History of Today 23 June: Important Events, Births and Deaths

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Important Events on 23 June in History

23 Jun 2018: Twelve boys and an assistant coach from a soccer team in Thailand are trapped in a flooding cave, leading to an 18-day rescue operation. Read more
23 Jun 2017: A series of terrorist attacks take place in Pakistan, resulting in 96 deaths and wounding 200 others. Read more
23 Jun 2016: The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%. Read more
23 Jun 2014: The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction. Read more
23 Jun 2013: Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope. Read more
23 Jun 2013: Militants storm a high-altitude mountaineering base camp near Nanga Parbat in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, killing ten climbers and a local guide. Read more
23 Jun 2012: Ashton Eaton breaks the decathlon world record at the United States Olympic Trials. Read more
23 Jun 2005: American social news and discussion site Reddit is founded in Medford, Massachusetts by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian. Read more
23 Jun 2001: The 8.4 Mw southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured. Read more
23 Jun 1994: NASA's Space Station Processing Facility, a new state-of-the-art manufacturing building for the International Space Station, officially opens at Kennedy Space Center. Read more
23 Jun 1991: Sonic the Hedgehog is released in North America on the Sega Genesis platform, beginning the popular video game franchise. Read more
23 Jun 1985: A terrorist bomb explodes at Narita International Airport near Tokyo, killing two and injuring four. An hour later, the same group detonates a second bomb aboard Air India Flight 182, bringing the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard. Read more
23 Jun 1973: A fire at a house in Hull, England, which kills a six-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by serial arsonist Peter Dinsdale. Read more
23 Jun 1972: Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about illegally using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins. Read more
23 Jun 1972: Title IX of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended to prohibit sexual discrimination to any educational program receiving federal funds. Read more
23 Jun 1969: Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren. Read more
23 Jun 1969: IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry. Read more
23 Jun 1968: Seventy-four people were killed and 150 other injured in a stampede at a football match between Boca Juniors and Club Atlético River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Read more
23 Jun 1967: Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference. Read more
23 Jun 1961: The Antarctic Treaty System, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and limits military activity on the continent, its islands and ice shelves, comes into force. Read more
23 Jun 1960: The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world. Read more
23 Jun 1959: Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career. Read more
23 Jun 1956: The French National Assembly takes the first step in creating the French Community by passing the Loi Cadre, transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in French West Africa. Read more
23 Jun 1951: The ocean liner SS United States is christened and launched. Read more
23 Jun 1947: The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act. Read more
23 Jun 1946: The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Read more
23 Jun 1944: An F4 tornado tears through the Appalachian Mountains, killing over 100 people in West Virginia, particularly in the town of Shinnston. Read more
23 Jun 1942: World War II: Germany's latest fighter aircraft, a Focke-Wulf Fw 190, is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales. Read more
23 Jun 1941: The Lithuanian Activist Front declares independence from the Soviet Union and forms the Provisional Government of Lithuania; it lasts only briefly as the Nazis will occupy Lithuania a few weeks later. Read more
23 Jun 1940: Adolf Hitler goes on a three-hour tour of the architecture of Paris with architect Albert Speer and sculptor Arno Breker in his only visit to the city. Read more
23 Jun 1940: Henry Larsen begins the first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Read more
23 Jun 1938: The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States. Read more
23 Jun 1931: Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane. Read more
23 Jun 1926: The College Board administers the first SAT exam. Read more
23 Jun 1925: Shameen Incident: British Army and French Army soldiers stationed in the concession of Shameen open fire on Chinese protesters, resulting in at least 52 deaths. Read more
23 Jun 1919: Estonian War of Independence: The decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of Cēsis; this date is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia. Read more
23 Jun 1917: In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire. Read more
23 Jun 1914: Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta. Read more
23 Jun 1913: Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran. Read more
23 Jun 1908: The Persian Cossack Brigade bombards the building of the National Consultative Assembly of Iran (Majles), killing hundreds of civilians. Read more
23 Jun 1894: The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin. Read more
23 Jun 1887: The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park. Read more
23 Jun 1868: Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer". Read more
23 Jun 1865: American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant Confederate army. Read more
23 Jun 1860: The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office. Read more
23 Jun 1812: War of 1812: Great Britain revokes the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war. Read more
23 Jun 1810: John Jacob Astor forms the Pacific Fur Company. Read more

Famous Births on 23 June

23 Jun 2008: Lilliana Ketchman, American dancer and YouTuber Lilliana Belle Ketchman, known professionally as Lilly K, is an American dancer, model and social media personality. She is known for her appearances on Lifetime's Dance Moms beginning in season six, and for her YouTube videos. Read more
23 Jun 2007: Elliana Walmsley, American dancer Elliana Kathryn Walmsley is an American dancer. She became known for appearing in Lifetime's reality show Dance Moms. Read more
23 Jun 2000: Starford To'a, New Zealand rugby league player Starford To'a is a Tonga international rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. Read more
23 Jun 1994: Ben Dwarshuis, Australian cricketer Benjamin James Dwarshuis is an Australian cricketer who represents Australia in limited overs cricket as a left-arm fast-medium bowler. Dwarshuis plays for the and for New South Wales in domestic cricket, Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League and Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League. Read more
23 Jun 1994: Roger Martínez, Colombian footballer Roger Beyker Martínez Tobinson is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Saudi Pro League club Al-Taawoun and the Colombia national team. Read more
23 Jun 1993: Tim Anderson, American baseball player Timothy Devon Anderson Jr. is an American professional baseball shortstop who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, Miami Marlins, and Los Angeles Angels. Read more
23 Jun 1993: Marvin Grumann, German footballer Marvin Grumann is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for SV Schermbeck. Read more
23 Jun 1992: Luiza Galiulina, Uzbekistani gymnast Luiza Galiulina is an Uzbek former artistic gymnast. She won two bronze medals at the 2010 Asian Games and represented Uzbekistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was banned from international competition for two years after testing positive for furosemide during the 2012 Summer Olympics. Read more
23 Jun 1992: Nampalys Mendy, French footballer Nampalys Mendy is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL Championship club Watford. Born in France, he represents the Senegal national team. Read more
23 Jun 1991: Katie Armiger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Kaitlyn Michelle Armiger is a country artist from Sugar Land, Texas, U.S. She was first inspired to pursue country music after winning a Houston, Texas, citywide competition for young country singers. As of 2014, Armiger has released four albums for Cold River Records and has charted seven singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts. Read more
23 Jun 1990: Clevid Dikamona, French footballer Clévid Florian Dikamona is a professional footballer who plays for AG Caennaise as a defender. Born in France, Dikamona represents Congo at international level. Read more
23 Jun 1990: Vasek Pospisil, Canadian tennis player Vasek Pospisil is a Canadian former professional tennis player. Pospisil has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25, and No. 4 in doubles. Along with partner Jack Sock, he won the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and the 2015 Indian Wells Masters men's doubles titles. He also reached the quarterfinals in singles at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships. Read more
23 Jun 1990: Laura Ràfols, Spanish footballer Laura Ràfols Parellada is a Spanish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. She served as the captain for Barcelona, and also represented the club in the UEFA Women's Champions League. Read more
23 Jun 1989: Lisa Carrington, New Zealand flatwater canoeist Dame Lisa Marie Carrington is a flatwater canoeist and New Zealand's most successful Olympian, having won a total of eight gold medals and one bronze medal. She won three consecutive gold medals in the Women's K‑1 200 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics, as well as gold in the same event at the 2011 Canoe Sprint World Championships. At the 2020 Summer Olympics she also won a gold medal in the K‑2 500 metres, with Caitlin Regal, and as an individual in the K‑1 500 metres. At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Carrington defended her titles in the K‑1 500 metres and K‑2 500 metres event and also won the K‑4 500 metres event. Carrington equalled Danuta Kozák's record of winning all three K-1, K-2, K-4 events, over 500 metres, at one Olympics. Read more
23 Jun 1989: Jordan Nolan, Canadian ice hockey player Jordan Nolan is a Canadian actor and former professional ice hockey forward. He was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the seventh round of the 2009 NHL entry draft. Read more
23 Jun 1988: Chet Faker, Australian singer-songwriter Nicholas James Murphy, known professionally as Chet Faker, is an Australian singer and songwriter. In 2012, as Chet Faker, he issued an extended play, Thinking in Textures, and signed to Downtown Records in the United States. In October 2012, he won Breakthrough Artist of the Year and Thinking in Textures won Best Independent Single/EP at the Australian Independent Records Awards. In January 2013, Work won Best Independent Release at the Rolling Stone Australia Awards for 2012. Read more
23 Jun 1988: Chellsie Memmel, American gymnast Chellsie Marie Memmel is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2005 world all-around champion and the 2003 world champion on the uneven bars. She was a member of the United States women's gymnastics team at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. Read more
23 Jun 1987: Alessia Filippi, Italian swimmer Alessia Filippi is a retired Italian swimmer. Read more
23 Jun 1986: Christy Altomare, American actress and singer-songwriter Christine "Christy" Altomare is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Read more
23 Jun 1985: Marcel Reece, American football player Marcel Antoine Wayne Reece is an American former professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football as a wide receiver for the Washington Huskies and was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent after the 2008 NFL draft. He was also a member of the Oakland Raiders and the Seattle Seahawks. After his playing career, Reece became an executive with the Las Vegas Raiders in 2020. Read more
23 Jun 1984: Duffy, Welsh singer-songwriter and actress Duffy Jones, known mononymously as Duffy, is a Welsh singer and actress. Her music style has been described as a mixture of soul, blue-eyed soul, pop rock, neo soul and pop music. Read more
23 Jun 1984: Takeshi Matsuda, Japanese swimmer Takeshi Matsuda is a retired Japanese Olympic, Asian and National Record holding swimmer. He swam for Japan at the 2004, 2008 Olympics, 2012 Olympics, and 2016 Olympics, winning four medals. At the 2008 Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200 m butterfly in an Asian Record of 1:52.97; in doing so, he also set the Japanese Record in the event. On November 12, 2011, Matsuda set a new Japanese record (1:49.50) at the FINA World Cup for the short course 200 m butterfly. In doing so, he became just the third swimmer in history to break the 1:50 barrier for the event. Read more
23 Jun 1984: Levern Spencer, Saint Lucian high jumper Levern Donaline Spencer, SLC SLMM is a Saint Lucian retired athlete and high jumper. Spencer was a four-time Olympian for Saint Lucia and competed in eight World Championships. She was also a gold medalist at both the Commonwealth Games and Pan-American Games. Read more
