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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[910]] &ndash; [[Battle of Lechfeld (910)|Battle of Augsburg]]: The [[Hungarians]] defeat the [[East Francia|East Frankish]] army under King [[Louis the Child]], using the famous [[feigned retreat]] tactic of the nomadic warriors.<ref>{{cite book |author=László Kósa |title=A Cultural History of Hungary: From the beginnings to the eighteenth century |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ifW3AAAAIAAJ |year=1999 |publisher=Corvina |isbn=978-963-13-4836-1 |page=54}}</ref> 
*[[1206]] &ndash; The [[Ghurid dynasty|Ghurid]] general [[Qutb ud-Din Aibak]] founds the [[Delhi Sultanate]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jackson |first=Peter |title=The Delhi Sultanate: a political and military history |date=2000 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-54329-3 |edition=Reprint |series=Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization |location=Cambridge}}</ref> 
*[[1240]] &ndash; At the instigation of [[Louis IX of France]], an inter-faith debate, known as the [[Disputation of Paris]], starts between a Christian monk and four [[rabbi]]s.<ref>{{cite book |author=Avner Falk |title=A Psychoanalytic History of the Jews |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z10-Xz9Kno4C&pg=PA488 |year=1996 |publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press |isbn=978-0-8386-3660-2 |pages=488}}</ref>
*[[1381]] &ndash; [[Peasants' Revolt]]: In [[Kingdom of England|England]], rebels assemble at [[Blackheath, London|Blackheath]], just outside London.<ref>{{cite book |author=Henry De Beltgens Gibbins |title=Industry in England: Historical Outlines |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X5Y0CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA169 |date=14 December 2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-27507-7 |pages=169}}</ref>
*[[1418]] &ndash; [[Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War]]: Parisians slaughter sympathizers of [[Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac]], along with all prisoners, foreign bankers, and students and faculty of the [[College of Navarre]].<ref name="Goodrich1963">{{cite book |author=Norma Lorre Goodrich |title=Charles, Duke of Orleans: A Literary Biography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cXZDAAAAYAAJ |year=1963 |publisher=Macmillan |page=135}}</ref>
*[[1429]] &ndash; [[Hundred Years' War]]: On the second day of the [[Battle of Jargeau]], [[Joan of Arc]] leads the French army in their capture of the city and the English commander, [[William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk]].
*[[1550]] &ndash; The city of [[Helsinki]], Finland (belonging to Sweden at the time) is founded by King [[Gustav I of Sweden]].

===1601–1900===
*[[1643]] &ndash; The [[Westminster Assembly]] is convened by the [[Parliament of England]], without the assent of [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], in order to restructure the [[Church of England]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Letham |first=Robert |title=The Westminster Assembly: Reading Its Theology in Historical Context |series=The Westminster Assembly and the Reformed Faith |year=2009 |publisher=P&R Publishing |location=Phillipsburg, NJ |isbn=978-0-87552-612-6 |page=30}}</ref>
*[[1653]] &ndash; [[First Anglo-Dutch War]]: The [[Battle of the Gabbard]] begins, lasting until the following day.<ref>{{cite book |author=Lincoln P. Paine |title=Warships of the World to 1900 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xh7CSxFeK-IC&pg=PA220 |year=2000 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |isbn=0-395-98414-9 |pages=220}}</ref>
*[[1665]] &ndash; [[Thomas Willett]] is appointed the first mayor of New York City.<ref>{{cite book |author=New York (N.Y.). Department of Public Works |title=The Renascence of City Hall: Commemorative Presentation, Rededication of City Hall, the City of New York, July 12, 1956 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=koAMAAAAYAAJ |year=1956 |publisher=Published with the cooperation of the co-sponsor DowntownManhattan Association, Incorporated |page=67}}</ref>
*[[1758]] &ndash; [[French and Indian War]]: [[Siege of Louisbourg (1758)|Siege of Louisbourg]]: [[James Wolfe]]'s attack at [[Louisbourg, Nova Scotia]], commences.<ref>{{cite book |author=A. J. B. Johnston |title=Endgame 1758: The Promise, the Glory, and the Despair of Louisbourg's Last Decade |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m73Le-o2NygC&pg=PA232 |date=1 December 2007 |publisher=U of Nebraska Press |isbn=978-0-8032-0986-2 |pages=232}}</ref>
*[[1772]] &ndash; French explorer [[Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne]] and 25 of his men are killed by [[Māori people|Māori]] in [[New Zealand]].
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[American War of Independence]]: [[British Army|British general]] [[Thomas Gage]] declares [[martial law]] in [[Massachusetts Colony|Massachusetts]]. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: [[Samuel Adams]] and [[John Hancock]], if captured, were to be hanged.
*[[1776]] &ndash; The [[Virginia Declaration of Rights]] is adopted.<ref>{{cite book |author=John J. Patrick |title=Founding the Republic: A Documentary History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bPvq0-taGAEC&pg=PA52 |year=1995 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-29226-2 |pages=52–}}</ref>
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Irish Rebellion of 1798]]: [[Battle of Ballynahinch]].<ref>{{cite book |title=McCarty's Annual Statistician |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wHoZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA124 |year=1879 |publisher=L.P. McCarty |pages=124}}</ref>
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[USRC Surveyor|Capture of USRC ''Surveyor'']].<ref>{{cite web |title=Revenue Cutter Surveyor |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=270570 |website=hmdb.org |publisher=Historical Marker Database |access-date=June 1, 2025}}</ref>
*[[1817]] &ndash; The earliest form of [[bicycle]], the [[dandy horse]], is driven by [[Karl von Drais]].
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Badi VII]], king of [[Sennar (sultanate)|Sennar]], surrenders his throne and realm to [[Isma'il Pasha]], general of the [[Ottoman Empire]], ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom.<ref>{{cite book |first1=P. M. |last1=Holt |first2=M. W. |last2=Daly |title=A History of the Sudan: From the Coming of Islam to the Present Day |edition=6th |publisher=Routledge |year=2011 |isbn=978-1405874458 |page=38}}</ref>
*[[1830]] &ndash; Beginning of the [[Invasion of Algiers in 1830|Invasion of Algiers]]: Thirty-four thousand French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers, at Sidi Ferruch.
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]], [[Overland Campaign]]: [[Battle of Cold Harbor]]: [[Ulysses S. Grant]] gives the Confederate forces under [[Robert E. Lee]] a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their position at [[Cold Harbor, Virginia]] and moves south.
