June 23rd
Holidays and Festivals
Ligo (Latvia)
Victory Day (Estonia)
Great Boston Beer Marathon
Father's Day (Nicaragua, Poland) * CLICK HERE
Grand Duke's Official Birthday (Luxembourg)
Jaaniõhtu (Estonia)
United Nations Public Service Day (International)
National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism (Canada)
Let It Go Day
National Columnists Day
National Pink Day
Take Your Dog to Work Day
Penzance, the First day of Golowan Festival (Cornwall, UK), also known as Penzance Golowan June 23rd through 28th. June 23rd is also known as Mazey Day
Jāņi (Latvia), June 23rd and 24th
St. John's Eve (Ireland)
St John's Eve and the first day of the Midsummer celebrations (although this is not the real Summer Solstice) (Roman Catholic Church, Northern Europe)
Ivan Kupala Day (Ukraine, Belarus and Russia), also known as Kupala Night or the Feast of St. John the Baptist. The night of June 23rd and the Day of June 24th.
Jaanipäev Tallinn (Estonia), also known as the Midsummer Celebrations, June 21st through 24th
* Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival Montreal, Quebec, Canada June 10 – 23 (14of14) (2010)
* Glastonbury Festival 2010 Glastonbury, UK June 23 – 27 (1of5) (2010)
The Summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the Winter solstice in the southern hemisphere occurs on dates varying from June 22-23. In the pagan wheel of the year the summer solstice is the time of Litha and the winter solstice is that of Yule * CLICK HERE
Fête de la Mulet Translation: Mule Day (French Republican) The Fifth day of the Month of Messidor in the French Republican Calendar
Toast of The Day
"Here's to us,
And those like us.
Damn few and they're probably dead.
Cheers!"
- Anonymous
Drink of The Day
Hairy Navel
1 Part Vodka
1 Part Peach Schnapps
Fill with Orange Juice
Wine of The Day
Mount Pleasant (2007) Norton
Augusta, Missouri
$40
Beer of The Day
Danzig
Brewer - Devils Backbone Brewing Co. Roseland, VA
Style - Baltic-Style Porter
- In celebration of Glenn Danzig's birthday (born Glenn Allen Anzalone, June 23, 1955), an American singer-songwriter.
Joke of The Day
What you call dog with no legs?
Don't matter what you call him, he ain't gonna come.
Quote of The Day
“Summer is kind of like the ultimate one-night stand: hot as hell, totally thrilling, and gone before you know it.”
- Unknown
Whisky of The Day
Price: $45
June Observances
African-American Music Appreciation Month
Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Awareness Month
Aquarium Month
Audio Book Appreciation Month
Beautiful in Your Skin Month
Black Music Month
Cancer From The Sun Month
Cataract Awareness Month
Celibacy Awareness Month
Child Vision Awareness Month
Children's Awareness Month
Corn and Cucumber Month
Country Cooking Month
Dairy Alternatives Month
Dairy Month
Effective Communications Month
Entrepreneurs "Do It Yourself" Marketing Month
Fight the Filthy Fly Month
Fireworks Safety Month
Gay and Lesbian Pride Month
Great Outdoors Month
Home Safety Month
International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
International Men's Month
International Surf Music Month
Lane Courtesy Month
Lemon and Mango Month
National Accordion Awareness Month
National Adopt a Cat Month
National Aphasia Awareness Month
National Bathroom Reading Month
National Camping Month
National Candy Month
National Caribbean-American Heritage Month
National Family Month
National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month
National Fruit and Veggies Month (Also September)
National GLBT (Gay,Lesbian,Bisexual & Transgender) Awareness Month
National GLBT (Gay,Lesbian,Bisexual & Transgender) Book Month
National Ice Tea Month
National Lady Lawyers Month
National Migraine Awareness Month
National Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
National R.O.S.E. Month
National Rescue a Cat Month
National Rivers Month
National Safety Month
National Smile Month
National Soul Food Month
National Steakhouse Month
National Student Safety Month
National Tire Safety Month
National Week of The Ocean Festival Sea-son, Thursday before the Second Saturday in March through Second Saturday in June
Okra & Pluot and Aprium Month
Perennial Gardening Month
Pharmacists Declare War on Alcoholism Month
Potty Training Awareness Month
Professional Wellness Month
Rebuild Your Life Month
Skyscraper Month
Sports America Kids Month
Student Safety Month
Turkey Lovers' Month
Vision Research Month
Women's Golf Month
World Infertility Month
World Naked Bike Ride Month (Northern Hemisphere)
Observances this Week
Lightning Safety Awareness Week, Last Full Week in June
Carpenter Ant Awareness Week, Last Full Week in June
National Mosquito Control Awareness Week, Week of June 26th
Appreciate Your Plumbing, Heating, and Dragaica fair (Buzau, Romania) June 10th through 24th
Cooling Professionals Week, Fourth Week in June
Historical Events on June 23rd
930 World's oldest parliament, the Iceland Parliament, established
1180 First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan
1295 Pope Boniface VIII enters Rome
1298 Duke Albrecht von Habsburg chosen Roman Catholic German king
1305 The Flemish-French peace treaty is signed at Athis-sur-Orge.
1314 First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn, south of Stirling, begins.
1532 Henry VIII and François I sign a secret treaty against Emperor Charles V.
1565 Turgut Reis (Dragut), commander of the Ottoman Navy, dies during the Siege of Malta.
1585 Spanish army under Tassis beats Amerongen Staatse troops
1611 The mutinous crew of Henry Hudson's fourth voyage sets Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in what is now Hudson Bay; they are never heard from again.
