History of Today 14 June: Important Events, Births and Deaths

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Important Events on 14 June in History

• 14 Jun 2017: The Grenfell Tower fire, a catastrophic fire in a high-rise apartment building in North Kensington, London, UK, leaves 72 people dead and another 74 injured. Read more
• 14 Jun 2017: Republican U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana, and three others, are shot and wounded while practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game. Read more
• 14 Jun 2014: A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board. Read more
• 14 Jun 2002: Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon. Read more
• 14 Jun 1994: The 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot occurs after the New York Rangers defeat the Vancouver Canucks to win the Stanley Cup, causing an estimated C$1.1 million, leading to 200 arrests and injuries. Read more
• 14 Jun 1986: The Mindbender derails, killing three riders and severely injuring one at the Fantasyland (known today as Galaxyland) indoor amusement park at West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta. Read more
• 14 Jun 1985: Five member nations of the European Economic Community sign the Schengen Agreement establishing a free travel zone with no border controls. Read more
• 14 Jun 1982: Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces ending the war. Read more
• 14 Jun 1972: Japan Air Lines Flight 471 crashes on approach to Palam International Airport (now Indira Gandhi International Airport) in New Delhi, India, killing 82 of the 87 people on board and four more people on the ground. Read more
• 14 Jun 1967: Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched towards Venus. Read more
• 14 Jun 1966: The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557. Read more
• 14 Jun 1962: The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency. Read more
• 14 Jun 1959: Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California. Read more
• 14 Jun 1955: Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. Read more
• 14 Jun 1954: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance. Read more
• 14 Jun 1951: UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau. Read more
• 14 Jun 1950: An Air France Douglas DC-4 crashes near Bahrain International Airport, killing 40 people. This came two days after another Air France DC-4 crashed in the same location. Read more
• 14 Jun 1949: Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first mammal and first monkey in space. Read more
• 14 Jun 1945: World War II: Filipino troops of the Philippine Commonwealth Army liberate the captured in Ilocos Sur and start the Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon. Read more
• 14 Jun 1944: World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen. Read more
• 14 Jun 1941: June deportation: The first major wave of Soviet mass deportations of Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians from the occupied Baltic states begins. Read more
• 14 Jun 1940: World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins. Read more
• 14 Jun 1940: The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania, resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence. Read more
• 14 Jun 1940: Seven hundred and twenty-eight Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Read more
• 14 Jun 1937: Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday. Read more
• 14 Jun 1937: U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act. Read more
• 14 Jun 1934: The landmark Australian Eastern Mission returns from its three-month tour of East and South-East Asia. Read more
• 14 Jun 1931: A deadly tornado strikes Birmingham, England, damaging 2,221 homes and businesses. Read more
• 14 Jun 1926: Brazil leaves the League of Nations. Read more
• 14 Jun 1919: John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight. Read more
• 14 Jun 1907: The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections. Read more
• 14 Jun 1900: Hawaii becomes a United States territory. Read more
• 14 Jun 1900: The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race. Read more
• 14 Jun 1888: The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak. Read more
• 14 Jun 1872: Trade unions are legalized in Canada. Read more
• 14 Jun 1863: American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester: A Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia. Read more
• 14 Jun 1863: Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War. Read more
• 14 Jun 1846: Bear Flag Revolt begins: Anglo settlers in Sonoma, California, start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic. Read more
• 14 Jun 1839: Henley Royal Regatta: the village of Henley-on-Thames, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, stages its first regatta. Read more
• 14 Jun 1830: Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: Thirty-four thousand French soldiers begin their invasion of Algiers, landing 27 kilometers west at Sidi Fredj. Read more
• 14 Jun 1822: Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society. Read more
• 14 Jun 1821: Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Ismail Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, bringing the 300 year old Sudanese kingdom to an end. Read more
• 14 Jun 1807: Emperor Napoleon's French Grande Armée defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Poland (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending the War of the Fourth Coalition. Read more
• 14 Jun 1800: The French Army of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo in Northern Italy and re-conquers Italy. Read more

Famous Births on 14 June

• 14 Jun 2007: Bryce James, American basketball player Bryce Maximus James is an American college basketball player for the Arizona Wildcats of the Big 12 Conference. He is the second child of National Basketball Association (NBA) player LeBron James and the younger brother of NBA player Bronny James. He primarily plays the shooting guard position. Read more
• 14 Jun 2004: Soyoka Yoshida, Japanese entertainer Soyoka Yoshida is a Japanese singer, dancer, model, and actress. She is best known as a member of the girl group @onefive, and is a former member of the idol group Sakura Gakuin. She is represented by the talent agency Amuse Inc. and is signed with the record label Avex Trax. Read more
• 14 Jun 2000: RJ Barrett, Canadian basketball player Rowan Alexander "RJ" Barrett Jr. is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed “the Maple Mamba”, he was selected third overall in the 2019 NBA draft by the New York Knicks after one year of college basketball with the Duke Blue Devils. Read more
• 14 Jun 2000: Naomi Girma, American soccer player Naomi Haile Girma is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center back for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the United States national team. Read more
• 14 Jun 2000: Bobby Witt Jr., American baseball player Robert Andrew Witt Jr. is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Royals selected him second overall in the 2019 MLB draft and he made his MLB debut in 2022. In 2024, Witt was named to his first All-Star Game and won his first Gold Glove Award and Silver Slugger Award. He repeated those honors in 2025 and additionally won the American League Platinum Glove Award. Internationally, Witt represents the United States. Read more
• 14 Jun 1999: Chou Tzuyu, Taiwanese singer Chou Tzu-yu, known mononymously as Tzuyu, is a Taiwanese singer based in South Korea. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Twice, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2015. Read more
• 14 Jun 1997: David Bangala, French football defender David Bangala is a Congolese professional footballer who last played as a defender for Scottish Championship side Ayr United. Read more
• 14 Jun 1997: Fujii Kaze, Japanese singer-songwriter Fujii Kaze is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician. Born and raised in Satoshō, Okayama, he began uploading piano covers of pop songs to YouTube at 12. Signed to Universal Sigma's Hehn Records, Fujii released his debut single, "Nan-Nan", in 2019. His first studio album, Help Ever Hurt Never (2020), reached number one on Billboard Japan's Hot Albums chart and number two on the Oricon Albums Chart and was certified gold in Japan. The song "Shinunoga E-Wa" became viral on social media and brought Fujii to fame beyond Japan. Read more
• 14 Jun 1994: Moon Tae-il, South Korean singer Moon Tae-il, known mononymously as Taeil, is a South Korean former singer. He was a member of the South Korean boy band NCT from 2016 until 2024, when Korean investigators tied him to a criminal sexual offense. Read more
• 14 Jun 1993: Gunna, American rapper Sergio Giavanni Kitchens, known professionally as Gunna, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. He signed with Young Thug's YSL Records, an imprint of 300 Entertainment in 2016, and rose to fame with his third mixtape, Drip Season 3 (2018). It moderately entered the Billboard 200, while his collaborative mixtape with fellow Georgia rapper Lil Baby, Drip Harder (2018), peaked at number four on the chart. Its lead single, "Drip Too Hard" peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, received diamond certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and was nominated for Best Rap/Sung Performance at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. Read more
• 14 Jun 1992: Daryl Sabara, American actor Daryl Christopher Sabara is an American actor. He is known for portraying Juni Cortez in the Spy Kids film series, and for a variety of television and film appearances, first as a child actor and continuing into adult roles, including voice roles. Read more
• 14 Jun 1992: Devante Smith-Pelly, Canadian ice hockey player Devante Malik Smith-Pelly is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. A winger, he was selected by the Anaheim Ducks in the second round, 42nd overall, of the 2010 NHL entry draft. Smith-Pelly played in the style of a power forward and was known for his hitting and forechecking abilities. Smith-Pelly won the Stanley Cup as a member of the Capitals in 2018. Read more
• 14 Jun 1991: Kostas Manolas, Greek footballer Konstantinos "Kostas" Manolas is a Greek footballer who plays for Greek club Pannaxiakos. A defender throughout his career, Manolas also plays as a striker for Pannaxiakos since 2024. Read more
• 14 Jun 1991: Jesy Nelson, English singer Jessica Louise Nelson is an English singer. She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Little Mix, who were formed during the eighth series of The X Factor in 2011. As part of Little Mix, Nelson achieved seventeen top-ten singles and five number-one singles on the UK Singles Chart. Read more
• 14 Jun 1990: Patrice Cormier, Canadian ice hockey player Patrice Victor Cormier is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He is currently under contract with the Bouctouche JC’s of the Ligue de Hockey Senior Beausejour. Cormier was drafted in the second round, 54th overall, by the New Jersey Devils at the 2008 NHL entry draft. Read more
• 14 Jun 1990: Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal, Norwegian long-distance runner Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal is a Norwegian middle-, long-distance and steeplechase runner. She is a European Championships gold medallist in half marathon, silver medallist in 5000 metres and bronze medallist in 10,000 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase. Grøvdal is a four-time Olympian and represented Norway at the 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. Read more
• 14 Jun 1989: Lucy Hale, American actress and singer-songwriter Karen Lucille Hale is an American actress and singer. Her breakthrough role as Aria Montgomery in the television series Pretty Little Liars (2010–2017) won her seven Teen Choice Awards, the most for any actress in a single series. She has also won accolades at the Gracie Awards and the People's Choice Awards. Read more
• 14 Jun 1989: Brad Takairangi, Australian-Cook Islands rugby league player Brad Takairangi is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth or centre. He has played for the Cook Islands, New Zealand and the New Zealand Māori at international level. Read more
• 14 Jun 1988: Adrián Aldrete, Mexican footballer Adrián Alexei Aldrete Rodríguez is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a left-back. Read more
• 14 Jun 1988: Kevin McHale, American actor, singer, dancer and radio personality Kevin Michael McHale is an American actor and singer. Formerly one of the two lead vocalists of the boy band NLT, McHale is best known for his role as Artie Abrams in the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee, for which he was nominated for a Grammy Award, three Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and two Teen Choice Awards. Read more
• 14 Jun 1987: Andrew Cogliano, Canadian ice hockey player Andrew Cogliano is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played for the Edmonton Oilers, Anaheim Ducks, Dallas Stars, San Jose Sharks, and Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). On December 31, 2013, Cogliano became the 20th player in NHL history to play 500 consecutive games, and only the fifth to do so from the beginning of his NHL career. On November 4, 2017, Cogliano played in his 800th consecutive game, placing him in fourth place on the NHL's most consecutive games played list. The streak ended at 830 games on January 14, 2018, when Cogliano was suspended for two games. Cogliano won the Stanley Cup with the Avalanche in 2022. Read more
