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It is the middle day of a non-leap year, because there are 182 days before and 182 days after. It falls on the same day of the week as New Year's Day (on non-leap years).

Events

• 963 - The Byzantine army proclaims Nikephoros II to be List of Byzantine emperors on the plains outside Kayseri.
• 1298 - The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
• 1561 - Menas of Ethiopia, Emperor of Ethiopia defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
• 1578 - Martin Frobisher sights Baffin Island.
• 1582 - Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.
• 1613 - First England expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia - led by Samuel Argall.
• 1644 - English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor.
• 1679 - Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi River - led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.
• 1776 - The Continental Congress adopts a Lee Resolution severing ties with Great Britain, though a public United States Declaration of Independence is not formally printed for the masses until July 4.
• 1777 - Vermont becomes the first United States territory to abolish slavery.
• 1808 - Simon Fraser (explorer) reaches Pacific Ocean near New Westminster.
• 1823 - "Bahia Independence Day" - the end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the diehard Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia.
• 1839 - Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinque take over the slave ship La Amistad.
• 1850 - The self-contained gas mask is patented by Benjamin J. Lane.
• 1853 - The Russian Army invades Turkey, beginning the Crimean War.
• 1863 - American Civil War: Second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
• 1878 - The Brighton Beach Line (now the BMT Brighton Line) opens in the then-city of Brooklyn.
• 1881 - Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from infection on September 19.
• 1890 - The Congress of the United States passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
• 1900 - First zeppelin flight on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
• 1917 - Forty-eight die in rioting in East St. Louis, Illinois, as lower-paid black laborers clash with whites.
• 1937 - Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappear over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
• 1940 - Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose arrested and detained in Calcutta.
• 1941 - Nazi massacre of Jews in Lutsk, Ukraine. Jewish men were summoned for work, about 2000 of them were taken to the Lubart Fortress and murdered. Germany soldiers from rearguard units stationed in the city participated in the murder.
• 1947 - An object speculated to be a Unidentified flying object Roswell UFO incident near Roswell, New Mexico, though the United States Air Force claims it is a weather balloon.
• 1950 - Henri Queuille becomes Prime Minister of France.
• 1950 - Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan was arson.
• 1962 - The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
• 1964 - President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits segregation in public places.
• 1966 - The French military explode their nuclear test bomb codenamed Operation Aldébaran in Mururoa, their first nuclear test in the Pacific.
• 1969 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience break up.
• 1976 - North Vietnam and South Vietnam, divided since 1954, reunite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
• 1979 - The first United States coinage to honor a woman, the Susan B. Anthony dollar, is introduced.
• 1982 - Larry Walters uses 45 helium balloons and a lawnchair to propel himself to 16,000 feet.
• 1983 - The Police release their final album, "Synchronicity", which would eventually spend 17 weeks at #1 on the U.S. album chart
• 1984 - National Flag and Anthem day in Curacao
• 1985 - Andrei Gromyko is appointed the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
• 1990 - A stampede inside a pedestrian tunnel leads to the deaths of 1,426 pilgrims in Mecca during hajj.
• 1993- The Sivas Massacre
• 2000 - Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of Mexico from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI).
• 2001 - AbioCor self contained artificial heart created.
• 2002 - Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
• 2003 - International Olympic Committee selects Vancouver, Canada to host the 2010 Winter Olympics.
• 2004 - ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) accepts Pakistan as the 24th member.
• 2005 - Ten Live 8 concerts are held around the world in an attempt to force G8 countries to address poverty.

