- 1099 - Beginning of Siege of Jerusalem
- 1329 - Robert the Bruce dies (b. 1274). King of Scotland .
- 1358 - Ashikaga Takauji dies (b. 1305). Ashikaga shogun.
- 1491 - Jacques Cartier was born (d. 1557). Explorer.
- 1494 - Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries. Portugal was to have all lands east of a line north and south drawn 370 leagues west of Cape Verde, Spain to have the rest.
- 1497 - English king Henry VII defeated the Cornish rebels under Lord Audley at Blackheath, London.
- 1502 - Gregory XIII was born. Pope, introduced Gregorian calendar in 1582
- 1529 - Étienne Pasquier was born (d. 1615). French lawyer and man of letters.
- 1535 - John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, was tried for treason (he was executed on 22 June).
- 1672 - Dutch Admiral de Ruyter was successful in action against the combined English and French fleets in Southwold Bay.
- 1692 - Port Royal, Jamaica is hit by a catastrophic earthquake at 11:43am; in just three minutes, 1600 people are killed and 3000 are seriously injured.
- 1749 - Viscount Fane marries Susanna, Lady Juxon, the youngest daughter of John Marriott, at St Benet Paul's Wharf.
- 1755 - Criação da Companhia Geral do Grão-Pará e Maranhão, que será estabelecida pelo Alvará de 30 de Outubro de 1756.
- 1761 - John Rennie was born (d. 1821). Scottish engineer.
- 1770 - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool was born (d. 1828). Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1776 - Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. See United States Declaration of Independence.
- 1778 - Beau Brummel was born. English fashion leader.
- 1779 - William Warburton dies (b. 1698). English critic, Bishop of Gloucester.
- 1799 - Aleksandr Pushkin was born. Russian novelist, playwright, and poet
- 1801 - Assinatura do Tratado de Badajoz, que é antedatado para 6 de Junho, por conveniência do embaixador francês. Portugal perde a cidade e o termo de Olivença.
- 1810 - Luigi Schiavonetti dies (b. 1765). Italian engraver.
- 1811 - James Simpson was born (d. 1870). Scottish obstetrician who was a pioneer in the use of anaesthetics.
- 1812 - Antonio Bachiller y Morales was born (d. 10 Jan 1889). Cuban journalist, lawyer and intelectual, considered "Padre de la Bibliografía Cubana"
- 1821 - Tudor Vladimirescu dies (b. c. 1780). Romanian rebellion-leader.
- 1826 - Joseph von Fraunhofer dies (b. 1787). German physicist.
- 1831 - Amelia Edwards was born (d. 1892). English author and Egyptologist.
- 1832 - Asian cholera brought to Quebec by Irish immigrants kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada.
- 1832 - The Reform Bill became law;
- 1837 - Alois Hitler was born (d. 1903). Father of Adolf Hitler.
- 1840 - King Frederick William III of Prussia dies (b. 1770)
- 1845 - Leopold Auer was born (d. 1930). Hungarian violinist and composer.
- 1847 - Adolph Göpel dies in Berlin (b. 29 Sep 1812 in Rostock). German mathematician.
- 1848 - Paul Gauguin was born (d. 1903). French painter (The Yellow Christ, Where Do We Come From? Where Are We? Where Are We Going?)
- 1849 - Manuel Bonilla was born. President of Honduras (1903-1907 and 1912-1913)
- 1854 - Charles Baudin dies (b. 1792). French admiral.
- 1858 - José Leite de Vasconcelos was born. portuguese writer.
- 1859 - David Cox dies (b. 1783). English artist.
- 1862 - Gennaios Kolokotronis assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro da Grécia.
- 1862 - Philipp Lenard was born (d. 1947). Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
- 1863 - Mexico City is captured by French troops.
- 1863 - Van_Vleck was born in Middletown, Connecticut (d. 2 Jun 1943). American mathematician.
- 1866 - 1800 Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after they loot and plunder around St-Armand and Frelighsburg, Quebec.
- 1866 - Chief Seattle dies. Native American leader
- 1868 - Charles Rennie Mackintosh was born (d. 1928). Scottish architect, designer, and illustrator
- 1877 - Charles Glover Barkla was born (d. 1944). English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
- 1879 - Knut Rasmussen was born (d. 1933). Greenland-born Artic explorer
- 1880 - War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), that ended the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
- 1883 - Sylvanus Morley, U.S. archaeologist and spy (d. 1948)
- 1886 - Henri Coanda was born (d. 1972). Romanian aerodynamics pioneer.
