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 +*[[240 BC]] - 1st recorded [[perihelion]] passage of [[Halley's Comet]].
 +*[[1282]] - The people of [[Sicily]] rebel against the [[Angevin]] [[monarch|king]] [[Charles I of Naples|Charles I]], in what becomes known as the [[Sicilian Vespers]].
 +*[[1296]] - [[Edward I of England|Edward I]] sacks [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]], during armed conflict between [[Scotland]] and [[England]].
 +*[[1492]] - [[Ferdinand II of Aragon|Ferdinand]] and [[Isabella of Castile|Isabella]] sign the [[Alhambra decree]] aimed at expelling all [[Jew]]s from [[Spain]] unless they convert to [[Roman Catholicism]].
 +*[[1814]] - [[Napoleonic Wars]]: [[Sixth Coalition]] forces march into [[Paris]].
 +* 1814 - Neapolitan War: [[Murat]] issues the [[Rimini]] Declaration which would later inspire [[Italian Unification]].
 +*[[1822]] - [[Florida Territory]] created in the [[United States]].
 +*[[1842]] - [[Anesthesia]] is used for the first time in an operation by [[Physician|Dr.]] [[Crawford Long]].
 +*[[1844]] - One of the most important battles of the [[Dominican War of Independence]] from [[Haiti]] takes place near the city of [[Santiago de los Caballeros]].
 +*[[1855]] - [[Origins of the American Civil War]]: [[Bleeding Kansas]] - "[[Border Ruffians]]" from [[Missouri]] invade [[Kansas]] and force election of a pro-[[slavery]] legislature.
 +*[[1856]] - The [[Treaty of Paris (1856)]] is signed, ending the [[Crimean War]].
 +*[[1858]] - [[Hymen Lipman]] patents a [[pencil]] with an attached [[eraser]].
 +*[[1863]] - Danish prince [[George I of Greece|Wilhelm Georg]] is chosen as King George of [[Greece]].
 +*[[1867]] - [[Alaska]] is purchased for $7.2 million, about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by [[United States Secretary of State]] [[William H. Seward]]. The news media call this [[Seward's Folly]].
 +*[[1870]] - [[Texas]] is readmitted to the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] following [[Reconstruction era (United States)|Reconstruction]].
 +*[[1885]] - The [[Battle for Kushka]] triggers the [[Pandjeh Incident]] which nearly gives rise to war between the [[British Empire]] and [[Russian Empire]].
 +*[[1909]] - The [[Queensboro Bridge]] opens, linking [[Manhattan]] & [[Queens]].
 +*[[1910]] - [[Mississippi Legislature]] founded [[The University of Southern Mississippi]].
 +*[[1912]] - [[King of Morocco|Sultan]] [[Abdelhafid of Morocco|Abdelhafid]] signs the [[Treaty of Fez]], making [[Morocco]] a [[France|French]] [[protectorate]].
 +*[[1939]] - The [[Heinkel]] [[Heinkel He 100|He 100]] fighter sets the world airspeed record of 463 mph.
 +* 1939 - First flight of the [[Australia]]n [[Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation|C.A.C.]] [[CAC Wirraway|CA-16 Wirraway]].
 +*[[1940]] - [[Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)|Sino-Japanese War]]: [[Japan]] declares [[Nanking]] to be the capital of a new [[China|Chinese]] [[puppet government]], nominally controlled by [[Wang Jingwei|Wang Ching-wei]].
 +*[[1945]] - [[World War II]]: [[Soviet Union]] [[Red Army|forces]] invade [[Austria]] and take [[Vienna]], [[Armia Ludowa|Polish]] and [[Soviet]] forces liberate [[Gdańsk]].
 +* 1945 - [[World War II]]: a defecting German pilot delivers a [[Messerschmitt]] [[Messerschmitt Me 262|Me 262A-1]] to Americans.
 +*[[1949]] - [[Icelandic NATO Riot (1949)|Riot breaks out in Austurvöllur]] square in [[Reykjavík]], when [[Iceland]] joined [[NATO]].