Births

• 419 - Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (d. 455)
• 1029 - Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094)
• 1262 - Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312)
• 1489 - Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1556)
• 1647 - Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English privy councilor (d. 1730)
• 1665 - Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian (d. 1726)
• 1667 - Pietro, Cardinal Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (d. 1740)
• 1714 - Christoph Willibald von Gluck, German composer (d. 1787)
• 1724 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (d. 1803)
• 1819 - Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer (d. 1900)
• 1820 - George Law Curry, Newspaper publisher and Governor of Oregon (d. 1878)
• 1821 - Charles Tupper, sixth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1915)
• 1862 - William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1942)
• 1865 - Lily Braun, German writer (d. 1916)
• 1876 - Wilhelm Cuno, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1933)
• 1877 - Hermann Hesse, German-born writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (d. 1962)
• 1881 - Royal H. Weller, American politician (d. 1929)
• 1884 - Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist (d. 1931)
• 1890 - Earl Roy Curry, religious thinker and Kirtland Temple overseer (d. 1980)
• 1893 - Ralph Hancock, Welsh garden designer (Rockefeller Center) (d. 1950)
• 1896 - Lydia Mei, Estonian artist (d. 1965)
• 1900 - Tyrone Guthrie, English actor (d. 1971)
• 1903 - Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1995)
• 1903 - King Olav V of Norway (d. 1991)
• 1904 - René Lacoste, French tennis player (d. 1996)
• 1906 - Hans Bethe, German-born nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 2005)
• 1908 - Thurgood Marshall, American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1993)
• 1914 - Frederick Fennell, American conductor (d. 2004)
• 1914 - Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist (d. 1990)
• 1916 - Ken Curtis, American actor and singer (d. 1991)
• 1916 - Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German pilot (d. 1982)
• 1917 - Murry Wilson, American musician and producer (The Beach Boys) (d. 1973)
• 1918 - Wibo, Dutch cartoonist (d. 2005)
• 1923 - Wislawa Szymborska, Polish writer, Nobel Prize in Literature
• 1925 - Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist (d. 1963)
• 1925 - Patrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1961)
• 1926 - Octavian Paler, Romanian writer, journalist, (d. 2007)
• 1927 - Brock Peters, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1929 - Imelda Marcos, First Lady of the Philippines
• 1929 - John A. Cade, American politician
• 1930 - Carlos Menem, President of Argentina
• 1932 - Dave Thomas (American businessman), American fast food entrepreneur (d. 2002)
• 1933 - Kenny Wharram, Canadian hockey player
• 1934 - Tom Springfield, British singer and songwriter (The Springfields)
