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June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 194 days remaining until the end of the year.

On leap years, this day usually marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere.

Events

• 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory.
• 1214 – The University of Oxford receives its charter.
• 1631 – The sack of Baltimore: the Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates.
• 1652 – Tarhoncu Ahmet Paşa appointed grand vezir of the Ottoman Empire, served until 21 March 1653.
• 1685 – Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater.
• 1756 – A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
• 1782 – The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
• 1787 – Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States.
• 1789 – Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
• 1791 – King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during The French Revolution.
• 1819 – The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. She is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail.
• 1837 – Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
• 1840 – Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
• 1862 – Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
• 1863 – American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
• 1877 – Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
• 1893 – Lizzie Borden is acquitted for the murders of her father and stepmother.
• 1919 – 150 die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• 1944 – World War II: The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the “Great Marianas Turkey Shoot”.
• 1944 – Continuation war: Soviet Union demands for an unconditional surrender from Finland during the beginning of partially successful Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive. Finnish government declines the demand.
• 1948 – Toast of the Town, later The Ed Sullivan Show, makes its television debut.
• 1956 – A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
• 1959 – A rare June hurricane struck Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
• 1960 – Independence of Mali and Senegal.
• 1963 – The so-called "red telephone" is established between the Soviet Union and the United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis.
• 1973 – Ezeiza massacre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
• 1979 – ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The murder is caught on tape and sparked international outcry of the regime.
• 1990 – Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
• 1991 – The German parliament decides to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin.
• 2003 – The WikiMedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Births