 +*[[1951]] - [[Remington Rand]] delivers the first [[UNIVAC I]] computer to the [[United States Census Bureau]].
 +*[[1954]] - [[Yonge-University-Spadina (TTC)|Yonge Street subway line]] opens in [[Toronto]]. It is the first [[metro|subway]] in [[Canada]].
 +*[[1961]] - The [[Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs]] is signed at [[New York]].
 +*[[1965]] - [[Vietnam War]]: A [[car bomb]] explodes in front of the [[U.S. Embassy]] in [[Saigon]], killing 22 and wounding 183 others.
 +*[[1972]] - [[Vietnam War]]: The [[Easter Offensive]] begins after [[North Vietnam]]ese forces cross into the [[Demilitarized Zone]] (DMZ) of [[South Vietnam]].
 +*[[1979]] - [[Airey Neave]], a British politician, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the [[Palace of Westminster]]. The [[Irish National Liberation Army]] claims responsibility.
 +*[[1981]] - [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] is [[Reagan assassination attempt|shot in the chest]] outside a [[Washington, D.C.]], hotel by [[John Hinckley, Jr.]]
 +*[[1982]] - [[Space Shuttle program]]: [[STS-3]] Mission completed with the landing of [[Space Shuttle Columbia|''Columbia'']] at [[White Sands Missile Range]], [[New Mexico]].
 +*[[1997]] - [[Five (channel)]] Begins broadcasting in the [[UK]]
 +*[[2006]] - [[Marcos Pontes]] is the first [[Brazil]]ian astronaut in space.
 +* 2006 - UK [[Terrorism Act 2006]] becomes law.
 +
 +==Births==
 +<!-- Please do not add yourself or anyone else without a biography in Wikipedia to this list.-->
 +*[[1326]] - [[Ivan II of Russia]], Grand Duke of Muscovy (d. [[1359]])
 +*[[1432]] - [[Mehmed II]], [[Ottoman Sultan]] (d. [[1481]])
 +*[[1640]] - [[John Trenchard (Secretary of State)|John Trenchard]], English politician (d. [[1695]])
 +*[[1739]] - [[Maria Josepha of Bavaria]], Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. [[1767]])
 +*[[1746]] - [[Francisco Goya]], Spanish painter (d. [[1828]])
 +*[[1750]] - [[John Stafford Smith]], English composer (d. [[1836]])
 +*[[1820]] - [[Anna Sewell]], British author (d. [[1878]])
 +*[[1844]] - [[Paul Verlaine]], French poet (d. [[1896]])
 +*[[1853]] - [[Vincent van Gogh]], Dutch painter (d. [[1890]])
 +*[[1857]] - [[Thevenin|Leon Charles Thevenin]], French telegraph engineer (d. [[1926]])
 +*[[1864]] - [[Franz Oppenheimer]], German sociologist (d. [[1943]])
 +*[[1879]] - [[Coen de Koning]], Dutch ice skater (d. [[1954]])
 +*[[1880]] - [[Sean O'Casey]], Irish dramatist (d. [[1964]])
 +*[[1892]] - [[Fortunato Depero]], Italian artist (d. [[1960]])
 +* 1892 - [[Erhard Milch]], German field marshal (d. [[1972]])
 +*[[1894]] - [[Sergey Ilyushin]], Russian aerospace engineer (d. [[1977]])
 +* 1895 - [[Jean Giono]], French author (d. [[1970]])
 +*[[1899]] - [[Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay]], well known Bengali writer (d. [[1970]])
 +*[[1902]] - [[Brooke Astor]], American philanthropist (d. [[2007]])
 +* 1902 - [[Ted Heath (bandleader)|Ted Heath]], British musician and band leader (d. [[1969]])
 +*[[1903]] - [[Countee Cullen]], American poet (d. [[1946]])
 +* 1903 - [[Joy Ridderhof]], American missionary (d. [[1984]])
 +*[[1904]] - [[Ripper Collins]], baseball player (d. [[1970]])
 +*[[1905]] - [[Albert Pierrepoint]], English executioner (d. [[1992]])
