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15th June in the Stars – Star Sign Gemini

Today, the zodiac sign Gemini celebrates its birthday.

Personality Profile

Personality Those born on June 15th blend typical Gemini curiosity with Venusian elegance and refinement. They're charming communicators who convey knowledge with aesthetic flair. Their restlessness is tempered by a genuine desire for harmony.

Strengths & Weaknesses Strengths: versatility, eloquence, social finesse, creative expression. Weaknesses: superficiality, nervous tension, impatience with slow processes.

Love These natives seek intellectual connection paired with sensual attraction. They need partners who accept their fluidity while offering emotional depth. Flirtatious yet more loyal than typical Geminis.

Caree & Finance Ideal for creative communication roles, media, sales, or design. Financial impulsivity requires discipline. Their talent for spotting trends creates strong business opportunities.

Health Nervous system needs balance through relaxation techniques and mindfulness. Regular physical activity and creative hobbies stabilize restless energy. Prone to sleep disruption from mental overactivity.

That night, the moon was in its waxing crescent phase.

Chinese year of the Snake (Wood).

Fun Facts About 15th June

Name Days in Your Language: Alice, Alicia, Alisa, Alisha, Alison, Alissa, Allie, Allison, Allyson, Alyce, Alyse, Alysha, Alysia, Alyson, Alyssa, Germain, Germaine, German, Jermaine, Vidal, Vito

Someone born on this day would be just 351 days old today — roughly 8,428 hours, 505,727 minutes, or 30,343,679 seconds spent on Earth so far.

It's the 166. day of the year. In 2025, 15th June falls on a Sunday.

There are 199 days still to come.

We’re currently in Week 24 — the year marches on.

Famous Birthdays on 15th June

On this day, 218 notable people were born on 15th June — spanning from 1330 to 2003. From world leaders to artists and scientists, discover who shares this birthday.

15/06/2003

Pablo Barrios, Spanish footballer

Pablo Barrios Rivas is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Spain national team.

15/06/1997

Madison Kocian, American gymnast

Madison Taylor Kocian is an American retired artistic gymnast. On the uneven bars, she is one of four 2015 World co-champions and the 2016 Olympic silver medalist. She was part of the gold medal-winning team dubbed the "Final Five" at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and she was a member of the first-place American teams at the 2014 and 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2020, where she was a member of its women's gymnastics team. She helped the UCLA Bruins win the 2018 NCAA Championships. She is the second female gymnast to win NCAA, World, and Olympic championship titles, after Kyla Ross.

15/06/1996

Aurora, Norwegian singer-songwriter

Aurora Aksnes, known mononymously as Aurora, is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and record producer. Born in Stavanger and raised in Høle and Os, she started writing songs and learning dance at age six. Her ethereal soundscapes brought her widespread acclaim, earning her the nickname "Fairy of Pop".

Tia-Adana Belle, Barbadian athlete

Tia-Adana Djena Belle is a Barbadian athlete competing in the 400 metres hurdles. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics without advancing from the first round.

Hoshi, South Korean singer and dancer

Kwon Soon-young, known by his stage name Hoshi (호시), is a South Korean singer and dancer. Managed by Pledis Entertainment, he is a member of the South Korean boy band Seventeen, the leader of its performance team and part of its subunits BSS and Hoshi X Woozi. Hoshi made his solo debut with "Spider" on April 2, 2021.

15/06/1994

Iñaki Williams, Basque-Ghanaian footballer

Iñaki Williams Arthuer is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Athletic Bilbao, where he is captain, and the Ghana national team.

15/06/1993

Cooper Kupp, American football player

Cooper Douglas Kupp is an American professional football wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Eastern Washington Eagles, winning the Walter Payton Award in 2015 and setting the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision records for receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns. He was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the third round of the 2017 NFL draft.

Irfan Hadžić, Bosnian footballer

Irfan Hadžić is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serbian club Mladost Lučani.

15/06/1992

Michał Kopczyński, Polish footballer

Michał Kopczyński is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for IV liga Masovia club Mazovia Mińsk Mazowiecki.

Mohamed Salah, Egyptian footballer

Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a right winger or right midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and captains the Egypt national team. He is widely regarded as one of the best players of his generation and one of the greatest wingers of all time. Dubbed the "Egyptian King", he is the all-time top foreign goalscorer in the Premier League and the all-time top African goalscorer in the UEFA Champions League.

Dafne Schippers, Dutch heptathlete and sprinter

Dafne Schippers is a Dutch retired track and field athlete who competed in sprinting and the combined events. She holds the European record in the 200 metres with a time of 21.63 seconds, making her the sixth-fastest woman of all time at this distance. She also holds the Dutch records in the 100 metres and long jump, and shares the Dutch records in the 60 metres indoor and 4 × 100 metres relay.

15/06/1991

Jessie Ennis, American actress, director, and writer

Jessie Ennis is an American actress, director, and writer.

15/06/1989

Bayley, American wrestler

Pamela Rose Martinez, better known by the ring name Bayley, is an American professional wrestler. She has been signed to WWE since December 2012, where she performs on the Raw brand; her second reign of 380 days with the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship is tied with Rhea Ripley as the longest in the championship's history. She also makes appearances for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide.

Víctor Cabedo, Spanish cyclist (died 2012)

Víctor Cabedo Carda was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He rode for Euskaltel–Euskadi for one season. He died following a collision with a vehicle while on a training ride.

Bryan Clauson, American race car driver (died 2016)

Bryan Timothy Clauson was an American professional auto racing driver, best known for his achievements in dirt track open-wheel racing, such as USAC Silver Crown, Midget and Sprint cars. Clauson was increasingly seen competing with the World of Outlaws (WoO) sprint cars in his last couple of years. Clauson also competed in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, Indy Lights, and IndyCar Series and was a development driver for Chip Ganassi Racing.

Lewis Hancox, English graphic novelist, social media personality and filmmaker

Lewis J. Hancox is an English graphic novelist, social media personality, and filmmaker. He is the author of the 2022 graphic memoir Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure, about growing up transgender in the 2000s, which was shortlisted for several awards, including the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. He co-founded the documentary film project My Genderation, which has produced work for the BBC and Channel 4. In addition to his film and publishing work, Hancox is known for his online sketch comedy videos on TikTok and YouTube, and has been recognized by news outlets for his contributions to digital media and LGBTQ representation.

15/06/1986

James Maloney, Australian rugby league player

James Maloney is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for Ourimbah Wyoming Magpies in the Central Coast Division Rugby League, and former assistant coach for the North Queensland Cowboys.

Trevor Plouffe, American baseball player

Trevor Patrick Plouffe is an American media personality and former professional baseball third baseman. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics, Tampa Bay Rays, and Philadelphia Phillies. Plouffe was drafted by the Twins out of high school as a shortstop with the 20th overall pick in the 2004 Major League Baseball draft. After beginning his MLB career as a shortstop for the Twins in 2010, Plouffe has appeared at every position except for pitcher, catcher, and center fielder.

15/06/1985

Ashley Nicole Black, American comedian, actress, and writer

Ashley Nicole Black is an American comedian, actress, writer and producer. She was a writer and correspondent for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (2016–2019), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special.

15/06/1984

Luke Hodge, Australian footballer

Luke Hodge is a former Australian rules football player who played with the Hawthorn Football Club and the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played for the Hawthorn Football Club from 2002 to 2017, captaining the club from 2011 to 2016. In 2018, Hodge moved to the Brisbane Lions, before retiring in 2019.

Eva Hrdinová, Czech tennis player

Eva Hrdinová is a Czech former tennis player.

Tim Lincecum, American baseball player

Timothy Leroy Lincecum, nicknamed "the Freak", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played ten seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for the San Francisco Giants. A two-time Cy Young Award winner, Lincecum won World Series championships in 2010, 2012, and 2014 as a member of the Giants.

Edison Toloza, Colombian footballer

Edison Toloza Colorado is a Colombian footballer who plays as a winger for Correcaminos UAT.

15/06/1983

Laura Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Laura Imbruglia is an Australian indie rock singer-songwriter.

Josh McGuire, Canadian fencer

Joshua "Josh" McGuire is a Canadian fencer who competed at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. McGuire competed in the individual foil at both Games reaching the round of 32 in 2004 and the last 16 in 2008.

15/06/1982

Mike Delany, New Zealand rugby player

Mike Peter Delany is a retired New Zealand rugby union player who last played for the Crusaders in Super Rugby and Bay of Plenty in the Mitre 10 Cup.

Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi cricketer

Khan Abdur Razzak is a Bangladeshi former cricketer who played for the national team in all formats of the game. Abdur Razzak is the first Bangladeshi to take 200 wickets in ODIs. He is also the first left-arm spinner and second spinner after Saqlain Mushtaq to take a hat-trick. In 2025 he was elected as a director of Bangladesh Cricket Board.

15/06/1981

John Paintsil, Ghanaian footballer

John Paintsil is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who was an assistant coach at Kaizer Chiefs in the South African Premiership. He played club football for Berekum Arsenal, Liberty Professionals, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv, West Ham United, Fulham, Leicester City, Santos and Maritzburg United as well as internationally for Ghana.

15/06/1980

David Lyons, Australian rugby player

David Lyons is a former rugby union player for Stade Français. He plays Number Eight and has also played for the Wallabies.

15/06/1979

Yulia Nestsiarenka, Belarusian sprinter

Yuliya Nesterenko, née Bartsevich, is a Belarusian sprinter who was the Olympic 100 meters champion in 2004.

Christian Rahn, German footballer

Christian Rahn is a German former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

Charles Zwolsman Jr., Dutch racing driver

Charles Zwolsman Jr. is a race car driver who formerly competed in the Champ Car World Series. He is the son of former sports car racing driver Charles Zwolsman Sr., who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

15/06/1978

Wilfred Bouma, Dutch footballer

Wilfred Bouma is a Dutch former professional footballer who played most notably for PSV Eindhoven, Aston Villa and the Netherlands national team.

Zach Day, American baseball player

Stephen Zachary Day is an American former right-handed sinker-ball pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for two teams from 2002 to 2006.

15/06/1977

Michael Doleac, American basketball player and manager

Michael Scott Doleac is an American former professional basketball player.

15/06/1976

Jiří Ryba, Czech decathlete

Jiří Ryba is a former Czech decathlete. His personal best result was 8339 points, achieved in May 2000 in Desenzano del Garda. Ryba is married to pole vaulter Pavla Hamáčková.

15/06/1973

Tore Andre Flo, Norwegian footballer and coach

Tore André Flo is a Norwegian professional football coach and a former striker who previously was the manager of 1. divisjon club Sogndal.

Neil Patrick Harris, American actor and singer

Neil Patrick Harris is an American actor, singer, writer, producer, television host, comedian and magician. Primarily known for his comedic television roles and dramatic and musical stage roles, he has received multiple accolades throughout his career, including a Tony Award and five Primetime Emmy Awards, and nominations for a Grammy Award and three Actor Awards.

Pia Miranda, Australian actress

Pia Miranda is an Australian actress. Her career was launched with her role in the 2000 feature film Looking for Alibrandi, an Australian film based on the novel of the same name by Melina Marchetta. She is also known for her roles as Karen Oldman in Neighbours (1998–1999), Jodie Spiteri in Wentworth (2015), and Jen in Mustangs FC (2017–2020), as well as winning Australian Survivor in 2019.

Greg Vaughan, American actor and model

James Gregory Vaughan Jr. is an American actor and former fashion model, known for his on and off appearances in roles on the soap operas The Young and the Restless (2002–03), General Hospital (2003–09), and Days of Our Lives (2012–). Vaughan also starred as Dan Gordon on the second season of the supernatural series Charmed (1999-2000). In 2016, Vaughan began starring in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series Queen Sugar as Detective Calvin.

15/06/1972

Justin Leonard, American golfer

Justin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer. He has 12 career wins on the PGA Tour, including one major, the 1997 Open Championship. He currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He is one of only five players to win the U.S. Amateur, the NCAA Individual Championship, and a major golf tournament.

Andy Pettitte, American baseball player

Andrew Eugene Pettitte is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for the New York Yankees. He also pitched for the Houston Astros. Pettitte won five World Series championships with the Yankees and was a three-time All-Star. He ranks as MLB's all-time postseason wins leader with 19.

15/06/1971

Christos Myriounis, Greek basketball player

Christos Myriounis is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At a height of 2.05 m, he played as a small forward-power forward.

Jake Busey, American actor, musician, and film producer

William Jacob Busey is an American actor. Among his most prominent roles have been serial killer Johnny Bartlett in The Frighteners (1996), Ace Levy in Starship Troopers (1997), Kyle Brenner in Tomcats (2001), Aiden Tanner in the television series From Dusk till Dawn: The Series (2014–2016), and Sean H. Keyes in The Predator (2018) and Predator: Hunting Grounds (2020). Busey also appears as a journalist in the third season of Stranger Things.

15/06/1970

Christian Bauman, American soldier and author

Christian Bauman is an American novelist, and musician. He lives in New Hope, Pennsylvania.

David Bayssari, Australian rugby league player

David Bayssari is a Lebanese former professional rugby league footballer who played first-grade for the Balmain Tigers.

Gaëlle Méchaly, French soprano

Gaëlle Méchaly is a soprano. In 2001, she reached the finals of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World. Méchaly has been a regular member of a Baroque ensemble, Les Arts Florissants and has appeared in many operatic productions directed by William Christie. The recording of Zoroastre was short-listed for a Grammy Award in 2003.

Leah Remini, American actress and producer

Leah Marie Remini is an American actress. She starred as Carrie Heffernan on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens (1998–2007) and as Vanessa Celluci in the CBS sitcom Kevin Can Wait (2017–2018), both alongside Kevin James.

Žan Tabak, Croatian basketball player and coach

Žan Tabak is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player who is now serving as the head coach for BC Andorra of the Liga ACB. His basketball career, spanning twenty years, was marked by several notable achievements, despite injuries. He was the first international player to play in the NBA Finals for two teams. Žan Tabak averaged 5.0 points in his 6-year NBA career.

15/06/1969

Jesse Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player

Joseph Jesse Dave Bélanger is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre, who played in the National Hockey League from 1991 to 2001.

Ice Cube, American rapper, producer, and actor

O'Shea Jackson, known professionally as Ice Cube, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor, and film producer. His efforts on N.W.A's 1989 album Straight Outta Compton contributed to gangsta rap's popularity, and his political rap solo albums AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990), Death Certificate (1991), and The Predator (1992) were all critically and commercially successful. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of N.W.A in 2016.

