer{{Cite web |title=NCT DREAM, 일본 첫 돔투어 전석 매진 |url=https://kstar.kbs.co.kr/list_view.html?idx=318352|date=4 June 2024|access-date=23 February 2025|website=KBS미디어 |language=ko}}
2001 – Rayan Aït-Nouri, French-Algerian footballer{{Cite web |title=Rayan Aït-Nouri Wolverhampton Wanderers Defender, Profile & Stats {{!}} Premier League |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/71432/Rayan-A%C3%AFt-Nouri/overview |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=www.premierleague.com |language=en}}

Deaths

=Pre-1600=

184 – Qiao Xuan, Chinese official (born {{circa|110}})(玄以光和六年卒，時年七十五。) Houhanshu, vol. 51. This recorded that Qiao Xuan died in the 6th year of the Guanghe era (178–184) of Emperor Ling's reign at the age of 75 (by East Asian age reckoning). By calculation, his birth year should be around 109. However, a tablet Cai Yong wrote for Qiao Xuan stated that Qiao Xuan died on 6 June 184.
863 – Abu Musa Utamish, vizier to the Abbasid Caliphate{{cite book |last=Gordon |first=Matthew S. |title=The Breaking of a Thousand Swords: A History of the Turkish Military of Samarra (A.H. 200–275 / 815–889 C.E.) |year=2001 |publisher=State University of New York Press |location=Albany, New York |pages=94–95 |isbn=978-07-91447-95-6}}
913 – Alexander III, Byzantine emperor (born 870){{cite book |last=Hupchick |first=Dennis P. |title=The Bulgarian-Byzantine Wars for Early Medieval Balkan Hegemony: Silver-Lined Skulls and Blinded Armies |year=2017 |publisher=Springer Publishing |location=New York |page=169 |isbn=978-33-19562-06-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wa4sDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA169}}
1097 – Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon and Navarre{{cite web |url=http://gutenberg.org/articles/eng/Agnes_of_Aquitaine,_Queen_of_Aragon_and_Navarre |title=Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon and Navarre |work=Gutenberg Project |location=University of North Carolina |access-date=6 February 2021}}
1134 – Norbert of Xanten, German bishop and saint (born 1060){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Norbert-of-Xanten |title=Saint Norbert of Xanten |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=6 February 2021}}
1217 – Henry I, King of Castile and Toledo (born 1204){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-I-king-of-Castile |title=Henry I |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=6 February 2021}}
1251 – William III of Dampierre, Count of Flanders{{cite book |last=Jordan |first=William Chester |title=Louis IX and the Challenge of the Crusade: A Study in Rulership |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=1979 |page=124 |isbn=9780691052854 |url=https://archive.org/details/louisixchallenge00jordrich}}
1252 – Robert Passelewe, Bishop of Chichester{{cite ODNB|id=21507|title=Passelewe, Robert}}
1480 – Vecchietta, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (born 1412){{cite web |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG49491 |title=Vecchietta |publisher=British Museum |location=London |access-date=11 April 2021}}
1548 – João de Castro, Portuguese soldier and politician, Governor of Portuguese India (born 1500){{cite book |last=McMurdo |first=Edward |title=The History of Portugal: The history of Portugal from the reign of D. João II to the reign of D. João V |year=1889 |publisher=Sampson Low |location=London |page=135 |isbn=978-11-65133-23-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oGdCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA135}}
1583 – Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese daimyo (born 1556){{cite book |last=Papinot |first=Edmond |author-link=Edmond Papinot |title=Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du Japon |publisher=Librarie Sansaisha |location=Tokyo |year=1906 |pages=863, 498, 662 |asin=B001E6P3PQ |language=fr}}