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Philippine Declaration of Independence]]: General [[Emilio Aguinaldo]] declares the [[Philippines]]' independence from Spain.<ref>{{cite book |last=Halili |first=Maria Christine N. |title=Philippine History |location=Manila |publisher=Rex Book Store |date=2004 |isbn=9789712339349 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gUt5v8ET4QYC |page=162}}</ref>
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[New Richmond tornado]]: The ninth deadliest [[tornado]] in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
*[[1900]] &ndash; The [[Reichstag building|Reichstag]] approves new legislation continuing Germany's naval expansion program, providing for construction of 38 battleships over a 20-year period. Germany's fleet would be the largest in the world.<ref>{{cite book |first=Jacques |last=Legrand |title=Chronicle of the 20th Century |publisher=Ecam Publication |year=1987 |page=15 |isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Massacre of Phocaea]]: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an [[ethnic cleansing]] operation in the [[Ottoman Empire]].
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Tukhachevsky]] orders the use of [[chemical weapons]] against the [[Tambov Rebellion]], bringing an end to the peasant uprising.<ref name="black book">Nicolas Werth, Karel Bartošek, Jean-Louis Panné, Jean-Louis Margolin, Andrzej Paczkowski, [[Stéphane Courtois]], ''[[The Black Book of Communism]]: Crimes, Terror, Repression'', [[Harvard University Press]], 1999, hardcover, 858 pages, {{ISBN|0-674-07608-7}}.</ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; A ceasefire is negotiated between [[Bolivia]] and [[Paraguay]], ending the [[Chaco War]].
*[[1939]] &ndash; Shooting begins on [[Paramount Pictures]]' ''[[Dr. Cyclops]]'', the first horror film photographed in [[Technicolor#Three-strip Technicolor|three-strip Technicolor]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Telotte |first=J.P. |title=Movies, Modernism, and the Science Fiction Pulps |location=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2019 |isbn=9780190949655 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ZugDwAAQBAJ |page=41 |postscript=none}}; {{cite news |title=Tradeviews |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=June 13, 1939 |page=2}}</ref>
*  1939   &ndash; The [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] opens in [[Cooperstown, New York]].
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to General [[Erwin Rommel]] at [[Saint-Valery-en-Caux]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Anne Frank]] receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] liquidates the [[Jewish quarter (diaspora)|Jewish Ghetto]] in Brzeżany, Poland (now [[Berezhany]], Ukraine). Around 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot.
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: [[Battle of Carentan]]: American paratroopers of the [[101st Airborne Division]] secure the town of [[Carentan]], Normandy, France.
*[[1950]] &ndash; An [[1950 Air France multiple Douglas DC-4 accidents|Air France Douglas DC-4 crashes near Bahrain International Airport]], killing 46 people.<ref name="report-de">{{Cite report |url=http://www.bea.aero/docspa/1950/f-de500612/pdf/f-de500612.pdf |title=Rapport d'Accident Civil No. CA.134 (Avion Douglas DC.4 F.BBDE – A Bahrein le 12 Juin 1950 |publisher=Ministere des Travaux Publics, des Transports et du Tourisme |url-status=dead |year=1952 |accessdate=1 February 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227035845/http://www.bea.aero/docspa/1950/f-de500612/pdf/f-de500612.pdf |archivedate=27 February 2012}}</ref>
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius XII]] [[Canonization|canonises]] [[Dominic Savio]], who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him at the time the youngest [[Martyr|unmartyred]] saint in the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]]. In 2017, [[Francisco and Jacinta Marto]], aged ten and nine at the time of their deaths, are declared as saints.
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People|NAACP]] field secretary [[Medgar Evers]] is murdered in front of his home in [[Jackson, Mississippi]], by [[Ku Klux Klan]] member [[Byron De La Beckwith]] during the [[civil rights movement]].
*  1963 &ndash; The film ''[[Cleopatra (1963 film)|Cleopatra]]'', starring [[Elizabeth Taylor]] and [[Richard Burton]], is released in US theaters. It was the most expensive film made at the time.<ref>{{Citation |title=Cleopatra |url=https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/cleopatra |language=en-US |access-date=2021-06-14}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; Anti-[[apartheid]] activist and [[African National Congress|ANC]] leader [[Nelson Mandela]] is [[Nelson Mandela#Arrest and Rivonia trial|sentenced to life in prison]] for [[sabotage]] in South Africa.
*[[1967]] &ndash; The [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] in ''[[Loving v. Virginia]]'' declares all [[U.S. state]] laws that prohibit [[interracial marriage]] to be [[Constitutionality|unconstitutional]].
*[[1975]] &ndash; ''[[State of Uttar Pradesh v. Raj Narain]]'': Judge [[Jagmohanlal Sinha]] rules against [[Indira Gandhi#Verdict on electoral malpractice|Indira Gandhi]] in a case on her election to the Indian Parliament, and that she should be banned from holding any public office, triggering a political crisis.
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Bryan Allen (cyclist)|Bryan Allen]] wins the second [[Kremer prize]] for a man-powered flight across the [[English Channel]] in the [[Gossamer Albatross]].
*[[1981]] &ndash; The first of the [[Indiana Jones]] film franchise, ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', is released in theaters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keane |first=Sean |title=Indiana Jones turns 40: Raiders of the Lost Ark villain didn't expect a legendary franchise |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/as-indiana-jones-turns-40-a-raiders-of-the-lost-ark-villain-looks-back/ |access-date=2021-06-14 |website=CNET |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; A nuclear disarmament rally and concert is held in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Montgomery |first1=Paul L. |title=THRONGS FILL MANHATTAN TO PROTEST NUCLEAR WEAPONS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/13/world/throngs-fill-manhattan-to-protest-nuclear-weapons.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=13 June 1982 |access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; The [[Central African Republic]]'s former emperor [[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]] is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule.
*  1987   &ndash; [[Cold War]]: At the [[Brandenburg Gate]], [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] publicly challenges [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] to [[tear down this wall!|tear down]] the [[Berlin Wall]].
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 046]], a [[McDonnell Douglas MD-80|McDonnell Douglas MD-81]], crashes short of the runway at [[Libertador General José de San Martín Airport]], killing all 22 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19880612-0 |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-81 (MD-81) N1003G Posadas Airport, MI (PSS) |last=Ranter |first=Harro |website=aviation-safety.net |access-date=2019-07-25}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Russia Day]]: The parliament of the [[Russia|Russian Federation]] formally declares its sovereignty.
*[[1991]] &ndash; In [[1991 Russian presidential election|modern Russia's first democratic election]], [[Boris Yeltsin]] is elected as the [[President of Russia]].
*  1991   &ndash; [[1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre|Kokkadichcholai massacre]]: The [[Sri Lankan Army]] massacres 152 minority [[Tamil people|Tamil]] civilians in the village of [[Kokkadichcholai]] near the Eastern Province town of [[Batticaloa]].
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[1993 Nigerian presidential election|An election takes place in Nigeria]] and is won by [[Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola]]. Its results are later annulled by the military government of [[Ibrahim Babangida]].
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Kosovo War]]: [[Operation Joint Guardian]] begins when a [[NATO]]-led United Nations peacekeeping force, [[Kosovo Force]] (KFor), enters the province of [[Kosovo]] in the [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]. 
