323 BC Alexander the Great (died), Macedonian king (born 356 BC)
1552 Alexander Barclay (died), English poet (born 1476)
1692 Bridget Bishop (died), English-American woman executed for witchcraft (born 1632)
1692 Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for “Certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries“.
1713 Princess Caroline of Great Britain (born) (died 1757)
1735 Thomas Hearne (died), English antiquarian (born 1678)
1793 The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
1803 Henry Darcy (born), French engineer (died 1858)
1804 Hermann Schlegel (born), German ornithologist and herpetologist (died 1884)
1819 Gustave Courbet (born), French painter (died 1877)
1829 The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place.
1832 Nikolaus Otto (born), German engineer (died 1891)
1836 André-Marie Ampère (died), French physicist and mathematician (born 1775)
1838 Myall Creek Massacre in Australia: 28 Aboriginal Australians are murdered.
1854 The first class of United States Naval Academy students graduate.
1861 American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel – Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia.
1863 Louis Couperus (born), Dutch author and poet (died 1923)
1864 American Civil War: Battle of Brice’s Crossroads – Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.
1865 Frederick Cook (born), American physician and explorer (died 1940)
1898 Spanish-American War: U.S. Marines land on the island of Cuba.
1898 Tuone Udaina (died), Croatian-Italian last speaker of the Dalmatian language
1909 Edward Everett Hale (died), American clergyman, historian, and author (born 1822)
1910 Howlin’ Wolf (born), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976)
1915 Saul Bellow (born), Canadian-American author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)
1918 Barry Morse (born), English-Canadian actor and director (died 2008)
1921 Jean Robic (born), French cyclist (died 1980)
1921 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born)
1922 Judy Garland (born), American actress and singer (died 1969)
1925 Nat Hentoff (born), American historian, author, and journalist
1928 Maurice Sendak (born), American author and illustrator (died 2012)
1929 E. O. Wilson (born), American biologist and author
1929 Hélène Smith (died), French psychic (born 1861)
1931 João Gilberto (born), Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1933 F. Lee Bailey (born), American lawyer
1935 Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
1935 Vic Elford (born), English race car driver
1940 Marcus Garvey (died), Jamaican journalist and activist, founded the Black Star Line (born 1887)
1940 World War II: Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.
1940 World War II: Norway surrenders to German forces.
1941 Mickey Jones (born), American drummer and actor (The First Edition)
1941 Shirley Owens (born), American singer (Shirelles)
1944 In baseball, 15-year old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
1947 Saab produces its first automobile.
1959 Eliot Spitzer (born), American lawyer and politician, 54th Governor of New York
1963 Equal Pay Act of 1963 aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex (see Gender pay gap). It was signed into law on June 10, 1963 by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program
1963 Jeanne Tripplehorn (born), American actress
1964 Jimmy Chamberlin (born), American drummer, songwriter, and producer (The Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan, Starchildren, and The Jimmy Chamberlin Complex)
1967 Spencer Tracy (died), American actor and singer (born 1900)
1967 The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire.
1969 Kate Snow (born), American journalist
1970 Earl Grant (died), American singer and pianist (born 1931)
1971 Bobby Jindal (born), American politician, 55th Governor of Louisiana
1977 James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee, but is recaptured on June 13.
1977 The Apple II, one of the first personal computers, goes on sale.
1980 The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
1982 Tara Lipinski (born), American figure skater
1985 Andy Schleck (born), Luxembourger cyclist
1986 Keith Harkin (born), Irish singer-songwriter and actor (Celtic Thunder)
1988 Louis L’Amour (died), American author (born 1908)
1992 Kate Upton (born), American model and actress
1997 Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen’s family members.
1999 Kosovo War: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
2001 Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon’s first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
2001 Sasha Obama (born), American daughter of Barack Obama
2002 John Gotti (died), American mob boss (born 1940)
2002 The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.
2003 The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission.
2004 Ray Charles (died), American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (born 1930)
2012 George Saitoti (died), Kenyan economist and politician, 6th Vice-President of Kenya (born 1945)
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