June 8

Events

AD 68 – The Roman Senate proclaims Galba as emperor.

218 – Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus. He flees, but is captured near Chalcedon and later executed in Cappadocia.

632 – Muhammad, Islamic prophet, dies in Medina and is succeeded by Abu Bakr who becomes the first caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.

793 – Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of Norse activity in the British Isles.

1042 – Edward the Confessor becomes King of England, one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England.

1191 – Richard I arrives in Acre (Palestine), beginning his crusade.

1405 – Richard le Scrope, the Archbishop of York, and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, are executed in York on Henry IV's orders.

1776 – American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.

1783 – Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.

1789 – James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.

1794 – Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution's new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large organized festivals all across France.

1856 – A group of 194 Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty, arrives at Norfolk Island, commencing the Third Settlement of the Island.

1861 – American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.

1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan.

1867 – Coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (Ausgleich).

1887 – Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.

1906 – Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.

1912 – Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.

1928 – Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").

1929 – Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.

1940 – World War II: The completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian Campaign.

1941 – World War II: The Allies commence the Syria–Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant.

1942 – World War II: The Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.

1949 – Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.

1949 – George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.

1953 – An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.

1953 – The United States Supreme Court rules that restaurants in Washington, D.C. cannot refuse to serve black patrons.

1959 – The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.

1966 – An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed.

1966 – Topeka, Kansas, is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale: The first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.

1967 – Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.

1972 – Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo.

1982 – Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: 56 British servicemen are killed by an Argentine air attack on two landing ships, RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram.

1984 – Homosexuality is declared legal in the Australian state of New South Wales.

1987 – New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987.

1992 – The first World Ocean Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

1995 – Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.

2001 – Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan.

2004 – The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.

2007 – Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of a trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker.

2008 – At least 37 miners go missing after an explosion in an Ukrainian coal mine causes it to collapse.

2008 – At least seven people are killed and ten injured in a stabbing spree in Tokyo, Japan.

2009 – Two American journalists are found guilty of illegally entering North Korea and sentenced to 12 years of penal labour.

2014 – At least 28 people are killed in an attack at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan.

Births

862 – Emperor Xizong of Tang (d. 888)

1318 – Eleanor of Woodstock, eldest daughter of King Edward II of England (d. 1355)

1332 – Cangrande II della Scala, Lord of Verona (d. 1359)

1508 – Primož Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (d. 1586)

1552 – Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet and author (d. 1638)

1625 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1712)

1671 – Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1751)

1717 – John Collins, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1795)

1724 – John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (d. 1794)

1745 – Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (d. 1818)

1757 – Ercole Consalvi, Italian cardinal (d. 1824)

1788 – Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky (d. 1869)

1810 – Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (d. 1856)

1829 – John Everett Millais, English painter and illustrator (d. 1896)

1831 – Thomas J. Higgins, Canadian-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1917)

1842 – John Q. A. Brackett, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1918)

1851 – Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, French physician and physicist (d. 1940)

1852 – Guido Banti, Italian physician and pathologist (d. 1925)

1854 – Douglas Cameron, Canadian politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (d. 1921)

1855 – George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator (d. 1924)

1859 – Smith Wigglesworth, English evangelist (d. 1947)

1860 – Alicia Boole Stott, Irish-English mathematician and theorist (d. 1940)

1867 – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater (d. 1959)

1868 – Robert Robinson Taylor, American architect (d. 1942)

1872 – Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (d. 1949)

1875 – Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author (d. 1934)

1876 – Alexandre Tuffère, Greek-French triple jumper (d. 1958)

1885 – Karl Genzken, German physician (d. 1957)

1891 – William Funnell, Australian public servant (d. 1962)

1893 – Ernst Marcus, German zoologist (d. 1968)

1894 – Erwin Schulhoff, Czech composer and pianist (d. 1942)

1895 – Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1978)

1897 – John G. Bennett, English mathematician and technologist (d. 1974)

1903 – Ralph Yarborough, American colonel and politician (d. 1996)

1903 – Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-French author and poet (d. 1987)

1910 – C. C. Beck, American illustrator (d. 1989)

1910 – John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (d. 1971)

1910 – Fernand Fonssagrives, French-American photographer, sculptor, and painter (d. 2003)

1911 – Edmundo Rivero, Argentinian singer-songwriter (d. 1986)

1912 – Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, British abstract painter (d. 2004)

1912 – Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989)

1912 – Harry Holtzman, American painter (d. 1987)

1915 – Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, Indian journalist, author, and poet (d. 2015)

1916 – Francis Crick, English biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)

1916 – Luigi Comencini, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2007)

1916 – Richard Pousette-Dart, American painter and educator (d. 1992)

1917 – Byron White, American football player and judge (d. 2002)

1918 – George Edward Hughes, Irish-New Zealand philosopher and logician (d. 1994)