*[[2009]] &ndash; A disputed [[2009 Iranian presidential election|presidential election in Iran]] leads to wide-ranging [[2009 Iranian presidential election protests|local and international protests]].
*[[2014]] &ndash; Between 1,095 and 1,700 [[Shia Islam in Iraq|Shia Iraqi]] people are killed in an [[Camp Speicher massacre|attack]] by [[Islamic State|the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]<ref name="Buratha News Agency: 4000 soldiers">{{cite web |title=Survivors from the Speicher massacre: We were 4000 unarmed soldiers fell into the hands of ISIS |url=http://burathanews.com/news/247028.html |website=Buratha News Agency |date=7 September 2014 |access-date=12 June 2022 |language=ar}}</ref> on [[Camp Speicher]] in [[Tikrit]], Iraq. It is the second [[List of major terrorist incidents|deadliest act of terrorism]] in history, only behind [[September 11 attacks|9/11]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Nordland |first1=Rod |last2=Rubin |first2=Alissa J. |date=2014-06-15 |title=Massacre Claim Shakes Iraq |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/16/world/middleeast/iraq.html |access-date=12 June 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; Forty-nine civilians are killed and 58 others injured in [[Pulse nightclub shooting|an attack on a gay nightclub]] in [[Orlando, Florida]], United States; the gunman, [[Omar Mateen]], is killed in a gunfight with police.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tsukayama |first1=Hayley |last2=Berman |first2=Mark |last3=Markon |first3=Jerry |date=June 13, 2016 |title=Gunman who killed 49 in Orlando nightclub had pledged allegiance to ISIS |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/06/12/orlando-nightclub-shooting-about-20-dead-in-domestic-terror-incident-at-gay-club/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=June 15, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615021024/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/06/12/orlando-nightclub-shooting-about-20-dead-in-domestic-terror-incident-at-gay-club/ |archive-date=June 15, 2016}}</ref> 
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[United States]] President [[Donald Trump]] and [[Kim Jong-un]] of [[North Korea]] held the [[2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit|first meeting]] between leaders of their two countries in [[Singapore]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Jennifer |title=Read the full transcript of Trump's North Korea summit press conference |url=https://www.vox.com/world/2018/6/12/17452624/trump-kim-summit-transcript-press-conference-full-text |website=Vox |access-date=February 24, 2019 |date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529150525/https://www.vox.com/world/2018/6/12/17452624/trump-kim-summit-transcript-press-conference-full-text |archive-date=May 29, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Kassym-Jomart Tokayev]] is inaugurated as the second [[president of Kazakhstan]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-06-12 |title=Tokayev sworn in as Kazakhstan's 2nd president |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/asia/2019/06/12/tokayev-sworn-in-as-kazakhstans-2nd-president |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=Daily Sabah |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[2024 Mangaf building fire|A fire in a residential building]] in [[Mangaf]], [[Kuwait City]] kills at least 50 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last2=Sharma |first2=Shweta |last1=Sarkar |first1=Alisha Rahaman |date=2024-06-12 |title=At least 45 Indians among 50 dead in fire at building housing migrant workers in Kuwait |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/kuwait-building-fire-indian-migrant-dead-b2561158.html |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=The Independent}}</ref>
*[[2025]] &ndash; [[Air India Flight 171]], a [[Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner]], crashes shortly after takeoff into the [[B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad|B. J. Medical College]], [[Ahmedabad]], India, killing 241 out of 242 onboard as well as 19 on the ground.<ref name="WP171">{{Cite news |date=June 12, 2025 |title=One survivor, 241 passengers dead on the London-bound plane |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/12/air-india-ai171-crash-ahmedabad-london/ |access-date=June 12, 2025 |work=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> This marked the first fatal crash and hull loss of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.<ref name="AP locals dead">{{Cite news |date=June 12, 2025 |title=London-bound Air India flight with more than 240 aboard crashes after takeoff from Ahmedabad, India |url=https://apnews.com/article/india-plane-crash-cad8dad5cd0e92795b03d357404af5f8 |access-date=June 12, 2025 |publisher=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[950]] &ndash; [[Emperor Reizei|Reizei]], Japanese emperor (died 1011)
*[[1107]] &ndash; [[Emperor Gaozong of Song|Gao Zong]], Chinese emperor (died 1187)
*[[1161]] &ndash; [[Constance, Duchess of Brittany]] (died 1201)
*[[1519]] &ndash; [[Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] (died 1574)
*[[1561]] &ndash; [[Anna of Württemberg]], German princess (died 1616)
*[[1564]] &ndash; [[John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg]] (died 1633)
*[[1573]] &ndash; [[Robert Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Sussex]], soldier (died 1629)
*[[1577]] &ndash; [[Paul Guldin]], Swiss astronomer and mathematician (died 1643)
*[[1580]] &ndash; [[Adriaen van Stalbemt]], Flemish painter (died 1662)

===1601–1900===
*[[1653]] &ndash; [[Maria Amalia of Courland]], Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (died 1711)
*[[1686]] &ndash; [[Marie-Catherine Homassel Hecquet]], French writer (died 1764)
*[[1711]] &ndash; [[Louis Legrand (theologian)|Louis Legrand]], French priest and theologian (died 1780)
*[[1760]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai]], French author, playwright, journalist, and politician (died 1797)
*[[1771]] &ndash; [[Patrick Gass]], American sergeant ([[Lewis and Clark Expedition]]) and author (died 1870)
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[Karl Freiherr von Müffling]], Prussian field marshal (died 1851)
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[Robert Clark (U.S. politician)|Robert Clark]], American physician and politician (died 1837)
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Samuel Cooper (general)|Samuel Cooper]], American general (died 1876)
*[[1800]] &ndash; [[Samuel Wright Mardis]], American politician (died 1836)
*[[1802]] &ndash; [[Harriet Martineau]], English sociologist and author (died 1876)
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[John A. Roebling]], German-American engineer, designed the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] (died 1869)
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Ante Kuzmanić]], Croatian physician and journalist (died 1879)
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Edmond Hébert]], French geologist and academic (died 1890)
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Charles Kingsley]], English priest, historian, and author (died 1875)
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[Johanna Spyri]], Swiss author, best known for ''[[Heidi]]'' (died 1901)
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Robert Herbert]], English-Australian politician, 1st [[Premier of Queensland]] (died 1905)
*[[1841]] &ndash; [[Watson Fothergill]], English architect, designed the [[Woodborough Road Baptist Church]] (died 1928)
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[David Gill (astronomer)|David Gill]], Scottish-English astronomer and author (died 1914)
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Oliver Lodge]], English physicist and academic (died 1940)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Maurice Perrault]], Canadian architect, engineer, and politician, 15th [[List of mayors of Longueuil|Mayor of Longueuil]] (died 1909)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Harry Johnston]], English botanist and explorer (died 1927)
*  1858   &ndash; [[Henry Scott Tuke]], English painter and photographer (died 1929)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[William Attewell]], English cricketer and umpire (died 1927)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Frank Chapman (ornithologist)|Frank Chapman]], American ornithologist, photographer, and author (died 1945)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Jacques Pellegrin]], French [[Zoology|zoologist]] (died 1944)<ref>[http://www.kmae-journal.org/articles/kmae/pdf/1944/04/kmae194413504.pdf KMAE Journal] Bull. Fr. Piscic. (1944) 135 : 94–96 DOI: 10.1051/kmae:1944004</ref>
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Thomas C. Hart]], American admiral and politician (died 1971)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Fernand Gonder]], French pole vaulter (died 1969)