23 Jun 1983: Brooks Laich, Canadian ice hockey player Evan Brooks Laich is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. A forward, he played over 750 National Hockey League (NHL) games across four teams: the Ottawa Senators, Washington Capitals, Toronto Maple Leafs and the Los Angeles Kings. Read more
23 Jun 1983: José Manuel Rojas, Chilean footballer José Manuel Rojas Bahamondes, known as José Rojas, is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a defender. Primarily a central defender, he could also be deployed as a left-back. Read more
23 Jun 1982: Derek Boogaard, Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2011) Derek Leendert Boogaard was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played for the Minnesota Wild and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Read more
23 Jun 1981: Antony Costa, English singer-songwriter Antony Daniel Costa is an English singer and songwriter. He is a member of the boy band Blue. Read more
23 Jun 1981: Rolf Wacha, German rugby player Rolf Wacha is a German international rugby union player, playing for the SC 1880 Frankfurt in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. Read more
23 Jun 1980: Becky Cloonan, American author and illustrator Becky Cloonan is an American comic book creator, known for work published by Tokyopop and Vertigo. In 2012 she became the first female artist to draw the main Batman title for DC Comics. Read more
23 Jun 1980: Melissa Rauch, American actress Melissa Ivy Rauch is an American actress. She is best known for playing Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory from 2009 to 2019, for which she was nominated for the Critics Choice Television Award in 2013. She starred in and executive produced three seasons of the revival of Night Court. Read more
23 Jun 1980: Francesca Schiavone, Italian tennis player Francesca Schiavone is an Italian former professional tennis player. She had career-high rankings of world No. 4 in women's singles and No. 8 in women's doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Schiavone won eight WTA Tour-level singles titles, achieved at least the quarter-finals in all the major winning the 2010 French Open, becoming the first Italian woman to win a singles major. To date, Schiavone is the last one-handed backhand player to win a major women's title. Schiavone was also runner-up in singles at the 2011 French Open, and in women's doubles at the 2008 French Open. She helped Italy win the Fed Cup in 2006, 2009 and 2010, and has the most match wins of any player for the Italian team. Schiavone played the longest ever women's singles match at a major, defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 1–6, 16–14 in the fourth round of the 2011 Australian Open after 4 hours and 44 minutes. Read more
23 Jun 1979: LaDainian Tomlinson, American football player LaDainian Tarshane Tomlinson, nicknamed "L.T.", is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. After a successful college football career with the TCU Horned Frogs, the San Diego Chargers selected him as the fifth overall pick in the 2001 NFL draft. He spent nine years with the Chargers, earning five Pro Bowl appearances, three Associated Press first-team All-Pro nominations, and two NFL rushing titles. Tomlinson was also voted the NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2006 after breaking the record for touchdowns in a single season. He played two further seasons with the New York Jets, before retiring. Considered one of the greatest running backs of all time, he was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017. Read more
23 Jun 1978: Memphis Bleek, American rapper, producer, and actor Malik Deshawn Cox, known by his stage name Memphis Bleek, is an American rapper. He is best known for his work with fellow New York City-based rapper Jay-Z, with Cox often described as his hype man or protégé. Cox signed with his Roc-A-Fella Records label imprint in the late 1990s, through which he has released four major label studio albums: Coming of Age (1999), The Understanding (2000), M.A.D.E. (2003), and 534 (2005). He has since founded his own labels: Get Low Records in 1998, and Warehouse Music Group in 2016—through which he signed rapper Casanova. Read more
23 Jun 1978: Frederic Leclercq, French heavy metal musician Frédéric Alexandre "Fred" Leclercq is a French musician and producer, best known as the former longtime bassist for British power metal band DragonForce. He is currently the guitarist and main songwriter in the death metal supergroup Sinsaenum, the guitarist and vocalist in Maladaptive, the bassist and a guitarist in Amahiru, and the bassist of German thrash metal group Kreator and French death metal band Loudblast. He is a session musician for various other bands, including George Lynch's Souls of We. He is also a former member of power metal band Heavenly and played several shows with Carnival in Coal and Sabaton. Read more
23 Jun 1978: Matt Light, American football player and sportscaster Matthew Charles Light is an American former professional football player who spent his entire 11-year career as an offensive tackle for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers. He was picked by the Patriots in the second round of the 2001 NFL draft. Read more
23 Jun 1977: Miguel Ángel Angulo, Spanish footballer Miguel Ángel Angulo Valderrey is a Spanish former professional footballer, currently a manager. Predominantly an attacking midfielder, he was also able to play as a right winger and even as a right-back or a forward. Read more
23 Jun 1977: Hayden Foxe, Australian footballer and manager Hayden Vernon Foxe is an Australian former professional soccer player who works as assistant coach with the Australia men's national soccer team. He played football as a centre-back at the top level in Germany, Japan, Belgium, England and Australia. Foxe represented his country at international level 11 times between 1998 and 2003. Read more
23 Jun 1977: Jaan Jüris, Estonian ski jumper Jaan Jüris is a retired Estonian ski jumper who has competed since 2000. He finished 50th in the individual normal hill event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Read more
23 Jun 1977: Jason Mraz, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Jason Thomas Mraz is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He rose to prominence with the release of his debut studio album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come (2002), which spawned the single "The Remedy " that peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. His second studio album Mr. A-Z (2005) peaked at number five on the Billboard 200. Read more
23 Jun 1977: Shaun O'Hara, American football player and sportscaster Shaun O'Hara is an American former professional football player who was a center for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. He started in the NFL by signing as an undrafted free agent with the Cleveland Browns, and spent the majority of his career with the New York Giants. He was a three-time Pro Bowl selection. Read more
23 Jun 1976: Wade Barrett, American soccer player and manager Wade Barrett is an American former soccer player. He was most recently the interim head coach of the Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer. Read more
23 Jun 1976: Joe Becker, American guitarist and composer Joseph Christopher Becker Jr. is an American guitarist, composer and multi-instrumentalist. Read more
23 Jun 1976: Savvas Poursaitidis, Greek-Cypriot footballer and scout Savvas Poursaitidis is a former professional footballer and manager. Read more
23 Jun 1976: Brandon Stokley, American football player Brandon Ray Stokley is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for fifteen seasons. Nicknamed "The Slot Machine," Stokley played college football for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns and was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL draft. Read more
23 Jun 1976: Paola Suárez, Argentinian tennis player Paola Suárez is a retired tennis player from Argentina. She was one of the most prominent women's doubles players throughout the early and mid-2000s, winning eight Grand Slam titles, all of them with Virginia Ruano Pascual, and holding the No. 1 doubles ranking for 87 non-consecutive weeks. She was also a singles top ten player and semifinalist at the 2004 French Open. Read more
23 Jun 1976: Emmanuelle Vaugier, Canadian actress and singer Emmanuelle Frederique Vaugier is a Canadian film and television actress. Vaugier has had recurring roles as Detective Jessica Angell on CSI: NY, Mia on Two and a Half Men, Dr. Helen Bryce on Smallville, FBI Special Agent Emma Barnes on Human Target, and as The Morrigan on Lost Girl. In feature films, Vaugier appeared, albeit in a minor role, alongside Michael Caine and Robert Duvall in Secondhand Lions. She starred as Addison in Saw II, reprising her role in Saw IV, and had a supporting part in the Josh Hartnett film 40 Days and 40 Nights. Read more
23 Jun 1976: Patrick Vieira, French footballer and manager Patrick Paul Vieira is a professional football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of Serie A club Genoa. Widely regarded as among the best players of his generation and one of the greatest midfielders of all time, he was named in the FIFA 100 of the greatest living footballers in 2004. Read more
23 Jun 1975: Kevin Dyson, American football player and coach Kevin Tyree Dyson is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Utah Utes. He was selected by the Tennessee Oilers 16th overall in the 1998 NFL draft. Read more
23 Jun 1975: David Howell, English golfer David Alexander Howell is an English professional golfer. His career peaked in 2006, when he won the BMW Championship and was ranked in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for a short time. He played in the Ryder Cup in 2004 and 2006. Howell holds the record for most starts on the European Tour. Read more
23 Jun 1975: Mike James, American basketball player Michael Lamont James is an American former professional basketball player. A point guard, James played college basketball for Duquesne. James spent 13 seasons in the NBA and played for 11 different teams, winning an NBA championship with the Detroit Pistons in 2004. Read more
23 Jun 1975: KT Tunstall, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician Kate Victoria "KT" Tunstall is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. She first gained attention with a 2004 live solo performance of her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on Later… with Jools Holland and has subsequently also appeared in two episodes of the comedy series This is Jinsy on Sky Atlantic. In 2025 it was estimated that Tunstall's accumulated record sales totalled seven million. Her accolades include a Q Award, European Border Breakers Award, two Ivor Novello Awards, a UK Music Video Award, and a BRIT Award for Best British Female Artist. Additionally she has been nominated for a Grammy Award, Mercury Music Prize, World Music Award, and a Hollywood Music in Media Award. Read more
23 Jun 1974: Joel Edgerton, Australian actor Joel Edgerton is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is known for his portrayal of Will McGill on the first two seasons of the Australian drama series The Secret Life of Us (2001–2002), and for playing Owen Lars in the Star Wars films Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005), a role he reprised in the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022). He also voiced Metal Beak from Warner Bros. Pictures' fantasy adventure film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010). For his portrayal of Richard Loving in the 2016 historical drama Loving, he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, and a further nomination in the same category for his critically acclaimed performance in Train Dreams (2025). Read more
23 Jun 1974: Mark Hendrickson, American basketball and baseball player Mark Allan Hendrickson is an American former baseball and basketball player. Hendrickson was a pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) and played power forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Continental Basketball Association (CBA). He is one of just 13 athletes to play in both MLB and the NBA, and the most recent to do so. He is a former pitching coach for the Aberdeen IronBirds. Read more
23 Jun 1972: Selma Blair, American actress Selma Blair is an American actress. She is known for her roles in Cruel Intentions, Legally Blonde, The Sweetest Thing, and the Hellboy franchise. Read more
23 Jun 1972: Louis Van Amstel, Dutch dancer and choreographer Louis van Amstel is a Dutch-American ballroom dance champion, professional dancer, and choreographer who appears on the American reality television series Dancing with the Stars. Read more
23 Jun 1972: Zinedine Zidane, French footballer and manager Zinedine Yazid Zidane, popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Zidane was a playmaker renowned for his elegance, vision, passing, and ball control. He received many individual accolades as a player, including being named FIFA World Player of the Year in 1998, 2000 and 2003, and winning the 1998 Ballon d'Or. He coached his former La Liga club Real Madrid in two separate stints between 2016 and 2021, winning multiple domestic and international club trophies. Read more
