June 26 — On This Day

Augustus adopts Tiberius.

Augustus · Tiberius

Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar.

Roman emperor · Elagabalus · Alexander Severus · Caesar (title)

Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sasanian Empire. General Jovian is proclaimed Emperor by the troops on the battlefield.

Julian (emperor) · Sasanian Empire · Jovian (emperor)

Pope Benedict II chosen.

Pope Benedict II

En no Ozuno, a Japanese mystic and apothecary who will later be regarded as the founder of a folk religion Shugendō, is banished to Izu Ōshima.

En no Ozuno · Shugendō · Izu Ōshima

Mongols defeat the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Köse Dağ.

Seljuk Turks · Battle of Köse Dağ

Przemysł II crowned king of Poland, following Ducal period. The white eagle is added to the Polish coat of arms.

Przemysł II · King of Poland · Coat of arms of Poland

Ulrich von Jungingen becomes Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights.

Ulrich von Jungingen · Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights

Western Schism: The Roman Catholic Church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon.

Western Schism · Roman Catholic Church · Schism (religion) · Pope Alexander V · Council of Pisa

Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Edward, Earl of March, land in England with a rebel army and march on London.

Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick · Edward IV of England

Richard III becomes King of England.

Richard III of England

Ottomans begin the second Siege of Rhodes.

Siege of Rhodes (1522)

Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.

Francisco Pizarro · Lima · Diego de Almagro

Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory begins.

Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory

Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.

Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia · Peter the Great

After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.

Baku

A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

Siege of Fort Mose · St. Augustine, Florida · War of Jenkins' Ear

French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Fleurus marked the first successful military use of aircraft.

French Revolutionary Wars · Battle of Fleurus (1794)

William IV becomes king of Britain and Hanover.

William IV of the United Kingdom

Treaty of Nanking comes into effect, Hong Kong Island is ceded to the British "in perpetuity".

Treaty of Nanking · Hong Kong Island

End of the June Days Uprising in Paris.

June Days Uprising

The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.

Victoria Cross · Hyde Park, London

The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.

Christmas · Federal holiday

Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.

Henri Moissan · Fluorine

Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.

Bangui · French Congo

The first Grand Prix motor racing event held.

1906 French Grand Prix

The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.

Science Museum, London

The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.

American Expeditionary Forces

Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.

John J. Pershing · James Harbord · Wilhelm, German Crown Prince · Battle of Belleau Wood

The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.

United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916-24)

The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.

The Cyclone · Coney Island

United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.

Franklin D. Roosevelt · Federal Credit Union Act

Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.

Focke-Wulf Fw 61

World War II: Under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.

World War II · Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact · Soviet Union · June 1940 Soviet Ultimatum · Romania

World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day.

Bombing of Kassa · Košice · Slovakia

The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.

Grumman F6F Hellcat

World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.

San Marino · RAF

The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, one of the largest battles between Nazi Germany and Polish resistance forces, ends with the defeat of the latter.

Battle of Osuchy · Osuchy · Polish resistance movement in World War II

The first supply flights are made in response to the Berlin Blockade.

Berlin Blockade

William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.

William Shockley · Grown-junction transistor · Bipolar junction transistor

Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.

Shirley Jackson · The Lottery · The New Yorker

The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewide labour parties.

Pan-Malayan Labour Party · Federation of Malaya

Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.

Lavrentiy Beria · MVD · Nikita Khrushchev · Politburo

The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.

Freedom Charter · Congress of the People (1955) · Kliptown

Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.

Ingemar Johansson · Floyd Patterson · Yankee Stadium

The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.

British Somaliland · Somaliland

Madagascar gains its independence from France.

Madagascar

U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall.

John F. Kennedy · Ich bin ein Berliner · Soviet Union · East Germany · Berlin Wall

Karol Wojtyła (later John Paul II) made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI.

Karol Wojtyła · Pope Paul VI

The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.

Universal Product Code · Chewing gum · Troy, Ohio

Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.

