June 23
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- 1611 - The mutinous crew of Henry Hudson's fourth voyage sets Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in the Atlantic Ocean; they are never heard from again.
- 1959 - Boris Vian, at the screening of the film version of his novel, I Shall Spit On Your Graves, collapsed in his seat and died of a heart attack en route to the hospital.
Births
- 1668 - Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (d. 1744)
- 1894 - Alfred Kinsey, American entomologist and sexologist (d. 1956)
Deaths
- 1959 - Boris Vian, French writer and musician (b. 1920)
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