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Template:Linked-title is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining.

Events

• 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus assassinated
• 1283 - Treaty of Rheinfelden: Duke Rudolph II of Austria waives his right to the Duchies of Austria and Styria.
• 1485 - Matthias of Hungary takes Vienna from Frederick III
• 1495 - Friar John Cor records the first known batch of scotch whisky.
• 1533 - Anne Boleyn crowned queen.
• 1660 - Mary Dyer hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the colony.
• 1779 - American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold court-martialed for malfeasance.
• 1792 - Kentucky admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
• 1796 - Tennessee admitted as the 16th state of the United States.
• 1812 - War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
• 1813 - James Lawrence, the mortally-wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, cries out "Don't give up the ship!"
• 1815 - Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France.
• 1831 - James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole.
• 1855 - American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.
• 1862 - American Civil War Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines or (Battle of Fair Oaks) - Engegementg ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
• 1869 - Thomas Edison receives a patent for his electric voting machine.
• 1879 - Napoleon Eugene killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
• 1890 - The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
• 1910 - Robert Falcon Scott's South Pole expedition leaves England.
• 1918 - World War I Western Front: Battle for Belleau Wood - Allied Forces under John J. Pershing & James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
• 1921 - Tulsa Race Riot: Civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• 1922 - Royal Ulster Constabulary founded .
• 1925 - Lou Gehrig plays the first game in his record streak of 2,130 consecutive games.
• 1935 - The first driving tests are introduced in Britain.
• 1941 - World War II: Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
• 1942 - World War II: The Warsaw paper Liberty Brigade publishes the first news of the concentration camps.
• 1946 - Ion Antonescu executed.
• 1958 - Charles de Gaulle brought out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
• 1962 - Adolf Eichmann hanged in Israel.
• 1967 - The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released.
• 1974 - Flixborough disaster: Explosion at a chemical plant kills 28 people.
• 1978 - The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty filed.
• 1979 - The first black-led government of Rhodesia in 90 years takes power.
• 1980 - Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
• 1990 - George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production.
• 2000 - The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) signed.
• 2001 - Dipendra of Nepal slaughters his family during dinner.
• 2001 - Dolphinarium massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
• 2003 - The People's Republic of China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam.
• 2005 - The Dutch referendum on the European Constitution results in its rejection.

Births

• 1076 - Mstislav of Kiev (d. 1132)
• 1300 - Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (d. 1338)
• 1480 - Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (d. 1550)
• 1503 - Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (d. 1567)
• 1563 - Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman and spymaster (d. 1612)
• 1633 - Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (d. 1687)
• 1637 - Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d. 1675)
• 1653 - Georg Muffat, French composer (d. 1704)
• 1675 - Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (d. 1755)
• 1771 - Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (d. 1839)
• 1780 - Carl von Clausewitz, Prussian general (d. 1831)
• 1790 - Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (d. 1836)
• 1796 - Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (d. 1832)
• 1801 - Brigham Young, Mormon church leader (d. 1877)
• 1815 - Philip Kearny, American general (d. 1862)
• 1815 - Otto of Greece (d. 1862)
• 1831 - John Bell Hood, American Confederate general (d. 1879)
• 1843 - Henry Faulds, Scottish fingerprinting pioneer (d. 1930)
• 1844 - John J. Toffey, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (d. 1911)
• 1857 - Le Pétomane (Joseph Pujol), French professional farter (d. 1945)
• 1878 - John Masefield, English novelist and poet (d. 1967)
• 1881 - Charles Kay Ogden, English writer and linguist (d. 1957)
• 1890 - Frank Morgan, American actor (d. 1949)
• 1898 - Molly Picon, American actress (d. 1992)
• 1899 - Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician (d. 1963)
• 1901 - John Van Druten, English screen writer (d. 1957)
• 1901 - Hap Day, Canadian hockey player and manager (d. 1990)
• 1907 - Frank Whittle, English Air Force officer and one of the inventors of the jet engine (d. 1996)
• 1915 - John Randolph, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1917 - William S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1921 - Nelson Riddle, American orchestra leader and arranger (d. 1985)
• 1922 - Povel Ramel , Swedish musician
• 1922 - Joan Copeland, American actress
• 1924 - William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman (d. 2006)
• 1926 - Andy Griffith, American actor
• 1926 - Marilyn Monroe, American actress (d. 1962)
• 1928 - Georgi Dobrovolski, Ukrainian Soviet cosmonaut
• 1928 - Bob Monkhouse, English comedian (d. 2003)
• 1930 - Edward Woodward, English actor
• 1930 - John Lemmon, English logician
• 1933 - Charles Wilson, American politician & United States Representative from Texas
• 1934 - Pat Boone, American singer
• 1936 - Gerald Scarfe, British illustrator
• 1937 - Morgan Freeman, American actor
• 1937 - Colleen McCullough, Australian novelist
• 1939 - Cleavon Little, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1939 - Jackie Stewart, British race car driver
• 1940 - René Auberjonois, American actor
• 1940 - Kip Thorne, American physicist
• 1945 - Frederica von Stade, American mezzo-soprano
• 1945 - Linda Scott, American signer
• 1946 - Brian Cox, Scottish actor
• 1947 - Jonathan Pryce, British actor
• 1947 - Ron Wood, English guitarist
• 1947 - Ron Dennis, McLaren Formula One Team Principal
• 1953 - Ronnie Dunn, American musician (Brooks & Dunn)
• 1956 - Lisa Hartman, American actress
• 1957 - Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish film director
• 1958 - Ahron Bregman, Israeli journalist
• 1959 - Martin Brundle, British race car driver
• 1959 - Alan Wilder, British musician (Depeche Mode and Recoil)
• 1960 - Simon Gallup, English guitarist, (The Cure)
• 1961 - Paul Coffey, Canadian hockey player
• 1963 - Mike Joyce, English drummer (The Smiths)
• 1964 - Mark Curry, American comedian and actor
• 1965 - Larisa Lazutina, Russian cross-country skier
• 1965 - Nigel Short, English chess player
• 1967 - Roger Sanchez, American disc jockey
• 1968 - Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer
• 1968 - Jeff Hackett, Canadian hockey player
• 1969 - Teri Polo, American actress
• 1970 - Alexi Lalas, American soccer player
• 1970 - Karen Mulder, Dutch model
• 1970 - R. Madhavan, Award-winning Indian actor
• 1973 - Adam Garcia, Australian actor
• 1973 - Heidi Klum, German model
• 1973 - Derek Lowe, American baseball player
• 1974 - Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer
• 1974 - Melissa Sagemiller, American actress
• 1974 - Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist
• 1975 - James Storm, American professional wrestler
• 1977 - Danielle Harris, American voice actress
• 1977 - Brad Wilkerson, Baseball player
• 1980 - Oliver James, British actor
• 1981 - Smush Parker, American basketball player
• 1981 - Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1982 - Justine Henin-Hardenne, Belgian tennis player
• 1985 - Mário Hipólito, Angolan footballer
• 1988 - Gabriel Bonfá Sacho, Brazilian soccer player
• 1988 - Nami Tamaki, Japanese pop singer