23 Jun 1971: Fred Ewanuick, Canadian actor and producer Fred Ewanuick is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in the television series Corner Gas as Hank Yarbo and as the title character in the CTV sitcom Dan for Mayor. He was also a regular in a CTV anthology series, Robson Arms. Ewanuick starred in Nickelodeon's summer 2013 TV movie Swindle. Read more
23 Jun 1971: Félix Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach Félix "The Cat" Potvin is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). Read more
23 Jun 1970: Robert Brooks, American football player Robert Darren Brooks is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the South Carolina Gamecocks. Brooks played in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers (1992–1998) and the Denver Broncos. Read more
23 Jun 1970: Martin Deschamps, Canadian singer-songwriter Martin Deschamps is a Canadian rock singer from Quebec. He records and performs both as a solo artist and as the lead vocalist for the reunited Offenbach. Read more
23 Jun 1970: Yann Tiersen, French singer-songwriter and guitarist Yann Pierre Tiersen is a French musician and composer from Brittany. His musical career is split between studio recordings, music collaborations, and film soundtracks songwriting. His music incorporates a large variety of classical and contemporary instruments, primarily the electric guitar, the piano, synthesisers, and the violin, but he also includes instruments such as the melodica, xylophone, toy piano, harpsichord, piano accordion, and even a typewriter. Read more
23 Jun 1969: Martin Klebba, American actor, producer, and stuntman Martin Klebba is an American actor and stunt performer. He has a form of dwarfism called acromicric dysplasia; he is 4 feet 1 inch (1.24 m). Klebba is best known for his role as Marty in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. He made his first role in a cameo in Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes (2001). Read more
23 Jun 1966: Chico DeBarge, American singer and pianist Jonathan Arthur "Chico" DeBarge is an American R&B singer and musician. DeBarge was formerly a member of the DeBarge family musical group DeBarge. As a solo artist, he scored a 1986 US Top Forty hit with the song "Talk to Me". Read more
23 Jun 1965: Paul Arthurs, English guitarist Paul Benjamin "Bonehead" Arthurs is an English musician. He is the co-founder and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Oasis. Arthurs played with the band from its inception in 1991 until his departure in 1999, rejoining in 2024 following their reformation. Read more
23 Jun 1965: Sylvia Mathews Burwell, American government and non-profit executive Sylvia Mary Burwell is an American government and non-profit executive who is president of the Harvard Board of Overseers and was the 15th president of American University from 2017 to 2024. Burwell was the first woman to serve as the university's president. A member of the Democratic Party, Burwell earlier served as the 22nd United States secretary of health and human services from 2014 to 2017 and as 39th director of the Office of Management and Budget from 2013 to 2014. Read more
23 Jun 1965: Peter O'Malley, Australian golfer Peter Anthony O'Malley is an Australian professional golfer. Read more
23 Jun 1964: Nicolas Marceau, Canadian economist and politician Nicolas Marceau is a Canadian economist, university professor, politician and former Minister of Finance of Quebec. He was previously a professor of economics at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Read more
23 Jun 1964: Tara Morice, Australian actress and singer Tara Morice is an Australian actress, singer and dancer. Read more
23 Jun 1964: Joss Whedon, American director, producer, and screenwriter Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon is an American filmmaker, comic book writer, and composer. He is best known as the creator of several television series: the supernatural drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) and its spinoff Angel (1999–2004), the short-lived space Western Firefly (2002), the Internet musical miniseries Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008), the science fiction drama Dollhouse (2009–2010), the Marvel Cinematic Universe films The Avengers (2012) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020), and the science fiction drama The Nevers (2021). Read more
23 Jun 1964: Lou Yun, Chinese gymnast Lou Yun is a retired Chinese gymnast who competed in the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympic Games, winning the vault twice. Read more
23 Jun 1963: Colin Montgomerie, Scottish golfer Colin Stuart Montgomerie is a Scottish professional golfer. He has won a record eight European Tour Order of Merit titles, including a streak of seven consecutive ones from 1993 to 1999. He has won 31 European Tour events, third among European players, placing him fourth on the all-time list of golfers with most European Tour victories. However, Montgomerie never won on the PGA Tour. Read more
23 Jun 1962: Chuck Billy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Charles Billy is an American singer who is best known as the lead vocalist for thrash metal band Testament. Formed in 1982, Testament has become one of the most popular and influential bands of the thrash metal scene. Billy joined the band in 1986, and he and guitarist Eric Peterson are the only members to appear on all of their fourteen studio albums. Read more
23 Jun 1961: Richard Arnold, English lawyer and judge Sir Richard David Arnold styled the Rt Hon Lord Justice Arnold is a Judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Read more
23 Jun 1961: Zoran Janjetov, Serbian singer and illustrator Zoran Janjetov is a Serbian comics artist. Janjetov is among most prominent comics creators of former Yugoslavia, published worldwide. He is best known as the illustrator of Avant l'Incal and The Technopriests, written by Alejandro Jodorowsky. Read more
23 Jun 1961: LaSalle Thompson, American basketball player, coach, and manager LaSalle Thompson III is an American former professional basketball player, who spent most of his 15-year career with the Kansas City/Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers. The 6 ft 10 in, 245-pound Thompson played the center position during his playing career. He later served as an assistant coach for the Charlotte Bobcats, during head coach Larry Brown's tenure and for the New York Knicks during head coach Mike Woodson's tenure. Read more
23 Jun 1960: Donald Harrison, American saxophonist, composer, and producer Donald Harrison Jr. is an American jazz saxophonist and the Big Chief of The Congo Square Nation Afro-New Orleans Cultural Group from New Orleans, Louisiana. Read more
23 Jun 1960: Tatsuya Uemura, Japanese composer and programmer Zero Wing is a 1989 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed by Toaplan and published by Namco for Japanese arcades; in North America, it was distributed by Williams Electronics. Controlling the ZIG space fighter craft, players assume the role of protagonist Trent in a last-ditch effort to overthrow the alien space pirate organization CATS. It was the eighth shoot 'em up game from Toaplan, and their fourteenth video game overall. Read more
23 Jun 1958: John Hayes, English politician, Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change Sir John Henry Hayes is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for South Holland and The Deepings since 1997. He has held five ministerial positions and six shadow ministerial positions. Hayes was appointed as a Privy Councillor in April 2013 and a Knight Bachelor in November 2018. Read more
23 Jun 1957: Dave Houghton, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach David Laud Houghton is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and former cricketer. He was the first test captain of Zimbabwe. Read more
23 Jun 1957: Frances McDormand, American actress, winner of the Triple Crown of Acting Frances Louise McDormand is an American actress and film producer. In a career spanning over four decades, McDormand has received numerous accolades, including four Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award, making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting". Additionally, she has received three British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Actor Awards. Recognized for her roles in small-budget independent films, McDormand's worldwide box office gross exceeds $2.2 billion. Read more
23 Jun 1956: Daniel J. Drucker, Canadian academic and educator Daniel Joshua Drucker is a Canadian endocrinologist renowned for his breakthrough discoveries of the biological actions of glucagon-like peptides GLP-1 and GLP-2, including GLP-1's key role in stimulating glucose-dependent insulin secretion, reducing food intake, protecting the heart, and reducing systemic inflammation. His scientific research has been a driving force in GLP-1's journey from a newly discovered peptide sequence to the mechanism behind globally used and life-changing therapeutics for type 2 diabetes and obesity. It has also driven transformative new therapeutics for intestinal failure and other metabolic disorders. A Fellow of the Royal Society, and laureate of the 2023 Wolf Prize in Medicine, he is a University Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and Senior Investigator at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health, Toronto. Read more
23 Jun 1956: Tony Hill, American football player and sportscaster Leroy Anthony Hill Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL), playing 10 seasons for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Stanford University. Read more
23 Jun 1956: Randy Jackson, American bass player and producer Randall Darius Jackson is an American record executive, television presenter and musician, best known as a judge on American Idol from 2002 to 2013. Read more
23 Jun 1955: Pierre Corbeil, Canadian dentist and politician Pierre Corbeil is a Quebec politician and dentist. He was the mayor of Val-d'Or, Quebec from 2013 to 2021. He was also a Member of National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for Abitibi-Est as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Jean Charest. Read more
23 Jun 1955: Glenn Danzig, American singer-songwriter and producer Glenn Allen Anzalone, better known by his stage name Glenn Danzig, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, film director and record producer. He is the founder of the rock bands Misfits, Samhain, and Danzig. He owns the Evilive record label as well as Verotik, an adult-oriented comic book publishing company. Read more
23 Jun 1955: Jean Tigana, French footballer and manager Amadou Jean Tigana is a French former football player and manager. A central midfielder, he was renowned as one of the best midfielders in the world during the 1980s. He spent his entire playing career in France, and made 52 appearances and scored one goal for the France national team. Following his playing career, he became a manager, coaching clubs in France, England, Turkey and China. Read more
23 Jun 1953: Armen Sarkissian, Armenian physicist, politician and President of Armenia Armen Vardani Sarkissian is an Armenian politician, physicist, investor, businessman, and computer scientist who was the 4th president of Armenia from 2018 to 2022. He also was Prime Minister of Armenia from 1996 to 1997. He was the first president of post-Soviet Armenia born in the former Armenian SSR. Read more
23 Jun 1952: Raj Babbar, Indian actor and politician Raj Babbar is an Indian Hindi and Punjabi film actor and politician belonging to Indian National Congress. He is a three-time member of the Lok Sabha and a two-time member of the Rajya Sabha. He was the state President of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee. Read more
23 Jun 1951: Angelo Falcón, Puerto Rican-American political scientist, activist, and academic, founded the National Institute for Latino Policy (died 2018) Angelo Falcón was a Puerto Rican political scientist best known for starting the Institute for Puerto Rican Policy (IPR) in New York City in the early 1980s, a nonprofit and nonpartisan policy center that focuses on Latino issues in the United States. It is now known as the National Institute for Latino Policy and Falcón served as its president until his death. He was also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Columbia University School of Public and International Affairs (S.I.P.A.). Read more
23 Jun 1951: Michèle Mouton, French race car driver and manager Michèle Hélène Raymonde Mouton is a French former rally driver. Competing in the World Rally Championship for the Audi factory team, she took four victories and finished runner-up in the drivers' world championship in 1982. Read more
23 Jun 1949: Gordon Bray, Australian journalist and sportscaster Gordon Timothy Bray is an Australian sports commentator and sports journalist. He is colloquially known as "The Voice of Rugby". Read more
23 Jun 1949: Sheila Noakes, Baroness Noakes, English accountant and politician Sheila Valerie Noakes, Baroness Noakes, is a British Conservative politician and former corporate executive. Read more
