1792 – Percy Bysshe Shelley, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1822) is born.
1821 – Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer, founded Louis Vuitton (d. 1892) is born.
1821 – The Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
1889 – The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
1892 – The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home.
1915 – Warren Avis, American businessman, founded Avis Rent a Car System (d. 2007) is born.
1958 – The Billboard Hot 100 is published for the first time.
1961 – Barack Obama, American lawyer and politician, 44th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate is born.
1962 – Roger Clemens, American baseball player and actor is born.
1964 – American civil rights movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
1971 – Jeff Gordon, American race car driver and actor is born.
1977 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
1993 – A federal judge sentences Los Angeles Police Department officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King's civil rights.
2014 – James Brady, American activist and politician, 15th White House Press Secretary (b. 1940) dies.
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