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296 __NOTOC__ Year 296 ( CCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Diocletian and Constantius (or, less frequent ...
Pope Marcellinus Pope Marcellinus was the bishop of Rome from 30 June 296 to his death in 304. A historical accusation was levelled at him by some sources to the effect that he might have renounced Christianity during Emperor Diocletian's Diocletianic Persecutio ...
begins his papacy. *
763 Year 763 ( DCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 763 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became ...
– The
Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...
army of emperor
Constantine V Constantine V ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντῖνος, Kōnstantīnos; la, Constantinus; July 718 – 14 September 775), was Byzantine emperor from 741 to 775. His reign saw a consolidation of Byzantine security from external threats. As an able ...
defeats the
Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...
forces in the Battle of Anchialus. * 1422
Battle of Arbedo The Battle of Arbedo was fought on 30 June 1422 between the Duchy of Milan and the Swiss Confederation, and ended with a Milanese victory. In 1419, the Swiss cantons of Uri and Unterwalden bought the fortified town of Bellinzona from the House o ...
between the duke of
Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
and the
Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss Internation ...
cantons A canton is a type of administrative division of a country. In general, cantons are relatively small in terms of area and population when compared with other administrative divisions such as counties, departments, or provinces. Internationally, t ...
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1521 1521 ( MDXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1521st year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 521st year of the 2nd millennium, the 21st year ...
– Spanish forces defeat a combined
French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
and
Navarrese Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...
army at the
Battle of Noáin The Battle of Noáin or the Battle of Esquiroz, fought on 30 June 1521 was the only open field battle in the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre. It was a decisive victory for the Spanish against the Franco-Navarrese army. Prelude Navarre h ...
during the
Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre The Spanish conquest of the Iberian part of Navarre was initiated by Ferdinand II of Aragon and completed by his grandson and successor Charles V in a series of military campaigns lasting from 1512 to 1524. Ferdinand was both the king of Aragon a ...
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1559 Year 1559 ( MDLIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 15 – Elizabeth I of England is crowned, in Westminster Abbey. * February 27 ...
– King
Henry II of France Henry II (french: Henri II; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was King of France from 31 March 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I and Duchess Claude of Brittany, he became Dauphin of France upon the death of his elder bro ...
is mortally wounded in a
jousting Jousting is a martial game or hastilude between two horse riders wielding lances with blunted tips, often as part of a tournament (medieval), tournament. The primary aim was to replicate a clash of heavy cavalry, with each participant trying t ...
match against
Gabriel, comte de Montgomery Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery, Lord of Lorges and Ducey (5 May 153026 June 1574), was a French nobleman of Scottish extraction and captain of the Garde Écossaise, Scots Guard of King Henry II of France. He is remembered for mortally in ...
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1598 __NOTOC__ Events January–June * February 21 – Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia, following the death of his brother-in-law, Tsar Feodor I; the ''Time of Troubles'' starts. * April 13 – Edict of Nantes (promulgated April 30 ...
– The Spanish held
Castillo San Felipe del Morro Castillo San Felipe del Morro, also known as El Morro, is a citadel built between 16th and 18th centuries in San Juan, Puerto Rico.ww ...
in
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to: Places Argentina * San Juan Province, Argentina * San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province * San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province * San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...
,
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...
having been besieged for fifteen days, surrenders to an English force under Sir George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland.