23 Jun 1948: Clarence Thomas, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Clarence Thomas is an American lawyer and jurist who has served since 1991 as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Nominated by President George H. W. Bush to succeed Thurgood Marshall, Thomas is the second African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court and the second longest-serving U.S. Supreme Court justice in history. Read more
23 Jun 1947: Bryan Brown, Australian actor and producer Bryan Neathway Brown AM is an Australian actor. He has performed in over eighty film and television projects since the late 1970s, both in his native Australia and abroad. Notable films include Breaker Morant (1980), Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984), F/X (1986), Tai-Pan (1986), Cocktail (1988), Gorillas in the Mist (1988), F/X2 (1991), Along Came Polly (2004), Australia (2008), Kill Me Three Times (2014) and Gods of Egypt (2016). He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for his performance in the television miniseries The Thorn Birds (1983). Read more
23 Jun 1946: Julian Hipwood, English polo player and coach Julian Hipwood is a British polo player and coach. Read more
23 Jun 1946: Ted Shackelford, American actor Theodore Tillman Shackelford III is an American actor, known for his roles on television. He played Gary Ewing in the CBS prime time soap operas Dallas and its spin-off Knots Landing (1979–1993), and had a recurring role portraying twin brothers William and Jeffrey Bardwell on the CBS daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless (2006—2015). Read more
23 Jun 1945: Kjell Albin Abrahamson, Swedish journalist and author (died 2016) Kjell Albin Abrahamson was a Swedish journalist and author. He served as Swedish National Radio's senior correspondent to Warsaw, Poland, a position he previously held in Moscow, USSR (1986–1990); twice in Vienna, Austria ; and once before in Warsaw (1994–1997). He also wrote for Sydsvenska Dagbladet and op-ed pieces for Länstidningen of Östersund. Read more
23 Jun 1945: John Garang, Sudanese colonel and politician, President of Southern Sudan (died 2005) John Garang De Mabior was a Sudanese politician and revolutionary leader. From 1983 to 2005, he led the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement as a commander in chief during the Second Sudanese Civil War. He served as First Vice President of Sudan for three weeks, from the comprehensive peace agreement of 2005 until his death in a helicopter crash on July 30, 2005. Read more
23 Jun 1943: Patrick Bokanowski, French filmmaker Patrick Bokanowski is a French filmmaker who makes experimental and animated films. Read more
23 Jun 1943: Vint Cerf, American computer scientist and Internet pioneer Vinton Gray Cerf is an American Internet pioneer and is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet", sharing this title with TCP/IP co-developer Robert Kahn. Read more
23 Jun 1943: Ellyn Kaschak, American psychologist and academic Ellyn Kaschak, was an American clinical psychologist, Professor of Psychology at San Jose State University. She was one of the founders of the field of feminist psychology, which she has practiced and taught since 1972. Her many publications, including Engendered Lives: A New Psychology of Women's Experience, and Sight Unseen: Gender and Race through Blind Eyes, have helped define the field. She was the editor of the academic journal, Women & Therapy. for twenty years. Read more
23 Jun 1943: James Levine, American pianist and conductor (died 2021) James Lawrence Levine was an American conductor and pianist. He was music director of the Metropolitan Opera from 1976 to 2016, and conducted 2577 Met performances. At the end of his career, his reputation was tarnished by allegations of sexual misconduct stretching back half a century. Levine denied the claims, but the Met found them credible enough to fire him in 2018. Read more
23 Jun 1942: Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, English cosmologist and astrophysicist Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, is a British cosmologist and astrophysicist. He was the fifteenth Astronomer Royal from 1995 to 2025, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 2004 to 2012, and President of the Royal Society from 2005 to 2010. He has received various physics awards including the Wolf Prize in Physics in 2024 for fundamental contributions to high-energy astrophysics, galaxies and structure formation, and cosmology. Read more
23 Jun 1941: Robert Hunter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019) Robert C. Christie Hunter was an American lyricist, singer-songwriter, translator and poet, best known for his work with the Grateful Dead. Born near San Luis Obispo, California, Hunter spent some time during his childhood in foster homes as a result of his father abandoning his family, and took refuge in reading and writing. He attended the University of Connecticut for a year before returning to Palo Alto, where he became friends with musician Jerry Garcia. Hunter and Garcia began a collaboration that lasted through the remainder of Garcia's life. Read more
23 Jun 1941: Roger McDonald, Australian author and screenwriter Hugh Roger McDonald is an Australian author of several novels and a number of non-fiction works. He is also an accomplished poet and TV scriptwriter. Read more
23 Jun 1941: Keith Newton, English footballer (died 1998) Keith Robert Newton was an English professional footballer who played as a full-back in The Football League in the 1960s and 1970s. He made 27 appearances for the England national team. Read more
23 Jun 1940: Adam Faith, English singer (died 2003) Terence Nelhams Wright, known professionally as Adam Faith, was an English singer, actor, and financial journalist. As a British rock and roll teen idol, he scored consecutive No. 1 hits on the UK singles chart with "What Do You Want?" (1959) and "Poor Me" (1960). He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the top 5, and was ultimately one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He was also one of the first UK acts to record original songs regularly. Read more
23 Jun 1940: George Feigley, American sex cult leader and two-time prison escapee (died 2009) George Feigley was an American church leader. He has been described as a sex cult leader. Feigley called himself "The Light of the World,", a phrase previously used in the self-description of Jesus. Feigley served over 32 years in prison for sex crimes against children, from 1975 to 2008. Read more
23 Jun 1940: Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg, known as Derry Irvine, is a Scottish lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor from 1997 to 2003. Read more
23 Jun 1940: Wilma Rudolph, American runner (died 1994) Wilma Glodean Rudolph was an American sprinter who overcame polio as a child and went on to become a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games. Rudolph competed in the 200-meter dash and won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100-meter relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics at Melbourne, Australia. She also won three gold medals, in the 100- and 200-meter individual events and the 4 × 100-meter relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Rudolph was acclaimed as the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s; she became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field during a single Olympic Games. Read more
23 Jun 1940: Mike Shrimpton, New Zealand cricketer and coach (died 2015) Michael John Froud Shrimpton was a New Zealand cricketer and coach. A middle-order batsman and leg-spinner, he played 10 Test matches for New Zealand between 1963 and 1974, but was never able to establish himself in the side. He played for Central Districts in New Zealand domestic cricket from 1961–62 to 1979–80, except for 1974–75, when he played for Northern Districts. Read more
23 Jun 1940: Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish painter and musician (died 1962) Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe was a British painter and musician, best known as the original bass guitarist of the Beatles. Sutcliffe left the band to pursue his career as a painter, having previously attended the Liverpool College of Art. Sutcliffe and John Lennon are credited with inventing the name "Beetles" [sic], as they both liked Buddy Holly's band, the Crickets. They also had a fascination with group names with double meanings, so Lennon then came up with "The Beatles", from the word beat. As a member of the group when it was a five-piece band, Sutcliffe is one of several who are sometimes referred to as the "Fifth Beatle". Read more
23 Jun 1940: Diana Trask, Australian singer-songwriter Diana Roselyn Trask is an Australian-American singer, songwriter and author. She was considered to be one of the first Australian music artists to find success in the United States, particularly in the genres of pop and country. Read more
23 Jun 1939: Scott Burton, American sculptor (died 1989) Walter Scott Burton III was an American artist and writer who primarily worked in sculpture and performance art. He was best known for his large-scale furniture sculptures in materials like granite and bronze, often made as public art. Read more
23 Jun 1937: Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish captain and politician, 10th President of Finland, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023) Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari was a Finnish politician and diplomat who was the president of Finland from 1994 to 2000. He was Finland's Ambassador to Tanzania from 1973 to 1977 and United Nations Commissioner for Namibia from 1977 to 1981. Noted for his international peace work, he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008. Read more
23 Jun 1937: Alan Haselhurst, English academic and politician Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst, Baron Haselhurst, was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden from 1977 to 2017, having previously represented Middleton and Prestwich from 1970 to February 1974. Haselhurst was Chairman of Ways and Means from 14 May 1997 to 8 June 2010, and later Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association between 2011 and 2014. Read more
23 Jun 1937: Niki Sullivan, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2004) Niki Sullivan was an American rock and roll guitarist, born in South Gate, California. He was one of the three original members of Buddy Holly's backing band, the Crickets. Though he lost interest within a few months of his involvement, his guitar playing was an integral part of Holly's early success. He performed on 27 of the 32 songs Holly and The Crickets recorded over his brief career. He co-wrote a number of his own songs. In 2012, Sullivan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Crickets by a special committee, aimed at correcting the mistake of not including the Crickets with Buddy Holly when he was first inducted in 1986. Read more
23 Jun 1936: Richard Bach, American novelist and essayist Richard David Bach is an American writer. He has written numerous flight-related works of fiction and non-fiction. His works include Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970) and Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977), both of which were among the 1970s' biggest sellers. Read more
23 Jun 1936: Costas Simitis, Greek economist, lawyer, and politician, 180th Prime Minister of Greece (died 2025) Konstantinos Simitis was a Greek politician who led the 'Modernization' movement of Greece. He succeeded in leadership Andreas Papandreou, the founder of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), and served as Prime Minister of Greece from 1996 to 2004. Read more
23 Jun 1935: Maurice Ferré, Puerto Rican-American politician, 32nd Mayor of Miami (died 2019) Maurice Antonio Ferré was an American politician and businessman who served six terms as the Mayor of Miami (1973–1985). Ferré was the first Latino person to serve as mayor of Miami. He also served on the Dade County Board of Commissioners (1993–1997), Florida House of Representatives (1967–1968), and Miami City Commission (1967–1970). He unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Miami-Dade County in 1996 and 2004. In 2001, he unsuccessfully ran for city mayor again. He was a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010, unsuccessfully seeking the Democratic nomination. Read more
23 Jun 1935: Keith Burkinshaw, English footballer and manager Harry Keith Burkinshaw is an English former professional footballer and football manager. He is one of the most successful managers of Tottenham Hotspur, winning three major trophies for the club as manager there. Read more
23 Jun 1934: Keith Sutton, English bishop (died 2017) Keith Norman Sutton was the 97th Bishop of Lichfield from 1984 to 2003. Read more
23 Jun 1934: Bill Torrey, Canadian businessman (died 2018) William Arthur Torrey was a Canadian hockey executive. He served as a general manager in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Oakland Seals, New York Islanders, and Florida Panthers. He developed the Islanders into a dynasty that won the Stanley Cup four consecutive times. He was often called "The Architect", or "Bow Tie Bill" for the bow tie he wore. Read more