• 14 Jun 1987: Mohamed Diamé, Senegalese footballer Mohamed Diamé, also known as Momo Diamé, is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Read more
• 14 Jun 1986: Rhe-Ann Niles-Mapp, Barbadian netball player Rhe-Ann Niles-Mapp also simply known as Rhe-Ann Niles is a Barbadian netball player who represents Barbados internationally and plays in the positions of goal keeper and goal defense. She competed at the Netball World Cup on three occasions in 2003, 2015 and 2019. She also represented Barbados at the Commonwealth Games in 2014 and in 2018. Read more
• 14 Jun 1986: Matt Read, Canadian ice hockey player Matthew Zachary Jarrett Read is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Philadelphia Flyers, who signed him as an undrafted free agent in 2011, and the Minnesota Wild. Read more
• 14 Jun 1985: Oleg Medvedev. Russian luger Oleg Medvedev is a Russian luge athlete. Along with Ivan Nevmerzhitski he placed twentieth in the two man luge doubles in the 2008–09 Luge World Cup. In 2009, at the world championships in Lake Placid, New York, the aforementioned duo placed 18th in the two man luge event. Read more
• 14 Jun 1985: Andy Soucek, Spanish racing driver Andy Christian Soucek is a Spanish-Austrian former professional racing driver. Read more
• 14 Jun 1984: Lorenzo Booker, American football player Lorenzo Adarryll Booker is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the third round of the 2007 NFL draft. He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles. Read more
• 14 Jun 1984: Mark Cosgrove, Australian cricketer Mark James Cosgrove is an Australian-English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and part-time medium pace bowler. He represented Australia in three One Day Internationals in 2006. Read more
• 14 Jun 1984: Siobhán Donaghy, English singer-songwriter Siobhán Emma Donaghy is a British singer and songwriter best known as a founding member of the girl group Sugababes. Donaghy left Sugababes in 2001 and released her debut solo album, Revolution in Me, in 2003. Her second studio album, Ghosts, was released in 2007 and met critical acclaim. Read more
• 14 Jun 1984: Yury Prilukov, Russian swimmer Yury Aleksandrovich Prilukov is a freestyle swimmer from Russia, who specializes in long distance swimming. Read more
• 14 Jun 1983: Trevor Barry, Bahamian high jumper Trevor George Barry is a high jumper from the Bahamas whose personal best was 2.32 metres, achieved in the final of the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea, on 1 September 2011. Read more
• 14 Jun 1983: Louis Garrel, French actor, director, and screenwriter Louis Garrel is a French actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his starring role in The Dreamers (2003), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. He has regularly appeared in films by French director Christophe Honoré, including Ma Mère (2004), Dans Paris (2006), Love Songs (2007), The Beautiful Person (2008) and Making Plans for Lena (2009). He has also been in films directed by his father, Philippe Garrel, including Regular Lovers (2005), Frontier of the Dawn (2008), A Burning Hot Summer (2011), and Jealousy (2013). Read more
• 14 Jun 1982: Jamie Green, English racing driver James Roger Green is a British professional racing driver. He last raced for Audi Sport Team Rosberg in the 2020 DTM season, where he achieved three podiums and finished eighth in the standings. Read more
• 14 Jun 1982: Nicole Irving, Australian swimmer Nicole Irving is an Australian swimmer. Read more
• 14 Jun 1982: Lang Lang, Chinese pianist Lang Lang is a Chinese classical pianist. He has performed with major orchestras around the world and appeared at many leading concert halls. Active since the 1990s, he was the first Chinese pianist to be engaged by the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic and many of the top American orchestras. Read more
• 14 Jun 1982: Trine Rønning, Norwegian footballer Trine Bjerke Rønning is a former Norwegian footballer. She has previously played for Trondheims-Ørn and Kolbotn. Since making her Norway women's national football team debut in October 1999, she has won over 150 caps. Rønning represented her country at the 2005, 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship, after being a non-playing squad member in 2001. She also played at the 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cups, as well as at the 2008 Olympic football tournament. In February 2015 she was appointed captain of the national team. Read more
• 14 Jun 1981: Elano, Brazilian footballer and manager Elano Blumer, known as Elano, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the current youth football manager of Santos. Read more
• 14 Jun 1979: Shannon Hegarty, Australian rugby league player Shannon Hegarty is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s. An Australia international and Queensland State of Origin representative three-quarter back, he played club football in the National Rugby League for the Sydney Roosters, South Sydney Rabbitohs and North Queensland Cowboys. Read more
• 14 Jun 1978: Steve Bégin, Canadian ice hockey player Joseph Denis Stéphan Bégin ; born June 14, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who was a centre in 13 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons. He was a second-round selection of the Calgary Flames, 40th overall, in the 1996 NHL entry draft, and played with the Flames, Montreal Canadiens, Dallas Stars, Boston Bruins and Nashville Predators in his NHL career. After missing a full season due to injury, Bégin made a successful comeback by rejoining the Flames in 2012–13 before another injury forced his retirement. Read more
• 14 Jun 1978: Diablo Cody, American director, producer, and screenwriter Brook Maurio, known professionally by the pen name Diablo Cody, is an American writer and producer. She gained recognition for her candid blog and subsequent memoir, Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper (2005). Cody received critical acclaim for her screenwriting debut film, Juno (2007), winning both the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay. Read more
• 14 Jun 1978: Annia Hatch, Cuban-American gymnast and coach Annia Portuondo Hatch is a Cuban-American artistic gymnast who competed for the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Read more
• 14 Jun 1978: Nikola Vujčić, Croatian former professional basketball player Nikola Vujčić is a Croatian former professional basketball player, and the current team manager of the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv. During his playing career, he played at both the center and power forward positions. As a player, he was a two-time EuroLeague champion, a five-time All-EuroLeague Team selection, and was voted as a member of the EuroLeague 2000–2010 All-Decade Team. He was also the 2006 Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP. Read more
• 14 Jun 1977: Boeta Dippenaar, South African cricketer Hendrik Human Dippenaar, known as Boeta Dippenaar, is a former South African cricketer who played all formats of the game. He is also a member of ACA African XI. He has played as a specialist batsman in most of his matches, and has played Test cricket in all batting positions from one through seven. He bats right-handed and bowls occasional off breaks. Read more
• 14 Jun 1977: Chris McAlister, American football player Christopher James McAlister is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He is currently the defensive backs coach of the Louisville Kings of the United Football League (UFL). He played college football for the Arizona Wildcats, earning unanimous All-American honors. He was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the first round of the 1999 NFL draft, and played for the Ravens for 10 seasons before playing his final season with the New Orleans Saints. He was the Ravens' starting right cornerback in the ballclub's Super Bowl XXXV triumph. Read more
• 14 Jun 1977: Joe Worsley, English rugby player and coach Joseph Paul Richard Worsley, is a retired English rugby union player who played flanker for Wasps and England. Read more
• 14 Jun 1976: Alan Carr, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter Alan Graham Carr is an English comedian, broadcaster, writer, and television personality. His breakthrough was in 2001, winning the City Life Best Newcomer of the Year and the BBC New Comedy Awards. In the ensuing years, Carr's career burgeoned on the Manchester comedy circuit before he became known for co-hosting the comedy variety show The Friday Night Project (2006–2009) with Justin Lee Collins. This led to the release of a short-lived entertainment show Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong (2008), and he went on to host the comedy chat show Alan Carr: Chatty Man (2009–2017). Read more
• 14 Jun 1976: Massimo Oddo, Italian footballer and manager Massimo Oddo is an Italian professional football manager and a former player who is the current head coach of Milan Futuro, AC Milan's reserve team. As a player, he played as a right-back. Read more
• 14 Jun 1973: Sami Kapanen, Finnish-American ice hockey player and manager Sami Hannu Antero Kapanen is a Finnish professional ice hockey coach and former player. He played 12 NHL seasons for the Hartford Whalers, Carolina Hurricanes and Philadelphia Flyers. He is the majority owner of KalPa in the Finnish league. Kapanen's son, Kasperi Kapanen, is a member of the Edmonton Oilers. Read more
• 14 Jun 1972: Rick Brunson, American basketball player and coach Eric Daniel "Rick" Brunson is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Temple Owls. He played nine seasons in the NBA and has worked as an assistant coach for several teams. Brunson, alongside his son Jalen, won an NBA championship with the Knicks in 2026. Read more
• 14 Jun 1972: Matthias Ettrich, German computer scientist and engineer, founded KDE Matthias Ettrich is a German computer scientist and founder of the KDE and LyX projects. Read more
• 14 Jun 1972: Claude Henderson, South African cricketer Claude William Henderson is a South African former cricketer who bowled left-arm spin and played in seven Test matches and four One Day Internationals in 2001 to 2002. Read more
• 14 Jun 1972: Danny McFarlane, Jamaican hurdler and sprinter Danny D. McFarlane, OD is a Jamaican hurdler, who has won numerous international medals in individual and relay contests. Having won five medals at the World Championships in Athletics and an Olympic bronze medal with the Jamaican 4 x 400 metres team, McFarlane has also won in individual competition: he took an Olympic silver medal in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2004 Athens Olympics. He competed collegiately for the University of Oklahoma. At Oklahoma, McFarlane won the 1997 4 × 400 meter relay at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Read more
• 14 Jun 1971: Bruce Bowen, American basketball player and sportscaster Bruce Eric Bowen Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. Bowen played small forward and graduated from Edison High School and Cal State Fullerton. He went on to play for the National Basketball Association's Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers, San Antonio Spurs and the Continental Basketball Association's Rockford Lightning, and also played abroad in France. Read more
• 14 Jun 1971: Will Cullen Hart, American musician (died 2024) William Cullen Hart was an American musician, singer, songwriter and visual artist. He was a co-founder of the Elephant 6 Recording Company, as well as the rock band the Olivia Tremor Control. Following that band's breakup, Hart and several other former members regrouped to create Circulatory System. Hart's music was characterized by its blend of indie rock, Beatlesque psychedelic pop and musique concrète. Read more
• 14 Jun 1971: Ramon Vega, Swiss footballer Ramon Vega is a Swiss retired footballer, who played as a central defender. Read more
• 14 Jun 1970: Heather McDonald, American comedian, actress, and author Heather Ann McDonald is an American stand-up comedian, actress and author. Born and raised in Southern California, she is known for her appearances on the E! series Chelsea Lately. She was one of the eight writers on the show and often participated in sketches and segments. McDonald also wrote and appeared in the show's spin-off, After Lately. She is the host of the pop culture podcast “Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald.” Her first book, a 2010 memoir of her college years, made the Bestseller List of The New York Times. Read more
• 14 Jun 1969: Éric Desjardins, Canadian ice hockey player and coach Jean Noël Éric Desjardins is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers. He won the Stanley Cup with Montreal in 1993 and headlined the Flyers defence for over a decade. Read more
• 14 Jun 1969: Steffi Graf, German tennis player Stefanie Maria Graf, known professionally as Steffi Graf and preferring to be called Stefanie since 2001, is a German former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for a record 377 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 a record eight times. Graf won 107 singles titles on the WTA Tour, including 22 major women's singles titles, the second-most since the start of the Open Era in 1968 and the third-most of all time. She is the only tennis player, male or female, to have won each major singles tournament at least four times — a quadruple career Grand Slam. Read more