Idalis DeLeón, American singer and actress

Idalis M. DeLeón is an American singer, actress, and television host. DeLeón is best known as an MTV VJ from June 1994 until March 1997. DeLeón is also known for her acting roles as Roni De Santos during the fifth season of the sitcom Living Single (1997–1998) and Charity in the 1998 comedy film Ride.

Nasos Galakteros, Greek basketball player

Athanasios "Nasos" Galakteros is a retired Greek professional titleholder basketball player. Galakteros played professionally in the Greek Basket League as well as international tournaments.

Oliver Kahn, German footballer and sportscaster

Oliver Rolf Kahn is a German football executive and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper. He started his career in the Karlsruher SC Junior team in 1975. Twelve years later, in 1987, Kahn made his debut match in the professional squad. In 1994, he was transferred to Bayern Munich for the fee of DM 4.6 million, where he played until the end of his career in 2008. His commanding presence in goal and aggressive style earned him nicknames such as Der Titan from the press and Vul-kahn ("volcano") from fans.

Maurice Odumbe, Kenyan cricketer

Maurice Omondi Odumbe is a Kenyan former cricketer and a former ODI captain for the Kenya national cricket team. Odumbe was suspended from cricket in August 2004 for allegedly receiving money from bookmakers. He was appointed the coach of Kenya's national cricket team in April 2018. However, he was replaced as national coach by David Obuya in October 2018.

Cédric Pioline, French tennis player

Cédric Pioline is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 5 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), in 2000. Pioline was the runner-up at the 1993 US Open and the 1997 Wimbledon Championships, losing both matches to Pete Sampras in straight sets. He won five singles titles in his career, including a Masters event at the 2000 Monte Carlo Masters. Pioline also competed for France in the Davis Cup, winning the cup in 1996 and 2001.

15/06/1968

Károly Güttler, Hungarian swimmer

Károly Güttler is a former breaststroker from Hungary, who represented his native country at four consecutive Olympics, beginning with the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and ending with the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He won the silver medal in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke, once each, both at separate Games.

15/06/1966

Raimonds Vējonis, Latvian politician, 9th President of Latvia

Raimonds Vējonis is a Latvian politician who served as the 9th President of Latvia from 2015 to 2019 and the president of the Latvian Basketball Association since 2020.

15/06/1965

Annelies Bredael, Belgian rower

Annelies Bredael is a Belgian rower. She participated in 3 consecutive Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, Barcelona and Atlanta In 1992, she won the silver medal in rowing, single scull at the Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Karim Massimov, Kazakhstani politician, 7th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan

Kärım Qajymqanūly Mäsımov is a Kazakh politician who served as Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 2007 to 2012 and again from 2014 to 2016. He was Deputy Prime Minister from 2006 to 2007 and held the positions of Minister of Economy and Budget Planning and Minister of Transport and Communications in 2001. He served as chairman of the National Security Committee from 2016 to 2022.

Adam Smith, American lawyer and politician

David Adam Smith is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative for Washington's 9th congressional district since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Smith previously served in the Washington State Senate.

15/06/1964

Courteney Cox, American actress and producer

Courteney Bass Cox is an American actress and producer. She rose to international prominence by playing Monica Geller in the NBC sitcom Friends (1994–2004) and Gale Weathers in the horror film franchise Scream (1996–present). Her accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award, nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Michael Laudrup, Danish footballer and manager

Michael Laudrup is a Danish professional football coach and former player. Renowned for his passing, ball control, and dribbling abilities, Laudrup is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. He is the older brother of fellow retired footballer Brian Laudrup.

15/06/1963

Mario Gosselin, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Mario Gosselin is a Canadian former hockey goaltender who played nine years in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Quebec Nordiques, the Los Angeles Kings and the Hartford Whalers.

Helen Hunt, American actress, director, and producer

Helen Elizabeth Hunt is an American actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards.

Lourdes Valera, Venezuelan actress (died 2012)

Lourdes del Valle Valera Galvis was a Venezuelan actress who took part in over twenty film and television productions during her career, particularly known for her acting in many telenovelas.

15/06/1962

Brad Armstrong, American wrestler (died 2012)

Robert Bradley James, better known by his ring name, Brad Armstrong was an American professional wrestler best known for his appearances with the promotion World Championship Wrestling in the 1990s. He was the son of wrestler "Bullet Bob" Armstrong and brother to professional wrestlers Steve, Scott and Brian.

Chris Morris, English actor, satirist, director, and producer

Christopher J. Morris is an English comedian, satirist, radio presenter, actor and filmmaker. Known for his deadpan, dark humour, surrealism and controversial subject matter, he has been praised by the British Film Institute for his "uncompromising, moralistic drive".

Andrea Rost, Hungarian soprano

Andrea Rost is a Hungarian lyric soprano and politician. She has performed in leading roles with the Vienna State Opera, La Scala, the Royal Opera House, Opéra National de Paris, the Metropolitan Opera and the Salzburg Festival. The year 1997 saw the release of her first solo recording, Le delizie dell’amor, featuring arias from bel canto, Verdi and Puccini operas.

15/06/1961

Dave McAuley, Northern Irish boxer and sportscaster

David Anthony McAuley is a former professional boxer from Northern Ireland who competed from 1983 to 1992. He held the IBF flyweight title from 1989 to 1992 and challenged twice for the WBA flyweight title, in 1987 and 1988. At regional level, he held the British flyweight title in 1986.

Scott Norton, American wrestler

Scott Norton is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and author. He is best known for his tenures in World Championship Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling, in which he was a member of the New World Order and nWo Japan. He is a two-time world champion, having won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship twice.

15/06/1960

Michèle Laroque, French actress, producer, and screenwriter

Michèle Laroque is a French actress, comedienne, producer and screenwriter.

Marieke van Doorn, Dutch field hockey player and coach

Marieke Birgitta van Doorn is a former Dutch field hockey midfielder, who was a member of the National Women's Team that won the golden medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

15/06/1959

Alan Brazil, Scottish footballer and sportscaster

Alan Bernard Brazil is a Scottish broadcaster and former footballer who played as a forward. He most notably played for Ipswich Town, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United, and represented Scotland in international football. He was forced to retire due to a recurring back injury, and then moved into media presentation. He initially worked on television, before moving over to radio where he has for many years been a presenter on Talksport.

Eileen Davidson, American model and actress

Eileen Marie Davidson is an American actress and author. Best known for her work in soap operas, Davidson is most notable for her roles as Ashley Abbott on CBS's The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, Kristen DiMera and Susan Banks on NBC's Days of Our Lives and as the final portrayal of Kelly Capwell on Santa Barbara.

15/06/1958

Wade Boggs, American baseball player

Wade Anthony Boggs, nicknamed "Chicken Man", is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He spent 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with the Boston Red Sox. He also played for the New York Yankees (1993–1997), winning the 1996 World Series with them, and finished his career with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998–1999).

Riccardo Paletti, Italian racing driver (died 1982)

Riccardo Paletti was an Italian motor racing driver. Paletti was killed when he crashed on the start grid in his second Formula One start.

15/06/1957

Brett Butler, American baseball player and coach

Brett Morgan Butler is an American former center fielder in Major League Baseball and coach. He played for five different teams from 1981 through 1997. A leadoff hitter for the majority of his career, Butler led the league in triples and runs scored twice each and was named a National League All-Star in 1991. He was diagnosed with cancer in May 1996, received treatment and returned to the playing field four months later. He retired in 1997 and began a baseball coaching career. He has coached or managed numerous professional teams. He was the manager of the Reno Aces minor league team from late 2008 through 2013.

15/06/1956

Yevgeny Kiselyov, Russian-Ukrainian journalist

Yevgeny Alexeyevich Kiselyov is a Russian television journalist. As the host of the NTV weekly news show Itogi in the 1990s, he became one of the nation's best known television journalists, criticizing government corruption and President Boris Yeltsin. In 2001, he left NTV following its takeover by the state-controlled company Gazprom, serving briefly as general manager of TV-6 before the government refused to renew its broadcasting license in January 2002. He later moved to Ukraine, where he became a presenter of various political talk shows.

Lance Parrish, American baseball player, coach, and manager

Lance Michael Parrish, nicknamed "Big Wheel", is an American former professional baseball catcher who played Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1977 through 1995. Born in Pennsylvania, Parrish grew up in Southern California and excelled in both baseball and football. He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in 1974, and after four years in the minor leagues, he played for the Tigers for a decade from 1977 to 1986. He later played for the Philadelphia Phillies (1987–1988), California Angels (1989–1992), Seattle Mariners (1992), Cleveland Indians (1993), Pittsburgh Pirates (1994), and Toronto Blue Jays (1995).

15/06/1955

Polly Draper, American actress, producer, and screenwriter

Polly Carey Draper is an American actress and filmmaker. Draper has received several awards, including a Writers Guild of America Award (WGA), and is noted for speaking in a "trademark throaty voice." She gained recognition for her starring role in the ABC drama television series Thirtysomething (1987–91).

Julie Hagerty, American model and actress

Julie Beth Hagerty is an American actress. She starred as Elaine Dickinson in the films Airplane! (1980) and Airplane II: The Sequel (1982). Her other film roles include A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982), Lost in America (1985), What About Bob? (1991), She's the Man (2006), A Master Builder (2014), Instant Family (2018), Noelle, Marriage Story, and A Christmas Story Christmas (2022).

15/06/1954

Jim Belushi, American actor

James Adam Belushi is an American actor and comedian. His television roles include Saturday Night Live (1983–1985), According to Jim (2001–2009), and Good Girls Revolt (2015–2016).

Terri Gibbs, American country music singer and keyboard player

Teresa Fay Gibbs is an American country music artist. Between 1980 and 2017, she recorded eleven studio albums, including four for MCA Records and one for Warner Bros. Records. She also charted 13 singles on the Billboard country singles charts in that timespan, including her debut single, "Somebody's Knockin'", which reached No. 8 on the country charts, No. 13 on the pop charts and No. 3 on the Adult Contemporary charts. She also entered the country top 20 with "Rich Man", "Mis'ry River", "Ashes to Ashes" and "Anybody Else's Heart but Mine." Gibbs has been blind since infancy.

Paul Rusesabagina, Rwandan humanitarian

Paul Rusesabagina is a Rwandan human rights activist and former hotelier. He worked as the manager of the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, during a period in which it housed 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees fleeing the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide. None of these refugees were hurt or killed during the attacks. An account of Rusesabagina's actions during the genocide was later depicted in the film Hotel Rwanda in 2004, in which he was portrayed by American actor Don Cheadle. The film has been the subject both of critical acclaim and controversy in Rwanda.

Zdeňka Šilhavá, Czech discus thrower and shot putter

Zdeňka Šilhavá is a Czech retired female track and field athlete who represented Czechoslovakia. She set the world record in the women's discus throw on 26 August 1984 with a distance of 74.56 metres (244.6 ft). That mark still is the national record.

Beverley Whitfield, Australian swimmer (died 1996)

Beverley Joy Whitfield was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1970s, who won a gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. She was coached by Terry Gathercole and Don Talbot.

15/06/1953

Vilma Bardauskienė, Lithuanian long jumper

Vilhelmina "Vilma" Bardauskienė, née Augustinavičiūtė, is a former long jumper from Lithuania, who represented the Soviet Union in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She twice set the women's world record in the long jump, and won the European title in 1978 (Prague). She was born in Pakruojis.

Eje Elgh, Swedish racing driver and sportscaster

Lars Eje Elgh is a Swedish racing driver and television reporter. He currently works as an expert commentator for Formula One in Sweden together with Janne Blomqvist. The two have worked together as Formula One commentators for a long time, first for TV4 and then for Viasat Motor when they took over the Formula One broadcasting in Sweden.

Xi Jinping, Chinese engineer and politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of China

Xi Jinping is a Chinese politician who is the paramount leader of China. He has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Party Central Military Commission (CMC) since 2012, the president of China and chairman of the State Central Military Commission since 2013.

Raphael Wallfisch, English cellist and educator

Raphael Wallfisch is an English cellist.

15/06/1952

Satya Pal Jain, Indian lawyer and politician, Additional Solicitor General of India

Satya Pal Jain is an Additional Solicitor General of India. He is a Member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Executive Committee. He was elected Member of Parliament from Chandigarh in 1996 and 1998. He is a practising Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India and the Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh.

15/06/1951

Jane Amsterdam, American magazine and newspaper editor (Manhattan, inc., New York Post)

Jane Ellen Amsterdam is a former American magazine and newspaper editor. After successive magazine editorships during the 1970s, she joined The Washington Post as section editor. She later became founding editor of Manhattan, inc., and was widely credited with making it into a dynamic, National Magazine Award-winning magazine. She later joined the New York Post, becoming the first female editor of a major New York City newspaper. At the New York Post, she worked to increase the paper's credibility and journalism standards. By the time she left the Post in 1989, she was one of only six women in the country editing a newspaper with a circulation of over 100,000.

Vance A. Larson, American painter (died 2000)

Vance A. Larson was an abstract expressionist painter and portrait painter. A prolific artist, during his career Larson painted over 10,000 original works of art and won over 30 Best of Show awards in major art shows from Dallas to Beverly Hills. Larson's paintings are displayed in collections throughout the world.

John Redwood, English politician, Secretary of State for Wales

John Alan Redwood, Baron Redwood is a British politician and academic who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wokingham in Berkshire from 1987 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Secretary of State for Wales in the Major government and was twice an unsuccessful candidate for the leadership of the Conservative Party in the 1990s. Redwood subsequently served in the Shadow Cabinets of William Hague and Michael Howard; he remained a backbencher from then on. On 24 May 2024, Redwood announced that he would stand down as MP for Wokingham and not seek re-election in the 2024 general election.

Steve Walsh, American rock singer-songwriter and musician

Steve Walsh is an American musician, singer, and songwriter, best known for his work as a longtime member of the progressive rock band Kansas. He retired from the band in 2014. He sings lead on four of Kansas' best-known hits: "Carry On Wayward Son", "Dust in the Wind", "Point of Know Return", and "All I Wanted", the last two of which he co-wrote.

15/06/1950

Uğur Erdener, Turkish ophthalmologist and professor

Uğur Erdener is a Turkish physician specialized in ophthalmology and professor at the Hacettepe University, Ankara. He is currently a member of the International Olympic Committee, former president of the National Olympic Committee of Turkey, and president of SportAccord.

Juliana Azumah-Mensah, Ghanaian nurse and politician

Juliana Jocelyn Azumah-Mensah is a Ghanaian politician and nurse. She was the Minister for Women and Children's Affairs. She is also the Member of Parliament for Ho East constituency.

Deney Terrio, American choreographer and television host

Denis George Mahan, better known as Deney Terrio, is an American choreographer and hosted the television musical variety series Dance Fever from 1979 to 1987.

