the-french-artist/wikipedia_20220301.simple_sentence_split huggingface dataset:
2017  Darrall Imhoff, American basketball player (b. 1938)
Independence Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day
Army Day (Guatemala)
Revolution Day (Sudan)
Navy Day (Israel)
1098  Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul.
1243  Innocent IV becomes pope.
1360  Muhammed VI, Sultan of Granada becomes the 10th Nasrid King of Granada after killing his brother, Ismail II, Sultan of Granada.
1389  Ottoman Empire defeats Christian Europe army in Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe (see Vidovdan).
1461  King Edward IV of England is crowned.
1519  Charles V elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1575  The Battle of Nagashino takes place in Japan.
1635  Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.
1651  Battle of Beresteczko between Poles and Ukrainians, the biggest battle in the 17th century, starts.
1709  Tsar Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
1745  War of the Austrian Succession: A New England colonial army captures Louisbourg, New France, after a 47-day siege.
1776  American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island becomes the first decisive US victory of the war, over Great Britain.
1807  Second British Invasion of Rio de la Plata: John Whitelock lands at Ensenada in an attempt to recapture Buenos Aires and is defeated by the locals.
1811  Napoleonic Wars: French troops storm the city of Tarragona, Spain and carry out a massacre on citizens who offer strong resistance.
1838  In the United Kingdom, Queen Victoria is officially crowned.
1841  Giselle, a ballet by French composer Adolphe Adam, is first performed in Paris.
1859  The first dog show is held in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
1865  In the US, the Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
1880  Ned Kelly, the Australian bushranger, is captured at Glenrowan.
1882  The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
1886  The first passenger train of the Canadian Pacific Railway leaves Montreal, Quebec.
1887  Minot, North Dakota is incorporated as a city.
1894  Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
1895  El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form the Central American Union.
1896  An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pattston City, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
1902  United States Congress passes the Spooner Act, allowing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
1904  The Danish ship SS Norge runs aground and sinks off Rockall in the North Atlantic Ocean; 625 people are killed.
1904  Helen Keller completes her studies at Radcliffe College.
1914  Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophia are killed by a Serbian nationalist, the casus belli of World War I.
1919  The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War I with Germany.
1921  King Alexander I of Serbia proclaims the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
1922  The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Irish Free State forces.
1926  Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
1936  The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
1938  A 450-tonne meteorite struck the earth in an empty field near Chicora, Pennsylvania
1940  Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union.
1948  A magnitude 7.3 earthquake in Fukui, Japan, kills 5,390 people.
1950  Seoul is captured by troops from North Korea.
1960  US-owned oil refineries in Cuba confiscated and nationalised.
1960  A gas explosion in a coal mine in Monmouthshire, Wales, kills 37 miners.
1964  Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
1967  Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
1969  Stonewall riots in New York city mark the beginning of the modern gay rights era.
1976  An Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda trial.
1978  The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke 438 US 265 1978, bars quota systems in college admissions but affirms constitutionality of programs giving advantage to minorities.
1981  A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of the Islamic Republic Party.
1983  The partial collapse of Connecticut's busy I-95 Mianus River Bridge, killing 3 people.
1987  For the first time in military history a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bomb the Iranian town of Sardasht.
1988  Four workers are asphyxiated at a metal-plating plant in Auburn, Indiana, in the worst confined-space industrial accident in U.S. history.
A fifth victim dies two days later.
1990  Paperback Software, a company founded by Adam Osborne, found guilty by a U.S. court of copyright violation for copying the appearance and menu system of Lotus 1-2-3 in its competing spreadsheet program.
1992  The Constitution of Estonia is signed into law.
1994  Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan, killing 7 people and injuring 660.
1996  The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.
1997  Boxer Mike Tyson is disqualified for biting off part of the ear of his opponent Evander Holyfield.
2004  Estonia, Lithuania and Slovenia join the ERM II
2004  Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
2006  Montenegro becomes a member of the UN.
2009  A political crisis lasting several months begins in Honduras, as President Manuel Zelaya is overthrown by Roberto Micheletti.
2011  Google launches Google+.
2016  At least 41 people are killed in a terrorist attack on Istanbul's Atatürk International Airport.
2018  Five people are shot dead in the Capital Gazette shooting at a newspaper office in Annapolis, Maryland, United States.
2019  100th anniversary of the signing the Treaty of Versailles.