• 1937 - Polly Holliday (actor), American actress
• 1937 - Richard Petty, American race car driver
• 1939 - John H. Sununu, White House Chief of Staff under George HW Bush
• 1939 - Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek politician and poet
• 1939 - Paul Williams (The Temptations), American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1973)
• 1940 - Kenneth Clarke, British politician
• 1941 - Stéphane Venne, French Canadian songwriter
• 1942 - Vicente Fox, Former Mexican president
• 1943 - Walter Godefroot, Belgian cyclist
• 1946 - Richard Axel, American scientist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1946 - Ron Silver, American actor
• 1947 - Larry David, American television producer
• 1948 - Saul Rubinek, Canadian film actor
• 1949 - Roy Bittan, American musician (E Street Band)
• 1949 - Hanno Pöschl, Austrian actor
• 1949 - Robert Paquette, French Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1953 - Mark Hart, British musician (Crowded House and Supertramp)
• 1953 - Tony Armas, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1954 - Pete Briquette, Irish musician (Boomtown Rats)
• 1955 - Andrew Divoff, Venezuelan actor
• 1955 - Kevin Michael Grace, Canadian journalist
• 1956 - Jerry Hall, American actress
• 1957 - Bret Hart, Canadian wrestler
• 1958 - Thomas Bickerton, American Methodist bishop
• 1959 - Mike Hallett, English snooker player
• 1960 - Terry Rossio, American screenwriter
• 1964 - José Canseco, Cuban baseball player
• 1964 - Ozzie Canseco, Cuban baseball player
• 1964 - Joe Magrane, Amerian baseball player
• 1964 - Charles Robinson (referee), American wrestling referee
• 1969 - Matthew Cox, American convicted felony
• 1970 - Yancy Butler, American actress
• 1970 - Colin Edwin, Australian musician (Porcupine Tree)
• 1970 - Scotty 2 Hotty, American wrestler
• 1970 - Monie Love, English rapper
• 1970 - Steve Morrow, Irish footballer
• 1971 - Evelyn Lau, Canadian author
• 1971 - Troy Brown, American football player
• 1973 - Peter Kay, British comedian
• 1974 - Sean Casey, American baseball player
• 1974 - Moon So-ri, South Korean actress
• 1974 - Matthew Reilly (writer), Australian author
• 1974 - Rocky Gray, American musician
• 1975 - Erik Ohlsson, Swedish guitarist (Millencolin)
• 1975 - Eric Daze, French Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 - Krisztián Lisztes, Hungarian footballer
• 1976 - Tomáš Vokoun, Czech hockey player
• 1978 - Jüri Ratas, Estonian politician
• 1979 - Sam Hornish, Jr., American race car driver
• 1979 - Joe Thornton, Canadian hockey player
• 1981 - Alex Koroknay-Palicz, American youth rights activist
• 1981 - Angel Pagán, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1983 - Michelle Branch, American musician
• 1984 - Johnny Weir, American figure skater
• 1985 - Rhett Bomar, American football player
• 1985 - Chad Henne, American football player
• 1985 - Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer
• 1986 - Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer
• 1986 - Choi Dae Hyun, South Korean model
• 1989 - Omero Mumba, Irish actor