Lakshmi Mittal, Indian-English businessman

Lakshmi Niwas Mittal is an Indian billionaire businessman and steel magnate. He is the executive chairman of ArcelorMittal, the world's second largest steelmaking company, as well as chairman of stainless steel manufacturer Aperam. Mittal owns 38 per cent of ArcelorMittal. He also holds a 75 percent stake in the Indian Premier League (IPL) team Rajasthan Royals and a three per cent stake in EFL Championship football club Queens Park Rangers. Mittal resides in Switzerland and United Arab Emirates following his departure from the United Kingdom in 2025, where he had lived since 1995.

15/06/1949

Dusty Baker, American baseball player and manager

Johnnie B "Dusty" Baker Jr. is an American former professional baseball outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for 19 seasons, most notably with the Los Angeles Dodgers. During his Dodgers tenure, he was a two-time All-Star, won two Silver Slugger Awards and a Gold Glove Award, and became the first NLCS MVP, which he received for his performance during the 1977 National League Championship Series. He also made three World Series appearances and was a member of the 1981 World Series championship team. Outside of the Dodgers, Baker played for the Atlanta Braves, San Francisco Giants, and Oakland Athletics.

Simon Callow, English actor and director

Simon Phillip Hugh Callow is an English actor. Known as a character actor on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including an Olivier Award and Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for two BAFTA Awards. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to acting by Queen Elizabeth II in 1999.

Russell Hitchcock, Australian singer-songwriter

Russell Charles Hitchcock is an Australian musician and lead vocalist of the soft rock duo Air Supply.

Jim Varney, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (died 2000)

James Albert Varney Jr. was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his Emmy Award winning comedic role as Ernest P. Worrell, originating in a series of television commercial advertising campaigns, and later growing into a film and television franchise. He played Jed Clampett in the 1993 The Beverly Hillbillies film adaptation, and also covered a song for the film titled "Hot Rod Lincoln". He voiced Slinky Dog in the first two films of the Toy Story franchise (1995–1999). He died of lung cancer on February 10, 2000, leaving two posthumous releases, Daddy and Them and Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

15/06/1948

Mike Holmgren, American football player and coach

Michael George Holmgren is an American former football coach and executive in the National Football League (NFL). He began his NFL career as a quarterbacks' coach and later as an offensive coordinator with the San Francisco 49ers, where they won Super Bowls XXIII and XXIV. He served as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers from 1992 to 1998, where he won Super Bowl XXXI, and of the Seattle Seahawks from 1999 to 2008. His last role in the NFL was as team president of the Cleveland Browns from 2010 to 2012. Prior to his career in the NFL, Holmgren coached football at the high school and collegiate levels.

Alan Huckle, English politician and diplomat, Governor of Anguilla

Alan Edden Huckle is a British civil servant and administrator who served as the Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory, Governor of Anguilla, Governor of the Falkland Islands, and Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. During his civil service career he worked for the Civil Service, Northern Ireland Office, and Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Henry McLeish, Scottish footballer, academic, and politician, 2nd First Minister of Scotland

Henry Baird McLeish is a Scottish politician, author, academic and former professional footballer who served as First Minister of Scotland from 2000 to 2001. With a term of 1 year, 12 days, he is the shortest serving holder of that office. He served as the Leader of the Labour Party in the Scottish Parliament from 2000 to 2001.

15/06/1947

John Hoagland, American photographer and journalist (died 1984)

John Hoagland was an American photojournalist and war correspondent for Newsweek from San Diego, California, who was covering the Salvadoran Civil War in El Salvador at the time he was killed. He had covered other conflicts, including those in Nicaragua and Lebanon.

15/06/1946

Noddy Holder, English rock singer-songwriter, musician, and actor

Neville John "Noddy" Holder is an English musician, songwriter and actor. He was the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the English rock band Slade, one of the UK's most successful acts of the 1970s.

John Horner, American paleontologist and academic

John Robert Horner is an American paleontologist who alongside fellow paleontologist Bob Makela described Maiasaura, providing the first clear evidence that some non-avian dinosaurs cared for their young.

Demis Roussos, Egyptian-Greek singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2015)

Artemios "Demis" Ventouris-Roussos was an Egyptian-born Greek musician. As a band member, he is best remembered for his work in the progressive rock music act Aphrodite's Child, but as a vocal soloist, his repertoire included hit songs like "Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye", "From Souvenirs to Souvenirs" and "Forever and Ever".

15/06/1945

Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipino judge and politician (died 2016)

Miriam Palma Defensor-Santiago was a Filipino politician and lawyer who served in all three branches of the Philippine government: judicial, executive, and legislative. Defensor Santiago was known for being a long serving senator of the Philippines and an elected judge of the International Criminal Court. She is the sole female recipient of the Philippines' highest national honor, the Quezon Service Cross.

Robert Sarah, Guinean cardinal

Robert Sarah is a Guinean Catholic prelate who served as prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 23 November 2014 to 20 February 2021. He previously served as secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples under Pope John Paul II and president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum under Pope Benedict XVI. He was made a cardinal in 2010.

Lawrence Wilkerson, American colonel

Lawrence B. Wilkerson is a retired United States Army Colonel and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell.

15/06/1944

Robert D. Keppel, American police officer and academic (died 2021)

Robert David Keppel was an American law enforcement officer and detective. He was also an associate professor at the University of New Haven and Sam Houston State University. Keppel was known for his contributions to the investigations of Ted Bundy and Gary Ridgway, and also assisted in the creation of HITS, the Homicide Investigation Tracking System.

15/06/1943

Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor (died 2017)

Jean-Philippe Léo Smet, better known by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French rock and roll and pop singer and actor, credited with having brought rock and roll to France.

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Danish politician, 38th Prime Minister of Denmark

Poul Oluf Nyrup Rasmussen is a retired Danish politician, who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 25 January 1993 to 27 November 2001 and President of the Party of European Socialists (PES) from 2004 to 2011. He was the leader of the governing Social Democrats from 1992 to 2002 and was also a member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2009.

15/06/1942

Ian Greenberg, Canadian broadcaster, founded Astral Media (died 2022)

Ian Greenberg was a Canadian businessman and media pioneer. He was the co-founder of Astral Media Inc. and served as its president and chief executive officer from 1996 until 2013.

John E. McLaughlin, American diplomat

John Edward McLaughlin is a retired American intelligence official who was Deputy Director of Central Intelligence and briefly acting Director of Central Intelligence.

Peter Norman, Australian sprinter (died 2006)

Peter George Norman was an Australian track athlete. He won the silver medal in the 200 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, with a time of 20.06 seconds, which remained the Oceania 200 m record for more than 56 years. He was a five-time national 200-metre champion.

15/06/1941

Neal Adams, American illustrator (died 2022)

Neal Adams was an American comic book artist. He was the co-founder of the graphic design studio Continuity Associates, and was a creators-rights advocate who helped secure a pension and recognition for Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. During his career, Adams co-created the characters John Stewart, Man-Bat, and Ra's al Ghul for DC Comics.

Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (died 1994)

Harry Edward Nilsson III, sometimes credited as Nilsson, was an American singer and songwriter known for his versatile tenor range, pioneering use of vocal overdubbing, explorations of the Great American Songbook, and Caribbean fusion sounds. He was one of the few major pop-rock artists to achieve significant commercial success without touring or performing large-scale public concerts.

15/06/1939

Ward Connerly, American activist and businessman, founded the American Civil Rights Institute

Wardell Anthony "Ward" Connerly is an American political and anti-affirmative action activist, businessman, and former University of California Regent (1993–2005). He is also the founder and the chairman of the American Civil Rights Institute, a national non-profit organization in opposition to racial and gender preferences, and is the president of Californians for Equal Rights, a non-profit organization active in the state of California with a similar mission. He is considered to be the man behind California's Proposition 209 prohibiting race- and gender-based preferences in state hiring, contracting and state university admissions, a program known as affirmative action.

15/06/1938

Billy Williams, American baseball player and coach

Billy Leo Williams is an American former left fielder and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played from 1959 to 1976, almost entirely for the Chicago Cubs. A six-time All-Star, Williams was named the 1961 National League (NL) Rookie of the Year after hitting 25 home runs with 86 runs batted in (RBI). A model of consistent production, he went on to provide the Cubs with at least 20 home runs and 80 RBI every year through 1973, batting over .300, hitting 30 home runs and scoring 100 runs five times each. Along with Ernie Banks and Ron Santo, Williams was one of the central figures in improving the Cubs' fortunes in the late 1960s after the club had spent 20 years in the bottom half of the league standings. His 853 RBI and 2,799 total bases in the 1960s were the most by any left-handed hitter in the major leagues.

15/06/1937

Pierre Billon, Swiss-Canadian author and screenwriter

Pierre Billon is a novelist and screenwriter from Quebec.

Leon Coates, English composer (died 2023)

Leon Coates (1937–2023) was an English composer, pianist and conductor who worked mostly in Scotland.

Waylon Jennings, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)

Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He is considered one of the pioneers of the outlaw movement in country music.

15/06/1936

William Levada, American cardinal (died 2019)

William Joseph Levada was an American Catholic prelate who served as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 2005 to 2012. During that time, he was the highest-ranking American in the Roman Curia. He was previously the Archbishop of Portland in Oregon from 1986 to 1995 and Archbishop of San Francisco from 1995 to 2005. During his tenure, he was criticized for covering up sexual abuse by priests within his jurisdiction. He was created a cardinal in 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI.

15/06/1934

Ruby Nash Garnett, American R&B singer

Ruby Nash Garnett is an American singer who led the rhythm and blues group Ruby & the Romantics.

15/06/1933

Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian politician, 2nd President of Iran (died 1981)

Mohammad-Ali Rajai was an Iranian politician who served as the second president of Iran from 2 August 1981 until his assassination four weeks later. Before his presidency, Rajai had served as prime minister under Abolhassan Banisadr, while concurrently occupying the position of foreign affairs minister from 11 March 1981 to 15 August 1981. He died in a bombing on 30 August 1981 along with then-prime minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar.

Predrag Koraksić Corax, Serbian political caricaturist

Predrag Koraksić Corax was a Serbian political cartoonist.

15/06/1932

David Alliance, Baron Alliance, Iranian-English businessman and politician (died 2025)

David Alliance, Baron Alliance, was an Iranian businessman and Liberal Democrat politician.

Mario Cuomo, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York (died 2015)

Mario Matthew Cuomo was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 52nd governor of New York for three terms, from 1983 to 1995. A member of the Democratic Party, Cuomo previously served as the lieutenant governor of New York from 1979 to 1982 and the secretary of state of New York from 1975 to 1978. He was the father of former New York governor Andrew Cuomo and broadcaster Chris Cuomo.

Zia Fariduddin Dagar, Indian singer (died 2013)

Zia Fariduddin Dagar was an Indian classical vocalist belonging to the Dhrupad tradition, the oldest existing form of north Indian classical music. He was part of the Dagar family of musicians.

Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian football player and sportscaster (died 1999)

Bernie Faloney was a professional football player in the Canadian Football League and an outstanding American college football player for the Maryland Terrapins. Born in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, Faloney is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, the Western Pennsylvania Hall of Fame, and the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame. Faloney's jersey No. 10 was retired by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1999. In 2005, Faloney was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. In 2006, Faloney was voted to the Honour Roll of the CFL's Top 50 Players of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.

15/06/1931

Joseph Gilbert, English air marshal

Air Chief Marshal Sir Joseph Alfred Gilbert, is a former Royal Air Force officer who served as Deputy Commander of Strike Command from 1984 to 1986.

15/06/1930

Miguel Méndez, American author and academic (died 2013)

Miguel Méndez was the pen name for Miguel Méndez Morales, a Mexican American author best known for his novel Peregrinos de Aztlán. He was a leading figure in the field of Chicano literature.

Marcel Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)

Joseph René Marcel Pronovost was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. He played in 1,206 games over 20 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons for the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs between 1950 and 1970. A top defenceman, Pronovost was named to four post-season NHL All-Star teams and played in 11 All-Star Games. He was a member of four Stanley Cup championship teams with the Red Wings, the first in 1950, and won a fifth title with the Maple Leafs in 1967. Pronovost was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a player in 1978.

15/06/1927

Ross Andru, American illustrator (died 1993)

Ross Andru was an American comics artist and editor whose career in comics spanned six decades. He is best known for his work on The Amazing Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, The Flash, and The Metal Men, and for having co-created the character called The Punisher.

Ibn-e-Insha, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (died 1978)

Sher Muhammad Khan, better known by his pen name Ibn-e-Insha, was a Pakistani Urdu poet, humorist, travelogue writer and newspaper columnist.

Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (died 1995)

Ugo Eugenio Prat, better known as Hugo Pratt, was an Italian comic book creator who was known for combining strong storytelling with extensive historical research on works such as Corto Maltese. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2005, and was awarded the 15th anniversary special Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême at the Angoulême Festival. In 1946 Hugo Pratt became part of the so-called Group of Venice with Fernando Carcupino, Dino Battaglia and Damiano Damiani.

15/06/1926

Alfred Duraiappah, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (died 1975)

Alfred Thangarajah Duraiappah was a Sri Lankan lawyer who served as Mayor of Jaffna from 1970 until his assassination. He was also a Member of Parliament for Jaffna from 1960 to 1965. Duraiappah was killed by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

15/06/1925

Richard Baker, English journalist and author (died 2018)

Richard Douglas James Baker OBE RD was an English broadcaster, best known as a newsreader for BBC News from 1954 to 1982, and as a radio presenter of classical music. He was a contemporary of Kenneth Kendall and Robert Dougall and was the first reader of the BBC Television News in 1954.

Attilâ İlhan, Turkish poet, author, and critic (died 2005)

Attilâ İlhan was a Turkish poet, novelist, essayist, journalist and reviewer.

15/06/1924

Hédi Fried, Swedish author and psychologist (died 2022)

Hédi Fried was a Swedish-Romanian-Hungarian author and psychologist. A Holocaust survivor, she passed through Auschwitz as well as Bergen-Belsen, coming to Sweden in July 1945 with the boat M/S Rönnskär.

Ezer Weizman, Israeli general and politician, 7th President of Israel (died 2005)

Ezer Weizman was an Israeli major general and politician who served as the president of Israel, first elected in 1993 and re-elected in 1998. Before the presidency, Weizman was commander of the Israeli Air Force and Minister of Defense.

15/06/1923

Erland Josephson, Swedish actor and director (died 2012)

Erland Josephson was a Swedish actor and author. He was best known by international audiences for his work in films directed by Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky, Theo Angelopoulos, and Liv Ullmann.