2019  France records its hottest-ever temperature, at 45.9 degrees Celsius.
2019  The European Union and Mercosur agree a trade deal.
1170  King Valdemar II of Denmark (d. 1241)
1243  Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (d. 1304)
1444  Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus (d. 1487)
1476  Pope Paul IV (d. 1559)
1490  Albert of Mainz, bishop and elector of Mainz (d. 1545)
1491  Henry VIII, King of England (d. 1547)
1503  Giovanni della Casa, Italian author and poet (d. 1556)
1547  Cristoforo Malvezzi, Italian organist and composer (d. 1599)
1577  Peter Paul Rubens, German painter (d. 1640)
1653  Muhammad Azam Shah, Mughal ruler (d. 1707)
1692  Louisa Maria Teresa Stuart (d. 1718)
1703  John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (d. 1791)
1712  Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (d. 1778)
1719  Etienne François, duc de Choiseul, French general and politician (d. 1785)
1734  Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier, French organist and composer (d. 1778)
1794  John Biscoe, English explorer (d. 1843)
1806  Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer (d. 1883)
1807  Anton Philipp Reclam, German publisher (d. 1895)
1819  Carlotta Grisi, Italian ballerina (d. 1899)
1824  Paul Broca, French physician (d. 1880)
1831  Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist (d. 1907)
1835  John Young Brown, American politician, 31st Governor of Kentucky (d. 1904)
1836  Lyman J. Gage, American politician (d. 1927)
1847  Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, Icelandic composer (d. 1927)
1852  Charles Cruft, English businessman (d. 1938)
1867  Luigi Pirandello, Italian dramatist and narrator, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (d. 1936)
1871  Sergei Bulgakov, Russian theologian and philosopher (d. 1944)
1873  Alexis Carrel, French surgeon, won the 1912 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1944)
1875  Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician (d. 1941)
1876  Robert Guérin, French sports official, 1st President of FIFA (d. 1952)
1883  Pierre Laval, Prime Minister of France (d. 1945)
1884  Lamina Sankoh, Sierra Leonean banker and politician (d. 1964)
1888  George Challenor, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1947)
1890  Howard Drew, American sprinter (d. 1957)
1891  Carl Panzram, American serial killer (d. 1930)
1902  Richard Rodgers, American composer (d. 1979)
1906  Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German-American physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1972)
1912  Carl Friedrich von Weizsaecker, German physicist and philosopher (d. 2007)
1913  Franz Antel, Austrian movie maker (d. 2007)
1914  Lester Flatt, bluegrass musician (d. 1979)
1915  David Honeyboy Edwards, American blues musician (d. 2011)
1917  Albert De Cleyn, Belgian footballer (d. 1990)
1918  William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1999)
1921  P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India, 1991  1996 (d. 2004)
1923  Gaye Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2010)
1923  Conte Candoli, American trumpeter (d. 2001)
1923  Pete Candoli, American trumpeter (d. 2008)
1925  Giselher Klebe, German composer (d. 2009)
1926  Mel Brooks, American actor, director and filmmaker
1927  Frank Sherwood Rowland, American chemist (d. 2012)
1928  Hans Blix, Swedish politician and diplomat
1930  Itamar Franco, former President of Brazil (d. 2011)
1930  Jack Gold, British movie director (d. 2015)
1930  William C. Campbell, Irish-American biologist and parasitologist
1931  Hans Alfredsson, Swedish actor, movie director, writer and comedian
1932  Pat Morita, American actor (d. 2005)
1934  Carl Levin, United States Senator (d. 2021)
1934  Georges Wolinski, French cartoonist (d. 2015)
1934  Robert Carswell, Baron Carswell, Irish lawyer and judge
1935  John Inman, English actor and singer (d. 2007)
1936  Chuck Howley, American football player
1938  Moy Yat, martial artist
1938  Leon Panetta, American politician
1940  Karpal Singh, Malaysian lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
1940  Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi banker and economist, Nobel Peace Prize winner
1941  David Lloyd Johnston, 28th Governor General of Canada
1941  Joseph Goguen, American scientist (d. 2006)
1942  Chris Hani, South African politician (d. 1993)
1942  Rupert Sheldrake, British writer, biochemist and parapsychologist
1943  Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
1945  Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (d. 1989)
1946  Gilda Radner, American actress and comedienne (d. 1989)
1946  Jaime Guzman, Chilean politician (d. 1991)
1946  John Michael Lounge, American astronaut (d. 2011)
1947  Mark Helprin, American writer
1948  Kathy Bates, American actress
1948  Clarence Thomas, United States Supreme Court justice
1948  Robin Dunbar, British anthropologist and evolutionary biologist
1951  Mark Shand, English conservationist and author, brother of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (d. 2014)
1951  Lalla Ward, English actress
1951  Walter Alva, Peruvian archaeologist
1952  Pietro Mennea, Italian athlete and politician (d. 2013)
1952  John Patrick Lowrie, American voice actor, actor, musician and author
1952  Jean-Christophe Rufin, French physician and author
1953  Gernot Rohr, German footballer and manager
1954  A. A. Gill, British journalist, author and critic (d. 2016)
1954  Alice Krige, actress
1957  Georgi Parvanov, former President of Bulgaria
1957  Jim Spanarkel, American basketball player and sportscaster
1958  Donna Edwards, American lawyer, politician and writer
1959  Clint Boon, English singer and keyboardist
1960  John Elway, American football player
1961  Jeff Malone, American basketball player and coach
1963  Charlie Clouser, American musician (Nine Inch Nails)
1964  Mark Grace, American Major League Baseball player
1964  Sabrina Ferilli, Italian actress
1964  Tommy Lynn Sells, American serial killer (d. 2014)
1966  John Cusack, American actor
1966  Mary Stuart Masterson, American actress, director and producer
1967  Lars Riedel, German athlete
1967  Leona Aglukkaq, Canadian politician
1967  Gil Bellows, Canadian actor
1968  Adam Woodyatt, English actor
1969  Ayelet Zurer, Israeli actress
1969  Stéphane Chapuisat, Swiss footballer
1971  Sean Dyche, English football manager
1971  Fabien Barthez, French footballer
1971  Lorenzo Amoruso, Italian footballer
1971  Bobby Hurley, American basketball player
1971  Elon Musk, South African-American entrepreneur