=1601–1900=

1661 – Martino Martini, Italian Jesuit missionary (born 1614){{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.com/encyclopedia/martino-martini |title=Martino Martini |work=Catholic Answers |location=San Diego |access-date=11 April 2021}}
1799 – Patrick Henry, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia (born 1736){{cite ANB |last1=Tate |first1=Thad |title=Henry, Patrick (1736-1799), revolutionary statesman, orator, and lawyer |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0100396}}
1813 – Antonio Cachia, Maltese architect, engineer and archaeologist (born 1739){{cite book |last=Schiavone |first=Michael J. |title=Dictionary of Maltese Biographies, Volume 1, A–F |publisher=Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza |location=Pietà, Malta |year=2009 |page=378 |isbn=978-99-93291-32-9}}
1832 – Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher (born 1748){{cite ODNB |last1=Rosen |first1=F. |title=Bentham, Jeremy (1748–1832), philosopher, jurist, and reformer |date=29 May 2014 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/2153}}
1861 – Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (born 1810){{cite book |last1=Orsi |first1=Pietro |title=Cavour and the Making of Modern Italy, 1810-1861 |date=1914 |publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons |location=New York |page=345}}
1865 – William Quantrill, American Confederate guerrilla band leader (born 1837){{cite ANB |last1=Castel |first1=Albert |title=Quantrill, William Clarke (1837-1865), pro-Confederate guerrilla leader |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0400815}}
1878 – Robert Stirling, Scottish minister and engineer, invented the stirling engine (born 1790){{cite ODNB |last1=Marsden |first1=Ben |title=Stirling, Robert (1790–1878), Church of Scotland minister and inventor of a hot-air engine |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/26534}}
1881 – Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (born 1820){{cite Grove|last1=Schwarz |first1=Boris |last2=Hibberd |first2=Sarah |title=Vieuxtemps, Henry |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/omo/9781561592630.013.90000380408}}
1891 – John A. Macdonald, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (born 1815){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Alexander-Macdonald |title=Sir John Macdonald |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=14 April 2021}}

