iJunoon Archives |2014 | June

Abū Ḥanīfa, Iraqi scholar (b. 699)

Emmeline Pankhurst, English activist (b. 1857)

Cy Coleman, American pianist and composer (d. 2004)

Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet (b. 1911)

Julie Felix, American folk singer

Rowan Williams, Welsh archbishop

Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: 34,000 French soldiers begin their invasion of Algiers, landing 27 kilometers west at Sidi Fredj.

Laurence Yep, American author

Andrew Cogliano, Canadian ice hockey player