1971  Louise Mensch, English politician and author
1972  Ngo Bao Chau, Vietnamese mathematician
1972  Alessandro Nivola, American actor
1972  Jon Heidenreich, American professional wrestler
1973  Adrian Annus, hammer thrower
1973  André Lange, German bobsledder
1974  Rob Dyrdek, American skateboarder, actor and producer
1975  Ning Baizura, Malaysian singer and producer
1977  Mark Stoermer, American bass player (The Killers)
1978  Simon Larose, tennis player
1979  Felicia Day, American actress and writer
1979  Randy McMichael, American football player
1982  Ibrahim Camejo, Cuban long jumper
1982  Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia
1984  Tamara Ecclestone, British model and television host
1985  Phil Bardsley, British footballer
1986  Kellie Pickler, American country music singer and songwriter
1986  Suzuko Mimori, Japanese voice actress and singer
1987  Terrence Williams, American basketball player
1988  Kanon Wakeshima, Japanese singer and cellist
1989  Lucy Rose, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1989  Mark Edward Fischbach, American actor and comedian
1990  Nick Purcell, American actor
1990  Jasmine Richards, Canadian actress
1990  Daisy Turner, English model and actress
1991  Seohyun, South Korean singer, dancer and actress (Girls' Generation)
1991  Kevin De Bruyne, Belgian footballer
1993  Bradley Beal, American basketball player
1994  Anish Giri, Russian-Dutch chess player
1994  Madeline Duggan, English actress
1994  Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan
1995  Kare Hedebrandt, Swedish actor
202  Yuan Shao, Chinese warlord
548  Theodora I, Byzantine Empress (b. 500)
572  Alboin, Lombard King (b. 530)
683  Pope Leo II (b. 611)
767  Pope Paul I (b. 700)
928  Louis the Blind, King of Provence and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 880)
1061  Floris I, Count of Holland (b. 1020)
1175  Andrey Bogolyubsky, Russian saint (b. 1111)
1189  Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (b. 1156)
1194  Emperor Xiaozong of Song of China (b. 1127)
1385  Andronikos IV Palaiologus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1348)
1586  Primoz Trubar, Slovenian author and reformer (b. 1508)
1598  Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer (maker of maps) (b. 1527)
1716  George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general (b. 1665)
1757  Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Queen of Prussia (b. 1687)
1813  Gerhard Scharnhorst, Prussian general (b. 1755)
1834  Joseph Bové, Russian architect (b. 1784)
1836  James Madison, 4th President of the United States (b. 1751)
1880  Dan Kelly, Steve Hart and Joe Byrne, Australian bushrangers, killed at Glenrowan, Victoria.
1880  Texas Jack Omohundro, American cowboy and actor (b. 1848)
1881  Jules Armand Dufaure, 33rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1798)
1889  Maria Mitchell, American astronomer and Women's Rights activist (b. 1818)
1892  Harry Atkinson, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1831)
1892  Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves, Greek poet and statesman (b. 1810)
1913  Manoel Ferraz de Campos Sales, President of Brazil (b. 1811)
1914  Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (assassination) (b. 1863)
1914  Archduchess Sophie Chotek, wife of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (b. 1868)
1917  Sven Berggren, Swedish naturalist and botanist (b. 1837)
1928  Ida Ferenczy, lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth of Bavaria (b. 1839)
1929  Edward Carpenter, English poet and philosopher (b. 1844)
1935  Patriarch Meletius IV of Constantinople (b. 1871)
1940  Italo Balbo, Italian general and politician (b. 1896)
1942  Yanka Kupala, Belarussian writer (b. 1882)
1960  Jake Swirbul, co-founder of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
1962  Mickey Cochrane, American Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1903)
1965  Red Nichols, American jazz musician (b. 1905)
1971  Franz Stangl, Nazi Concentration camp commandant (b. 1908)
1974  Frank Sutton, American actor (b. 1923)
1975  Rod Serling, American scriptwriter, host of The Twilight Zone (b. 1924)
1976  Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and movie producer (b. 1927)
1978  Clifford Dupont, President of Rhodesia (b. 1905)
1980  José Iturbi, Spanish musician, conductor (b. 1895)
1981  Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and cancer activist (b. 1958)
1989  Joris Ivens, movie maker (b. 1898)
1991  Henri Lefebvre, French philosopher (b. 1901)
1992  Mikhail Tal, Latvian chess player (b. 1936)
1993  GG Allin, American punk rock singer (b. 1956)
1997  Mrs. Miller, singer (b. 1907)
2001  Mortimer Adler, American philosopher (b. 1902)
2001  Joan Sims, actress (b. 1930)
2003  Wim Slijkhuis, Dutch athlete (b. 1923)
2004  Anthony Buckeridge, writer (b. 1912)
2007  Kiichi Miyazawa, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1919)
2008  Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (b. 1987)
2009  Billy Mays, American pitchman (b. 1958)
2010  Robert Byrd, American politician, longest-serving United States Senator (b. 1917)
2011  Michael Wenning, American minister (b. 1935)
2013  Peter Lehmann, Australian winemaker (b. 1930)
2014  Meshach Taylor, American actor (b. 1947)
2014  Brian Roe, English cricketer (b. 1939)
2014  Jim Brosnan, American baseball player (b. 1929)
2014  Julio Silva Solar, Chilean lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
2015  Todor Slavov, Bulgarian rally driver (b. 1984)
2015  Jack Carter, American comedian and actor (b. 1922)
2015  Wally Stanowski, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919)
2016  Scotty Moore, American guitarist (b. 1931)
2016  Buddy Ryan, American football coach (b. 1931)
2016  Pat Summitt, American basketball coach (b. 1952)
2016  Zurlon Tipton, American football player (b. 1990)
2017  John Higgins, Scottish footballer (b. 1930)
2017  Wally O'Connell, Australian rugby league player (b. 1923)
2017  Ola Mildred Rexroat, American World War II military official (b. 1917)
2018  Domenico Losurdo, Italian philosopher (b. 1940)
2018  Rob Hiaasen, American journalist and newspaper editor (b. 1959)
2018  Denis Akiyama, Canadian actor (b. 1952)
2018  Christine Nöstlinger, Austrian author (b. 1936)
2019  Willie Frazer, Northern Irish activist (b. 1960)
Saint Irenaeus
Soviet Occupation Day in Moldova
Observed as Tau Day by opponents of Pi (Mathematics)
678  Pope Agatho is elected.
1358  The Republic of Dubrovnik is founded.
1497  Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London, England.