1658 Dutch troops occupy last Portugese Fort Jafnapatnam Ceylon
1661 Marriage contract between Charles II of England and Catherine of Braganza.
1683 William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape indians in Pennsylvania, only treaty "not sworn to, nor broken"
1713 The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.
1724 Russia & Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople
1757 Battle of Plassey 3,000 British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000 strong Indian army under Siraj Ud Daulah at Plassey, wins control of Bengal.
1758 Battle of Krefeld British forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany in the Seven Years' War.
1760 Battle of Landshut Silesia, Austria beats Prussia in the Seven Years' War.
1775 1st regatta held on Thames, England
1776 Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to US Congress
1780 Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township, American Revolution.
1784 1st US balloon flight (13 year old Edward Warren)
1794 Empress Catherine II of Russia grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev.
1810 John Jacob Astor forms the Pacific Fur Company (Astoria, Oregon).
1812 Napoleon I of France invades Russia, Napoleonic Wars.
1812 Great Britain revokes the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war, War of 1812.
1821 Dutch troops conquer Palembang
1848 Bloody insurrection of workers in Paris
1854 Antwerp-Roosendaal railway goes into use
1860 The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
1863 Tullahoma campaign, TN
1865 At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant Confederate army or the American Civil War.
1868 Christopher Latham Sholes receives a patent for "Type-Writer".
1887 The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
1888 Frederick Douglass is 1st African-American nominated for president
1894 The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
1902 Gioacchino Rossini's unveils monument to Santa-Croce
1909 Confessional parties win Dutch parliamentary elections
1914 Francisco Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta in the Mexican Revolution.
1915 Yanks get record 16 walks & 3 wild pitches beat A's Bruno Hass, 15-0
1915 Zeb Turner, country-rock performer (Chew Tobacco Rag)
1917 31st US Womens Tennis, Molla Mallory beat Marion Vanderhoef (46 60 62)
1917 Ammunition factory in Boleweg Bohemia explodes, killing 1,000
1917 Boston Red Sox Ernie Shore replaces pitcher Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire, with a runner on, he throws him out & retires all 26 he faces for a perfect game
1918 Boston Red Sox Dutch Leonard's 2nd no-hitter beats Tigers, 5-0
1919 The decisive defeat of German Freikorps (Baltische Landeswehr) forces in the Battle of Cesis (Võnnu lahing), Estonian Liberation War. This day is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia.
1919 Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) incorporates
1919 Nitti government forms in Italy
1922 57th British Golf Open, Walter Hagen shoots a 300 at Royal St George
1924 8 month Twenste textile strike ends
1925 British warship fires on Hong Kong harbor strikers
1925 Landslides create 3-mile long "Slide Lake" (Gros Ventre Wyoming)
1926 8th government of Briand van France forms
1926 Commencement of the West Indies' 1st Test cricket match, at Lord's
1926 The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
1927 Lou Gehrig hits 3 HRs in 11-4 victory over Red Sox
1930 Chicago Cubs beat Philadelphia Phillies 21-8
1931 Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
1932 Lou Gehrig plays 1,103rd successive game in a NY uniform, equaling Joe Sewell's record with one team (Cleveland)
1933 Don McNeill's Pepper Pot (Breakfast Club) begins 35½ year run on NBC
1935 Anthony Eden offers Benito Mussolini, Somalian harbor
1938 Marineland opens in Florida-1st aquarium
1938 NYC Mayor LaGuardia assigns 21 cops to patrol subway
1938 The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
1939 Bronko Nagurski beats Lou Thesz in Houston, to become wrestling champ
1939 France turns over Sanjak of Alexandretta (Hatay) to Turkey
1940 Marcel Louette seeks opposition group "White Brigade" on Antwerp
1940 RAF bombs Schiphol
1940 German leader Adolf Hitler surveys newly defeated Paris in now occupied France, World War II.
1941 Germany occupies Telz Lithuana
1941 The Lithuanian Activist Front declares independence from the Soviet Union and forms the Provisional Government of Lithuania; it lasts only briefly as the Nazis occupy Lithuania a few weeks later.
1942 Germany's latest World War II fighter, a Focke-Wulf FW190 is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales.
1942 The first selections for the gas chamber at Auschwitz take place on a train load of Jews from Paris during World War II.
1943 Dutch artsens protest against nazis
1943 RAF discovers Werner von Brauns V1/V2-base in Peenemunde
1943 The British destroyers HMS Eclipse and HMS Laforey sink the Italian submarine Ascianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMS Newfoundland, World War II.