FBI · American Indian Movement · Pine Ridge Indian Reservation · South Dakota · Leonard Peltier

Elvis Presley held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena

Elvis Presley

Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish.

Air Canada Flight 189 · Etobicoke Creek · Ravine

The Yugoslav People's Army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia.

Yugoslav People's Army · Ten-Day War · Slovenia

Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup d'état.

Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani · Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani · Emir · Qatar · Coup d'état

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Supreme Court of the United States · Communications Decency Act · First Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence.

Human Genome Project

Pope John Paul II reveals the third secret of Fátima.

Pope John Paul II · Three Secrets of Fátima

The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.

Supreme Court of the United States · Lawrence v. Texas · Sodomy law

Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest.

Mari Alkatiri · Prime Minister of East Timor

Pope Benedict XVI reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive two-thirds of the votes.

Pope Benedict XVI

A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.

2008 Karmah Bombing

The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.

Waldo Canyon fire · Colorado Springs, Colorado

Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others.

June 2013 Shanshan riots · Xinjiang

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Supreme Court of the United States · United States v. Windsor · Defense of Marriage Act · Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage under the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Supreme Court of the United States · Obergefell v. Hodges · Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Five different terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia, Somalia, Kuwait, and Syria occurred on what was dubbed Bloody Friday by international media. Upwards of 750 people were either killed or injured in these uncoordinated attacks.

26 June 2015 Islamist attacks

Agrippa Postumus, Roman son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder (d. 14)

Agrippa Postumus · Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa · Julia the Elder

John, Count of Angoulême (d. 1467)

John, Count of Angoulême

Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (d. 1612)

Anne Catherine of Brandenburg

San Pedro Claver, Spanish Jesuit saint (d. 1654)

Peter Claver

Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Spanish-born bishop and viceroy of New Spain (d. 1659)

Juan de Palafox y Mendoza · Viceroy · New Spain

Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (d. 1708)

Hedvig Sophia of Sweden

Edward Holyoke, American pastor and academic (d. 1769)

Edward Holyoke

Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)

Georg Brandt

Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, French businesswoman (d. 1777)

Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin

Philip Doddridge, English hymn-writer and educator (d. 1751)

Philip Doddridge

Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (d. 1767)

Thomas Clap

Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (d. 1796)

Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia

Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic (d. 1817)

Charles Messier

Jan Paweł Łuszczewski, Polish politician (d. 1812)

Jan Paweł Łuszczewski

Jan Paweł Lelewel, Polish painter and engineer (d. 1847)

Jan Paweł Lelewel

Wolfgang Menzel, German poet and critic (d. 1873)

Wolfgang Menzel

Branwell Brontë, English painter and poet (d. 1848)

Branwell Brontë

Abner Doubleday, American general (d. 1893)

Abner Doubleday

Bartolomé Mitre, Argentinian soldier, journalist, and politician, 6th President of Argentina (d. 1906)

Bartolomé Mitre · President of Argentina

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (d. 1907)

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin

Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author (d. 1896)

Thomas W. Knox

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Bengali poet and journalist (d. 1894)

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

Sam Watkins, American soldier and author (d. 1901)

Sam Watkins

Daoud Corm, Lebanese painter (d. 1930)

Daoud Corm

Robert Laird Borden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1937)

Robert Laird Borden · Prime Minister of Canada

Bernard Berenson, Lithuanian-American historian and author (d. 1959)

Bernard Berenson

George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English archaeologist and banker (d. 1923)

George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon

Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish journalist and author (d. 1954)

Martin Andersen Nexø

Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (d. 1957)

Leopold Löwenheim

Mitchell Lewis, American actor (d. 1956)

Mitchell Lewis

Ya'akov Cohen, Israeli linguist, poet, and playwright (d. 1960)

Ya'akov Cohen (writer)

Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)

Pearl S. Buck · Nobel Prize in Literature

Dorothy Fuldheim, American journalist and author (d. 1989)