1556  The thirteen Stratford martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.
1709  Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
1715  In a war with Venice, 40,000 Ottoman soldiers land in the Peloponnese, present-day Greece.
1743  War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Dettingen - on the battlefield in Bavaria, King George II of Great Britain leads his troops into battle.
It is the last time that a British monarch would command troops  on the field.
1759  General James Wolfe starts siege of Quebec.
1760  Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina during the Anglo-Cherokee War.
1806  The British capture Buenos Aires.
1844  Joseph Smith, Jr and his brother Hyrum murdered in Carthage Jail, Carthage, Illinois.
1864  Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in the American Civil War.
1867  The Bank of California opens its doors
1893  Crash of the New York Stock Exchange.
1898  First solo circumnavigation of the globe completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island Nova Scotia.
1899  A. E. J. Collins scores 628 not-out, a record score in cricket.
1905  Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin.
1927  Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi leads a conference to discuss Japan's plans for China.
1941  Romanian government forces, supporting Nazi Germany, launch a violent pogrom against the Jewish population of the city of Iasi, Romania; 13,266 are subsequently murdered.
1945  Under Secretary of the Navy Ralph Bard sends memo to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson urging that the United States give "preliminary warning" to Japan before using the atomic bomb on a Japanese target.
1946  The Parliament of Canada establishes the definition (meaning) of Canadian citizenship.
1950  The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
1953  Joseph Laniel becomes Prime Minister of France.
1954  World's first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
1954  Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz is removed from power with US assistance.
1957  Hurricane Audrey kills 500 people in Louisiana and Texas.
1963  John F. Kennedy visits his ancestral home in County Wexford, Republic of Ireland.
1966  The military seizes power in Argentina.
1967  World's first ATM installed in Enfield, London.
1972  ATARI is established by Nolan Bushnell.
1973  President of Uruguay Juan Maria Bordaberry dissolves parliament and establishes a dictatorship.
1974  US President Richard Nixon visits the U.S.S.R.
1976  Air France Flight 139 is captured by Palestinian militants and diverted to Entebbe Airport in Uganda.
1977  France grants independence to Djibouti.
1977  Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) becomes a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
1979  Muhammad Ali announces his retirement from boxing.
1980  A commercial DC-9 (Itavia Flight 870) is apparently shot down.
1982  Space Shuttle Columbia is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.
1984  Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Albert Einstein Peace Prize.
1984  UEFA Euro 1984: France defeats Spain 2-0 to win the tournament.
1985  Route 66 ceases to be an official highway.
1986  International Court of Justice finds against the United States in its judgement in the Nicaragua v. United States.
1988  In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Mike Tyson becomes Boxing Heavyweight Champion of the World, defeating Michael Spinks.
1991  Slovenia, which declared independent two days previously, is invaded by Yugoslavia troops, tanks, and aircraft.
1995  Jodi Huisentruit, an anchorwoman in Mason City, Iowa disappears, presumably abducted.
1998  130 people are killed in an earthquake in southwestern Turkey.
2001  International Court of Justice finds against the United States in its judgement in the LaGrand Case.
2006  2006 FIFA World Cup: Brazil's Ronaldo becomes the highest goalscorer in FIFA World Cup history, with 15 goals.
2007  Gordon Brown becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Tony Blair.
2008  In a highly scrutinised election, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe claims a landslide victory, after opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn, citing violence against MDC supporters.
2010  Iceland legalizes same-sex marriage.
2010  2010 FIFA World Cup: Two controversial decisions in Second Round matches prompt discussions about technology in football.
Frank Lampard's goal for England against Germany is not given despite crossing the line, and an offside goal by Argentina's Carlos Tévez against Mexico is given.
2013  Kevin Rudd becomes Prime Minister of Australia for a second time, replacing Julia Gillard.
2013  NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectograph, a space probe to observe the Sun.
2014  Jean-Claude Juncker is chosen to become President of the European Commission.
2016  UEFA Euro 2016: Iceland defeats England 2-1 in a surprise result in the second round of the tournament.
2017  Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon delays a plan for a second independence referendum.
2017  A vote in the German Bundestag on same-sex marriage is set for June 30 after Chancellor Angela Merkel changes her official position on the issue.
2017  Armin Laschet takes over from Hannelore Kraft as Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most-populous state.
2017  A second Ransomware cyber attack in just over six weeks affects the world's computers, with Russia, Poland and Ukraine among the most-affected countries.
2018  2018 FIFA World Cup: Germany is knocked out of the FIFA World Cup at the first stage for the first time in 80 years, after a 2-0 defeat to South Korea; it is the fourth time in five FIFA World Cups that the previous champion goes out at the group stage.
