In common years it is always in ISO week 26.

This date is the only date each year where both the month and day are different perfect numbers.

Events

• 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul.
• 1389 - Ottomans defeat Serbian army in the bloody Battle of Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe (see Vidovdan).
• 1519 - Charles V elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
• 1635 - Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.
• 1651 - Battle of Beresteczko between Poles and Ukrainians starts.
• 1776 - Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, was hanged for mutiny and sedition.
• 1778 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Monmouth fought between the American Continental Army under George Washington and the British Army led by Sir Henry Clinton. Washington appoints Molly Pitcher a sergeant.
• 1807 - Second British invasion; John Whitelock lands at Ensenada on an attempt to recapture Buenos Aires and is defeated by the fierce resistance of the locals.
• 1838 - The coronation of Victoria of the United Kingdom.
• 1841 - The Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris premieres the ballet Giselle
• 1855 - The Sigma Chi Fraternity was founded at Miami University
• 1859 - First conformation dog show is held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
• 1865 - The Army of the Potomac is disbanded
• 1880 - Ned Kelly the Australian bushranger captured at Glenrowan.
• 1881 - Secret treaty between Austria and Serbia.
• 1886 - First scheduled Canadian transcontinental passenger train departs from Montreal, Quebec for Port Moody, British Columbia.
• 1887 - Minot, North Dakota incorporated as a city.
• 1894 - Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
• 1895 - El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form the Central American Union.
• 1902 - The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
• 1904- The SS Norge Runs aground and sinks
• 1914 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip , the casus belli of World War I.
• 1919 - The Treaty of Versailles is signed in Paris, formally ending World War I between Britain, France, Italy, the United States and allies on the one side and Germany and Austria Hungary on the other side.
• 1922 - The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.
• 1936 - The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
• 1940 - Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union.
• 1948 - Cominform circulates the "Resolution on the situation in the Communist Party of Yugoslavia"; Yugoslavia is expelled from the Communist bloc.
• 1950 - Seoul is captured by troops from North Korea.
• 1956 - Protests and demonstrations in Pozna?. Also called Pozna?ski czerwiec (June of Pozna?).
• 1964 - Malcom X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
• 1967 - Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
• 1969 - Stonewall riots begin in New York City.
• 1973 - Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time.
• 1976 - The Angolan court sentenced US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial.
• 1978 - The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.
• 1983 - The Mianus River Bridge collapses over the Mianus River in Connecticut, killing 3 drivers in their vehicles.
• 1986 - ˇA Luchar! holds its first congress in Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1988 - The worst confined-space industrial accident in U.S. history occurs at a metal-plating plant in Auburn, Indiana, killing five.
• 1990 - Paperback Software International Ltd. found guilty by a U.S. court of copyright violation for copying the appearance and menu system of Lotus 1-2-3 in its competing spreadsheet program.
• 1992 - The Constitution of Estonia is signed into law.
• 1994 - Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas attack at Matsumoto, Japan, 7 persons killed, 660 injured.
• 1996 - The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.
• 1997 - Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield II - Tyson is disqualified in the 3rd round for biting a piece from Holyfield's ear.
• 2000 - Cuban exile Elián González returns to Cuba following a Supreme Court order.
• 2001 - U.S. Appeals Court overturns a lower court's order to break up Microsoft in an antitrust case.
• 2004 - The 17th NATO Summit starts in Istanbul.
• 2004 - Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
• 2004 - Estonia, Lithuania and Slovenia join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism
• 2005 - Canada becomes the third country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage.
• 2005 - A final design for Manhattan's Freedom Tower is formally unveiled.
• 2006 - The Republic of Montenegro was admitted as the 192nd Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution 60/264.

