On This Day
This Day in History: (6-June)
Wen Tianxiang, Chinese general and scholar (d. 1283)
Alix of Brittany, Dame de Pontarcy; Breton noble (d. 1288)
Władysław of Legnica (d. 1352)
Regiomontanus, German mathematician, astronomer, and bishop (d. 1476)
Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (d. 1603)
Catherine Vasa, Regent of East Frisia (d. 1610)
Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician and author (d. 1617)
Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche, English politician and diplomat (d. 1625)
Giovanni Diodati, Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1649)
Godefroy Wendelin, Belgian astronomer and author (d. 1667)
Yuan Chonghuan, politician, military general and writer (d. 1630)
Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter and educator (d. 1660)
Pierre Corneille, French playwright and producer (d. 1684)
Claude-Jean Allouez, French-American missionary and explorer (d. 1689)
Hortense Mancini, favourite Italian niece of Cardinal Mazarin (d. 1699)
Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer and educator (d. 1756)
Johann Georg Estor, German historian and theorist (d. 1773)
Joseph I of Portugal (d. 1777)
Anton Schweitzer, German composer (d. 1787)
Nathan Hale, American soldier (d. 1776)
John Trumbull, American soldier and painter (d. 1843)
Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (d. 1807)
Alexander Pushkin, Russian author and poet (d. 1837)
Thiệu Trị, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1847)
Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin, German philologist and scholar (d. 1856)
Honinbo Shusaku, Japanese Go player (d. 1862)
Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (d. 1910)
Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter and academic (d. 1905)
Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1918)
Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1918)
Henry Newbolt, English historian, author, and poet (d. 1938)
David T. Abercrombie, American surveyor and businessman, founded Abercrombie & Fitch (d. 1931)
Robert Falcon Scott, English sailor and explorer (d. 1912)
Alix of Hesse, German princess and Russian empress (d.1918)
Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician (d. 1956)
Jock Hutchison, Scottish-American golfer (d. 1977)
Ted Lewis, American singer, clarinet player, and bandleader (d. 1971)
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, Indian author and academic (d. 1986)
Erich Marcks, German general (d. 1944)
Henry Allingham, English soldier (d. 2009)
Italo Balbo, Italian air marshal and politician (d. 1940)
Walter Abel, American actor (d. 1987)
Jacobus Johannes Fouché, South African politician, 2nd State President of South Africa (d. 1980)
Ninette de Valois, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 2001)
Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician (d. 1957)
Jan Struther, English author and hymnwriter (d. 1953)
Sukarno, Indonesian engineer and politician, 1st President of Indonesia (d. 1970)
Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1947)
Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor (d. 1978)
Bakht Singh, Indian evangelist, well-known bible teacher and preacher (d. 2000)
Max August Zorn, German mathematician and academic (d. 1993)
Bill Dickey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1993)
Robin Humphreys, British scholar of Latin America (d. 1999)
Giovanni Bracco, Italian race car driver (d. 1968)
Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-English historian and philosopher (d. 1997)
Carlo L. Golino, Italian-American author, critic, and academic (d. 1991)
Vincent Persichetti, American pianist and composer (d. 1987)
Hamani Diori, Nigerien academic and politician, 1st President of Niger (d. 1989)
Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman, founded the Tracinda Corporation (d. 2015)
Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, English captain and politician, 6th Secretary General of NATO
V. C. Andrews, American author, illustrator, and painter (d. 1986)
Jean Pouliot, Canadian broadcaster (d. 2004)
Maxine Kumin, American poet and author (d. 2014)
Frank Chee Willeto, American soldier and politician, 4th Vice President of the Navajo Nation (d. 2013)
Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter and illustrator (d. 2009)
Erdal İnönü, Turkish physicist and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2007)
Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (d. 1998)
Sunil Dutt, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician (d. 2005)
Frank Tyson, English-Australian cricketer, coach, and journalist (d. 2015)
David Scott, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut
Billie Whitelaw, English actress (d. 2014)
Eli Broad, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded KB Home
Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
Albert II of Belgium
Jon Henricks, Australian swimmer
Mompati Merafhe, Botswana general and politician, Vice-President of Botswana (d. 2015)
D. Ramanaidu, Indian actor, director, and producer, founded Suresh Productions (d. 2015)
Levi Stubbs, American singer (d. 2008)
Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza
Ryuchi Matsuda, Japanese martial artist and author (d. 2013)
Louis Andriessen, Dutch pianist and composer