1944 4 tornadoes strike Appalachia, killing 153
1944 Russian offensive in central front sector
1944 Thomas Mann becomes a US citizen
1945 77th Belmont, Eddie Arcaro aboard Pavot wins in 2:30.2
1945 The Battle of Okinawa ends when organised resistance of Imperial Japanese Army forces (Tarakan) collapses in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island, World War II.
1946 The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
1947 Compton & Bill Edrich make 370 stand for 3rd wkt v South Africa
1947 The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act.
1949 1st 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School
1949 Dutch Constellation plunge at Bari in sea, 33 die
1950 Indians' Luke Easter hits longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into upper deck, Section 4
1950 Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women
1950 Yanks & Tigers hit record 11 HRs, Tigers win 10-9
1951 British diplomats Guy Burgess & Donald Maclean flee to USSR
1951 Most expensive US hailstorm ($1.5M crop damage & $14M property-Kansas)
1952 US airplanes bomb energy centers at Yalu Korea
1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Women Golf Tournament
1954 122°F (50°C), Overton, Nevada (state record until June 29, 1994)
1955 Walt Disney's "Lady & the Tramp" released
1956 "Jimmy Durante Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1956 "Transfusion" by Nervous Norvous peaks at #8
1956 Gamal Abdel Nasser is elected president of Egypt.
1958 Fed judge rules race separation must end in 2½ years in Little Rock
1958 Foundation Praemium Erasmianum (Erasmus Prize) established
1958 The Dutch Reformed Church accepts women ministers.
1959 A fire in a resort hotel in Stalheim, Norway kills 34 people.
1959 Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany (where he resumed a scientific career).
1960 "Pat Boone Show," last airs on ABC-TV
1960 Japan signs security treaty with the US
1961 The Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent, comes into force after the opening date for signature set for the December 1, 1959.
1961 Cubs Ernie Banks ends his 717 consecutive-games-played streak
1961 Phillies overcome 9-0, losing 11-2 they score 4 in 8th & 6 in 9th
1961 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m
1962 "Subways Are after Sleeping" closes at St James NYC after 205 perfs
1962 Laos Suvanna Phuma forms government
1962 Larry Doby, retires from Cleve Indians to play in Japan
1963 63rd US Golf Open, Julius Boros shoots a 293 at The Country Club Mass
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open
1963 NY Mets Jimmy Piersall, hits his 100th HR, he circles bases backwards
1963 Pres Kennedy tours West-Europe
1964 Gen Maxwell Taylor appointed US ambassador in South Vietnam
1967 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference.
1967 Jim Ryun sets mile record (3:51.1, Bakersfield CA)
1967 John Entwistle of rock group Who weds Alison Wise
1967 US Senate censures Thomas J Dodd (D-Ct) for misusing campaign funds
1968 74 are killed and 150 injured in a football stampede towards a closed exit in a Buenos Aires stadium.
1969 French government of Couve de Murville resigns
1969 Joe Frazier TKOs Jerry Quarry in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1969 Warren E. Burger is sworn in as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring chief justice Earl Warren.
1970 "Red Skelton Show," last airs on CBS-TV, moved to NBC-TV
1970 Charles Rangel defeats Adam Clayton Powell in Democratic primary
1970 Chubby Checker arrested for marijuana possession
1971 Phillies Rick Wise no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 4-0
1971 WTVP TV channel 47 in Peoria, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1972 45 countries leave the Sterling Area, allowing their currencies to fluctuate independently of the British Pound.
1972 Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history
1972 Pres Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports
1972 U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House chief of staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate Scandal break-ins.
1973 "Cyrano" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 49 performances
1973 "Sugar" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 506 performances
1973 A fire at a house in Hull, England, which kills a six year old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by arsonist Peter Dinsdale.
1973 Phillies Ken Brett 4th consecutive game HR in which he pitched
1974 1st extraterrestrial message sent from Earth into space
1974 20th LPGA Championship won by Sandra Haynie
1975 75th US Golf Open, Lou Graham shoots a 287 at Medinah CC ILL
1975 Musician Alice Cooper falls off stage in Vancouver, breaks 6 ribs
1976 CCN Tower in Toronto, tallest free-standing structure (555 m) opens
1977 13th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 6-4
1978 33rd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy
1979 Charlie Daniels Band releases "Devil Went Down to Georgia"
1979 Rock group, the Knack releases "My Sharona"
1979 West Indies beat England by 92 runs to win Cricket World Cup
1980 "David Letterman Show," debuts on NBC-TV daytime
1980 1st solar-powered coast-to-coast two-way radio conversation
1980 West German wins European soccer title (2-1 against Belgium)
1981 "This Was Burlesque" opens at Princess Theater NYC for 28 performances
1981 33 inning game ends, Pawtucket 3, Rochester 2
1981 Amanda Maccaro becomes 1st American to win Russian Ballet Competition
1981 Dave Koza scores Marty Barrett with bases-loaded single in bottom of 33rd inning, Pawtucket beats Rochester 3-2
1981 French government of Mauroy forms, with 4 communists
1981 NYC mayor Koch turns down a $7,500 offer to perform comedy
1982 "Cleavage" opens & closes at Playhouse Theater NYC
1982 -117°F; All time low at South Pole
1982 Himmy, of Australia, weighs in at domestic cat record 20.7 kg (45 lb)
1982 Intelligence Identities Protection Act (Public Law 97-200)
1982 Mary Hart joins Entertainment Tonight
1983 Syria throws out PLO leader Arafat
1983 US Supreme Court ruled Congress could not veto presidential decisions
1985 Alice Miller wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
1985 A terrorist bomb aboard Air India flight 182 brings the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland, killing all 329 aboard.