1918 – Robert Preston, American captain, actor, and singer (d. 1987)

1918 – John D. Roberts, American chemist and academic

1918 – John H. Ross, American captain and pilot (d. 2013)

1919 – John R. Deane, Jr., American general (d. 2013)

1920 – Gwen Harwood, Australian poet and playwright (d. 1995)

1921 – Suharto, Indonesian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia (d. 2008)

1921 – Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster and businessman (d. 1986)

1921 – LeRoy Neiman, American soldier and painter (d. 2012)

1921 – Alexis Smith, Canadian-born American actress and singer (d. 1993)

1921 – Olga Nardone, American actress (d. 2010)

1923 – Malcolm Boyd, American priest and author (d. 2015)

1923 – Alice Coleman, English geographer and academic

1923 – Karel Goeyvaerts, Belgian composer (d. 1993)

1924 – Billie Dawe, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2013)

1924 – Iain Glidewell, English lawyer and judge (d. 2016)

1924 – Lyn Nofziger, American journalist and author (d. 2006)

1924 – Kenneth Waltz, American political scientist and academic (d. 2013)

1925 – Barbara Bush, American wife of George H. W. Bush, 41st First Lady of the United States

1925 – Del Ennis, American baseball player and coach (d. 1996)

1925 – Eddie Gaedel, American baseball player (d. 1961)

1927 – Jerry Stiller, American actor, comedian and producer

1927 – Anne Warburton, English academic and diplomat (d. 2015)

1929 – Nada Inada, Japanese psychiatrist and author (d. 2013)

1929 – Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers, English lieutenant and politician (d. 2012)

1930 – Robert Aumann, German-American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate

1930 – Michael Codron, English producer and manager

1930 – Marcel Léger, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1993)

1931 – James Goldstone, American director and screenwriter (d. 1999)

1931 – Dana Wynter, British actress (d. 2011)

1932 – Ray Illingworth, English cricketer and sportscaster

1932 – Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood, Scottish lawyer and judge

1933 – Rommie Loudd, American football player and coach (d. 1998)

1933 – Joan Rivers, American comedian, actress, and television host (d. 2014)

1933 – Robert Stevens, English lawyer and academic

1934 – Millicent Martin, English actress and singer

1935 – Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2015)

1936 – James Darren, American actor

1936 – Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)

1937 – Gillian Clarke, Welsh poet and playwright

1938 – Angelo Amato, Italian cardinal

1939 – Herb Adderley, American football player

1939 – Bernie Casey, American football player and actor

1939 – Ruthe Blalock Jones, Delaware-Shawnee-Peoria painter

1939 – Francis Jacobs, English lawyer and judge

1940 – Arthur Elgort, American photographer

1940 – Nancy Sinatra, American singer and actress

1940 – Jim Wickwire, American lawyer and mountaineer

1941 – Robert Bradford, Northern Irish politician and activist (d. 1981)

1941 – Fuzzy Haskins, American singer, guitarist, and producer

1941 – George Pell, Australian cardinal

1942 – Nikos Konstantopoulos, Greek politician, Greek Minister of the Interior

1942 – Doug Mountjoy, Welsh snooker player

1942 – Chuck Negron, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1942 – Andrew Weil, American author and educator

1943 – Colin Baker, English actor

1943 – William Calley, American lieutenant

1943 – Willie Davenport, American colonel and hurdler (d. 2002)

1943 – Peter Eggert, German footballer and manager

1944 – Mark Belanger, American baseball player (d. 1998)

1944 – Marc Ouellet, Canadian cardinal

1944 – Boz Scaggs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1945 – Anthony Bagnall, English air marshal

1945 – Steven Fromholz, American singer-songwriter, producer, and poet (d. 2014)

1945 – Derek Underwood, English cricketer

1946 – Graham Henry, New Zealand rugby player and coach

1947 – Annie Haslam, English singer-songwriter and painter

1947 – Sara Paretsky, American author

1947 – Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, geneticist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate

1949 – Emanuel Ax, Polish-American pianist and educator

1949 – Hildegard Falck, German runner

1950 – Kathy Baker, American actress

1950 – Sônia Braga, Brazilian actress and producer

1951 – Tony Rice, American guitarist and songwriter

1951 – Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer

1952 – Dave Jennings, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2013)

1953 – Billy Hayes, English union leader

1953 – Sandy Nairne, English historian and curator

1953 – Ivo Sanader, Croatian historian and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Croatia

1953 – Olav Stedje, Norwegian singer-songwriter

1954 – Kiril of Varna, Bulgarian metropolitan (d. 2013)

1954 – Sergei Storchak, Ukrainian-Russian politician

1955 – Tim Berners-Lee, English computer scientist, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web