Ninian Stephen, English-Australian lieutenant, judge, and politician, 20th Governor-General of Australia (died 2017)

Sir Ninian Martin Stephen was an English-born Australian judge who served as the 20th governor-general of Australia, in office from 1982 to 1989. He was previously a justice of the High Court of Australia from 1972 to 1982.

15/06/1922

Jaki Byard, American pianist and composer (died 1999)

John Arthur "Jaki" Byard was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger. Mainly a pianist, he also played tenor and alto saxophones, among several other instruments. He was known for his eclectic style, incorporating everything from ragtime and stride to free jazz.

15/06/1921

Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (died 1977)

Erroll Louis Garner was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His instrumental ballad "Misty", his best-known composition, has become a jazz standard. It was first recorded in 1956 with Mitch Miller and his orchestra, and played a prominent part in the 1971 motion picture Play Misty for Me.

15/06/1920

Keith Andrews, American race car driver (died 1957)

Keith Phillip Andrews was an American racecar driver. He was killed after crashing his car during practice for the 1957 Indianapolis 500.

Alla Kazanskaya, Russian actress (died 2008)

Alla Alexandrovna Kazanskaya was a Russian stage and film actress. She began her career at the age of 18 at the Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre in Moscow. Her most notable film appearance was in the Academy Award-winning drama Burnt by the Sun (1994).

Sam Sniderman, Canadian businessman, founded Sam the Record Man (died 2012)

Sam Sniderman, was a Canadian businessman best known as the founder of the Canadian record shop chain Sam the Record Man. Sniderman was also a major promoter of Canadian music including involvement in pushing for the Canadian content (CANCON) broadcast regulations and creating the Juno Awards.

Alberto Sordi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2003)

Alberto Sordi was an Italian actor, comedian, voice dubber, director, singer, composer and screenwriter.

15/06/1918

François Tombalbaye, Chadian politician, 1st President of Chad (died 1975)

François Tombalbaye, also known as N'Garta Tombalbaye, was a Chadian politician who served as the first President of Chad from the country's independence in 1960 until his overthrow in 1975. A dictatorial leader, his divisive policies as president led to factional conflict and a pattern of authoritarian leadership and political instability that is still relevant in Chad today.

15/06/1917

John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2010)

John Bennett Fenn was an American professor of analytical chemistry who was awarded a share of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002. He shared half of the award with Koichi Tanaka for their work in mass spectrometry. The other half went to Kurt Wüthrich. Fenn's contributions specifically related to the development of electrospray ionization, now a commonly used technique for large molecules and routine liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Early in his career, he studied the field of jet propulsion at Project SQUID and focused on molecular beams. He finished his career with more than 100 publications, including one book.

Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer-songwriter (died 2005)

Michalis Genitsaris was a Greek singer and composer of the rebetiko genre. He was born and died in Agia Sofia, Piraeus. He was known as the last pre-war rebetiko singer. He composed such songs as Ego mangas fenomouna("I looked like a tough guy"), Enas leventis esvise etc. He was interviewed for the Australian SBS programme Music of the Outsiders in which he describes his encounter with a policeman when he was seventeen, the age at which he composed Ego mangas fenomouna.

Lash LaRue, American actor and producer (died 1996)

Alfred "Lash" LaRue was a Western motion picture star of the 1940s and 1950s.

15/06/1916

Olga Erteszek, Polish-American fashion designer (died 1989)

Olga Erteszek was a Polish-American undergarment designer and lingerie company owner. She was famous for her nightgowns with full, flowing skirt width and generous sweep.

Horacio Salgán, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2016)

Horacio Adolfo Salgán was an Argentine tango musician. He was born in Buenos Aires to an established Afro-Argentine family. Some of Salgán's most well-known compositions include Del 1 al 5 (1944), A Don Agustín Bardi (1947), Entre tango y tango (1953), Grillito, La llamo silbando, Cortada de San Ignacio, A fuego lento, and Aquellos tangos camperos. He turned 100 in June 2016 and died two months later on August 19, 2016.

Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2001)

Herbert Alexander Simon was an American scholar whose work influenced the fields of computer science, economics, and cognitive psychology. His primary research interest was decision-making within organizations and he is best known for the theories of "bounded rationality" and "satisficing". He and Allen Newell received the ACM Turing Award in 1975, and he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1978.

15/06/1915

Nini Theilade, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, and educator (died 2018)

Nini Arlette Theilade was a Danish ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher.

Thomas Huckle Weller, American biologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)

Thomas Huckle Weller was an American virologist. He, John Franklin Enders and Frederick Chapman Robbins were awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954 for showing how to cultivate poliomyelitis viruses in a test tube, using a combination of human embryonic skin and muscle tissue.

15/06/1914

Yuri Andropov, Russian politician (died 1984)

Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov was a Soviet politician who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from late 1982 until his death in 1984. He previously served as the Chairman of the KGB from 1967 until 1982.

Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American cartoonist (died 1999)

Saul Steinberg was a Romanian-born American artist, best known for his work for The New Yorker, most notably View of the World from 9th Avenue. He described himself as "a writer who draws".

Hilda Terry, American cartoonist (died 2006)

Theresa Hilda D’Alessio, better known as Hilda Terry, was an American cartoonist who created the comic strip Teena. It ran in newspapers from 1944 to 1964. After marriage, she usually signed her name Theresa H. D’Alessio. In 1950, she became the first woman allowed to join the National Cartoonists Society.

15/06/1913

Tom Adair, American songwriter, composer, and screenwriter (died 1988)

Thomas Montgomery Adair was an American songwriter, composer, and screenwriter.

15/06/1911

Wilbert Awdry, English author, created The Railway Series, the basis for Thomas the Tank Engine (died 1997)

Wilbert Vere Awdry, often credited as Rev. W. Awdry, was an English Anglican priest, railway enthusiast, and children's author. He was the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine and several other characters who appeared in his book series, The Railway Series.

15/06/1910

David Rose, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1990)

David Daniel Rose was a British-American songwriter, composer, arranger, pianist, and orchestra leader. His best known compositions were "The Stripper", "Holiday for Strings", and "Calypso Melody". He also wrote music for many television series, including It's a Great Life, The Tony Martin Show, Little House on the Prairie, Highway to Heaven, Bonanza, Leave It to Beaver, and Highway Patrol, some under the pseudonym Ray Llewellyn.

15/06/1909

Elena Nikolaidi, Greek-American soprano and educator (died 2002)

Elena Nikolaidi was a Greek-American opera singer and teacher. She sang leading contralto and mezzosoprano roles with major opera companies worldwide and made numerous recordings.

15/06/1907

James Robertson Justice, English actor and educator (died 1975)

James Robertson Justice was a British actor. He often portrayed pompous authority figures in comedies, including each of the seven films in the Doctor series. He also co-starred with Gregory Peck in several adventure movies, notably The Guns of Navarone. Born in south-east London to a Scottish father, he became prominent in Scottish public life, helping to launch Scottish Television (STV) and serving as Rector of the University of Edinburgh.

15/06/1906

Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and author (died 1985)

William Gordon Welchman was an English mathematician. During World War II, he worked at Britain's secret decryption centre at Bletchley Park, where he was one of the most important contributors. In 1948, after the war, he moved to the US and later worked on the design of military communications systems.

Léon Degrelle, Belgian SS officer (died 1994)

Léon Joseph Marie Ignace Degrelle was a Belgian Walloon politician and Nazi collaborator. He rose to prominence in Belgium in the 1930s as the leader of the Rexist Party (Rex). During the German occupation of Belgium during World War II, he enlisted in the German army and fought in the Walloon Legion on the Eastern Front. After the collapse of the Nazi regime, Degrelle escaped and went into exile in Francoist Spain, where he remained a prominent figure in neo-Nazi politics.

15/06/1902

Erik Erikson, German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst (died 1994)

Erik Homburger Erikson was a German-American child psychoanalyst and visual artist known for his theory on psychosocial development of human beings. He coined the phrase identity crisis.

15/06/1901

Elmar Lohk, Russian-Estonian architect (died 1963)

Elmar Lohk was an Estonian architect and tennis player. Many of his buildings in Tallinn are now valued as great examples of 1930s architecture, for example, the prominent Scandic Hotel Palace on Freedom Square. His creation can be categorised as functionalism with some influence of Chicago school and traditional art.

15/06/1900

Gotthard Günther, German philosopher and academic (died 1984)

Gotthard Günther was a German (Prussian) philosopher.

Otto Luening, German-American composer and conductor (died 1996)

Otto Clarence Luening was a German-American composer and conductor, and flutist. He was an early pioneer of tape music and electronic music.

15/06/1898

Hubertus Strughold, German-American physiologist and academic (died 1986)

Hubertus Strughold was a German-born physiologist and medical researcher. Beginning in 1935 he served as chief of aeromedical research for Hermann Göring's Ministry of Aviation and later held the same position with the Luftwaffe throughout World War II. In 1947 he was brought to the United States as part of Operation Paperclip and went on to serve in a number of high-level scientific posts with the United States Air Force and NASA.

15/06/1894

Robert Russell Bennett, American composer and conductor (died 1981)

Robert Russell Bennett was an American composer and arranger, best known for his orchestration of many well-known Broadway and Hollywood musicals by other composers such as Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, and Richard Rodgers.

Nikolai Chebotaryov, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1947)

Nikolai Grigorievich Chebotaryov was a Soviet mathematician. He is best known for the Chebotaryov density theorem.

15/06/1890

Georg Wüst, German oceanographer and academic (died 1977)

Georg Adolf Otto Wüst was a German oceanographer. His pioneering work on the Atlantic Ocean provided a new view of the motions of water masses between the northern and southern hemispheres and the first evidence of the concentration of water mass spreading in western boundary currents.

15/06/1888

Martin D'Arcy, English Jesuit priest (died 1976)

Martin Cyril D'Arcy was an English Jesuit priest, philosopher of love, and a correspondent, friend, and adviser to a range of literary and artistic figures including Evelyn Waugh, Dorothy L. Sayers, W. H. Auden, Eric Gill and Sir Edwin Lutyens. He has been described as "perhaps England's foremost Catholic public intellectual from the 1930s until his death".

Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author (died 1921)

Ramón López Velarde was a Mexican poet. His work was a reaction against French-influenced modernismo which, as an expression of a purely Mexican subject matter and emotional experience, is unique. He achieved great fame in his native land, to the point of being considered Mexico's national poet.

15/06/1886

Frank Clement, British racing driver (died 1970)

Frank Charles Clement was a British racing driver who, along with Canadian John Duff, won the 1924 24 Hours of Le Mans.

15/06/1884

Harry Langdon, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1944)

Henry Philmore "Harry" Langdon was an American actor and comedian who appeared in vaudeville, silent films, and talkies.

15/06/1881

Kesago Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army (died 1945)

Kesago Nakajima was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Japanese forces under Nakajima's command committed the 1937 Nanjing Massacre.

15/06/1878

Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer (died 1955)

Margaret Ives Abbott was an American amateur golfer. She was the first American woman to win an Olympic event: the women's golf tournament at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

15/06/1875

Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier (died 1987)

Herman "Jackrabbit" Smith-Johannsen, was a Norwegian skier and supercentenarian. He was the world's oldest verified living man from the death of 111-year-old Joe Thomas of the United States on 14 December 1986 until his own death on 5 January 1987, and is additionally the oldest verified man in Norwegian history. He was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada in 1972. He is credited for building many ski jumps and blazing trails in Canada, and New York. He is known for his one-day ascent of Mount Marcy, the tallest mountain in New York. He was born in Horten, Norway, and later moved to the United States, before settling in Piedmont, Quebec.

15/06/1872

Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (died 1950)

Thomas William Burgess was the second person to successfully complete a swim of the English Channel after Matthew Webb, following sixteen attempts. Burgess was British but spent most of his life in France, and won a bronze medal with the French water polo team at the 1900 Olympics.

15/06/1848

Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala, Indian bishop and saint (died 1902)

Geevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala, also known as Parumala Thirumeni, was a Metropolitan of the Malankara Church. Parumala Thirumeni became the first person of Indian origin to be canonised as saint. In 1947, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church declared Mar Gregorios as a saint, making him the first saint from India canonized by that Church. On the 20th of October, 1987, His Holiness Ignatius Zakka I, the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, solemnly proclaimed the canonization of St. Gregorios of Parumala, thereby confirming his sanctity and establishing his veneration throughout the Syriac Orthodox Church.

15/06/1843

Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1907)

Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions brought the music of Norway to fame, as well as helping to develop a national identity, much as Jean Sibelius did in Finland and Bedřich Smetana in Bohemia.

15/06/1835

Adah Isaacs Menken, American actress, painter, and poet (died 1868)

Adah Isaacs Menken was an American actress, painter and poet, and was the highest earning actress of her time. She was best known for her performance in the hippodrama Mazeppa, with a climax that featured her apparently nude and riding a horse on stage. After great success for a few years with the play in New York and San Francisco, she appeared in a production in London and Paris, from 1864 to 1866. After a brief trip back to the United States, she returned to Europe. She became ill within two years and died in Paris at the age of 33.

15/06/1822

Alfonso Corti, Italian anatomist (died 1876)

Alfonso Giacomo Gaspare Corti was an Italian anatomist. He was born in Gambarana, near Pavia in 1822.

15/06/1809

François-Xavier Garneau, Canadian poet and historian (died 1866)

François-Xavier Garneau was a nineteenth-century French Canadian notary, poet, civil servant and liberal who wrote a three-volume history of the French Canadian nation entitled Histoire du Canada between 1845 and 1848.

15/06/1805

William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (died 1877)

William Butler Ogden was an American politician and railroad executive who served as the first Mayor of Chicago. He was referred to as "the Astor of Chicago." He was, at one time, the city's richest citizen. He brought the Galena & Chicago Union RR out of insolvency and was its first president in 1847. He created the Chicago & North Western Railway from the failed remains of the Chicago, St.Paul, Fond du Lac and was its first president in 1859. He spearheaded the 1st transcontinental railroad as the Union Pacific and was its first president in 1862, although he relinquished that position due to poor health.

15/06/1801

Benjamin Wright Raymond, American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (died 1883)

Benjamin Wright Raymond was an American politician who twice served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois for the Whig Party.

15/06/1792

Thomas Mitchell, Scottish-Australian colonel and explorer (died 1855)

Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, often called Major Mitchell, was a Scottish surveyor and explorer of Southeastern Australia. He was born in Scotland and served in the British Army during the Peninsular War. In 1827 he took up an appointment as Assistant Surveyor General of New South Wales. The following year he became Surveyor General and remained in this position until his death. Mitchell was knighted in 1839 for his contribution to the surveying of Australia.