• 14 Jun 1968: Faizon Love, Cuban-American actor and screenwriter Faizon Andre Love is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his roles in the comedy films The Meteor Man (1993), Friday (1995), Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996), B.A.P.S. (1997), The Replacements (2000), Made, Mr Bones, Blue Crush (2002), and Couples Retreat (2009), as well as the voice of Sean "Sweet" Johnson in the action-adventure game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) and his role as Wendell Wilcox on the sitcom television series The Parent 'Hood (1995–1999). Read more
• 14 Jun 1967: Dedrick Dodge, American football player and coach Dedrick Allen Dodge is an American former professional football player who was a safety for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) from 1991 to 1998. He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles. Dodge is a two-time Super Bowl champion. He played in Super Bowl XXIX for the San Francisco 49ers and in Super Bowl XXXII for the Denver Broncos. He also played for the London Monarchs in the inaugural season of the World League of American Football (WLAF); London won the first World Bowl that year, meaning that Dodge has three pro football championship rings. After his playing career, he became a coach. Read more
• 14 Jun 1967: Paul Martin, Australian rugby league player Paul Martin is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s for the Canberra Raiders and the Gold Coast. Read more
• 14 Jun 1963: Mark Anthony Santos, Filipino politician Mark Anthony Gayoso Santos is a Filipino politician who is the representative for Las Piñas's at-large district, serving since 2025. Before being elected to Congress, he had served as a member of Las Piñas's city council from 2022 to 2025 and previously from 2010 to 2019. Read more
• 14 Jun 1961: Boy George, English singer-songwriter and producer George Alan O'Dowd, known professionally as Boy George, is a British musician, songwriter and DJ who rose to fame as the lead singer of the pop band Culture Club. He is also a solo artist and was the lead singer of the band Jesus Loves You. Boy George's music spans several genres, including pop, new wave, soul, soft rock, disco and reggae. Read more
• 14 Jun 1961: Dušan Kojić, Serbian singer-songwriter and bass player Dušan "Koja" Kojić is a Serbian rock bassist, singer, and songwriter. He is the frontman of the Serbian Alternative rock band Disciplin A Kitschme. Read more
• 14 Jun 1961: Sam Perkins, American basketball player Samuel Bruce Perkins is an American former professional basketball player and executive. Perkins was a three-time college All-American, was a member of the 1982 national champion North Carolina Tar Heels, and won a gold medal with the 1984 United States men's Olympic basketball team. Perkins played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 17 seasons. Read more
• 14 Jun 1960: Tonie Campbell, American hurdler Anthony Eugene Campbell is an American former hurdler. He is the 1988 Olympic bronze medallist in the 110m Hurdles, the 1987 World Indoor champion in the 60m hurdles, and won the 1985 World Cup title in the 110m hurdles. A three-time winner of the 110 metres hurdles at the IAAF Grand Prix Final, he also won the 1987 Overall Grand Prix title, with fellow hurdler Greg Foster second and pole vaulter Sergey Bubka third. Read more
• 14 Jun 1959: Marcus Miller, American bass player, composer, and producer William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. He has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonists Wayne Shorter and David Sanborn, among others. He was the main songwriter and producer on three of Davis's albums: Tutu (1986), Music from Siesta (1987), and Amandla (1989). His collaboration with Vandross was especially close; he co-produced and served as the arranger for most of Vandross's albums, and he and Vandross co-wrote many songs, including the hits "I Really Didn't Mean It", "Any Love", "Power of Love/Love Power" and "Don't Want to Be a Fool". Miller also co-wrote the 1988 single "Da Butt" for Experience Unlimited. Read more
• 14 Jun 1958: James Gurney, American artist and author James Gurney is an American artist and author known for his illustrated book series Dinotopia, which is presented in the form of a 19th-century explorer's
  journal from an island utopia cohabited by humans and dinosaurs. Read more
• 14 Jun 1958: Nick Van Eede, English singer-songwriter Nick Van Eede is an English musician. He is best known for singing and writing the 1986 No. 1 power ballad "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" for his band Cutting Crew, which saw international success including a top 10 placing on the UK singles chart. Read more
• 14 Jun 1955: Paul O'Grady, English television host, producer, and drag performer (died 2023) Paul James O'Grady was an English drag queen, comedian, broadcaster, actor, and writer. He achieved notability in the London gay scene during the 1980s with his drag persona Lily Savage, through which he gained wider popularity in the 1990s. O'Grady subsequently dropped the character and in the 2000s became the presenter of various television and radio shows, including The Paul O'Grady Show. Read more
• 14 Jun 1955: Kirron Kher, Indian theatre, film and television actress, TV talk show host and politician Kirron Anupam Kher is an Indian politician, former actress, television personality, singer, and entertainment producer known for her work in Hindi films and television. She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and was a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament, from Chandigarh, from 2014 to 2024. Through her film career, she is the recipient of two National Film Awards and a Lux Style Award, and has received four Filmfare Award nominations. Read more
• 14 Jun 1954: Will Patton, American actor William Rankin Patton is an American actor. He starred as Colonel Dan Weaver in the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies. He also appeared in the films The Client (1994), Armageddon (1998), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), Remember the Titans (2000), The Punisher (2004), American Honey (2016), Halloween (2018), and Minari (2020). He appeared opposite Kevin Costner in four films: No Way Out (1987), The Postman (1997), and Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 and Chapter 2, as well as having a guest role in seasons 3 and 4 of Costner's Paramount Network series Yellowstone (2020–2022). Patton played Deputy Marnes in season one of the 2023 TV series Silo. Read more
• 14 Jun 1952: Pat Summitt, American basketball player and coach (died 2016) Patricia Susan Summitt was an American women's college basketball head coach and college basketball player. She coached 1,098 career wins, the most in college basketball history at the time of her retirement. She served as the head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team from 1974 to 2012 and is considered one of the greatest basketball coaches of all time. Read more
• 14 Jun 1951: Paul Boateng, English lawyer and politician, British High Commissioner to South Africa Paul Yaw Boateng, Baron Boateng, is a British Labour Party politician, a former civil rights lawyer and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent South from 1987 to 2005, becoming the UK's first Black Cabinet Minister in May 2002, when he was appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Following his departure from the House of Commons, he served as the British High Commissioner to South Africa from March 2005 to May 2009. He was introduced as a member of the House of Lords on 1 July 2010. Read more
• 14 Jun 1951: Danny Edwards, American golfer Richard Dan Edwards is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour and Champions Tour. Read more
• 14 Jun 1950: Rowan Williams, Welsh archbishop and theologian Rowan Douglas Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth, is a Welsh Anglican bishop, theologian and poet, who served as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 to 2012. Previously the Bishop of Monmouth and Archbishop of Wales, Williams was the first Archbishop of Canterbury in modern times not to be appointed from within the Church of England. Read more
• 14 Jun 1949: Jim Lea, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer James Whild Lea is an English musician who played bass in Slade from their inception until 1992. As well as co-writing most of the group's songs, he occasionally played keyboards, piano, violin and guitar and sang backing vocals. Read more
• 14 Jun 1949: Roger Powell, English-Australian scientist and academic Roger Powell FRS, is a British-born Australia-based educator and academic. He is Emeritus professor in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Read more
• 14 Jun 1949: Antony Sher, South African-British actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2021) Sir Antony Sher was a British actor, writer and theatre director of South African origin. A two-time Laurence Olivier Award winner and a five-time nominee, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982 and toured in many roles, as well as appearing on film and television. In 2001, he starred in his cousin Ronald Harwood's play Mahler's Conversion and said that the story of a composer sacrificing his faith for his career echoed his own identity struggles. Read more
• 14 Jun 1949: Harry Turtledove, American historian and author Harry Norman Turtledove is an American historian and author who is best known for his work in the genres of alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and mystery fiction. He lives in Southern California. Read more
• 14 Jun 1949: Alan White, English drummer and songwriter (died 2022) Alan White was an English drummer, best known for his almost 50-year tenure in the progressive rock band Yes. He joined Yes in 1972 as a replacement for original drummer Bill Bruford. He was the longest-serving member of the band and, alongside founder/bassist Chris Squire, the only member never to leave prior to his death. Read more
• 14 Jun 1948: Laurence Yep, American author and playwright Laurence Michael Yep is an American writer. He is known for his children's books, having won the Newbery Honor twice for his Golden Mountain series. In 2005, he received the Children's Literature Legacy Award for his career contribution to American children's literature. Read more
• 14 Jun 1947: Roger Liddle, Baron Liddle, English politician Roger John Liddle, Baron Liddle is a British political adviser and consultant who is principally known for being Special Adviser on European matters to the former Prime Minister Tony Blair, and President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso. He also worked together with Peter Mandelson on books outlining the political philosophy of the Labour Party under Blair's leadership. He is the chair of Progressive Britain, the successor organisation to the international think tank Policy Network and Progress, and was Pro-Chancellor of Lancaster University until 2020. Read more
• 14 Jun 1947: Barry Melton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Barry "The Fish" Melton is an American guitarist and songwriter who is the co-founder and original lead guitarist of rock bands Country Joe and the Fish and Dinosaurs. He appears on all the Country Joe and the Fish recordings and he also wrote some of the songs that the band recorded. He appeared in the films made at Monterey Pop and Woodstock, and also appeared as an outlaw in the neo-Western film Zachariah and other films in which Country Joe and the Fish appear. An attorney and member of the State Bar of California, Melton has maintained a criminal defense practice since 1982. Read more
• 14 Jun 1947: Paul Rudolph, Canadian singer, guitarist, and cyclist Paul Fraser Rudolph is a Canadian guitarist, bassist, singer, and cyclist. He made his mark in the UK underground music scene, and then as a session musician, before returning to Canada to indulge his passion for cycling. He resided in Gibsons, British Columbia, where he owned and operated a bicycle business, Spin Cycle. He has since retired to Victoria, British Columbia. Read more
• 14 Jun 1946: Robert Louis-Dreyfus, French-Swiss businessman (died 2009) Robert Louis-Dreyfus was a French businessman who was chief executive officer (CEO) of Adidas and Saatchi & Saatchi. He was a majority shareholder of the French football team Marseille, and during his tenure they re-emerged as a major European club. Read more
• 14 Jun 1946: Tõnu Sepp, Estonian instrument maker and educator Tõnu Sepp is an Estonian music teacher and a figure in early music. He has been called the "grand old man" of early music in Estonia. Read more
• 14 Jun 1946: Donald Trump, American businessman, television personality, 45th and 47th President of the United States Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Read more
• 14 Jun 1945: Rod Argent, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player Rodney Terence Argent is an English musician. In a career spanning more than 60 years, Argent came to prominence in the mid-1960s as the keyboardist, founder and leader of the rock band the Zombies, and went on to form the band Argent after the first break-up of the Zombies. Read more
• 14 Jun 1945: Bruce Degen, American writer (died 2024) Bruce Degen was an American illustrator and writer, known for illustrating The Magic School Bus, a picture book series written by Joanna Cole. He collaborated with writers Nancy White Carlstrom, on the Jesse Bear books, and Jane Yolen, on the Commander Toad series. He wrote self-illustrated Jamberry, Daddy Is a Doodlebug, and I Gotta Draw. Read more
• 14 Jun 1945: Carlos Reichenbach, Brazilian director and producer (died 2012) Carlos Oscar Reichenbach Filho was a Brazilian filmmaker. Read more
• 14 Jun 1945: Richard Stebbins, American sprinter and educator Richard Vaughn Stebbins is an American former athlete, winner of gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Read more