• 236 BC – Scipio Africanus, Roman statesman and general of the Second Punic War (d. 183 BC)
• 1005 – Ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036)
• 1389 – John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435)
• 1469 – Gian Galeazzo Sforza, duke of Milan (d. 1494)
• 1485 – Astorre III Manfredi, lord of Faenza (d. 1502)
• 1566 – King Sigismund III Vasa of Poland (d. 1632)
• 1583 – Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)
• 1634 – Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (d. 1675)
• 1642 (O.S.) – George Hickes, English minister and scholar (d. 1715)
• 1647 – John George III, Elector of Saxony (d. 1691)
• 1699 – William Gustav of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1737)
• 1717 – Jacques Saly, French sculptor (d. 1776)
• 1723 – Adam Ferguson, Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1816)
• 1723 – Theophilus Lindsey, English theologian (d. 1808)
• 1733 – Betty Washington, sister of George Washington (d. 1797)
• 1737 – Tokugawa Ieharu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1786)
• 1754 – Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. 1832)
• 1756 – Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish composer (d. 1792)
• 1761 – Jacob Hübner, German entomologist (d. 1826)
• 1763 – Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot (d. 1798)
• 1770 – Moses Waddel, American educator/minister and bestselling author (d. 1840)
• 1771 – Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Scottish philanthropist (d. 1820)
• 1771 – Hermann von Boyen, German army officer (d. 1848)
• 1778 – Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac, French politician (d. 1832)
• 1786 – Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, French poet (d. 1859)
• 1796 – Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso, Italian cardinal (d. 1878)
• 1808 – Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi (d. 1888)
• 1813 – Joseph Autran, French poet (d. 1877)
• 1819 – Jacques Offenbach, German-born French composer (d. 1880)
• 1855 – Sir Richard Lodge, English historian (d. 1936)
• 1858 – Charles W. Chesnutt, American writer (d. 1932)
• 1860 – Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (d. 1937)
• 1861 – Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (d. 1947)
• 1862 – Marco Praga, Italian playwright (d. 1929)
• 1870 – Georges Dufrénoy, French post-impressionnist painter (d. 1943)
• 1872 – George Carpenter, the 5th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1948)
• 1875 – Reginald Punnett, British geneticist (d. 1967)
• 1885 – Andrzej Gawroński, Polish scholar (d. 1927)
• 1887 – Kurt Schwitters, German painter and writer (d. 1948)
• 1889 – John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer (d. 1951)
• 1891 – John A. Costello, second Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland (d. 1976)
• 1891 – Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Italian soprano (d. 1951)
• 1893 – Wilhelm Zaisser, German politician (d. 1958)
• 1894 – Lloyd Hall, American chemist (d. 1971)
• 1896 – Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian conductor (d. 1982)
• 1897 – Elisabeth Hauptmann, German writer (d. 1973)
• 1899 – Jean Moulin, French Resistance leader (d. 1943)
• 1905 – Lillian Hellman, American playwright (d. 1984)
• 1907 – Jimmy Driftwood, American songwriter and musician (d. 1998)
• 1908 – Billy Werber, American baseball player (d. 2009)
• 1909 – Errol Flynn, Australian actor (d. 1959)
• 1911 – Gail Patrick, American actress (d. 1980)
• 1912 – Anthony Buckeridge, English author (d. 2004)
• 1915 – Dick Reynolds, Australian rules footballer and coach (d. 2002)
• 1915 – Terence Young, British film director (d. 1994)
• 1916 – Jean-Jacques Bertrand, premier of Quebec (d. 1973)
• 1916 – Johnny Morris, British children's presenter (d. 1999)
• 1917 – Igor Śmiałowski, Polish actor (d. 2006)
• 1918 – George Lynch, American auto racer (d. 1997)
• 1918 – Zoltán Sztáray, Hungarian writer
• 1920 – Hans Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater
• 1921 – Byron Farwell, American military historian (d. 1999)
• 1923 – Bjørn Watt-Boolsen, Danish actor (d. 1998)
• 1924 – Chet Atkins, American guitar player and producer (d. 2001)
• 1924 – Audie Murphy, American Medal of Honor recipient and actor (d. 1971)
• 1924 – Fritz Koenig, German sculptor
• 1928 – Eric Dolphy, American jazz musician (d. 1964)
• 1928 – Jean-Marie Le Pen, French politician
• 1930 – Paul Pender, American boxer
• 1930 – Magdalena Abakanowicz, Polish artist
• 1931 – Olympia Dukakis, American actress
• 1931 – Martin Landau, American actor
• 1931 – James Tolkan, American actor
• 1932 – Robert Rozhdestvensky, Russian poet (d. 1994)
• 1933 – Danny Aiello, American actor
• 1934 – Wendy Craig, English actress
• 1934 – Rossana Podestà, Italian actress
• 1934 – Yuri Vizbor, Russian poet (d. 1984)
• 1935 – Len Dawson, American football player