 +*[[1907]] - [[Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte]], German Luftwaffe Officer (d. [[1994]])
 +*[[1910]] - [[Józef Marcinkiewicz]], mathematician (d. [[1940]])
 +*[[1913]] - [[Marc Davis]], American animator (d. [[2000]])
 +* 1913 - [[Richard Helms]], American [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] director (d. [[2002]])
 +* 1913 - [[Frankie Laine]], American singer (d. [[2007]])
 +* 1913 - [[Censu Tabone]], [[President of Malta]]
 +*[[1914]] - [[Sonny Boy Williamson I]], American musician (d. [[1948]])
 +*[[1919]] - [[McGeorge Bundy]], American National Security Advisor (d. [[1996]])
 +*[[1922]] - [[Turhan Bey]], Turkish actor
 +*[[1923]] - [[Milton Acorn]], Canadian poet (d. [[1986]])
 +*[[1926]] - [[Ingvar Kamprad]], Swedish entrepreneur
 +* 1926 - [[Werner Torkanowsky]], German conductor (d. [[1992]])
 +*[[1927]] - [[Peter Marshall (game show host)|Peter Marshall]], American game show host
 +*[[1928]] - [[Robert Badinter]], French politician
 +*[[1928]] - [[Tom Sharpe]], English satirical author
 +*[[1929]] - [[Richard Dysart]], American actor
 +*[[1930]] - [[John Astin]], American actor
 +* 1930 - [[Rolf Harris]], Australian artist and entertainer
 +*[[1932]] - [[Ted Morgan]], Swiss-born writer
 +*[[1933]] - [[Jean-Claude Brialy]], French actor and director
 +*[[1935]] - [[Karl Berger]], German musicologist and musician
 +* 1935 - [[Willie Galimore]], American football player (d. [[1964]])
 +*[[1937]] - [[Warren Beatty]], American actor and director
 +*[[1940]] - [[Jerry Lucas]], American basketball player
 +*[[1941]] - [[Graeme Edge]], British musician ([[Moody Blues]])
 +* 1941 - [[Wasim Sajjad]], [[President of Pakistan]]
 +*[[1943]] - [[Ken Forssi]], American musician ([[Love (band)|Love]]) (d. [[1998]])
 +*[[1945]] - [[Eric Clapton]], British guitarist/singer
 +*[[1947]] - [[Ryszard Kotla]], Polish travel writer and activist, tour guide, journalist, academic teacher, engineer
 +*[[1948]] - [[Mervyn King]], British economist
 +* 1948 - [[Eddie Jordan]] Former owner of [[Jordan Grand Prix]]
 +* 1949 - [[Naomi Sims]], American fashion model and businesswoman
 +* 1949 - [[Liza Frulla]], Quebec politician
 +*[[1950]] - [[Robbie Coltrane]], Scottish actor and comedian
 +*[[1951]] - [[Yves Séguin]], Quebec politician
 +*[[1952]] - [[Peter Knights]], Australian footballer and coach
 +*[[1953]] - [[Cydney Bernard]], American film producer
 +*[[1955]] - [[Randy VanWarmer]], American singer and songwriter (d. [[2004]])
 +*[[1956]] - [[Bill Butler]], Scottish politician
 +*[[1957]] - [[Paul Reiser]], American actor
 +*[[1958]] - [[Maurice LaMarche]], Canadian voice actor
 +*[[1959]] - [[Peter Hugh McGregor Ellis|Peter Ellis]], convicted child abuser
 +* 1959 - [[Sabine Meyer]], German clarinetist
 +*[[1961]] - [[Doug Wickenheiser]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. [[1999]])
 +*[[1962]] - [[MC Hammer]], American rap musician
 +*[[1963]] - [[Eli-Eri Moura]], Brazilian composer and conductor
 +*[[1964]] - [[Tracy Chapman]], American singer
 +* 1964 - [[Vlado Bozinovski]], Australian former footballer
 +* 1964 - [[Dave Ellett]], Canadian hockey player
 +* 1964 - [[Ian Ziering]], American actor
 +*[[1965]] - [[Piers Morgan]], British journalist