*  1883   &ndash; [[Robert Lowie]], Austrian-American anthropologist and academic (died 1957)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Zygmunt Janiszewski]], Polish mathematician and academic (died 1920)<ref>{{cite web |title=Janiszewski Zygmunt |url=https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Janiszewski,_Zygmunt |website=Astro-Databank |date=8 July 2016 |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Egon Schiele]], Austrian soldier and painter (died 1918)<ref>{{cite book |author=Reinhard Steiner |title=Egon Schiele, 1890-1918: The Midnight Soul of the Artist |publisher=Taschen |year=2000 |isbn=9783822863275 |page=21}}</ref>
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Djuna Barnes]], American novelist, journalist, and playwright (died 1982)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Eugénie Brazier]], French chef (died 1977)<ref>{{cite book |first=Jean Pierre |last=Gutton |title=Les Lyonnais dans l'Histoire |location=Toulouse |publisher=Privat |year=1985 |language=FR |page=196 |isbn=978-2-70899-402-7}}</ref>
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Anthony Eden]], English soldier and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (died 1977)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Fritz Albert Lipmann]], German-American biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1986)
*  1899   &ndash; [[Weegee]], Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (died 1968)

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Hendrik Elias]], Belgian lawyer and politician, [[List of mayors of Ghent|Mayor of Ghent]] (died 1973)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Ray Barbuti]], American sprinter and football player (died 1988)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Sandro Penna]], Italian poet (died 1977)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Marina Semyonova]], Russian ballerina and educator (died 2010)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Otto Skorzeny]], German [[SS]] officer (died 1975)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Bill Cowley]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1993)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Carl Hovland]], American psychologist and academic (died 1961)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Jean Victor Allard]], Canadian general (died 1996)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Desmond Piers]], Canadian admiral (died 2005)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[William Lundigan]], American actor (died 1975)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Go Seigen]], Chinese-Japanese [[Go (game)|Go]] player (died 2014)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Priscilla Lane]], American actress (died 1995)
*  1915   &ndash; [[Christopher Mayhew]], English soldier and politician (died 1997)
*  1915   &ndash; [[David Rockefeller]], American banker and businessman (died 2017)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Irwin Allen]], American director and producer (died 1991)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Raúl Héctor Castro]], Mexican-American politician and diplomat, 14th [[Governor of Arizona]] (died 2015)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Georgia Louise Harris Brown]], American architect (died 1999)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://pioneeringwomen.bwaf.org/georgia-louise-harris-brown/ |title=Pioneering Women of American Architecture |website=Pioneering Women of American Architecture |language=en-US |access-date=2019-02-19}}</ref>
*  1918   &ndash; [[Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer]], Sri Lankan-Australian mathematician and academic (died 2001)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Uta Hagen]], German-American actress and educator (died 2004)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Dave Berg (cartoonist)|Dave Berg]], American soldier and cartoonist (died 2002)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Peter Jones (actor)|Peter Jones]], English actor and screenwriter (died 2000)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Luis García Berlanga]], Spanish director and screenwriter (died 2010)
*  1921   &ndash; [[James Archibald Houston]], Canadian author and illustrator (died 2005)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Margherita Hack]], Italian astrophysicist and author (died 2013)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fontani |first1=Marco |last2=Orna |first2=Mary Virginia |title=Margherita Hack: Friend of the Stars |journal=ACS Symposium Series |date=January 2018 |volume=1311 |pages=295–310 |doi=10.1021/bk-2018-1311.ch013 |isbn=978-0-8412-3391-1}}</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[George H. W. Bush]], American lieutenant and politician, 41st [[President of the United States]] (died 2018)<ref>{{cite web |title=George H.W. Bush &#124; Biography, Presidency, Accomplishments, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-H-W-Bush |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=30 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1924   &ndash; [[Grete Dollitz]], German-American guitarist and radio host (died 2013)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Amadeo Carrizo]], Argentine footballer (died 2020)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/peliculas-series/personas/amadeo-carrizo-1828970 | title=Amadeo Carrizo - Biografía, mejores películas, series, imágenes y noticias | date=15 May 2022|access-date=12 June 2025 }}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Vic Damone]], American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2018)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Petros Molyviatis]], Greek politician and diplomat, [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece)|Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs]] (died 2025)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Richard M. Sherman]], American composer and director (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lunden |first=Jeff |date=May 25, 2024 |title=Disney composer Richard M. Sherman has died at 95 |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/05/25/1119947006/richard-sherman-dead-disney-composer |access-date=May 26, 2024 |work=[[NPR]]}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Brigid Brophy]], English author and critic (died 1995)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Roy Bull]], Australian rugby league player (died 2004)<ref name="rlp">{{cite web |title=Roy Bull |url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/roy-bull/summary.html |website=Rugby League Project |publisher=Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates |access-date=1 August 2017}}</ref>
*  1929   &ndash; [[Anne Frank]], German-Dutch diarist; victim of the [[Holocaust]] (died 1945)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - The Diary of Anne Frank - Anne's Timeline |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/annefrank/timeline.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=25 June 2020}}</ref>
*  1929   &ndash; [[Jameel Jalibi]], Pakistani linguist and academic (died 2019)
*  1929   &ndash; [[John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey]], Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, [[Solicitor General for Scotland]] (died 2017)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Jim Burke (cricketer)|Jim Burke]], Australian cricketer (died 1979)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Donald Byrne]], American chess player (died 1976)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Innes Ireland]], Scottish racing driver and engineer (died 1993)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Jim Nabors]], American actor and singer (died 2017)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Trevanian]], American author and scholar (died 2005)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Rona Jaffe]], American novelist (died 2005)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Mimi Coertse]], South African soprano and producer
*  1932   &ndash; [[Mamo Wolde]], Ethiopian runner (died 2002)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Eddie Adams (photographer)|Eddie Adams]], American photographer and journalist (died 2004)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[John A. Alonzo]], American actor and cinematographer (died 2001)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Kevin Billington]], English director and producer (died 2021)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Ian Craig]], Australian cricketer (died 2014)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Paul Kennedy (English judge)|Paul Kennedy]], English lawyer and judge
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Arnold]], Russian-French mathematician and academic (died 2010)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Klaus Basikow]], German footballer and manager (died 2015)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Antal Festetics]], Hungarian-Austrian biologist and zoologist
*  1937   &ndash; [[Chips Moman]], American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter (died 2016) 