• 1935 – Neal Knox, American gun rights activist (d. 2005)
• 1936 – Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 2002)
• 1937 – Jerry Keller, American pop singer and songwriter
• 1938 – Mickie Most, British record producer (d. 2003)
• 1939 – Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (d. 1998)
• 1940 – Eugen Drewermann, German theologian
• 1940 – John Mahoney, English actor
• 1941 – Ulf Merbold, German physicist and astronaut
• 1941 – Stephen Frears, English film director
• 1942 – Brian Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys)
• 1944 – Cheryl Holdridge, American actress
• 1944 – David Roper, English actor
• 1945 – Anne Murray, Canadian singer
• 1946 – Bob Vila, American television host
• 1946 – Xanana Gusmão, President of East Timor
• 1946 – Andre Watts, American pianist
• 1946 – Lars Vilks, Swedish artist
• 1947 – Dolores Brooks, American singer (the Crystals)
• 1947 – Candy Clark, American actress
• 1947 – Josef Clemens, German bishop and Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
• 1947 – Ivo Milazzo, Italian comic book artist
• 1948 – Ludwig Scotty, President of Nauru
• 1949 – Lionel Richie, American musician (The Commodores)
• 1949 – Alan Longmuir, Scottish bass guitarist (Bay City Rollers)
• 1950 – Nouri Al-Maliki, Prime Minister of Iraq
• 1951 – Tress MacNeille, American voice actress
• 1951 – Paul Muldoon, Northern Irish poet
• 1951 – Bill Simon, American businessman and politician
• 1952 – John Goodman, American actor
• 1952 – Vince Gotera, American poet
• 1952 – Larry Riley, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1952 – Vikram Seth, Indian poet
• 1953 – Ulrich Mühe, German actor (d. 2007)
• 1953 – Raúl Ramírez, Mexican tennis player
• 1953 – Willy Rampf, German F1 technical director (BMW Sauber)
• 1954 – Michael Anthony, American musician (Van Halen)
• 1954 – Ilan Ramon, Israeli combat pilot and astronaut (d. 2003)
• 1954 – Allan Lamb, South African born English cricketer
• 1956 – Peter Reid, English former footballer
• 1957 – Koko B. Ware, American professional wrestler
• 1958 – Chuck Wagner, American actor
• 1958 – Ron Hornaday, American racecar driver
• 1960 – John Taylor, English musician (Duran Duran)
• 1963 – Amir Derakh, American musician (Orgy)
• 1963 – Don West, American professional wrestling announcer
• 1964 – Pierfrancesco Chili, Italian motorcycle racer
• 1964 – Silke Möller, German track and field athlete
• 1967 – Nicole Kidman, American-born Australian actress
• 1968 – Robert Rodriguez, American film director
• 1969 – MaliVai Washington, American tennis player
• 1969 – Misha Verbitsky, Russian mathematician
• 1969 – Peter Paige, American actor
• 1970 – Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco
• 1970 – Andrea Nahles, German politician
• 1970 – Bruce Woodcock, American computer games analyst
• 1971 – Josh Lucas, American actor
• 1971 – Jeordie White, American musician (Marilyn Manson)
• 1971 – Josh Kronfeld, New Zealander rugby union footballer
• 1972 – Alexis Alexoudis, Greek footballer
• 1972 – Paul Bako, American baseball player
• 1973 – Chino Moreno, American musician (Deftones)
• 1974 – Attila Czene, Hungarian swimmer
• 1974 – Tuta, Brazilian footballer
• 1975 – Daniel Zítka, Czech footballer
• 1976 – Jerome Fontamillas, American musician (Switchfoot)
• 1976 – Carlos Lee, Panamanian baseball player
• 1976 – Rob Mackowiak, American baseball player
• 1976 – Juliano Belletti, Brazilian footballer
• 1977 – Gordan Giriček, Croatian basketball player
• 1978 – LaVar Arrington, American football player
• 1978 – Quinton Jackson, American mixed martial artist
• 1978 – Frank Lampard, English footballer
• 1978 – Jan-Paul Saeijs, Dutch footballer
• 1978 – Bobby Seay, American baseball player
• 1978 – Mike Birbiglia, Comedian
• 1979 – Charlotte Hatherley, English guitarist (Ash)
• 1979 – Charles Howell III, American professional golfer
• 1979 – Cael Sanderson, American olympic freestyle wrestler
• 1980 – Carlo Festuccia, Italian rugby union footballer
• 1980 – Fabian Wegmann, German road racing cyclist
• 1980 – Tony Lovato, American singer and guitarrist (Mest)
• 1980 – Franco Semioli, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Ardian Gashi, Albanian-Norwegian footballer
• 1981 – Angerfist, Dutch musician
• 1982 – Aleksei Berezutski, Russian footballer
• 1982 – Vasili Berezutski, Russian footballer
• 1982 – George Forsyth, Peruvian footballer
• 1983 – Darren Sproles, American football player
• 1983 – Josh Childress, American basketball player
• 1983 – Cherrie Ying, Hong Kong actress
• 1985 – Souleymane Mamam, Togolese footballer
• 1985 – Darko Miličić, Serbian basketball player
• 1987 – Carsten Ball, Professional Australian Tennis Player
• 1988 – Shefali Chowdhury, Welsh actress
• 1989 – Christopher Mintz-Plasse, American actor
• 1989 – Terrelle Pryor, American football player
• 1992 – James Waite, UK Banger Racing Driver
• 1997 – Maria Lark, Russian-born American actress