23 Jun 1934: Virbhadra Singh, Indian politician (died 2021) Virbhadra Singh was an Indian politician who served 6 terms and 21 years as the 4th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. A leader of the Indian National Congress party, he was elected 9 times as a Member of Legislative Assembly to the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha and 5 times as Member of Parliament to the Lok Sabha. Virbhadra Singh was popularly known by the honorific Raja Sahib. Singh holds the distinction of being the longest serving Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, holding the office from 1983 to 1990, from 1993 to 1998, from 2003 to 2007 and finally from 2012 to 2017, when he was succeeded by the BJP's Jai Ram Thakur. He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1962, 1967, 1971, 1980 and 2009. Singh served as a Union Minister in the governments of Indira Gandhi and Manmohan Singh. At the time of his demise, he was serving as an MLA from Arki constituency. Read more
23 Jun 1932: Peter Millett, Baron Millett, English lawyer and judge (died 2021) Peter Julian Millett, Baron Millett,, was a British barrister and judge. He was a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1998 to 2004. Read more
23 Jun 1931: Gunnar Uusi, Estonian chess player (died 1981) Gunnar Uusi was an Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Chess Championship six times. Read more
23 Jun 1931: Ola Ullsten, Swedish politician and diplomat (died 2018) Stig Kjell Olof "Ola" Ullsten was a Swedish politician and diplomat who was Prime Minister of Sweden from 1978 to 1979 and leader of the Liberal People's Party from 1978 to 1983. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister briefly in 1978 and then again from 1980 to 1982 and served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1979 to 1982. Ullsten is Sweden's only Liberal prime minister since the 1930s. Read more
23 Jun 1930: Donn F. Eisele, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1987) Donn Fulton Eisele was a United States Air Force officer, test pilot, and later a NASA astronaut. He served as command module pilot for the Apollo 7 mission in 1968. After retiring from both NASA and the Air Force in 1972, he became the Peace Corps country director for Thailand, before moving into private business. Read more
23 Jun 1930: John Elliott, English historian and academic (died 2022) Sir John Huxtable Elliott was a British historian and Hispanist who was Regius Professor at the University of Oxford and honorary fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, and Trinity College, Cambridge. He published under the name J. H. Elliott. Read more
23 Jun 1930: Francis Newall, 2nd Baron Newall, English businessman and politician Francis Storer Eaton Newall, 2nd Baron Newall DL, is the son of Marshal of the Royal Air Force and Governor-General of New Zealand Sir Cyril Newall and his wife Olivia, and has served as a soldier, staff officer, diplomat, politician, legislator, businessman, and representative of the Crown in a variety of capacities. Read more
23 Jun 1930: Anthony Thwaite, English poet, critic, and academic (died 2021) Anthony Simon Thwaite OBE was an English poet and critic, widely known as the editor of his friend Philip Larkin's collected poems and letters. Read more
23 Jun 1930: Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny, former First Lady of Ivory Coast Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny is the former First Lady of Ivory Coast. Her husband was Félix Houphouët-Boigny, the first President of Ivory Coast from 1962 to 1993. Read more
23 Jun 1929: June Carter Cash, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (died 2003) Valerie June Carter Cash was an American country singer, songwriter, comedienne, actress, and author. A five-time Grammy Award winner, she was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash. Before her marriage, she performed as June Carter, a name she continued to use professionally, including on songwriting credits. She played guitar, banjo, harmonica, and autoharp, and acted in several films and television shows. In 2009, she was posthumously inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame, and in 2025, she was named a posthumous inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Read more
23 Jun 1929: Mario Ghella, Italian racing cyclist (died 2020) Mario Ghella was an Italian racing cyclist and Olympic champion in track cycling. Read more
23 Jun 1928: Jean Cione, American baseball player (died 2010) Jean S. Cione [″Cy″] was a pitcher who played from 1945 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5' 8", 143 lb., she batted and threw left-handed. Read more
23 Jun 1928: Klaus von Dohnányi, German politician Klaus Karl Anton von Dohnanyi is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He served as mayor of Hamburg between 1981 and 1988. As of 2026, he is the oldest living former head of a German state government. Read more
23 Jun 1928: Michael Shaara, American author and academic (died 1988) Michael Shaara was an American author of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction. Read more
23 Jun 1927: Bob Fosse, American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director (died 1987) Robert Louis Fosse was an American choreographer, dancer, actor, filmmaker, and stage director. He is known for his work on stage and screen, and was arguably the most influential figure in the field of jazz dance in the twentieth century. He received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, nine Tony Awards, and the Palme d'Or. Read more
23 Jun 1927: John Habgood, Baron Habgood, English archbishop (died 2019) John Stapylton Habgood, Baron Habgood, was a British Anglican bishop, academic, and life peer. He was Bishop of Durham from 1973 to 1983, and Archbishop of York from 18 November 1983 to 1995. In 1995, he was made a life peer and so continued to serve in the House of Lords after stepping down as archbishop. He took a leave of absence in later life, and in 2011 was one of the first peers to explicitly retire from the Lords. Read more
23 Jun 1926: Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, English microbiologist and parasitologist (died 2017) Ernest Jackson Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior was a British microbiologist and parasitologist. In 1990 he was made a Conservative life peer and sat in the House of Lords until his retirement in December 2015. Read more
23 Jun 1926: Magda Herzberger, Romanian author, poet and composer, survivor of the Holocaust (died 2021) Magda Herzberger, was a Romanian-born author, poet, lecturer, and composer. Herzberger was a survivor of the Auschwitz, Bremen, and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps. Her book Survival was an account of her early life, her time in the camps and eventual liberation, and her reunion with her mother. Read more
23 Jun 1926: Annette Mbaye d'Erneville, Senegalese writer Annette Mbaye d’Erneville is a Senegalese writer. She is the mother of filmmaker Ousmane William Mbaye, and was the subject of his 2008 documentary film, Mère-Bi. Read more
23 Jun 1926: Arnaldo Pomodoro, Italian sculptor (died 2025) Arnaldo Pomodoro was an Italian sculptor based in Milan. His signature works are Sphere Within Sphere, bronze spheres with smooth exterior and broken interiors. They are displayed in public spaces such as the United Nations Headquarters, the University of California, Berkeley, Trinity College Dublin, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., Tel Aviv University in Israel and at the Vatican Museums. Read more
23 Jun 1925: Miriam Karlin, English actress (died 2011) Miriam Karlin was an English actress whose career lasted for more than 60 years. She was known for her role as Paddy in The Rag Trade, a 1960s BBC and 1970s LWT sitcom, and in particular for the character's catchphrase "Everybody out!" Her trademark throughout her career was her deep, rough, and husky voice. Read more
23 Jun 1925: Art Modell, American businessman (died 2012) Arthur Bertram Modell was an American businessman, entrepreneur and National Football League (NFL) team owner. He owned the Cleveland Browns franchise for 35 years and established the Baltimore Ravens franchise, which he owned for eight years. Read more
23 Jun 1925: Anna Chennault, Chinese widow of Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault (died 2018) Anna Chennault, also known as Anna Chan Chennault or Anna Chen Chennault, was a war correspondent and prominent Republican member of the U.S. China Lobby. She was married to American World War II aviator General Claire Chennault. Read more
23 Jun 1924: Frank Bolle, American comic-strip artist, comic-book artist and illustrator (died 2020) Frank W. Bolle was an American comic-strip artist, comic book artist and illustrator, best known as the longtime artist of the newspaper strips Winnie Winkle and The Heart of Juliet Jones; for stints on the comic books Tim Holt and Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom; and as an illustrator for the Boy Scouts of America magazine Boys' Life for 18 years. With an unknown writer, he co-created the masked, Old West comic-book heroine the Black Phantom. Bolle sometimes used the pen name FWB and, at least once, F. L. Blake. Read more
23 Jun 1923: Peter Corr, Irish-English footballer and manager (died 2001) Peter Joseph Corr was an Irish footballer. Corr played as an outside-right for, among others, Everton and Ireland. In 1949 he was a member of the Ireland team that defeated England 2–0 at Goodison Park, becoming the first non-UK team to beat England at home. Read more
23 Jun 1923: Elroy Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (died 2013) Elroy Schwartz was an American comedy and television writer. Read more
23 Jun 1923: Doris Johnson, American politician (died 2021) Doris June Johnson was an American politician in the state of Washington. Johnson served in the Washington House of Representatives as a Democrat from the 16th District, as well as the 8th District. A school counselor, Johnson attended Western Washington State College and earned a master's degree in education. She was raised in Bellingham, Washington. She married Harold Johnson and had a daughter, Adra Ann. Doris Johnson lived in Kennewick, Washington, where she died on June 27, 2021, at the age of 98. Read more
23 Jun 1923: Jerry Rullo, American professional basketball player (died 2016) Generoso Charles "Jerry" Rullo was an American professional basketball player. Read more
23 Jun 1923: Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian communist and Partisan (died 1945) Giuseppina Tuissi, better known as Gianna was an Italian communist and partisan during World War II. She was part of the 52nd Brigata Garibaldi "Luigi Clerici". From September 1944, she was a collaborator of the partisan Luigi Canali and, with him, had an important role in the arrest and the execution of Benito Mussolini and Clara Petacci. Read more
23 Jun 1922: Morris R. Jeppson, American lieutenant and physicist (died 2010) Morris Richard Jeppson was a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He served as assistant weaponeer on the Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. Read more
23 Jun 1922: Hal Laycoe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1998) Harold Richardson Laycoe was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman and coach. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, and Boston Bruins between 1945 and 1956. After his playing career he became a coach, working as both a coach and general manager in the Western Hockey League between 1956 and 1969. He coached the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL for the first part of the 1969–70 season, and in 1970 became the inaugural coach of the Vancouver Canucks, spending two seasons as coach and a final season as the general manager in 1973–74. Read more
23 Jun 1921: Paul Findley, American politician (died 2019) Paul Augustus Findley was an American writer and politician. He served as United States Representative from Illinois, representing its 20th District. A Republican, he was first elected in 1960. A moderate Republican for most of his long political career, Findley was a supporter of civil rights and an early opponent of the U.S. war in Vietnam. He co-authored the War Powers Act in 1973, which aims to limit the ability of the president to go to war without congressional authorization. Findley lost his seat in 1982 to current United States Senator Dick Durbin. He was a cofounder of the Council for the National Interest, a Washington, D.C. advocacy group, and was a vocal critic of American policy towards Israel. Read more
23 Jun 1920: Saleh Ajeery, Kuwaiti astronomer (died 2022) Saleh Mohammed Saleh Abdulaziz Al Ajeery was a Kuwaiti astronomer. Read more
23 Jun 1919: Mohamed Boudiaf, Algerian politician, President of Algeria (died 1992) Mohamed Boudiaf, also called Si Tayeb el Watani, was an Algerian politician and statesman, and one of the founders of the revolutionary National Liberation Front (FLN) that led the Algerian War of Independence (1954–1962). Boudiaf was exiled soon after Algeria's independence and did not go back to Algeria for 27 years. He returned in 1992 to accept his appointed position of Chairman of the High Council of State, but he was assassinated four months later. Read more