- 1892 - Homer Plessy was arrested for his refusal to move from a whites-only seat on a train. This led to the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision.
- 1893 - Gandhi's first act of civil disobedience.
- 1894 - Alexander de Seversky was born (d. 1974). Russian-American aviation pioneer.
- 1896 - Robert S. Mulliken was born (d. 1986). American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.
- 1896 - Imre Nagy was born (d. 1958). Hungarian politician.
- 1896 - Douglas Campbell was born (d. 1990). American World War I flying ace.
- 1896 - Imre Nagy was born (d. 1958). Hungarian politician.
- 1896 - Pavlos Carrer dies (b. 1829). Greek composer.
- 1897 - George Szell was born (d. 1970).Hungarian conductor.
- 1899 - Elizabeth Bowen was born. Irish novelist
- 1900 - Glen Gray was born (d. 1963). Jazz musician and leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra
- 1902 - Herman B Wells was born (d. 2000). President and chancellor of Indiana University.
- 1906 - Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania is launched at the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow(Clydebank), Scotland.
- 1907 - Edward John Routh dies in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England (b. 20 Jan 1831 in Quebec, Canada). Mathematician who was a founder member of the London Mathematical Society.
- 1909 - Actress Mary Pickford made her motion picture debut in The Violin Maker of Cremona.
- 1909 - Peter W. Rodino was born (d. 2005). American politician.
- 1909 - Jessica Tandy was born (d. 1994). English actress (Birds, Cocoon, Batteries Not Included)
- 1909 - Virginia Apgar was born (d. 1974). American physician and anesthesiologist.
- 1910 - Pietri Annigoni was born (d. 1988). Italian painter.
- 1911 - Brooks Stevens was born (d. 1995). Automotive designer.
- 1911 - Maurice Rouvier dies (b. 1842). French statesman.
- 1914 - The first vessel passes through the locks of the Panama Canal.
- 1916 - Émile Faguet dies (b. 1847). French writer and critic
- 1917 - World War I: Battle of Messines - Allied ammonal mines underneath German trenches in Mesen Ridge are detonated, killing 10,000 German troops.
- 1917 - Dean Martin was born (d. 1995). American actor .
- 1917 - Gwendolyn Brooks was born (d. 2000). American poet.
- 1919 - Sette Giugno - Riot in Malta. 4 people killed.
- 1920 - Georges Marchais was born (d. 1997). French politician.
- 1921 - Tal Farlow was botn (d. 1998). American jazz guitarist
- 1922 - Leo Reise was born.Canadian ice hockey player
- 1923 - Jules Deschênes was born (d. 2000). Canadian jurist.
- 1927 - Edmund James Flynn dies (b. 1847). Premier of Quebec.
- 1928 - James Ivory was born. American film director (Jefferson in Paris, The Remains of the Day, Howard’s End, A Room with a View, The Bostonians, Roseland, Wild Party, The Householder).
- 1928 - Reg Park was born. British bodybuilder
- 1929 - Vatican City becomes a sovereign state.
- 1929 - John Turner was born. Seventeenth Prime Minister of Canada.
- 1929 - The Grand Wizard of Wrestling was born. Wrestling manager
- 1931 - Malcolm Morley was born. English-born painter .
- 1931 - Virginia McKenna was born. Actress ( Duel of Hearts, Born Free, The Chosen, Simba).
- 1935 - Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of France.
- 1935 - In Britain, Stanley Baldwin, Conservative, succeeded Ramsay MacDonald as prime minister.
- 1935 - Harry Crews was born. American author
- 1935 - Thomas Kailath was born. American engineer
- 1936 - The Steel Workers Organizing Committee, a trade union, is founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Philip Murray is elected its first president.
- 1936 - Stjepan Seljan dies (d. 1875). Croatian explorer.
- 1937 - Neeme Järvi was born. Estonian conductor
- 1937 - Jean Harlow dies (b. 1911). Actress.
- 1937 - Claus Peymann was born. Theater director
- 1937 - David Cox dies (b. 1859). English painter.
- 1937 - Neemi Järvi was born. Estonian conductor .
- 1938 - Goose Gonsoulin was born. American football player
- 1938 - The Douglas DC-4 makes its first test flight.
- 1940 - King Haakon VII of Norway, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London.
- 1940 - Tom Jones was born. Grammy Award-winning singer [Best New Artist - 1965]: It’s Not Unusual, She’s a Lady, What’s New Pussycat?, I’ll Never Fall in Love Again, Without Love, Delilah, Love Me Tonight, Green Green Grass of Home, Sex Bomb.