Dorothy Fuldheim

George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (d. 1950)

George Hainsworth

Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and businessman (d. 1978)

Willy Messerschmitt

Chesty Puller, American general (d. 1971)

Chesty Puller

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899-1918)

Stuart Symington, American lieutenant and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Air Force (d. 1988)

Stuart Symington · United States Secretary of the Air Force

Hugues Cuénod, Swiss tenor and educator (d. 2010)

Hugues Cuénod

Big Bill Broonzy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1958)

Big Bill Broonzy

Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer and academic (d. 1951)

Frank Scott Hogg

Peter Lorre, Slovak-American actor and singer (d. 1964)

Peter Lorre

Lynd Ward, American author and illustrator (d. 1985)

Lynd Ward

Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer (d. 1974)

Alberto Rabagliati

Viktor Schreckengost, American sculptor and educator (d. 2008)

Viktor Schreckengost

Debs Garms, American baseball player (d. 1984)

Debs Garms

Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (d. 1973)

Salvador Allende · President of Chile

Colonel Tom Parker, Dutch-American talent manager (d. 1997)

Colonel Tom Parker

Wolfgang Reitherman, German-American animator, director, and producer (d. 1985)

Wolfgang Reitherman

Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American golfer and basketball player (d. 1956)

Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Bronisław Żurakowski, Polish pilot and engineer (d. 2009)

Bronisław Żurakowski

Aimé Césaire, French poet, author, and politician (d. 2008)

Aimé Césaire

Maurice Wilkes, English computer scientist and physicist (d. 2010)

Maurice Wilkes

Laurie Lee, English author and poet (d. 1997)

Laurie Lee

Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, European royalty (d. 2001)

Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark

Paul Castellano, American gangster (d. 1985)

Paul Castellano

George Haigh, English professional footballer

George Haigh

Charlotte Zolotow, American author and poet (d. 2013)

Charlotte Zolotow

Virginia Satir, American psychotherapist and author (d. 1988)

Virginia Satir

Giuseppe Taddei, Italian actor and singer (d. 2010)

Giuseppe Taddei

Idriz Ajeti, Albanian albanologist

Idriz Ajeti

Leo Rosner, Polish-born Austrian Jewish musician (d. 2008)

Leo Rosner

Raleigh Rhodes, American combat fighter pilot (d. 2007)

Raleigh Rhodes

Richard Neustadt, American political scientist and academic (d. 2003)

Richard Neustadt

Jimmy Newberry, American pitcher

Jimmy Newberry

Donald M. Ashton, English art director (d. 2004)

Donald M. Ashton

Jean-Pierre Roy, Canadian-American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2014)

Jean-Pierre Roy

Violette Szabo, French secret agent (d. 1945)

Violette Szabo

Walter Farley, American author (d. 1989)

Walter Farley

Eleanor Parker, American actress (d. 2013)

Eleanor Parker

Franz-Paul Decker, German conductor (d. 2014)

Franz-Paul Decker

Kostas Axelos, Greek-French philosopher and author (d. 2010)

Kostas Axelos

Pavel Belyayev, Russian soldier, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1970)

Pavel Belyayev

Wolfgang Unzicker, German chess player (d. 2006)

Wolfgang Unzicker

Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author and poet (d. 2011)

Robert Kroetsch

Jacob Druckman, American composer and academic (d. 1996)

Jacob Druckman

Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor

Yoshiro Nakamatsu

June Bronhill, Australian soprano and actress (d. 2005)

June Bronhill

Fred Bruemmer, Latvian-Canadian photographer and author (d. 2013)

Fred Bruemmer

Milton Glaser, American illustrator and graphic designer

Milton Glaser

Jackie Fargo, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2013)

Jackie Fargo

Colin Wilson, English philosopher and author (d. 2013)

Colin Wilson

Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (d. 2014)

Claudio Abbado

Gene Green, American baseball player (d. 1981)

Gene Green (baseball)