23 Jun 1916: Len Hutton, English cricketer and soldier (died 1990) Sir Leonard Hutton was an English cricketer. He played as an opening batsman for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1934 to 1955 and for England in 79 Test matches between 1937 and 1955. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack described him as "one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket". He set a record in 1938 for the highest individual innings in a Test match in only his sixth Test appearance, scoring 364 runs against Australia, a milestone that stood for nearly 20 years. Following the Second World War, he was the mainstay of England's batting. In 1952, he became the first professional cricketer of the 20th century to captain England in Tests; under his captaincy England won the Ashes the following year for the first time in 19 years. Read more
23 Jun 1916: Irene Worth, American actress (died 2002) Irene Worth was an American stage and screen actress, who became one of the leading stars of the British and American theatre. Read more
23 Jun 1916: Al G. Wright, American bandleader and conductor (died 2020) Alfred George James Wright was an American bandleader who served as the Director of Bands Emeritus at Purdue University and Chairman of the Board of the John Philip Sousa Foundation. Read more
23 Jun 1915: Frances Gabe, American artist and inventor (died 2016) Frances Gabe was an American inventor best known for designing and building what she described as the world's first self-cleaning house, located in Newberg, Oregon. The house used an automated sprinkler system to wash, rinse, and dry each room and incorporated dozens of her patented inventions. Read more
23 Jun 1913: William P. Rogers, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 55th United States Secretary of State (died 2001) William Pierce Rogers was an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. A member of the Republican Party, he served as Attorney General in the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower and as U.S. Secretary of State in the administration of Richard Nixon. Read more
23 Jun 1912: Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (died 1954) Alan Mathison Turing was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist. He was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, which can be considered a model of a general-purpose computer. Turing is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science. Read more
23 Jun 1910: Jean Anouilh, French playwright and screenwriter (died 1987) Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was a French dramatist and screenwriter whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 production of Sophocles' Antigone, which, though performed without objection by censors, was nevertheless seen as an attack on Marshal Pétain's Vichy government. His plays are less experimental than those of his contemporaries, having clearly organized plot and eloquent dialogue. One of France's most prolific writers after World War II, much of Anouilh's work deals with themes of maintaining integrity in a world of moral compromise. Read more
23 Jun 1910: Gordon B. Hinckley, American religious leader, 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 2008) Gordon Bitner Hinckley was an American religious leader and author who served as the 15th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from March 1995 until his death in January 2008 at age 97. Considered a prophet, seer, and revelator by church members, Hinckley was the oldest person to preside over the church in its history until Russell M. Nelson surpassed his age in 2022. Read more
23 Jun 1910: Milt Hinton, American bassist and photographer (died 2000) Milton John Hinton was an American double bassist and photographer. Read more
23 Jun 1910: Bill King, English yachtsman, naval commander and author (died 2012) Commander William Donald Aelian King, DSO & Bar, DSC was a British naval officer, yachtsman and author. He was the oldest participant in the first solo non-stop, around-the-world yacht race, the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, and the only person to command a British submarine on both the first and last days of World War II. Read more
23 Jun 1910: Lawson Little, American golfer (died 1968) William Lawson Little Jr. was an American professional golfer who also had a distinguished amateur career. Read more
23 Jun 1909: David Lewis, Russian-Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1981) David Lewis was a Canadian labour lawyer and social democratic politician. He was national secretary of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) from 1936 to 1950 and one of the key architects of the New Democratic Party (NDP) in 1961. In 1962, he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP), in the House of Commons of Canada, for York South. While an MP, he was elected the NDP's national leader and served from 1971 until 1975. Read more
23 Jun 1909: Georges Rouquier, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1989) Georges Rouquier was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He worked principally on documentary films, and his best-known work is Farrebique (1947) a lyrical evocation of farming life in Aveyron. Read more
23 Jun 1907: Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian actress and singer (died 2008) Dolores Gonçalves Costa, known by her stage name Dercy Gonçalves, was a Brazilian actress, comedian and singer. In her 86-year-long career, she worked in the theater, revues, film, radio and television, becoming famous by her humorous use of vulgar language. In 1991, at the age of 84, she caused controversy by exposing her breasts while parading with a Samba school in Rio de Janeiro's Carnaval. Read more
23 Jun 1907: James Meade, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995) James Edward Meade FBA was a British economist who made major contributions to the theory of international trade and welfare economics. Along with Richard Kahn, James Meade helped develop the concept of the Keynesian multiplier while participating in the Cambridge circus. In the 1930s, he served as specialist adviser on behalf of the British government at the Economic and Financial Organization of the League of Nations. Read more
23 Jun 1906: Tribhuvan of Nepal (died 1955) Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah, was the King of Nepal from 1911 until his death in 1955, excluding a brief period of exile between November 1950 and January 1951. Read more
23 Jun 1905: Jack Pickersgill, Canadian civil servant and politician, 35th Secretary of State for Canada (died 1997) John Whitney Pickersgill was a Canadian civil servant and politician. He was born in Ontario, but was raised in Manitoba. He was Clerk of the Privy Council in the early 1950s. He was first elected to federal parliament in 1953, representing a Newfoundland electoral district and serving in Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent's cabinet. In the mid-1960s, he served again in cabinet, this time under Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. Pickersgill resigned from Parliament in 1967 to become the president of the Canadian Transport Commission. He was awarded the highest level of the Order of Canada in 1970. He wrote several books on Canadian history. He died in 1997 in Ottawa. Read more
23 Jun 1904: Quintin McMillan, South African cricketer (died 1938) Quintin McMillan was a South African cricketer who played in thirteen Test matches between 1929 and 1931/32. Read more
23 Jun 1903: Paul Martin Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1992) Joseph James Guillaume Paul Martin, often referred to as Paul Martin Sr., was a Canadian lawyer, politician and diplomat. He was the father of Paul Martin, who served as 21st prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006. Read more
23 Jun 1901: Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar (died 1962) Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar was a Turkish poet, novelist, literary scholar and essayist, widely regarded as one of the most important representatives of modernism in Turkish literature. In addition to his literary and academic career, Tanpınar was also a member of the Turkish Parliament between 1944 and 1946. Read more
23 Jun 1900: Blanche Noyes, American aviator, winner of the 1936 Bendix Trophy Race (died 1981) Blanche Noyes was an American pioneering female aviator who was among the first ten women to receive a transport pilot's license. In 1929, she became Ohio's first licensed female pilot. Read more
23 Jun 1899: Amédée Gordini, Italian-born French race car driver and sports car manufacturer (died 1979) Amedeo "Amédée" Gordini was an Italian-born race car driver and sports car manufacturer in France. Read more
23 Jun 1898: Winifred Holtby, English novelist and journalist (died 1935) Winifred Holtby was an English novelist and journalist, now best known for her novel South Riding, which was posthumously published in 1936. Read more
23 Jun 1894: Harold Barrowclough, New Zealand military leader, lawyer and Chief Justice (died 1972) Major General Sir Harold Eric Barrowclough was a New Zealand military leader, lawyer and Chief Justice from 1953 to 1966. Read more
23 Jun 1894: Alfred Kinsey, American entomologist and sexologist (died 1956) Alfred Charles Kinsey was an American sexologist, biologist, and professor of entomology and zoology who, in 1947, founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University, now known as the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction. He is best known for writing Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953), also known as the Kinsey Reports, as well as for the Kinsey scale. Kinsey's research on human sexuality, foundational to the field of sexology, provoked controversy in the 1940s and 1950s, and has continued to provoke controversy decades after his death. His work has influenced social and cultural values in the United States and United Kingdom as well as internationally. Read more
23 Jun 1894: Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom (died 1972) Edward VIII, later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year. Read more
23 Jun 1889: Anna Akhmatova, Ukrainian-Russian poet and author (died 1966) Anna Andreyevna Gorenko, known by her pen name Anna Akhmatova, was a Russian and Soviet poet. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1965 and 1966. Read more
23 Jun 1889: Verena Holmes, English engineer (died 1964) Verena Winifred Holmes was an English mechanical engineer and multi-field inventor, the first woman member elected to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (1924) and the Institution of Locomotive Engineers (1931), and was a strong supporter of women in engineering. She was one of the early members of the Women's Engineering Society, and its president in 1931. She was the first practising engineer to serve as president of the society. Read more
23 Jun 1888: Bronson M. Cutting, American publisher and politician (died 1935) Bronson Murray Cutting was a United States senator from New Mexico. A prominent progressive Republican, he had also been a newspaper publisher and military attaché. Read more
23 Jun 1884: Cyclone Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (died 1979) Frederick Wellington "Cyclone" Taylor was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and civil servant. A cover-point and rover, he played professionally from 1906 to 1922, and is acknowledged as one of the first stars of the professional era of hockey. Taylor was recognized as one of the fastest skaters and most prolific scorers, winning five scoring championships in the PCHA. He won the Stanley Cup twice, with Ottawa in 1909 and Vancouver in 1915, and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1947. Read more
23 Jun 1879: Huda Sha'arawi, Egyptian feminist and journalist (died 1947) Huda Sha'arawi or Hoda Sha'rawi was a pioneering Egyptian feminist leader, suffragette, nationalist, and founder of the Egyptian Feminist Union. Read more
23 Jun 1877: Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (died 1929) Norman Gilbert Pritchard, also known by his stage name Norman Trevor, was a British-Indian athlete and actor who became the first Asian-born athlete to win an Olympic medal when he won two silver medals in athletics at the 1900 Paris Olympics representing India. He won India's first medal at the Olympics in the 200 metres and the 200 metres hurdles. Read more
23 Jun 1863: Sándor Bródy, Hungarian author and journalist (died 1924) Sándor Bródy was a Hungarian author and journalist. Read more
23 Jun 1860: Albert Giraud, Belgian poet and librarian (died 1929) Albert Giraud was a Belgian poet who wrote in French. Read more
23 Jun 1843: Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist (died 1927) Paul Heinrich Ritter von Groth was a German mineralogist. His most important contribution to science was his systematic classification of minerals based on their chemical compositions and crystal structures. Read more
23 Jun 1824: Carl Reinecke, German pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1910) Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke was a German composer, conductor, and pianist in the mid-Romantic era. Read more
23 Jun 1800: Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and activist (died 1846) Karol Marcinkowski was a Polish physician, social activist in the Greater Poland region, supporter of the basic education programmes, organizer of the Scientific Help Society and the Poznań Bazar – the Polish mall in Poznań that included a hotel, meeting rooms, crafts and shops. Read more

