Historical Anniversaries this Week

June 12

 Events (250 years ago today): 1776 – The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.^[11]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Amadeo Carrizo, Argentine footballer (died 2020)^[39]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Antawn Jamison, American basketball player and sportscaster

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Ray Price, Zimbabwean cricketer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Thomas Sørensen, Danish footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Paul Stenning, English author^[48]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Gopinath Kaviraj, Indian philosopher and scholar (born 1887)

Commemorations:
World Day Against Child Labour

June 13

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – William Sealy Gosset, English chemist and statistician (died 1937)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Jérôme Lejeune, French pediatrician and geneticist (died 1994)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Paul Lynde, American actor and comedian (died 1982)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Kym Marsh, English singer-songwriter and actress

 Deaths (1050 years ago today): 976 – Mansur I, Samanid emir

June 14

 Events (750 years ago today): 1276 – While in exile in Fuzhou, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for Emperor Duanzong.

 Events (100 years ago today): 1926 – Brazil leaves the League of Nations.

 Births (300 years ago today): 1726 – Thomas Pennant, Welsh ornithologist and historian (died 1798)^[18]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Don Newcombe, American baseball player (died 2019)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Alan Carr, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Massimo Oddo, Italian footballer and manager

 Deaths (1050 years ago today): 976 – Aron, Bulgarian nobleman

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 – Mary Cassatt, American-French painter (born 1843)

Commemorations:
World Blood Donor Day

June 15

 Events (200 years ago today): 1826 – In the Auspicious Incident, the Janissary mutiny against Sultan Mahmud II is defeated and the Janissary corps is disbanded as a result.^[11]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Alfred Duraiappah, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (died 1975)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Ji?í Ryba, Czech decathlete

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1896)

Commemorations:
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

June 16

 Events (50 years ago today): 1976 – Soweto uprising: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.

 Births (200 years ago today): 1826 – Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (died 1897)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemalan general and politician, 26th President of Guatemala (died 2018)

 Deaths (400 years ago today): 1626 – Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German Protestant military leader (born 1599)

June 17

 Events (150 years ago today): 1876 – American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: One thousand five hundred Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.^[14]

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – William Carr, American rower (died 1942)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Edward Anthony Spitzka, American anatomist and author (died 1922)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Scott Adkins, English actor and martial artist

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Sven Nys, Belgian cyclist

 Deaths (1350 years ago today): 676 – Adeodatus, pope of the Catholic Church

Commemorations:
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

June 18

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Philip B. Crosby, American businessman and author (died 2001)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Allan Sandage, American astronomer and cosmologist (died 2010)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Tom Wicker, American journalist and author (died 2011)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Blake Shelton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

 Deaths (300 years ago today): 1726 – Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (born 1657)

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 – Olga Constantinovna of Russia, Queen consort of the Hellenes (born 1851)^[47]