In Granby, Colorado, U.S., Marvin Heemeyer went on a rampage with a modified bulldozer over a zoning dispute, destroying several buildings before committing suicide.
Terry Nichols was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
The People's Liberation Army suppressed the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing, leaving hundreds of people dead and wounded.
Following the death of Ruhollah Khomeini, the Assembly of Experts elected Ali Khamenei to be Supreme Leader of Iran.
American intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard pleaded guilty to charges of spying for Israel.
Jerry Rawlings came to power in Ghana as chairman of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council.
The Humboldt Park riot began in Chicago, resulting in three deaths, three cars in the Humboldt Park lagoon, and increased tension between the Chicago Police Department and the Puerto Rican community.
Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act, one of the first laws in the United States guaranteeing collective bargaining rights to farmworkers.
Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians hosted Ten Cent Beer Night, but had to forfeit the game to the Texas Rangers due to rioting by drunken fans.
A chartered British Midland Airways aircraft crashed near Stockport, England, killing 72 of the 84 people on board.
World War II: A United States Navy task group captured German submarine U-505 (pictured).
World War II: The Battle of Midway, a major battle of the Pacific War, began with a massive Japanese offensive on American forces on Midway Atoll.
Second World War: The remaining Allied forces protecting the Dunkirk evacuation surrendered, ending the Battle of Dunkirk; in response, British prime minister Winston Churchill gave a speech in which he declared "We shall fight on the beaches".
The Kingdom of Hungary lost 72 percent of its territory and 64 percent of its population with the signing of the Treaty of Trianon in Paris.
World War I: Russian forces began their successful Brusilov offensive against the Central Powers.
Emily Davison (pictured), an activist for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, was fatally injured after being trampled by a horse owned by King George V at the Epsom Derby.
Captain George Vancouver of the Royal Navy claimed the land around Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest for Great Britain.
Élisabeth Thible became the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon, covering a distance of 4 km (2.5 mi) and reaching an estimated altitude of 1,500 m (4,900 ft).
The spire of Old St Paul's Cathedral in London was destroyed by fire.
Protests begin in Poland against the Duda government.
Four people are killed when a Cessna Citation V crashes into Mine Bank Mountain in Augusta County, Virginia.
Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40.
The Civic Forum of the Romanians of Covasna, Harghita and Mureș is founded.
Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
In the 1989 Iranian Supreme Leader election, Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of Iran after the death and funeral of Ruhollah Khomeini.
The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests are suppressed in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army, with between 241 and 10,000 dead (an unofficial estimate).
Solidarity's victory in the 1989 Polish legislative election occurs, the first election since the Communist Polish United Workers' Party abandoned its monopoly of power. It sparks off the Revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe.
Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.
Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
Gordon Kahl, who killed two US Marshals in Medina, North Dakota on February 13, is killed in a shootout in Smithville, Arkansas, along with a local sheriff, after a four-month manhunt.
Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
JVC introduces its VHS videotape at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago. It will eventually prevail against Sony's rival Betamax system in a format war to become the predominant home video medium.
Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the United States giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights.
Tonga gains independence from the British Empire.
Seventy-two people are killed when a Canadair C-4 Argonaut crashes at Stockport in England.
Cold War: In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.
World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German Kriegsmarine submarine U-505: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
World War II: The United States Fifth Army captures Rome, although much of the German Fourteenth Army is able to withdraw to the north.
A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. Japanese Admiral Chūichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
World War II: Gustaf Mannerheim, the Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Army, is granted the title of Marshal of Finland by the government on his 75th birthday. On the same day, Adolf Hitler arrives in Finland for a surprise visit to meet Mannerheim.
World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: the British Armed Forces completes evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
The Holocaust: The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 973 German Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile.
The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
Leon Trotsky bans the Planned Fourth Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents.
The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.
Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile and also gives it a successful test run.
Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco via the first transcontinental railroad, 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat the Austrian army.
Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USS Supply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps.
General Lafayette, a French officer in the American Revolutionary War, speaks at what would become Lafayette Square in Buffalo, New York, during his visit to the United States.
Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.
King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel.
The siege of Mantua begins when Napoleon Bonaparte lays siege to the fortress of Mantua the last Austrian stronghold in Northern Italy. It will become the main focus of Napoleon's army for eight months during the Italian campaign of 1796-1797.
Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres (2.5 mi) in 45 minutes, and reached an estimated 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) in altitude.
The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians.
Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeat an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.
Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.
The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathedral of London, is destroyed in a fire caused by lightning, and is never rebuilt.
1525 Bayham Abbey riot; Villagers from Kent and Sussex, England riot and occupy Bayham Old Abbey for a week in protest against Cardinal Thomas Wolsey's order to suppress the monastery in order to fund two colleges founded by him.
King Charles VI grants a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, as they had been doing for centuries.
Princess Lilibet of Sussex
Mackenzie Ziegler, American child actress, dancer, and recording artist
Takefusa Kubo, Japanese footballer
Kim So-hyun, South Korean actress
Drew Pavlou, Australian activist
Central Cee, British rapper and songwriter
Oli McBurnie, Scottish footballer
Jonathan Huberdeau, Canadian ice hockey player
Juan Iturbe, Paraguayan footballer
Aaron Nola, American baseball player
Annika Taylor, British-American cross-country skier
Jordan Hugill, English footballer
Lorenzo Insigne, Italian footballer
Matt McIlwrick, New Zealand rugby league player
Ben Stokes, New Zealand-English cricketer
Rajiv van La Parra, Dutch footballer
Evan Spiegel, American Internet entrepreneur
Federico Erba, Italian footballer
Paweł Fajdek, Polish hammer thrower
Matt Bartkowski, American ice hockey defenseman
Kimberley Busteed, Australian model
Tjaronn Chery, Dutch-born Surinamese footballer
Mollie King, English singer
Leon Botha, South African painter and DJ (died 2011)
Anna-Lena Grönefeld, German tennis player
Evan Lysacek, American figure skater
Lukas Podolski, German footballer
Bar Refaeli, Israeli model and actress
Oddvar Reiakvam, Norwegian politician
Henri Bedimo, Cameroonian footballer
Kento Handa, Japanese actor and singer
Stuart Kettlewell, Scottish football manager and former player
Enrico Rossi Chauvenet, Italian footballer
Ian White, Canadian ice hockey player
Rainie Yang, Taiwanese actress
Romaric, Ivorian footballer
Emmanuel Eboué, Ivorian footballer
Olha Saladuha, Ukrainian triple jumper
Matt Gilks, Scottish footballer
Abel Kirui, Kenyan runner
Ronnie Prude, American-Canadian football player
Jennifer Carroll, Canadian swimmer
T.J. Miller, American actor and comedian
Giourkas Seitaridis, Greek footballer
Gary Taylor-Fletcher, English footballer
Natalia Vodopyanova, Russian basketball player
François Beauchemin, Canadian ice hockey player
Naohiro Takahara, Japanese footballer
Daniel Vickerman, South African-Australian rugby player (died 2017)
Dionisis Chiotis, Greek footballer
Alex Manninger, Austrian footballer
Roman Miroshnichenko, Ukrainian guitarist and composer
Roland G. Fryer Jr., American economist and professor
Kasey Chambers, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Alexei Navalny, Russian lawyer and politician (died 2024)
Nenad Zimonjić, Serbian tennis player
Russell Brand, English comedian and actor
Henry Burris, American football player
Angelina Jolie, American actress, filmmaker, humanitarian, and activist
Dinanath Ramnarine, Trinidadian cricketer
Jacob Sahaya Kumar Aruni, Indian chef (died 2012)
Darin Erstad, American baseball player and coach
Andrew Gwynne, English lawyer and politician
Janette Husárová, Slovak tennis player
Buddy Wakefield, American poet and author
Mikey Whipwreck, American wrestler and trainer
Derian Hatcher, American ice hockey defenseman
Rob Huebel, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
Joseph Kabila, Congolese soldier and politician, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mike Lee, American lawyer and politician
Shoji Meguro, Japanese director and composer
Noah Wyle, American actor and producer
Deborah Compagnoni, Italian skier
Richie Hawtin, English-Canadian DJ and producer
Dave Pybus, English bass player and songwriter
Izabella Scorupco, Polish-Swedish actress and model
Horatio Sanz, Chilean-American actor and comedian
Niurka Montalvo, Cuban-Spanish long jumper
Al B. Sure!, American R&B singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
Scott Wolf, American actor
Michael Greyeyes, Canadian actor, dancer, choreographer, director, and educator
Robert S. Kimbrough, American colonel and astronaut
Cecilia Bartoli, Italian soprano and actress
Svetlana Jitomirskaya, American mathematician
Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian mathematician and academic (died 2017)
Bill Wiggin, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer
Andrea Jaeger, American tennis player and preacher
Sean Pertwee, English actor