2018  United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announces his retirement.
1040  King Ladislaus I of Hungary (d. 1095)
1350  Manuel II Palaiologus, Eastern Roman Emperor (d. 1425)
1462  King Louis XII of France (d. 1515)
1550  King Charles IX of France (d. 1574)
1682  King Charles XII of Sweden (d. 1718) (June 17 in Swedish calendar)
1717  Louis Guillaume Le Monnier, French botanist (d. 1799)
1740  John Latham, English physician, naturalist and author (d. 1837)
1805  Napoléon Coste, French composer and guitarist (d. 1883)
1806  Augustus De Morgan, English mathematician (d. 1871)
1821  August Conradi, German organist and composer (d. 1873)
1821  Samuel Washington Woodhouse, American surgeon, explorer and naturalist (d. 1904)
1828  Bryan O'Loghlen, Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria (d. 1905)
1838  Paul Mauser, German weapon designer (d. 1914)
1838  Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author and poet (d. 1894)
1838  Eugenia Washington, American historian (d. 1900)
1839  George Mary Searle, American astronomer and clergyman (d. 1918)
1840  Ingram Bywater, British classical philologist (d. 1914)
1846  Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish nationalist political leader (d. 1891)
1850  Lafcadio Hearn, writer (d. 1904)
1869  Hans Spemann, German doctor and zoologist, won the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1941)
1869  Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-American anarchist, feminist, free love advocate (d. 1940)
1870  Frank Rattray Lillie, zoologist, embryologist (d. 1947)
1880  Helen Keller, American writer and spokeswoman for the deaf and blind (d. 1968)
1882  Eduard Spranger, philosopher, psychologist and educator (d. 1963)
1884  Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet (d. 1962)
1885  Guilhermina Suggia, Portuguese cellist (d. 1950)
1885  Pierre Montet, French Egyptologist (d. 1966)
1888  Antoinette Perry, American actress and director (d. 1946)
1890  Roberto Urdaneta, 44th President of Colombia (d. 1972)
1891  Vladimir Petlyakov, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1942)
1892  Paul Colin, French illustrator (d. 1985)
1893  Ivan Belov, Soviet military (d. 1938)
1899  Juan Trippe, American airline entrepreneur (d. 1981)
1904  Alberta Vaughn, American actress (d. 1992)
1905  Armand Mondou, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)
1906  Catherine Cookson, British writer (d. 1998)
1906  Vernon Watkins, Welsh-American poet (d. 1967)
1907  John McIntire, American actor (d. 1991)
1908  Joao Guimaraes Rosa, Brazilian writer (d. 1967)
1909  Billy Curtis, American actor (d. 1988)
1910  Pierre Joubert, French artist (d. 2002)
1913  Willie Mosconi, professional billiards player (d. 1993)
1914  Robert Aickman, English writer (d. 1981)
1914  Giorgio Almirante, Italian journalist and politician (d. 1988)
1915  Grace Lee Boggs, American writer, activist and feminist (d. 2015)
1918  Adolph Kiefer, American swimmer (d. 2017)
1921  Muriel Pavlow, English actress
1925  Michael Dummett, English philosopher (d. 2011)
1925  Jerome Felder, AKA Doc Pomus, American musician, composer (d. 1991)
1927  Otto Herbert Hajek, German sculptor (d. 2005)
1928  Rudy Perpich, American politician (d. 1995)
1930  Ross Perot, American billionaire and politician (d. 2019)
1930  Tommy Kono, American weightlifter (d. 2016)
1931  Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch physicist
1931  Magali Noel, French actress and singer (d. 2015)
1932  Anna Moffo, American soprano (d. 2006)
1934  Alberto Bevilacqua, Italian writer, poet and journalist (d. 2013)
1935  Laurent Terzieff, French actor (d. 2010)
1938  Bruce Babbitt, American politician
1938  Yevgeniy Ivchenko, Soviet race walker
1940  Ian Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton, Scottish politician
1941  Krzysztof Kieslowski, Polish movie director (d. 1996)
1942  Bruce Johnston, American musician (The Beach Boys)
1942  Danny Schechter, American television producer, moviemaker, blogger and media critic (d. 2015)
1949  Rafael Chirbes, Spanish writer (d. 2015)
1949  Vera Wang, American fashion designer
1951  Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland
1951  Julia Duffy, American actress
1951  Ulf Andersson, Swedish chess player
1952  Madan Kumar Bhandari, Nepalese politician (d. 1993)
1952  Mary Rosenblum, American author (d. 2018)
1955  Isabelle Adjani, French actress
1956  Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince and astronaut
1957  Gabriella Dorio, Italian middle-distance runner
1958  Lisa Germano, American musician
1958  Magnus Lindberg, Finnish pianist and composer
1959  Clint Boon, musician best known for playing keyboards in the band Inspiral Carpets
1960  David Cholmondeley, British aristocrat
1960  Craig Hodges, American basketball player
1961  Tim Whitnall, British voice actor
1961  Meera Syal, British actress, comedienne and writer
1962  Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Hong Kong actor
1962  Michael Ball, British singer and actor
1962  Carrie Gracie, British journalist and news presenter, former BBC News China editor
1962  Sunanda Pushkar, Indian-Canadian businesswoman (d. 2014)
1962  Ollanta Humala, 94th President of Peru
1963  Wendy Alexander, Scottish politician
1963  Jay Karnes, American actor
1964  Stephan Brenninkmeijer, Dutch director, producer and screenwriter
1964  Chuck Person, American basketball player and coach
1964  Taimak, American martial arts actor and stuntman
1965  Simon Sebag Montefiore, English journalist, historian and author
1965  Ange Postecoglou, Australian footballer and coach
1966  J. J. Abrams, American television writer and producer
1966  Aigars Kalvitis, former Prime Minister of Latvia
1969  Alessandro Esseno, Italian composer and pianist
1969  Viktor Petrenko, Ukrainian figure skater
1970  John Eales, Australian rugby player
1970  Jim Edmonds, American baseball player
1970  Vitamin C, pop singer
1971  Jo Frost, English nanny and television personality
1971  Dipendra of Nepal (d. 2001)
1971  Régine Cavagnoud, French skier (d. 2001)
1972  Dmytro Tymchuk, Ukrainian politician, military expert and blogger (d. 2019)
1974  Christian Kane, American actor and singer
1974  Christopher O'Neill, British-American businessman and husband of Princess Madeleine of Sweden
1975  Tobey Maguire, American actor
1976  Nekima Levy-Pounds, American lawyer, professor, activist and writer
1977  Raúl, Spanish footballer
1977  Arkadiusz Radomski, Polish footballer
1978  Anna Kumble, British singer
1978  Courtney Ford, American actress
1978  Marc Terenzi, American singer
1979  Fabrizio Miccoli, Italian footballer
1980  Kevin Pietersen, South African-born English cricketer