Notable Deaths on 23 June

23 Jun 2025: Rebekah Del Rio, American singer-songwriter (born 1967) Rebekah Del Rio was an American singer-songwriter and actress from Chula Vista, California. Read more
23 Jun 2025: John Clark, Scottish Footballer and Lisbon Lion (born 1941) John Clark was a Scottish football player and coach. He was employed by Celtic for fifty years over eight decades, as a player from 1958 to 1971, then having spells as a coach, assistant manager and then kit manager. Read more
23 Jun 2021: John McAfee, British-American computer programmer and businessman, founded McAfee (born 1945) John David McAfee was a British and American computer programmer, businessman, and two-time U.S. presidential candidate who unsuccessfully sought the Libertarian Party nomination for president of the United States in 2016 and in 2020. In 1987, he wrote the first commercial anti-virus software, founding McAfee Associates to sell his creation. He resigned in 1994 and sold his remaining stake in the company. McAfee became the company's most vocal critic in later years, urging consumers to uninstall the company's anti-virus software, which he characterized as bloatware. He disavowed the company's continued use of his name in branding, a practice that has persisted in spite of a short-lived corporate rebrand attempt under Intel ownership. Read more
23 Jun 2016: Ralph Stanley, American singer and banjo player (born 1927) Ralph Edmund Stanley was an American bluegrass artist, known for his distinctive singing and banjo playing. He began playing music in 1946, originally with his older brother Carter Stanley as part of the Stanley Brothers, and most often as the leader of his band, the Clinch Mountain Boys. He was also known as Dr. Ralph Stanley. Read more
23 Jun 2015: Miguel Facussé Barjum, Honduran businessman (born 1924) Miguel Facussé Barjum was a Honduran businessman and landowner. He was Executive President of Corporación Dinant, a consumer products manufacturing company he founded in Honduras in 1960. Dinant sells its products throughout Central America and the Dominican Republic, and also exports to global markets. A 2006 study by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation named Facussé one of the three "most powerful men in Honduras". Facussé was the chief economic advisor to President Roberto Suazo Córdova during his term in office from 1982 to 1986 and vice-president of APROH, a "right-wing grouping of business interests and members of the armed forces" from the early 1980s to at least 2001. Facussé was married and had nine children. His nephew, Carlos Roberto Flores, was President of Honduras from 1998 to 2002. His son-in-law, Fredy Nasser, is a prominent Honduran businessman. In May 2009, Facussé was awarded the Orden Mérito a la Democracia en el Grado de Gran Caballero by the Senate of Colombia. In August 2014, he was awarded the CEAL Founders' Award for his pioneering role in promoting business between Latin American nations. Read more
23 Jun 2015: Nirmala Joshi, Indian nun, lawyer, and social worker (born 1934) Maria Nirmala Joshi was an Indian religious sister who succeeded Nobel laureate Mother Teresa as the head of the Missionaries of Charity and expanded the movement overseas. After taking over the charity following Mother Teresa's death in 1997, Nirmala expanded the organisation's reach to 134 countries by opening centres in nations such as Afghanistan and Thailand. Read more
23 Jun 2015: Dick Van Patten, American actor (born 1928) Richard Vincent Van Patten was an American actor, comedian, businessman, and animal welfare advocate whose career spanned seven decades of television. He was best known for his role as patriarch Tom Bradford on the television series Eight Is Enough. Read more
23 Jun 2014: Nancy Garden, American author (born 1938) Nancy Garden was an American writer of fiction for children and young adults, best known for the lesbian novel Annie on My Mind. She received the 2003 Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association recognizing her lifetime contribution in writing for teens. Read more
23 Jun 2014: Euros Lewis, Welsh cricketer (born 1942) Euros John Lewis was a Welsh cricketer. Lewis was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. Read more
23 Jun 2014: Paula Kent Meehan, American businesswoman, co-founded Redken (born 1931) Paula Jane Meehan was an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She co-founded the Redken hair care products company. She briefly worked as an actress and fashion model. Read more
23 Jun 2013: Bobby Bland, American singer-songwriter (born 1930) Robert Calvin Bland, known professionally as Bobby "Blue" Bland, was an American blues singer. Bland developed a sound that mixed gospel with the blues and R&B. He was described as "among the great storytellers of blues and soul music… [who] created tempestuous arias of love, betrayal and resignation, set against roiling, dramatic orchestrations, and left the listener drained but awed." The inspiration behind his unique style was a Detroit Preacher, CL Franklin, because Bland studied his sermons. He was sometimes referred to as the "Lion of the Blues" and as the "Sinatra of the Blues". His music was influenced by Nat King Cole. Read more
23 Jun 2013: Gary David Goldberg, American screenwriter and producer (born 1944) Gary David Goldberg was an American writer and producer for television and film. Goldberg was best known for his work on Family Ties (1982–89), Spin City (1996–2002), and his semi-autobiographical television series Brooklyn Bridge (1991–1993). Read more
23 Jun 2013: Frank Kelso, American admiral and politician, United States Secretary of the Navy (born 1933) Frank Benton Kelso II was an admiral of the United States Navy, who served as Chief of Naval Operations from 1990 to 1994. Read more
23 Jun 2013: Kurt Leichtweiss, German mathematician and academic (born 1927) Kurt Leichtweiß was a mathematician specializing in convex and differential geometry. Read more
23 Jun 2013: Richard Matheson, American author and screenwriter (born 1926) Richard Burton Matheson was an American author and screenwriter, who worked primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. Read more
23 Jun 2013: Darryl Read, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (born 1951) Darryl Michael Roy Read was a British singer, guitarist, drummer, actor, poet and writer. In the late 1960s, Read was a member of Crushed Butler, considered by some to be amongst the forerunners of proto punk and punk rock. He collaborated with musicians such as Bill Legend, Mickey Finn and Ray Manzarek. Read more
23 Jun 2013: Sharon Stouder, American swimmer (born 1948) Sharon Marie Stouder, also known by her married name Sharon Stouder Clark, was an American competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in four events. Read more
23 Jun 2012: James Durbin, English economist and statistician (born 1923) James Durbin FBA was a British statistician and econometrician, known particularly for his work on time series analysis and serial correlation. Read more
23 Jun 2012: Brigitte Engerer, French pianist and educator (born 1952) Brigitte Engerer was a French pianist. Read more
23 Jun 2012: Alan McDonald, Northern Ireland footballer and manager (born 1963) Alan McDonald was a Northern Irish football manager and former professional footballer. Read more
23 Jun 2012: Frank Chee Willeto, American soldier and politician, 4th Vice President of the Navajo Nation (born 1925) Frank Chee Willeto was an American politician and Navajo code talker during World War II. Willeto served as the vice president of the Navajo Nation under President Milton Bluehouse, Sr. from his appointment in August 1998 until January 1999, when the Begaye administration took office. Read more
23 Jun 2012: Walter J. Zable, American football player and businessman, founded the Cubic Corporation (born 1915) Walter Joseph Zable was an American businessman, entrepreneur, semi-professional football player and college athlete. He was the founder, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Cubic Corporation, a public corporation providing military defense equipment and automated fare collection equipment. At the time of Zable's death, he was the world's oldest public company CEO and Cubic was worth 1.28 billion dollars. Earlier in his life he had played semi-professional football for the Richmond Arrows in the Dixie League. Some sources also mention him as having played for the National Football League's New York Giants, although no official Giants records exist of his having played for the team. Read more
23 Jun 2011: Peter Falk, American actor (born 1927) Peter Michael Falk was an American actor. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo on the NBC/ABC series Columbo, for which he won four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award (1973). In 1996, TV Guide ranked Falk No. 21 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list. He received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2013. Read more
23 Jun 2011: Dennis Marshall, Costa Rican footballer (born 1985) Dennis Amos Marshall Maxwell was a Costa Rica professional footballer who played as a left-back. He made 19 appearances for the Costa Rica national team, scoring once. Read more
23 Jun 2011: Fred Steiner, American composer and conductor (born 1923) Frederick Steiner was an American composer, conductor, orchestrator, film historian and arranger for television, radio and film. Steiner wrote the theme music for The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show and Perry Mason. While Alexander Courage composed the theme music for the original Star Trek TV series (TOS), Steiner's significant contributions to the franchise included composing more of the incidental music for TOS than any other composer, as well as scoring or conducting the music for 29 of the show's 79 episodes. Steiner also composed and orchestrated additional music for Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), was part of the team of composers for the 1985 film The Color Purple, which received an Oscar nomination, and was an uncredited composer for Return of the Jedi. Read more
23 Jun 2010: John Burton, Australian public servant and diplomat (born 1915) John Wear Burton was an Australian public servant, high commissioner and academic. Read more
23 Jun 2009: Raymond Berthiaume, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (born 1931) Raymond Berthiaume was a Canadian jazz singer, musician, producer and composer from Quebec, Canada. Read more
23 Jun 2009: Ed McMahon, American game show host and announcer (born 1923) Edward Leo Peter McMahon Jr. was an American announcer, game show host, comedian, actor, singer, and combat aviator. McMahon and Johnny Carson began their association in their first TV series, the ABC game show Who Do You Trust?, appearing from 1958 to 1962. McMahon then made his famous thirty-year mark as Carson's sidekick and announcer on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from 1962 to 1992. Read more
23 Jun 2009: Jerri Nielsen, American physician and explorer (born 1952) Jerri Lin Nielsen was an American physician with extensive emergency room experience, who self-treated her breast cancer while stationed at Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica until she could be safely evacuated. Read more
23 Jun 2008: Claudio Capone, Italian-Scottish actor (born 1952) Claudio Capone was an Italian actor, voice actor and narrator. Read more
23 Jun 2008: Arthur Chung, Guyanese surveyor and politician, 1st President of Guyana (born 1918) Arthur Raymond Chung was President of Guyana from 17 March 1970 to 6 October 1980. He was the first ethnic Chinese president and head of state of a non-Asian country. A leader in Guyana's fight for independence during the British colonial era, Chung was honoured with Guyana's highest national honour, the Order of Excellence (O.E.). Read more
23 Jun 2008: Marian Glinka, Polish actor and bodybuilder (born 1943) Marian Witold Glinka was a Polish actor and bodybuilder. He appeared in many Polish movies. Read more
23 Jun 2007: Rod Beck, American baseball player (born 1968) Rodney Roy Beck, nicknamed "Shooter", was an American professional baseball relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the San Francisco Giants (1991–1997), Chicago Cubs (1998–1999), Boston Red Sox (1999–2001) and San Diego Padres (2003–2004). He batted and threw right-handed. Read more
23 Jun 2006: Aaron Spelling, American actor, producer, and screenwriter, founded Spelling Television (born 1923) Aaron Spelling was an American film and television producer and occasional actor. His productions included the television series Family (1976–1980); Charlie's Angels (1976–1981); The Love Boat (1977–1986); Hart to Hart (1979–1984); Dynasty (1981–1989); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000); Melrose Place (1992–1999); 7th Heaven (1996–2007); and Charmed (1998–2006). He also served as producer of The Mod Squad (1968–1973), The Rookies (1972–1976) and Sunset Beach (1997–1999). Read more
23 Jun 2006: Harriet, Western Santa Cruz tortoise (born c. 1830) Harriet was a Galápagos tortoise who had an estimated age of 175 years at the time of her death in Australia. At the time of her death, she lived at the Australia Zoo which was owned by Steve and Terri Irwin.