1985 Laffit Pincay Jr becomes 2nd jockey to win $100 million
1986 Pedro Morales swims world record 100m butterfly (52.84)
1986 Tip O'Neill refuses to let Reagan address House
1988 Charlotte Hornets & Miami Heat begin their NBA expansion draft
1988 James E. Hansen testifies to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources that it is 99% probable that global warming had begun.
1988 Yank manager Billy Martin's 5th term ends, Lou Pinella named manager
1989 Movie "Batman" premieres
1989 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that a law passed by the U.S. Congress banning all sexually oriented phone message services is unconstitutional.
1990 A rally to save Alien Nation from cancellation held at Stat of Liberty
1990 Moldavia declares independence
1990 Police find marijuana at Chuck Berry's home
1990 TV Guide selects Arsenio Hall as TV personality of year
1990 Zimbabwe beat the Netherlands by 6 wickets to win ICC Trophy
1991 "Odd Couple" opens & closes at Belasco Theater NYC
1991 "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Babalu Music"
1991 Beth Daniel wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
1991 Mazda becomes 1st Japanese car to capture Le Mans 24 hour race
1991 Moldova declares independence.
1992 "Tin Bigha Day" protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh
1992 Emmy 19th Daytime Award presentation Susan Lucci loses for 13th time
1992 Rabin wins Israeli parliamentary election
1993 Lindsay Wagner (Bionic Woman) files for divorce from Lawrence Mortorff
1993 Lorena Gallo Bobbitt amputates husband's John Wayne Bobbitt's penis
1993 UN authorizes worldwide oil embargo against Haiti
1994 Replay shows A's Bobby Witt beat KC's Gagne to 1st in 6th but ump Gary Cedarstrom calls him safe, runing Witt's perfect game
1994 South Africa reclaims its seat in UN
1996 "Tartuffe: Born Again" closes at Circle in Sq NYC after 29 perfs
1996 Dottie Pepper wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament
1996 Nintendo 64 goes on sale in Japan
1997 Dow Jones drops 192.25 pts
2004 Bob Dylan accepts honorary doctor of music degree from the University of St Andrews, Scotland's oldest university
2005 San Antonio Spurs beat Detroit Pistons 4-3 in NBA finals MVP: Tim Duncan (his third), San Antonio
2012 76 monks are hospitalized in Thailand following an attack by a swarm of bees
2012 A bus of Czech tourists crashes in Croatia killing 8 and injuring 44
2012 Greece proposes to slow down austerity measures by two years
2013 9 tourists and 1 tour guide are killed after gunmen storm a hotel near Nanga Parbat, Pakistan
2013 18 Romanians are killed and 32 are injured after a bus crash in Montenegro
2013 India defeats England to win the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy in cricket
2014 Claude Monet's Water Lilies is sold at auction for US$54 million
2014 Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is re-elected President of Mauritania
2016 Ceasefire agreement signed between Colombian government and Farc rebels - ending more than 50 years of conflict
2016 Storms and widespread flooding in West Virginia leave at least 24 dead
2016 United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union in their "Brexit" referundum
2016 Led Zeppelin cleared of stealing riff from "Stairway to Heaven" from band Spirit in a Los Angeles court
Born on June 23rd
(47 BC) Pharaoh Ptolemy XV of Egypt (d. 30 BC)
1160 Johannes de Matha, French saint/founder (Trinitarians)
1373 Queen Joan II of Naples (d. 1435)
1433 Francis II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1488)
1456 Margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486)
1534 Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (d. 1582)
1540 Johann Baptista Serranus, composer
1596 Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (d. 1641)
1612 André Tacquet, Belgian mathematician (d. 1660)
1612 Justus G Schottel, [Schottelius], German poet
1668 Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (d. 1744)
1683 Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (d. 1745)
1703 Maria Leszczyńska, queen and wife of Louis XV of France (d. 1768)
1716 Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English politician (d. 1789)
1749 Konrad Back, composer
1750 Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist (d. 1801)
1763 Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (1804-14) (d. 1814)
1774 Matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist (spelling)
1799 John Milton Bernhisel, American physician (d. 1881)
1800 Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and social activist (d. 1846)
1801 Daniel Smith Donelson, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1810 Franziska"Fanny" Elssler, Austrian ballerina
1818 Simon Vissering, Dutch economist/minister of Finances (1879-81)
1822 Young Marshall Moody, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1866
1824 Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke, composer
1824 Carl Reinecke, German musician and composer (d. 1910)
1837 Ernest Guiraud, composer
1838 Edwin Henry Stoughton, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
1852 Stephane Raoul Pugno, composer
1855 Maude Valerie White, composer