• 14 Jun 1944: Laurie Colwin, American novelist and short story writer (died 1992) Laurie Colwin was an American writer who wrote five novels, three collections of short stories and two volumes of essays and recipes. She was known for her portrayals of New York society and her food columns in Gourmet magazine. In 2012, the James Beard Foundation inducted her into its Cookbook Hall of Fame. Read more
• 14 Jun 1943: Harold Wheeler, American composer, conductor, and producer William Harold Wheeler Jr., is an American orchestrator, composer, conductor, arranger, record producer, and music director. He has received numerous Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations for orchestration, and won the 2003 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations for Hairspray. Read more
• 14 Jun 1942: Andy Irvine, Irish folk musician Andrew Kennedy Irvine is an Irish folk musician, singer-songwriter, and a founding member of Sweeney's Men, Planxty, Patrick Street, Mozaik, LAPD and Usher's Island. He also featured in duos, with Dónal Lunny, Paul Brady, Mick Hanly, Dick Gaughan, Rens van der Zalm, and Luke Plumb. Irvine plays the mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, harmonica, and hurdy-gurdy. Read more
• 14 Jun 1942: Jonathan Raban, English author and academic (died 2023) Jonathan Mark Hamilton Priaulx Raban was a British award-winning travel writer, playwright, critic and novelist. Read more
• 14 Jun 1942: Roberto García-Calvo Montiel, Spanish judge (died 2008) Roberto García-Calvo Montiel was a Spanish judge. Since 2001, he was a member of the Constitutional Court of Spain, sponsored by the conservative People's Party. In the last year of the Francoist State, García-Calvo served as a local official repressing workers strikes. During his serving in the highest court, he was considered as part of the persistence of the shadow of Francoism in the Spanish institutions. He died by natural causes on May 17, 2008 at aged 65 in Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid. Read more
• 14 Jun 1939: Steny Hoyer, American lawyer and politician Steny Hamilton Hoyer is an American politician and retired attorney who has served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 5th congressional district since 1981. From 2003 to 2023, Hoyer was the second-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives behind Nancy Pelosi. He served twice as House Majority Leader, from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023. Read more
• 14 Jun 1939: Peter Mayle, English author and screenwriter (died 2018) Peter Mayle was a British businessman turned author who moved to France in the 1980s. He wrote a series of bestselling memoirs of his life there, beginning with A Year in Provence (1989). Read more
• 14 Jun 1939: Colin Thubron, English journalist and author Colin Gerald Dryden Thubron is a British travel writer and novelist. In 2008, The Times ranked him among the 50 greatest postwar British writers. He is a contributor to The New York Review of Books, The Times, The Times Literary Supplement and The New York Times. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. Thubron was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2007 New Year Honours. He is a Fellow and, between 2009 and 2017, was President of the Royal Society of Literature. Read more
• 14 Jun 1938: Julie Felix, American-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020) Julie Ann Felix was an American-British folk singer and recording artist who achieved success, particularly on British television, in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She later performed and released albums on her own record label. Read more
• 14 Jun 1936: Renaldo Benson, American singer-songwriter (died 2005) Renaldo "Obie" Benson was an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter. He was best known as a founding member and the bass singer of Motown group the Four Tops, which he joined in 1953 and continued to perform with for over five decades, until April 8, 2005. Read more
• 14 Jun 1936: Irmelin Sandman Lilius, Finnish author, poet, and translator Rut Irmelin Sandman Lilius is a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer. Read more
• 14 Jun 1933: Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American novelist and screenwriter (died 1991) Jerzy Kosiński was a Polish-born American writer and two-time president of the American chapter of PEN, who wrote primarily in English. Read more
• 14 Jun 1933: Vladislav Rastorotsky, Russian gymnast and coach (died 2017) Vladislav Stepanovich Rastorotsky was a Soviet and Russian female artistic gymnastics coach, Honoured Trainer of the USSR, who worked at the Dynamo sports society. Sportswomen trained by him earned more than 50 titles at the Soviet national championships, European championships, World Championships and Olympic Games. Rastorotsky trained Soviet gymnasts for five Olympic cycles, starting in the mid-1960s. His most famous pupils were Ludmilla Tourischeva, Natalia Shaposhnikova and Natalia Yurchenko. Read more
• 14 Jun 1931: Marla Gibbs, American actress and comedian Marla Gibbs is an American actress, singer, comedian, writer, and television producer whose career spans seven decades. She is known for her role as George Jefferson's maid, Florence Johnston, on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons (1975–1985), for which she received five nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Read more
• 14 Jun 1931: Ross Higgins, Australian actor (died 2016) Ross Higgins was an Australian vaudevillian, character actor, television host, comedian, singer and voice actor. He was best known for his role as Ted Bullpitt in the 1980s television situation comedy series Kingswood Country and brief revival Bullpitt!. He was also a commercial advertiser who provided the voice of animated character "Louie the Fly" in the television ad campaign for Mortein, over a 50-year period as well as Mr. Pound, when decimal currency was first introduced in Australia. Read more
• 14 Jun 1931: Junior Walker, American saxophonist (died 1995) Autry DeWalt Mixon Jr., known professionally as Junior Walker, was an American multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who recorded for Motown during the 1960s. He also performed as a session and live-performing saxophonist with the band Foreigner during the 1980s. Read more
• 14 Jun 1929: Cy Coleman, American pianist and composer (died 2004) Cy Coleman was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist. Read more
• 14 Jun 1929: Alan Davidson, Australian cricketer (died 2021) Alan Keith Davidson was an Australian cricketer of the 1950s and 1960s. He was a left-handed all rounder: a hard-hitting lower-order batsman, and an outstanding fast-medium opening bowler. Strongly built and standing six feet tall, Davidson was known for his hard hitting power, which yielded many long-hit sixes. Read more
• 14 Jun 1929: Johnny Wilson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 2011) John Edward Wilson was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and head coach. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Black Hawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and New York Rangers between 1950 and 1962. With Detroit, Wilson won the Stanley Cup four times. After his playing career, he coached in the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings, Detroit, the Colorado Rockies, and Pittsburgh Penguins between 1969 and 1980. He also coached the Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades and Cleveland Crusaders of the World Hockey Association between 1974 and 1976, and the Canadian national team at the 1977 World Championship. Wilson was born in Kincardine, Ontario, but grew up in Shawinigan Falls, Quebec. Read more
• 14 Jun 1926: Don Newcombe, American baseball player (died 2019) Donald Newcombe, nicknamed "Newk", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played ten non-consecutive seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He began his career in the Negro National League and ended it in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Read more
• 14 Jun 1925: Pierre Salinger, American journalist and politician, 11th White House Press Secretary (died 2004) Pierre Emil George Salinger was an American journalist, author and politician. He served as the ninth White House Press Secretary for United States presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Salinger served as a United States Senator in 1964 and as campaign manager for the 1968 Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign. Read more
• 14 Jun 1924: James Black, Scottish pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2010) Sir James Whyte Black was a Scottish physician and pharmacologist. Together with Gertrude B. Elion and George H. Hitchings, he shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1988 for pioneering strategies for rational drug-design, which, in his case, led to the development of propranolol and cimetidine. Black established a Veterinary Physiology department at the University of Glasgow, where he became interested in the effects of adrenaline on the human heart. He went to work for ICI Pharmaceuticals in 1958 and, while there, developed propranolol, a beta blocker used for the treatment of heart disease. Black was also responsible for the development of cimetidine, an H2 receptor antagonist, a drug used to treat stomach ulcers. Read more
• 14 Jun 1923: Judith Kerr, German-English author and illustrator (died 2019) Anna Judith Gertrud Helene Kerr was a German-born British writer and illustrator whose books sold more than 10 million copies around the world. She created both enduring picture books such as the Mog series and The Tiger Who Came to Tea and acclaimed novels for older children such as the semi-autobiographical When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, which gave a child's-eye view of escaping Hitler's persecution in the Second World War. Born in the Weimar Republic, she came to Britain with her family in 1935 to escape persecution during the rise of the Nazis. Read more
• 14 Jun 1923: Green Wix Unthank, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (died 2013) Green Wix Unthank was an American attorney and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, from 1980 to 1988, when he took senior status. A veteran of World War II, he went to college and to law school after the war. He served as a judge of Harlan County Court, had a private practice for several years, and also served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Read more
• 14 Jun 1921: Martha Greenhouse, American actress (died 2013) Martha Miriam Greenhouse was an American stage, film, and television actress, who also served as an actors' union leader. Read more
• 14 Jun 1919: Gene Barry, American actor (died 2009) Gene Barry was an American stage, screen, and television actor and singer. Barry is best remembered for his leading roles in the films The Atomic City (1952) and The War of the Worlds (1953) and for his portrayal of the title characters in the TV series Bat Masterson and Burke's Law, among many roles. Read more
• 14 Jun 1919: Sam Wanamaker, American actor and director (died 1993) Samuel Wanamaker was an American actor and director, whose career on stage and in film and television spanned five decades. He began his career on Broadway, but spent most of his professional life in the United Kingdom, where he emigrated after becoming fearful of being blacklisted in Hollywood in the 1950s due to his communist views. Read more
• 14 Jun 1917: Lise Nørgaard, Danish journalist, author, and screenwriter (died 2023) Lise Nørgaard was a Danish journalist and writer known for her precise and often humorous portrayals of Danish cultural life. Nørgaard wrote novels, compilations of essays and short stories. The memoir of her childhood, Kun en pige, became a bestseller in 1992 and is considered her masterpiece. The work was adapted into a feature film in 1995. Read more
• 14 Jun 1917: Gilbert Prouteau, French poet and director (died 2012) Gilbert Prouteau was a French poet and film director. He was born in Nesmy, Vendée. In 1948 he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Rythme du Stade". At the beginning of the 1990s he was, with Jean-Pierre Thiollet, one of the writers contributing to the French magazine L'Amateur d'Art. Read more
• 14 Jun 1917: Atle Selberg, Norwegian-American mathematician and academic (died 2007) Atle Selberg was a Norwegian mathematician known for his work in analytic number theory and the theory of automorphic forms, and in particular for bringing them into relation with spectral theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1950 and an honorary Abel Prize in 2002. Read more
• 14 Jun 1916: Dorothy McGuire, American actress (died 2001) Dorothy Hackett McGuire was an American actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Gentleman's Agreement (1947) and won the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress for Friendly Persuasion (1956). She starred as the mother in the popular films Old Yeller (1957) and Swiss Family Robinson (1960). Read more
• 14 Jun 1913: Joe Morris, English-Canadian lieutenant and trade union leader (died 1996) Joseph Morris was a Canadian trade unionist mostly noted as the president of the Canadian Labour Congress in the 1970s. Read more
• 14 Jun 1910: Rudolf Kempe, German pianist and conductor (died 1976) Rudolf Kempe was a German conductor. Read more
• 14 Jun 1909: Burl Ives, American actor and singer (died 1995) Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives was an American singer and actor with a career that spanned more than six decades. Read more