Kōji Yamamura, Japanese animator, producer, and screenwriter
Sean Fitzpatrick, New Zealand rugby union player
Jim Lachey, American football player and sportscaster
Xavier McDaniel, American basketball player and coach
Krzysztof Hołowczyc, Polish race car driver
Zenon Jaskuła, Polish cyclist
John P. Kee, American singer-songwriter and pastor
Junius Ho, Hong Kong solicitor and politician
El DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and producer
Ferenc Gyurcsány, Hungarian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Hungary
Miloš Đelmaš, Serbian footballer and manager
Kristine Kathryn Rusch, American author
Paul Taylor, American guitarist and keyboard player
Bradley Walsh, English television presenter, comedian, singer and former footballer
Juan Camacho, Bolivian runner
Georgios Voulgarakis, Greek politician, 21st Greek Minister for Culture
Anil Ambani, Indian businessman and Chairman of Reliance Infrastructure
Neil McNab, Scottish footballer
Keith David, American actor
John Hockenberry, American journalist and author
Terry Kennedy, American baseball player and manager
Joyce Sidman, American author and poet
Val McDermid, Scottish author
Mary Testa, American singer and actress
Raphael Ravenscroft, English saxophonist and composer (died 2014)
Kazuhiro Yamaji, Japanese actor and voice actor
Linda Lingle, American journalist and politician, 6th Governor of Hawaii
Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish musician and songwriter (died 1979)
Susumu Ojima, Japanese businessman, founded Huser
Paul Samson, English guitarist and producer (died 2002)
Bronisław Komorowski, Polish historian and politician, 5th President of Poland
Dambudzo Marechera, Zimbabwean author and poet (died 1987)
Leigh Kennedy, American author
Bronisław Malinowski, Polish runner (died 1981)
Melanie Phillips, English journalist and author
Wendy Pini, American author and illustrator
David Yip, English actor and playwright
Lyle Stewart, Canadian politician, Saskatchewan MLA (1999–2023) (died 2024)
Raymond Dumais, Canadian bishop (died 2012)
Gabriel Arcand, Canadian actor
Mark B. Cohen, American lawyer and politician
Bob Champion, English jockey
Sandra Post, Canadian golfer and sportscaster
Jürgen Sparwasser, German footballer and manager
Viktor Klima, Austrian businessman and politician, 25th Chancellor of Austria
Anthony Braxton, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
Daniel Topolski, English rower and coach (died 2015)
Gordon Waller, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)
Roger Ball, Scottish saxophonist and songwriter
Michelle Phillips, American singer-songwriter and actress
John Burgess, Australian radio and television host
Sandra Haynie, American golfer
Tom Jaine, English author
Louis Reichardt, American mountaineer
Bill Rowe, Canadian lawyer and politician
Kenneth G. Ross, Australian playwright and screenwriter
Ludwig Schwarz, Slovak-Austrian bishop
Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo, Anglo-Irish peer (died 2014)
Denis de Belleval, Canadian civil servant and politician
Henri Pachard, American director and producer (died 2008)
George Reid, Scottish journalist and politician, 2nd Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
John Harvard, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (died 2016)
Art Mahaffey, American baseball player
Freddy Fender, American singer and guitarist (died 2006)
Gorilla Monsoon, American wrestler (died 1999)
Mortimer Zuckerman, Canadian-American businessman and publisher, founded Boston Properties
Vince Camuto, American fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Nine West (died 2015)
Bruce Dern, American actor
Colette Boky, Canadian soprano and actress
Berhanu Dinka, Ethiopian economist and diplomat (died 2013)
Monica Dacon, Vincentian educator and politician, 6th Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Daphne Sheldrick, Kenyan-British conservationist and author (died 2018)
John Drew Barrymore, American actor (died 2004)
Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist and composer (died 1975)
Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (died 2004)
Gustav Nossal, Austrian-Australian biologist and academic
George Chesworth, English air marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Moray (died 2017)
Morgana King, American singer and actress (died 2018)
Viktor Tikhonov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 2014)
Karolos Papoulias, Greek lawyer and politician, 5th President of Greece (died 2021)
Ruth Westheimer, German-American sex therapist, talk show host, professor, author, and Holocaust survivor (died 2024)
Henning Carlsen, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
Geoffrey Palmer, English actor (died 2020)
Robert Earl Hughes, American who was the heaviest human being recorded in the history of the world during his lifetime (died 1958)
Ain Kaalep, Estonian poet, playwright, and critic (died 2020)