Deaths

• 862 - St. Swithun, Bishop of Winchester(b. 789)
• 1298 - Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg, King of the Romans(b. 1220)
• 1504 - Ştefan cel Mare, Prince of Moldova (b. 1434)
• 1566 - Michel de Nostradame, French astrologer (b. 1503)
• 1582 - Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528)
• 1591 - Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)
• 1621 - Thomas Harriot, English astronomer
• 1656 - François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (b. 1611)
• 1674 - Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)
• 1684 - John Rogers (Harvard), president of Harvard University (b. 1630)
• 1743 - Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, second Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1746 - Thomas Baker (antiquarian), English antiquarian (b. 1656)
• 1778 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (b. 1712)
• 1778 - Bathsheba Spooner, American murderer
• 1822 - Denmark Vesey, American who planned slave revolt, hanged (b. ca. 1767)
• 1833 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine politician (b. 1757)
• 1843 - Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (b. 1755)
• 1850 - Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
• 1903 - Ed Delahanty, American National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum baseball player (b. 1867)
• 1912 - Tom Richardson, English cricket player (b. 1870)
• 1914 - Joseph Chamberlain, Mayor of Birmingham and Father of Neville (b. 1836)
• 1915 - Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (b. 1830)
• 1920 - William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
• 1926 - Émile Coué, French psychologist (b. 1857)
• 1929 - Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1893)
• 1932 - Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
• 1934 - Ernst Röhm, Nazi official (b. 1887)
• 1937 - Amelia Earhart, American aviator (b. 1897)
• 1955 - Edward Lawson, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1873)
• 1961 - Ernest Hemingway, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (b. 1899)
• 1964 - Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)
• 1966 - Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (b. 1900)
• 1969 - Michael DiBiase, wrestler (b. 1923)
• 1972 - Joseph Fielding Smith, tenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)
• 1973 - Betty Grable, American actress (b. 1916)
• 1973 - Chick Hafey, baseball player (b. 1903)
• 1973 - George McBride, baseball player (b. 1880)
• 1973 - Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (b. 1892)
• 1975 - James Robertson Justice, British actor (b. 1907)
• 1977 - Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born writer (b. 1899)
• 1978 - Aris Alexandrou, Greek novelist, poet and translator (b. 1922)
• 1985 - David Purley, British Formula 1 driver (b. 1945)
• 1986 - Peanuts Lowrey, baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1989 - Franklin Schaffner, American film director (b. 1920)
• 1989 - Andrei Gromyko, Soviet politician (b. 1909)
• 1991 - Lee Remick, American actress (b.