1980  Takahiro Futagawa, Japanese footballer
1981  Andrew Embley, Australian footballer
1981  Cléber Santana, Brazilian footballer (d. 2016)
1983  Alsou, Russian singer
1984  José Holebas, German-born Greek footballer
1984  Gökhan Inler, Swiss footballer
1984  Khloe Kardashian, American reality television personality
1985  Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russian tennis player
1985  James Hook, Welsh rugby player
1985  Nico Rosberg, Finnish-German racing driver
1986  LaShawn Merritt, American sprinter
1986  Sam Claflin, English actor
1987  Ed Westwick, English actor
1988  Célia Sasic, German footballer
1988  Matthew Spiranovic, Australian footballer
1988  Alanna Masterton, American actress
1989  Matthew Lewis, English actor
1990  Taylor Phinney, American cyclist
1991  Madylin Sweeten, American actress
1992  Sohee, South Korean singer, dancer and actress
1999  Chandler Riggs, American actor
363  Emperor Julian (b. 313)
1149  Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch (b. 1099)
1458  Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)
1462  Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)
1497  Michael An Gof, Cornish rebel
1497  Thomas Flamank, Cornish rebel
1574  Giorgio Vasari, Italian artist (b. 1511)
1648  Arngrimur Jonsson, Icelandic academic (b. 1568)
1655  Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1598)
1794  Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz, Austrian statesman (b. 1711)
1794  Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French nobleman (b. 1715)
1794  Anne d'Arpajon, comtesse de Noailles, French noblewoman (b. 1729)
1823  Pierre Antoine Delalande, French explorer and naturalist (b. 1787)
1829  James Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian Institute
1831  Sophie Germain, French mathematician (b. 1776)
1839  Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire (b. 1780)
1844  Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (b. 1800)
1844  Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1805)
1852  Lemuel H. Arnold, American politician, Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1792)
1878  Sarah Helen Whitman, American poet (b. 1803)
1907  Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American educator (b. 1822)
1916  Stefan Luchian, Romanian painter (b. 1868)
1917  Karl Allmenroder, German World War I ace (b. 1896)
1934  Francesco Buhagiar, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1876)
1935  Eugene Augustin Lauste, French inventor (b. 1857)
1944  Milan Hodza, Slovakian politician (b. 1878)
1946  Juan Antonio Ríos, President of Chile (b. 1888)
1952  Elmo Lincoln, actor (b. 1889)
1957  Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1924)
1957  Malcolm Lowry, novelist (b. 1909)
1959  Giovanni Pastrone, Italian filmmaker (b. 1883)
1960  Lottie Dod, English athlete (b. 1871)
1961  Hélène Dutrieu, French pilot (b. 1877)
1970  Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (b. 1902)
1986  George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1905)
1989  Alfred Jules Ayer, British philosopher (b. 1910)
1991  Molly Geertsema, Dutch politician (b. 1918)
1996  Albert R. Broccoli, American movie producer (b. 1909)
1998  Kerim Tekin, Turkish singer
1999  Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek military leader (b. 1919)
2000  Pierre Pflimlin, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
2001  Jack Lemmon, American actor and movie director (b. 1925)
2001  Tove Jansson, Finnish writer of the Moomin books (b. 1914)
2002  John Entwistle, English musician, bass player for The Who (b. 1944)
2003  David Newman, American director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1937)
2004  Darrell Russell, NHRA drag racer (b. 1968)
2004  Fred Ramdat Misier, President of Suriname (b. 1926)
2005  Shelby Foote, American historian and author (b. 1917)
2007  Patrick Allotey, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1979)
2011  Elaine Stewart, American actress (b. 1930)
2013  Alain Mimoun, French runner (b. 1921)
2013  Stefano Borgonovo, Italian footballer (b. 1964)
2014  Leslie Manigat, 43rd President of Haiti (b. 1930)
2014  Bobby Womack, American musician (b. 1944)
2014  Rachid Solh, Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1926)
2014  Rex Whitehead, Australian cricket umpire (b. 1948)
2014  Tymon Mabaleka, Zimbabwean footballer and music producer (b. 1950)
2015  Chris Squire, English bass guitarist (Yes) (b. 1948)
2015  Zvi Elpeleg, Polish-Israeli diplomat (b. 1926)
2016  Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer and actor (b. 1929)
2016  Simon Ramo, American engineer, business leader and author (b. 1913)
2016  Alvin Toffler, American writer and futurist (b. 1928)
2016  Elmer Cravalho, American politician (b. 1926)
2016  Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Danish composer (b. 1932)
2016  Harry Halbreich, Belgian musicologist (b. 1931)
2016  Mack Rice, American songwriter and singer (b. 1933)
2017  Geri Allen, American jazz pianist and composer (b. 1957)
2017  Piotr Bikont, Polish journalist, critic and author (b. 1955)
2017  Michael Bond, English author (Paddington Bear) (b. 1926)
2017  Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor (b. 1960)
2017  Suh Yun-bok, South Korean athlete (b. 1923)
2017  Ric Suggitt, Canadian rugby coach (b. 1958)
2017  Peter L. Berger, Austrian-American sociologist (b. 1929)
2017  Anthony Young, American baseball player (b. 1966)
2017  Toytown, English eventing horse (b. 1992)
2017  Better Talk Now, American racehorse (b. 1999)
2018  Harlan Ellison, American science fiction writer (b. 1934)
2018  Joe Jackson, American talent manager, patriarch of the Jackson family (b. 1928)
2018  Steve Soto, American punk guitarist (b. 1963)
2018  Vladimir Andreyevich Uspensky, Russian mathematician and writer (b. 1930)
2018  Paola Paternoster, Italian discus and javelin thrower (b. 1935)
2018  Steven Hilliard Stern, Canadian-American director and screenwriter (b. 1937)
2018  Steve Ditko, American comic book artist and writer (b. 1927)
2019  Gualberto Castro, Mexican singer, actor and television personality (b. 1934)
2019  David Golomb, Israeli politician (b. 1933)
2019  Justin Raimondo, American author (b. 1951)
Independence Day in Djibouti
Canadian Multiculturalism Day
Seven Sleepers Day in Germany (According to legend, the weather on this date is supposed to be the same as in the rest of the Summer)
National Unity Day (Tajikistan)
Mixed Race Day (Brazil)
217 BC  Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
168 BC  Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat and capture Macedonian King Perseus, ending the Third Macedonian War.