Dave Grusin, American pianist and composer

Dave Grusin

Carlo Facetti, Italian race car driver

Carlo Facetti

Dwight York, American singer

Dwight York

Benjamin Adekunle, Nigerian general (d. 2014)

Benjamin Adekunle

Hal Greer, American basketball player

Hal Greer

Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart, Scottish politician

Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart

Edith Pearlman, American short story writer

Edith Pearlman

Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian cardinal (d. 2015)

Jean-Claude Turcotte

Nancy Willard, American author and poet (d. 2017)

Nancy Willard

Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)

Robert Coleman Richardson · Nobel Prize in Physics

Reggie Workman, American bassist and composer

Reggie Workman

Neil Abercrombie, American sociologist and politician, 7th Governor of Hawaii

Neil Abercrombie · Governor of Hawaii

Billy Davis Jr., American pop-soul singer

Billy Davis Jr.

Gerald North, American climatologist and academic

Gerald North

Chuck Robb, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th Governor of Virginia

Chuck Robb · Governor of Virginia

Yves Beauchemin, Canadian author and academic

Yves Beauchemin

J.J. Dillon, American wrestler and manager

J.J. Dillon

Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and politician, Brazilian Minister of Culture

Gilberto Gil · Minister of Culture (Brazil)

Georgie Fame, English singer, pianist, and keyboard player

Georgie Fame

Warren Farrell, American author and educator

Warren Farrell

Gennady Zyuganov, Russian colonel and politician

Gennady Zyuganov

Candace Pert, American neuroscientist and pharmacologist (d. 2013)

Candace Pert

Fredric Brandt, American dermatologist and author (d. 2015)

Fredric Brandt

Adrian Gurvitz, English singer-songwriter and producer

Adrian Gurvitz

Mary Styles Harris, American biologist and geneticist

Mary Styles Harris

Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer and manager (d. 2014)

Gary Gilmour

Gordon McQueen, Scottish footballer and manager

Gordon McQueen

Mick Jones, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Mick Jones (The Clash)

Gedde Watanabe, American actor

Gedde Watanabe

Chris Isaak, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Chris Isaak

Patrick Mercer, English colonel and politician

Patrick Mercer

Al Hunter Ashton, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2007)

Al Hunter Ashton

Philippe Couillard, Canadian surgeon and politician, 31st Premier of Quebec

Philippe Couillard · Premier of Quebec

Patty Smyth, American singer-songwriter and musician

Patty Smyth

Mark McKinney, Canadian actor and screenwriter

Mark McKinney

Mark Durkan, Irish politician

Mark Durkan

Greg LeMond, American cyclist

Greg LeMond

Terri Nunn, American singer-songwriter and actress

Terri Nunn

Jerome Kersey, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)

Jerome Kersey

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian-Swiss businessman and philanthropist

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Mark McClellan, American economist and politician

Mark McClellan

Harriet Wheeler, English singer-songwriter

Harriet Wheeler

Tommi Mäkinen, Finnish race car driver

Tommi Mäkinen

Dany Boon, French actor, director, and screenwriter

Dany Boon

Kirk McLean, Canadian ice hockey player

Kirk McLean

Jürgen Reil, American drummer

Jürgen Reil

Inha Babakova, Ukrainian high jumper

Inha Babakova

Olivier Dahan, French director and screenwriter

Olivier Dahan

Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, Icelandic lecturer and politician, 6th President of Iceland

Guðni Th. Jóhannesson · President of Iceland

Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer

Paolo Maldini

Shannon Sharpe, American football player and sportscaster

Shannon Sharpe

Colin Greenwood, English bass player and songwriter

Colin Greenwood

Ingrid Lempereur, Belgian swimmer

Ingrid Lempereur

Geir Moen, Norwegian sprinter

Geir Moen

Mike Myers, American baseball player

Mike Myers (baseball)

Paul Thomas Anderson, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Bitok, Kenyan runner