• 14 Jun 1907: Nicolas Bentley, English author and illustrator (died 1978) Nicolas Clerihew Bentley was a British writer and illustrator, best known for his humorous cartoon drawings in books and magazines in the 1930s and 1940s. The son of Edmund Clerihew Bentley, he was given the name Nicholas, but opted to change the spelling. Read more
• 14 Jun 1907: René Char, French poet and author (died 1988) René Émile Char was a French poet and member of the French Resistance in World War II. Read more
• 14 Jun 1905: Steve Broidy, American businessman (died 1991) Samuel “Steve” Broidy was an American executive in the U.S. motion picture industry. Read more
• 14 Jun 1905: Arthur Davis, American animator and director (died 2000) Arthur Davis was an American animator and director known for his time at the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio. He was sometimes billed as Art Davis. Read more
• 14 Jun 1904: Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and journalist (died 1971) Margaret Bourke-White was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist. She was known as an architectural and commercial photographer for the first half of her career, representing corporate clients and highlighting the success of industrial capitalism with black and white images of steel factories and skyscrapers. In 1930, she became the first foreign photographer granted official access to document industrial sites in the Soviet Union during the first five-year plan. In 1933, she was commissioned to create the NBC photomural, a monumental photomural about radio for its rotunda at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, then considered the largest photomural in the world. The success of her corporate commissions led her to work at Fortune magazine in the 1930s. She took the photograph of the construction of Fort Peck Dam that became the cover of the first issue of Life magazine. Read more
• 14 Jun 1903: Alonzo Church, American mathematician and logician (died 1995) Alonzo Church was an American computer scientist, mathematician, logician, and philosopher who made major contributions to mathematical logic and the foundations of theoretical computer science. He is best known for the lambda calculus, the Church–Turing thesis, proving the unsolvability of the Entscheidungsproblem, the Frege–Church ontology, and the Church–Rosser theorem. Alongside his doctoral student Alan Turing, Church is considered one of the founders of computer science. Read more
• 14 Jun 1903: Rose Rand, Austrian-American logician and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (died 1980) Rose Rand was an Austrian-American logician and philosopher. She was a member of the Vienna Circle. Read more
• 14 Jun 1900: Ruth Nanda Anshen, American writer, editor, and philosopher (died 2003) Ruth Nanda Anshen was an American philosopher, author and editor. She was the author of several books including The Anatomy of Evil, Biography of An Idea, Morals Equals Manners and The Mystery of Consciousness: A Prescription for Human Survival. Read more
• 14 Jun 1900: June Walker, American stage and film actress (died 1966) June Walker was an American stage and film actress. Read more
• 14 Jun 1898: Theobald Wolfe Tone FitzGerald, Irish Army Officer and painter (died 1962) Theobald Wolfe Tone FitzGerald was an Irish army officer and painter. He is recognised for his role in painting the Irish Republic flag that flew over the General Post Office during the Easter Rising 1916. The flag was kept as a trophy by the British Army until it was returned to Ireland during the 1966 commemorations. He was the brother in-law of Lieutenant Michael Malone, who was killed in action at the Battle of Mount Street Bridge during the 1916 Rising, Seán Mac Mahon, the former General Chief of Staff, and the politician Dan Breen. Read more
• 14 Jun 1895: Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 1968) John James "Jolly Jack" Adams was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach, and general manager in the National Hockey League and Pacific Coast Hockey Association. He played for the Toronto Arenas, Vancouver Millionaires, Toronto St. Patricks and Ottawa Senators between 1917 and 1927. He won the Stanley Cup twice as a player, with Toronto in 1918 and Ottawa in 1927, and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Read more
• 14 Jun 1894: Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (died 1924) Marie-Adélaïde, was Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 1912 until her abdication in 1919. She was the first Grand Duchess regnant of Luxembourg, its first female monarch since Duchess Maria Theresa and the first Luxembourgish monarch to be born within the territory since Count John the Blind (1296–1346). Read more
• 14 Jun 1894: José Carlos Mariátegui (died 1930) José Carlos Mariátegui La Chira, sometimes referred to in Peru as El Amauta, was a Peruvian writer, sociologist, historian, journalist, politician, and Marxist philosopher. A prolific author despite his early death, Mariátegui is considered one of the greatest scholars of Latin America. His Seven Interpretive Essays on Peruvian Reality (1928), a synthesis of his thought, became a reference work for the intelligentsia of the continent. Read more
• 14 Jun 1894: W. W. E. Ross, Canadian geophysicist and poet (died 1966) William Wrighton Eustace Ross [often misspelt William Wrightson Eustace Ross] was a Canadian geophysicist and poet. He was the first published poet in Canada to write Imagist poetry, and later the first to write surrealist verse, both of which have led some to call him "the first modern Canadian poet." Read more
• 14 Jun 1890: May Allison, American actress (died 1989) May Allison was an American actress whose greatest success was achieved in the early part of the 20th century in silent films, although she also appeared on stage. Read more
• 14 Jun 1884: John McCormack, Irish tenor and actor (died 1945) Count John Francis McCormack, was an Irish lyric tenor celebrated for his performances of the operatic and popular song repertoires, and renowned for his diction and breath control. He was also a Papal Count. McCormack became a naturalised American citizen before returning to live in Ireland. Read more
• 14 Jun 1884: Georg Zacharias, German swimmer (died 1953) Georg Zacharias was a German backstroke and breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in Gdańsk and died in Berlin. In the 1904 Olympics he won a gold medal in the 440 yard breaststroke and a bronze medal in the 100 yard backstroke. Read more
• 14 Jun 1879: Arthur Duffey, American sprinter and coach (died 1955) Arthur Francis Duffey was an American track and field athlete who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Read more
• 14 Jun 1878: Léon Thiébaut, French fencer (died 1943) Henri Léon Thiébaut was a French fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the silver medal in the sabre. He was defeated by Georges de la Falaise in the final. Read more
• 14 Jun 1877: Jane Bathori, French soprano (died 1970) Jane Bathori was a French mezzo-soprano. She was famous on the operatic stage and important in the development of contemporary French music. Read more
• 14 Jun 1877: Ida MacLean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society (died 1944) Ida Maclean was an English biochemist and the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society. Read more
• 14 Jun 1872: János Szlepecz, Slovene priest and author (died 1936) János Szlepecz was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest, dean, and writer. He wrote in the Prekmurje Slovene dialect and also in Hungarian. Read more
• 14 Jun 1871: Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (died 1936) Hermanus Gerardus "Herman" Brockmann was a Dutch coxswain who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. Read more
• 14 Jun 1871: Jacob Ellehammer, Danish mechanic and engineer (died 1946) Jacob Christian Hansen-Ellehammer was a Danish inventor and aviation pioneer. He obtained a total of 59 Danish patents and worked with many different things, including amusement machines, Tivoli boats, egg openers, cleavers for pig slaughterhouses, engines in countless shades, motorcycles, cars, alternative energy and fire-fighting equipment. He was also among the first in Europe to fly an airplane. Read more
• 14 Jun 1870: Sophia of Prussia (died 1932) Sophia of Prussia was Queen of Greece from 18 March 1913 to 11 June 1917 and again from 19 December 1920 to 27 September 1922 as the wife of King Constantine I of Greece. Read more
• 14 Jun 1868: Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1943) Karl Landsteiner was an Austrian-American biologist, physician, and immunologist. He emigrated with his family to New York in 1923 at the age of 55 for professional opportunities, working for the Rockefeller Institute. Read more
• 14 Jun 1868: Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (died 1947) Anna Bernhardine Eckstein was a German champion of world peace, who trained as a teacher and campaigned for peace across the world. She gathered six million signatures on a petition and, in 1913, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The outbreak of the First World War interrupted her plans but her ideas influenced the Kellogg–Briand Pact of 1928. Read more
• 14 Jun 1864: Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (died 1915) Alois Alzheimer was a German psychiatrist, neuropathologist and colleague of Emil Kraepelin. He is credited with identifying the first published case of "presenile dementia", which Kraepelin later identified as Alzheimer's disease. Read more
• 14 Jun 1862: John Ulric Nef, Swiss-American chemist and academic (died 1915) John Ulric Nef was a Swiss-born American chemist and the discoverer of the Nef reaction and Nef synthesis. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. Read more
• 14 Jun 1856: Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1922) Andrey Andreyevich Markov was a Russian mathematician celebrated for his pioneering work in stochastic processes. He extended foundational results—such as the law of large numbers and the central limit theorem—to sequences of dependent random variables, laying the groundwork for what would become known as Markov chains. To illustrate his methods, he analyzed the distribution of vowels and consonants in Alexander Pushkin's Eugene Onegin, treating letters purely as abstract categories and stripping away any poetic or semantic content. Read more
• 14 Jun 1855: Robert M. La Follette, American lawyer and politician, 20th Governor of Wisconsin (died 1925) Robert Marion La Follette Sr., nicknamed "Fighting Bob", was an American lawyer and the leading progressive politician in Wisconsin from the 1890s until his death in 1925. He served as U.S. senator from Wisconsin for the last 20 years of his life; prior to that he served as the 20th governor of Wisconsin (1901–1906) and served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (1885–1891). A Republican for most of his life, he ran for president of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party in the 1924 United States presidential election. Historian John D. Buenker describes La Follette as "the most celebrated figure in Wisconsin history". Read more
• 14 Jun 1848: Bernard Bosanquet, English philosopher and theorist (died 1923) Bernard Bosanquet was an English philosopher and political theorist, and an influential figure on matters of political and social policy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His work influenced but was later subject to criticism by many thinkers, notably Bertrand Russell, John Dewey, William James and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Bernard was the husband of Helen Bosanquet, the leader of the Charity Organisation Society, and the brother of scientist and music theorist Robert Bosanquet and Admiral Day Bosanquet. Read more
• 14 Jun 1848: Max Erdmannsdörfer, German conductor and composer (died 1905) Max Erdmannsdörfer was a German conductor, pianist and composer. Read more
• 14 Jun 1840: William F. Nast, American businessman (died 1893) William Frederick Nast (1840–1893) was an American diplomat and entrepreneur. He was the third president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Read more
• 14 Jun 1838: Yamagata Aritomo, Japanese Field Marshal and politician, 3rd and 9th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1922) Prince Yamagata Aritomo was a Japanese statesman and general who twice served as prime minister of Japan, in 1889–1891 and 1898–1900. He was a leading member of the genrō, a group of senior courtiers and statesmen who dominated the politics of Japan during the Meiji era. As the Imperial Japanese Army's inaugural Chief of Staff, he was the chief architect of its nationalist and reactionary ideology, which has led some historians to consider him the "father" of Japanese militarism. Read more
• 14 Jun 1829: Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (died 1884) Bernard Thaddée Petitjean was a French Catholic prelate who served as Apostolic Vicar of Japan from 1866 to 1876. Read more
• 14 Jun 1820: John Bartlett, American author and publisher (died 1905) John Bartlett was an American writer and publisher and the editor of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, which he revised continuously and published in several editions. Since Bartlett's death in 1905, the book has continued to be published in multiple editions, most recently in 2022. Read more
• 14 Jun 1819: Henry Gardner, American merchant and politician, 23rd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1892) Henry Joseph Gardner was the 23rd governor of Massachusetts, serving from 1855 to 1858. Gardner, a Know Nothing, was elected governor as part of the sweeping victory of Know Nothing candidates in the Massachusetts elections of 1854. Read more