15/06/1790

Charles-Amédée Kohler, Swiss chocolatier (died 1874)

Charles-Amédée Kohler was a Swiss chocolatier and entrepreneur who founded Chocolat Kohler. He notably invented hazelnut chocolate, in his factory opened in 1830 in Lausanne. After his death the Kohler company continued in the Swiss chocolate industry. It merged in 1904 with the Peter and in 1911 with the Cailler chocolate brands; before being finally purchased by Nestlé in 1929.

15/06/1789

Josiah Henson, American minister, author, and activist (died 1883)

Josiah Henson was an author, abolitionist, and minister. Born into slavery, in Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland, he escaped to Upper Canada in 1830, and founded a settlement and laborer's school for other fugitive slaves at Dawn, near Dresden, in Kent County, Upper Canada, of Ontario. Henson's autobiography, The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself (1849), is believed to have inspired the title character of Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852). Following the success of Stowe's novel, Henson issued an expanded version of his memoir in 1858, Truth Stranger Than Fiction. Father Henson's Story of His Own Life. Interest in his life continued, and nearly two decades later, his life story was updated and published as Uncle Tom's Story of His Life: An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson (1876).

15/06/1777

David Daniel Davis, Welsh physician and academic (died 1841)

David Daniel Davis M.D. F.R.C.P. was a British physician.

15/06/1767

Rachel Jackson, American wife of Andrew Jackson (died 1828)

Rachel Jackson was the wife of Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States. She lived with him at their home at the Hermitage, where she died just days after his election and before his inauguration in 1829—therefore she never served as first lady, a role assumed by her niece, Emily Donelson.

15/06/1765

Henry Thomas Colebrooke, English orientalist (died 1837)

Henry Thomas Colebrooke FRS FRSE FLS was an English orientalist and botanist. He has been described as "the first great Sanskrit scholar in Europe".

15/06/1763

Franz Danzi, German cellist, composer, and conductor (died 1826)

Franz Ignaz Danzi was a German cellist, composer and conductor, the son of the Italian cellist Innocenz Danzi (1730–1798) and brother of the noted singer Franziska Danzi.

Kobayashi Issa, Japanese priest and poet (died 1827)

Kobayashi Issa was a Japanese poet. He is known for his haiku poems and journals. He is better known as simply Issa (一茶), a pen name meaning Cup-of-tea. He is regarded as one of the four haiku masters in Japan, along with Bashō, Buson and Shiki — "the Great Four."

15/06/1755

Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (died 1809)

Antoine François Fourcroy was a French chemist and a contemporary of Antoine Lavoisier. Fourcroy collaborated with Lavoisier, Guyton de Morveau, and Claude Berthollet on the Méthode de nomenclature chimique, a work that helped standardize chemical nomenclature.

15/06/1754

Juan José Elhuyar, Spanish chemist and mineralogist (died 1796)

Juan José Elhuyar Lubize was a Spanish chemist and mineralogist, who was best known for being first to isolate tungsten with his brother Fausto Elhuyar in 1783.

15/06/1749

Georg Joseph Vogler, German organist, composer, and theorist (died 1814)

Georg Joseph Vogler, also known as Abbé Vogler, was a German composer, organist, teacher and theorist. In a long and colorful career extending over many more nations and decades than was usual at the time, Vogler established himself as a foremost experimenter in baroque and early classic music. His greatest successes came as performer and designer for the organ at various courts and cities around Europe, as well as a teacher, attracting highly successful and devoted pupils such as Carl Maria von Weber. His career as a music theorist and composer however was mixed, with contemporaries such as Mozart believing Vogler to have been a charlatan. Despite his mixed reception in his own life, his highly original contributions in many areas of music and influence on his pupils endured, and combined with his eccentric and adventurous career, prompted one historian to summarize Vogler as "one of the most bizarre characters in the history of music".

15/06/1645

Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, English politician (died 1712)

Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, was a British Tory statesman. He was a Privy Councillor and Secretary of State for the Northern Department before he attained real power as First Lord of the Treasury. He was instrumental in negotiating and passing the Acts of Union 1707 with Scotland, which created the Kingdom of Great Britain. He had many other roles, including that of Governor of Scilly.

15/06/1640

Bernard Lamy, French mathematician and theologian (died 1715)

Bernard Lamy was a French Oratorian Catholic priest, mathematician and theologian.

15/06/1624

Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist and philologist (died 1704)

Hiob or Job Ludolf, also known as Job Leutholf, was a German orientalist, born at Erfurt. Edward Ullendorff rates Ludolf as having "the most illustrious name in Ethiopic scholarship".

15/06/1623

Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician (died 1672)

Cornelis de Witt was a Dutch States Navy officer and statesman. During the First Stadtholderless Period, De Witt was an influential member of the Dutch States Party, and was opposed to the House of Orange. In the Rampjaar of 1672, he and his brother Johan de Witt were lynched and their remains eaten by a crowd incited by Orangist partisans.

15/06/1605

Thomas Randolph, English poet and playwright (died 1635)

Thomas Randolph was an English poet and dramatist, recognised by his mentor Ben Jonson as being a promising writer of comedy, and amongst his contemporaries had a reputation as a wit.

15/06/1553

Archduke Ernest of Austria (died 1595)

Archduke Ernest of Austria was an Austrian prince, the son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria of Spain.

15/06/1549

Elizabeth Knollys, English noblewoman (died 1605)

Elizabeth Knollys, Lady Leighton, was an English courtier who served Queen Elizabeth I of England, first as a Maid of Honour and secondly, after 1566, as a Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber. Knollys was the grand-niece of Queen consort Anne Boleyn, which made her a cousin once removed of the Queen. Elizabeth married Sir Thomas Leighton of Feckenham in Worcestershire in 1578. He served as Governor of Jersey and Guernsey.

15/06/1542

Richard Grenville, English captain and explorer (died 1591)

Sir Richard Grenville, also spelt Greynvile, Greeneville, and Greenfield, was an English privateer and explorer. Grenville was lord of the manors of Stowe, Cornwall and Bideford, Devon. He subsequently participated in the plantations of Ireland specifically the Munster plantations, the English colonisation of the Americas and the repulse of the Spanish Armada.

15/06/1519

Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1536)

Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset was the son of Henry VIII of England and his mistress Elizabeth Blount, and the only child born out of wedlock whom Henry acknowledged. He was the younger half-brother of Mary I, as well as the older half-brother of Elizabeth I and Edward VI. Through his mother, he was the elder half-brother of Elizabeth, George, and Robert Tailboys. His surname means "son of the king" in Norman French.

15/06/1479

Lisa del Giocondo, Italian model, subject of the Mona Lisa (died 1542)

Lisa del Giocondo was an Italian noblewoman and member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany. Her name was given to the Mona Lisa, her portrait commissioned by her husband and painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the Italian Renaissance.

15/06/1330

Edward, the Black Prince of England (died 1376)

Edward of Woodstock, known as the Black Prince, was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Edward III of England. He died before his father, and his son Richard II therefore succeeded to the throne instead. Edward was one of the most successful English commanders of the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453). He was regarded by English contemporaries as a model of chivalry and one of the greatest knights of his era.

Lives Remembered on 15th June

On 15th June, 88 remarkable people passed away — from 923 to 2024. Remember the lives and legacies of those we lost on this day.

15/06/2024

James Kent, American chef (born 1979)

Jamal James Kent was an American chef. In 2010, he won the Bocuse d'Or USA. Kent and his commis Tom Allan went on to represent the U.S. at the international finals of Bocuse d'Or the following year, in Lyon, France, where they placed tenth.

Matija Sarkic, English-born Montenegrin footballer (born 1997)

Matija Sarkic was a professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

15/06/2023

Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician (born 1936)

Glenda May Jackson was an English actress and politician. Over the course of her distinguished career she received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, three Emmy Awards and a Tony Award, making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting." Her other accolades include two BAFTA Awards and a Golden Globe Award. A member of the Labour Party, she served continuously as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 23 years, first for Hampstead and Highgate from 1992 to 2010, and then, following boundary changes, for Hampstead and Kilburn from 2010 to 2015.

15/06/2019

Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film director (born 1923)

Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli was an Italian stage and film director, producer, production designer and politician. He was one of the most significant opera and theatre directors of the post–World War II era, gaining both acclaim and notoriety for his lavish stagings of classical works, as well as his film adaptations of the same.

15/06/2014

Jacques Bergerac, French actor and businessman (born 1927)

Jacques Bergerac was a French actor and businessman.

15/06/2013

Heinz Flohe, German footballer and manager (born 1948)

Heinz "Flocke" Flohe was a German footballer and manager.

José Froilán González, Argentinian racing driver (born 1922)

José Froilán González was an Argentine racing driver who competed in Formula One between 1950 and 1960. Nicknamed "the Pampas Bull" and "el Cabezón", González was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1954 with Ferrari, and won two Grands Prix across nine seasons. In endurance racing, González won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1954, also with Ferrari.

Dennis O'Rourke, Australian director and producer (born 1945)

Dennis O'Rourke was an Australian cinematographer and documentary filmmaker.

Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1936)

Kenneth Geddes "Ken" Wilson was an American theoretical physicist and a pioneer in using computers for studying particle physics. He was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on phase transitions—illuminating the subtle essence of phenomena like melting ice and emerging magnetism. It was embodied in his fundamental work on the renormalization group.

15/06/2012

Phillip D. Cagan, American economist and author (born 1927)

Phillip David Cagan was an American scholar and author. He was Professor of Economics Emeritus at Columbia University.

Barry MacKay, American tennis player and sportscaster (born 1935)

Barry Bruce MacKay was an American tennis player, tournament director and broadcaster. He was ranked #1 in the U.S. in 1960.

Israel Nogueda Otero, Mexican economist and politician, 10th Governor of Guerrero (born 1935)

Israel Nogueda Otero was a Mexican politician, economist and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Nogueda served as the Municipal President of Acapulco municipality from 1969 to 1971 and the Governor of Guerrero from 1971 until 1975.

Jerry Tubbs, American football player and coach (born 1935)

Gerald J. Tubbs was an American professional football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys. He was selected by Chicago Cardinals in the first round of the 1957 NFL draft. After his retirement, he stayed with the Cowboys as an assistant coach for 22 years. He played college football at the University of Oklahoma.

15/06/2011

Bill Haast, American herpetologist and academic (born 1910)

Bill Haast was the owner and operator, from 1947 until 1984, of the Miami Serpentarium, a tourist attraction south of Miami, Florida, where he entertained customers by performing live venom extraction from snakes. After closing the Serpentarium, he opened the Miami Serpentarium Laboratories, a facility in Punta Gorda, Florida that produced snake venom for medical and research use. Haast extracted venom from venomous snakes from the time he was a boy.

15/06/2008

Ray Getliffe, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1914)

Raymond Getliffe was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens. Born in Galt, Ontario, he played with the Saint John St. Peters. At the time of his death, he was believed to be the oldest living former Montreal Canadiens player. Getliffe's name is on the Stanley Cup twice, for 1939 with Boston and 1944 with Montreal. On February 6, 1943, while playing for the Canadiens he scored five goals in one game.

15/06/2007

Hugo Corro, Argentine boxer (born 1953)

Hugo Pastor Corro, better known plainly as Hugo Corro, was an Argentine professional boxer who held the undisputed middleweight championship between April 1978 and June 1979.

15/06/2006

Raymond Devos, Belgian-French comedian and clown (born 1922)

Raymond Devos was a French humorist, stand-up comedian and clown. He is best known for his sophisticated puns and surreal humour.

Herb Pearson, New Zealand cricketer (born 1910)

Herbert Taylor Pearson was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Auckland in the 1930s and 1940s.

15/06/2005

Suzanne Flon, French actress (born 1918)

Suzanne Flon was a French stage, film, and television actress. She won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her performance in the 1961 film Thou Shalt Not Kill. Flon also received two César Awards and two Molière Awards in her career.

15/06/2004

Ahmet Piriştina, Turkish politician and mayor of İzmir (born 1952)

Ahmet Piriştina was a Turkish politician who was Mayor of İzmir from 1999 to 2004. His Family was of Albanian Turkish descent, his family was from the city of Prishtina.

15/06/2003

Hume Cronyn, Canadian-American actor (born 1911)

Hume Blake Cronyn Jr. was a Canadian-American actor, screenwriter and playwright. He appeared in many stage productions, television and film roles throughout his career, and received many honors, including three Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards, as well as nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Cronyn was the husband of actress Jessica Tandy, with whom he was presented the Kennedy Center Honor in 1986 and National Medal of Arts in 1990. In 1999, he was awarded with a star on the Canada's Walk of Fame.

15/06/2002

Choi Hong Hi, South Korean general and martial artist, founded Taekwondo (born 1918)

Choi Hong-hi was a South Korean Army general, and martial artist who was an important figure in the history of the Korean martial art of Taekwondo, albeit controversial due to his introduction of taekwondo to North Korea.

15/06/2001

Henri Alekan, French cinematographer (born 1909)

Henri Alekan was a French cinematographer.

15/06/2000

Jules Roy, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1907)

Jules Roy was a French writer. "Prolific and polemical" Roy, born an Algerian pied noir and sent to a Roman Catholic seminary, used his experiences in the French colony and during his service in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War as inspiration for a number of his works. He began writing in 1946, while still serving in the military, and continued to publish fiction and historical works after his resignation in 1953 in protest of the First Indochina War. He was an outspoken critic of French colonialism and the Algerian War of Independence and later civil war, as well as a strongly religious man.

15/06/1999

Omer Côté, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1906)

Omer Côté was a Canadian politician and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.

15/06/1996

Ella Fitzgerald, American singer and actress (born 1917)

Ella Jane Fitzgerald was an American improvisational vocal musician, singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.

Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish general and politician (born 1911)

Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle Maclean, 1st Baronet, was a British Army officer, writer and politician. A Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) from 1941 to 1974 Maclean was one of only two soldiers who during the Second World War enlisted in the British Army as a private and rose to the rank of brigadier, the other being future fellow Conservative MP Enoch Powell.

Dick Murdoch, American wrestler (born 1946)

Hoyt Richard Murdoch was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names "Dirty" Dick Murdoch and "Captain Redneck". He was best known for his time in the NWA, World Wrestling Federation and New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

15/06/1995

John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist and inventor, invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer (born 1903)

John Vincent Atanasoff was an American physicist and inventor credited with inventing the first electronic digital computer. Atanasoff invented the first electronic digital computer in the 1930s at Iowa State College. Challenges to his claim were resolved in 1973 when the Honeywell v. Sperry Rand lawsuit ruled that Atanasoff was the inventor of the computer. His special-purpose machine has come to be called the Atanasoff–Berry Computer.