1601–1900

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1632 Events January–March * January – The Holland's Leguer, a brothel in London, is closed after having been besieged for a month. * February 22 – Galileo's ''Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems'' is pub ...
– The
University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...
is founded. *
1651 Events January–March * January 1 – Charles II is crowned King of Scots at Scone ( his first crowning). * January 24 – Parliament of Boroa in Chile: Spanish and Mapuche authorities meet at Boroa, renewing the fragile ...
The Deluge The Genesis flood narrative (chapters 6–9 of the Book of Genesis) is the Hebrew version of the universal flood myth. It tells of God's decision to return the universe to its pre- creation state of watery chaos and remake it through the microc ...
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Khmelnytsky Uprising The Khmelnytsky Uprising,; in Ukraine known as Khmelʹnychchyna or uk, повстання Богдана Хмельницького; lt, Chmelnickio sukilimas; Belarusian language, Belarusian: Паўстанне Багдана Хмяльніц ...
: The
Battle of Berestechko The Battle of Berestechko ( pl, Bitwa pod Beresteczkiem; uk, Берестецька битва, Битва під Берестечком) was fought between the Ukrainian Cossacks, led by Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky, aided by their Crimean Ta ...
ends with a Polish victory. *
1688 Events January–March * January 2 – Fleeing from the Spanish Navy, French pirate Raveneau de Lussan and his 70 men arrive on the west coast of Nicaragua, sink their boats, and make a difficult 10 day march to the city of Oco ...
– The
Immortal Seven The ''Invitation to William'' was a letter sent by seven notable English nobles, later called "the Immortal Seven", to stadtholder William III, Prince of Orange, received by him on 30 June 1688 (Julian calendar, 10 July Gregorian calendar). In ...
issue the
Invitation to William The ''Invitation to William'' was a letter sent by seven notable English nobles, later called "the Immortal Seven", to stadtholder William III, Prince of Orange, received by him on 30 June 1688 (Julian calendar, 10 July Gregorian calendar). In ...
, which would culminate in the
Glorious Revolution The Glorious Revolution; gd, Rèabhlaid Ghlòrmhor; cy, Chwyldro Gogoneddus , also known as the ''Glorieuze Overtocht'' or ''Glorious Crossing'' in the Netherlands, is the sequence of events leading to the deposition of King James II and ...
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1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
Seven Years' War The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict that involved most of the European Great Powers, and was fought primarily in Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. Other concurrent conflicts include the French and Indian War (1754 ...
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Habsburg Austria The term Habsburg Austria may refer to the lands ruled by the Austrian branch of the Habsburgs, or the historical Austria. Depending on the context, it may be defined as: * The Duchy of Austria, after 1453 the Archduchy of Austria * The ''Erbland ...
n forces destroy a
Prussian Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an e ...
reinforcement and supply convoy in the
Battle of Domstadtl The Battle of Domstadtl (also spelled Domstadt, cs, Domašov) was a battle between the Habsburg monarchy and the Kingdom of Prussia in the Moravian village of Domašov nad Bystřicí during the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' Wa ...
, helping to expel Prussian King
Frederick the Great Frederick II (german: Friedrich II.; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was King in Prussia from 1740 until 1772, and King of Prussia from 1772 until his death in 1786. His most significant accomplishments include his military successes in the Sil ...
from
Moravia Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The me ...
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1794 Events January–March * January 1 – The Stibo Group is founded by Niels Lund as a printing company in Aarhus (Denmark). * January 13 – The U.S. Congress enacts a law providing for, effective May 1, 1795, a United States ...
Northwest Indian War The Northwest Indian War (1786–1795), also known by other names, was an armed conflict for control of the Northwest Territory fought between the United States and a united group of Native American nations known today as the Northwestern ...
: Native American forces under
Blue Jacket Blue Jacket, or Weyapiersenwah (c. 1743 – 1810), was a war chief of the Shawnee people, known for his militant defense of Shawnee lands in the Ohio Country. Perhaps the preeminent American Indian leader in the Northwest Indian War, i ...
attack Fort Recovery. *
1805 After thirteen years the First French Empire abolished the French Republican Calendar in favour of the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 11 – The Michigan Territory is created. * February 7 – King Anouvong become ...
– Under ''An act to divide the Indiana Territory into two separate governments'', adopted by the
U.S. Congress The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is Bicameralism, bicameral, composed of a lower body, the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives, and an upper body, ...
on January 11, 1805, the
Michigan Territory The Territory of Michigan was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 30, 1805, until January 26, 1837, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Michigan. Detroit w ...
is organized. *
1859 Events January–March * January 21 – José Mariano Salas (1797–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico. * January 24 ( O. S.) – Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexandru Ioan Cuza (Romania since 1866, final u ...
– French
acrobat Acrobatics () is the performance of human feats of balance, agility, and motor coordination. Acrobatic skills are used in performing arts, sporting events, and martial arts. Extensive use of acrobatic skills are most often performed in acro ...
Charles Blondin Charles Blondin (born Jean François Gravelet, 28 February 182422 February 1897) was a French tightrope walker and acrobat. He toured the United States and was known for crossing the Niagara Gorge on a tightrope. During an event in Dublin in ...
crosses
Niagara Falls Niagara Falls () is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States. The largest of the three is Horseshoe Falls, ...
on a
tightrope Tightrope walking, also called funambulism, is the skill of walking along a thin wire or rope. It has a long tradition in various countries and is commonly associated with the circus. Other skills similar to tightrope walking include slack rope ...
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1860 Events January–March * January 2 – The discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. * January 10 – The Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachusett ...
– The
1860 Oxford evolution debate The 1860 Oxford evolution debate took place at the Oxford University Museum in Oxford, England, on 30 June 1860, seven months after the publication of Charles Darwin's ''On the Origin of Species''. Several prominent British scientists and philos ...
at the
Oxford University Museum of Natural History The Oxford University Museum of Natural History, sometimes known simply as the Oxford University Museum or OUMNH, is a museum displaying many of the University of Oxford's natural history specimens, located on Parks Road in Oxford, England. It a ...
takes place. *
1864 Events January–March * January 13 – American songwriter Stephen Foster ("Oh! Susanna", "Old Folks at Home") dies aged 37 in New York City, leaving a scrap of paper reading "Dear friends and gentle hearts". His parlor song " ...
U.S. President The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States ...
Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...
grants
Yosemite Valley Yosemite Valley ( ; ''Yosemite'', Miwok for "killer") is a U-shaped valley, glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California. The valley is about long and deep, surroun ...
to
California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
for "public use, resort and recreation". *
1882 Events January–March * January 2 ** The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates. ** Irish-born author Oscar Wilde arrives in ...
Charles J. Guiteau Charles Julius Guiteau ( ; September 8, 1841June 30, 1882) was an American man who assassinated James A. Garfield, president of the United States, on July 2, 1881. Guiteau falsely believed he had played a major role in Garfield's election vic ...
is hanged in
Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...
for the
assassination Assassination is the murder of a prominent or important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, world leader, member of a royal family or CEO. The murder of a celebrity, activist, or artist, though they may not have ...
of
U.S. President The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States ...
James Garfield James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881 until his death six months latertwo months after he was shot by an assassin. A lawyer and Civil War gene ...
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1886 Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange ...
– The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from
Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pea ...
. It arrives in
Port Moody, British Columbia Port Moody is a city in British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It envelops the east end of Burrard Inlet and is the smallest of the Tri-Cities, bordered by Coquitlam on the east and south a ...
on
July 4 Events Pre-1600 * 362 BC – Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans. * 414 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaim ...
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1892 Events January–March * January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States. * February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado. * February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies for ...
– The
Homestead Strike The Homestead strike, also known as the Homestead steel strike, Homestead massacre, or Battle of Homestead, was an industrial lockout and strike that began on July 1, 1892, culminating in a battle in which strikers defeated private security agent ...
begins near
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
,
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
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1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...
– A savage fire wrecked three steamships docked at a pier in
Hoboken Hoboken ( ; Unami: ') is a city in Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 60,417. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 58,69 ...
, New Jersey. Over 200 crew members and passengers are killed, and hundreds injured.