- Camarón de la Isla, Spanish flamenco singer (b. [)

• 1993 - Fred Gwynne, American actor (b. 1926)
• 1994 - Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (b. 1967)
• 1995 - Krissy Taylor, American model (b. 1978)
• 1997 - Jimmy Stewart, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1999 - Mario Puzo, American author (b. 1920)
• 2000 - Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1952)
• 2002 - Ray Brown (musician), American jazz bassist (b. 1926)
• 2004 - Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Portuguese writer (b. 1919)
• 2004 - John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist (b. 1919)
• 2005 - Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 2006 - Jan Murray, American comedian (b. 1916)
• 2006 - Cho Namchul, South Korean professional Go (board game) player (b. 1923)
• 2007 - Git Gay, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1921)
• 2007 - Beverly Sills, American soprano (b. 1929)
• 2007 - Hy Zaret, American lyricist and composer (b. 1907)

Holidays and observances

• Palio di Siena in Siena, Italy
• Canada Day. Under the Holidays Act, Canada Day is always observed on July 1 unless that date falls on a Sunday, in which case it is observed on July 2.

Liturgical observances

• Originally, in the Roman Catholic Church, the Visitation (Catholic) was celebrated on this day, although it has since been transferred to May 31
• Aberoh and Atom Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.
• Saint Bernardino Realino (died 1616)
• Saint John Regis
• Saint Lidan
• Saint Martial
• Saint Otto, bishop of Bamberg (died 1139)
• Saint Oudoceus, bishop of Landaff
• Saints Processus and Martinianus, martyrs
• Saint Swithun, bishop of Winchester, confessor Norway
• Saint Monegundes, matron, recluse
• Annual pilgrimage at Mariánska hora

References

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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It is the middle day of a non-leap year, because there are 182 days before and 182 days after. It falls on the same day of the week as New Year's Day (on non-leap years).

Events

• 963 - The Byzantine army proclaims Nikephoros II to be List of Byzantine emperors on the plains outside Kayseri.
• 1298 - The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
• 1561 - Menas of Ethiopia, Emperor of Ethiopia defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
• 1578 - Martin Frobisher sights Baffin Island.
• 1582 - Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.
• 1613 - First England expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia - led by Samuel Argall.
• 1644 - English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor.
• 1679 - Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi River - led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.
• 1776 - The Continental Congress adopts a Lee Resolution severing ties with Great Britain, though a public United States Declaration of Independence is not formally printed for the masses until July 4.
• 1777 - Vermont becomes the first United States territory to abolish slavery.
• 1808 - Simon Fraser (explorer) reaches Pacific Ocean near New Westminster.
• 1823 - "Bahia Independence Day" - the end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the diehard Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia.
• 1839 - Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinque take over the slave ship La Amistad.
• 1850 - The self-contained gas mask is patented by Benjamin J. Lane.
• 1853 - The Russian Army invades Turkey, beginning the Crimean War.
• 1863 - American Civil War: Second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
• 1878 - The Brighton Beach Line (now the BMT Brighton Line) opens in the then-city of Brooklyn.
• 1881 - Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from infection on September 19.
• 1890 - The Congress of the United States passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
• 1900 - First zeppelin flight on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
• 1917 - Forty-eight die in rioting in East St. Louis, Illinois, as lower-paid black laborers clash with whites.
• 1937 - Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappear over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
• 1940 - Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose arrested and detained in Calcutta.
• 1941 - Nazi massacre of Jews in Lutsk, Ukraine. Jewish men were summoned for work, about 2000 of them were taken to the Lubart Fortress and murdered. Germany soldiers from rearguard units stationed in the city participated in the murder.
• 1947 - An object speculated to be a Unidentified flying object Roswell UFO incident near Roswell, New Mexico, though the United States Air Force claims it is a weather balloon.
• 1950 - Henri Queuille becomes Prime Minister of France.
• 1950 - Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan was arson.
• 1962 - The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
• 1964 - President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits segregation in public places.
• 1966 - The French military explode their nuclear test bomb codenamed Operation Aldébaran in Mururoa, their first nuclear test in the Pacific.
• 1969 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience break up.
• 1976 - North Vietnam and South Vietnam, divided since 1954, reunite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
• 1979 - The first United States coinage to honor a woman, the Susan B. Anthony dollar, is introduced.
• 1982 - Larry Walters uses 45 helium balloons and a lawnchair to propel himself to 16,000 feet.
• 1983 - The Police release their final album, "Synchronicity", which would eventually spend 17 weeks at #1 on the U.S. album chart
• 1984 - National Flag and Anthem day in Curacao
• 1985 - Andrei Gromyko is appointed the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
• 1990 - A stampede inside a pedestrian tunnel leads to the deaths of 1,426 pilgrims in Mecca during hajj.
• 1993- The Sivas Massacre
• 2000 - Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of Mexico from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI).
• 2001 - AbioCor self contained artificial heart created.
• 2002 - Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
• 2003 - International Olympic Committee selects Vancouver, Canada to host the 2010 Winter Olympics.
• 2004 - ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) accepts Pakistan as the 24th member.
• 2005 - Ten Live 8 concerts are held around the world in an attempt to force G8 countries to address poverty.