15/06/1994

Manos Hatzidakis, Greek composer and theorist (born 1925)

Manos Hatzidakis was a Greek composer and theorist of Greek music, widely regarded as one of the greatest Greek composers of all time. He was one of the main proponents of the "éntekhno" form of music, along with Mikis Theodorakis, and he is credited as the founder of the Orchestra of Colours, an ensemble performing lesser-known works and the music of Greek composers, and influenced a broad swathe of Greek culture through his writings and radio broadcasts. With his theoretical and compositional work, he is considered to be the first to connect post-war the worded music with traditional music.

15/06/1993

John Connally, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 61st United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1917)

John Bowden Connally Jr. was an American politician who served as the 39th governor of Texas from 1963 to 1969 and as the 61st United States secretary of the treasury from 1971 to 1972. He began his career as a Democrat and became a Republican in 1973.

James Hunt, English racing driver and sportscaster (born 1947)

James Simon Wallis Hunt was a British racing driver and broadcaster who competed in Formula One from 1973 to 1979. Nicknamed "the Shunt", Hunt won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1976 with McLaren and won 10 Grands Prix across seven seasons.

15/06/1992

Chuck Menville, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (born 1940)

Charles David Menville was an American animator and writer for television. His credits included Batman: The Animated Series, Land of the Lost, The Real Ghostbusters, The Smurfs, Star Trek: The Animated Series, and Tiny Toon Adventures.

Brett Whiteley, Australian painter (born 1939)

Brett Whiteley was an Australian artist. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. He held many exhibitions, and lived and painted in Australia as well as Italy, the United Kingdom, Fiji and the United States.

15/06/1991

Happy Chandler, American businessman and politician, 49th Governor of Kentucky (born 1898)

Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler Sr. was an American politician from Kentucky. He represented Kentucky in the U.S. Senate and served as its 44th and 49th governor. Aside from his political positions, he also served as the second commissioner of baseball from 1945 to 1951 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982. His grandson, Ben Chandler, later served as representative for Kentucky's sixth district.

Arthur Lewis, Saint Lucian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)

Sir William Arthur Lewis was a Saint Lucian economist and the James Madison Professor of Political Economy at Princeton University. Lewis remains the only black person to have won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

15/06/1989

Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1912)

Maurice Bellemare, was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was known as Le Vieux Lion de la Politique Québécoise because of his colourful style and his many years of public office. Bellemare was one of the last survivors of the Union Nationale party.

Ray McAnally, Irish actor (born 1926)

Ray McAnally was an Irish actor. He was the recipient of three BAFTA Awards in the late 1980s: two BAFTA Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor, and a BAFTA Television Award for Best Actor for A Very British Coup in 1989. In 2020, he was ranked at number 34 on The Irish Times's list of Ireland's greatest film actors.

15/06/1985

Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (born 1927)

Andrew William Stanfield was an American sprinter and Olympic gold and silver medallist.

15/06/1984

Meredith Willson, American playwright, composer, and conductor (born 1902)

Robert Reiniger Meredith Willson was an American flautist, composer, conductor, musical arranger, bandleader, playwright, and writer.

15/06/1976

Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1896)

James Joseph Dykes was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a third and second baseman from 1918 through 1939, most notably as a member of the Philadelphia Athletics dynasty that won three consecutive American League pennants from 1929 to 1931 and, won the World Series in 1929 and 1930. Dykes played his final six seasons for the Chicago White Sox.

15/06/1971

Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)

Wendell Meredith Stanley was an American biochemist, virologist and Nobel laureate. Stanley's work contributed to lepracidal compounds, diphenyl stereochemistry, and the chemistry of the sterols. His research on the virus causing the mosaic disease in tobacco plants led to the isolation of a nucleoprotein which displayed tobacco mosaic virus activity.

15/06/1968

Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (born 1880)

Samuel Earl Crawford, nicknamed "Wahoo Sam", was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB). Crawford batted and threw left-handed, stood 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg). Born in Wahoo, Nebraska, he had a short minor league baseball career before rapidly rising to the majors with the Cincinnati Reds in 1899. He played for the Reds until 1902.

Wes Montgomery, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1925)

John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery was an American jazz guitarist. He is most known for his unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and for his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a distinctive sound. Montgomery often worked with his brothers Buddy and Monk, as well as organist Melvin Rhyne. His recordings up to 1965 were oriented toward hard bop, soul jazz, and post bop, but around 1965 he began recording more pop-oriented instrumental albums that found mainstream success. His later guitar style influenced jazz fusion and smooth jazz.

15/06/1967

Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (born 1885)

Tatu Kolehmainen was a Finnish long-distance runner who competed at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1912, he reached the finals of 10,000 m and marathon races, but failed to finish due to a strong heat. In 1920, he placed 10th in the marathon. His younger brother Hannes competed alongside at the 1912 and 1920 Games.

15/06/1962

Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (born 1877)

Alfred Denis Cortot was a French pianist, conductor, and teacher who was one of the most renowned classical musicians of the 20th century. A pianist of massive repertory, he was especially valued for his poetic insight into Romantic piano works, particularly those of Chopin, Franck, Saint-Saëns and Schumann. For Éditions Durand, he edited editions of almost all piano music by Chopin, Liszt and Schumann.

15/06/1961

Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver (born 1923)

Giulio Cabianca was a Formula One driver from Italy.

Peyami Safa, Turkish journalist and author (born 1899)

Peyami Safa was a Turkish journalist, columnist and novelist. He came to the fore in the Turkish literature of the Republican era with his psychological works such as Dokuzuncu Hariciye Koğuşu. He reflected his life and his changes to his works. He wrote many novels under the pseudonym Server Bedi. He created Cingöz Recai, a character inspired by Arsène Lupin of the French writer Maurice Leblanc. He also worked as a journalist at various institutions and published several magazines such as Kültür Haftası with his brother İlhami Safa.

15/06/1949

Frank Elbridge Webb, American engineer and presidential candidate (born 1869)

Frank Elbridge Webb was an American engineer who served as the Farmer–Labor Party's presidential candidate in 1928. In the 1932 presidential election, he was initially renominated by the Farmer–Labor Party before being removed and running as the nominee for a wing of the Liberty Party. He also led many unsuccessful efforts to build bridges that spanned the San Francisco Bay.

15/06/1945

Count Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein, Austrian diplomat

Albert Viktor Julius Joseph Michael Graf von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat who served as Ambassador to London at the outbreak of World War I.

15/06/1941

Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and physician (born 1873)

Otfrid Foerster was a German neurologist and neurosurgeon, who made innovative contributions to neurology and neurosurgery, such as rhizotomy for the treatment of spasticity, anterolateral cordotomy for pain, the hyperventilation test for epilepsy, Foerster's syndrome, the first electrocorticogram of a brain tumor, and the first surgeries for epilepsy. He also made influential contributions in advancing knowledge of dermatomes, building upon previous work of Herringham, Thorburn, Sherrington, and others. He also helped map the motor cortex of the cerebrum.

Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (born 1875)

Evelyn Underhill was an English Anglo-Catholic writer and pacifist known for her numerous works on religion and spiritual practice, in particular Christian mysticism. Her best-known work is Mysticism, published in 1911.

15/06/1938

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (born 1880)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a German expressionist painter and printmaker. He was one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th-century art. Kirchner volunteered for army service in the First World War, but soon suffered a breakdown and was discharged. His work was branded as "degenerate" by the Nazis in 1933, and in 1937 more than 600 of his works were sold or destroyed.

15/06/1934

Alfred Bruneau, French cellist and composer (born 1857)

Louis Charles Bonaventure Alfred Bruneau was a French composer who played a key role in the introduction of realism in French opera.

15/06/1917

Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and academic (born 1867)

Kristian Olaf Bernhard Birkeland was a Norwegian space physicist, inventor, and professor of physics at the Royal Fredriks University in Oslo. He is best remembered for his theories of atmospheric electric currents that elucidated the nature of the aurora borealis. In order to fund his research on the aurorae, he invented the electromagnetic cannon and the Birkeland–Eyde process of fixing nitrogen from the air. Birkeland was nominated for the Nobel Prize seven times.

15/06/1890

Unryū Kyūkichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 10th Yokozuna (born 1822)

Unryū Kyūkichi was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Yanagawa, Chikugo Province. He was the sport's 10th yokozuna. Although the name of the style of the yokozuna 's in-ring ceremony is named after him, the fact that he himself practiced this style is highly debated.

15/06/1889

Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (born 1850)

Mihai Eminescu was a Romanian Romantic poet, novelist, and journalist from Moldavia, generally regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul, the official newspaper of the Conservative Party (1880–1918). His poetry was first published when he was 16 and he went to Vienna, Austria to study when he was 19. The poet's manuscripts, containing 46 volumes and approximately 14,000 pages, were offered by Titu Maiorescu as a gift to the Romanian Academy during the meeting that was held on 25 January 1902. Notable works include Luceafărul, Odă în metru antic, and the five Letters (Epistles/Satires). In his poems, he frequently used metaphysical, mythological and historical subjects.

15/06/1888

Frederick III, German Emperor (born 1831)

Frederick III, or Friedrich III, was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days from 9 March 1888 until his death in June that year, during the Year of the Three Emperors.

15/06/1881

Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist and composer (born 1862)

Franjo Krežma, also known as Franz Krezma in German-speaking countries, was a Croatian violinist and composer.

15/06/1858

Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic (born 1795)

Ary Scheffer was a Dutch-French Romantic painter. He was known mostly for his works based on literature, with paintings based on the works of Dante, Goethe, Lord Byron and Walter Scott, as well as religious subjects. He was also a prolific painter of portraits of famous and influential people in his lifetime. Politically, Scheffer had strong ties to King Louis Philippe I, having been employed as a teacher of the latter's children, which allowed him to live a life of luxury for many years until the French Revolution of 1848.

15/06/1849

James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (born 1795)

James Knox Polk was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. A protégé of Andrew Jackson and a member of the Democratic Party, he was an advocate of American expansionism and Jacksonian democracy. Polk saw Texas join the Union in his first year in office, one of the precipitating causes that soon led the U.S. into the Mexican–American War. The settlement of that war expanded American territory to the Pacific Ocean. During his term, the dispute over the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom was resolved as well, creating the present U.S.-Canadian boundary.

15/06/1844

Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet and academic (born 1777)

Thomas Campbell was a Scottish poet at the intersection of the neoclassical with the Romantic style of British poetry.

15/06/1772

Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist and composer (born 1694)

Louis-Claude Daquin was a French composer, writing in the Baroque and Galant styles. He was a virtuoso organist and harpsichordist.

15/06/1768

James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (born 1710)

James Short FRS was a Scottish mathematician and manufacturer of optical instruments, principally telescopes. During his 35-year career as a telescope-maker he produced approximately 1,360 scientific instruments.

15/06/1724

Henry Sacheverell, English minister and politician (born 1674)

Henry Sacheverell was an English Anglican clergyman who achieved nationwide fame in 1709 after preaching an incendiary sermon on 5 November. Sacheverell was subsequently impeached by the House of Commons of Great Britain and though found guilty, his light punishment was seen as a vindication and he became a popular figure in the country, contributing to the Tories' landslide victory at the 1710 British general election.

15/06/1614

Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English courtier and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1540)

Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton was an English aristocrat and courtier. He was suspected throughout his life of being Roman Catholic, and went through periods of royal disfavour, in which his reputation suffered greatly. He was distinguished for learning, artistic culture and his public charities. He built Northumberland House in London and superintended the construction of the fine house of Audley End. He founded and planned several hospitals. Francis Bacon included three of his sayings in his Apophthegms, and chose him as "the learnedest councillor in the kingdom to present to the king his Advancement of Learning." After his death, it was discovered that he had been involved in the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury.

15/06/1521

Tamás Bakócz, Hungarian cardinal (born 1442)

Tamás Bakócz OP was a Hungarian archbishop, cardinal and statesman. He was a serious candidate in the 1513 papal conclave.

15/06/1467

Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (born 1396)

Philip III, also known as Philip the Good, was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death in 1467. He was a member of a cadet line of the House of Valois, to which all 15th-century kings of France belonged. During his reign, the Burgundian State reached the apex of its prosperity and prestige, and became a leading centre of the arts.

15/06/1416

John, Duke of Berry (born 1340)

John of Berry or John the Magnificent was Duke of Berry and Auvergne and Count of Poitiers and Montpensier. His brothers were King Charles V of France, Duke Louis I of Anjou and Duke Philip the Bold of Burgundy. He was Regent of France from 1380 to 1388 during the minority of his nephew King Charles VI.

15/06/1389

Lazar of Serbia (born 1329)

Lazar Hrebeljanović was a medieval Serbian ruler who created the largest and most powerful state on the territory of the disintegrated Serbian Empire. Lazar's state, referred to by historians as Moravian Serbia, comprised the basins of the Great Morava, West Morava, and South Morava rivers. Lazar ruled Moravian Serbia from 1371 until his death in 1389. He sought to resurrect the Serbian Empire and place himself at its helm, claiming to be the direct successor of the Nemanjić dynasty, which went extinct in 1371 after ruling over Serbia for two centuries. Lazar's programme had the full support of the Serbian Orthodox Church, but the Serbian nobility did not recognize him as their supreme ruler. He is often referred to as Tsar Lazar Hrebeljanović ; however, he only held the title of prince.

Murad I, Ottoman Sultan (born 1319)

Murad I, nicknamed Hüdavendigâr, was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1362 to 1389. He was the son of Orhan Gazi and Nilüfer Hatun. Murad I came to the throne after his elder half-brother Süleyman Pasha's death.

Miloš Obilić, Serbian knight.

Miloš Obilić is a legendary Serbian knight and saint in the Serbian Orthodox Church traditionally said to have served Prince Lazar during the Ottoman invasion of Serbia in the late 14th century. Although absent from contemporary records, he features prominently in later accounts of the 1389 Battle of Kosovo as the assassin of Sultan Murad I. The assassin remains unnamed in historical sources until the late 15th century, but the widespread circulation of the story in Florentine, Serbian, Ottoman, and Greek sources suggests that versions of it were known across the Balkans within decades of the battle.

15/06/1383

John VI Kantakouzenos, Byzantine emperor (born 1292)

John VI Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzene was a Byzantine Greek emperor and nobleman, statesman, and general. He served as grand domestic under Andronikos III Palaiologos and regent for John V Palaiologos before reigning as Byzantine emperor in his own right from 1347 to 1354. Deposed by his former ward, he was forced to retire to a monastery under the name Joasaph Christodoulos and spent the remainder of his life as a monk and historian. At age 90 or 91 at his death, he was the longest-lived of the Roman emperors. His two disastrous civil wars led to the loss of much of the remaining territory in the Balkans under Byzantine control to the Serbian and Bulgarian empires, but the most severe loss during his civil war was the loss of the Gallipoli peninsula to the Ottoman Turks, allowing the Ottomans to gain territory in Europe and setting the stage for the destruction of the Byzantine Empire a century later.