1901–present

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1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...
Albert Einstein Albert Einstein ( ; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theory ...
sends the article ''
On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies The ''annus mirabilis'' papers (from Latin '' annus mīrābilis'', "miracle year") are the four papers that Albert Einstein published in '' Annalen der Physik'' (''Annals of Physics''), a scientific journal, in 1905. These four papers were major ...
'', in which he introduces
special relativity In physics, the special theory of relativity, or special relativity for short, is a scientific theory regarding the relationship between space and time. In Albert Einstein's original treatment, the theory is based on two postulates: # The laws o ...
, for publication in ''
Annalen der Physik ''Annalen der Physik'' (English: ''Annals of Physics'') is one of the oldest scientific journals on physics; it has been published since 1799. The journal publishes original, peer-reviewed papers on experimental, theoretical, applied, and mathe ...
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1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...
– The United States Congress passes the
Meat Inspection Act The Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 (FMIA) is an American law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food, and ensures that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under strictly r ...
and
Pure Food and Drug Act The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, also known as Dr. Wiley's Law, was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws which was enacted by Congress in the 20th century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration. ...
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1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...
– The
Tunguska Event The Tunguska event (occasionally also called the Tunguska incident) was an approximately 12-megaton explosion that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Yeniseysk Governorate (now Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia, on the morning of June 30, ...
, the largest
impact event An impact event is a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects. Impact events have physical consequences and have been found to regularly occur in planetary systems, though the most frequent involve asteroids, comets or me ...
on
Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large volumes of water can be found throughout the Solar System, only Earth sustains liquid surface water. About 71% of Earth's surfa ...
in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over
Eastern Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive region, geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a ...
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1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ...
– The
Regina Cyclone The Regina Cyclone, or Regina tornado of 1912, was a tornado that devastated the city of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, on Sunday, June 30, 1912. It remains the deadliest tornado in Canadian history with a total of 28 fatalities and about 300 p ...
, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in
Regina, Saskatchewan Regina () is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province, after Saskatoon, and is a commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. As of the 2021 C ...
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1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * ...
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the
Royal Sussex Regiment The Royal Sussex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that was in existence from 1881 to 1966. The regiment was formed in 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot ...
take heavy casualties in the
Battle of the Boar's Head The Battle of the Boar's Head was an attack on 30 June 1916 at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France, during the First World War. Troops of the 39th Division, XI Corps in the First Army of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), advanced to capture th ...
at
Richebourg-l'Avoué Richebourg-l'Avoué is a village and former commune in the Pas-de-Calais region of France. It was merged with Richebourg-Saint-Vaast to form the commune of Richebourg on 21 February 1971. The village was the site of the Battle of the Boar's ...
in
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
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1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...
– U.S. President
Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of the most popular sitting U.S. presidents. A ...
appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States. *1922 – In Washington D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes and Dominican Ambassador Francisco J. Peynado sign the Hughes–Peynado agreement, which ends the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–24), United States occupation of the Dominican Republic. *1934 – The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place. *1936 – Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopian Empire, Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country. *1937 – The world's first emergency telephone number, 999 (emergency telephone number), 999, is introduced in London. *1944 – World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces. *1953 – The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan. *1956 – A Trans World Airlines, TWA Lockheed Constellation, Super Constellation and a United Airlines Douglas DC-7, DC-7 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision, collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners. *1959 – A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, 1959 Okinawa F-100 crash, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood. *1960 – Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville). *1963 – Ciaculli bombing: a car bomb, intended for Sicilian Mafia, Mafia boss Salvatore "Ciaschiteddu" Greco, Salvatore Greco, kills seven Polizia di Stato, police officers and Italian Army, military personnel near Palermo. *1966 – The National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminism, feminist organization, is founded. *1968 – Pope Paul VI issues the ''Credo of the People of God''. *1971 – The crew of the Soviet Union, Soviet ''Soyuz 11'' spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve. *1972 – The first leap second is added to the UTC time system. *1974 – The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins. *1977 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands. *1985 – Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days. *1986 – The Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Supreme Court rules in ''Bowers v. Hardwick'' that states can outlaw Homosexuality, homosexual acts between consenting adults. *1989 – A 1989 Sudanese coup d'état, coup d'état in Sudan deposes the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and President Ahmed al-Mirghani. *1990 – East Germany and West Germany merge their economies. *1994 – During a test flight of an Airbus A330, Airbus A330-300 at Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, the aircraft Airbus Industrie Flight 129, crashes killing all seven people on board. *1997 – The United Kingdom Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to China. *2005 – MTV2 (Canadian TV channel), MTV Canada is rebranded as Razer *2007 – A Jeep Cherokee filled with propane canisters drives into the entrance of Glasgow Airport, Scotland in a 2007 Glasgow Airport attack, failed terrorist attack. This was linked to the 2007 London car bombs that had taken place the day before. *2009 – Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310, Airbus A310-300, crashes into the Indian Ocean near Comoros, killing 152 of the 153 people on board. A 14-year-old girl named Bahia Bakari survives the crash. *2013 – Nineteen firefighters die controlling a Yarnell Hill Fire, wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona. * 2013 – June 2013 Egyptian protests, Protests begin around Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi and the ruling Freedom and Justice Party (Egypt), Freedom and Justice Party, leading to their overthrow during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état. *2015 – A Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people on board 2015 Sumatra Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash, crashes in a residential area in Medan, Medan, Indonesia, resulting in at least 116 deaths. *2019 – Donald Trump becomes the first sitting US President to 2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, visit the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). *2021 – The Tiger Fire ignites near Black Canyon City, Arizona and goes on to burn of land before being fully contained on July 30.


Births


Pre-1600

*1286 – John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, English magnate (d. 1347) *1468 – John, Elector of Saxony (d. 1532) *1470 – Charles VIII of France (d. 1498) *1478 – John, Prince of Asturias, Son of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile (d. 1497) *1503 – John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1554) *1533 – Martín de Rada, Spanish missionary (d. 1578) *1588 – Giovanni Maria Sabino, Italian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1649)