• 14 Jun 1811: Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author and activist (died 1896) Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the religious Beecher family and wrote a popular novel called Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions experienced by enslaved African Americans. The book reached an audience of millions as a novel and play and was influential in the United States and in Great Britain, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. Stowe wrote more than 30 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles and letters. She was influential both for her writings and for her public stances and debates on social issues of the day. Read more
• 14 Jun 1801: Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (died 1868) Heber Chase Kimball was an American religious leader who was a pioneer in the early Latter Day Saint movement. He served as one of the original twelve apostles in the early Church of the Latter Day Saints, and as first counselor to Brigham Young in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for more than two decades, from 1847 until his death. Read more

Notable Deaths on 14 June

• 14 Jun 2025: Afa Ah Loo, Samoan fashion designer Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, better known as Afa Ah Loo, was a Samoan fashion designer. He competed on season 17 of Project Runway. Read more
• 14 Jun 2025: Melissa Hortman, American lawyer and politician (born 1970) Melissa Anne Hortman was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 61st speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, she represented northern parts of the Twin Cities metropolitan area in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2005 to 2025, serving as the House minority leader from 2017 to 2019 and as speaker from 2019 to January 2025. During her tenure, she advocated for transportation, environmental rights, abortion rights, police reform, and gun control policies. She was also the chief author of the state's solar energy standard. Read more
• 14 Jun 2024: Dudu Myeni, South African businesswoman (born 1963) Duduzile "Dudu" Cynthia Myeni was a South African businesswoman, a chairperson of South African Airways SOC Limited, and executive chairperson of the Jacob Zuma Foundation since September 2008. Read more
• 14 Jun 2024: George Nethercutt, American lawyer, author, and politician (born 1944) George Rector Nethercutt Jr. was an American lawyer, author, and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he rose to national attention upon his election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994, when he defeated Tom Foley, the speaker of the house, in Washington's 5th congressional district. Nethercutt served five terms and left the House in 2004, when he mounted an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate. Read more
• 14 Jun 2022: A. B. Yehoshua, Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright (born 1936) Avraham Gabriel "Boolie" Yehoshua was an Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright. The New York Times called him the "Israeli Faulkner". Underlying themes in Yehoshua's work are Jewish identity, the tense relations with non-Jews, the conflict between the older and younger generations, and the clash between religion and politics. Read more
• 14 Jun 2020: Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian film actor (born 1986) Sushant Singh Rajput was an Indian actor best known for his work in Hindi cinema. He earned acclaim for his performances in several notable films, including Kai Po Che! (2013), Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015), M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016), Kedarnath (2018), Sonchiriya (2019), and Chhichhore (2019). Rajput received a Screen Award and was nominated for the Filmfare Awards on three occasions. He was featured twice on Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list, and was regarded as one of the most talented and versatile actors of his generation. Read more
• 14 Jun 2016: Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress and singer (born 1928) Ann Morgan Guilbert, sometimes credited as Ann Guilbert, was an American television and film actress and comedian who portrayed a number of roles from the 1950s on, most notably as Millie Helper in 61 episodes of the early 1960s sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show, and later Yetta Rosenberg, Fran Fine's doddering grandmother, in 56 episodes of the 1990s sitcom The Nanny. Read more
• 14 Jun 2016: Gilles Lamontagne, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (born 1919) Joseph Georges Gilles Claude Lamontagne was a Canadian politician who held a number of offices both in Quebec and federally. A Liberal, he was Mayor of Quebec City (1965–1977), Postmaster General of Canada (1978–1979), Minister of National Defence (1980–1983) and the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (1984–1990). Read more
• 14 Jun 2015: Richard Cotton, Australian geneticist and academic (born 1940) Richard Cotton AM was an Australian medical researcher and founder of the Murdoch Institute and the Human Variome Project. Cotton focused on the prevention and treatment of genetic disorders and birth defects. Read more
• 14 Jun 2015: Anne Nicol Gaylor, American activist, co-founded the Freedom From Religion Foundation (born 1926) Anne Nicol Gaylor was an American atheist and reproductive rights advocate. She co-founded the Freedom from Religion Foundation and an abortion fund for Wisconsin women. She wrote the book Abortion Is a Blessing and edited The World Famous Atheist Cookbook. In 1985 Gaylor received the Humanist Heroine Award from the American Humanist Association, and in 2007 she was given the Tiller Award by NARAL Pro-Choice America. Read more
• 14 Jun 2015: Qiao Shi, Chinese politician (born 1924) Qiao Shi was a Chinese politician and one of the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He was a member of the party's top decision-making body, the Politburo Standing Committee, from 1987 to 1997. He was a contender for the paramount leadership of China, but lost out to his political rival Jiang Zemin, who assumed the post of General Secretary of the party in 1989. Qiao Shi instead served as Chairman of the National People's Congress, then the third-ranked political position, from 1993 until his retirement in 1998. Compared with his peers, including Jiang Zemin, Qiao Shi adopted a more liberal stance in political and economic policy, promoting the rule of law and market-oriented reform of state-owned enterprises. Read more
• 14 Jun 2014: Alberto Cañas Escalante, Costa Rican journalist and politician (born 1920) Alberto Cañas Escalante was a politician, writer, intellectual, public servant, and journalist from San José, Costa Rica. He is known as one of the most important figures in the cultural, political, and social life of Costa Rica during the latter half of the twentieth century. The National Library System of Costa Rica credits Cañas with more than 4,773 publications as of 2005. Read more
• 14 Jun 2014: Isabelle Collin Dufresne, French actress (born 1935) Isabelle Collin Dufresne, known professionally as Ultra Violet, was a French-American artist, actress, and writer. She initially studied and worked with Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí before relocating to New York, where she became closely associated with Pop artist Andy Warhol and his Factory scene. As a Warhol superstar she appeared in several of his underground films. Beyond her work in film, she was an active participant in the 1960s and 1970s avant-garde art scene, collaborating with other notable artists and later documenting her experiences in memoirs that chronicled life at Warhol's Factory and her interactions with the era’s leading cultural figures. Read more
• 14 Jun 2014: Robert Lebeck, German photographer and journalist (born 1929) Robert Lebeck was a German photojournalist. Read more
• 14 Jun 2014: James E. Rogers, American lawyer, businessman, and academic (born 1938) James E. Rogers was an American entrepreneur and former attorney. He served as interim chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education and the University of Arizona College of Law carries his name. Read more
• 14 Jun 2013: Elroy Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (born 1923) Elroy Schwartz was an American comedy and television writer. Read more
• 14 Jun 2012: Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales (born 1926) Peter Kingsley Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell,, was a British lawyer and Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1966 until 1992, when he became a life peer. Between 1974 and 1979 he was Solicitor General for England and Wales. Read more
• 14 Jun 2012: Bob Chappuis, American football player and soldier (born 1923) Robert Richard Chappuis was an American football player who played halfback and quarterback for the University of Michigan Wolverines in 1942, 1946, and 1947. His college years were interrupted by service in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Chappuis flew 21 missions as a radio operator and aerial gunner on B-25 bombers in the European Theater. His aircraft was shot down in February 1945 in the Lombardy region of Northern Italy. Chappuis parachuted from the plane before it crashed, and Italian partisans rescued him by hiding Chappuis and two other crew members for the final three months of the war. Read more
• 14 Jun 2012: Margie Hyams, American pianist and vibraphone player (born 1920) Marjorie Hyams was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, and arranger. She began her career as a vibraphonist in the 1940s, playing with Woody Herman, the Hip Chicks, Mary Lou Williams, Charlie Ventura, and George Shearing. She also led her own groups. Read more
• 14 Jun 2012: Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, German pianist and academic (born 1930) Karl-Heinz Kämmerling was a German academic teacher of classical pianists, who trained pianists at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover for careers as performers and academic teachers, particularly in the early training of highly gifted students. Read more
• 14 Jun 2012: Carlos Reichenbach, Brazilian director and producer (born 1945) Carlos Oscar Reichenbach Filho was a Brazilian filmmaker. Read more
• 14 Jun 2012: Gitta Sereny, Austrian-English historian, journalist, and author (born 1921) Gitta Sereny, CBE was an Austrian-British biographer, historian, and investigative journalist who became known for her interviews and profiles of infamous figures, including Mary Bell, who was convicted in 1968 of killing two children when she herself was a child, and Franz Stangl, the commandant of the Treblinka extermination camp. Read more
• 14 Jun 2009: Bob Bogle, American musician (born 1934) Robert Lenard Bogle was an American musician who was a founding member of the instrumental rock band the Ventures. He and Don Wilson founded the group in 1958. Bogle was the lead guitarist and later bassist of the group. In 2008, Bogle and other members of the Ventures were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Performer category. Read more
• 14 Jun 2009: William McIntyre, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and judge (born 1918) William Rogers McIntyre, was a Canadian Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Read more
• 14 Jun 2007: Ruth Graham, Chinese-American author, poet, and painter (born 1920) Ruth McCue Bell Graham was an American Christian author. She was born in Qingjiang, Jiangsu, China, the second of five children. Her parents, Virginia Leftwich Bell and L. Nelson Bell, were medical missionaries at the Presbyterian Hospital 300 miles (480 km) north of Shanghai. At age 13 she was enrolled in Pyeng Yang Foreign School in Pyongyang, Korea, where she studied for three years. She completed her high school education at Montreat, North Carolina, while her parents were there on furlough. She graduated from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. Read more
• 14 Jun 2007: Robin Olds, American general and pilot (born 1922) Robin Olds was an American fighter pilot and general officer in the United States Air Force (USAF). He was a "triple ace", with a combined total of 16 victories in World War II and the Vietnam War. He retired in 1973 as a brigadier general, after 30 years of service. Read more
• 14 Jun 2007: Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Austrian politician, 9th President of Austria (born 1918) Kurt Josef Waldheim was an Austrian politician and diplomat. Waldheim was the secretary-general of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981 and the president of Austria from 1986 to 1992. Read more
• 14 Jun 2006: Monty Berman, English director, producer, and cinematographer (born 1913) Nestor Montague Berman was an English producer, writer, cinematographer, and director of film and television. He was best known for his work at ITC Entertainment, particularly in collaboration with Dennis Spooner, where he created several television series including The Champions, Department S, and Jason King. He also co-founded the film production company Tempean Films. Read more
• 14 Jun 2006: Jean Roba, Belgian author and illustrator (born 1930) Jean Roba was a Belgian comics author from the Marcinelle school. His best-known work is Boule et Bill. Read more
• 14 Jun 2005: Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor and director (born 1914) Carlo Maria Giulini was an Italian conductor.
