Juan Velasco Alvarado

Juan Francisco Velasco Alvarado was a Peruvian general who served as the President of Peru after a successful coup d'état against Fernando Belaúnde's presidency in 1968. Under his presidency, nationalism, as well as left-leaning policies of state capitalism that addressed indigenous Peruvians, such as nationalization or agrarian reform were adopted. These policies were reversed after another coup d'état in 1975 led by his Prime Minister, Francisco Morales Bermúdez.

16 June 1910

Born on the same birth day (16 June): Bianca Andreescu • Ernst Laas • Giacomo Agostini • James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon • Ki Hui-hyeon • Māris Čaklais • Peter Sterling (rugby league) • Simon Williams (actor) • Wesley Merritt

Born in the same month (June 1910): Arthur Gardner (producer) • Bill Naughton • Christopher Cockerell • Fernand Fonssagrives • Gyula Kállai • Howlin' Wolf • John Hunt, Baron Hunt • Mary Wickes • Mike Sebastian • Milt Hinton • Paul Flory • Rudolf Kempe • Sydney Allard • Til Kiwe