1601–1900

*1641 – Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, German-English general (d. 1719) *1685 – John Gay, English poet and playwright (d. 1732) *
1688 Events January–March * January 2 – Fleeing from the Spanish Navy, French pirate Raveneau de Lussan and his 70 men arrive on the west coast of Nicaragua, sink their boats, and make a difficult 10 day march to the city of Oco ...
– Abu l-Hasan Ali I, ruler of Tunisia (d. 1756) *1722 – Jiří Antonín Benda, Czech composer, violinist and Kapellmeister (d. 1795) *1755 – Paul Barras, French soldier and politician (d. 1829) *1789 – Horace Vernet, French painter and academic (d. 1863) *1791 – Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist (d. 1841) *1803 – Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, playwright, and physician (d. 1849) *1807 – Friedrich Theodor Vischer, German author, poet, and playwright (d.1887) *1817 – Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (d. 1911) *1843 – Ernest Mason Satow, English orientalist and diplomat (d. 1929) *
1864 Events January–March * January 13 – American songwriter Stephen Foster ("Oh! Susanna", "Old Folks at Home") dies aged 37 in New York City, leaving a scrap of paper reading "Dear friends and gentle hearts". His parlor song " ...
– Frederick Bligh Bond, English architect and archaeologist (d. 1945) *1884 – Georges Duhamel, French author and critic (d. 1966) *1889 – Archibald Frazer-Nash, English motor car designer, engineer and founder of Frazer Nash (d. 1965) *1890 – Paul Boffa, Maltese physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1962) *1891 – Man Mountain Dean, American wrestler and sergeant (d. 1953) * 1891 – Ed Lewis (wrestler), Ed Lewis, American wrestler and manager (d. 1966) * 1891 – Stanley Spencer, English painter (d. 1959) *
1892 Events January–March * January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States. * February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado. * February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies for ...
– Pierre Blanchar, Algerian-French actor and director (d. 1963) *1893 – Nellah Massey Bailey, American politician and librarian (d. 1956) * 1893 – Walter Ulbricht, German soldier and politician (d. 1973) *1895 – Heinz Warneke, German-American sculptor and educator (d. 1983) *1899 – Madge Bellamy, American actress (d. 1990)