Deaths

• 451 – Theodorid, King of the Visigoths
• 840 – Louis the Pious, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (b. 778)
• 885 – Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841)
• 1176 – Mikhail of Vladimir, Russian prince
• 1597 – Willem Barentsz, Dutch navigator (b. 1550)
• 1605 – Feodor II of Russia, tsar of Russia (b. 1589)
• 1668 – Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620)
• 1776 – Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (b. 1704)
• 1787 – Carl Friedrich Abel, German composer (b. 1723)
• 1800 – Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician (b. 1719)
• 1810 – Count Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish statesman (b. 1755)
• 1820 – Manuel Belgrano, Argentine lawyer and politician (b. 1770)
• 1840 – Pierre Claude François Daunou, French statesman and historian (b. 1761)
• 1837 – William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1765)
• 1869 – Toshizou Hijikata, Shinsengumi vice-commander (b. 1835)
• 1870 – Jules de Goncourt, French writer (b. 1830)
• 1872 – Elie Frédéric Forey, French general (b. 1804)
• 1888 – Johannes Zukertort, German-Polish-Jewish chess master (b. 1842)
• 1906 – John Clayton Adams, British landscape artist (b. 1840)
• 1925 – Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (b. 1842)
• 1929 – Emmanuel Benakis, Greek merchant and politician (b. 1843)
• 1945 – Bruno Frank, German author (b. 1878)
• 1945 – Luís Fernando de Orleans y Borbón, Spanish prince (b. 1888)
• 1947 – Bugsy Siegel, American crime figure (b. 1906)
• 1952 – Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (b. 1898)
• 1958 – Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
• 1963 – Raphaël Salem, Greek mathematician (b. 1898)
• 1965 – Bernard Baruch, American politician (b. 1870)
• 1972 – Howard Johnson, American businessman, originator of restaurant chain (b. 1897)
• 1974 – Horace Lindrum, Australian snooker and billiards player (b. 1912)
• 1976 – Lou Klein, American baseball player (b. 1918)
• 1978 – Mark Robson, Canadian film director and producer (b. 1913)
• 1984 – Estelle Winwood, English actress (b. 1883)
• 1995 – Emil Cioran, Romanian-born French philosopher (b. 1911)
• 1996 – Jim Ellison, Singer/Guitarist for the band Material Issue (b. 1964)
• 1997 – Lawrence Payton, American singer (The Four Tops) (b. 1938)
• 1998 – Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (b. 1942)
• 1999 – Clifton Fadiman, American author (b. 1902)
• 2002 – Erwin Chargaff, Austrian biochemist (b. 1905)
• 2002 – Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (b. 1916)
• 2003 – Bob Stump, American politician (b. 1927)
• 2005 – Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer, Nobel laureate (b. 1923)
• 2005 – Larry Collins, American writer (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Billy Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Trevor Henry, New Zealand Justice (b. 1902)

Holidays and observances

• Solstice and Midsummer celebrations (if the solstice falls on this day, it varies annually)
• Neopaganism, Wicca: Litha in the Northern Hemisphere and Yule in the Southern Hemisphere (if solstice falls on this day)
• International Surfing Day (June 21 during leap years)
• World Refugee Day
• Argentina: Flag Day
• Eritrea: Martyrs' Day
• West Virginia: West Virginia Day.
• Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg (d. 981)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

From Wikiquote

Quotes of the day from previous years:

2004

Vanity is so anchored in the heart of man that a soldier, a soldier's servant, a cook, a porter brags and wishes to have his admirers. Even philosophers wish for them. Those who write against it want to have the glory of having written well; and those who read it desire the glory of having read it. I who write this have perhaps this desire, and perhaps those who will read it... ~ Blaise Pascal

• selected by Kalki

2005

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions. ~ Lillian Hellman (born 20 June 1905)

• proposed by Kalki

2006

We wanted to bring some love to the world. I thought we were good at doing that. Bringin' love to the world. ~ Brian Wilson (born 20 June 1942)

• proposed by Kalki

2007

If there's not love present, it's much, much harder to function. When there's love present, it's easier to deal with life. ~ Brian Wilson

• proposed by Kalki

2008

For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt. ~ Lillian Hellman

• proposed by Zarbon

2009

Humor — it helps to make the vibe better — it loosens up the vibrations. ~ Brian Wilson

• proposed by Kalki

2010

Suggestions

In 2008 this will be the official date (UTC) of the Summer solstice for locations in the Northern Hemisphere, the Winter solstice in the Southern.

The idea that I can be presented with a problem, set out to logically solve it with the tools at hand, and wind up with a program that could not be legally used because someone else followed the same logical steps some years ago and filed for a patent on it is horrifying. ~ John Carmack, in celebration of the two year anniversary of the expiry of the infamous U.S. Patent 4,558,302 pertaining to GIF generation.

• 3 MosheZadka 00:03, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• 1 Kalki 21:42, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
• 1 although I highly respect Carmack's prior game work heavily, groundbreaking to say the least, this quote isn't a very memorable one. Zarbon 04:19, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Lonely people, in talking to each other can make each other lonelier. ~ Lillian Hellman

• 3 because loneliness is sometimes contageous. Zarbon 05:42, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 23:34, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping? ~ Anna Letitia Barbauld

• 3 Zarbon 03:24, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
• 1 Kalki 23:34, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

OH! hear a pensive captive's prayer,
For liberty that sighs ;
And never let thine heart be shut
Against the prisoner's cries. ~ Anna Letitia Barbauld

• 3 Zarbon 03:24, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 23:34, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

However important it is that love shall precede marriage, it is far more important that it shall continue after marriage. ~ Samson Raphael Hirsch

• 3 because a love marriage is only as good as the extent to which it lasts. It's much more important that the couple love each other after marriage than before marriage. This has nice meaning to it. Zarbon 03:24, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 23:34, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

I like my whisky old and my women young. ~ Errol Flynn

• 2 for comedic value. Zarbon 03:24, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
• 1 Kalki 23:34, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

From StrategyWiki, the free strategy guide and walkthrough wiki

Games released on June 20.