Deaths

• 195 BC - Gaozu of Han of China
• 193 - Marcus Severus Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (b.133)
• 1434 - Wladislaus II of Poland
• 1571 - John Story, English Catholic
• 1616 - Tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543)
• 1625 - Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (b. 1568)
• 1639 - Melchior Franck, German composer
• 1660 - Mary Dyer, English Quaker (martyred)
• 1710 - David Mitchell, British admiral (b. 1642)
• 1740 - Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657)
• 1769 - Edward Holyoke, President of Harvard University (b. 1689)
• 1795 - Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist (b. 1744)
• 1815 - Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (b. 1853)
• 1823 - Louis Nicolas Davout, French marshal (b. 1770)
• 1826 - Jean Frédéric Oberlin, Alsatian pastor (b. 1740)
• 1841 - David Wilkie, Scottish artist (b. 1785)
• 1846 - Pope Gregory XVI (b. 1765)
• 1864 - Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel (b. 1812)
• 1868 - James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791)
• 1872 - James Gordon Bennett, Sr., publisher of the New York Herald (b. 1795)
• 1873 - Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (b. 1804)
• 1876 - Hristo Botev, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1848)
• 1879 - Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial son of Emperor Napoleon III (b. 1856)
• 1927 - J. B. Bury, Irish historian (b. 1861)
• 1941 - Hans Berger, German neuroscientist (b. 1873)
• 1943 - Leslie Howard, English actor (b. 1893)
• 1946 - Ion Antonescu, Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1882)
• 1948 - Sonny Boy Williamson I, American musician (b. 1914)
• 1954 - Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (b. 1869)
• 1959 - Sax Rohmer, English author (b. 1883)
• 1960 - Lester Patrick, Canadian hockey player (b. 1883)
• 1962 - Adolf Eichmann, Nazi official (b. 1906)
• 1965 - Earl "Curly" Lambeau, American football coach (b. 1898)
• 1966 - Papa Jack Laine, American musician (b. 1873)
• 1968 - Helen Keller, American humanitarian (b. 1880)
• 1969 - Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1904)
• 1971 - Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian (b. 1892)
• 1973 - Mary Kornman, American actress (b. 1915)
• 1979 - Werner Forssmann, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1904)
• 1980 - Rube Marquard, baseball player (b. 1886)
• 1981 - Carl Vinson, U.S. Congressman (b. 1883)
• 1981 - Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst (b. 1897)
• 1983 - Prince Charles of Belgium (b. 1903)
• 1985 - Richard Greene, British actor (b. 1918)
• 1987 - Rashid Karami, Lebanese statesman (b. 1921)
• 1991 - David Ruffin, American signer (The Temptations) (b. 1941)
• 1994 - Frances Heflin, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1998 - Darwin Joston, American actor (b. 1937)
• 1999 - Christopher Sydney Cockerell, British engineer and inventor (b. 1910)
• 2001 - Queen Aiswarya of Nepal (b. 1949)
• 2001 - Birendra of Nepal (b. 1945)
• 2001 - Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
• 2002 - Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969)
• 2003 - Johnny Hopp, baseball player (b. 1916)
• 2004 - William Manchester, American writer (b. 1922)
• 2004 - Satomi Mitarai, is murdered by "Girl A", also known as Nevada-tan.
• 2005 - George Mikan, American basketball player (b. 1924)
• 2006 - Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)

Holidays and observances

• Children's Day in some countries.
• Kenya Madaraka Day 1963.
• Nirvana of Buddhists.
• Roman Empire - Festival in honour of Carna.
• Samoa - Independence Day 1962.
• Tunisia - Constitution Day / Victory Day 1959.
• The Ascension in Eastern Christianity.

Liturgical feasts

• Commemoration of Justin Martyr (Anglican).

The following Catholic saints:

• Saint Conrad of Trier
• Saint Crescentinus
• Saint Justinus (died 1066)
• Saint Pamphilus
• Saint Ronan
• Blessed Theobald

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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