- 1942 - World War II: The Battle of Midway ends. The United States routs the Japanese Navy in a major three-day battle over a remote military base at Midway Island in the Pacific Ocean.
- 1942 - Alan Blumlein dies (b. 1903). English electronics engineer
- 1943 - Nikki Giovanni was born. Poet The Women and the Men, My House
- 1945 - King Haakon VII of Norway returns with his family to Oslo after five years in exile.
- 1945 - Wolfgang Schüssel was born. Chancellor of Austria
- 1945 - Gilles Marotte was born (d. 2005). French Canadian ice hockey player.
- 1946 - Jenny Jones was born. Palestinian-born comedian and talk show host
- 1947 - Thurman Munson was born (d. 1979). American baseball player.
- 1948 - Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than sign a Constitution making his nation a Communist state.
- 1948 - Louis Lumière dies.
- 1950 - Gary Graham was born. American actor
- 1951 - Oswald Pohl dies (b. 1892). German Nazi leader.
- 1952 - Liam Neeson was born. Irish actor
- 1953 - Dougie Donnelly was born. Scottish television broadcaster
- 1953 - Johnny Clegg was born. South African musician
- 1954 - Louise Erdrich was born. Author.
- 1954 - Alan Mathison Turing dies in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England (b. 23 Jun 1912). English mathematician and computer scientist.
- 1955 - Lux Radio Theater signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
- 1956 - L.A. Reid was born. American music producer
- 1957 - Juan Luis Guerra was born. Dominican musician
- 1958 - Surakiart Sathirathai was born. Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand
- 1958 - Prince was born. American musician.
- 1960 - Tomás Oliveira da Cruz dies. Portuguese poet.
- 1961 - Dave Catching was born. American musician
- 1963 - Zasu Pitts dies (b. 1894). American actress.
- 1964 - Judie Aronson was born. American actress
- 1964 - Gia Carides was born. Greek-Australian actress
- 1965 - The US Supreme Court decides Griswold v. Connecticut effectively legalizing the use of contraception by married couples.
- 1965 - Mick Foley was born. American professional wrestler
- 1965 - Judy Holliday dies (b. 1921). Actress .
- 1965 - Mick Foley was born. Professional wrestler and author
- 1966 - Stephane Richer was born. French Canadian ice hockey player
- 1966 - Jean Arp dies (b. 1886). Alsatian sculptor, painter, and poet.
- 1967 - Dave Navarro was born. American musician.
- 1967 - Anatoly Maltsev dies (b. 1909). Russian mathematician.
- 1967 - Dorothy Parker dies (b. 1893). American short story writer, poet, and critic.
- 1968 - The body of assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy lies in state at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York.
- 1968 - Dan Duryea dies (b. 1907). American actor.
- 1969 - Kim Rhodes was born. American actress
- 1969 - Prince Joachim of Denmark was born.
- 1970 - Mike Modano was born. American ice hockey player
- 1970 - Andrei Kovalenko was born. Russian ice hockey player
- 1970 - E. M. Forster dies (b. 1879). English author.
- 1970 - Cafu (Marcos Evangelista de Moraes) was born. Brazilien football player (Milan)
- 1971 - The US Supreme Court overturns the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment.
- 1971 - Alex X. Mooney was born. American politician
- 1972 - Karl Urban was born. New Zealand actor
- 1973 - An Icelandic coastguard vessel rammed a British warship in escalation of the 'Cod War'.
- 1973 - Song Yun-ah was born. South Korean model and actress
- 1973 - Bear Grylls was born. British survivor
- 1974 - Mahesh Bhupathi was born. Tennis player.
- 1975 - Spain's Manuel Orantes wins US Open, beating Jimmy Connors in 3 sets
- 1975 - Allen Iverson was born. Basketball player
- 1976 - Necro was born. Jewish American rapper
- 1977 - Marcin Baszczyński was born. Polish soccer player
- 1977 - Joe Horgan was born. Baseball player
- 1977 - 500 million people watch on television as the high day of Jubilee gets underway for Queen Elizabeth II.
- 1978 - Tony An was born. Korean singer H.O.T
- 1978 - Ronald George Wreyford Norrish dies (b. 1897). British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.
- 1979 - The first direct elections for the European Parliament were held.
- 1979 - Kevin Hofland was born. Dutch footballer
- 1979 - Forrest Carter dies (b. 1925). American author.