1858 William Ernst Johnson, Cambridge England, mathematician
1859 Florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdams social alderman (building of houses)
1875 Carl Milles, Uppsala Sweden, fountain sculptor (Wedding of Rivers)
1876 Irvin S Cobb, Ky, writer/humorist (Old Judge Priest)
1877 Blair Fairchild, composer
1877 Hermann Stephani, composer
1879 William Ewart Berry, 1st viscount Camrose/English nobleman
1884 Cyclone Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1979)
1884 Werner Krauss, Germany, actor (Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Joyless Street)
1887 Ernst Rowohlt, German publisher (Rowohlt-Verlag)
1887 John Finley Williamson, Canton Ohio, conductor (Westminster Choir)
1888 Anna Achmatova (AA Gorenko), Russian conductor (Tsjetki)
1888 Bronson M. Cutting, American politician (d. 1935)
1888 Lee Moran, Chicago IL, actor (Circus Clown)
1889 Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (d. 1966)
1892 Able Kiviat, US, runner (Olympic-gold-1912)
1892 Edmund Cobb, Albuquerque NM, western actor (Comanche Territory)
1892 Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist
1893 Donald McBride, Brooklyn NY, actor (Mr Clyde-My Friend Irma)
1894 Alfred Kinsey, American entomologist and sexologist (Kinsey Report) (d. 1956)
1894 Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom, Emperor of India (1936) (d. 1972)
1897 Winifred Wagner-William, German organizer (Wagner Festival)
1899 Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer
1901 Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador
1901 Paul Verhoeven, Unna Germany, director
1902 Howard T Engstrom, Boston, computer designer (Univac)
1902 Mathias Wieman, German actor (d. 1969)
1903 Anthony Veiller, NYC, writer (Night of Iguana, Moulin Rouge)
1903 Hans C Branner, Danish writer (Toys, Horse Rider)
1903 Paul Joseph James Martin, Canadian politician (d. 1992)
1904 Carleton Coon, prof of anthropology (What in the World)
1904 Quintin McMillan, cricketer (South African leg spinner 1929-32)
1904 Willie Mae "Mother" Smith, gospel singer/evangelist folk artist
1905 Jack Pickersgill, Canadian politician (d. 1997)
1906 Wolfgang Koeppen, writer
1907 Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian comedienne (d. 2008)
1907 James Meade, English economist, Nobel laureat (d. 1995)
1908 Paulus Akkerman (Paul fen Nijenborn), Frisian writer (Each om Each)
1909 David Lewis, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1981)
1910 Gordon B. Hinckley, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 2008)
1910 Jean Anouilh, France, dramatist (Thieves' Carnival) (d. 1987)
1910 Milt Hinton, American jazz bassist (d. 2000)
1911 David Ogilvy, advertising whiz (Ogilvy & Mathers)
1912 Alan Turing, English mathematician, pioneer in computer theory (Turing Machine) (d. 1954)
1912 Maurice Dallimore, England, actor (Collector, Lad: A Dog)
1913 Jacques Rabemananjara, Hungarian author/vice-president (Antsa)
1913 Molly Harris, actress/writer (Immortal)
1913 William P Rogers, Norfolk NY, US secretary of state (1969-73)
1915 Dennis Price, Twyford England, actor (Adventurers, Millionairess)
1916 Irene Worth (Hattie Abrams), Nebraska, actress (Nicolas & Alexandra)
1916 Len Hutton, English cricketer (d. 1990)
1917 Sid Watters Jr, horse trainer
1919 Muhammad Boudiaf, Algerian political leader (d. 1992)
1920 Paul Des Marais, composer
1921 Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1964)
1922 Francis Thorne, Bay Shore NY, composer (Burlesque Overture)
1922 Hal Laycoe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)
1922 Leonard Dorfman, horse trainer
1925 Amada Galvez Santos Ocampo, composer
1925 Art Modell, owner (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, Modells Stores)
1925 Miriam Karlin, English actress
1925 Richard Barber, cricketer (scored 12 & 5 in only Test NZ v WI 1956)
1926 Lars Johan Werle, composer
1927 Bob Fosse, American choreographer, director (Cabaret, Damn Yankees) (d. 1987)
1929 Dave King, Twickenham England, comedian (Kraft Music Hall)
1929 Donn Eisele, American astronaut (d. 1987)
1929 Henri Pousseur, Malmö dy Belgium, composer (Homo Habitis)
1929 June Carter Cash, American country singer (Johnny Cash Show) (d. 2003)
1930 Donn Fulton Eisele, Columbus Ohio, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 7)
1931 Urs Jaeggi, writer
1932 Bob Blair, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 19 Tests in 50s)
1933 Bert Convy, St Louis MO, game show host (Win, Lose or Draw)
1935 Maurice Ferre, mayor of Miami, Florida
1936 Berend Boudewijn (van der Woude), Dutch TV host/director (Baantjer)
1936 Costas Simitis, Prime Minister of Greece
1937 Martti Ahtisaari, President of Finland and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1937 Niki Sullivan, American guitarist (The Crickets) (d. 2004)
1940 Adam Faith, English singer and actor (d. 2003)
1940 Alexander Irvine of Lairg, Scottish Lord Chanceller of UK (1997)
1940 Diana Trask, Australia, singer (Sing Along With Mitch)
1940 Mike Shrimpton, cricketer (occasional NZ Test batsman 1963-74)
1940 Simon Hobday, Mareking South Africa, PGA golfer (1994 US Senior Open)
1940 Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish musician (The Beatles) (d. 1962)
