iJunoon Archives |2014 | June

A series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others.

Irving Baxter, American high jumper and pole vaulter (b. 1876)

Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint (b. 1195)

Peter Scudamore, British jockey and racehorse trainer

James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (d. 1879)

The University of the Philippines College of Engineering is established. This unit of the university is said to be the largest degree granting unit in the Philippines.

Tom Cheek, American sportscaster (d. 2005)

Charles the Bald, Roman emperor (d. 877)

Bob Crow, English union leader (d. 2014)