Matthew Kantakouzenos, Byzantine emperor

Matthew Asen Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzenus was Byzantine Emperor from 1353 to 1357 and later Despot of the Morea from 1380 to 1381.

15/06/1381

John Cavendish, English lawyer and judge (born 1346)

Sir John Cavendish was an English judge and politician from Cavendish, Suffolk, England. He and the village gave the name Cavendish to the aristocratic families of the Dukedoms of Devonshire, Newcastle and Portland.

Wat Tyler, English rebel leader (born 1341)

Wat Tyler was a leader of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England. He led a group of rebels from Canterbury to London to oppose the collection of a poll tax and to demand economic and social reforms. While the brief rebellion enjoyed early success, Tyler was killed by officers loyal to King Richard II during negotiations at Smithfield, London.

15/06/1341

Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (born 1297)

Andronikos III Palaiologos, commonly Latinized as Andronicus III Palaeologus, was the Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341. He was the son of Michael IX Palaiologos and Rita of Armenia. He was proclaimed co-emperor in his youth, before 1313, and in April 1321 he rebelled against his grandfather, Andronikos II Palaiologos. He was formally crowned co-emperor in February 1325, before ousting his grandfather outright and becoming sole emperor on 24 May 1328.

15/06/1337

Angelo da Clareno, Italian Franciscan and leader of a group of Fraticelli (born 1247)

Angelo Clareno, also known as Angelus Clarenus, was the founder and leader of one of the groups of Fraticelli in the early 14th century.

15/06/1246

Frederick II, Duke of Austria (born 1219)

Frederick II, known as Frederick the Quarrelsome, was Duke of Austria and Styria from 1230 until his death. He was the fifth and last Austrian duke from the House of Babenberg, since the former margraviate was elevated to a duchy by the 1156 Privilegium Minus. He was killed in the Battle of the Leitha River, leaving no male heirs.

15/06/1189

Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (born 1159)

Minamoto no Yoshitsune was a Japanese samurai commander of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. His older half-brother was Minamoto no Yoritomo, the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate. His common name was Kurō, and his formal name was Yoshitsune.

15/06/1184

Magnus Erlingsson, King of Norway (born 1156)

Magnus Erlingsson, also known as Magnus V, was a king of Norway during the civil war era in Norway. He helped to establish primogeniture in royal succession in Norway. King Magnus was killed in the Battle of Fimreite in 1184 against the forces of Sverre Sigurdsson who became King of Norway.

15/06/1073

Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (born 1034)

Emperor Go-Sanjō was the 71st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His given name was Takahito (尊仁).

15/06/0991

Theophanu, Byzantine wife of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 960)

Theophanu Skleraina was empress of the Holy Roman Empire by marriage to Emperor Otto II, and regent of the Empire during the minority of their son, Emperor Otto III, from 983 until her death in 991. She was the niece of the Byzantine Emperor John I Tzimiskes. Theophanu was known to be a forceful and capable ruler, and her status in the history of the Empire was in many ways exceptional. Her official titles contained 'consors imperii', which her stepmother Adelaide of Italy already received and 'comperatrix augusta', which was modeled after the Byzantine position of the empress to ensure succession and regencies.

15/06/0970

Adalbert, bishop of Passau

Adalbert was the 17th Bishop of Passau from 946 to 970.

15/06/0960

Eadburh of Winchester, English princess and saint

Eadburh was the daughter of King Edward the Elder of England and his third wife, Eadgifu of Kent. She lived most of her life as a nun known for her singing ability. Most of the information about her comes from hagiographies written several centuries after her life. She was canonised twelve years after her death and there are a small number of churches dedicated to her, most of which are located near Worcestershire, where she lived.

15/06/0952

Murong Yanchao, Chinese general

Murong Yanchao, known at one point as Yan Kunlun (閻崑崙), was a Chinese general of the Later Tang, Later Jin, and Later Han dynasties. As a half-brother of the Later Han founding emperor Liu Zhiyuan, he was particularly prominent in the Later Han dynasty. After the Later Han throne was seized by the general Guo Wei, who founded the Later Zhou dynasty, Murong initially submitted to Guo but then rebelled. His rebellion was quickly suppressed, and he committed suicide.

15/06/0948

Romanos I Lekapenos, Byzantine Emperor (born c. 870)

Romanos I Lakapenos or Lekapenos, Latinized as Romanus I Lacapenus or Romanus I Lecapenus, was Byzantine emperor from 920 until his deposition in 944, serving as regent for and senior co-ruler of the young Constantine VII.

15/06/0923

Robert I of France (born 866)

Robert I was the elected King of West Francia from 922 to 923. Before his election to the throne he was Count of Poitiers, Count of Paris and Marquis of Neustria and Orléans. He succeeded the overthrown Carolingian king Charles the Simple, who in 898 had succeeded Robert's brother, king Odo.

Celebrations & Special Days Worldwide on 15th June

Arbor Day (Costa Rica)

Arbor Day is a secular day of observance in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant trees. Today, many countries observe such a holiday. Though usually observed in the spring, the date varies, depending on climate and suitable planting season.

Christian feast day: Abraham of Clermont (or of St Cyriacus)

Abraham of Clermont was the founder and abbot of the monastery of St.Cyriacus in Clermont-Ferrand.

Christian feast day: Alice (or Adelaide) of Schaerbeek

Alice of Schaerbeek, was a Cistercian lay sister who is venerated as the patron saint of the blind and paralyzed. Her feast day is 15 June.

Christian feast day: Amos

Amos was one of the Twelve Minor Prophets of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament. According to the Bible, Amos was the older contemporary of Hosea and Isaiah and was active c. 760–755 BC during the rule of kings Jeroboam II of Israel and Uzziah of the Kingdom of Judah and is portrayed as being from the southern Kingdom of Judah yet preaching in the northern Kingdom of Israel (Samaria). The prophet is characterized as speaking against an increased disparity between the wealthy and the poor with themes of justice, God's omnipotence, and divine judgment. The Book of Amos is attributed to him. In recent years, scholars have grown more skeptical of the Book of Amos's presentation of Amos's biography and background.

Christian feast day: Blessed Albertina Berkenbrock

Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name. Beati is the plural form, referring to those who have undergone the process of beatification; they possess the title of "Blessed" before their names and are often referred to in English as "a Blessed" or, plurally, "Blesseds".

Christian feast day: Blessed Clement Vismara

Blessed Father Clement Vismara was an Italian priest and missionary. He is venerated by the Roman Catholic Church. He spent 65 of his 91 years in forests of Burma assisting Akhà and Ikò tribal peoples, particularly children and widows.

Christian feast day: Edburga of Winchester

Eadburh was the daughter of King Edward the Elder of England and his third wife, Eadgifu of Kent. She lived most of her life as a nun known for her singing ability. Most of the information about her comes from hagiographies written several centuries after her life. She was canonised twelve years after her death and there are a small number of churches dedicated to her, most of which are located near Worcestershire, where she lived.

Christian feast day: Evelyn Underhill (Church of England and The Episcopal Church)

Evelyn Underhill was an English Anglo-Catholic writer and pacifist known for her numerous works on religion and spiritual practice, in particular Christian mysticism. Her best-known work is Mysticism, published in 1911.

Christian feast day: Germaine Cousin

Germaine Cousin, also Germana Cousin, Germaine of Pibrac, or Germana, (1579–1601) was a French saint. She was born in 1579 to humble parents at Pibrac, a village 15 km (9.3 mi) from Toulouse.

Christian feast day: Landelin (of Crespin or of Lobbes)

Saint Landelin is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.

Christian feast day: Blessed Peter Snow

Peter Snow was an English Catholic priest who was executed by the state, along with Ralph Grimston, in 1598. They were beatified as martyrs in 1987. Their feast is 15 June.

Christian feast day: Trillo

Saint Trillo is the patron saint and founder of the churches at Llandrillo, Denbighshire and Llandrillo yn Rhos, Rhos-on-Sea in Conwy County Borough, Wales.

Christian feast day: Vitus (Guy), Modestus and Crescentia

Vitus, whose name is sometimes rendered Guy or Guido, was a Christian martyr from Sicily. His surviving hagiography is pure legend. The dates of his actual life are unknown. He has long been tied to the Sicilian martyrs Modestus and Crescentia but in the earliest sources it is clear that these were originally different traditions that later became combined. The figures of Modestus and Crescentia are probably fictitious.

Christian feast day: June 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

June 14 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 16

Day of Valdemar and Reunion Day (Flag Day) (Denmark)

Public holidays in Denmark are the holidays recognised in law in Denmark. The Danish closure law, or Lukkeloven, requires larger retail stores to be closed on all public holidays, as well as Constitution Day, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve after 15:00, but those three additional days are not considered public holidays, as non-retail employees do not get a day off.

Engineer's Day (Italy)

Engineer's Day is observed in several countries on various dates of the year.

Global Wind Day (international)

Global Wind Day or World Wind Day is a worldwide event that is held on June 15. It is organised by WindEurope and GWEC. It is a day when wind energy is celebrated, information is exchanged and adults and children find out about wind energy, its power and the possibilities it holds to change the world.

National Beer Day (United Kingdom)

Beer Day Britain is an annual event celebrating beer in the United Kingdom. The date has been celebrated annually on 15 June since 2015. It is supported by the British Beer and Pub Association, the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), and the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).

National Salvation Day (Azerbaijan)

National Salvation Day of Azerbaijanis is an official holiday in Azerbaijan that is celebrated on June 15, in accordance with the June 27, 1997, dated decree of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan. June 15 has been celebrated as an official holiday since 1998. On June 17, 2021, a Dutch-Azerbaijani community celebrated National Salvation Day at Christ Triumphator Church.

What Happened on 15th June?

36 significant events took place on Thursday, 15th June — stretching from -763 to 2013. Explore the moments that shaped history on this day.

15/06/2013

A bomb explodes on a bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 25 people and wounding 22 others.

On 15 June 2013, a series of bombings resulted in the deaths of 26 people and injuries to dozens more. On the same day, separatist militants attacked and demolished the historic Quaid-e-Azam Residency in Ziarat.

15/06/1996

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonates a powerful truck bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, devastating the city centre and injuring 200 people.

The Troubles were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, it began in the late 1960s and is usually deemed to have ended with the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. Although the Troubles mostly took place in Northern Ireland, at times violence spilled over into parts of the Republic of Ireland, England, and mainland Europe.

15/06/1992

The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the United States for trial, without approval from those other countries.

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that turn on questions of U.S. constitutional or federal law. It also has original jurisdiction over a narrow range of cases, specifically "all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party". In 1803, the court asserted itself the power of judicial review, the ability to invalidate a statute for violating a provision of the Constitution. It is also able to strike down presidential directives for violating either the Constitution or statutory law.

15/06/1991

In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, killing over 800 people.

Mount Pinatubo is an active stratovolcano in the Zambales Mountains in Luzon in the Philippines. Located on the tripoint of Zambales, Tarlac and Pampanga provinces, most people were unaware of its eruptive history before the pre-eruption volcanic activity in early 1991. Dense forests, which supported a population of several thousand indigenous Aetas, heavily eroded and obscured Pinatubo.

15/06/1988

The Ariane 4 rocket is launched on its maiden flight.

The Ariane 4 was a European expendable launch vehicle, developed by the Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES), the French space agency, for the European Space Agency (ESA). It was manufactured by ArianeGroup and marketed by Arianespace. Since its first flight on 15 June 1988 until the final flight on 15 February 2003, it attained 113 successful launches out of 116 total launches.

15/06/1977

After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections take place in Spain.

Francisco Franco, the dictator of Spain, died on 20 November 1975 from heart failure, at the age of 82. His designated successor, Prince Juan Carlos de Borbón, was proclaimed King Juan Carlos I on 22 November. Juan Carlos later led the Spanish transition to democracy.

15/06/1972

Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z is destroyed by a bomb over Pleiku, Vietnam (then South Vietnam) and kills 81 people.

Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z was a flight from Singapore to Hong Kong operated by Cathay Pacific using a Convair CV-880 aircraft that crashed in Pleiku, then in South Vietnam on the afternoon of 15 June 1972, killing all 81 passengers and crew on board.

15/06/1944

World War II: The United States invades Saipan, capital of Japan's South Seas Mandate.

The Battle of Saipan was an amphibious assault launched by the United States against the Empire of Japan during the Pacific campaign of World War II between 15 June and 9 July 1944. The initial invasion triggered the Battle of the Philippine Sea, which effectively destroyed Japanese carrier-based airpower, and the battle resulted in the American capture of the island. Its occupation put the major cities of the Japanese home islands within the range of B-29 bombers, making them vulnerable to strategic bombing by the United States Army Air Forces. It also precipitated the resignation of Hideki Tōjō, the prime minister of Japan.

In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.

The 1944 Saskatchewan general election, the tenth in the history of the province, was held on June 15, 1944 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, under the leadership of Tommy Douglas, was elected to a majority government.

15/06/1940

World War II: Operation Aerial begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.

World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, the latter enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the only nuclear weapons used in war. World War II was the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 60 to 75 million people. Millions died as a result of massacres, starvation, disease, and genocides, including the Holocaust. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.

15/06/1920

Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.

The Schleswig plebiscites were two plebiscites, organized according to section XII, articles 109 to 114 of the Treaty of Versailles of 28 June 1919, in order to determine the future border between Denmark and Germany through the former Duchy of Schleswig. The process was monitored by a commission with representatives from France, the United Kingdom, Norway and Sweden.

15/06/1919

John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.

Captain Sir John William Alcock was a British Royal Navy and later Royal Air Force officer who, with navigator Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, piloted the first non-stop transatlantic flight from St. John's, Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland in June 1919. He died in a flying accident in France in December later that same year.

15/06/1904

A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.

PS General Slocum was an American sidewheel passenger steamboat built in Brooklyn, New York, in 1891. During her service history, she was involved in a number of mishaps, including multiple groundings and collisions.

15/06/1896

One of the deadliest tsunamis in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.

The 1896 Sanriku earthquake was one of the most destructive seismic events in Japanese history. The 8.5 magnitude earthquake occurred at 19:32 on June 15, 1896, approximately 166 kilometres (103 mi) off the coast of Iwate Prefecture, Honshu. It resulted in two tsunami waves which destroyed about 9,000 homes and caused at least 22,000 deaths. The waves reached a then-record height of 38.2 metres (125 ft); this would remain the highest on record until waves from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake exceeded that height by more than 2 metres.

15/06/1864

American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.