From Wikia Gaming, your source for walkthroughs, games, guides, and more!

Game releases

• 2008
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian for the PlayStation 2 in Europe

• 2007
  • Mega Man ZX released for the Nintendo DS in Australia

• 2003
  • Brute Force for the Xbox in Europe
  • Wario World released for the GameCube in Japan

• 1997
  • Blood (computer game) for the DOS in Europe

From Familypedia

June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 194 days remaining until the end of the year.

It is the last day of the spring season in the Northern Hemisphere and the last day of the autumn season in the Southern Hemisphere.

Events

• 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' victory over Attila the Hun.
• 1214 - University of Oxford receives its charter.
• 1631 - The sack of Baltimore: the Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates.
• 1685 - Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott declares himself King of England at Bridgwater.
• 1756 - British garrison imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
• 1782 - The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
• 1789 - Deputies of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath.
• 1791 - King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes.
• 1819 - The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. She is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, but most of the journey was made under sail.
• 1837 - Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
• 1862 - Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
• 1863 - West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
• 1877 - Alexander Graham Bell installs world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
• 1887 - Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.
• 1893 - Lizzie Borden is acquitted of murdering her stepmother and father.
• 1919 - 150 die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayagüez.
• 1948 - Toast of the Town, later The Ed Sullivan Show, debuts.
• 1956 - A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashed in Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey killing 74 people.
• 1959 - A train-bus collision near Lauffen, Germany kills 43 people
• 1960 - Independence of Mali and Senegal.
• 1963 - The so-called "red telephone" is established between Soviet Union and United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis.
• 1966 - Canada sells 336 million bushels (9.14 teragrams) of wheat to Soviet Union.
• 1973 - Ezeiza massacre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Snipers fired upon left-wing peronists. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 injured.
• 1977 - Oil begins to flow through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS).
• 1978 - An earthquake registering 6.5 on the Richter scale hits Thessaloniki, Greece.
• 1980 - Roberto Duran starts his classic boxing trilogy with Sugar Ray Leonard by defeating him in Canada by a decision in 15 rounds, to gain the WBC world Welterweight championship.
• 1980 - Augusta AVA became the first federally recognized American Viticultural Area.
• 1983 - LZW patent filed in USA.
• 1990 - Asteroid Eureka discovered.
• 1991 - German parliament decides to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin.
• 2003 - LZW patent expires in USA.
• 2003 - Formation of Wikimedia Foundation announced.