1901–present

*
1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...
– John Van Ryn, American tennis player (d. 1999) *
1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...
– Anthony Mann, American actor and director (d. 1967) *1907 – Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian general and politician (d. 1950) *
1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...
– Winston Graham, English author (d. 2003) * 1908 – Luigi Rovere, Italian film producer (d. 1996) * 1908 – Rob Nieuwenhuys, Dutch writer (d. 1999) *1909 – Juan Bosch (politician), Juan Bosch, 43rd President of the Dominican Republic (d. 2001) *1911 – Czesław Miłosz, Polish novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) * 1911 – Nagarjun, Indian poet (d. 1998) *
1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ...
– Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (d. 2003) * 1912 – Dan Reeves (American football executive), Dan Reeves, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1971) * 1912 – María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías, Mexican architect (d. 2009) *1913 – Alfonso López Michelsen, Colombian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Colombia (d. 2007) * 1913 – Harry Wismer, American sportscaster (d. 1967) *1914 – Francisco da Costa Gomes, Portuguese general and politician, 15th President of Portugal (d. 2001) * 1914 – Allan Houser, American sculptor and painter (d. 1994) *1917 – Susan Hayward, American actress (d. 1975) * 1917 – Lena Horne, American actress, singer, and activist (d. 2010) * 1917 – Willa Kim, American costume designer (d. 2016) *1919 – Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon (d. 2007) *1920 – Eleanor Ross Taylor, American poet and educator (d. 2011) *
1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...
– Washington SyCip, American-Filipino accountant (d. 2017) *1923 – Andy Jack, English footballer *1924 – Max Trepp, Swiss sprinter (d. 1990) *1925 – Fred Schaus, American basketball player and coach (d. 2010) * 1925 – Ebrahim Amini, Iranian politician (d. 2020) *1926 – Paul Berg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate * 1926 – David Berglas, American magician and mentalist *1927 – Shirley Fry Irvin, American tennis player (d. 2021) * 1927 – James Goldman, American screenwriter and playwright (d. 1998) * 1927 – Mario Lanfranchi, Italian director, screenwriter, producer, collector and actor (d. 2022) * 1927 – Frank McCabe (basketball), Frank McCabe, American basketball player (d. 2021) *1928 – Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli, Islamic philosopher, theologian, mathematician and mystic (d. 2021) * 1928 – Nathaniel Tarn, American poet, essayist, anthropologist, and translator *1929 – Yang Ti-liang, Chinese judge *1930 – Ben Atchley, American politician (d. 2018) * 1930 – Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabian politician (d. 2021) * 1930 – Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad, Syrian bishop (d. 2018) *1931 – Yo-Yo Davalillo, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (d. 2013) * 1931 – Andrew Hill (jazz musician), Andrew Hill, American pianist and composer (d. 2007) * 1931 – Ronald Rene Lagueux, American judge * 1931 – Kaye Vaughan, American football player *1933 – Tomislav Ivić, Croatian football coach and manager (d. 2011) * 1933 – M. J. K. Smith, English cricketer and rugby player * 1933 – Orval Tessier, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2022) * 1933 – Joan Murrell Owens, American educator and marine biologist (d. 2011) *1934 – Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician and author (d. 1997) *1935 – John Harlin, American pilot and mountaineer (d. 1966) *1936 – Assia Djebar, Algerian-French author and translator (d. 2015) * 1936 – Nancy Dussault, American actress and singer * 1936 – Tony Musante, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2013) * 1936 – Dave Van Ronk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002) *1937 – Larry Henley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014) *1938 – Billy Mills, American sprinter *1939 – Tony Hatch, English pianist, composer, and producer * 1939 – Barry Hines, English author and screenwriter (d. 2016) * 1939 – José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet and author (d. 2014) *1940 – Mark Spoelstra, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007) *1941 – Peter Pollock, South African cricketer and author *1942 – Robert Ballard, American lieutenant and oceanographer * 1942 – Ron Harris (ice hockey), Ron Harris, Canadian ice hockey player and coach *1943 – Florence Ballard, American pop/soul singer (d. 1976) * 1943 – Saeed Akhtar Mirza, Indian director and screenwriter *1944 – Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist and author * 1944 – Glenn Shorrock, English-Australian singer-songwriter * 1944 – Ron Swoboda, American baseball player and sportscaster *1949 – Uwe Kliemann, German footballer, coach, and manager * 1949 – Andy Scott (guitarist), Andy Scott, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer *1951 – Stanley Clarke, American bass player and composer *1952 – Athanassios S. Fokas, Greek mathematician and academic * 1952 – David Garrison, American