Judith Malina, German-American actress and director, co-founded The Living Theatre (died 2015)
Antonio Puchades, Spanish footballer (died 2013)
Tofilau Eti Alesana, Samoan politician, 5th Prime Minister of Samoa (died 1999)
Dennis Weaver, American actor and director (died 2006)
Elizabeth Jolley, English-Australian author and academic (died 2007)
Masutatsu Ōyama, Japanese karateka (died 1994)
Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, Japanese princess (died 2024)
Milan Komar, Slovenian-Argentinian philosopher and academic (died 2006)
Bobby Wanzer, American basketball player and coach (died 2016)
Robert Merrill, American actor and singer (died 2004)
Robert F. Furchgott, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)
Fernand Leduc, Canadian painter (died 2014)
Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer (died 2006)
Modibo Keïta, Malian educator and politician, 1st President of Mali (died 1977)
Nils Kihlberg, Swedish actor, singer, and director (died 1965)
Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter (died 1993)
Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (died 1999)
Jacques Roumain, Haitian journalist and politician (died 1944)
Rosalind Russell, American actress (died 1976)
Patience Strong, English poet and journalist (died 1990)
Bhagat Puran Singh, Indian publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist (died 1992)
Yevgeny Mravinsky, Russian conductor (died 1988)
Beno Gutenberg, German-American seismologist (died 1960)
Arturo Rawson, Argentinian general and politician, 26th President of Argentina (died 1952)
Clara Blandick, American actress (died 1962)
Mabel Lucie Attwell, English author and illustrator (died 1964)
Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957)
Nictzin Dyalhis, American author (died 1942)
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish general and politician, 6th President of Finland (died 1951)
Miina Sillanpää, Finnish journalist and politician (died 1952)
William Propsting, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Tasmania (died 1937)
Alexis Lapointe, Canadian runner (died 1924)
Solko van den Bergh, Dutch target shooter (died 1916)
Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (died 1903)
Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright (died 1897)
James Pennethorne, English architect, designed Victoria Park (died 1871)
Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (died 1856)
Miguel de Azcuénaga, Argentinian soldier (died 1833)
Franz Xaver von Zach, Slovak astronomer and academic (died 1832)
Patrick Ferguson, Scottish soldier, designed the Ferguson rifle (died 1780)
George III of the United Kingdom (died 1820)
Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and businessman (died 1776)
François Quesnay, French economist and physician (died 1774)
Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian captain (died 1733)
Claudia de' Medici, Italian daughter of Christina of Lorraine (died 1648)
George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith (died 1624)
Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (died 1544)
Philippa of England, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (died 1430)
Harsha, Maharajadhiraja of Kannauj (died 647)
Marc Garneau, Canadian astronaut and Member of Parliament (born 1949)
John Blackman, Australian radio and television presenter (born 1947)
Parnelli Jones, American racing driver (born 1933)
Sulochana Latkar, Indian actress (born 1928)
George Lamming, Barbadian novelist (born 1927)
Clarence Williams III, American actor (born 1939)
Juan Goytisolo, Spanish essayist, poet and novelist (born 1931)
Carmen Pereira, Bissau-Guinean politician (born 1937)
Marguerite Patten, English economist and author (born 1915)
Leonid Plyushch, Ukrainian mathematician and academic (born 1938)
Jabe Thomas, American race car driver (born 1930)
Anne Warburton, British academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to Denmark (born 1927)
George Ho, American-Hong Kong businessman (born 1919)
Nathan Shamuyarira, Zimbabwean journalist and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1928)
Sydney Templeman, Baron Templeman, English lawyer and judge (born 1920)
Don Zimmer, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1931)
Walt Arfons, American race car driver (born 1916)
Joey Covington, American drummer (born 1945)
Hermann Gunnarsson, Icelandic footballer, handball player, and sportscaster (born 1946)
Will Wynn, American football player (born 1949)
Peter Beaven, New Zealand architect, designed the Lyttelton Road Tunnel Administration Building (born 1925)
Pedro Borbón, Dominican-American baseball player (born 1946)
Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Guatemalan cardinal (born 1932)
Herb Reed, American violinist (born 1929)