The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve slavery in the United States, which they saw as threatened because of the election of Abraham Lincoln and the growing abolitionist movement in the North. The war ended with Union victory, the dissolution of the Confederacy and the abolition of slavery, freeing four million African Americans.

15/06/1859

Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between American and British/Canadian settlers.

The Pig War was a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the British–U.S. border in the San Juan Islands, between Vancouver Island and the Washington Territory. The Pig War, so called because it was triggered by the shooting of a pig, is also called the Pig Episode, the Pig and Potato War, the San Juan Boundary Dispute, and the Northwestern Boundary Dispute. Despite being referred to as a "war", there were no human casualties on either side.

15/06/1846

The Oregon Treaty extends the border between the United States and British North America, established by the Treaty of 1818, westward to the Pacific Ocean.

The Oregon Treaty was a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United States that was signed on June 15, 1846, in Washington, D.C. The treaty brought an end to the Oregon boundary dispute by settling competing American and British claims to the Oregon Country through partition. The area had been jointly occupied by both Britain and the U.S. since the Treaty of 1818.

15/06/1834

The looting of Safed commences.

The 1834 looting of Safed was a month-long attack on the Jewish community of Safed in the Sidon Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire during the Peasants' revolt in Palestine. It began on Sunday, June 15, the day after the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, and lasted for 33 days. It has been described as a spontaneous attack on a defenseless population during the armed uprising against the rule of Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, the Ottoman governor. The event took place during a power vacuum while Ibrahim Pasha was fighting to quell the wider revolt in Jerusalem.

15/06/1826

In the Auspicious Incident, the Janissary mutiny against Sultan Mahmud II is defeated and the Janissary corps is disbanded as a result.

The Auspicious Incident or Auspicious Event was the forced disbandment of the centuries-old janissary corps by Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II on 15 June 1826. Most of the 135,000 janissaries revolted against Mahmud II, and after the rebellion was suppressed, many of them were executed, exiled or imprisoned. The disbanded janissary corps was replaced with a more modern military force.

15/06/1804

New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document.

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. Of the 50 U.S. states, New Hampshire is the seventh-smallest by land area and the tenth-least populous, with a population of 1,377,529 residents as of the 2020 census. Concord is the state capital and Manchester is the most populous city. New Hampshire's motto, "Live Free or Die", reflects its role in the American Revolutionary War; its nickname, "The Granite State", refers to its extensive granite formations and quarries. It is well known for holding the first primary in the U.S. presidential election cycle, and its resulting influence on American electoral politics.

15/06/1607

Virginia Colonists finished building James's Fort, to defend against Spanish and Indian attacks.

The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi (4 km) southwest of present-day Williamsburg. It was established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" on May 4, 1607 O.S. (May 14, 1607 N.S.). It followed earlier, failed English colonization attempts, including the 1585 Roanoke Colony. A river island was selected to evade Spanish naval patrols; however, it was infested with mosquitoes, lacked potable water, and was used by the Paspahegh people. Despite supply missions, only 60 of the original 214 settlers survived the 1609–1610 winter known as Starving Time. In 1612, West Indies tobacco was successfully cultivated, leading to an economic boom for the colony and England.

15/06/1567

Mary, Queen of Scots, and her new husband Bothwell are confronted by disgruntled Scottish nobles in the encounter at Carberry Hill. The stand-off ends with the surrender of queen Mary.

Mary, Queen of Scots, also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication on 24 July 1567.

15/06/1520

Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in Exsurge Domine.

Pope Leo X was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521.

15/06/1410

In a decisive battle at Onon River, the Mongol forces of Oljei Temur were decimated by the Chinese armies of the Yongle Emperor.

The Yongle Emperor's campaigns against the Mongols consisted of five large-scale military expeditions undertaken by the Ming dynasty into Mongolia between 1410 and 1424, each led personally by the Yongle Emperor. His goal was to subjugate the Mongols, and he encouraged conflict between the Eastern Mongols and the Oirats. In 1410, he defeated the Eastern Mongols in two battles and maintained good relations with them for the next decade. In 1414, during the second expedition, he successfully attacked the increasingly powerful Oirats. From 1422 to 1424, after a long hiatus, he launched annual campaigns into eastern Mongolia but was unable to engage the enemy in battle. On the return from his final campaign in 1424, the Yongle Emperor died. His successors subsequently renounced further expeditions into the steppe.

Ottoman Interregnum: Süleyman Çelebi defeats his brother Musa Çelebi outside the Byzantine capital, Constantinople.

The Ottoman Interregnum, or Ottoman Civil War, was a civil war in the Ottoman realm between the sons of the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I following their father's defeat and capture by Timur in the Battle of Ankara on 28 July 1402. Although Timur confirmed Mehmed Çelebi as sultan, Mehmed's brothers refused to recognize his authority, each claiming the throne for himself, which resulted in civil war. The Interregnum would last a little under 11 years and culminate in the Battle of Çamurlu on 5 July 1413, when Mehmed Çelebi emerged as victor, crowned himself Sultan Mehmed I, and restored the empire.

15/06/1389

The Ottomans under Sultan Murad I defeat a Serb army under Lazar of Serbia in the battle of Kosovo. Both leaders are killed in the battle.

The Ottoman Empire, historically also known as the Turkish Empire, was a state that spanned much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th century to the early 20th century, centred in modern-day Turkey. It also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

15/06/1312

At the Battle of Rozgony, King Charles I of Hungary wins a decisive victory over the family of Palatine Amade Aba.

The Battle of Rozgony or Battle of Rozhanovce was fought between King Charles Robert of Hungary and the family of Palatine Amade Aba on 15 June 1312, on the Rozgony field. Chronicon Pictum described it as the "most cruel battle since the Mongol invasion of Europe". Despite many casualties on the King's side, his decisive victory brought an end to the Aba family's rule over the eastern Kingdom of Hungary, weakened his major domestic opponent Máté Csák III, and ultimately secured power for Charles Robert of Hungary.

15/06/1310

The Tiepolo conspiracy, seeking to seize power in the Republic of Venice, is thwarted after bloody street clashes in Venice. The suppression of the revolt will lead to the creation of the Council of Ten.

The Tiepolo conspiracy or Tiepolo-Querini conspiracy was an attempt to overthrow the government of the Republic of Venice under Doge Pietro Gradenigo. Headed by the disaffected patricians Bajamonte Tiepolo, Marco Querini, and Badoero Badoer but backed by a sizeable number of other patricians, churchmen, and commoners, the conspiracy resulted in a coup attempt on 15 June 1310, in which three columns, each led by one of the chief conspirators, were meant to converge on the Piazza San Marco, seize the Doge's Palace, and overthrow the Venetian government. Warned of the plot at the last minute, the Doge mobilized his followers and loyalist forces. Coupled with the conspirators' poor coordination, the Doge's decisive counter-action led to the coup's failure. Querini, the main driving force of the conspiracy, was killed in the subsequent fighting along with one of his sons. Badoer was captured while trying to cross the Venetian Lagoon from Padua and executed for treason. Tiepolo was pushed back and barricaded in the Rialto. The Great Council let Tiepolo and his main supporters leave in exile.

15/06/1285

The Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Venice conclude a treaty. Apart from agreeng on a ten year truce, the Venetians are alloted a commercial quarter in Constantinople and are restored to earlier privileges.

The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, it endured until the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453. The term 'Byzantine Empire' was coined only after its demise; its citizens used the term 'Roman Empire' and called themselves 'Romans'.

15/06/1246

With the death of Frederick II, Duke of Austria, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria.

Frederick II, known as Frederick the Quarrelsome, was Duke of Austria and Styria from 1230 until his death. He was the fifth and last Austrian duke from the House of Babenberg, since the former margraviate was elevated to a duchy by the 1156 Privilegium Minus. He was killed in the Battle of the Leitha River, leaving no male heirs.

15/06/1219

Northern Crusades: Danish victory at the Battle of Lindanise (modern-day Tallinn) establishes the Danish Duchy of Estonia.

The Northern Crusades, or Baltic Crusades, were military campaigns conducted by several Germanic Catholic kingdoms and military orders in an effort to Christianize all the pagans around the southern and eastern shores of the Baltic Sea. The most notable of these campaigns were the Prussian and Livonian Crusades, the latter of which also fought against the Orthodox Christian states of Novgorod and Pskov. In some cases, such as with the Wendish Crusade, the conflicts were partly aimed at controlling the rich resources found in these lands.

15/06/1215

King John of England puts his seal to Magna Carta.

John was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin Empire and contributing to the subsequent growth in power of the French Capetian dynasty during the 13th century. The baronial revolt at the end of John's reign led to the sealing of Magna Carta, a document considered a foundational milestone in English and later British constitutional history.

15/06/1184

The naval Battle of Fimreite is won by the Birkebeiner pretender Sverre Sigurdsson. Sigurdsson takes the Norwegian throne and King Magnus V of Norway is killed.

The Battle of Fimreite was a naval battle fought on June 15, 1184, between King Magnus Erlingsson and the Birkebeiner supported Sverre Sigurdsson. At this time in Norwegian history it was extremely common for there to be changes in leadership, and political coups were often conducted to establish a new ruler. This inevitably led to the naval battle between Sverre Sigurdsson and Magnus Erlingsson that resulted in Magnus being defeated and killed in the battle, and Sverre usurping the Norwegian throne. Similarly, this battle also had long-lasting effects on Norway as a whole. As stated previously, Norway was very volatile during this time, however, the result of this battle led to the installation of Sverre and a lasting effect on Norway's leadership. Sverre would go on to rule from 1184 to 1202, making him one of the longest standing sovereign kings in Norway's twelfth and thirteenth century. His leadership along with Norway's recent conversion to Christianity that spread the Administrative apparatus of the papacy would have long lasting effects on Norway's culture, economy, and society.

15/06/0923

Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.

The Battle of Soissons was fought on 15 June 923 between an alliance of Frankish insurgent nobles led by Robert I, elected king in an assembly the year prior, and an army composed of Lotharingians, Normans, and Carolingian forces under King Charles III's command. The battle took place at Soissons, near Aisne. Robert was killed, but his army won the war. Charles was imprisoned by Herbert II of Vermandois and held captive until his death in 929. Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy, Robert's son-in-law, succeeded him as ruler of West Francia.

15/06/0844

Louis II is crowned as king of Italy at Rome by pope Sergius II.

Louis II, sometimes called the Younger, was the king of Italy and emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 844, co-ruling with his father Lothair I until 855, after which he ruled alone.

18/06/2003

Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.

Assyria was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization that existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC and eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC to the 7th century BC. Assyrian history spans from the early Bronze Age to the late Iron Age; modern historians typically divide ancient Assyrian history into the Early Assyrian, Old Assyrian, Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian, and post-imperial periods, based on political events and gradual changes in language. Assur, the first Assyrian capital, was founded c. 2600 BC, but there is no evidence that the city was independent until the collapse of the Third Dynasty of Ur, in the 21st century BC, when a line of independent kings starting with Puzur-Ashur I began ruling the city. Centered in the Assyrian heartland in northern Mesopotamia, Assyrian power fluctuated over time. The city underwent several periods of foreign rule or domination before Assyria rose under Ashur-uballit I in the early 14th century BC as the Middle Assyrian Empire. In the Middle and Neo-Assyrian periods, Assyria was one of the two major Mesopotamian kingdoms, alongside Babylonia in the south, and at times became the dominant power in the ancient Near East. Assyria was at its strongest in the Neo-Assyrian period, when the Assyrian army was the strongest military power in the world and the Assyrians ruled the largest empire then yet assembled in world history, spanning from parts of modern-day Iran in the east to Egypt in the west.

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Pablo Barrios, Spanish footballer

Madison Kocian, American gymnast

Aurora, Norwegian singer-songwriter

Tia-Adana Belle, Barbadian athlete

Hoshi, South Korean singer and dancer

Iñaki Williams, Basque-Ghanaian footballer

Cooper Kupp, American football player

Irfan Hadžić, Bosnian footballer

Michał Kopczyński, Polish footballer

Mohamed Salah, Egyptian footballer

Dafne Schippers, Dutch heptathlete and sprinter

Jessie Ennis, American actress, director, and writer

Bayley, American wrestler

Víctor Cabedo, Spanish cyclist (died 2012)

Bryan Clauson, American race car driver (died 2016)

Lewis Hancox, English graphic novelist, social media personality and filmmaker

James Maloney, Australian rugby league player

Trevor Plouffe, American baseball player

Ashley Nicole Black, American comedian, actress, and writer

Luke Hodge, Australian footballer

Eva Hrdinová, Czech tennis player

Tim Lincecum, American baseball player

Edison Toloza, Colombian footballer

Laura Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Josh McGuire, Canadian fencer

Mike Delany, New Zealand rugby player

Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi cricketer

John Paintsil, Ghanaian footballer

David Lyons, Australian rugby player

Yulia Nestsiarenka, Belarusian sprinter

Christian Rahn, German footballer

Charles Zwolsman Jr., Dutch racing driver

Wilfred Bouma, Dutch footballer

Zach Day, American baseball player

Michael Doleac, American basketball player and manager

Jiří Ryba, Czech decathlete

Tore Andre Flo, Norwegian footballer and coach

Neil Patrick Harris, American actor and singer

Pia Miranda, Australian actress

Greg Vaughan, American actor and model

Justin Leonard, American golfer

Andy Pettitte, American baseball player

Christos Myriounis, Greek basketball player

Jake Busey, American actor, musician, and film producer

Christian Bauman, American soldier and author

David Bayssari, Australian rugby league player

Gaëlle Méchaly, French soprano

Leah Remini, American actress and producer

Žan Tabak, Croatian basketball player and coach

Jesse Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player

Ice Cube, American rapper, producer, and actor

Idalis DeLeón, American singer and actress

Nasos Galakteros, Greek basketball player

Oliver Kahn, German footballer and sportscaster

Maurice Odumbe, Kenyan cricketer

Cédric Pioline, French tennis player

Károly Güttler, Hungarian swimmer

Raimonds Vējonis, Latvian politician, 9th President of Latvia

Annelies Bredael, Belgian rower

Karim Massimov, Kazakhstani politician, 7th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan

Adam Smith, American lawyer and politician

Courteney Cox, American actress and producer

Michael Laudrup, Danish footballer and manager

Mario Gosselin, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Helen Hunt, American actress, director, and producer

Lourdes Valera, Venezuelan actress (died 2012)

Brad Armstrong, American wrestler (died 2012)

Chris Morris, English actor, satirist, director, and producer

Andrea Rost, Hungarian soprano

Dave McAuley, Northern Irish boxer and sportscaster

Scott Norton, American wrestler

Michèle Laroque, French actress, producer, and screenwriter

Marieke van Doorn, Dutch field hockey player and coach