The Phillies drafted him out of high school in the first round of the 2002 MLB Draft (17th), and he began his career in the Phillies minor league system.. He was the top pitcher in the Phillies' minor league system in 2006.
In May 2006, Hamels made his major league debut for the Phillies. After securing a long-term spot as a member of the Phillies starting rotation in his rookie season, he made large strides in the 2007 Major League Baseball season and won the Phillies' top major league pitcher award. He was the top pitcher on the team entering the 2008 season, and during the Phillies' postseason run, during which they ultimately won the 2008 World Series over the Tampa Bay Rays, he won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award. After the 2008 season, Hamels signed a three-year contract with the Phillies. His statistics declined over the next two seasons, struggling through a tumultuous 2009 campaign and somewhat bouncing back in 2010, however still not approaching his 2008 numbers. Over the next few seasons, Hamels was joined by fellow All-Star pitchers including Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, and Roy Oswalt and flourished with them, putting up some of his top career seasons before suffering from poor run support in 2013. With the decline of his aging teammates, the team missed the postseason for the next few years, but Hamels remained one of the Phillies' consistent stars. Hamels was traded to the Texas Rangers in 2015, and he subsequently sparked their run to the AL West title that season. He spent parts of four seasons with the Rangers, including an All-Star season in 2016, before being traded to the Cubs in 2018.
Ryan Howard
Ryan James Howard (born November 19, 1979), nicknamed "The Big Piece", is an American former professional baseball first baseman. Howard spent his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career playing for the Philadelphia Phillies, from 2004 to 2016. He is known for being the fastest player in baseball history to reach 1,000 RBIs, 100 home runs, and 200 home runs. Howard also holds numerous Phillies franchise records.
Howard made his MLB debut in 2004. He won the National League (NL) Rookie of the Year Award in 2005 and the NL Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in 2006. Howard was a three-time NL All-Star (2006, 2009, 2010), and won the Silver Slugger Award, Hank Aaron Award, and the NL Championship Series MVP Award in 2009. Known for his power, Howard is a member of the 50 home run club. He was a two-time NL home run champion (2006, 2008), and became the fastest player to reach both the 100 and 200 home run milestones in MLB history, passing the marks in 2007 and 2009, respectively. He is also tied with Sammy Sosa for the most National League 140 RBI seasons at 3 and the most National League 130 RBI seasons at 4.
Ugyen Wangchuck
Gongsa Ugyen Wangchuck(Dzongkha: , Wylie: "o rgyan dbang phyug"; 1862-1926) was the first King of Bhutan from 1907 to 1926. He was born in 1862 to Jigme Namgyal, Penlop (governor) of Trongsa and Ashi Pema Choki. He succeeded his father as Penlop of Trongsa. From his power base in central Bhutan, Ugyen Wangchuck defeated his political enemies and united the country following several civil wars and rebellions in 1882–1885.
In what was an epochal year for the country, in 1907 Ugyen Wangchuck was unanimously chosen as the hereditary monarch of the country by the people at Punakha, the old Capital of Bhutan.
For his services in mediating between the British and Tibetans during the Younghusband Expedition to Lhasa, Tibet, he was knighted by the British in 1904. He was appointed Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE) in the 1921 New Year Honours, having already been appointed Knight Commander (KCIE) in 1904.
Kevin McKenna (Irish republican)
Kevin McKenna (; 25 June 1945 – 25 June 2019) was an Irish republican and volunteer in the Tyrone Brigade. He was the Chief of Staff of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). McKenna was the longest-serving chief of staff of the IRA, serving from 1983 to 1997.
Jeff Austin
Jeff Austin (April 25, 1974 – June 24, 2019) was an American mandolinist and singer. He is best known for being a founding member of the progressive bluegrass group Yonder Mountain String Band. The band formed in 1998, and by 2014, Austin had left the group. He released his first solo album, titled "The Simple Truth", on February 10, 2015.
Austin was born in Arlington Heights, Illinois and grew up in Elk Grove. He died on June 24, 2019 in Seattle, Washington, at the age of 45.
Jonás Gómez Gallo
Jonás Gómez Gallo (12 July 1923 – 24 June 2019) was a Chilean businessman and politician. He was a member of the Radical Party (1948–1971) and the Radical Left Party (1971–1973). He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1957 to 1961, and as a Senator from 1961 to 1969.
Gómez Gallo was born in Antofagasta. He died on 24 June 2019 in Santiago, at the age of 95.
Dumitru Focșeneanu
Dumitru Focşneanu (8 November 1935 – 20 June 2019) was a Romanian bobsledder. He was born in Breaza. He had his best results as a brakeman with Ion Panțuru. Focșeneanu and Panțuru won two medals in the two-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 1969 and a bronze in 1973. He also competed in the two-man (placing 12th) and four-man (placing 10th) events at the 1972 Winter Olympics.
Focșeneanu died of a stroke on 20 June 2019, at the age of 83.
Georges Brossard
Georges Brossard (February 11, 1940 – June 26, 2019) was a Canadian entomologist. He was born in Montreal, Quebec. He founded the Montreal Insectarium, a natural history museum featuring insects that first opened on February 7, 1990. He also hosted the Discovery Channel documentary program "Insectia". He became a Member of the Order of Canada in 1999, and a Knight of the National Order of Quebec in 2006.
Brossard died of lung cancer on June 26, 2019 in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Quebec. He was 79.
Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina
Yekaterina Illarionovna Mikhailova-Demina (; 22 December 1925 – 24 June 2019) was a Russian military doctor. She was the only woman to have served in front-line reconnaissance in the Soviet marines during World War II. She reportedly carried hundreds of men off the battlefield and was seriously wounded three times during her career as a medic with the marines. For many years, Mikhailova-Demina was not awarded for her efforts during the war. In 1990, she was honoured by President Mikhail Gorbachev with the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Mikhailova-Demina was born in Leningrad. She died on 24 June 2019 in Moscow, at the age of 93.
Nature Ganganbaigal
Nature Ganganbaigal (1990 – June 2019) was a Chinese musician, singer, songwriter and movie music composer. He was based in New York City. He was from Beijing and was of mixed Han Chinese and Mongol ancestry. He founded the Mongolian folk rock/metal band Tengger Cavalry in 2010. The group has been featured on "Billboard", CNN, "Vice", MTV and "Chicago Reader". He performed the Mongolian morin khuur and throat singing. He was a graduate of New York University.
Ganganbaigal died in June 2019, at the age of 29.
Stephanie Grisham
Stephanie Grisham (born 1977) is an American White House official. She was the 30th White House Press Secretary assuming office on July 1, 2019 and left office on April 7, 2020. During her tenure as Press Secretary she did not hold a briefing. Before becoming President Donald Trump's press secretary, she was the press secretary of First Lady Melania Trump from March 27, 2017 through July 1, 2019.
She was a member of Donald Trump's presidential transition team.
Grisham resigned on April 7, 2020 and became Chief of Staff to the First Lady Melania Trump.
On January 6, 2021, Grisham resigned from her position as Melania Trump's Chief of Staff following the protests on Capitol Hill.
Gualberto Castro