- 1980 - 50th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Vitas Gerulaitis (6-4, 6-1 and 6-2)
- 1980 - Henry Miller dies (b. 1891). American writer .
- 1980 - Adalgisa Nery dies (b. 1905). Brazilian poet, journalist and politician.
- 1981 - The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera. The Israelis charged the facility could have been used to make nuclear weapons.
- 1981 - 35th Tony Awards: Amadeus and 42nd Street win
- 1981 - Anna Kournikova was born. Tennis player, US Open winner[doubles: 1999] (See here Anna Kournikova's wallpapers).
- 1981 - Larisa Oleynik was born. Ukrainian-born actress.
- 1981 - Stephen Bywater was born. British goalkeeper
- 1981 - Tyler Johnson was born. Baseball player
- 1981 - Kevin Kyle was born. Scottish footballer
- 1982 - Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.
- 1985 - Portugal: Lançamento da primeira pedra da Torre do Tombo.
- 1985 - Charlie Simpson was born. British pop singer
- 1987 - 41st Tony Awards: Fences and Les Miserables win
- 1988 - Michael Cera was born. Canadian actor
- 1988 - Vernon Washington dies (b. 1927). American actor.
- 1989 - At 01:23:45 AM the time and date by US reckoning was 01:23:45 6/7/89. This was also true 12 hours later excepting 24-hour time.
- 1989 - Paulo Leminski dies (b. 1944). Brazilian poet and writer.
- 1989 - Nara_Leão dies (b. 1942). Brazilian bossa nova and MPB (Brazilian popular music)singer.
- 1989 - Chico Landi dies (b. 1907). Brazilian racing driver.
- 1990 - Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando, Florida opens up its new 3 soundstages and begins production at Universal Studios Florida .
- 1991 - Mount Pinatubo explodes generating an ash column 7 km (4.5 miles) high.
- 1993 - Prince changes his name to a symbol and comes to be referred to as "The Artist formerly known as Prince".
- 1993 - Jordan Fry was born. American actor
- 1993 - Dražen Petrović dies (b. 1964). Croatian basketball player.
- 1994 - Dennis Potter dies. English playwright and journalist.
- 1995 - Portugal: O conto Dores, da escritora portuguesa Maria Velho da Costa, recebe o Prémio Camilo Castelo Branco.
- 1995 - Juan Carlos Onganía dies. Argentine general and dictator.
- 1995 - Hsuan Hua dies (b. 1918). Influential Buddhist master in the United States
- 1996 - Max Factor dies. American business, cosmetics pioneer.
- 1997 - 67th French Womens Tennis: Iva Majoli beats Martina Hingis (6-4 and 6-2)
- 1998 - James Byrd, Jr is dragged to death by Shawn Allen Berry, Lawrence Russel Brewer, and John William King in Jasper, Texas in a racially-motivated hate crime.
- 1998 - A militar coup arises in Guiné-Bissau.
- 1998 - Carlos Moyá wins Roland Garros Tournment in tennis.
- 1999 - António Livramento dies (b. 28 Feb 1943). Portuguese roller hokey player, considered the best of the world.
- 1999 - Paco Stanley dies (b. 1942). Mexican TV entertainer.
- 2001 - Carole Fredericks dies (b. 1952). American singer
- 2001 - Víctor Paz Estenssoro, dies (b. 1907). President of Bolivia.
- 2002 - Mary Lilian Baels dies (b. 1916). Belgian princess.
- 2003 - Rev. V. Gene Robinson was elected the first openly gay bishop by New Hampshire Episcopalians.
- 2003 - Trevor Goddard dies (b. 1962). English actor.
- 2003 - A tenista belga Justine Henin-Hardenne vence Kim Cljisters e conquista o torneio de Roland Garros.
- 2003 - Actor Ed Burns weds model Christy Turlington.
- 2004 - The Sikh leader Prem Singh Chandumajra launches the political party Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal).
- 2004 - Quorthon dies (b. 1966). Swedish musician.
- 2006 - John Tenta dies (b. 1963). Canadian professional wrestler.
- 2006 - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi dies (b. 1966). Jordanian-born terrorist.
- Norway - Union Dissolution Day, observing the 1905 decision to dissolve the Union between Sweden and Norway
- Día del Bibliotecario (Cuba)
Amor, morte, poesia, política, actualidade, futebol, efemérides, solidão, paz, humor, musica...tudo e nada; Here we talk about life, love, death,
On this day in History, poetry, politics, football (soccer), solitude, peace, humour, music ... nothing and all.
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