Births

• 419 - Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (d. 455)
• 1029 - Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094)
• 1262 - Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312)
• 1489 - Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1556)
• 1647 - Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English privy councilor (d. 1730)
• 1665 - Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian (d. 1726)
• 1667 - Pietro, Cardinal Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (d. 1740)
• 1714 - Christoph Willibald von Gluck, German composer (d. 1787)
• 1724 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (d. 1803)
• 1819 - Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer (d. 1900)
• 1820 - George Law Curry, Newspaper publisher and Governor of Oregon (d. 1878)
• 1821 - Charles Tupper, sixth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1915)
• 1862 - William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1942)
• 1865 - Lily Braun, German writer (d. 1916)
• 1876 - Wilhelm Cuno, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1933)
• 1877 - Hermann Hesse, German-born writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (d. 1962)
• 1881 - Royal H. Weller, American politician (d. 1929)
• 1884 - Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist (d. 1931)
• 1890 - Earl Roy Curry, religious thinker and Kirtland Temple overseer (d. 1980)
• 1893 - Ralph Hancock, Welsh garden designer (Rockefeller Center) (d. 1950)
• 1896 - Lydia Mei, Estonian artist (d. 1965)
• 1900 - Tyrone Guthrie, English actor (d. 1971)
• 1903 - Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1995)
• 1903 - King Olav V of Norway (d. 1991)
• 1904 - René Lacoste, French tennis player (d. 1996)
• 1906 - Hans Bethe, German-born nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 2005)
• 1908 - Thurgood Marshall, American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1993)
• 1914 - Frederick Fennell, American conductor (d. 2004)
• 1914 - Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist (d. 1990)
• 1916 - Ken Curtis, American actor and singer (d. 1991)
• 1916 - Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German pilot (d. 1982)
• 1917 - Murry Wilson, American musician and producer (The Beach Boys) (d. 1973)
• 1918 - Wibo, Dutch cartoonist (d. 2005)
• 1923 - Wislawa Szymborska, Polish writer, Nobel Prize in Literature
• 1925 - Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist (d. 1963)
• 1925 - Patrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1961)
• 1926 - Octavian Paler, Romanian writer, journalist, (d. 2007)
• 1927 - Brock Peters, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1929 - Imelda Marcos, First Lady of the Philippines
• 1929 - John A. Cade, American politician
• 1930 - Carlos Menem, President of Argentina
• 1932 - Dave Thomas (American businessman), American fast food entrepreneur (d. 2002)
• 1933 - Kenny Wharram, Canadian hockey player
• 1934 - Tom Springfield, British singer and songwriter (The Springfields)
• 1937 - Polly Holliday (actor), American actress
• 1937 - Richard Petty, American race car driver
• 1939 - John H. Sununu, White House Chief of Staff under George HW Bush
• 1939 - Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek politician and poet
• 1939 - Paul Williams (The Temptations), American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1973)
• 1940 - Kenneth Clarke, British politician
• 1941 - Stéphane Venne, French Canadian songwriter
• 1942 - Vicente Fox, Former Mexican president
• 1943 - Walter Godefroot, Belgian cyclist
• 1946 - Richard Axel, American scientist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1946 - Ron Silver, American actor
• 1947 - Larry David, American television producer
• 1948 - Saul Rubinek, Canadian film actor
• 1949 - Roy Bittan, American musician (E Street Band)
• 1949 - Hanno Pöschl, Austrian actor
• 1949 - Robert Paquette, French Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1953 - Mark Hart, British musician (Crowded House and Supertramp)
• 1953 - Tony Armas, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1954 - Pete Briquette, Irish musician (Boomtown Rats)
• 1955 - Andrew Divoff, Venezuelan actor
• 1955 - Kevin Michael Grace, Canadian journalist
• 1956 - Jerry Hall, American actress
• 1957 - Bret Hart, Canadian wrestler
• 1958 - Thomas Bickerton, American Methodist bishop
• 1959 - Mike Hallett, English snooker player
• 1960 - Terry Rossio, American screenwriter
• 1964 - José Canseco, Cuban baseball player
• 1964 - Ozzie Canseco, Cuban baseball player
• 1964 - Joe Magrane, Amerian baseball player
• 1964 - Charles Robinson (referee), American wrestling referee
• 1969 - Matthew Cox, American convicted felony
• 1970 - Yancy Butler, American actress
• 1970 - Colin Edwin, Australian musician (Porcupine Tree)
• 1970 - Scotty 2 Hotty, American wrestler
• 1970 - Monie Love, English rapper
• 1970 - Steve Morrow, Irish footballer
• 1971 - Evelyn Lau, Canadian author
• 1971 - Troy Brown, American football player
• 1973 - Peter Kay, British comedian
• 1974 - Sean Casey, American baseball player
• 1974 - Moon So-ri, South Korean actress
• 1974 - Matthew Reilly (writer), Australian author
• 1974 - Rocky Gray, American musician
• 1975 - Erik Ohlsson, Swedish guitarist (Millencolin)
• 1975 - Eric Daze, French Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 - Krisztián Lisztes, Hungarian footballer
• 1976 - Tomáš Vokoun, Czech hockey player
• 1978 - Jüri Ratas, Estonian politician
• 1979 - Sam Hornish, Jr., American race car driver
• 1979 - Joe Thornton, Canadian hockey player
• 1981 - Alex Koroknay-Palicz, American youth rights activist
• 1981 - Angel Pagán, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1983 - Michelle Branch, American musician
• 1984 - Johnny Weir, American figure skater
• 1985 - Rhett Bomar, American football player
• 1985 - Chad Henne, American football player
• 1985 - Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer
• 1986 - Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer
• 1986 - Choi Dae Hyun, South Korean model
• 1989 - Omero Mumba, Irish actor