Paul Bitok

Irv Gotti, American record producer, co-founded Murder Inc Records

Irv Gotti · Murder Inc Records

Sean Hayes, American actor

Sean Hayes (actor)

Adam Ndlovu, Zimbabwean footballer

Adam Ndlovu

Chris O'Donnell, American actor

Chris O'Donnell

Nick Offerman, American actor

Nick Offerman

Max Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer

Max Biaggi

Jai Taurima, Australian long jumper and police officer

Jai Taurima

Gretchen Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Gretchen Wilson

Derek Jeter, American baseball player

Derek Jeter

Jason Kendall, American baseball player

Jason Kendall

Chris Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player

Chris Armstrong (ice hockey)

Terry Skiverton, English footballer and manager

Terry Skiverton

Ed Jovanovski, Canadian ice hockey player

Ed Jovanovski

Pommie Mbangwa, Zimbabwean cricketer and sportscaster

Pommie Mbangwa

Chad Pennington, American football player and sportscaster

Chad Pennington

Quincy Lewis, American basketball player

Quincy Lewis

Ryō Fukuda, Japanese race car driver

Ryō Fukuda

Walter Herrmann, Argentinian basketball player

Walter Herrmann

Ryan Tedder, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

Ryan Tedder

Hamílton Hênio Ferreira Calheiros, Togolese footballer

Hamílton Hênio Ferreira Calheiros

Michael Jackson, English footballer

Michael Jackson (footballer born 1980)

Jason Schwartzman, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor

Jason Schwartzman

Chris Shelton, American baseball player

Chris Shelton

Michael Vick, American football player

Michael Vick

Natalya Antyukh, Russian sprinter and hurdler

Natalya Antyukh

Paolo Cannavaro, Italian footballer

Paolo Cannavaro

Kanako Kondō, Japanese voice actress and singer

Kanako Kondō

Takashi Toritani, Japanese baseball player

Takashi Toritani

Zuzana Kučová, Slovak tennis player

Zuzana Kučová

Vinícius Rodrigues Almeida, Brazilian footballer

Vinícius Rodrigues Almeida

Nick Compton, South African-English cricketer

Nick Compton

Toyonoshima Daiki, Japanese sumo wrestler

Toyonoshima Daiki

Felipe Melo, Brazilian footballer

Felipe Melo

Antonio Rosati, Italian footballer

Antonio Rosati

Indila, French singer

Indila

José Juan Barea, Puerto Rican-American basketball player

José Juan Barea

Yankuba Ceesay, Gambian footballer

Yankuba Ceesay

Elijah Dukes, American baseball player

Elijah Dukes

Raymond Felton, American basketball player

Raymond Felton

Priscah Jeptoo, Kenyan runner

Priscah Jeptoo

Jūlija Tepliha, Latvian figure skater

Jūlija Tepliha

Deron Williams, American basketball player

Deron Williams

Ogyen Trinley Dorje, Tibetan spiritual leader, 17th Karmapa Lama

Ogyen Trinley Dorje · Karmapa

Duvier Riascos, Colombian footballer

Duvier Riascos

Carlos Iaconelli, Brazilian race car driver

Carlos Iaconelli

Samir Nasri, French footballer

Samir Nasri

Oliver Stang, German footballer

Oliver Stang

Belaynesh Oljira, Ethiopian runner

Belaynesh Oljira

Igor Subbotin, Estonian footballer

Igor Subbotin

Houssem Chemali, French footballer

Houssem Chemali

Diego Falcinelli, Italian footballer

Diego Falcinelli

Dustin Martin, Australian rules footballer

Dustin Martin

Joel Campbell, Costa Rican footballer

Joel Campbell

Rudy Gobert, French basketball player

Rudy Gobert

Ariana Grande, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

Ariana Grande

Hollie Arnold, English javelin thrower

Hollie Arnold

Callum Taylor, English cricketer

Callum Taylor

Ptolemy VIII, king of Egypt

Ptolemy VIII Physcon

Julian the Apostate, Roman emperor (b. 332)