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Jean-Marie Doré]], Guinean lawyer and politician, 11th [[Prime Minister of Guinea]] (died 2016)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Tom Oliver]], English-Australian actor
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Ron Lynch (rugby league)|Ron Lynch]], Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2024)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Frank McCloskey]], American sergeant and politician (died 2003)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Jacques Brassard]], Canadian educator and politician
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Marv Albert]], American sportscaster
*  1941   &ndash; [[Chick Corea]], American pianist and composer (died 2021)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chick-corea-obit-1127283/ |title=Chick Corea, Jazz Pianist Who Expanded the Possibilities of the Genre, Dead at 79 |work=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]] |last=Shteamer |first=Hank |date=February 11, 2021 |accessdate=February 11, 2021}}</ref>
*  1941   &ndash; [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
*  1941   &ndash; [[Reg Presley]], English singer-songwriter (died 2013)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Lucille Roybal-Allard]], American politician
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Len Barry]], American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2020)
*  1942   &ndash; [[Bert Sakmann]], German physiologist and biologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Pat Jennings]], Northern Irish footballer and coach
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Michel Bergeron (hockey coach)|Michel Bergeron]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*  1946   &ndash; [[Bobby Gould]], English footballer and manager
*  1946   &ndash; [[Catherine Bréchignac]], French physicist and academic
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Hans Binder]], Austrian racing driver
*  1948   &ndash; [[Herbert Meyer (footballer)|Herbert Meyer]], German footballer
*  1948   &ndash; [[Len Wein]], American comic book writer and editor (died 2017)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Jens Böhrnsen]], German judge and politician
*  1949   &ndash; [[Marc Tardif]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1949   &ndash; [[John Wetton]], English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 2017)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Oğuz Abadan]], Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1950   &ndash; [[Michael Fabricant]], English politician
*  1950   &ndash; [[Sonia Manzano]], American actress
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Brad Delp]], American musician and singer (died 2007)
*  1951   &ndash; [[Andranik Margaryan]], Armenian engineer and politician, 10th [[Prime Minister of Armenia]] (died 2007)
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Spencer Abraham]], American academic and politician, 10th [[United States Secretary of Energy]]
*  1952   &ndash; [[Junior Brown]], American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Rocky Burnette]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1953   &ndash; [[Árni Steinar Jóhannsson]], Icelandic politician (died 2015)<ref>{{cite web |title=Þingmenn: Alþingismannatal - Æviágrip þingmanna frá 1845 - Árni Steinar Jóhannsson |url=https://www.althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=4 |publisher=[[Althing]] |access-date=18 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208133845/https://www.althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=4 |archive-date=8 December 2022 |location=Reykjavík, Iceland |language=is}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Terry Alderman]], Australian cricketer and sportscaster
*  1956   &ndash; [[Michael Angelo Batio]], American heavy metal guitarist<ref>{{Cite instagram |last=Batio |first=Michael Angelo |author-link=Michael Angelo Batio |user=michaelangelobatioofficial |postid=CtZFBt2u7hV |date=June 12, 2023 |title=Today, June 12th, is my Birthday! I am a true Gemini. A while ago Wikipedia posted that my Birthday was Feb. 23rd! Being the Gemini I am, I thought, great, I have 2 Birthdays every year! Then I tried to change it to my real Birthdate but they said it was already documented as February 23rd! So I left it. That's the story. |access-date=June 12, 2023 |link= |ref=}}</ref> 
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Timothy Busfield]], American actor, director, and producer
*  1957   &ndash; [[Javed Miandad]], Pakistani cricketer and coach
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Meredith Brooks]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*1958 &ndash; [[Barry Michael Cooper]], American writer, producer and director (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Alex |date=January 28, 2025 |title=Barry Michael Cooper, 'New Jack City' Screenwriter, Dies at 66 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/movies/barry-michael-cooper-dead.html |access-date=January 29, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[John Linnell]], American singer-songwriter and musician 
*  1959   &ndash; [[Scott Thompson (comedian)|Scott Thompson]], Canadian actor and comedian 
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Joe Kopicki]], American basketball player and coach
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Jordan Peterson]], Canadian psychologist, professor and cultural critic
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Philippe Bugalski]], French racing driver (died 2012)
*  1963   &ndash; [[Warwick Capper]], Australian footballer, coach, and actor
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Derek Higgins]], Irish racing driver
*  1964   &ndash; [[Takashi Yamazaki]], Japanese filmmaker<ref>{{Cite web |title=【山崎貴】「永遠の0」こだわったリアリティー 映像効果の第一人者が大事にする"重なり" |url=https://www.zakzak.co.jp/people/news/20131220/peo1312200720000-n1.htm |date=20 December 2013 |access-date=18 September 2023 |website={{Ill|ZAKZAK|ja|夕刊フジ}} |language=ja-JP}}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Adrian Toole]], Australian rugby league player 
*  1965   &ndash; [[Gwen Torrence]], American sprinter
*  1965   &ndash; [[Cathy Tyson]], English actress
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Marc Glanville]], Australian rugby league player 
*  1966   &ndash; [[Tom Misteli]], Swiss cell biologist
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Aivar Kuusmaa]], Estonian basketball player and coach
*  1967   &ndash; [[Frances O'Connor]], English-Australian actress
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Scott Aldred]], American baseball player and coach
*  1968   &ndash; [[Bobby Sheehan (musician)|Bobby Sheehan]], American bass player and songwriter (died 1999)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Zsolt Daczi]], Hungarian guitarist (died 2007)
*  1969   &ndash; [[Héctor Garza]], Mexican wrestler (died 2013)
*  1969   &ndash; [[Mathieu Schneider]], American ice hockey player
*  1969   &ndash; [[Heinz-Christian Strache]], Austrian politician
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Mark Henry]], American weightlifter and wrestler
*  1971   &ndash; [[Ryan Klesko]], American baseball player
*  1971   &ndash; [[Jérôme Romain]], Caribbean-Dominican triple jumper and coach
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Jason Caffey]], American basketball player and coach
*  1973   &ndash; [[Darryl White]], Australian footballer
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Flávio Conceição]], Brazilian footballer 
*  1974   &ndash; [[Hideki Matsui]], Japanese baseball player
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Bryan Alvarez]], American wrestler and journalist
*  1975   &ndash; [[Stéphanie Szostak]], French-American actress
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Antawn Jamison]], American basketball player and sportscaster
*  1976   &ndash; [[Ray Price (cricketer)|Ray Price]], Zimbabwean cricketer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Thomas Sørensen]], Danish footballer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Paul Stenning]], English author<ref>{{cite book |author=Stenning, Paul |author-link=Paul Stenning |title=Success – By Those Who've Made It. Pg. 203 |publisher=In Flight Books |date=24 November 2013 |isbn=978-1628475869}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Wade Redden]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Lewis Moody]], English rugby player
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Dallas Clark]], American football player
*  1979   &ndash; [[Martine Dugrenier]], Canadian wrestler
*  1979   &ndash; [[Diego Milito]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{FIFA player|198273}}</ref>
*  1979   &ndash; [[Robyn]], Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer<ref>{{cite book |title=Billboard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA5 |date=17 May 1997 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |pages=5}}</ref>