1955 – Griffin Dunne, American actor, director, and producer

1956 – Udo Bullmann, German politician

1956 – Jonathan Potter, English psychologist, sociolinguist, and academic

1957 – Scott Adams, American author and illustrator

1957 – Don Robinson, American baseball player and politician

1957 – Sonja Vectomov, Czech/Finnish sculptor

1958 – Louise Richardson, Irish political scientist and academic

1958 – Keenen Ivory Wayans, American actor, director, and screenwriter

1959 – Mohsen Kadivar, Iranian philosopher

1960 – Mick Hucknall, English singer-songwriter

1960 – Terje Gewelt, Norwegian bassist

1960 – Thomas Steen, Swedish ice hockey player and coach

1962 – John Gibbons, American baseball player and manager

1962 – Andreas Keim, German footballer

1962 – Nick Rhodes, English keyboard player and producer

1963 – Karen Kingsbury, American journalist and author

1963 – Antoaneta Todorova, Bulgarian javelin thrower

1964 – Butch Reynolds, American runner and coach

1965 – Kevin Farley, American screenwriter

1966 – Julianna Margulies, American actress

1966 – Doris Pearson, English singer-songwriter and choreographer

1967 – Russell E. Morris, Professor of Materials Chemistry at the University of St Andrews

1968 – Rob Ray, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

1969 – David Barnhill, Australian rugby league player and coach

1969 – J. P. Manoux, American actor

1969 – Marcos Siega, American director and producer

1970 – Gabrielle Giffords, American businesswoman and politician

1970 – Kwame Kilpatrick, American educator and politician, 68th Mayor of Detroit

1970 – Steve Renouf, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

1970 – Troy Vincent, American football player

1971 – Mark Feuerstein, American actor, director, and producer

1972 – Christian Mayrleb, Austrian footballer

1973 – Lexa Doig, Canadian model and actress

1973 – Bryant Reeves, American basketball player

1974 – Pål Arne Fagernes, Norwegian javelin thrower (d. 2003)

1974 – Alma Lepina, Latvian figure skater

1975 – Bryan McCabe, Canadian-American ice hockey player

1975 – Mark Ricciuto, Australian footballer and sportscaster

1975 – Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress and producer

1976 – Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player and coach

1976 – Kenji Johjima, Japanese baseball player

1976 – Catherine McKinnell, English lawyer and politician

1977 – Kanye West, American rapper, producer, director, and fashion designer

1978 – Eun Ji-won, South Korean rapper, dancer, and producer

1978 – Maria Menounos, American television journalist

1979 – Alexei Kozlov, Estonian figure skater

1979 – Pete Orr, Canadian-American baseball player

1979 – Derek Trucks, American guitarist and songwriter

1979 – Adine Wilson, New Zealand netball player

1979 – Rob Holliday, American singer-songwriter and bass player

1979 – İpek Şenoğlu, Turkish tennis player

1980 – Gustavo Manduca, Brazilian footballer

1980 – Jamie Spencer, Irish jockey

1981 – Alex Band, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1981 – Matteo Meneghello, Italian race car driver

1981 – Sara Watkins, American singer-songwriter and fiddler

1982 – Matteo Barbini, Italian rugby player

1982 – Michael Cammalleri, Canadian ice hockey player

1982 – Dickson Etuhu, Nigerian footballer

1982 – Irina Lăzăreanu, Romanian-Canadian model and singer

1982 – Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player

1983 – Gaines Adams, American football player (d. 2010)

1983 – Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player

1983 – Pantelis Kapetanos, Greek footballer

1983 – Coby Karl, American basketball player

1984 – Javier Mascherano, Argentinian footballer

1985 – Alexandre Despatie, Canadian diver

1986 – Patrick Kaleta, American ice hockey player

1987 – Coralie Balmy, French swimmer

1987 – Issiar Dia, Senegalese footballer

1989 – Timea Bacsinszky, Swiss tennis player

1989 – Mitchell Schwartz, American football player

1990 – Todd Barclay, New Zealand politician

1990 – Mickey Bushell, English wheelchair racer

1992 – Sebá, Brazilian footballer

1996 – Doğanay Kılıç, Turkish footballer

1997 – Jeļena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player

Deaths

632 – Muhammad, the central figure of Islam, widely regarded as its founder (b. 570/571)

696 – Chlodulf, bishop of Metz (or 697)

1042 – Harthacnut, English-Danish king (b. 1018)

1154 – William of York, English archbishop and saint

1290 – Beatrice Portinari, object of Dante Alighieri's adoration (b. 1266)

1376 – Edward, the Black Prince, English son of Edward III of England (b. 1330)

1383 – Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros, English politician (b. 1338)

1384 – Kan'ami, Japanese actor and playwright (b. 1333)

1405 – Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York (b. c.1350)

1405 – Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk (b. 1385)