Julian (emperor)

Vigilius, bishop of Trent (b. 353)

Vigilius of Trent

Saichō, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 767)

Saichō

George El Mozahem, Egyptian martyr (b. 940)

George El Mozahem

Jaromír, bishop of Prague

Jaromír, Bishop of Prague

Robert, bishop of Hereford

Robert the Lotharingian

Anne of Bohemia, duchess of Silesia (b. 1203 or 1204)

Anne of Bohemia, Duchess of Silesia

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Persian scientist and writer (b. 1201)

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

John Argyropoulos, Byzantine philosopher and scholar (b. 1415)

John Argyropoulos

Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer and politician, Governor of New Castile (b. c. 1471)

Francisco Pizarro · List of Viceroys of Peru

Gabriel, comte de Montgomery, captain of the Scottish Guard of Henry II of France (b. 1530)

Gabriel, comte de Montgomery · Henry II of France

Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher and academic (b. 1617)

Ralph Cudworth

Giulio Alberoni, Spanish cardinal (b. 1664)

Giulio Alberoni

Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)

Maximilian Ulysses Browne

Caesar Rodney, American lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware (b. 1728)

Caesar Rodney · Governor of Delaware

James Dickey, Irish revolutionary (b. 1776)

James Dickey (United Irishmen)

Gilbert White, English ornithologist and ecologist (b. 1720)

Gilbert White

Johannes Jährig, German linguist and translator (b. 1747)

Johannes Jährig

Ludwik Tyszkiewicz, Polish poet and politician (b. 1748)

Ludwik Tyszkiewicz

Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (b. 1740)

Montgolfier brothers · Hot air balloon

George IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)

George IV of the United Kingdom

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French soldier and composer (b. 1760)

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (b. 1806)

Max Stirner

Armand Barbès, French lawyer and politician (b. 1809)

Armand Barbès

Mercedes of Orléans (b. 1860)

Mercedes of Orléans

Richard H. Anderson, American general (b. 1821)

Richard H. Anderson

Edward Sabine, Irish-English astronomer, geophysicist, and ornithologist (b. 1788)

Edward Sabine

Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author (b. 1843)

Peter Rosegger

Albert I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1848)

Albert I, Prince of Monaco

Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (b. 1900)

Adelaide Ames

William Murray McPherson, Australian politician, 31st Premier of Victoria (b. 1865)

William Murray McPherson · Premier of Victoria

James Weldon Johnson, American poet, lawyer and politician (b. 1871)

James Weldon Johnson

Daria Pratt, American golfer (b. 1859)

Daria Pratt

Ford Madox Ford, English novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1873)

Ford Madox Ford

Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)

Karl Landsteiner · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1872)

Emil Hácha · President of Czechoslovakia

Max Kögel, German SS officer (b. 1895)

Max Kögel · SS

Yōsuke Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1880)

Yōsuke Matsuoka · Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)

R. B. Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870)

R. B. Bennett · Prime Minister of Canada

Kim Koo, South Korean educator and politician, 13th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (b. 1876)

Kim Koo · Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea

Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer (b. 1895)

Engelbert Zaschka

Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1930)

Clifford Brown

Richie Powell, American pianist (b. 1931)

Richie Powell

Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author (b. 1878)

Alfred Döblin

Malcolm Lowry, English novelist and poet (b. 1909)

Malcolm Lowry

George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler (b. 1873)

George Orton

Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician and scholar (b. 1888)

Andrija Štampar

Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian businessman (b. 1889)

Léo Dandurand

Françoise Dorléac, French actress and singer (b. 1942)

Françoise Dorléac

Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint (b. 1902)

Josemaría Escrivá

Akwasi Afrifa, Ghanaian soldier and politician, 3rd Head of State of Ghana (b. 1936)

Akwasi Afrifa · List of heads of state of Ghana

Howard Charles Green, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Public Works (b. 1895)

