History of Day: Daily Historical Events, Births, Deaths and Holidays

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Born 1991: Aaron M. Johnson, American jazz saxophonist

Born 1990: Matthias Mayer, Austrian skier

Born 1990: Antonella Alonso, Venezuelan pornographic actress

Born 1989: Dídac Vilà, Spanish footballer

Born 1988: Jason Demers, Canadian ice hockey defenseman

Born 2000: Diego Lainez, Mexican footballer

Born 1993: George Jennings, Australian rugby league player

Born 1992: Zach Hyman, Canadian ice hockey player

Born 1992: Yannick Agnel, French swimmer

Born 1992: Boyd Cordner, Australian rugby league player

Died 2022: Matt Zimmerman, Canadian actor (born 1934)

Died 2022: Amir Liaquat Hussain, Pakistani politician, columnist and television host. (born 1971)

Died 2019: Bushwick Bill, Jamaican-American rapper (born 1966)

Died 2018: Fadil Vokrri, Kosovo Albanian football administrator and player (born 1960)

Died 2017: Adam West, American actor and investor (born 1928)

Died 2025: Sly Stone, American musician and record producer (Sly and the Family Stone)

Died 2024: James Lawson, American activist, professor, and minister (born 1928)

Died 2023: Alain Touraine, French sociologist (born 1925)

Died 2022: Julee Cruise, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (born 1956)

Died 2022: Billy Kametz, American voice actor (born 1987)

1967: Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria.

2009: An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan.

2008: Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people.

1999: Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.

1995: Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 crashes into the Tararua Range during approach to Palmerston North Airport on the North Island of New Zealand, killing four.

1979: The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven.

1978: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.

1973: In horse racing, Secretariat wins the U.S. Triple Crown.

1972: Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and causes $160 million in damage.

1968: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

2010: At least 40 people are killed and more than 70 wounded in a suicide bombing at a wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar.

1965: The civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Phan Huy Quát, resigns after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyễn Cao Kỳ.

1965: Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the war.

1959: The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.

1958: Aeroflot Flight 105 crashes on approach to Magdan-13 Airport, killing 24.

Holiday: Anniversary of the Accession of King Abdullah II (Jordan)

Holiday: Autonomy Day (Åland)

Holiday: Christian feast day: Aidan of Lindisfarne (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)

Holiday: Christian feast day: Blessed Anna Maria Taigi

Holiday: Christian feast day: Baithéne mac Brénaind

Holiday: Christian feast day: Bede (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)

Holiday: Christian feast day: Columba

Holiday: Christian feast day: Ephrem the Syrian (Roman Catholic Church and Church of England)

Holiday: Christian feast day: José de Anchieta

Holiday: Christian feast day: Primus and Felician

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