June 18 Events 618 - Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang , initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China. 656 - Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate. 860 - Byzantine–Rus' War: A fleet of about 200 Rus' vessels sails into the Bosphorus and starts pillaging the suburbs of the Byzantine capital Constantinople . 1053 - Battle of Civitate: Three thousand horsemen of Norman Count Humphrey rout the troops of Pope Leo IX . 1178 - Five Canterbury monks see what is possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the Moon's distance from the Earth are a result of this collision. 1264 - The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare , the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature . 1265 - A draft Byzantine–Venetian treaty is concluded between Venetian envoys and Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos , but is not ratified by Doge Reniero Zeno . 1429 - French forces under the leadership of Joan of Arc defeat the main English army under Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay . This turns the tide of the Hundred Years' War . 1633 - Charles I is crowned King of Scots at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh . 1684 - The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is revoked via a scire facias writ issued by an English court. 1757 - Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years' War . 1778 - American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia . 1799 - Action of 18 June 1799: A frigate squadron under Rear-admiral Perrée is captured by the British fleet under Lord Keith . 1812 - The United States declaration of war upon the United Kingdom is signed by President James Madison , beginning the War of 1812 . 1815 - Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time. 1822 - Constantine Kanaris blows up the Ottoman navy's flagship at Chios , killing the Kapudan Pasha Nasuhzade Ali Pasha . 1858 - Charles Darwin receives a paper from Alfred Russel Wallace that includes nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin's own, prompting Darwin to publish his theory. 1859 - First ascent of Aletschhorn , second summit of the Bernese Alps . 1873 - Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election . 1887 - The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed. 1900 - Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families. 1908 - Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru . 1908 - The University of the Philippines is established. 1923 - Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets. 1928 - Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean. 1935 - Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada , clash with striking longshoremen , resulting in a total of 60 injuries and 24 arrests. 1940 - Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle . 1940 - The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill . 1945 - William Joyce is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II . 1946 - Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia , a Socialist , calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa . 1948 - Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. 1953 - The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt . 1953 - A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa , Japan, killing 129. 1954 - Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état . 1965 - Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam . 1972 - Staines air disaster: One hundred eighteen people are killed when a BEA H.S. Trident crashes two minutes after take off from London's Heathrow Airport . 1979 - SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union . 1981 - The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk , the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology , makes its first flight. 1982 - Italian banker Roberto Calvi's body is discovered hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London, England. 1983 - Space Shuttle program: STS-7 , Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space. 1983 - Mona Mahmudnizhad , together with nine other Bahá'í women, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz , Iran over her religious beliefs. 1984 - A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire , during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike . 1994 - The Troubles: Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force attack a crowded pub with assault rifles in Loughinisland , Northern Ireland . Six Catholic civilians are killed and five wounded. It was crowded with people watching the 1994 FIFA World Cup . 2006 - The first Kazakh space satellite , KazSat-1 is launched. 2007 - The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire happened in Charleston, South Carolina , killing nine firefighters. 