Howard Charles Green · Minister of Public Works (Canada)

Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author (b. 1909)

Anni Blomqvist

Buddy Rogers, American wrestler (b. 1921)

Buddy Rogers (wrestler)

Roy Campanella, American baseball player and coach (b. 1921)

Roy Campanella

William H. Riker, American political scientist and academic (b. 1920)

William H. Riker

Jahanara Imam, Bangladeshi author and activist (b. 1929)

Jahanara Imam

Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (b. 1958)

Veronica Guerin

Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu, Turkish linguist and academic (b. 1932)

Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu

Don Hutson, American football player and coach (b. 1913)

Don Hutson

Hacı Sabancı, Turkish businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935)

Hacı Sabancı

Jay Berwanger, American football player (b. 1914)

Jay Berwanger

Arnold Brown, English-Canadian 11th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1913)

Arnold Brown (General of The Salvation Army) · General of The Salvation Army

Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroon footballer (b. 1975)

Marc-Vivien Foé

Denver Randleman, American sergeant (b. 1920)

Denis Thatcher, English soldier and businessman (b. 1915)

Denis Thatcher

Strom Thurmond, American general, lawyer, and politician, 103rd Governor of South Carolina (b. 1902)

Strom Thurmond · Governor of South Carolina

Ott Arder, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1950)

Ott Arder

Yash Johar, Indian film producer, founded Dharma Productions (b. 1929)

Yash Johar · Dharma Productions

Naomi Shemer, Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1930)

Naomi Shemer

Tõnno Lepmets, Estonian basketball player (b. 1938)

Tõnno Lepmets

Richard Whiteley, English journalist and game show host (b. 1943)

Richard Whiteley

Tommy Wonder, Dutch magician (b. 1953)

Tommy Wonder (magician)

Liz Claiborne, Belgian-American fashion designer, founded Liz Claiborne (b. 1929)

Liz Claiborne (fashion designer) · Liz Claiborne

Joey Sadler, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1914)

Joey Sadler

Algirdas Brazauskas, Lithuanian engineer and politician, 2nd President of Lithuania (b. 1932)

Algirdas Brazauskas · President of Lithuania

Harald Keres, Estonian physicist and academic (b. 1912)

Harald Keres

Edith Fellows, American actress (b. 1923)

Edith Fellows

Jan van Beveren, Dutch footballer and coach (b. 1948)

Jan van Beveren

Sverker Åström, Swedish diplomat, Swedish Permanent Representative to the United Nations (b. 1915)

Sverker Åström · Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations

Pat Cummings, American basketball player (b. 1956)

Pat Cummings

Nora Ephron, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1941)

Nora Ephron

Mario O'Hara, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)

Mario O'Hara

Doris Singleton, American actress (b. 1919)

Doris Singleton

Risley C. Triche, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)

Risley C. Triche

Henrik Otto Donner, Finnish trumpet player and composer (b. 1939)

Henrik Otto Donner

Edward Huggins Johnstone, Brazilian-American sergeant and judge (b. 1922)

Edward Huggins Johnstone

Byron Looper, American politician (b. 1964)

Byron Looper

Justin Miller, American baseball player (b. 1977)

Justin Miller (baseball, born 1977)

Marc Rich, Belgian-American businessman (b. 1934)

Marc Rich

Howard Baker, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 12th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1925)

Howard Baker · White House Chief of Staff

Bill Frank, American-Canadian football player (b. 1938)

Bill Frank

Rollin King, American businessman, co-founded Southwest Airlines (b. 1931)

Rollin King · Southwest Airlines

Bob Mischak, American football player and coach (b. 1932)

Bob Mischak

Julius Rudel, Austrian-American conductor (b. 1921)

Julius Rudel

Mary Rodgers, American composer and author (b. 1931)

Mary Rodgers

Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1929)

Yevgeny Primakov · Prime Minister of Russia

Chris Thompson, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1952)

Chris Thompson (TV producer)