Births

• 1005 - Ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036)
• 1389 - John, regent of England (d. 1435)
• 1566 (O.S.) - King Sigismund III Vasa (d. 1632)
• 1583 - Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)
• 1634 - Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (d. 1675)
• 1642 (O.S.) - George Hickes, English minister and scholar (d. 1715)
• 1647 - John George III (d. 1691)
• 1717 - Jacques Saly, French sculptor (d. 1776)
• 1723 (O.S.) - Adam Ferguson, Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1816)
• 1723 (O.S.) - Theophilus Lindsey, English theologian (d. 1808)
• 1737 - Tokugawa Ieharu, Japanese military (d. 1786)
• 1756 - Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish composer (d. 1792)
• 1763 - Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot (d. 1798)
• 1770 - Moses Waddel, American educator/minister and bestselling author (d. 1840)
• 1771 - Thomas Douglas, Scottish philanthropist (d. 1820)
• 1786 - Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, French poet (d. 1859)
• 1808 - Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi (d. 1888)
• 1819 - Jacques Offenbach, German-born French composer (d. 1880)
• 1858 - Charles W. Chesnutt, American writer (d. 1932)
• 1860 - Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (d. 1937)
• 1861 - Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (d. 1947)
• 1872 - George Carpenter, the 5th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1948)
• 1885 - Andrzej Gawroński, Polish scholar (d. 1927)
• 1887 - Kurt Schwitters, German painter and writer (d. 1948)
• 1889 - John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer (d. 1951)
• 1891 - John A. Costello, second Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland (d. 1976)
• 1894 - Lloyd Hall, American chemist (d. 1971)
• 1896 - Wilfrid Pelletier, French Canadian conductor (d. 1982)
• 1897 - Elisabeth Hauptmann, German writer (d. 1973)
• 1899 - Jean Moulin, French Resistance leader (d. 1943)
• 1905 - Lillian Hellman, American playwright (d. 1984)
• 1907 - Jimmy Driftwood, American songwriter and musician (d. 1998)
• 1909 - Errol Flynn, Australian actor (d. 1959)
• 1911 - Gail Patrick, American actress (d. 1980)
• 1912 - Anthony Buckeridge, English author (d. 2004)
• 1915 - Terence Young, British film director (d. 1994)
• 1916 - Jean-Jacques Bertrand, premier of Quebec (d. 1973)
• 1917 - Igor Śmiałowski, Polish actor (d. 2006)
• 1918 - George Lynch, American auto racer (d. 1997)
• 1918 - Zoltán Sztáray, Hungarian writer
• 1920 - Hans Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater
• 1924 - Chet Atkins, American guitar player (d. 2001)
• 1924 - Audie Murphy, American Medal of Honor recipient and actor (d. 1971)
• 1924 - Fritz Koenig, German sculptor
• 1928 - Eric Dolphy, American jazz musician (d. 1964)
• 1928 - Jean-Marie Le Pen, French politician
• 1930 - Paul Pender, American boxer
• 1930 - Magdalena Abakanowicz, Polish artist
• 1931 - Olympia Dukakis, Greek-American actress
• 1931 - Martin Landau, American actor
• 1932 - Robert Rozhdestvensky, Russian poet (d. 1994)
• 1933 - Danny Aiello, American actor
• 1934 - Rossana Podestà, Italian actress
• 1935 - Len Dawson, former football player
• 1935 - Neal Knox, gun rights activist (d. 2005)
• 1936 - Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 2002)
• 1937 - Jerry Keller, pop singer and songwriter
• 1938 - Mickie Most, British record producer (d. 2003)
• 1939 - Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (d. 1998)
• 1940 - Eugen Drewermann, German theologian
• 1940 - John Mahoney, English actor
• 1941 - Ulf Merbold, German physicist and astronaut
• 1941 - Stephen Frears, English film director
• 1942 - Brian Wilson, American musician; founder of The Beach Boys
• 1944 - Cheryl Holdridge, American actress
• 1945 - Anne Murray, Canadian singer
• 1946 - Bob Vila, television presenter
• 1946 - Xanana Gusmão, President of East Timor
• 1946 - Andre Watts, American pianist
• 1947 - Dolores Brooks, American singer (the Crystals)
• 1947 - Candy Clark, American actress
• 1947 - Josef Clemens, German bishop and Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
• 1947 - Ivo Milazzo, Italian comic book artist
• 1948 - Ludwig Scotty, President of Nauru
• 1949 - Lionel Richie, American musician (The Commodores)
• 1949 - Alan Longmuir, Scottish bass guitarist (Bay City Rollers)
• 1951 - Tress MacNeille, American voice actress
• 1951 - Paul Muldoon, Northern Irish poet
• 1952 - John Goodman, American actor
• 1952 - Larry Riley, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1952 - Vikram Seth, Indian poet
• 1953 - Ulrich Mühe, German actor (d. 2007)
• 1954 - Michael Anthony, American musician (Van Halen)
• 1954 - Ilan Ramon, Israeli combat pilot and astronaut (d. 2003)
• 1956 - Ace Andres, American musician
• 1956 - Peter Reid, English former footballer
• 1958 - Chuck Wagner, American actor
• 1960 - John Taylor, English musician (Duran Duran)
• 1963 - Amir Derakh, American musician (Orgy)
• 1963 - Don West, American professional wrestling announcer
• 1964 - Pierfrancesco Chili, Italian motorcycle racer
• 1964 - Silke Möller, German track and field athlete
• 1967 - Nicole Kidman, American-born Australian actress
• 1968 - Robert Rodriguez, American film director
• 1969 - MaliVai Washington, American former tennis player
• 1970 - Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco
• 1970 - Andrea Nahles, German politician
• 1971 - Josh Lucas, American actor
• 1972 - Paul Bako, American baseball player
• 1973 - Chino Moreno, American musician (Deftones)
• 1974 - Attila Czene, Hungarian swimmer
• 1975 - Daniel Zítka, Czech footballer
• 1976 - Jerome Fontamillas,Filipino American musician (Switchfoot)
• 1976 - Carlos Lee, Panamanian baseball player
• 1976 - Rob Mackowiak, American baseball player
• 1976 - Juliano Belletti, Brazilian footballer
• 1977 - Gordan Giriček, Croatian basketball player
• 1978 - Frank Lampard, English footballer
• 1978 - LaVar Arrington, American football player
• 1978 - Jan-Paul Saeijs, Dutch footballer
• 1979 - Charlotte Hatherley, Former Ash guitarist
• 1979 - Charles Howell III, Professional Golfer
• 1979 - Cael Sanderson, Olympic Wrestler
• 1979 - Lani Billard, Canadian actress
• 1980 - Damián A. Fernández Beanato, Argentine journalist
• 1980 - Carlo Festuccia, Italian rugby union footballer
• 1980 - Fabian Wegmann, German road racing cyclist
• 1980 - Tony Lovato, American singer and guitarrist (Mest)
• 1980 - Franco Semioli, Italian footballer
• 1983 - Darren Sproles, American football player
• 1983 - Cherrie Ying, Hong Kong actress
• 1987 - Kamil Król, Polish footballer
• 1987 - Darko Miličić, Serbian basketball player
• 1997 - Maria Lark, Russian-born American actress