=1901–present=

1916 – Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (born 1859){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yuan-Shikai |title=Yuan Shikai |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=14 April 2021}}
1922 – Lillian Russell, American actress and singer (born 1860){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lillian-Russell |title=Lillian Russell |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=14 April 2021}}
1935 – Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor-General of Canada (born 1862){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julian-H-G-Byng-Viscount-Byng-of-Vimy |title=Julian Hedworth George Byng, Viscount Byng of Vimy |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=14 April 2021}}
1939 – Constantin Noe, Megleno-Romanian editor and professor (born 1883){{cite book|url=https://www.academia.edu/5573680|title=Aromâni, meglenoromâni, istroromâni: aspecte identitare și culturale|first1=Adina|last1=Berciu Drăghicescu|first2=Lozovanu|last2=Dorin|first3=Coman|last3=Virgil|publisher=Editura Universității din București|year=2012|language=ro|isbn=9786061601486}}
1941 – Louis Chevrolet, American race car driver and businessman, founded Chevrolet and Frontenac Motor Corporation (born 1878){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-Chevrolet |title=Louis Chevrolet |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=14 April 2021}}
1946 – Gerhart Hauptmann, German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1862){{cite book |title=Academic American encyclopedia |publisher=Grolier |location=Danbury, Connecticut |year=1997 |page=6 |isbn=978-07-17220-68-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wl0NAQAAMAAJ}}
1947 – James Agate, English author and critic (born 1877){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Agate |title=James Agate |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=14 April 2021}}
1948 – Louis Lumière, French film director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1864){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lumiere-brothers#ref632952 |title=Lumière brothers |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=14 April 2021}}{{cite book |title=Arachnē : Revue Interdisciplinaire de Langue et de Littérature |year=1995 |publisher=Laurentian University |location=Sudbury, Ontario |page=294 |oclc=300266971 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5xAqAQAAIAAJ}}
1955 – Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter and educator (born 1875){{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |id2=meldrum-duncan-max-7553 |last1=McGrath |first1=Joyce |last2=Smith |first2=Bernard |title=Duncan Max Meldrum (1875–1955) |year=1986 |volume=10 |access-date=13 April 2021}}
1961 – Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (born 1875){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-Jung |title=Carl Jung |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=14 April 2021}}
1962 – Yves Klein, French painter (born 1928){{cite book |last=Kahn |first=Annette |author-link=:fr:Annette Kahn |title=Yves Klein: Le maître du bleu |publisher=Éditions Stock |location=Paris |year=2000 |isbn=978-22-34052-18-5 |ol=21884551M |lccn=00359365}}
1962 – Tom Phillis, Australian motorcycle racer (born 1934){{cite journal |title=Tom Phillis |journal=Motor Cycle |publisher=Iliffe Publications Ltd |location=London |volume=108 |issue=3079 |date=14 June 1962 |page=792}}
1963 – William Baziotes, American painter and academic (born 1912){{cite web |url=https://www.theartstory.org/artist/baziotes-william/ |title=William Baziotes |publisher=The Art Story Foundation |location=New York City |access-date=13 April 2021}}
1968 – Robert F. Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (born 1925){{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/06/robert-kennedy-assassination-anniversary |last=Cohen |first=Michael |title=Bobby Kennedy: Democratic apostate, political opportunist, liberal idealist |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=6 June 2013 |access-date=6 February 2021}}
1976 – J. Paul Getty, American businessman, founded the Getty Oil Company (born 1892){{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/30/books/isn-t-it-funny-what-money-can-do.html |last=O'Reilly |first=Jane |title=Isn't It Funny What Money Can Do? |newspaper=New York Times |date=30 March 1986 |access-date=29 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330211214/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/30/books/isn-t-it-funny-what-money-can-do.html |archive-date=30 March 2018}}
1979 – Jack Haley, American actor (born 1897){{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1979/06/07/jack-haley-dies-was-tin-man-in-the-wizard-of-oz/2c6b95f4-2ec3-49a5-bf62-4b09596f6642/ |last=Smith |first=J. Y. |title=Jack Haley Dies, Was Tin Man in 'The Wizard of Oz' |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=7 June 1979 |access-date=13 April 2021}}
1982 – Kenneth Rexroth, American poet and academic (born 1905){{cite journal |url=http://www.pnreview.co.uk/cgi-bin/scribe?item_id=6752 |title=News & Notes |journal=PN Review |date=February 1983 |volume=9 |issue=3 |access-date=2 November 2014}}
1983 – Hans Leip, German author, poet, and playwright who wrote the lyrics of Lili Marleen (born 1893){{cite web |url=https://www.radioswissjazz.ch/en/music-database/musician/11542fd2cfefd1b4596672a53ddd226851e78/biography |title=Hans Leip |work=Radio Swiss Jazz |publisher=Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft (SRG SSR): trans. Swiss Broadcasting Corporation |location=Bern |date=20 April 2014 |access-date=15 January 2021}}
1991 – Stan Getz, American saxophonist and jazz innovator (born 1927){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stan-Getz |title=Stan Getz |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=20 July 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/08/obituaries/stan-getz-64-jazz-innovator-on-saxophone-dies.html |title=Stan Getz, 64, Jazz Innovator on Saxophone, Dies |work=The New York Times |first=Peter |last=Watrous |date=8 June 1991 |access-date=20 July 2020}}
1994 – Mark McManus, Scottish actor (born 1935){{cite web |title=Obituary: Mark McManus |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-mark-mcmanus-1420944.html |website=The Independent |access-date=27 November 2022 |language=en |date=6 June 1994}}
1994 – Barry Sullivan, American film actor (born 1912){{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-barry-sullivan-1421948.html |first=David |last=Shipman |title=Obituary: Barry Sullivan |date=11 June 1994 |access-date=20 July 2020}}
1996 – George Davis Snell, American geneticist and immunologist; awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980 for his studies of histocompatibility (born 1903){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Davis-Snell |title=George Davis Snell |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=20 July 2020}}
2005 – Anne Bancroft, American film actress; winner of the 1963 Academy Award for Best Actress for The Miracle Worker (born 1931){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anne-Bancroft |title=Anne Bancroft |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=20 July 2020}}
2006 – Billy Preston, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (born 1946){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Billy-Preston |title=Billy Preston |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=20 July 2020}}
2009 – Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic; awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his studies of the genetic basis of immunological reaction (born 1916){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Dausset |title=Jean Dausset |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=20 July 2020}}
2012 – Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player; together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, formed the famed KLM Line. (born 1960){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vladimir-Krutov |title=Vladimir Yevgenyevich Krutov |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=20 July 2020}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/olympic-ice-hockey/photos/2014/02/12/greatest-russian-hockey-players-all-time/6 |last1=Cazeneuve |first1=Brian |title=Greatest Russian Hockey Players Of All Time |magazine=Sports Illustrated |location=Sydney |date=12 February 2014 |access-date=20 July 2020}}
2013 – Jerome Karle, American crystallographer and academic; awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research into the molecular structure of chemical compounds (born 1918){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jerome-Karle |title=Jerome Karle |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=20 July 2020}}
2013 – Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (born 1921){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Esther-Williams |title=Esther Williams |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=20 July 2020}}
2014 – Lorna Wing, English psychiatrist and physician; pioneered studies of autism (born 1928){{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/20/health/dr-lorna-wing-who-broadened-views-of-autism-dies-at-85.html?_r=0 |last=Vitello |first=Paul |title=Dr. Lorna Wing, Who Broadened Views of Autism, Dies at 85 |newspaper=New York Times |date=19 June 2014 |access-date=20 July 2020}}
2015 – Vincent Bugliosi, American lawyer and author; prosecuting attorney in the Tate–LaBianca murders case (born 1934){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vincent-Bugliosi |title=Vincent Bugliosi |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=20 July 2020}}
2015 – Ludvík Vaculík, Czech journalist and author; noted for The Two Thousand Words which inspired the Prague Spring (born 1926){{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/ludvik-vaculik-writer-and-dissident-whose-two-thousand-words-tract-led-to-the-prague-spring-and-the-10308678.html |last=Janicek |first=Karel |title=Ludvík Vaculík: Writer and dissident whose 'Two Thousand Words' tract led to the Prague Spring and the Soviet invasion |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |date=9 June 2015 |access-date=20 July 2020}}
2016 – Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess grandmaster; arguably the best player never to become World Chess Champion (born 1931){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Viktor-Korchnoi |title=Viktor Korchnoi |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=20 July 2020}}
2016 – Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter; works included Equus and Amadeus (born 1926){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-Shaffer |title=Sir Peter Shaffer |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=20 July 2020}}