1940 Wilma Rudolph, American runner (Olympic-3 gold-1960) (d. 1994)
1941 Richard M. Richie Roberts, Marine and New Jersey Police Detective, Criminal Defense Attorney
1941 Robert Hunter, American lyricist and poet (The Grateful Dead)
1941 Roger McDonald, Australian author
1943 James Levine, American conductor (Tosca), Director (Metropolitan Opera)
1943 Vint Cerf, American Internet pioneer, Turing Award laureate
1944 Rosetta Hightower, US singer (Don't Hang Up)
1945 John Garang, Sudanese leader and politician (d. 2005)
1945 K B Wilson, methodist Preacher/Principal (Westminster College Oxford)
1945 Kjell Albin Abrahamson, Swedish journalist and writer.
1945 Paul Goddard, Georgia, rock bassist (Atlanta Rhythm Section)
1946 Russ Thacker, Wash DC, producer (Golden Seal)
1946 Ted Shackelford, American actor (Gary-Dallas, Knots Landing)
1947 Bryan Brown, Australian actor (F/X, Gorillas in the Mist, Kim, Tai-Pan)
1948 Clarence Thomas, 108th US Supreme Court Justice (1991) (Anita Hill Controversary)
1948 Darhyl S. Ramsey, American author
1948 Luther Kent, American blues singer based in New Orleans, Louisiana
1948 Myles Goodwyn, Canadian guitarist and vocalist (April Wine)
1948 Nigel Osborne, composer
1949 Gordon Bray, Australian sports broadcaster
1950 Douglas C. Lord, Canadian businessman
1950 Sally Geeson, Sussex England, actress (Bless This House)
1951 Jim Metzler, American actor
1951 Michèle Mouton, French race car driver
1953 Filbert Bayi, Karatu Tanzania, 3k steeplechase (Olympic-silver-1980)
1953 Roberta Leighton, Minneapolis Mn, actress (Ginger-Days of Our Lives)
1955 Debbie Boostrom, Peoria ILL, playmate (Aug, 1981)
1955 Glenn Danzig, American musician (The Misfits, Danzig)
1955 Jean Tigana, French footballer
1955 Jordan, British actress and model
1955 Maggie Greenwald, American film director and writer
1955 Pierre Corbeil, Canadian politician
1956 Randy Jackson, American music producer
1956 Tony Hill, American football player
1957 David Houghton, cricketer (Zimbabwe batsman, 266 v Sri Lanka 1994)
1957 Frances McDormand, American actress (Fargo- Academy Award, Burn After Reading)
1957 Lee John (John L Mcgregor), English singer and actor (Body Talk)
1959 Danny Sharp, Hamilton Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1986 Quinte Festival)
1960 Donald Harrison, American musician
1960 Tatsuya Uemura, Japanese musician and programmer
1961 LaSalle Thompson, American basketball player, NBA forward/center (Phila 76ers)
1961 Mark Drillich, Dutch pop bassist (Kong-Slauerhoff)
1961 Zoran Janjetov, Serbian comic artist
1962 Chuck Billy, American vocalist (Testament)
1962 Kari Takko, Finnish ice hockey player, goalie (Team Finland)
1962 Kevin Yagher, American special effects technician
1962 Paul LaGreca, Bronx NY, actor (Big Trouble)
1962 Richard Coles, rock keyboardist (Communards)
1962 Steve Shelley, American musician (Crucifucks and Sonic Youth)
1963 Colin Montgomerie, Scottish golfer
1963 Steve Shelley, American musician (Crucifucks and Sonic Youth)
1964 Joey Allen, Ft Wayne Indiana, rock guitarist (Warrant-Cherry Pie)
1964 Joss Whedon, American producer, director, and screenwriter
1964 Trent Bushey, Haverhill Mass, actor (David Rampal-All My Children)
1964 Yun Lou, Chinese gymnast
1965 Dawn Whiteham, New London Ct, bodybuilder (Penthouse Nov 1995)
1965 John "Chip" McKibben II, Balboa Island California, rower (Olympics-1996)
1965 Leith Wastle, Benalla VIC, Australasia golfer
1965 Mitch Longley, American actor
1965 Paul Arthurs, British guitarist (Oasis)
1965 Peter O'Malley, Bathurst NSW, Australasia golfer
1966 Barbara Jordan, US softball outfielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1966 Chantal Daucourt, Bienne Switz, mountain cyclist (world-bronze-95)
1966 Chico DeBarge, American musician (DeBarge)
1966 Richie Ren, Taiwanese musician
1966 Vladislav Neiman, Israel, Men's flyweight boxer (Oly-1996)
1967 Derrick Walker, NFL tight end (KC Chiefs)
1967 Helen Geake, British archaeologist
1967 Laurie Wood, Orange California, playmate (March, 1989)
1968 Kent Steffes, Ann Arbor Mich, beach volleyballer (Olympics-gold-96)
1968 Ronnie West, WLAF RB (London Monarchs)
1969 Elbert Ellis, NFL wide receiver (Carolina Panthers, GB Packers)
1969 Martin Klebba, American actor
1970 A C Earl, NBA center (Toronto Raptors)
1970 Kerri Ann Buchberger, Russell Manitoba, volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1970 Martin Deschamps, Canadian singer
1970 Mike Bartrum, tight end (New England Patriots)
1970 Rich Manning, NBA center (Vancouver Grizzlies)
