| 49 | BC | Pompeian forces retreat from Ildera, Spain, pursued by Caesar |
| 0 | | International Sex Workers Day |
| 0 | | Feast of St. Ahudemmeh, Syriac Orthodox Grand Metropolitan of the East, Martyred by the Persians, and that of St. Elmo/Erasmus of Formia, Patron of sailors, Gaeta, Formia, and much else |
| 455 | | Rome was sacked King Gaiseric and the Vandals, capturing Empress Licinia Eudoxia and her daughters |
| 597 | | Æthelberht of Kent became the first Christian king in Britain, baptized by St. Augustine of Canterbury |
| 1070 | | The Danes under Hereward the Wake sack Peterborough Abbey |
| 1183 | | Battle of Kurikara: Japanese Minamoto clan defeats the Tiara |
| 1183 | | Saladin captured Aleppo from the Zengids |
| 1424 | | Battle of L'Aquila: The Angevins defeat the Bracceschi |
| 1442 | | Alfonso V of Aragon captured Naples, with a little help from Procopius -- Learn More |
| 1525 | | Battle of Konigshafen: German Tauber rebels defeated |
| 1635 | | John Milton joins The Honourable Artillery Company of London |
| 1635 | | Pietro Cesare Alberti lands in Nieuw Amsterdam, the Big Apple's first Italian settler |
| 1774 | | Parliament passes Quartering Act, billeting troops in private homes |
| 1780 | | The Gordon Riots (June 2-7): Anti-Catholic rioters run amok in London, attack Parliament, embassies -- at least 285 killed, c. 200 wounded, c. 450 arrested. |
| 1784 | | Congress disbands the last elements of the Continental Army, save for c. 100 troops guarding supplies at West Point and Ft. Pitt |
| 1794 | | The French Balloon Corps makes it first operational ascents, supporting the Army of the North at Maubuege |
| 1864 | | Battle of Cold Harbor, Day 2 |
| 1865 | | The Confederate Trans-Mississippi Department surrenders to Union forces |
| 1866 | | Battle of Ridgeway (Ontario): the Canadians defeat invading Fenians , who retrat back to the US, and are arrested |
| 1878 | | Kaiser Wilhelm I is seriously wounded in an assassination attempt by Dr. Karl Nobling |
| 1910 | | C.S. Rolls made the first round trip flight across the English Channel |
| 1914 | | Glenn Curtiss flies his 'Langley Aerodrome' |
| 1924 | | Congress grants citizenship to Native Americans [very white of them] |
| 1928 | | Nationalist Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek captures Peking |
| 1936 | | Gen Anastasio Somoza becomes "President" of Nicaragua |
| 1940 | | Heavy German bombing of the Dunkirk beachhead |
| 1941 | | 'Long Island' (CVE-1), the first escort carrier, is completed, 88 days after conversion began |
| 1942 | | Aleutians Campaign: Japanese carrier a/c raid Dutch Harbor |
| 1943 | | The 99th Pursuit Sqn, with all African-American personnel, flies its 1st combat mission, over Italy |
| 1943 | | Pope Pius XII denounces aerial bombardment of civilians, and is totally ignored by everyone |
| 1953 | | Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey |
| 1969 | | South China Sea: Australian CV 'Melbourne' rams USS 'Frank E Evans' (DD-754), 74 die |
| 1989 | | Pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square, Beijing |
| 1995 | | USAF Capt Scott O'Grady's F-16C shot down over Bosnia |
| 2015 | | Pres. Obama awarded belated Medals of Honor to William Shemin (47th Inf.) and Henry Johnson (369th Inf.) for heroism in WW I -- Learn More (scroll down) |
| 1491 | | King Henry VIII of England (1509-47) |
| 1624 | | King Jan II Sobieski of Poland (1674-96), savior of Vienna, 1683 |
| 1732 | | Charles Lee, British, Polish, and American soldier, d. 1782 |
| 1740 | | Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, the Marquis de Sade, sometime colonel of dragoons, full time weirdo, d. 1814 |
| 1761 | | Henry Shrapnel, inventor of "shrapnel", d. 1842 |
| 1814 | | Philip Kearny, Maj Gen, US, "The bravest man in the Union Army," kia 1862 |
| 1831 | | Benjamin Hardin Helm, Brig Gen, C.S.A., d. 1863 |
| 1835 | | Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto - Pope St. Pius X (1903-14) |
| 1899 | | Ramón Novarro, actor (the real "Ben Hur"), d. 1968 |
| 1904 | | Janos "Johnny" Weissmuller, in Hungary, American Olympian and actor -- "Tarzan", d. 1984 -- Learn More |
| 1930 | | Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr, USN, astronaut |
| 1940 | | King Constantine II of Greece (1964-1973, deposed) |
| 261 | BC | King Antiochos I Soter of Syria (281-261 BC). |
| 193 | | Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor for a little while (c. Jan 31-Jun 1, 193), executed -- Learn More |
| 657 | | Pope St. Eugene I (654-657) |
| 1520 | | Giampaolo I Baglioni, Lord of Perugia (1500-1520), condottiero, beheaded at c. 50 in the Sant'Angelo |
| 1572 | | Thomas, 4th Duke of Norfolk and 1st Earl of Southampton, executed in the Tower of London at 36 |
| 1581 | | James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (1553-1581), sometime Regent of Scotland, beheaded at Edinburgh, at c. 56 |
| 1632 | | Count Ernst Casimir of Nassau-Dietz, at 58 |
| 1833 | | Gen. de Division Anne Jean Marie René Savary, Duke of Rovigo, French soldier and diplomat, at 59, |
| 1876 | | Khristo Botev, 28, Bulgarian soldier-poet, kia |
| 1882 | | Giuseppe Garibaldi, "The Hero of Two Continents", at 74 |
| 1908 | | General Sir Redvers Henry Buller, VC, GCB, GCMG, inept commander, at 68 -- Learn More |
| 1943 | | Leslie Howard, sometime subaltern of the Northamptonshire Yeomanry and actor (GWTW), at 50, when the Nazis downed a Dutch airliner over the Bay of Biscay |
| 1990 | | Sir Reginald "Rex" Harrison, 82, RAF veteran, actor (Caesar in "Cleopatra," Julius II in "The Agony and the Ecstacy", etc.) |
| 2001 | | 55-year old King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal (1972-2001) and seven other royals, shot dead by Prince Dipendra, who becomes king but soondies, having been mortally wounded by the royal guards. |