On This Day: August 12 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2021 Six people, five victims and the perpetrator are killed in Keyham, Plymouth in the worst mass shooting in the UK since 2010. ↗
2018 Thirty-nine civilians, including a dozen children, are killed in an explosion at a weapons depot in Sarmada, Syria. ↗
2017 The Unite the Right rally occurs in Charlottesville, Virginia, leading to the deaths of 3 and injuring nearly 50 more. ↗
2016 Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the city of Manbij from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). ↗
2015 At least two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in Tianjin, China. ↗
2000 The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew. ↗
1994 Major League Baseball players go on strike, eventually forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series. ↗
1992 Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). ↗
1990 Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota. ↗
1985 Japan Air Lines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, becoming the worst single-plane air disaster. ↗
1984 An infamous brawl takes place at the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium between the Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres. ↗
1981 The IBM Personal Computer is released. ↗
1977 The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise. ↗
1977 The Sri Lanka Riots: Targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed. ↗
1976 Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War. ↗
1969 Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside. ↗
1964 South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies. ↗
1960 Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched. ↗
1953 Thermonuclear bomb testing: The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4) using a "layered" scheme. ↗
1953 The 7.2 Ms  Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed. ↗
1952 The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. ↗
1950 Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: Seventy-five American POWs are massacred by the North Korean Army. ↗
1948 Between 15 and 150 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are killed by Pakistani police. ↗
1944 Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema. ↗
1944 Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which time at least 40,000 people are killed indiscriminately or in mass executions. ↗
1944 Alençon is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces. ↗
1914 World War I: France, the United Kingdom and the British Empire declare war on Austria-Hungary. ↗
1914 World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium. ↗
1898 The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States where it is formally recognized as Hawaii. ↗
1883 The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands. ↗
1865 Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs the first antiseptic surgery. ↗
1851 Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine. ↗
1831 French intervention forces William I of the Netherlands to abandon his attempt to suppress the Belgian Revolution. ↗
1806 Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires re-takes the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina after the first British invasion. ↗
1793 The Rhône and Loire départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two. ↗
1788 The Anjala conspiracy is signed. ↗
1765 Treaty of Allahabad is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of Company rule in India. ↗
1687 Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Empire. ↗
1676 Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War. ↗
1624 Charles de La Vieuville is arrested and replaced by Cardinal Richelieu as the French king's chief advisor. ↗
1499 First engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets. ↗
1492 Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World. ↗
1323 The Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod Republic is signed, regulating the border between the two countries for the first time. ↗
1164 Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch. ↗
1121 Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi. ↗
1099 First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade. ↗

2001 Dixie D'Amelio, American social media personality and singer ↗
2000 Tristan Charpentier, French racing driver ↗
1999 Matthijs de Ligt, Dutch footballer ↗
1999 Dream, American YouTuber ↗
1999 Jule Niemeier, German tennis player ↗
1999 GK Barry, social media star and presenter ↗
1998 Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greek tennis player ↗
1996 Choi Yu-jin, South Korean singer and actress ↗
1996 Julio Urías, Mexican baseball player ↗
1996 Arthur Melo, Brazilian footballer ↗
1996 Samuel Moutoussamy, Congolese footballer ↗
1994 Ian Happ, American baseball player ↗
1993 Ewa Farna, Czech singer-songwriter ↗
1993 Luna, South Korean singer, actress and presenter ↗
1992 Cara Delevingne, English model and actress ↗
1992 Jacob Loko, Australian rugby player ↗
1992 Teo Gheorghiu, Swiss pianist and actor ↗
1991 Jesinta Campbell, Australian model ↗
1991 Sam Hoare, Australian rugby league player ↗
1991 Khris Middleton, American basketball player ↗
1991 LaKeith Stanfield, American actor and musician ↗