816  Pope Stephen IV is elected.
1593  Battle of Sisak: Slovene – Croat troops defeat the Turks.
1622  Portuguese forces repel a Dutch invasion at the Battle of Macau during the Dutch-Portuguese War.
1633  The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his scientific view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe.
1634  Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn marries Saskia van Uylenburgh.
1675  The Greenwich Royal Observatory is founded.
1774  The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules for governance of the colony of Quebec in what was then British North America.
1783  The poisonous cloud from the erupting Laki volcanic crater in Iceland reaches Le Havre, on France's English Channel coast.
1813  War of 1812: After learning of American plans to carry out a surprise attack on the Beavers Dams, Ontario, Laura Secord sets out on a 30 kilometer journey on foot to warn James FitzGibbon.
1825  British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.
1866  Battle of Custoza: an Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
1870  The United States Congress creates the United States Department of Justice.
1893  The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
1898  Spanish-American War: United States Marines land in Cuba.
1906  The Flag of Sweden is adopted as the country's official national flag.
1907  The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
1911  George V is crowned King of the United Kingdom, succeeding his father, Edward VII, who had died in 1910.
1918  The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 people and injures 127 in Hammond, Indiana.
1919  Law student Jens Oliver Lisberg first raises the current Flag of the Faroe Islands in the village of Famjin.
1922  Herrin massacre: 19 strikeboarders and 2 union miners are killed in Herrin, Illinois.
1936  Austrian philosopher Moritz Schlick is murdered by a former student at the University of Vienna.
1937  Camille Chautemps becomes Prime Minister of France.
1940  France forced to sign armistice with Nazi Germany.
1941  Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa, one of the most dramatic turning points of World War II.
1941  First Croatian anti-fascist armed unit (partisans) founded near Sisak, Croatia.
1941  June coup in Lithuania against the Soviets starts.
1942  Erwin Rommel is promoted to the rank of Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk, in Libya.
1944  Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against Army Group Centre.
1945  World War II: The Battle of Okinawa comes to an end.
1950  The longship replica Ormen Friske , en route from Birka to Rotterdam, broke apart in the North Sea because of improper construction.
All 15 crew members drowned.
1955  The Disney film Lady and the Tramp has its premiere.
1957  The Soviet Union launches an R-12 missile for the first time.
1962  An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashes in bad weather in Guadeloupe, West Indies killing 113
1963  Pope Paul VI elected by College of Cardinals.
1964  François Duvalier (Papa Doc) is officially declared "President for Life" in Haiti.
1974  In Hamburg, during the 1974 FIFA World Cup, the East Germany national football team defeats the West Germany national football team 1-0 in a Group Stage match, with the goal scored by Jürgen Sparwasser.
1976  Canadian House of Commons abolishes capital punishment.
1978  Pluto's moon Charon is discovered.
1984  William Schnoebelen and his wife Sharon are "saved" by a tract from Chick Publications.
There is some debate over the reliability of this, however.
1986  Argentine footballer Diego Maradona scores the Hand of God goal and the "Goal of the Century" against England during the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico City.
1989  Dublin City University and University of Limerick are established in Ireland.
1990  Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin is removed.
1993  Dr. Charles Epstein of Tiburon, California, United States is injured by a mail bomb sent by the Unabomber.
1996  The Quake computer game is released.
2000  A ferry sinking on the Yangtze River in Sichuan province, China, kills 131 people.
2002  An earthquake in western Iran measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale kills more than 261 people
2003  The largest hailstone ever recorded falls from a thunderstorm in Aurora, Nebraska, United States.
2004  In Belgium, Marc Dutroux is sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping, raping and murdering young girls.
2006  At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ronaldo of Brazil equals Gerd Müller's overall World Cup goal-scoring record of 14.
He beats the record five days later.
2008  Filipino ferry Princess of the Stars runs aground in a typhoon, killing around 800 people.
2009  Two Washington, DC metro trains collide, killing 9 people.
2010  The longest match in professional tennis history begins at Wimbledon, in which John Isner defeats Nicolas Mahut 70-68 in the fifth, and deciding, set two days later.
2012  President of Paraguay Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and is succeeded by Federico Franco.
2012  A Turkish Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter airplane is shot down by Syrian Armed Forces, killing both pilots on board.
This worsens the already strained relations between Turkey and Syria.
2019  Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is elected President of Mauritania, in what would be the country's first peaceful transfer of power since gaining independence from France in 1960.