Births

• 1476 - Pope Paul IV (d. 1559)
• 1490 - Albert of Mainz, bishop and elector of Mainz (d. 1545)
• 1491 - King Henry VIII of England (d. 1547)
• 1503 - Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (d. 1556)
• 1547 (baptism) - Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer (d. 1599)
• 1577 - Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (d. 1640)
• 1641 - Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien, queen of Poland (d. 1716)
• 1703 - John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (d. 1791)
• 1712 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (d. 1778)
• 1719 - Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French statesman (d. 1785)
• 1806 - Napoleon Coste, French guitarist and composer (d. 1883)
• 1824 - Paul Broca, French physician (d. 1880)
• 1831 - Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist (d. 1907)
• 1867 - Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1936)
• 1873 - Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1944)
• 1875 - Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician (d. 1941)
• 1883 - Pierre Laval, Prime Minister of France (d. 1945)
• 1884 - Lamina Sankoh, early Sierra Leonean nationalist (d. 1964)
• 1891 - Carl Panzram, American serial killer (d. 1930)
• 1891 - Esther Forbes, American writer (d. 1968)
• 1891 - Carl Spaatz, American Air Force general (d. 1974)
• 1902 - Richard Rodgers, American composer (d. 1979)
• 1906 - Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1972)
• 1909 - Eric Ambler, English writer (d. 1998)
• 1912 - Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor (d. 1996)
• 1912 - Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (d. 2007)
• 1913 - Franz Antel, Austrian filmmaker (d. 2007)
• 1913 - Walter Oesau, German pilot (d. 1944)
• 1914 - Aribert Heim, Austrian physician
• 1917 - Katherine Rawls, American swimming champion (d. 1982)
• 1920 - A. E. Hotchner, American editor, novelist and playwright
• 1921 - P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India (d. 2004)
• 1922 - Michael Vale, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1923 - Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, Argentine racing driver
• 1926 - Mel Brooks, American filmmaker
• 1927 - Frank Sherwood Rowland, American chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1928 - Dr Hans Blix, Swedish head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission 2000-2003
• 1928 - Harold Evans, English journalist and writer; editor of The Sunday Times
• 1930 - Itamar Franco, President of Brazil
• 1931 - Junior Johnson, American NASCAR driver
• 1932 - Pat Morita, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1933 - Gusty Spence, Northern Irish loyalist politician
• 1934 - Carl Levin, United States Senator
• 1935 - John Inman, English actor (d. 2007)
• 1936 - Chuck Howley, American football player
• 1937 - Richard Bright, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1937 - George Knudson, Canadian golfer (d. 1989)
• 1937 - Ron Luciano, American baseball umpire (d. 1995)
• 1938 - John Byner, American comedian
• 1938 - Moy Yat, Chinese martial artist (d. 2001)
• 1938 - Leon Panetta, American White House Chief of Staff to Bill Clinton
• 1940 - Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi banker, economist and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1940 - Roderick Wright, ex-Scottish bishop (d. 2005)
• 1941 - Al Downing, American baseball player
• 1941 - Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist (d. 2006)
• 1942 - Chris Hani, leader of the South African Communist Party (d. 1993)
• 1942 - David Miner, American musician and record producer
• 1943 - Donald Johanson, American paleoanthropologist
• 1943 - Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1945 - David Knights, English musician (Procol Harum)
• 1946 - Bruce Davison, American actor
• 1946 - Gilda Radner, American comedienne (d. 1989)
• 1946 - Jaime Guzmán, Chilean politician.
• 1947 - Robert Bondi, American politician
• 1947 - Clarissa Dickson Wright, English celebrity chef
• 1947 - Anny Duperey, French film and television actress
• 1947 - Mark Helprin, American writer
• 1948 - Kathy Bates, American actress
• 1950 - Mauricio Rojas, Swedish politician
• 1952 - Pietro Mennea, Italian athlete
• 1954 - Alice Krige, South African actress
• 1955 - Shirley Cheriton, English actress
• 1955 - Eric Gates, English footballer
• 1955 - Thomas Hampson, American baritone
• 1956 - Noel Mugavin, Australian Rules Football player
• 1957 - Lance Nethery, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
• 1957 - Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria
• 1957 - Mike Skinner, American racecar driver
• 1958 - Félix Gray, French singer and songwriter
• 1960 - John Elway, American football player
• 1963 - Beverley Craven, English singer-songwriter
• 1964 - Mark Grace, American baseball player
• 1965 - Jessica Hecht, American actress
• 1966 - John Cusack, American actor
• 1966 - Mary Stuart Masterson, American actress
• 1967 - Gil Bellows, Canadian actor
• 1967 - Lars Riedel, German discus thrower
• 1968 - Adam Woodyatt, English actor
• 1968 - Chayanne, Puerto Rican singer
• 1969 - Danielle Brisebois, American actress
• 1969 - Ayelet Zurer, Israeli actress
• 1970 - Mushtaq Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer
• 1970 - Steve Burton, American actor
• 1970 - Mike White, American filmmaker and actor
• 1971 - Tichina Arnold, American actress
• 1971 - Fabien Barthez, French footballer
• 1971 - Kenny Cunningham, Irish footballer
• 1971 - Norika Fujiwara, Japanese actress and television personality
• 1971 - Ron Mahay, American baseball player
• 1971 - Aileen Quinn, American actress
• 1972 - Jon Heidenreich, American professional wrestler
• 1972 - Alessandro Nivola, American actor
• 1973 - Adrian Annus, Hungarian athlete
• 1974 - Rob Dyrdek, Professional skateboarder
• 1975 - Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish musician, Dissection
• 1976 - Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player
• 1976 - Seth Wescott, American snowboarder
• 1977 - Mark Stoermer, American bass player (The Killers)
• 1977 - Chris Spurling, American baseball player
• 1977 - Harun Tekin, Turkish musician, Mor ve Ötesi
• 1978 - Simon Larose, Canadian professional tennis player
• 1979 - Ha Ji-won, South Korean actress and singer
• 1979 - Randy McMichael, American football player
• 1979 - Florian Zeller, French novelist and playwright
• 1983 - Maui Taylor, Filipino model and singer
• 1985 - Phil Bardsley, English football player
• 1986 - Kellie Pickler, American singer
• 1986 - Shadia Simmons, Canadian actress
• 1988 - Lacey Schwimmer, American dancer
• 1990 - Jasmine Richards, Canadian actress
• 1994 - Madeline Duggan, English actress
• 1994 - Prince Hussein bin Al Abdullah II, Prince of Jordan