 +*[[1966]] - [[Joey Castillo]], American drummer ([[Queens of the Stone Age]])
 +* 1966 - [[Efstratios Grivas]], Greek chess grandmaster and author
 +*[[1967]] - [[Christopher Bowman]], American figure skater (d. [[2008]])
 +* 1967 - [[Hayashibara Megumi]], Japanese voice actress and singer
 +*[[1968]] - [[Donna D'Errico]], American actress and model
 +* 1968 - [[Celine Dion]], Canadian singer
 +*[[1970]] - [[Secretariat (racehorse)|Secretariat]], American racehorse (d. [[1989]])
 +*[[1971]] - [[Mark Consuelos]], American actor
 +*[[1972]] - [[Mili Avital]], Israeli-American actress
 +*[[1973]] - [[Jan Koller]], Czech footballer
 +*[[1973]] - [[Matthew Pritchard]] Welsh Stuntman
 +*[[1975]] - [[Bahar Soomekh]], American actress
 +*[[1976]] - [[Mark McClelland]], Northern Irish musician ([[Degrassi (band)|Degrassi]])
 +* 1976 - [[Ty Conklin]], American ice hockey player
 +* 1976 - [[Obadele Thompson]], Barbadian athlete
 +*[[1978]] - [[Chris Paterson]], Scottish rugby player
 +*[[1979]] - [[Norah Jones]], American singer and pianist
 +* 1979 - [[Simon Webbe]], English singer
 +*[[1980]] - [[Ricardo Osorio]], Mexican footballer
 +* 1980 - [[Yalin]], Turkish singer and songwriter
 +* 1980 - [[Paul Wall]], American rapper
 +*[[1982]] - [[Jason Dohring]], American actor
 +*[[1983]] - [[Jérémie Aliadière]], French footballer
 +* 1983 - [[Zach Gowen]], American professional wrestler
 +* 1983 - [[Scott Moffatt]], Canadian singer and songwriter
 +* 1983 - [[Davis Romero]], Panamanian baseball player
 +* 1983 - [[Hebe Tian]], Taiwanese singer ([[S.H.E]])
 +*[[1984]] - [[Mario Ancic]], Croatian tennis player
 +* 1984 - [[Anna Nalick]], American singer and songwriter
 +*[[1986]] - [[Beni Arashiro]], Japanese singer
 +* 1986 - [[Sergio Ramos García|Sergio Ramos]], Spanish footballer
 +
 +<!--
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 +Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.
 +If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order.
 +Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. -->
 +
 +==Deaths==
 +*[[1486]] - [[Thomas Bourchier]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]
 +*[[1526]] - [[Konrad Mutian]], German humanist (b. [[1471]])
 +*[[1540]] - [[Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg]], German statesman and Archbishop of Salzburg (b. [[1469]])
 +*[[1559]] - [[Adam Ries]], German mathematician (b. [[1492]])
 +*[[1587]] - [[Ralph Sadler]], English statesman (b. [[1507]])
 +*[[1662]] - [[François le Métel de Boisrobert]], French poet (b. [[1592]])
 +*[[1707]] - [[Vauban]], French architect (b. [[1633]])
 +*[[1764]] - [[Pietro Locatelli]], Italian composer (b. [[1695]])
 +*[[1783]] - [[William Hunter (anatomist)|William Hunter]], Scottish anatomist (b. [[1718]])
 +*[[1804]] - [[Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie]], Marshal of France (b. [[1718]])
 +*[[1840]] - [[Beau Brummell]], English celebrity and dandy (b. [[1778]])
 +*[[1842]] - [[Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun]], French painter (b. [[1755]])
 +*[[1879]] - [[Thomas Couture]], French painter and teacher (b. [[1815]])
 +*[[1886]] - [[Joseph-Alfred Mousseau]], French Canadian politician (b. [[1838]])
 +*[[1896]] - [[Charilaos Trikoupis]], seven times prime-minister of [[Greece]] (b. [[1832]])