*  1979   &ndash; [[Earl Watson]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{basketballstats|bbr=w/watsoea01}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Marco Bortolami]], Italian rugby player
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Raitis Grafs]], Latvian basketball player
*  1981   &ndash; [[Adriana Lima]], Brazilian model and actress
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Shailaja Pujari]], Indian weightlifter<ref>{{cite web |title=Results |url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=8379 |website=m2002.thecgf.com |access-date=12 May 2020 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802222659/http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=8379 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [[James Tomlinson]], English cricketer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11667/11667.html |title=Player profile: James Tomlinson |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321060506/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11667/11667.html |archive-date=21 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Bryan Habana]], South African rugby player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Christine Sinclair]], Canadian soccer player
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[James Kwalia]], Kenyan-Qatari runner<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14219027 |title=James Kwalia |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Bruno Soriano]], Spanish footballer
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Dave Franco]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ma |first1=Julie |title=Male Gaze: It's Dave Franco's Birthday |url=https://www.thecut.com/2013/06/male-gaze-its-dave-francos-birthday.html |website=The Cut |publisher=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |access-date=9 June 2023 |date=12 June 2013}}</ref>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Blake Ross]], American computer programmer, co-created [[Mozilla Firefox]]
*  1985   &ndash; [[Sam Thaiday]], Australian rugby league player and sportscaster<ref>{{cite web |title=Sam Thaiday |url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/sam-thaiday/summary.html |website=Rugby League Project |publisher=Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates |access-date=1 August 2017}}</ref> 
*  1985   &ndash; [[Kendra Wilkinson]], American model, actress, and author<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/02/27/2009-02-27_girls_next_door_star_kendra_wilkinson_sa.html |title='Girls Next Door' star Kendra Wilkinson says brother will give away – not Hugh Hefner |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |date=2009-02-27 |access-date=2011-03-15}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Salim Mehajer]], Australian politician
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Eren Derdiyok]], Swiss footballer<ref name="FIFA 2010">{{cite web |title=FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 List of Players |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/22/85/78/fwc_2010_squadlists.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616010702/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/22/85/78/fwc_2010_squadlists.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 June 2010 |website=FIFA.com |access-date=6 August 2019 |page=30}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Mauricio Isla]], Chilean footballer<ref>{{FIFA player|228617}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Emma Eliasson]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Emma ELIASSON &#124; Ice Hockey &#124; Sweden - Sochi 2014 Olympics |url=http://sochi2014.arch.articul.ru/www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-emma-eliasson.htm |website=sochi2014.arch.articul.ru |access-date=25 June 2020}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[Ibrahim Jeilan]], Ethiopian runner<ref>{{cite web |title=Ibrahim JEILAN &#124; Profile |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/ibrahim-jeilan-14181523 |website=www.worldathletics.org |access-date=25 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Jrue Holiday]], American basketball player<ref>{{basketballstats|nba=jrue_holiday|bbr=h/holidjr01}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[David Worrall]], English footballer
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Avisaíl García]], Venezuelan baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Avisaíl García |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/avisail-garcia-541645 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=9 June 2023}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Philippe Coutinho]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philipecoutinho.com/biografia/ |title=Biografia: O berço |author=Staff writer(s) |access-date=8 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819004936/http://www.philipecoutinho.com/biografia/ |archive-date=19 August 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Allie DiMeco]], American actress and musician<ref>Becker, Siobahn and Owen, Danielle (November 25, 2007). "Talking with...actress Allie DiMeco", ''[[Newsday]]'', p. G26.</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Don Toliver]], American rapper and singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/don-toliver-mn0003746917 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=1 March 2025 |title=Don Toliver Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More...}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Gustav Forsling]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gustav Forsling |url=https://www.nhl.com/panthers/player/gustav-forsling-8478055 |access-date=11 April 2024 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]]}}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; [[Davinson Sánchez]], Colombian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Colombia |publisher=FIFA |page=5 |date=15 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611000407/https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=11 June 2019|access-date=12 June 2025}}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; [[Shonica Wharton]], Barbadian netball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Netball &#124; Athlete Profile: Shonica WHARTON - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/netball/athlete-profile-n6004119-shonica-wharton.htm |website=results.gc2018.com |access-date=17 October 2020 |archive-date=18 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018014109/https://results.gc2018.com/en/netball/athlete-profile-n6004119-shonica-wharton.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[CarryMinati]], Indian YouTuber<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/trending/news-happy-birthday-youtuber-carry-minati-aka-ajey-nagar-legend-roaster-netizens-birthday-wishes-711153 |website=www.indiatvnews.com |access-date=25 September 2022 |title='Happy birthday to the legend roaster': Netizens flood internet with wishes for YouTuber Carry Minati |date=12 June 2021}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Koni De Winter]], Belgian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Koni De Winter|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/koni-de-winter/632655/|website=Soccerway|access-date=12 June 2025}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[796]] &ndash; [[Hisham I of Córdoba|Hisham I]], Muslim [[emir]] ({{abbr|b.|born}} 757)
* [[816]] &ndash; [[Pope Leo III]] (born 750)
* [[918]] &ndash; [[Æthelflæd]], Mercian daughter of [[Alfred the Great]] (born 870)
*[[1020]] &ndash; [[Lyfing (Archbishop of Canterbury)|Lyfing]], English archbishop (born 999)
*[[1036]] &ndash; [[Tedald (bishop of Arezzo)|Tedald]], Italian bishop (born 990)
*[[1144]] &ndash; [[Al-Zamakhshari]], Persian theologian (born 1075)
*[[1152]] &ndash; [[Henry of Scotland]], 3rd Earl of Huntingdon (born 1114)
*[[1266]] &ndash; [[Henry II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben]] (born 1215)
*[[1294]] &ndash; [[John I of Brienne, Count of Eu]]
*[[1418]] &ndash; [[Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac]] (born 1360)
*[[1420]] &ndash; [[Adolf I, Count of Nassau-Siegen]] (born 1362)<ref>{{cite book |last=Dek |first=A.W.E. |date=1970 |title=Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau |language=nl |location=Zaltbommel |publisher=Europese Bibliotheek |page=66}}</ref>
*[[1435]] &ndash; [[John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel]], English commander (born 1408)
*[[1478]] &ndash; [[Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua]] (born 1412)
*[[1524]] &ndash; [[Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar]], Spanish conquistador (born 1465)
*[[1560]] &ndash; [[Ii Naomori]], Japanese warrior (born 1506)
*  1560   &ndash; [[Imagawa Yoshimoto]], Japanese daimyō (born 1519)
*[[1565]] &ndash; [[Adrianus Turnebus]], French philologist and scholar (born 1512)
*[[1567]] &ndash; [[Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich]], English politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord Chancellor of England]] (born 1490)