Deaths

• 451 - Theodorid, King of the Visigoths
• 840 - Louis the Pious, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (b. 778)
• 885 - Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841)
• 1597 - Willem Barentsz, Dutch navigator
• 1668 - Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620)
• 1776 - Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (b. 1704)
• 1787 - Karl Friedrich Abel, German composer (b. 1723)
• 1800 - Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician (b. 1719)
• 1820 - Manuel Belgrano, Argentine lawyer and politician (b. 1770)
• 1837 - William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1765)
• 1869 - Toshizou Hijikata, Shinsengumi vice-commander (b. 1835)
• 1870 - Jules de Goncourt, French writer (b. 1830)
• 1906 - John Clayton Adams, British landscape artist (b. 1840)
• 1925 - Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (b. 1842)
• 1945 - Bruno Frank, German author (b. 1878)
• 1947 - Bugsy Siegel, American crime figure (b. 1906)
• 1952 - Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (b. 1898)
• 1958 - Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
• 1963 - Raphaël Salem, Greek mathematician (b. 1898)
• 1972 - Howard Johnson, American businessman, originator of restaurant chain (b. 1897)
• 1976 - Lou Klein, American baseball player (b. 1918)
• 1978 - Mark Robson, Canadian film director and producer (b. 1913)
• 1992 - Sir Charles Groves, English conductor (b. 1915)
• 1995 - Emil Cioran, Romanian-born French philosopher (b. 1911)
• 1996 - Jim Ellison, Singer/Guitarist for the band Material Issue (b. 1964)
• 1997 - Lawrence Payton, American singer (The Four Tops) (b. 1938)
• 1998 - Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (b. 1942)
• 1999 - Clifton Fadiman, American author (b. 1902)
• 2002 - Erwin Chargaff, Austrian biochemist (b. 1905)
• 2002 - Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (b. 1916)
• 2003 - Bob Stump, American politician (b. 1927)
• 2005 - Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer, Nobel laureate (b. 1923)
• 2005 - Larry Collins, American writer (b. 1929)
• 2006 - Billy Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1918)
• 2007 - Trevor Henry, New Zealand Justice (b. 1902)

Holidays and observances

• Day of The Royal Victorian Order.
• Roman Empire – Festival in honor of Summanus.
• Ancient Latvia – Zalu Diena.
• UNHCR - World Refugee Day.
• Flag Day in Argentina (1938).
• Audie Murphy Day; in honor of US Army soldier Audie Murphy - Texas observance
• West Virginia – West Virginia Day.
• American Radio Relay League – Bring your Handy-Talky to Work Day
• American Eagle Day – House Resolution 341

Liturgical feasts

• Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg (died 981)^[1]
• Saint Silverius Pope (died 537)
• Saint Benigna
• Saint Florentina

References

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day

• On This Day in Canada