actor and singer *1953 – Hal Lindes, American-English guitarist and film score composer *1954 – Stephen Barlow (conductor), Stephen Barlow, English organist, composer, and conductor * 1954 – Pierre Charles (Dominican politician), Pierre Charles, Dominican educator and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica (d. 2004) * 1954 – Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian politician, 3rd President of Armenia * 1954 – Wayne Swan, Australian academic and politician, 14th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia *1955 – Brian Vollmer, Canadian singer * 1955 – Egils Levits, Latvian judge, jurist, 10th President of Latvia *1956 – Volker Beck (athlete), Volker Beck, German hurdler and coach * 1956 – David Lidington, English historian, academic, and politician, Minister of State for Europe * 1956 – David Alan Grier, American actor, singer, and comedian *1957 – Bud Black, American baseball player and manager * 1957 – Sterling Marlin, American race car driver *1958 – Pam Royle, British television presenter, journalist and voice coach * 1958 – Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer *1959 – Vincent D'Onofrio, American actor * 1959 – Daniel Goldhagen, American political scientist, author, and academic * 1959 – Brendan Perry, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1959 – Sakis Tsiolis, Greek footballer and manager * 1959 – Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma, Indian-English businesswoman and politician *1960 – Jack McConnell, Scottish educator and politician, 3rd First Minister of Scotland * 1960 – Murray Cook, Australian musician, actor, songwriter and producer *1961 – Lynne Jolitz, American computer scientist and programmer * 1961 – Clive Nolan, English musician, composer and producer *1962 – Tony Fernández, Dominican baseball player (d. 2020) * 1962 – Julianne Regan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist *1963 – Olha Bryzhina, Ukrainian sprinter * 1963 – Rupert Graves, English actor, director, and screenwriter * 1963 – Yngwie Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist and songwriter *1964 – Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg * 1964 – Mark Waters (director), Mark Waters, American director and producer *1965 – Steve Duchesne, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach * 1965 – Cho Jae-hyun, South Korean actor * 1965 – Anna Levandi, Russian figure skater and coach * 1965 – Gary Pallister, English footballer and sportscaster * 1965 – Mitch Richmond, American basketball player *1966 – Mike Tyson, American boxer and actor *1967 – Patrik Bodén, Swedish javelin thrower * 1967 – David Busst, English footballer and manager * 1967 – Victoria Kaspi, American-Canadian astrophysicist and academic *1968 – Phil Anselmo, American singer-songwriter and producer *1969 – Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan cricketer and politician * 1969 – Uta Rohländer, German sprinter * 1969 – Sébastien Rose, Canadian director and screenwriter *1970 – Brian Bloom, American actor and screenwriter * 1970 – Antonio Chimenti, Italian footballer and manager * 1970 – Mark Grudzielanek, American baseball player and manager *1971 – Monica Potter, American actress *1972 – Sandra Cam, Belgian swimmer *1973 – Chan Ho Park, South Korean baseball player * 1973 – Frank Rost, German footballer and manager *1974 – Hezekiél Sepeng, South African runner *1975 – James Bannatyne, New Zealand footballer * 1975 – Ralf Schumacher, German race car driver *1978 – Ben Cousins, Australian footballer * 1978 – Patrick Ivuti, Kenyan runner * 1978 – Claudio Rivalta, Italian footballer *1979 – Sylvain Chavanel, French cyclist *1980 – Rade Prica, Swedish footballer * 1980 – Seyi Olofinjana, Nigerian footballer * 1980 – Ryan ten Doeschate, Dutch cricketer *1981 – Can Artam, Turkish race car driver * 1981 – Matt Kirk, Canadian football player * 1981 – Barbora Špotáková, Czech javelin thrower * 1981 – Ben Utecht, American football player *1982 – Lizzy Caplan, American actress * 1982 – Ignacio Carrasco, Mexican footballer *1983 – Marcus Burghardt, German cyclist * 1983 – Katherine Ryan, UK-based Canadian comedian and presenter * 1983 – Cheryl (singer), Cheryl, English singer and TV personality *1984 – Fantasia Barrino, American singer-songwriter and actress * 1984 – Tunku Ismail Idris, Crown Prince of Johor, Malaysia *1985 – Trevor Ariza, American basketball player * 1985 – Michael Phelps, American swimmer * 1985 – Cody Rhodes, American wrestler * 1985 – Fabiana Vallejos, Argentinian footballer *1986 – Alicia Fox, American wrestler, model, and actress * 1986 – Fredy Guarín, Colombian footballer * 1986 – Nicola Pozzi, Italian footballer * 1986 – Allegra Versace, Italian-American businesswoman *1987 – Ryan Cook (baseball), Ryan Cook, American baseball player * 1987 – Andrew Hedgman, New Zealand runner *1988 – Elisa Jordana, American singer-songwriter, radio and TV personality *1989 – Asbel Kiprop, Kenyan runner * 1989 – Steffen Liebig, German rugby player * 1989 – David Myers (Australian footballer), David Myers, Australian footballer *1997 – Reuben Garrick, Australian rugby league player *1998 – Tom Davies (footballer, born 1998), Tom Davies, English footballer