*[[1574]] &ndash; [[Renée of France]], Duchess of Ferrara (born 1510)<ref>{{cite web |title=Renée of France &#124; French duchess &#124; Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Renee-of-France |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=10 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1647]] &ndash; [[Thomas Farnaby]], English scholar and educator (born 1575)
*[[1668]] &ndash; [[Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge]], English politician (born 1599)
*[[1675]] &ndash; [[Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy]] (born 1634)
*[[1734]] &ndash; [[James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick]], French-English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire]] (born 1670)
*[[1758]] &ndash; [[Prince Augustus William of Prussia]] (born 1722)
*[[1772]] &ndash; [[Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne]], French explorer (born 1724)
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[Philip Livingston]], American merchant and politician (born 1716)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Pierre Augereau]], French general (born 1757)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Egwale Seyon]], Ethiopian emperor 
*[[1841]] &ndash; [[Konstantinos Nikolopoulos (composer)|Konstantinos Nikolopoulos]], Greek composer, archaeologist, and philologist (born 1786)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Lucretia Peabody Hale]], American journalist and author (born 1820)<ref>{{cite book |first=Kathleen |last=Kuiper |title=Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature |location=Springfield |publisher=Merriam-Webster |year=1995 |isbn=978-0-87779-042-6 |page=508}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Camille of Renesse-Breidbach]] (born 1836)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Frédéric Passy]], French economist and academic, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1822)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Teresa Carreño]], Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (born 1853)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Theo Heemskerk]], Dutch lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (born 1852)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Tukhachevsky]], Russian general (born 1893)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Erich Marcks]], German general (born 1891)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Médéric Martin]], Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal (born 1869)
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Harry Lawson (politician)|Harry Lawson]], Australian politician, 27th [[Premier of Victoria]] (born 1875)
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Dorsey]], American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader ([[The Dorsey Brothers]] and [[The California Ramblers]]) (born 1904)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[John Ireland (composer)|John Ireland]], English composer and educator (born 1879)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Medgar Evers]], American soldier and activist (born 1925)
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Hermann Scherchen]], German viola player and conductor (born 1891)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Herbert Read]], English poet and critic (born 1893)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Aleksandr Deyneka]], Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (born 1899)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Edmund Wilson]], American critic, essayist, and editor (born 1895)
*  1972   &ndash; [[Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar]], Indian writer and documentary filmmaker (born 1909)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Gopinath Kaviraj]], Indian philosopher and scholar (born 1887)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Guo Moruo]], Chinese historian, author, and poet (born 1892)
*  1978   &ndash; [[Georg Siimenson]], Estonian footballer (born 1912)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Billy Butlin]], South African-English businessman, founded the [[Butlins|Butlins Company]] (born 1899)<ref>{{cite news |title=Bobby Butlin: chairman of Butlins from 1968 to 1984 |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article5696218.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524174005/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article5696218.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 24, 2010 |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=10 February 2009 |access-date=1 November 2010}}</ref>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Masayoshi Ōhira]], Japanese politician, 68th [[Prime minister of Japan]] (born 1910)
*  1980   &ndash; [[Milburn Stone]], American actor (born 1904)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Ian McKay]], English sergeant, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (born 1953)
*  1982   &ndash; [[Karl von Frisch]], Austrian-German ethologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1886)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Norma Shearer]], Canadian-American actress (born 1902)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Bruce Hamilton (public servant)|Bruce Hamilton]], Australian public servant (born 1911)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Terence O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine]], English captain and politician, 4th [[Prime Minister of Northern Ireland]] (born 1914)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Nicole Brown Simpson]], ex-wife of [[O. J. Simpson]] (born 1959) and [[Ron Goldman]], restaurant employee (born 1968)<ref>{{cite book |author=Johnson Publishing Company |title=Jet |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fjkDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA4 |date=23 October 1995 |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |pages=4}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Menachem Mendel Schneerson]], Russian-American rabbi and author (born 1902)<ref>''The New York Times'', June 13, 1994, p. A1.</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Philip Vera Cruz]], Filipino-American labor leader and farmworker (born 1904)<ref>{{cite news |title=Philip Vera Cruz, 89; Helped to Found Farm Worker Union |author=Richard D. Lyons |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/16/obituaries/philip-vera-cruz-89-helped-to-found-farm-worker-union.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=16 June 1994 |access-date=4 October 2024}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli]], Italian pianist (born 1920)<ref>{{Cite Grove |author=Bryce Morrison |title=Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.18592 |date=20 January 2001}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Pierre Russell]], American basketball player (born 1949) 
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Bulat Okudzhava]], Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1924)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Leo Buscaglia]], American author and educator (born 1924)
*  1998  &ndash; [[Theresa Merritt]], American actress and singer (born 1922)
*  1999 &ndash; [[Malekeh Malekzadeh Bayani]], Iranian numismatist (born 1910)<ref>{{Cite web |title=سالروز درگذشت ملکه ملک‌زاده؛ باستان‌شناس و بنیاد‌گذار موزه سکه - امرداد |url=https://amordadnews.com/81708/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=amordadnews.com |date=12 March 1400 |language=fa-IR}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[J. F. Powers]], American novelist and short story writer (born 1917)<ref>{{cite web |author=Mel Gussow |date=June 17, 1999 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/17/arts/j-f-powers-81-dies-wrote-about-priests.html |title=J. F. Powers, 81, Dies; Wrote About Priests |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Purushottam Laxman Deshpande]], Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1919)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Bill Blass]], American fashion designer, founded [[Bill Blass Limited]] (born 1922)
*  2002   &ndash; [[Zena Sutherland]], American reviewer of children's literature (born 1915)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lipson |first1=Eden Ross |title=Zena Sutherland, 86, Expert On Literature for Children |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/15/arts/zena-sutherland-86-expert-on-literature-for-children.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=8 January 2020 |date=15 June 2002}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Gregory Peck]], American actor and political activist (born 1916)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Scott Young (writer)|Scott Young]], Canadian journalist and author (born 1918)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Nicky Barr]], Australian rugby player and fighter pilot (born 1915)