 +*[[1912]] - [[Karl May]], German author (b. [[1842]])
 +*[[1925]] - [[Rudolf Steiner]], Austrian philosopher
 +*[[1936]] - [[Conchita Supervía]], Spanish opera singer (b. [[1895]])
 +*[[1943]] - [[Jan Bytnar]], Polish activist (b. [[1921]])
 +* 1943 - [[Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski]], Polish activist (b. [[1920]])
 +*[[1949]] - [[Friedrich Bergius]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1884]])
 +*[[1950]] - [[Léon Blum]], French prime minister (b. [[1872]])
 +*[[1959]] - [[Daniil Andreev]], Russian writer and mystic (b. [[1906]])
 +*[[1965]] - [[Philip Showalter Hench]], American physician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1896]])
 +*[[1966]] - [[Maxfield Parrish]], American artist (b. [[1870]])
 +* 1966 - [[Newbold Morris]], American politician (b. [[1902]])
 +*[[1967]] - [[Jean Toomer]], American writer (b. [[1894]])
 +*[[1968]] - [[Bobby Driscoll]], American actor (b. [[1937]])
 +*[[1970]] - [[Heinrich Brüning]], [[Chancellor of Germany]] (b. [[1885]])
 +*[[1972]] - [[Gabriel Heatter]], American radio commentator (b. [[1890]])
 +*[[1977]] - [[Abdel Halim Hafez]], Egyptian singer and actor (b. [[1929]])
 +*[[1981]] - [[DeWitt Wallace]], American publisher (b. [[1889]])
 +*[[1984]] - [[Karl Rahner]], German theologian (b. [[1904]])
 +*[[1985]] - [[Harold Peary]], American actor and singer (heart attack) (b. [[1908]])
 +*[[1986]] - [[James Cagney]], American actor (b. [[1899]])
 +*[[1988]] - [[Edgar Faure]], French politician (b. [[1908]])
 +*[[1992]] - [[Manolis Andronikos]], Greek archeologist, professor at the [[Aristotle University of Thessaloniki]] (b. [[1919]])
 +*[[1999]] - [[Gary Morton]], American film and television producer (b. [[1924]])
 +*[[2002]] - [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]], Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (b. [[1900]])
 +*[[2002]] - [[Søren Nystrøm Rasted]], [[Denmark |Danish]] Musician, husband of [[Lene Nystrøm Rasted |Lene]] (b. [[1969]])
 +*[[2003]] - [[Michael Jeter]], American actor (b. [[1952]])
 +* 2003 - [[Valentin Pavlov]], Prime Minister of the Soviet Union (b. [[1937]])
 +*[[2004]] - [[Alistair Cooke]], English-born journalist (b. [[1908]])
 +* 2004 - [[Hubert Gregg]], British broadcaster (b. [[1914]])
 +* 2004 - [[Michael King]], New Zealand historian (b. [[1945]])
 +* 2004 - [[Timi Yuro]], American singer (b. [[1940]])
 +* 2005 - [[Emil Dimitrov]], Bulgarian singer (b. [[1940]])
 +*[[2005]] - [[Robert Creeley]], American poet (b. [[1926]])
 +* 2005 - [[Milton Green]], American athlete (b. [[1913]])
 +* 2005 - [[Fred Korematsu]], American civil rights activist (b. [[1919]])
 +* 2005 - [[O. V. Vijayan]], Indian author and cartoonist (b. [[1930]])
 +* 2005 - [[Derrick Plourde]], American drummer (b. [[1971]])
 +*[[2006]] - [[Red Hickey]], American football coach (b. [[1917]])
 +
==Births== ==Births==
*[[1904]] - [[Akarova]] (born Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 30 March 1904; died Ixelles, 24 June 1999) was a Belgian dancer, choreographer, and artist. *[[1904]] - [[Akarova]] (born Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 30 March 1904; died Ixelles, 24 June 1999) was a Belgian dancer, choreographer, and artist.

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