- 840 Agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies
- 1134 Norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51
- 1393 Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359)
- 1480 Vecchietta, Italian artist and architect
- 1548 Juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (b. 1500)
- 1563 Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519)
- 1583 Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556)
- 1671 Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader quartered alive (ns. 16 June)
- 1686 Joannes B van Neercassel, RC spiritual leader of Neth, dies at 60
- 1710 Francoise de la Baume Le Blanc, mistress of King Louis XIV, dies at 65
- 1730 Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France, dies at 83
- 1740 Alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony
- 1762 George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, British Royal Navy officer, dies at 65
- 1784 Joan Derk, Baron van der Capellen tot den Pol, Leader of democratic Patriots, dies at 42
Patrick Henry
1799 Patrick Henry, American Revolutionary and Founding Father famous for his "Give me liberty or give me death" speech, dies at 63
Patrick Henry
- 1813 Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect
- 1816 Christiane Vulpius, wife of Johann W von Goethe, dies at 51
- 1832 Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher (b. 1748)
- 1836 Antons Klemens Theodor, king of Saksen (1827-36), dies at 80
- 1840 Marcellin Champagnat, French priest (b. 1789)
- 1843 Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet and dramatist (b. 1770)
- 1861 Giuseppe Concone, Italian singing teacher, dies at 59
- 1861 Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1810)
- 1862 Turner Ashby, General, killed near Harrisonburg VA, dies at 33
- 1877 Prairie Flower, daughter of Ponca & chief Standing Bear, dies
- 1878 Robert Stirling, Scottish inventor (b. 1790)
John A. Macdonald
1891 John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (1867-73 and 1878-91), dies of a stroke at 76
John A. Macdonald
- 1898 Constant A Serrure, Flemish historian, dies at 62
- 1906 Johan Philip van der Kellen, Dutch stamp cutter, lithographer and writer, dies at 74
- 1914 Walter T Watts-Dunton, English lawyer, poet and writer (Aylwin), dies at 81
- 1916 Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and President of the Republic of China (1916), dies at 56
- 1922 Lillian Russell, entertainer, dies at 60
- 1934 Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and writer (b. 1864)
- 1934 Charles Francis Jenkins, American Inventor and early television pioneer (also invented the altimeter and automobile self-starter) dies at 66
- 1935 Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, British army officer, dies at 72
- 1939 Ford Madox Ford, writer, dies at 65
- 1941 Louis Chevrolet, American automotive pioneer (b. 1878)
- 1943 Karl Landsteiner, Austrian immunologist and pathologist (Nobel 1930), dies at 74
- 1944 Danny Brotheridge, British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day landing WWII
- 1944 Gerrit John van de Peat, artist/resistance fighter, executed at 41
- 1945 Meinoud M Rost van Tonningen, anti semite/NSB (1937-41), suicide
Gerhart Hauptmann
1946 Gerhart Hauptmann, German author (Before Dawn - Nobel 1912), dies at 83
Gerhart Hauptmann
Hiram Bingham
1956 Hiram Bingham, American Archaeologist (Incan site of Machu Picchu), dies at 80
Hiram Bingham
- 1962 Yves Klein, French sculptor/painter, dies at 34
- 1963 William Baziotes, American painter (abstract expressionist), dies at 50
- 1965 Lester Matthews, (Sir Dennis-Adv of Fu Manchu), dies at 64
- 1967 Edward G Givens Jr, Major USAF/astronaut, dies in an car crash at 47
- 1968 Franklin Clark Fry, American minister (World Rad of Church), dies at 67
Robert F. Kennedy
1968 Robert F. Kennedy, (Sn-D-NY), assassinated in LA by Sirhan Sirhan at 42
Robert F. Kennedy
- 1968 Randolph Churchill, son of Winston Churchill (b. 1911)
J. Paul Getty
1976 J. Paul Getty, American oil magnate and billionaire (Getty Oil), dies at 83
J. Paul Getty
- 1982 Kenneth Rexroth, American poet (b. 1905)
- 1983 James E. Casey, American businessman and founder (United Parcel Service), dies at 95
- 1984 A. Bertram Chandler, Anglo-Australian mariner and sci-fi author (Empress of Outer Space), dies at 72
- 1986 Herbert Eisenreich, Austrian writer, dies at 61
- 1991 Sylvia Porter, economist/author (Money Book), dies at 77
- 1993 James Bridges, writer/director (Paper Chase), dies of cancer at 57
- 1993 Peter Tazelaar, adjutant of Dutch queen Wilhelmina, dies at 73
- 1994 John Slot, mayor of Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede, dies
- 1994 Jan Slot, Dutch mayor (Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede), dies at 80
- 1995 James Anderson, writer, dies at 41
- 1996 George Snell, genetecist, dies at 92
- 1996 Jean Sinclair, teacher/campaigner, dies at 88
- 2000 Frédéric Dard, French writer (San-Antonio), dies at 78
- 2003 Ken Grimwood, American writer (b. 1944)
- 2005 Maya Kopitseva, Russian painter of the Leningrad school, dies at 81
- 2006 Arnold Newman, American photographer (b. 1918)
- 2011 Shrek the sheep, New Zealand sheep that held world record for biggest shorn fleece, dies at 16
- 2013 Jerome Karle, American chemist and Nobel Laureate, dies at 94
- 2013 Tom Sharpe, British satirist and author, dies from complications from diabetes at 85
- 2014 Eric Hill, British children's books author and illustrator (Where's Spot), dies at 86
- 2015 Ludvik Vaculik, Czech writer (Two Thousand Words), dies at 88
- 2015 Vincent Bugliosi, American attorney and author (Helter-Skelter), dies at 80
- 2016 Peter Shaffer, English playwright (Equus, Amadeus), dies at 90
- 2016 Kimbo Slice [Kevin Ferguson], American mixed martial artist, dies at 42
- 2017 Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi businessman (arms dealing), dies at 81
June in History
Dunkirk: Military Retreat They Called a Miracle
Trapped on beaches and a sitting target for German fighter planes and bombers, 330,000 Allied troops looked doomed. Then came the "miracle" of Dunkirk.
June 4, 1940
Bobby Kennedy Gunned Down on Campaign Trail
Less than five years after President Kennedy was assassinated, his younger brother Bobby, hoping to win the White House, was felled by a gunman on this day.
June 5, 1968
Why an American Bought London Bridge
An iconic piece of Olde England was just what an American oil tycoon wanted for his new township in the Arizona desert. Did he get what he was after?
June 7, 1761
France's Biggest-Ever Bank Robbery
Its vault was thought to be impregnable, but the bank had not reckoned on the ingenuity of a determined thief who died on this day, with the loot still missing.
June 8, 1989