Deaths

• 548 - Theodora, Byzantine empress
• 767 - Pope Paul I
• 928 - Louis the Blind, King of Provence and Holy Roman Emperor
• 1061 - Floris I, Count of Holland
• 1175 - Andrei Bogolyubsky, Russian prince
• 1194 - Emperor Xiaozong of Song China (b. 1127)
• 1385 - Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1348)
• 1389 - Prince Lazar Hrebeljanovi? of Serbia (b. 1329)
• 1586 - Primo? Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (b. 1508)
• 1598 - Abraham Ortelius, Flemish-born cartographer (b. 1527)
• 1716 - George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general (b. 1665)
• 1813 - Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general (b. 1755)
• 1834 - Joseph Bové, Russian architect (b. 1784)
• 1836 - James Madison, President of the United States (b. 1751)
• 1880 - Texas Jack Omohundro, American frontier scout, actor, and cowboy (b. 1846)
• 1881 - Jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (b. 1798)
• 1892 - Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves, Greek poet and statesman (b. 1810)
• 1889 - Maria Mitchell, American astronomer (b. 1818)
• 1913 - Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, President of Brazil (b. 1841)
• 1914 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (assassinated) (b. 1863)
• 1914 - Countess Sophie Chotek, wife of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (assassinated) (b. 1868)
• 1915 - Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer (b. 1877)
• 1916 - ?tefan Luchian, Romanian painter (b. 1868)
• 1922 - Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet (b. 1885)
• 1929 - Edward Carpenter, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1960 - Jake Swirbul, American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1898)
• 1962 - Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player (b. 1903)
• 1962 - Cy Morgan, American baseball player (b. 1878)
• 1965 - Red Nichols, American musician (b. 1905)
• 1971 - Franz Stangl, Austrian commandant of concentration camps (b. 1908)
• 1974 - Frank Sutton, American actor (b. 1923)
• 1975 - Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis, Greek architect (b. 1913)
• 1975 - Serge Reding, Belgian weightlifter (b. 1941)
• 1975 - Rod Serling, American television scriptwriter (b. 1924)
• 1976 - Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and film producer (b. 1927)
• 1978 - Clifford Dupont, First President of Rhodesia (b. 1905)
• 1980 - José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (b. 1895)
• 1981 - Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and cancer activist (b. 1958)
• 1985 - Lambros Konstantaras, Greek actor (b. 1913)
• 1989 - Joris Ivens, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1898)
• 1992 - Mikhail Tal, Latvian chess player (b. 1936)
• 1993 - GG Allin, American punk rock singer (b. 1956)
• 2000 - Jane Birdwood, British anti-Semitic activist (b. 1913)
• 2000 - Nils Poppe, Swedish actor (b. 1908)
• 2001 - Mortimer Adler, American philosopher (b. 1902)
• 2001 - Joan Sims, English actress (b. 1930)
• 2003 - Wim Slijkhuis, Dutch athlete (b. 1923)
• 2004 - Anthony Buckeridge, English author (b. 1912)
• 2005 - Brenda Howard, American LGBT activist (b. 1946)
• 2006 - Jim Baen, American science fiction publisher and editor (b. 1943)
• 2006 - George Page, American television host (b. 1935)
• 2006 - Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell, English barrister, politician and author (b. 1919)
• 2006 - George Unwin, British WWII fighter ace (b. 1913)
• 2007 - Eugene Bennett Fluckey, American Navy Submariner (b. 1913)
• 2007 - Kiichi Miyazawa, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1919)
• 2008 - Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (b.1987)

Holidays and observances

• Vidovdan, Orthodox religious holiday commemorating St. Vitus

Catholic saints:

• Saint Benignus
• Saint Irenaeus of Lyon
• Saint Paulus I (died 767)
• Saint Marcella
• Saint Vincenza Gerosa

External links

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

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