  From the age of five, when he began to play the violin, Giulini's musical education was expanded when he began to study at Italy's foremost conservatory, the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome at the age of 16. Initially, he studied the viola and conducting; then, following an audition, he won a place in the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Read more
• 14 Jun 2005: Mimi Parent, Canadian-Swiss painter (born 1924) Mimi Parent was a Canadian surrealist artist. For many years she lived and worked in Paris, France. Her art is known for its symbolism, and the metaphorical use of existing objects, including human hair. Read more
• 14 Jun 2004: Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountaineer and guide (born 1900) Ulrich Inderbinen was a Swiss mountain guide famous for his longevity and love for mountain climbing. He had been on the top of Matterhorn over 370 times and made his last ascent of it when he was 90. Though he was not the first to summit the Matterhorn, he may have done it the best. His fame laid not in conquering mountains but safely guiding visitors to the top. Read more
• 14 Jun 2003: Dale Whittington, American race car driver (born 1959) Dale Lindsey Whittington was an American racing driver. Born in Farmington, New Mexico, he was the youngest of four sons born to 1950s race car owner Dick Whittington. Dale Whittington had 3 sons: R.D Whittington, Dale Lindsey Whittington Jr, Blake Whittington. Dale Whittington has one grandson Dale Whittington III. Whittington was not married at the time of his death. Read more
• 14 Jun 2002: June Jordan, American author and activist (born 1936) June Millicent Jordan was an American poet, essayist, teacher, and activist. In her writing she explored issues of gender, race, immigration, and representation. Read more
• 14 Jun 2000: Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and author (born 1911) Attilio Bertolucci was an Italian poet and writer. He was the father of film directors Bernardo and Giuseppe Bertolucci. Read more
• 14 Jun 1999: Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian football player and sportscaster (born 1932) 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. Read more
• 14 Jun 1997: Richard Jaeckel, American actor (born 1926) Richard Jaeckel was an American actor. A veteran character player whose career spanned six decades, Jaeckel appeared in nearly 200 film and television roles between 1943 and 1994, and was best known for his "tough guy" roles in Westerns and war films. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Sometimes a Great Notion (1971). Read more
• 14 Jun 1996: Noemí Gerstein, Argentinian sculptor and illustrator (born 1908) Noemí Gerstein was an Argentine sculptor, illustrator and plastic artist. Read more
• 14 Jun 1995: Els Aarne, Ukrainian-Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (born 1917) Elze Janovna Paemurru, pseudonymously known as Els Aarne, was an Estonian composer, pianist and pedagogue, primarily during the Soviet Union. She taught at Tallinn Conservatory, her alma mater, from 1944 to 1974. Read more
• 14 Jun 1995: Rory Gallagher, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1948) William Rory Gallagher was an Irish musician, singer, and songwriter. Regarded as "Ireland's first rock star", he is known for his virtuosic style of guitar playing and live performances. He has sometimes been referred to as "the greatest guitarist you've never heard of". Read more
• 14 Jun 1995: Roger Zelazny, American author and poet (born 1937) Roger Joseph Zelazny was an American fantasy and science fiction writer known for his short stories and novels focusing on mythology and various religions, best known for The Chronicles of Amber series. He won the Nebula Award three times and the Hugo Award six times, including two Hugos for novels: the serial novel …And Call Me Conrad (1965), subsequently published as This Immortal (1966), and Lord of Light (1967). Read more
• 14 Jun 1994: Lionel Grigson, English pianist, composer, and educator (born 1942) Lionel Grigson was an English jazz pianist, cornettist, trumpeter, composer, writer and teacher, who in the 1980s started the jazz course at the Guildhall School of Music. As Simon Purcell wrote in The Independent, "Whether he inspired or inflamed, Grigson's energies often acted as a catalyst and his interest in, and support for, young jazz musicians contributed significantly to the growth and consolidation of jazz education in Britain….Within the context of a leading international conservatoire, the Guildhall School of Music, in London, Grigson did much to demonstrate and explain the underlying principles common to jazz, classical and indeed all music, and as a result produced a generation of jazz educators possessing a thorough grounding in an area where much educational work is left to chance." Among his published books are Practical Jazz (1988), Jazz from Scratch (1991) and A Jazz Chord Book, as well as studies on the music of Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong and Thelonious Monk. Read more
• 14 Jun 1994: Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (born 1924) Henry Mancini was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist, best known as a composer of film and television scores. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. Read more
• 14 Jun 1994: Marcel Mouloudji, French singer and actor (born 1922) Marcel André Mouloudji was a French singer, actor, and writer who was born in Paris and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He sang songs written by Boris Vian and Jacques Prévert. Read more
• 14 Jun 1991: Peggy Ashcroft, English actress (born 1907) Dame Edith Margaret Emily "Peggy" Ashcroft was an English actress whose career spanned more than six decades, both on screen and stage. Read more
• 14 Jun 1990: Erna Berger, German soprano and actress (born 1900) Erna Berger was a German lyric coloratura soprano. She was best known for roles such as Queen of the Night and Konstanze. Read more
• 14 Jun 1987: Stanisław Bareja, Polish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1929) Stanisław Sylwester Bareja was a Polish filmmaker. Some of his films have reached cult status in Poland. Read more
• 14 Jun 1986: Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator (born 1899) Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known works, Ficciones (transl. Fictions) and El Aleph, published in the 1940s, are collections of short stories exploring motifs such as dreams, labyrinths, chance, infinity, archives, mirrors, fictional writers, and mythology. Borges's works have contributed to philosophical literature and the fantasy genre, and have had a major influence on the magical realist movement in 20th century Latin American literature. Read more
• 14 Jun 1986: Alan Jay Lerner, American composer and songwriter (born 1918) Alan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre both for the stage and on film. Lerner won three Tony Awards and three Academy Awards, among other honors. Read more
• 14 Jun 1985: Khan Bahadur Abdul Hakim, Bangladeshi mathematician (born 1905) Khan Bahadur Abdul Hakim CIE was a Bangladeshi educationist, mathematician and writer. He was the former Dhaka Division school inspector. He was awarded both Khan Sahib and Khan Bahadur by the British Raj. He later served as the president of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh and established its first scholarship endowment. Read more
• 14 Jun 1980: Charles Miller, American saxophonist and flute player (born 1939) Charles William Miller was an American musician best known as the saxophonist and flutist for the multicultural California funk band War. Notably, Miller provided lead vocals as well as saxophone on the band's Billboard R&B number one hit "Low Rider" (1975). Read more
• 14 Jun 1979: Ahmad Zahir, Afghan singer-songwriter (born 1946) Ahmad Zahir was an Afghan singer, songwriter and composer. Dubbed the "Elvis of Afghanistan", he is widely considered the all-time greatest singer of Afghanistan. The majority of his songs were in Dari followed by Pashto, with a few in Russian, Hindi and English. Read more
• 14 Jun 1977: Robert Middleton, American actor (born 1911) Robert Middleton was an American film and television actor known for his large size, beetle-like brows, and deep, booming voice, usually in the portrayal of ruthless villains. Read more
• 14 Jun 1977: Alan Reed, American actor, original voice of Fred Flintstone (born1907) Alan Reed was an American actor, best known as the original voice of Fred Flintstone on The Flintstones and various spinoff series. He also appeared in many films, including Days of Glory, The Tarnished Angels, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Viva Zapata! and Nob Hill, as well as several television and radio series. Read more
• 14 Jun 1972: Dündar Taşer, Turkish soldier and politician (born 1925) Dündar Taşer was a Turkish soldier and politician who was a leading figure in Turkish nationalism. Read more
• 14 Jun 1971: Carlos P. Garcia, 8th President of the Republic of the Philippines (born 1896) Carlos Polestico García, often referred to by his initials CPG, was the eighth president of the Philippines, serving from 1957 to 1961. He served as the fourth vice president of the Philippines from 1953 to 1957. Read more
• 14 Jun 1968: Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize Laureate (born 1901) Salvatore Quasimodo was an Italian poet and translator, awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times". Along with Giuseppe Ungaretti and Eugenio Montale, he was one of the foremost Italian poets of the 20th century. Read more
• 14 Jun 1953: Tom Cole, Welsh-American racing driver (born 1922) Thomas Lionel Howard Cole, Jr., also known as Tom Cole or Tommy Cole, was a British-American racing driver and co-creator of the Cadillac-Allard sports car. Afflicted by childhood polio, he served in non-combat roles in World War II, and then took up rallying, hillclimbing, and sports car racing full-time after the war. He died, aged 31, in a crash while driving in the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans. Read more
• 14 Jun 1949: Albert II, rhesus macaque, animal astronaut, and first mammal in space Albert II was a male rhesus macaque monkey who was the first primate and first mammal to travel to outer space. He flew from Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States, to an altitude of 83 miles (134 km) aboard Blossom No. 4B, a U.S. V-2 sounding rocket on June 14, 1949. Albert died upon landing after a parachute failure caused his capsule to strike the ground at high speed. Albert's respiratory and cardiological data were recorded up to the moment of impact. Read more
• 14 Jun 1946: John Logie Baird, Scottish-English physicist and engineer (born 1888) John Logie Baird was a Scottish inventor, electrical engineer and innovator who demonstrated the world's first mechanical television system on 26 January 1926. He went on to invent the first publicly demonstrated colour television system and the first viable purely electronic colour television picture tube. Read more
• 14 Jun 1946: Jorge Ubico, 21st President of Guatemala (born 1878) Jorge Ubico Castañeda, nicknamed Number Five or also Central America's Napoleon, was a Guatemalan military officer, politician, and dictator who served as the president of Guatemala from 1931 to 1944. Read more