1970 Robert Brooks, American football player, NFL wide reciever (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1970 Roger Knarren, soccer player (MVV)
1970 Yann Tiersen, French musician
1971 Fred Ewanuick, Canadian actor
1971 Félix Potvin, Canadian hockey player, NHL goalie (Toronto Maple Leafs)
1971 Joe Rumolo, CFL defensive linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1972 Cory Schlesinger, NHL running back (Detroit Lions)
1972 Larry Whigham, NFL safety (NE Patriots)
1972 Roell Preston, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
1972 Ron Corning, American television anchor
1972 Selma Blair, American actress (Cruel Intentions, Legally Blonde)
1972 Zinedine Zidane, French footballer
1973 Marie N, Latvian singer
1973 Mark Larsen, jockey
1974 Dontonio Wingfield, NBA forward (Portland Trailblazers)
1974 Joel Edgerton, Australian actor
1974 Lisa Bamford, Raleigh NC, Miss America-NC (1996)
1974 Maria Carolina Christina, Princess of Netherlands
1974 Mark Hendrickson, American basketball and baseball player, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
1975 Alexander Serikow, Landshut GER, hockey forward (Team Germany)
1975 Jane Jamieson, Australian heptathlete (Olympics-96)
1975 KT Tunstall, Scottish singer and songwriter
1975 Kevin Dyson, American football player
1975 Mik Kersten, Canadian computer scientist
1975 Mike James, American basketball player
1976 Brandon Stokley, American football player
1976 Emmanuelle Vaugier, Canadian actress
1976 Joe Becker, American musician
1976 Paola Suarez, Pergamino Arg, tennis star (1995 Futures-Buenos Aires)
1976 Patrick Monahan, British comedian
1976 Patrick Vieira, French footballer
1976 Wade Barrett, American soccer player
1977 Hayden Foxe, Australian soccer defender (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1977 Jason Mraz, American singer and songwriter
1977 Miguel Ángel Angulo, Spanish footballer
1977 Shaun O'Hara, American football player
1978 Frédéric Leclercq, French bassist (DragonForce)
1978 Matt Light, American football player
1978 Memphis Bleek, American rapper
1979 LaDainian Tomlinson, American football player
1980 Andy Orr, Irish Popstar
1980 Becky Cloonan, American comic book artist
1980 Francesca Schiavone, Italian tennis player
1980 Ramnaresh Sarwan, Guyanese cricketer
1981 Anthony Costa, British musician (Blue)
1983 Brooks Laich, Canadian ice hockey player
1983 Jason Berrent, American performer
1984 Dave Walsh, American electronic sports player
1984 Duffy, Welsh Singer
1984 James Thomas, Jr., Winner of Survivor: Tocantins
1984 Takeshi Matsuda, Japanese swimmer
1987 Alessia Filippi, Italian swimmer
1988 Chellsie Memmel, American gymnast
1988 Isabella Leong Lok-Sze, Hong Kong singer, actress and model
1990 Samuel Lee, FIFA 08 World Champion
1992 Bridget Sloan, American gymnast
1996 Charlie Jones, British actor
Died on June 23rd
79 Vespasian, Roman Emperor (b. 9)
758 Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher/disciple of Hui-neng
1018 Henry I of Austria
1075 Theoduinus, Beiers prince-bishop of Liege
1137 Adalbert I, archbishop of Mainz (1111-1137)
1139 Andries van Kuik, bishop of Utrecht
1222 Constance of Aragon, Aragonese princess
1444 Marcus, [Manuel] Eugenicus, Byzantine bishop of Efeze/theologist
1555 Pedro Mascarenhas, Portuguese explorer (b. 1470)
1582 Shimizu Muneharu, Japanese military leader (b. 1537)
1615 Mashita Nagamori, Japanese warlord (b. 1545)
1677 Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1647)
1686 William Coventry, English statesman
1707 John Mill, English theologian
1733 Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (b. 1672)
1770 Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (b. 1721)
1771 Jean-Claude Trial, composer
1775 Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (b. 1692)
1779 Ras Mikael Sehul, warlord of Ethiopia (b. 1691)
1801 Bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer
1806 Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist (b. 1723)
1811 Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, Portuguese poet and satirist (b. 1740)
1817 Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer
1832 James Hall, Scottish geologist (b. 1761)
1833 Nikolaus Paul Zmeskall, composer
1836 James Mill, Scottish philosopher and historian, (b. 1773)
1856 Ivan Kireevsky, Russian literary critic and philosopher (b. 1806)
1866 Samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam physician/social activist
1878 George Backing, English sea officer/explorer (B's River)
1888 Emil Naumann, composer