1476 – George Neville, English archbishop and academic (b. 1432)

1492 – Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort of England (b. 1437)

1501 – George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly, Earl of Huntly and Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1440)

1505 – Hongzhi Emperor of China (b. 1470)

1611 – Jean Bertaut, French bishop and poet (b. 1552)

1612 – Hans Leo Hassler, German organist and composer (b. 1562)

1621 – Anne de Xainctonge, French saint, founded the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin (b. 1567)

1628 – Rudolph Goclenius, German lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1547)

1714 – Sophia of Hanover (b. 1630)

1716 – Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, German son of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1658)

1727 – August Hermann Francke, German-Lutheran pietist, philanthropist, and scholar (b. 1663)

1768 – Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist and scholar (b. 1717)

1771 – George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1716)

1795 – Louis XVII of France (b. 1785)

1809 – Thomas Paine, English-American theorist and author (b. 1737)

1831 – Sarah Siddons, Welsh actress (b. 1755)

1835 – Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian economist and jurist (b. 1761)

1845 – Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767)

1857 – Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (b. 1803)

1874 – Cochise, American tribal chief (b. 1805)

1876 – George Sand, French author and playwright (b. 1804)

1885 – Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)

1889 – Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)

1899 – Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)

1924 – Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)

1924 – George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)

1929 – Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)

1945 – Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)

1951 – Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)

1951 – Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)

1956 – Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)

1959 – Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (b. 1912)

1965 – Edmondo Rossoni, Italian politician (b. 1884)

1966 – Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (b. 1890)

1968 – Elizabeth Enright, American author and illustrator (b. 1909)

1968 – Ludovico Scarfiotti, Italian race car driver (b. 1933)

1969 – Arunachalam Mahadeva, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat (b. 1885)

1969 – Robert Taylor, American actor and singer (b. 1911)

1970 – Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic (b. 1908)

1976 – Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist and psychologist (b. 1894)

1982 – Satchel Paige, American baseball player and coach (b. 1906)

1984 – Gordon Jacob, English composer and academic (b. 1895)

1987 – Alexander Iolas, Egyptian-American art collector (b. 1907)

1997 – George Turner, Australian author and critic (b. 1916)

1997 – Karen Wetterhahn, American chemist and academic (b. 1948)

1998 – Sani Abacha, Nigerian general and politician, 10th President of Nigeria (b. 1943)

1998 – Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (b. 1903)

2000 – Jeff MacNelly, American cartoonist (b. 1948)

2001 – Alex de Renzy, American director and producer (b. 1935)

2004 – Charles Hyder, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1930)

2006 – Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded Rip Off Press (b. 1941)

2006 – Matta El Meskeen, Egyptian monk, theologian, and author (b. 1919)

2008 – Šaban Bajramović, Serbian singer-songwriter (b. 1936)

2009 – Omar Bongo, Gabonese captain and politician, President of Gabon (b. 1935)

2010 – Crispian St. Peters, English singer-songwriter (b. 1939)

2012 – Pete Brennan, American basketball player (b. 1936)

2012 – Charles E. M. Pearce, New Zealand-Australian mathematician and academic (b. 1940)

2012 – Ghassan Tueni, Lebanese journalist, academic, and politician (b. 1926)

2013 – Paul Cellucci, American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1948)

2013 – Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli painter, journalist, and critic (b. 1930)

2013 – Taufiq Kiemas, Indonesian politician, 5th First Spouse of Indonesia (b. 1942)

2013 – Angus MacKay, English actor (b. 1927)

2013 – Kyle Miller, Canadian lacrosse player (b. 1981)

2013 – Richard J. Seitz, American general (b. 1918)

2014 – Jean Geissinger, American baseball player (b. 1934)

2014 – Alexander Imich, Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (b. 1903)

2014 – Harold Russell Maddock, Australian jockey (b. 1918)

2014 – Billy McCool, American baseball player (b. 1944)

2014 – Yoshihito, Prince Katsura of Japan (b. 1948)

2015 – Frank Cappuccino, American boxer and referee (b. 1929)

2015 – Aldo da Rosa, Brazilian engineer and academic (b. 1917)

2015 – David Rotem, Israeli academic and politician (b. 1949)

2015 – Chea Sim, Cambodian commander and politician (b. 1932)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

Blessed Mary of the Divine Heart (Droste zu Vischering)

Chlodulf of Metz

Jacques Berthieu

Jadwiga of Poland

Medard

Melania the Elder

Roland Allen (Episcopal Church (USA))

Thomas Ken (Church of England)

William of York

June 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Earliest day on which Queen's Birthday can fall, while June 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Monday in June. (Australia, except Western Australia and Queensland)

Bounty Day (Norfolk Island)

Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Engineer's Day (Peru)

Primož Trubar Day (Slovenia)

World Brain Tumor Day

World Oceans Day