Deaths


Pre-1600

* 350 – Nepotianus, Roman ruler * 710 – Saint Erentrude, Erentrude, Frankish abbess *AD 888, 888 – Æthelred (archbishop), Æthelred, archbishop of Diocese of Canterbury, Canterbury *1181 – Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester, Welsh politician (b. 1147) *1224 – Adolf of Osnabrück, German monk and bishop (b. 1185) *1278 – Pierre de la Broce, French courtier *1337 – Eleanor de Clare, English noblewoman (b. 1290) *1364 – Arnošt of Pardubice, Czech archbishop (b. 1297) *1538 – Charles II, Duke of Guelders (b. 1467) *1522 – Johann Reuchlin, German humanist and Hebrew scholar (b. 1455)


1601–1900

*1607 – Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1538) *1649 – Simon Vouet, French painter (b. 1590) *1660 – William Oughtred, English minister and mathematician (b. 1575) *1666 – Alexander Brome, English poet and playwright (b. 1620) *1670 – Henrietta of England (b. 1644) *1704 – John Quelch (pirate), John Quelch, English pirate (b. 1665) *1708 – Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (b. 1684) *1709 – Edward Lhuyd, Welsh botanist, linguist, and geographer (b. 1660) *1785 – James Oglethorpe, English general and politician, 1st List of colonial governors of Georgia, Colonial Governor of Georgia (b. 1696) *1796 – Abraham Yates Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1724) *1857 – Alcide d'Orbigny, French zoologist and paleontologist (b. 1802) *
1882 Events January–March * January 2 ** The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates. ** Irish-born author Oscar Wilde arrives in ...
Charles J. Guiteau Charles Julius Guiteau ( ; September 8, 1841June 30, 1882) was an American man who assassinated James A. Garfield, president of the United States, on July 2, 1881. Guiteau falsely believed he had played a major role in Garfield's election vic ...
, American preacher and lawyer, assassin of James A. Garfield (b. 1841) * 1882 – Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (b. 1827) *1890 – Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American organist and composer (b. 1819)