Gary U.S. Bonds, American singer-songwriter
Eddie Giacomin, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya, Indian-English engineer and academic
Tiger Lance, South African cricketer (d. 2010)
Willie John McBride, Northern Irish rugby player, coach, and manager
Alexander Cockburn, Scottish-American journalist and author (d. 2012)
José de Jesús Gudiño Pelayo, Mexican lawyer and jurist (d. 2010)
Asif Iqbal, Indian-Pakistani cricketer
Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
Joe Stampley, American country music singer-songwriter
Monty Alexander, Jamaican pianist
Edgar Froese, Russian-German keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2015)
Phillip Allen Sharp, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
Tommie Smith, American runner and football player
David Dukes, American actor (d. 2000)
Nikolai Velikov, Russian figure skater and coach
Tony Levin, American bass player and songwriter
David Blunkett, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Education
Robert Englund, American actor
Ada Kok, Dutch swimmer
Arlene Harris, American entrepreneur, inventor, investor and policy advocate
Noli de Castro, Filipino journalist and politician, 14th Vice President of the Philippines
Ioannis Matzourakis, Greek footballer and manager
Holly Near, American folk singer-songwriter
Chantal Akerman, Belgian actress, director, and producer (d. 2015)
Marietta Giannakou, Greek psychiatrist and politician, Greek Minister of Health
Noritake Takahara, Japanese race car driver
Dwight Twilley, American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist
Yukihiro Takahashi, Japanese drummer, producer, and actor
Dimitris Avramopoulos, Greek lieutenant and politician, Greek Minister for National Defence
Harvey Fierstein, American actor and playwright
Allan Hewson, New Zealand rugby player
Urve Tiidus, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Estonian Minister of Culture
Władysław Żmuda, Polish footballer and manager
Sandra Bernhard, American actress and comedian
Sam Simon, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
Suresh Bhardwaj, Indian stage designer, director and theatre teacher (d. 2016)
Lee Smolin, American theoretical physicist
Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player and fashion designer
Dave Cusack, English footballer and manager
Mike Gatting, English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
Balanadarajah Iyer, Sri Lankan poet and activist (d. 2004)
Christian Rach, German chef and author
Jimmy Jam, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
Andrey Prokofyev, Russian sprinter and hurdler (d. 1989)
David Schultz, American wrestler (d. 1996)
Steve Vai, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Tom Araya, Chilean-American singer-songwriter and bass player
Nir Brand, Israeli composer and conductor
Grant Fox, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
Eric Cantor, American lawyer and politician
Vincent Collet, French former professional basketball player
Wolfgang Drechsler, German scholar, author, and academic
Jason Isaacs, English actor
Ahmed Johnson, American football player, wrestler, and actor
Dariusz Kubicki, Polish footballer and coach
Jay Bentley, American singer and bass player
Cam Neely, Canadian ice hockey player and actor
Megumi Ogata, Japanese voice actress and singer
Max Casella, American actor
Paul Giamatti, American actor
François Avard, Canadian author and screenwriter
Erik Prince, American soldier and businessman, co-founded Academi
Fernando Redondo, Argentinian footballer
Evgeni Berzin, Russian cyclist
Richard Di Natale, Australian politician
Albert Ferrer, Spanish footballer and coach
Sunil Joshi, Indian cricketer
James Shaffer, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Noriaki Kasai, Japanese ski jumper
Natalie Morales, American television journalist and anchor
Patrick Rothfuss, American author and academic
Uncle Kracker (Matthew Shafer), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Guillaume Musso, French novelist
Niklas Sundström, Swedish ice hockey player
Emilie-Claire Barlow, Canadian singer and actress
Geoff Rowley, English skateboarder and businessman
David Connolly, English-Irish footballer
Mark Ellis, American baseball player
Carl Barât, English singer-songwriter
Luke Burt, Australian rugby league player
Marian Oprea, Romanian triple jumper
Michael Krohn-Dehli, Danish footballer
Joe Rokocoko, Fijian-New Zealand rugby player
Drew Galloway, Scottish wrestler
Martyn Irvine, Northern Irish cyclist
Sebastian Larsson, Swedish footballer
Nikolay Varbanov, Bulgarian basketball player
Junichi Tazawa, Japanese-American baseball player
Niklas Hjalmarsson, Swedish ice hockey player
Rory Kostjasyn, Australian-Irish rugby league player
Rubin Okotie, Austrian footballer
Maria Alyokhina, Russian singer and activist
Ryan Brathwaite, Barbadian hurdler
Israel Dagg, New Zealand rugby player
Paula Brancati, Canadian actress
Darcy Lussick, Australian rugby league player
Paweł Wojciechowski, Polish pole vaulter
Raisa Andriana, Indonesian singer and actress
Vid Belec, Slovenian footballer
Anthony Rendon, American baseball player
Hyuna, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and model
Vic Mensa, American rapper
Jake Mamo, Australian rugby league player
Julian Green, American footballer