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:
Claudius of Besançon{{cite web |title=Saint Claude – Another Saint of the Day for June 6 |url=https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-claude/ |access-date=22 July 2020 |publisher=Franciscan Media |location=Cincinnati, Ohio}}
Ini Kopuria (Anglican Church of Melanesia, Church of England, Episcopal Church){{cite web |title=Second Sunday After Pentecost: the Feast of Ini Kopuria |url=https://episcopalchurch.org/library/bulletins/all?page=98 |access-date=22 July 2020 |publisher=The Episcopal Church |location=New York City}}
Marcellin Champagnat{{cite web |title=St Marcellin Champagnat |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5612 |access-date=22 July 2020 |publisher=Catholic Online |location=Bakersfield, California}}
Blessed Maria Laura Mainetti[https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/93514 Beata Maria Laura (Teresina Elsa) Mainetti], Santi e Beati, accessed February 24, 2025.
Norbert{{cite web |title=St Norbert |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=87 |access-date=22 July 2020 |publisher=Catholic Online |location=Bakersfield, California}}
June 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
D-Day Invasion Anniversary{{cite web |url=https://www.army.mil/d-day/ |title=D-Day |publisher=US Army |location=Washington, DC |access-date=22 July 2020}}
Engineer's Day in Taiwan{{cite web |url=http://www.wfeo.org/engineersdays/ |title=Engineer's days around the world |publisher=World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) |location=Paris |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809114538/http://www.wfeo.org/engineersdays/ |archive-date=2017-08-09 |url-status=dead |access-date=22 July 2020}}
Korean Children's Union Foundation Day in North Korea{{cite web |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/north-korea/childrens-union-foundation-day |title=Children's Union Foundation Day in North Korea in 2021 |publisher=Office Holidays Ltd |location=London |access-date=22 July 2020}}
Memorial Day in South Korea{{cite web |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/south-korea/south-korea-memorial-day |title=Memorial Day in South Korea in 2021 |publisher=Office Holidays Ltd |location=London |access-date=22 July 2020}}
National Day of Sweden, marking the end of the Danish-ruled Kalmar Union and the coronation of King Gustav Vasa
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Day in the United States{{cite web |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/110/sres581 |title=S.Res. 581 (110th): A resolution designating June 6, 2008, as "National Huntington's Disease Awareness Day" |publisher=United States Congress |location=Washington, DC |access-date=22 July 2020}}
Queensland Day{{cite web |url=https://nationaltoday.com/queensland-day/ |title=Queensland Day – June 6, 2020 |website=National Today |date=6 June 2020 |location=San Francisco |access-date=22 July 2020}}
UN Russian Language Day{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/celebrating-multilingualism/index.html |title=Celebrating Multilingualism |publisher=United Nations |location=Geneva |access-date=22 July 2020}}

References

External links

{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/6 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
{{NYT On this day|month=06|day=06}}
{{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/june/6 |title=Historical Events on June 6 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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