662  Emperor Ruizong of Tang of China (d. 716)
1000  Robert I, Duke of Normandy (d. 1035)
1680  Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (d. 1754)
1684  Francesco Manfredini, Italian baroque composer (d. 1762)
1738  Jacques Delille, French poet and translator (d. 1813)
1757  George Vancouver, English navigator, naval surveyor (d. 1798)
1767  Wilhelm von Humboldt, German philosopher and statesman (d. 1835)
1792  James Baeumont Neilson, Scottish inventor (d. 1865)
1805  Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian jurist and activist (d. 1872)
1820  James Hutchison Stirling, Scottish physician and philosopher (d. 1909)
1821  Theodor Möbius, German philologist (d. 1890)
1830  Theodor Leschetizky, Polish pianist, professor and composer (d. 1915)
1837  Ernst Ziller, German architect (d. 1923)
1837  Paul Morphy, American chess player (d. 1884)
1845  Richard Seddon, Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1906)
1856  H. Rider Haggard, writer (d. 1925)
1861  Maximilian von Spee, German admiral (d. 1914)
1864  Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (d. 1909)
1871  Arthur Wynne, English-American inventor of the Crossword (d. 1945)
1871  William MacDougall, English psychologist and polymath (d. 1938)
1874  Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, shooter, gymnast and athlete (d. 1930)
1874  Walter F. Otto, German scholar (d. 1958)
1876  Gwen John, Welsh painter (d. 1939)
1879  John J. Dempsey, American politician, 13th Governor of New Mexico (d. 1958)
1880  Johannes Drost, Dutch backstroke swimmer (d. 1954)
1884  James Rector, American sprinter (d. 1949)
1885  Milan Vidmar, Slovene electrical engineer and chess player (d. 1962)
1887  Julian Huxley, British biologist (d. 1975)
1888  Harold Ritz Burton, 45th Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1964)
1890  Aleksander Warma, Estonian commander and politician (d. 1970)
1892  Emil Telmanyi, Hungarian violinist and conductor (d. 1988)
1896  Leonard W. Murray, Canadian admiral (d. 1971)
1897  Norbert Elias, German sociologist (d. 1990)
1898  Erich Maria Remarque, German writer (d. 1970)
1899  Michal Kalecki, Polish economist (d. 1970)
1899  Artur Kukk, Estonian wrestler (d. 1958)
1899  Richard Gurley Drew, American engineer (d. 1980)
1900  Oskar Fischinger, German animator, filmmaker and painter (d. 1967)
1901  1930
1902  Marguerite De La Motte, American movie actress (d. 1950)
1903  Carl Hubbell, American Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1988)
1903  John Dillinger, American bank robber (d. 1934)
1906  Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American writer and aviator (d. 2001)
1906  Billy Wilder, Austrian-born director (d. 2002)
1907  Marta Colvin, Chilean sculptor (d. 1995)
1909  Buddy Adler, American film producer (d. 1960)
1909  Katherine Dunham, American dancer (d. 2006)
1909  Mike Todd, American movie and theatre producer (d. 1958)
1910  John Hunt, Indian-British mountaineer (d. 1998)
1910  Peter Pears, English tenor (d. 1986)
1910  Konrad Zuse, German engineer (d. 1995)
1912  Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1983)
1919  Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1980)
1920  Paul Frees, cartoon voice-over artist (d. 1986)
1920  Jovito Salonga, Filipino politician (d. 2016)
1921  Joseph Papp, director, producer (d. 1991)
1922  Osvaldo Fattori, Italian footballer (d. 2017)
1924  Géza Vermes, Hungarian-British scholar (d. 2013)
1926  Tadeusz Konwicki, Polish writer and filmmaker (d. 2015)
1926  Rachid Solh, Prime Minister of Lebanon (d. 2014)
1928  Steingrimur Hermannsson, Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 2010)
1928  Ralph Waite, American actor (d. 2014)
1929  Bruce Kent, British social activist
1930  Yuri Artyukhin, Russian cosmonaut (d. 1998)
1930  Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, son of Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and young victim of crime (d. 1932)
1930  John Joseph Scanlan, Roman Catholic prelate
1930  Walter Bonatti, Italian mountaineer (d. 2011)
1931  1950
1932  Amrish Puri, Indian actor (d. 2005)
1932  Prunella Scales, British actress
1932  Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, Queen Consort of Iran (d. 2001)
1933  Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator and former Mayor of San Francisco
1933  Libor Pesek, Czech conductor
1936  Kris Kristofferson, American country music singer, songwriter and actor
1936  Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian composer and musician
1936  Izatullo Khayoyev, Prime Minister of Tajikistan (d. 2015)
1937  Bernie McGann, American musician (d. 2013)
1938  Virginio De Paoli, Italian footballer (d. 2009)
1939  Robert Kramer, American actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1939  Ada Yonath, Israeli chemist, Nobel Prize winner
1940  Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian film director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1940  Esther Rantzen, British television presenter
1941  Marco Aurélio Garcia, Brazilian politician (d. 2017)
1941  Ed Bradley, American journalist, 60 Minutes correspondent (d. 2006)
1943  Brit Hume, American FOX News anchor and commentator
1943  Eumir Deodato, Brazilian pianist, composer and producer
1943  Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor
1944  Helmut Dietl, German movie director (d. 2015)
1944  Gérard Mourou, French physicist
1945  Rainer Brüderle, German politician
1946  Eliades Ochoa, Cuban guitarist (Buena Vista Social Club)
1946  Józef Oleksy, Polish politician (d. 2015)
1947  Octavia E. Butler, American science fiction author (d. 2006)
1947  David Lander, American actor, baseball scout (Laverne and Shirley)
1947  David Landau, British-Israeli journalist (d. 2015)
1947  Bruno Latour, French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist
1947  Jerry Rawlings, former President of Ghana (d. 2020)
1948  Todd Rundgren, American singer, songwriter and recording producer
1949  Meryl Streep, American actress
1949  Lindsay Wagner, American actress
1949  Alan Osmond, American singer
1949  Larry Gunstrom, American bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1949  Elizabeth Warren, American politician
1949  Carlo Petrini, Italian journalist, activist and writer
1950  Zenonas Petrauskas, Lithuanian lawyer and politician (d. 2009)
1950  Adrian Nastase, Romanian politician
1951  Craig Gruber, American musician (d. 2015)
1952  Graham Greene, Canadian actor
1952  Alastair Stewart, English journalist and newsreader
1953  Cyndi Lauper, American singer
1953  Wim Eijk, Dutch archbishop
1954  Wolfgang Becker, German film director and writer