2009 - The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter , a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched. 2018 - An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes northern Osaka .Births 1269 - Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar 1318 - Eleanor of Woodstock 1332 - John V Palaiologos , Byzantine Emperor 1466 - Ottaviano Petrucci , Italian printer 1511 - Bartolomeo Ammannati , Italian architect and sculptor, designed the Ponte Santa Trinita 1517 - Emperor Ōgimachi of Japan 1521 - Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu 1667 - Ivan Trubetskoy , Russian field marshal 1673 - Antonio de Literes , Spanish composer 1677 - Antonio Maria Bononcini , Italian cellist and composer 1716 - Joseph-Marie Vien , French painter and educator 1717 - Johann Stamitz , Czech violinist and composer 1757 - Ignaz Pleyel , Austrian-French pianist and composer 1757 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas , Argentinian lawyer and politician 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata 1769 - Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh , Irish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1799 - William Lassell , English astronomer and merchant 1812 - Ivan Goncharov , Russian journalist and author 1815 - Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen , German general 1816 - Hélène Napoleone Bonaparte , French daughter of Napoleon 1816 - Jung Bahadur Rana , Nepali ruler 1833 - Manuel González Flores , Mexican general and President 1834 - Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie , French philosopher and academic 1839 - William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker 1845 - Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran , French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate 1850 - Richard Heuberger , Austrian composer and critic 1854 - E. W. Scripps, American publisher, founded the E. W. Scripps Company 1857 - Henry Clay Folger , American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Folger Shakespeare Library 1858 - Andrew Forsyth , Scottish-English mathematician and academic 1858 - Hector Rason , English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia 1862 - Carolyn Wells , American novelist and poet 1863 - George Essex Evans , English-Australian poet and author 1868 - Miklós Horthy , Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary 1870 - Édouard Le Roy , French mathematician and philosopher 1877 - James Montgomery Flagg , American painter and illustrator 1881 - Zoltán Halmay , Hungarian swimmer 1882 - Georgi Dimitrov , Bulgarian compositor and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Bulgaria 1884 - Édouard Daladier , French captain and politician, Prime Minister of France 1886 - George Mallory , English lieutenant and mountaineer 1886 - Alexander Wetmore , American ornithologist and paleontologist 1887 - Tancrède Labbé , Canadian businessman and politician 1896 - Blanche Sweet , American actress 1897 - Martti Marttelin , Finnish runner 1900 - Vlasta Vraz , Czech-American relief worker, editor, and fundraiser 1901 - Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia 1901 - Llewellyn Rees , English actor 1902 - Louis Alter , American musician 1902 - Paavo Yrjölä , Finnish decathlete 1903 - Jeanette MacDonald , American actress and singer 1903 - Raymond Radiguet , French author and poet 1904 - Keye Luke , Chinese-American actor 1904 - Manuel Rosenthal , French conductor and composer 1905 - Eduard Tubin , Estonian composer and conductor 1907 - Frithjof Schuon , Swiss-American metaphysicist, philosopher, and author 1908 - Bud Collyer , American actor and game show host 1908 - Stanley Knowles , American-Canadian academic and politician 1908 - Nedra Volz , American actress 1910 - Dick Foran , American actor and singer 1910 - Avon Long , American actor and singer 1910 - Ray McKinley , American singer, drummer, and bandleader 1912 - Glenn Morris , American decathlete 1913 - Wilfred Gordon Bigelow , Canadian soldier and surgeon 1913 - Sammy Cahn , American pianist and composer 1913 - Sylvia Porter , American economist and journalist 1913 - Françoise Loranger , Canadian playwright and producer 1913 - Robert Mondavi , American winemaker and philanthropist 1913 - Oswald Teichmüller , German mathematician 1914 - E. G. Marshall, American actor 1914 - Efraín Huerta , Mexican poet 1915 - Red Adair , American firefighter 1915 - Robert Kanigher , American author 1915 - Alice T. Schafer, American mathematician 1916 - Julio César Turbay Ayala , Colombian lawyer and politician, 25th President of Colombia 1917 - Richard Boone , American actor, singer, and director 1917 - Jack Karnehm , English snooker player and sportscaster 1917 - Erik Ortvad , Danish painter and illustrator 1918 - Alf Francis , West Prussia-born, English motor racing mechanic and race car constructor 1918 - Jerome Karle , American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1918 - Franco Modigliani , Italian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1919 - Jüri Järvet , Estonian actor and screenwriter 1920 - Ian Carmichael , English actor and singer 1920 - Lode Van Den Bergh , Belgian author and academic 1922 - Claude Helffer , French pianist and educator 1924 - George Mikan , American basketball player and coach 1925 - Robert Beadell , American composer and educator 1926 - Philip B. Crosby, American businessman and author 1926 - Allan Sandage , American astronomer and cosmologist 1926 - Tom Wicker , American journalist and author 1927 - Eva Bartok , Hungarian-English actress 1927 - Paul Eddington , English actor 1928 - Michael Blakemore , Australian actor, director, and screenwriter 1928 - David T. Lykken, American geneticist and academic 1929 - Jürgen Habermas , German sociologist and philosopher 1929 - Tibor Rubin , Hungarian-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient 1931 - Fernando Henrique Cardoso , Brazilian sociologist, academic, and politician, 34th President of Brazil 1932 - Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1932 - Geoffrey Hill , English poet and academic 1933 - Colin Brumby , Australian composer and conductor 1933 - Tommy Hunt , American singer 1934 - Brian Kenny , English general 1934 - Mitsuteru Yokoyama , Japanese author and illustrator 1936 - Denny Hulme , New Zealand race car driver 1936 - Barack Obama Sr., Kenyan economist 1936 - Ronald Venetiaan , Surinamese politician, 6th President of Suriname 1937 - Del Harris , American basketball player and coach 1937 - Jay Rockefeller , American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of West Virginia 1937 - Bruce Trigger , Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist and historian 1937 - Vitaly Zholobov , Ukrainian colonel, engineer, and astronaut 1938 - Kevin Murray , Australian footballer and coach 1939 - Lou Brock , American baseball player and sportscaster 1939 - Jean-Claude Germain , Canadian historian, author, and journalist 1939 - Brooks Firestone , American businessman and politician 1941 - Roger Lemerre , French footballer and manager 1941 - Paul Mayersberg , English director and screenwriter 1941 - Delia Smith , English chef and author 1942 - John Bellany , Scottish painter and academic 1942 - Roger Ebert , American journalist, critic, and screenwriter 1942 - Pat Hutchins , English author and illustrator 1942 - Thabo Mbeki , South African politician, 23rd President of South Africa 1942 - Paul McCartney , English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1942 - Richard Perry , American record producer 1942 - Carl Radle , American bass player and producer 1942 - Nick Tate , Australian actor and director 1942 - Hans Vonk , Dutch conductor 1943 - Barry Evans , English actor 1943 - Raffaella Carrà , Italian singer, dancer, and actress 1944 - Bruce DuMont , American broadcaster and political analyst 1944 - Sandy Posey , American pop/country singer 1946 - Russell Ash , English journalist and author 1946 - Bruiser Brody , American wrestler 1946 - Fabio Capello , Italian footballer and manager 1946 - Maria Bethânia , Brazilian singer 1947 - Ivonne Coll , Puerto Rican-American model and actress, Miss Puerto Rico 1967 1947 - Bernard Giraudeau , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1947 - Linda Thorson , Canadian actress 1948 - Philip Jackson , English actor 1948 - Éva Marton , Hungarian soprano and actress 1948 - Sherry Turkle , American academic, psychologist, and sociologist 1949 - Chris Van Allsburg , American author and illustrator 1949 - Jarosław Kaczyński , Polish lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Poland 1949 - Lech Kaczyński , Polish lawyer and politician, 4th President of Poland 1949 - Lincoln Thompson , Jamaican singer-songwriter 1950 - Rod de'Ath , Welsh drummer and producer 1950 - Annelie Ehrhardt , German hurdler 1950 - Mike Johanns , American lawyer and politician, 28th United States Secretary of Agriculture 1950 - Jackie Leven , Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist 1951 - Mohammed Al-Sager , Kuwaiti journalist and politician 1951 - Miriam Flynn , American actress and comedian 1951 - Ian Hargreaves , English-Welsh journalist and academic 1951 - Stephen Hopper , Australian botanist and academic 1951 - Gyula Sax , Hungarian chess player 1952 - Tiiu Aro , Estonian physician and politician, Estonian Minister of Social Affairs 1952 - Denis Herron , Canadian ice hockey player 1952 - Carol Kane , American actress 1952 - Isabella Rossellini , Italian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter 1952 - Lee Soo-man , South Korean singer and businessman, founded S.M. Entertainment 1953 - Peter Donohoe , English pianist and educator 1955 - Ed Fast , Canadian lawyer and politician 1956 - Brian Benben , American actor and producer 1956 - John Scott , English organist and conductor 1957 - Miguel Ángel Lotina , Spanish footballer and manager 1957 - Richard Powers , American novelist 1958 - Peter Altmaier , German jurist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany 1958 - Gary Martin , British voice actor and actor 1959 - Joe Ansolabehere , American animation screenwriter and producer 1960 - Barbara Broccoli , American director and producer 1960 - Steve Murphy , Canadian journalist 1961 - Oz Fox , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1961 - Andrés Galarraga , Venezuelan-American baseball player 1961 - Angela Johnson , American novelist and poet 1961 - Alison Moyet , English singer-songwriter 1962 - Lisa Randall , American physicist and academic 1963 - Dizzy Reed , American keyboard player and songwriter 1963 - Bruce Smith , American football player 1964 - Uday Hussein , Iraqi commander 1964 - Patti Webster , American publicist and author 1966 - Kurt Browning , Canadian figure skater, choreographer, and sportscaster 1966 - Troy Kemp , Bahamian high jumper 1968 - Frank Müller , German decathlete 1969 - Haki Doku , Albanian cyclist 1969 - Christopher Largen , American journalist and author 1970 - Katie Derham , English journalist 1970 - Ivan Kozák , Slovak footballer 1970 - Greg Yaitanes , American director and producer 1971 - Kerry Butler , American actress and singer 1971 - Jason McAteer , English-Irish footballer and manager 1971 - Nathan Morris , American soul singer 1972 - Anu Tali , Estonian pianist and conductor 1972 - Wikus du Toit , South African actor, director, and composer 1973 - Julie Depardieu , French actress 1973 - Stephen Thomas Erlewine , American author and music critic 1973 - Ray LaMontagne , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1973 - Alexandra Meissnitzer , Austrian skier 1973 - Matt Parsons , Australian rugby league player 1973 - Gavin Wanganeen Australian footballer and coach 1974 - Vincenzo Montella , Italian footballer and manager 1974 - Sergey Sharikov , Russian fencer and coach 1975 - Marie Gillain , Belgian actress 1975 - Aleksandrs Koļinko , Latvian footballer 1975 - Martin St. Louis, Canadian ice hockey player 1976 - Blake Shelton , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1978 - Wang Liqin , Chinese table tennis player 1979 - Yumiko Kobayashi , Japanese voice actress and singer 1979 - Ivana Wong , Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress 1980 - Antonio Gates , American football player 1980 - Sergey Kirdyapkin , Russian race walker 1980 - Craig Mottram , Australian runner 1980 - Antero Niittymäki , Finnish ice hockey player 1980 - Tara Platt , American actress, producer, and screenwriter 1981 - Clint Newton , American-Australian rugby league player 1981 - Marco Streller , Swiss footballer 1982 - Nadir Belhadj , French-Algerian footballer 1982 - Marco Borriello , Italian footballer 1982 - Nathan Cavaleri , Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor 1983 - Billy Slater , Australian rugby league player 1983 - Cameron Smith , Australian rugby league player 1984 - Nanyak Dala , Canadian rugby player 1985 - Chris Coghlan , American baseball player 1985 - Alex Hirsch , American animator and television producer 1986 - Edgars Eriņš , Latvian decathlete 1986 - Richard Gasquet , French tennis player 1987 - Omar Arellano , Mexican footballer 1987 - Moeen Ali , English cricketer 1988 - Elini Dimoutsos , Greek footballer 1988 - Josh Dun , American musician 1989 - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang , French-born Gabonese footballer 1989 - Chris Harris Jr., American football player 1990 - Luke Adam , Canadian ice hockey player 1990 - Sandra Izbașa , Romanian gymnast 1990 - Derek Stepan , American ice hockey player 1990 - Christian Taylor , American triple jumper 1993 - Dennis Lloyd , Israeli musician, producer, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist 1994 - Sean McMahon , Australian rugby player 1994 - Takeoff , American rapper 1995 - Maxim Kovtun , Russian figure skater 1996 - Alen Halilović , Croatian footballer 1996 - Niki Wories , Dutch figure skater 1997 - Katharina Hobgarski , German tennis player 1997 - Latrell Mitchell , Australian rugby league player 1999 - Trippie Redd , American rapperDeaths 741 - Leo III the Isaurian , Byzantine emperor 908 - Zhang Hao , general of Yang Wu 1095 - Sophia of Hungary 1164 - Elisabeth of Schönau , German Benedictine visionary 1234 - Emperor Chūkyō of Japan 1250 - Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León 1291 - Alfonso III of Aragon 1333 - Henry XV, Duke of Bavaria 1464 - Rogier van der Weyden , Flemish painter 1588 - Robert Crowley , English minister and poet 1629 - Piet Pieterszoon Hein , Dutch admiral 1650 - Christoph Scheiner , German priest, physicist, and astronomer 1673 - Jeanne Mance , French-Canadian nurse, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal 1704 - Tom Brown , English author and translator 1726 - Michel Richard Delalande , French organist and composer 1742 - John Aislabie , English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1749 - Ambrose Philips , English poet and politician 1772 - Johann Ulrich von Cramer , German jurist and scholar 1772 - Gerard van Swieten , Dutch-Austrian physician and reformer 1788 - Adam Gib , Scottish religious leader 1794 - François Buzot , French lawyer and politician 1794 - James Murray , Scottish-English general and politician, 20th Governor of the Province of Quebec 1815 - Thomas Picton , Welsh-English general and politician 1833 - Robert Hett Chapman , American minister, missionary, and academic 1835 - William Cobbett , English farmer and journalist 1860 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck , German army officer and writer 1866 - Prince Sigismund of Prussia 1902 - Samuel Butler , English novelist, satirist, and critic 1905 - Carmine Crocco , Italian soldier 1916 - Max Immelmann , German lieutenant and pilot 1917 - Titu Maiorescu , Romanian critic and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania 1922 - Jacobus Kapteyn , Dutch astronomer and academic 1928 - Roald Amundsen , Norwegian pilot and explorer 1936 - Maxim Gorky , Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright 1937 - Gaston Doumergue , French politician, 13th President of France 1942 - Arthur Pryor , American trombonist, bandleader, and politician 1943 - Elias Degiannis , Greek commander 1945 - Florence Bascom , American geologist and educator 1945 - Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr ., American general 1947 - Shigematsu Sakaibara , Japanese admiral 1948 - Edward Brooker , English-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania 1959 - Ethel Barrymore , American actress 1963 - Pedro Armendáriz , Mexican-American actor 1964 - Giorgio Morandi , Italian painter 1967 - Geki , Italian race car driver 1967 - Beat Fehr , Swiss race car driver 1971 - Thomas Gomez , American actor 1971 - Paul Karrer , Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1974 - Júlio César de Mello e Souza , Brazilian mathematician and academic 1974 - Georgy Zhukov , Russian marshal and politician, Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union 1975 - Hugo Bergmann , German-Israeli philosopher and author 1978 - Walter C. Alvarez, American physician and author 1980 - Terence Fisher , English director and screenwriter 1980 - André Leducq , French cyclist 1982 - Djuna Barnes , American novelist, journalist, and playwright 1982 - John Cheever , American novelist and short story writer 1982 - Curd Jürgens , German-Austrian actor and director 1984 - Alan Berg , American lawyer and radio host 1985 - Paul Colin , French illustrator 1986 - Frances Scott Fitzgerald , American journalist 1989 - I. F. Stone, American journalist and author 1992 - Kofoworola Abeni Pratt , the first black Chief Nursing Officer of Nigeria 1992 - Peter Allen , Australian singer-songwriter and pianist 1992 - Mordecai Ardon , Polish-Israeli painter and educator 1993 - Craig Rodwell , American activist, founded the Oscar Wilde Bookshop 1996 - Endel Puusepp , Estonian-Soviet military pilot and politician 1997 - Lev Kopelev , Ukrainian-German author and academic 1998 - Felix Knight , American actor and tenor 2000 - Nancy Marchand , American actress 2003 - Larry Doby , American baseball player and manager 2005 - Mushtaq Ali , Indian cricketer 2005 - Manuel Sadosky , Argentinian mathematician and academic 2006 - Vincent Sherman , American actor, director, and screenwriter 2006 - Joseph Zobel , Martinique-French author 2007 - Bernard Manning , English comedian and actor 2007 - Hank Medress , American singer and producer 2007 - Georges Thurston , Canadian singer-songwriter 2008 - Jean Delannoy , French actor, director, and screenwriter 2008 - Tasha Tudor , American author and illustrator 2008 - Hans Steinbrenner , German sculptor 2010 - Trent Acid , American wrestler 2010 - José Saramago , Portuguese novelist Nobel Prize laureate 2010 - Okan Demiriş , Turkish composer 2011 - Yelena Bonner , Russian activist 2011 - Frederick Chiluba , Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia 2011 - Clarence Clemons , American saxophonist 2012 - Horacio Coppola , Argentinian photographer and director 2012 - Lina Haag , German author and activist 2012 - Tom Maynard , Welsh cricketer 2012 - Luis Edgardo Mercado Jarrín , Peruvian general and politician, 109th Prime Minister of Peru 2012 - Alketas Panagoulias , Greek footballer and manager 2012 - William Van Regenmorter , American businessman and politician 2013 - Brent F. Anderson, American engineer and politician 2013 - Alastair Donaldson , Scottish bass player 2013 - Garde Gardom , Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia 2013 - Michael Hastings , American journalist and author 2013 - David Wall , English ballet dancer 2014 - Stephanie Kwolek , American chemist and engineer 2014 - Johnny Mann , American singer-songwriter and conductor 2014 - Claire Martin , Canadian author 2014 - Vladimir Popovkin , Russian general 2014 - Horace Silver , American pianist and composer 2015 - Phil Austin , American comedian, actor, and screenwriter 2015 - Ralph J. Roberts, American businessman, co-founded Comcast 2015 - Danny Villanueva , American football player and broadcaster, co-founded Univision 2015 - Allen Weinstein , American historian and academic 2016 - Jeppiaar , Indian educationist, founder and chancellor of Sathyabama University 2018 - XXXTentacion , American rapper 2018 - Big Van Vader American professional wrestler 2018 - Jimmy Wopo , American rapper 2020 - Vera Lynn , English singer who was the "Forces' Sweetheart" in World War IIHolidays and observances Autistic Pride Day Christian feast day: * Bernard Mizeki * Elisabeth of Schönau * Gregorio Barbarigo * Leontius, Hypatius and Theodulus * Marina the Monk * Mark and Marcellian * June 18 Foundation Day Human Rights Day National Day Queen Mother's Birthday Waterloo Day
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