• 14 Jun 1936: G. K. Chesterton, English essayist, poet, playwright, and novelist (born 1874) Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English Christian apologist writer. Chesterton's wit, paradoxical style, and defence of tradition made him a dominant figure in early 20th-century literature. Read more
• 14 Jun 1936: Hans Poelzig, German architect, painter, and designer, designed the IG Farben Building (born 1869) Hans Poelzig was a German architect, painter and set designer. Read more
• 14 Jun 1933: Justinien de Clary, French target shooter (born 1860) Count Clary was a French sport shooter who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century in trap shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the bronze medal in the trap competition. Fellow Frenchmen Roger de Barbarin and Rene Guyot won gold and silver respectively. He was born and died in Paris. Read more
• 14 Jun 1932: Dorimène Roy Desjardins, Canadian businesswoman, co-founded Desjardins Group (born 1858) Marie-Clara Dorimène Roy Desjardins and her husband, Alphonse Desjardins, were the co-founders of the Caisses populaires Desjardins, a forerunner of North American credit unions. She was appointed honorary member of the Union régionale des caisses populaires Desjardins de Québec in 1923. Read more
• 14 Jun 1928: Emmeline Pankhurst, English activist and academic (born 1857) Emmeline Pankhurst was a British political activist who organised the British suffragette movement and helped women to win the right to vote in Great Britain and Ireland in 1918. In 1999, Time named her as one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century, stating that "she shaped an idea of objects for our time" and "shook society into a new pattern from which there could be no going back". She was widely criticised for her militant tactics, and historians disagree about their effectiveness, but her work is recognised as a crucial element in achieving women's suffrage in the United Kingdom. Read more
• 14 Jun 1927: Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (born 1894) Ottavio Bottecchia was an Italian cyclist and the first Italian winner of the Tour de France. Read more
• 14 Jun 1927: Jerome K. Jerome, English author (born 1859) Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886) and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel to Three Men in a Boat; and several other novels. Read more
• 14 Jun 1926: Mary Cassatt, American-French painter (born 1843) Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker. She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, but lived most of her adult life in France, where she befriended Edgar Degas and exhibited with the Impressionists. Cassatt often created images of the social and private lives of women, with particular emphasis on the intimate bonds between mothers and children. Read more
• 14 Jun 1923: Isabelle Bogelot, French philanthropist (born 1838) Isabelle Bogelot was a French philanthropist and feminist. Read more
• 14 Jun 1920: Max Weber, German sociologist and economist (born 1864) Maximilian Carl Emil Weber was a German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist who was one of the central figures in the development of sociology and the social sciences more generally. His ideas continue to influence social theory and research. Read more
• 14 Jun 1916: João Simões Lopes Neto, Brazilian author (born 1865) João Simões Lopes Neto was a Brazilian regionalist writer from Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. Read more
• 14 Jun 1914: Adlai Stevenson I, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Vice President of the United States (born 1835) Adlai Ewing Stevenson I was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 23rd vice president of the United States from 1893 to 1897 under President Grover Cleveland. A member of the Democratic Party, Stevenson served as a U.S. Representative for Illinois in the late 1870s and early 1880s. He was the founder of the Stevenson political family. Read more
• 14 Jun 1908: Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, English captain and politician, 6th Governor General of Canada (born 1841) Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Colonial Secretary from 1885 to 1886 and Governor General of Canada from 1888 to 1893. An avid sportsman, he built Stanley House Stables in England and is famous in North America for presenting Canada with the Stanley Cup, the championship trophy in ice hockey. Stanley was also one of the original inductees of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Read more
• 14 Jun 1907: William Le Baron Jenney, American architect and engineer, designed the Home Insurance Building (born 1832) William Le Baron Jenney was an American architect and engineer known for building the first skyscraper in 1884. Read more
• 14 Jun 1907: Bartolomé Masó, Cuban soldier and politician (born 1830) Bartolomé de Jesús Masó Márquez was a Cuban politician and military patriot for Cuban independence from the colonial power of Spain, and later President of the República en Armas. Read more
• 14 Jun 1898: Dewitt Clinton Senter, American politician, 18th Governor of Tennessee (born 1830) Dewitt Clinton Senter was an American politician who served as the 18th governor of Tennessee from 1869 to 1871. He had previously served in the Tennessee House of Representatives (1855–1861), where he opposed secession on the eve of the Civil War. He was elected to the Tennessee Senate following the war, and was chosen as Speaker of the Senate in 1867. As speaker, he became governor upon the resignation of William G. Brownlow in 1869. Read more
• 14 Jun 1886: Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian director and playwright (born 1823) Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The author of 47 original plays, Ostrovsky "almost single-handedly created a Russian national repertoire." His dramas are among the most widely read and frequently performed stage pieces in Russia. Read more
• 14 Jun 1883: Edward FitzGerald, English poet and author (born 1809) Edward FitzGerald or Fitzgerald was an English poet and writer. His most famous poem is the first and best-known English translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, which has kept its reputation and popularity since the 1860s. Read more
• 14 Jun 1877: Mary Carpenter, English educational and social reformer (born 1807) Mary Carpenter was an English educational and social reformer. The daughter of a Unitarian minister, she founded a ragged school and reformatories, bringing previously unavailable educational opportunities to poor children and young offenders in Bristol. Read more
• 14 Jun 1864: Leonidas Polk, American general and bishop (born 1806) Leonidas Polk was a Confederate general, a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana and founder of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America, which separated from the Episcopal Church of the United States. He was a planter in Maury County, Tennessee, and a second cousin of President James K. Polk. He resigned his ecclesiastical position to become a major-general in the Confederate States Army, when he was called "Sewanee's Fighting Bishop". His official portrait at the University of the South depicts him as a bishop with his army uniform hanging nearby. He is often erroneously referred to as "Leonidas K. Polk" but he had no middle name and never signed any documents as such. Read more
• 14 Jun 1837: Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet and philosopher (born 1798) Count Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi was an Italian poet, philosopher, essayist, and philologist. Considered the greatest Italian poet of the 19th century and one of the greatest authors of his time worldwide, as well as one of the principals of literary Romanticism, his constant reflection on existence and on the human condition—of sensuous and materialist inspiration—has also earned him a reputation as a deep philosopher. He is widely seen as one of the most radical and challenging thinkers of the 19th century, and one of the crowns of Italian Romanticism together with Alessandro Manzoni, even if he expressed different and sometimes opposing positions compared to the latter. Although he lived in a secluded town in the conservative Papal States, he came into contact with the main ideas of the Enlightenment, and, through his own literary evolution, created a remarkable and renowned poetic work, related to the Romantic era. The strongly lyrical quality of his poetry made him a central figure in the European and international literary and cultural landscape. Read more
• 14 Jun 1825: Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. (born 1754) Pierre "Peter" Charles L'Enfant was a French-American artist, professor, and military engineer. In 1791, L'Enfant designed the baroque-styled plan for the development of Washington, D.C., after it was designated to become the capital of the United States following its relocation from Philadelphia. His work, known as the L'Enfant Plan, inspired plans for other major world capitals, including Brasília, New Delhi, and Canberra. In the U.S., plans for the development of three major cities, Detroit, Indianapolis, and Sacramento, were inspired from L'Enfant's plan for Washington, D.C. Read more
• 14 Jun 1801: Benedict Arnold, American general during the American Revolution later turned British spy (born 1741) Benedict Arnold was an American-born British military officer who served during the American Revolutionary War. He fought with distinction for the American Continental Army and rose to the rank of major general before defecting to the British in 1780. General George Washington had given him his fullest trust and had placed him in command of West Point in New York. Arnold was planning to surrender the fort to British forces, but the plot was discovered in September 1780, whereupon he fled to the British lines. In the later part of the war, Arnold was commissioned as a brigadier general in the British Army and placed in command of the American Legion. He led British forces in battle against the army which he had once commanded, and his name became synonymous with treason and betrayal in the United States. Read more
• 14 Jun 1800: Louis Desaix, French general (born 1768) Louis Charles Antoine Desaix was a French general and military leader during the French Revolutionary Wars. According to the usage of the time, he took the name Louis Charles Antoine Desaix de Veygoux. He was considered one of the greatest generals of the Revolutionary Wars. Read more
• 14 Jun 1800: Jean-Baptiste Kléber, French general (born 1753) Divisional-General Jean-Baptiste Kléber was a French army officer and architect who served in the War of the Bavarian Succession and French Revolutionary Wars. After serving for one year in the French Royal Army, he joined the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Emperor seven years later. However, his humble birth hindered his opportunities. Eventually, Kléber joined the French Revolutionary Army in 1792 and quickly rose through the ranks. Read more

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