1901–present

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1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...
– Thomas Hill (painter), Thomas Hill, American painter (b. 1829) *1913 – Alphonse Kirchhoffer, French fencer (b. 1873) *
1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * ...
– Eunice Eloisae Gibbs Allyn, American correspondent, author, and poet (b. 1847) *1917 – Antonio de La Gándara, French painter and illustrator (b. 1861) * 1917 – Dadabhai Naoroji, Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political and social leader (b. 1825) *1919 – John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1842) *1932 – Bruno Kastner, German actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1890) *1934 – Karl Ernst, German soldier (b. 1904) * 1934 – Erich Klausener, German soldier and politician (b. 1885) * 1934 – Gustav Ritter von Kahr, German lawyer and politician, List of Ministers-President of Bavaria, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1862) * 1934 – Gregor Strasser, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1892) * 1934 – Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany (German Reich), Chancellor of Germany (b. 1882) *1941 – Yefim Fomin, Belarusian politician (b. 1909) * 1941 – Aleksander Tõnisson, Estonian general and politician, 5th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1875) *1948 – Prince Sabahaddin, Turkish-Swiss sociologist and academic (b. 1879) *1949 – Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (b. 1868) *1951 – Yrjö Saarela, Finnish wrestler and coach (b. 1884) *1953 – Elsa Beskow, Swedish author and illustrator (b. 1874) * 1953 – Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer and civil servant (b. 1874) *1954 – Andrass Samuelsen, Faroese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1873) *1956 – Thorleif Lund, Norwegian actor (b. 1880) *1959 – José Vasconcelos, Mexican philosopher and politician (b. 1882) *1961 – Lee de Forest, American inventor, invented the audion tube (b. 1873) *1966 – Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (b. 1906) * 1966 – Margery Allingham, English author of detective fiction (b. 1904) *1968 – Ernst Marcus (zoologist), Ernst Marcus, German zoologist (b. 1893) *1971 – Georgi Asparuhov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1943) * 1971 – Herbert Biberman, American director and screenwriter (b. 1900) * 1971 – Georgy Dobrovolsky Ukrainian pilot and astronaut (b. 1928) * 1971 – Nikola Kotkov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1938) * 1971 – Viktor Patsayev, Kazakh engineer and astronaut (b. 1933) * 1971 – Vladislav Volkov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1935) *1973 – Nancy Mitford, English journalist and author (b. 1904) * 1973 – Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop and martyr (b. 1903) *1974 – Alberta Williams King, Civil rights activist (b. 1904) *1976 – Firpo Marberry, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1898) *1984 – Lillian Hellman, American author and playwright (b. 1905) *1985 – Haruo Remeliik, Palauan politician, 1st President of Palau (b. 1933) *1995 – Georgy Beregovoy, Ukrainian general and astronaut (b. 1921) * 1995 – Gale Gordon, American actor and voice artist (b. 1906) *1996 – Lakis Petropoulos, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1932) *2001 – Chet Atkins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1924) * 2001 – Joe Henderson, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1937) *2002 – Chico Xavier, Brazilian medium and author (b. 1910) *2003 – Buddy Hackett, American actor and comedian (b. 1924) * 2003 – Robert McCloskey, American author and illustrator (b. 1915) *2004 – Eddie Burns, Australian rugby league player (b. 1916) *2007 – Sahib Singh Verma, Indian librarian and politician, 4th List of Chief Ministers of Delhi, Chief Minister of Delhi (b. 1943) *2009 – Pina Bausch, German dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1940) * 2009 – Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (b. 1933) *2012 – Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, English-Australian politician (b. 1942) * 2012 – Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician, 7th List of Prime Ministers of Israel, Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1915) * 2012 – Michael J. Ybarra, American journalist and author (b. 1966) *2013 – Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, English lawyer and judge (b. 1917) * 2013 – Akpor Pius Ewherido, Nigerian politician (b. 1963) * 2013 – Kathryn Morrison (legislator), Kathryn Morrison, American educator and politician (b. 1942) * 2013 – Thompson Oliha, Nigerian footballer (b. 1968) * 2013 – Keith Seaman, Australian politician, 29th Governor of South Australia (b. 1920) *2014 – Frank Cashen, American businessman (b. 1925) * 2014 – Paul Mazursky, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930) * 2014 – Željko Šturanović, Montenegrin lawyer and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Montenegro (b. 1960) *2015 – Charles W. Bagnal, American general (b. 1934) * 2015 – Robert Dewar, English-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1945) * 2015 – Arthur Porter (physician), Arthur Porter, Canadian physician and academic (b. 1956) * 2015 – Leonard Starr, American author and illustrator (b. 1925) *2017 – Barry Norman, English television presenter (b. 1933) * 2017 – Simone Veil, French lawyer and politician (b. 1927) *2018 – Smoke Dawg, Canadian rapper (b. 1996) *2021 – Raj Kaushal, Indian Film Director and Producer (b. 1971) *2022 – Technoblade, American YouTuber and streamer (b. 1999)


Holidays and observances

* Christian feast day: ** Saint Martial, Martial ** Theobald of Provins ** First Martyrs of the Church of Rome ** June 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) * Armed Forces Day (Guatemala) * Asteroid Day (International observance) * General Prayer Day (Central African Republic) * Independence Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo), celebrates the independence of Democratic Republic of the Congo from Belgium in 1960. * Navy Day (Israel) * Philippine–Spanish Friendship Day (Philippines) * Revolution Day (Sudan) * Teachers' Day (Dominican Republic)


References


External links

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