Deaths

• 862 - St. Swithun, Bishop of Winchester(b. 789)
• 1298 - Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg, King of the Romans(b. 1220)
• 1504 - Ştefan cel Mare, Prince of Moldova (b. 1434)
• 1566 - Michel de Nostradame, French astrologer (b. 1503)
• 1582 - Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528)
• 1591 - Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)
• 1621 - Thomas Harriot, English astronomer
• 1656 - François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (b. 1611)
• 1674 - Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)
• 1684 - John Rogers (Harvard), president of Harvard University (b. 1630)
• 1743 - Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, second Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1746 - Thomas Baker (antiquarian), English antiquarian (b. 1656)
• 1778 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (b. 1712)
• 1778 - Bathsheba Spooner, American murderer
• 1822 - Denmark Vesey, American who planned slave revolt, hanged (b. ca. 1767)
• 1833 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine politician (b. 1757)
• 1843 - Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (b. 1755)
• 1850 - Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
• 1903 - Ed Delahanty, American National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum baseball player (b. 1867)
• 1912 - Tom Richardson, English cricket player (b. 1870)
• 1914 - Joseph Chamberlain, Mayor of Birmingham and Father of Neville (b. 1836)
• 1915 - Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (b. 1830)
• 1920 - William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
• 1926 - Émile Coué, French psychologist (b. 1857)
• 1929 - Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1893)
• 1932 - Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
• 1934 - Ernst Röhm, Nazi official (b. 1887)
• 1937 - Amelia Earhart, American aviator (b. 1897)
• 1955 - Edward Lawson, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1873)
• 1961 - Ernest Hemingway, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (b. 1899)
• 1964 - Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)
• 1966 - Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (b. 1900)
• 1969 - Michael DiBiase, wrestler (b. 1923)
• 1972 - Joseph Fielding Smith, tenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)
• 1973 - Betty Grable, American actress (b. 1916)
• 1973 - Chick Hafey, baseball player (b. 1903)
• 1973 - George McBride, baseball player (b. 1880)
• 1973 - Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (b. 1892)
• 1975 - James Robertson Justice, British actor (b. 1907)
• 1977 - Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born writer (b. 1899)
• 1978 - Aris Alexandrou, Greek novelist, poet and translator (b. 1922)
• 1985 - David Purley, British Formula 1 driver (b. 1945)
• 1986 - Peanuts Lowrey, baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1989 - Franklin Schaffner, American film director (b. 1920)
• 1989 - Andrei Gromyko, Soviet politician (b. 1909)
• 1991 - Lee Remick, American actress (b.

- Camarón de la Isla, Spanish flamenco singer (b. [)

• 1993 - Fred Gwynne, American actor (b. 1926)
• 1994 - Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (b. 1967)
• 1995 - Krissy Taylor, American model (b. 1978)
• 1997 - Jimmy Stewart, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1999 - Mario Puzo, American author (b. 1920)
• 2000 - Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1952)
• 2002 - Ray Brown (musician), American jazz bassist (b. 1926)
• 2004 - Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Portuguese writer (b. 1919)
• 2004 - John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist (b. 1919)
• 2005 - Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 2006 - Jan Murray, American comedian (b. 1916)
• 2006 - Cho Namchul, South Korean professional Go (board game) player (b. 1923)
• 2007 - Git Gay, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1921)
• 2007 - Beverly Sills, American soprano (b. 1929)
• 2007 - Hy Zaret, American lyricist and composer (b. 1907)

Holidays and observances

• Palio di Siena in Siena, Italy
• Canada Day. Under the Holidays Act, Canada Day is always observed on July 1 unless that date falls on a Sunday, in which case it is observed on July 2.

Liturgical observances

• Originally, in the Roman Catholic Church, the Visitation (Catholic) was celebrated on this day, although it has since been transferred to May 31
• Aberoh and Atom Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.
• Saint Bernardino Realino (died 1616)
• Saint John Regis
• Saint Lidan
• Saint Martial
• Saint Otto, bishop of Bamberg (died 1139)
• Saint Oudoceus, bishop of Landaff
• Saints Processus and Martinianus, martyrs
• Saint Swithun, bishop of Winchester, confessor Norway
• Saint Monegundes, matron, recluse
• Annual pilgrimage at Mariánska hora

References

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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