Born On This Day:

• John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, 1340
• Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, 1532
• Saint John of the Cross, 1542
• Henry Ward Beecher, 1813
• Ambrose Bierce, 1842
• Lord Kitchener, 1850
• Jack Dempsey, 1895
• Chief Dan George, 1899
• Norman Cousins, 1915
• Sir Fred Hoyle, 1915
• John Ciardi, 1916
• Jack Carter, 1922
• Claude Chabrol, 1930
• Michele Lee, 1942
• Jeff Beck, 1944
• Mick Fleetwood, 1948
• Alfred Molina, 1953

Died On This Day:

• Emperor Vitellius, AD 79
• King Ferdinand I Castile & Leon, 1065
• Lucrezia Borgia, 1519
• Mary Tudor, 1533
• Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, 1604
• Grover Cleveland, 1908
• Tony Hancock, suicide, 1968
• Jackie Gleason, 1987
• Paul Winchell, 2005
• Eli Wallach, 2014

Today's Events:

• 1204 - Philip II (the bastard) and his forces take Rouen, capital of Normandy, which becomes French again.
• 1314 - Battle of Bannockburn fought between Scots and English. Scots win under Robert the Bruce.
• 1340 - Battle of Sluys-English fleet defeats French (First major engagement of 100 years war).
• 1497 - John Cabot reaches North American shore.
• 1675 - King Philip's War begins; colonists at Plymouth massacred by Indians under Wampanoag leader Philip.
• 1812 - Napoleon invades Russia.
• 1859 - Austria defeated by France and Sardinia in Battle of Solferino. 14,000 killed/wounded.
• 1881 - First photograph taken of a comet by A.A. Common in England and H. Draper in USA.
• 1901 - Spanish artist Pablo Picasso opens first exhibit in Paris at Ambroise Vollard gallery.
• 1940 - Republican Convention in Philly is first to be televised. Wendell Wilkie nominated.
• 1947 - First reported sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO).
• 1948 - Russian blockade of Berlin begins; Stalin stops West's access; huge airlift of food begins.
• 1956 - Col. Gamal Abdul Nasser elected president of Egypt.
• 1989 - Warner Brothers movie 'Batman.' grosses $14.6 million in one day-a record.
• 1997 - World record for watercolor painting - Van Gogh's 'La Moisson en Provence' 1888 sells for $8 mil.
• 1997 - US Air Force reports the 'Roswell Incident' alien bodies were really life-sized dummies. See 7/5/47
• 2002 - Nymphease - Monet's 'Water Lilies' - sells for £13.48 million at Sotheby's-short of £18m '98 record.
• 2010 - Longest match in tennis history at Wimbledon: John Isner (US) beats Nicolas Mahut (FR) in 11hrs 5 minutes over 3 days; final set 70-68.
• 2010 - Welsh coalminer's daughter Julia Gillard becomes first woman Prime Minister of Australia following resignation of Kevin Rudd.
• 2016 - Biggest worldwide daily market loss in history - $2.08 trillion wiped off global equity markets because of Brexit vote; Dow down -610, 10th worst in history.
• 2016 - British voters choose Brexit (to withdraw from EU), announced by the BBC at 4:00 a.m.; Leave vote wins 52% over 48% to stay.

Feast Day of Saint:

• John the Baptist

Holiday:

• Macau Day celebrates St. John, patron saint of Macau
• Midsummer Day
• Saint John's Day celebrated in Mexico, Norway, etc.
• Izonomiya Otane Shinji rice planting festival in Japan
• St. Baptiste Day celebrated in French Canada

Non-Specific Holiday:

• SAVITRI-VRATA, Hindu Festival for women
• TANO FESTIVAL (Korea) on 5th day of 5th lunar month.
• TUAN WU CHIEH or Dragon Boat Festival (China) 5th day of 5th lunar month.
• SHAVUOT or Feast of Weeks (Jewish), on 6th or 7th of lunar month Sivan.
• ASCENSION (Christian) 40th day after Easter.
• PENTECOST (Christian) or Whitsunday (Anglican) 50 days after Easter.
• TRINITY SUNDAY (Christian), Sunday after Pentecost.
• CORPUS CHRISTI (Christian), Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
• FATHER'S DAY (U.S.) Third Sunday in June.
• ARANYA SHASHTI, Hindu Festival honoring god of the forest
• RATHA YATRA, Hindu Festival of Car Procession of Vishnu
• CHI HSI, Festival of the Milky Way in China (seventh day of the seventh moon)
• CHUNG YÜAN, Festival of the Dead in China (fifteenth day of the seventh moon)
• GAY AND LESBIAN PRIDE DAY - Last Sunday in June
• CHAGU-CHAGU UMAKKO or horse Festival in Morioka celebrated second Saturday in June
• HARE KRISHNA RATHA YATRA CHARIOT CARNIVAL celebrated 3rd week in June.
• AMBUBACHI MELA Festival at Kamakhya temple in Guwahati, India celebrated third week in June for 5 days