Juan Francisco Luis, Virgin Islander sergeant and politician, 23rd Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (born 1940)
Andreas P. Nielsen, Danish author and composer (born 1953)
John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (born 1910)
Clete Boyer, American baseball player and coach (born 1937)
Bill France Jr., American businessman (born 1933)
Craig L. Thomas, American captain and politician (born 1933)
Steve Lacy, American saxophonist and composer (born 1934)
Nino Manfredi, Italian actor (born 1921)
Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, 42nd President of Peru (born 1912)
Josephine Hutchinson, American actress (born 1903)
Ronnie Lane, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1946)
Derek Leckenby, English musician (born 1943)
Bernard Evslin, American writer (born 1922)
Carl Stotz, American businessman, founded Little League Baseball (born 1910)
Stiv Bators, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1949)
Dik Browne, American cartoonist (born 1917)
Leslie Averill, New Zealand doctor and soldier (born 1897)
Maurice René Fréchet, French mathematician and academic (born 1878)
Murry Wilson, American songwriter, producer, and manager (born 1917)
György Lukács, Hungarian historian and philosopher (born 1885)
Sonny Tufts, American actor (born 1911)
Dorothy Gish, American actress (born 1898)
Linda Eenpalu, Estonian lawyer and politician (born 1890)
Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (born 1882)
Katherine MacDonald, American actress and producer (born 1881)
Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor (born 1874)
Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer and a principle architect of the Holocaust (born 1904)
Wilhelm II, German Emperor (born 1859)
Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player (born 1900)
Mathilde Verne, English pianist and educator (born 1869)
Ahmet Haşim, Turkish poet and author (born 1884)
Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Sharif and Emir of Mecca, King of the Hejaz (born 1853–54)
Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (born 1881)
Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (born 1873)
Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer and coach (born 1853)
Margaret Murray Washington, American Academic (born 1865)
W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (born 1864)
George Griffith, British writer (born 1857)
Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire, 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (born 1830)
Eduard Mörike, German pastor and poet (born 1804)
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1798)
Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Bolivia (born 1795)
Nicolai Abildgaard, Danish neoclassical and history painter, sculptor and architect (born 1743)
Frederick Muhlenberg, American minister and politician, 1st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1750)
Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and author (born 1725)
William Juxon, English archbishop and academic (born 1582)
Canonicus, Grand Chief Sachem of the Narragansett (born 1565)
Péter Révay, Hungarian soldier and historian (born 1568)
Francis Caracciolo, Italian Catholic priest (born 1563)
Muretus, French philosopher and author (born 1526)
Nezahualcoyotl, Aztec poet (born 1402)
Flavio Biondo, Italian historian and author (born 1392)
Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos, Byzantine commander
Mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV of England (bornc. 1368)
Przemysł I of Greater Poland (born 1221)
Isabella of Angoulême (born 1188)
Adela of Champagne (born 1140)
Emperor Huizong of Song (born 1082)
Magnus I of Sweden (born 1106)
Władysław I Herman, Polish nobleman (born c. 1044)
Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 990)
Muhammad III of Shirvan, Muslim ruler
Guaimar II (Gybbosus), Lombard prince
Li Xi, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
Charles, archbishop of Mainz
Shōmu, Japanese emperor (born 701)
Christian feast day: Filippo Smaldone
Christian feast day: Francis Caracciolo
Christian feast day: Optatus
Christian feast day: Petroc of Cornwall
Christian feast day: Quirinus of Sescia
Christian feast day: Saturnina
Christian feast day: June 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Birthday of C. G. E. Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland and the flag flying day of the Finnish Defence Forces (Finland)
Emancipation Day or Independence Day, commemorates the abolition of serfdom in Tonga by King George Tupou in 1862, and the independence of Tonga from the British protectorate in 1970. (Tonga)
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (International)
National Unity Day (Hungary)
Trianon Treaty Day (Romania)
Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 Memorial Day (International)
Day of state symbols in the Republic of Kazakhstan.