*  2006   &ndash; [[György Ligeti]], Romanian-Hungarian composer and educator (born 1923)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet]], Canadian businessman and art collector (born 1923)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Miroslav Dvořák (ice hockey)|Miroslav Dvořák]], Czech ice hockey player (born 1951)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Derek Tapscott]], Welsh footballer and manager (born 1932)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Al Williamson]], American illustrator (born 1931)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[René Audet]], Canadian bishop (born 1920)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Hector Bianciotti]], Argentinian-French journalist and author (born 1930)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen]], Danish-German psychoanalyst and author (born 1917)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Medin Zhega]], Albanian footballer and manager (born 1946)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Elinor Ostrom]], American  political scientist and economist, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1933)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elinorostrom.com/ |title=Elinor Ostrom, 2009 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences: Indiana University |website=www.elinorostrom.com |access-date=2018-03-03}}</ref>
*  2012   &ndash; [[Pahiño]], Spanish footballer (born 1923)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Frank Walker (Australian politician)|Frank Walker]], Australian judge and politician, 41st [[Attorney General of New South Wales]] (born 1942)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Teresita Barajuen]], Spanish nun (born 1908)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Jason Leffler]], American racing driver (born 1975)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wcnc.com/sports/nascar/Leffler-dies-after-accident-in-dirt-car-event-211316461.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615081647/http://www.wcnc.com/sports/nascar/Leffler-dies-after-accident-in-dirt-car-event-211316461.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 15, 2013 |title=NASCAR driver Jason Leffler dies after accident in dirt car event |last=Utter |first=Jim |date=June 13, 2013 |work=[[WCNC-TV]] |access-date=13 June 2013 |location=Charlotte, North Carolina}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Fernando Brant]], Brazilian journalist, poet, and composer (born 1946)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.otempo.com.br/cidades/morre-fernando-brant-escritor-e-compositor-mineiro-1.1054415 |title=Morre Fernando Brant, escritor e compositor mineiro - O Tempo |accessdate=June 13, 2015 |language=portuguese}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Jon Hiseman]], English drummer (born 1944)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/18/jon-hiseman-obituary |last=Leigh |first=Spencer |authorlink=Spencer Leigh (radio presenter) |title=Jon Hiseman obituary |date=18 June 2018 |website=the Guardian |access-date=29 May 2025}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Sylvia Miles]], American actress (born 1924)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=2019-06-12 |title=Sylvia Miles Dies: 'Midnight Cowboy', 'Farewell My Lovely' Star Was 94 |url=https://deadline.com/2019/06/sylvia-miles-dead-midnight-cowboy-farewell-my-lovely-star-1202631763/ |access-date=2021-07-24 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Philip Baker Hall]], American actor (born 1931)<ref>{{cite news |title=Philip Baker Hall death: Magnolia and Modern Family actor dies, aged 90 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/philip-baker-hall-death-age-cause-b2100006.html |access-date=June 13, 2022 |work=The Independent |date=June 13, 2022}}</ref><ref name = Gates>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/movies/philip-baker-hall-dead.html |title=Philip Baker Hall, Character Actor in Roles of Authority, Dies at 90 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 13, 2022 |accessdate=June 13, 2022 |last=Gates |first=Anita |url-access=limited}}</ref>
*  2022   &ndash; [[Phil Bennett]], Welsh rugby union player (born 1948)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-14 |title=Phil Bennett obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jun/14/phil-bennett-obituary |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Silvio Berlusconi]], Italian businessman and politician, [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (born 1936)<ref>{{cite web |title=Berlusconi: Comeback king who led Italy four times |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65121890 |website=BBC News |access-date=12 June 2023 |date=12 June 2023}}</ref>
*  2023   &ndash; [[Francesco Nuti]], Italian actor and director, (born 1955)<ref>{{cite web |title=Comedian Francesco Nuti dies |url=https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2023/06/12/comedian-francesco-nuti-dies_87955067-00fe-4837-af30-41cc88708ffa.html |website=ANSA |access-date=14 June 2023 |date=12 June 2023}}</ref>
*  2023   &ndash; [[John Romita Sr.]], comic book artist and author (born 1930)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Romita Sr., Legendary Marvel Artist, Dies at 93 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/john-romita-sr-dead-marvel-artist-1235515094/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=14 June 2023 |date=13 June 2023}}</ref>
*  2023   &ndash; [[Treat Williams]], American actor (born 1951)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/treat-williams-blue-bloods-actor-dead-following-vehicular-collision-vermont |title=Treat Williams, 'Blue Bloods' actor, dead at 71 following vehicular collision in Vermont |website=[[FoxNews.com]] |date=12 June 2023}}</ref>
*  [[2024]] &ndash; [[William H. Donaldson]], American businessman (born 1931)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-06-14 |title=William Donaldson, SEC chief who bolstered watchdog powers, dies at 93 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/06/14/william-donaldson-sec-stock-exchange-dies/ |access-date=2024-06-15 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Neil Goldschmidt]], American lawyer and politician, 33rd [[Governor of Oregon]] (born 1940)<ref>{{cite web |title=Neil Goldschmidt, former governor forever tainted by sexual abuse of young girl, dies |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2024/06/neil-goldschmidt-former-governor-forever-tainted-by-scandal-dies.html |publisher=The Oregonian |date=June 12, 2024 |access-date=June 12, 2024 |archive-date=June 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613025110/https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2024/06/neil-goldschmidt-former-governor-forever-tainted-by-scandal-dies.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2024   &ndash; [[Jerry West]], American basketball player and executive (born 1938)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weber |first=Bruce |date=2024-06-12 |title=Jerry West, One of Basketball's Greatest Players, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/12/sports/jerry-west-dead.html |access-date=2024-06-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
*[[Chaco War#Aftermath|Chaco Armistice Day]] ([[Paraguay]])
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[108 Martyrs of World War II]]
**[[Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor and Nazarius]]
**[[Beatification|Blessed]] [[Hildegard Burjan]]
**[[Enmegahbowh]] ([[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]])
**[[Saint Eskil|Eskil]]
**[[First Ecumenical Council]] ([[Calendar of Saints (Lutheran)|Lutheran]])
**[[Gaspar Bertoni]]
**[[John of Sahagún]]
**[[Onuphrius]]
**[[Pope Leo III]]
**[[Ternan]]
**[[June 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*''[[Dia dos Namorados]]'' ([[Brazil]])
*[[Helsinki Day]] ([[Finland]])
*[[Independence Day (Philippines)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of the [[Philippines]] from [[Spain]] in 1898.
*[[Public holidays in Nigeria|June 12 Commemoration]] ([[Lagos State]])
*[[Loving Day]] ([[United States]])
*[[Russia Day]] ([[Russia]])<ref>{{cite web |title=National days |url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/embassies/national-days/ |website=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |access-date=17 November 2020 |language=en-NZ}}</ref>
* [[Women Veterans Day|Women Veterans Recognition Day]] (United States)<ref name="Veterans Recognition">{{cite web |title=Dispelling the myths of Women Veterans Recognition Day |website=VA News |date=8 June 2022 |url=https://news.va.gov/105206/dispelling-the-myths-of-women-veterans-recognition-day/ |access-date=15 June 2024}}</ref>
*[[World Day Against Child Labour]],<ref>{{cite news |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |newspaper=United Nations |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015 |last1=Nations |first1=United}}</ref> and its related observances:
**[[Children's Day]] ([[Haiti]])

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/12/ |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=06|day=12}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/june/12 |title=Historical Events on June 12 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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