1891 Francis Henry Brown, composer
1891 George Parr, cricketer (Nottinghamshire & All-England)
1891 Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist (b. 1804)
1893 Sir Theophilus Shepstone, British-born South African statesman (b. 1817)
1895 Joseph Paul Skelly, composer
1901 Charles Kensington Salaman, composer
1916 Victor Chapman, US legionaire/WW I pilot, killed
1919 Amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist
1924 Cecil (James) Sharp, English folk musician
1926 Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (b. 1848)
1928 Thomas H Rollinson, composer
1945 Isamu Cho, Japanese general at Okinawa, by seppuku (b. 1895)
1945 Lt Gen Ushijima, Japanese commander, commits suicide at Okinawa
1951 Armin Knab, German composer (Wunderhorn)
1956 Reinhold Glière, Russian composer (b. 1875)
1956 Reyngol'd Moritsevich Glier, composer
1957 Louis Fornberg, writer
1958 Edvard Armas Jarnefeldt, composer
1959 Boris Vian, French writer and musician (b. 1920)
1959 Jean Gallon, composer
1961 Franz de Backer, Flemish writer (Rubens' Daughter)
1965 Mary Boland, actress (Boy Trouble, New Moon)
1969 Stanley Andrews, actor (Old Ranger-Death Valley Days)
1969 Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish athlete (b. 1907)
1970 Roscoe Turner, American aviator and racer (b. 1895)
1971 George Blagoi, entertainer
1971 Walter Schulthess, composer
1972 Elton Britt, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree)
1973 Fay Holden, actress (Mother-Andy Hardy films)
1975 William Hansen, actor (Homebodies)
1980 Clyfford Still, American painter (b. 1904)
1980 John Laurie, actor (39 Steps, Jericho, Kidnapped)
1980 Odile Versois, actress (Nude in a White Car, Young Lovers)
1980 Sanjay Gandhi, Indian politician, Son of Indira Gandhi (b. 1946)
1980 Varahagiri Venkata Giri, Fourth President of India (b. 1894)
1980 Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian (bomanslag)
1981 Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (Gabriela) (b. 1907)
1982 Vincent Chin, Chinese-American hate crime victim (b. 1955)
1986 Nigel Stock, actor (Lost Continent, Young Sherlock Holmes)
1988 Dayton Lummis, actor (Moonfire, Flight that Disappeared)
1988 Evert Werkman, Dutch journalist (Het Parool)
1988 M Gregor-Dellin, writer
1989 Werner Best, German jurist and nazi leader (b. 1903)
1991 Antonio Jacinto, Angolan poet
1991 Bill Buysman, Dutch guitarist/singer (Kilima Hawaiians)
1992 Eric Andolsek, American football player (b. 1966)
1992 Lou Ramos, entertainer
1992 Renie Irene Brouillet Conley, US, costume designer (Cleopatra)
1994 Alan Frank, music publisher
1994 Piet van Elk, cartoonist
1994 Stanley Gebler Davies, journalist/drinker
1995 Anatoly Tarasov, Russian ice hockey coach (b. 1918)
1995 Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (Polio vaccine) (b. 1914)
1996 Andreas George Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece (1981-89, 93-96) (b. 1919)
1996 Angelo John Novarese, record company founder
1996 Elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge
1996 Pasqualino de Santis, cinematographer
1996 William Walsh, academic
1997 "Wino" Willie Forkner, biker (Wild One)
1997 Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, died suffering from burns (b. 1936)
1998 Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (b. 1911)
1999 Buster Merryfield, British actor (b. 1920)
2000 Peter Dubovský, Slovak football player (b. 1972)
2001 Yvonne Dionne, one of the Canadian Dionne quintuplets (b. 1934)
2002 Pedro 'El Rockero' Alcazar, Panamanian boxer (b. 1975)
2003 Maynard Jackson, Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia (b. 1938)
2005 Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet (b. 1925)
2005 Shana Alexander, American columnist (b. 1926)
2006 Aaron Spelling, American television producer (b. 1923)
2006 Harriet, Galápagos tortoise (b. 1830)
2006 Luke Graham, American wrestler (b. 1940)
2007 Rod Beck, American baseball player (b. 1968)
2008 Arthur Chung, President of Guyana (b. 1918)
2009 Ed McMahon, American television personality (b. 1923)
2011 Dennis Marshall, Costa Rican footballer (b. 1985)
2011 Peter Falk, American actor (b. 1927)
2012 Alan McDonald, Northern Irish footballer
2013 Bobby Bland, American singer and songwriter (b. 1930)
2013 Richard Matheson, American author and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2013 Sharon Stouder, American swimmer
2015 Dick Van Patten, American actor (Tom Bradford in 8 is Enough)
2015 Magali Noël [Guiffray], French actress and singer
2016 Ralph Stanley, American bluegrass musician