Harriet is one of the longest-lived known tortoises, behind Tu'i Malila, who died in 1966 at the age of 188 or 189; Jonathan, who is currently still alive at an estimated 194 years old, and possibly Adwaita, who died in 2006 at an estimated age of between 250 and 255 years. Read more
23 Jun 2005: Shana Alexander, American journalist and author (born 1926) Shana Alexander was an American journalist. Although she became the first woman staff writer and columnist for Life magazine, she was best known for her participation in the "Point-Counterpoint" debate segments of 60 Minutes in the late 1970s with conservative James J. Kilpatrick. Read more
23 Jun 2005: Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet and critic (born 1925) Manolis Anagnostakis was a Greek poet and critic at the forefront of the Marxist and existentialist poetry movements arising during and after the Greek Civil War in the late 1940s. Anagnostakis was a leader amongst his contemporaries and influenced the generation of poets immediately after him. His poems have been honored in Greece's national awards and arranged and sung by contemporary musicians. In spite of his accomplishments, Philip Ramp notes that Anagnostakis "is the least known, to an English speaking audience, of the major Greek poets of his generation." Read more
23 Jun 2002: Pedro Alcázar, Panamanian boxer (born 1975) Guillermo Gonzalez, better known as Pedro "El Rockero" Alcázar was a Panamanian boxer who won the WBO Super flyweight championship, and then sustained fatal injuries in the ring. Read more
23 Jun 2000: Peter Dubovský, Slovak footballer (born 1972) Peter Dubovský was a Slovak professional footballer who played as a forward. Read more
23 Jun 1998: Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish-American actress (born 1911) Maureen Paula O'Sullivan was an Irish-American actress who played Jane in the Tarzan series of films during the era of Johnny Weissmuller. She starred in dozens of feature films across a span of more than half a century and performed with such stars as Laurence Olivier, Greta Garbo, Fredric March, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, the Marx Brothers and Woody Allen. In 2020, she was listed at number eight on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Read more
23 Jun 1997: Betty Shabazz, American educator and activist (born 1936) Betty Shabazz, also known as Betty X, was an American educator and civil rights advocate who was married to Malcolm X. Read more
23 Jun 1996: Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, 174th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1919) Andreas Georgiou Papandreou was a Greek academic and economist who was prime minister of Greece from 1981 to 1989 and again from 1993 to 1996. He founded PASOK, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement. Read more
23 Jun 1996: Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer and rugby player (born 1921) Raymond Russell Lindwall was an Australian cricketer who played 61 Test matches for Australia between 1946 and 1960. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in cricket history. In addition to his cricket career, he played top-flight rugby league for St. George, appearing in two grand finals for the club. Read more
23 Jun 1995: Roger Grimsby, American journalist (born 1928) Roger Olin Grimsby was an American journalist, television news anchor and actor. Grimsby, who for eighteen years was seen on ABC's flagship station WABC in New York City, is known as one of the pioneers of local television broadcast news. Read more
23 Jun 1995: Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (born 1914) Jonas Edward Salk was an American virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. He was born in New York City and attended the City College of New York and New York University School of Medicine. Read more
23 Jun 1995: Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (born 1918) Anatoly Vladimirovich Tarasov was a Russian ice hockey player and coach. Tarasov is considered "the father of Russian ice hockey" and established the Soviet Union national team as "the dominant force in international competition". He was one of the first Russians to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 1974 in the builders category. He was inducted into the inaugural class of the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1997. Read more
23 Jun 1992: Eric Andolsek, American football player (born 1966) Eric Thomas Andolsek was an American professional football player who was an offensive lineman for the Detroit Lions in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the LSU Tigers. Read more
23 Jun 1990: Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Indian poet, actor, and politician (born 1898) Harindranath Chattopadhyay was an Indian English poet, dramatist, actor, musician, and a member of the 1st Lok Sabha from Vijayawada constituency. He was the younger brother of Sarojini Naidu, the second woman President of the Indian National Congress and first Indian woman to hold the position, and Virendranath Chattopadhyay, an international communist revolutionary. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan in 1973. Read more
23 Jun 1989: Werner Best, German police officer and jurist (born 1903) Karl Rudolf Werner Best was a German jurist, police chief, SS-Obergruppenführer, Nazi Party leader, and theoretician from Darmstadt. He was the first chief of Department 1 of the Gestapo, Nazi Germany's secret police, and initiated a registry of all Jews in Germany. As a deputy of SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, he organized the SS-Einsatzgruppen paramilitary death squads that carried out mass-murder in Nazi-occupied territories. Read more
23 Jun 1980: Sanjay Gandhi, Indian engineer and politician (born 1946) Sanjay Gandhi was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Lok Sabha and was the younger son of Indira Gandhi and Feroze Gandhi. Read more
23 Jun 1980: Clyfford Still, American painter and academic (born 1904) Clyfford Still was an American painter, and one of the leading figures in the first generation of abstract expressionists, who developed a new, powerful approach to painting in the years immediately following World War II, and is credited as one of the movement’s pioneers. His shift from representational to abstract painting occurred between 1938 and 1942, earlier than his colleagues like Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko, who continued to paint in figurative-surrealist styles well into the 1940s. Read more
23 Jun 1973: Gerry Birrell, Scottish race car driver (born 1944) Gerald Hussey Buchanan Birrell was a British racing driver from Scotland, who was killed in a wreck during practice for a Formula Two race at Rouen-Les-Essarts. Read more
23 Jun 1970: Roscoe Turner, American soldier and pilot (born 1895) Roscoe Turner was a record-breaking American aviator who was a three-time winner of the Thompson Trophy air race and widely recognized by his flamboyant style and his pet, Gilmore the Lion. He also founded a US domestic airline, ultimately called Lake Central Airlines, that in 1968 merged into Allegheny Airlines, the predecessor to US Airways. Read more
23 Jun 1969: Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish runner (born 1907) Volmari "Vomma" Fritijof Iso-Hollo was a Finnish runner. He competed at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics in the 3000 m steeplechase and 10000 m and won two gold, one silver and one bronze medals. Iso-Hollo was one of the last "Flying Finns", who dominated distance running between the World Wars. Read more
23 Jun 1959: Boris Vian, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1920) Boris Vian was a French polymath who is primarily remembered for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of their release owing to their unconventional outlook. Read more
23 Jun 1959: Hidir Lutfi, Iraqi poet. (born 1880) Hidir Lutfi was an Iraqi poet. Born in Kirkuk in a Konyan Turkish family, he studied Arabic, Persian and Turkish. He has an unprinted Diwan of poetry, many literary researches, and a book on the history of Kirkuk. He died in his hometown and was buried there. Read more
23 Jun 1956: Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and educator (born 1875) Reinhold Moritzevich Glière was a Russian and Soviet composer of German and Polish descent. He was awarded the titles of People's Artist of the RSFSR (1935) and People's Artist of the USSR (1938). Read more
23 Jun 1954: Salih Omurtak, Turkish general (born 1889) Salih Omurtak was a Turkish general and the 4th Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces. Read more
23 Jun 1953: Albert Gleizes, French painter (born 1881) Albert Gleizes was a French artist, theoretician, philosopher, a self-proclaimed founder of Cubism and an influence on the School of Paris. Albert Gleizes and Jean Metzinger wrote the first major treatise on Cubism, Du "Cubisme", 1912. Gleizes was a founding member of the Section d'Or group of artists. He was also a member of Der Sturm, and his many theoretical writings were originally most appreciated in Germany, where especially at the Bauhaus his ideas were given thoughtful consideration. Gleizes spent four crucial years in New York, and played an important role in making America aware of modern art. He was a member of the Society of Independent Artists, founder of the Ernest-Renan Association, and both a founder and participant in the Abbaye de Créteil. Gleizes exhibited regularly at Léonce Rosenberg's Galerie de l’Effort Moderne in Paris; he was also a founder, organizer and director of Abstraction-Création. From the mid-1920s to the late 1930s much of his energy went into writing, e.g., La Peinture et ses lois, Vers une conscience plastique: La Forme et l’histoire and Homocentrisme. Read more
23 Jun 1945: Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian journalist and activist (born 1923) Giuseppina Tuissi, better known as Gianna was an Italian communist and partisan during World War II. She was part of the 52nd Brigata Garibaldi "Luigi Clerici". From September 1944, she was a collaborator of the partisan Luigi Canali and, with him, had an important role in the arrest and the execution of Benito Mussolini and Clara Petacci. Read more
23 Jun 1914: Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Indian guru and philosopher (born 1838) Bhaktivinoda Thakur, born Kedarnath Datta, was an Indian Hindu philosopher, guru and spiritual reformer of Gaudiya Vaishnavism who effected its resurgence in India in late 19th and early 20th century and was called by contemporary scholars as a Gaudiya Vaishnava leader of his time. He, along with his son Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, is also credited with initiating the propagation of Gaudiya Vaishnavism in the West and its global spread. Read more
23 Jun 1893: William Fox, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1812) Sir William Fox was a New Zealand politician who was the second premier of New Zealand in 1856, from 1861 to 1862, from 1869 to 1872, and in 1873. Serving while New Zealand was still a British colony, he was known for his confiscation of Māori land rights, his contributions to the education system, and his work to increase New Zealand's autonomy from Britain. Read more
23 Jun 1893: Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician (born 1817) Sir Theophilus Shepstone was a British South African statesman who was responsible for the annexation of the Transvaal to Britain in 1877. Read more
23 Jun 1891: Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (born 1804) Wilhelm Eduard Weber was a German physicist and, together with Carl Friedrich Gauss, inventor of the first electromagnetic telegraph. Read more
23 Jun 1891: Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer and politician (born 1825) Samuel Newitt Wood was an American attorney, newspaper editor, and member of the Kansas House of Representatives. He was also a Free State advocate in Kansas and an early supporter of Women's Suffrage. Wood was a speaker at the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Convention in 1856 that established the Republican party. He was assassinated in 1891 in a bitter fight over the naming of a new county seat in the state's southwestern corner. Read more
23 Jun 1881: Matthias Jakob Schleiden, German botanist and academic (born 1804) Matthias Jakob Schleiden was a German botanist and co-founder of cell theory, along with Theodor Schwann and Rudolf Virchow. He published some poems and non-scientific work under the pseudonym Ernst. Read more
23 Jun 1856: Ivan Kireyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (born 1806) Ivan Vasilyevich Kireyevsky was a Russian literary critic and philosopher who, together with Aleksey Khomyakov, is credited as a co-founder of the Slavophile movement. Read more
23 Jun 1848: Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Electress of Bavaria (born 1776) Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este was an Electress of Bavaria as the second wife of Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria. Read more
23 Jun 1836: James Mill, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (born 1773) James Mill was a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist and philosopher. He is counted among the founders of the Ricardian school of economics. He also wrote The History of British India (1817) and was one of the prominent British historians to take a colonial approach. He was the first writer to divide Indian history into three parts: Hindu, Muslim and British, a classification which has proved surpassingly influential in the field of Indian historical studies. Read more
23 Jun 1832: Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet, Scottish geologist and geophysicist (born 1761) Sir James Hall of Dunglass, 4th Baronet FRS FRSE was a Scottish geologist and geophysicist. He was a Member of Parliament for St. Michael's borough 1807–1812. Read more
23 Jun 1811: Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, Portuguese poet and author (born 1740) Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, from Lisbon, was the foremost Portuguese satirical poet of the 18th century. Beginning at age 20, Tolentino studied law for three years at the University of Coimbra; he then ended those studies to teach rhetoric. He was sent to Lisbon in 1776 to fill a post, and was named professor of rhetoric a year later. His interests soon shifted once again, from teaching, to public office. He wrote against the Marquis of Pombal, and therefore gained the favor of Pombal's successor. He was awarded with a sinecure office in the royal administration. In 1790, he was honored with the title of knight of the royal family. Read more
23 Jun 1806: Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and philosopher (born 1723) Mathurin Jacques Brisson was a French zoologist and natural philosopher. Read more

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