1990 Mario Balotelli, Italian footballer ↗
1990 Marvin Zeegelaar, Dutch footballer ↗
1990 Martin Zurawsky, German footballer ↗
1989 Tom Cleverley, English footballer ↗
1989 Hong Jeong-ho, South Korean footballer ↗
1989 Sunye, South Korean singer ↗
1988 Tyson Fury, English boxer ↗
1988 Matt Gillett, Australian rugby league player ↗
1987 Vanessa Watts, West Indian cricketer ↗
1986 Andrei Agius, Maltese footballer ↗
1986 Kyle Arrington, American football player ↗
1985 Danny Graham, English footballer ↗
1985 Franck Moutsinga, German rugby player ↗
1984 Bryan Pata, American football player (died 2006) ↗
1983 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch footballer ↗
1983 Kléber Giacomance de Souza Freitas, Brazilian footballer ↗
1983 Manoa Vosawai, Italian rugby player ↗
1982 Boban Grnčarov, Macedonian footballer ↗
1982 Alexandros Tzorvas, Greek footballer ↗
1981 Tony Capaldi, Norwegian–Northern Irish footballer ↗
1981 Djibril Cissé, French footballer ↗
1980 Javier Chevantón, Uruguayan footballer ↗
1980 Maggie Lawson, American actress ↗
1980 Dominique Swain, American actress ↗
1980 Matt Thiessen, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1979 D. J. Houlton, American baseball player ↗
1979 Ian Hutchinson, English motorcycle racer ↗
1979 Cindy Klassen, Canadian speed skater ↗
1979 Austra Skujytė, Lithuanian pentathlete ↗
1978 Chris Chambers, American football player ↗
1978 Hayley Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1977 Plaxico Burress, American football player ↗
1977 Jesper Grønkjær, Danish footballer ↗
1977 Park Yong-ha, South Korean actor (died 2010) ↗
1976 Pedro Collins, Barbadian cricketer ↗
1976 Mikko Lindström, Finnish guitarist ↗
1976 Henry Tuilagi, Samoan rugby player ↗
1976 Antoine Walker, American basketball player ↗
1975 Casey Affleck, American actor ↗
1974 Matt Clement, American baseball player and coach ↗
1974 Karl Stefanovic, Australian television host ↗
1973 Jonathan Coachman, American sportscaster and wrestler ↗
1973 Mark Iuliano, Italian footballer and manager ↗
1973 Todd Marchant, American ice hockey player and coach ↗
1972 Demir Demirkan, Turkish singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1972 Mark Kinsella, Irish footballer and manager ↗
1972 Takanohana Kōji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 65th Yokozuna ↗
1972 Gyanendra Pandey, Indian cricketer ↗
1972 Del the Funky Homosapien, American rapper ↗
1971 Michael Ian Black, American comedian, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1971 Yvette Nicole Brown, American actress, comedian, and talk show host ↗
1971 Rebecca Gayheart, American actress ↗
1971 Pete Sampras, American tennis player ↗
1970 Aleksandar Đurić, Bosnian footballer ↗
1970 Charles Mesure, English-Australian actor and screenwriter ↗
1970 Toby Perkins, English businessman and politician ↗
1970 Jim Schlossnagle, American baseball player and coach ↗
1970 Anthony Swofford, American soldier and author ↗
1969 Aga Muhlach, Filipino actor and politician ↗
1969 Stuart Williams, Nevisian cricketer ↗
1969 Tanita Tikaram, British pop/folk singer-songwriter ↗
1968 Thorsten Boer, German footballer and manager ↗
1967 Andy Hui, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor ↗
1967 Andrey Plotnikov, Russian race walker ↗
1967 Regilio Tuur, Dutch boxer ↗
1966 Tobias Ellwood, American-English captain and politician ↗
1965 Peter Krause, American actor ↗
1964 Txiki Begiristain, Spanish footballer ↗
1964 Michael Hagan, Australian rugby league player and coach ↗
1963 Kōji Kitao, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 60th Yokozuna (died 2019) ↗
1963 Campbell Newman, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Queensland ↗
1963 Sir Mix-a-Lot, American rapper, producer, and actor ↗
1961 Roy Hay, English guitarist, keyboard player, and composer ↗
1961 Mark Priest, New Zealand cricketer ↗
1960 Laurent Fignon, French cyclist and sportscaster (died 2010) ↗
1960 Greg Thomas, Welsh-English cricketer ↗
1959 Kerry Boustead, Australian rugby league player ↗
1958 Jürgen Dehmel, German bass player and songwriter ↗
1957 Friedhelm Schütte, German footballer ↗
1957 Amanda Redman, English actress ↗
1956 Lee Freedman, Australian horse trainer ↗
1956 Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor and producer ↗
1956 Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lankan cricketer ↗
1954 Rob Borbidge, Australian politician, 35th Premier of Queensland ↗
1954 Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kong businessman and politician, 3rd Chief Executive of Hong Kong ↗
1954 Ibolya Dávid, Hungarian lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice of Hungary ↗
1954 François Hollande, French lawyer and politician, 24th President of France ↗
1954 Sam J. Jones, American actor ↗
1954 Pat Metheny, American jazz guitarist and composer ↗
1952 Daniel Biles, American associate justice of the Kansas Supreme Court ↗
1952 Sitaram Yechury, Indian politician and leader of CPI(M) (died 2024) ↗
1951 Klaus Toppmöller, German football manager and former player ↗
1950 Jim Beaver, American actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
1950 August "Kid Creole" Darnell, American musician, bandleader, singer-songwriter, and record producer ↗
1950 George McGinnis, American basketball player (died 2023) ↗
1949 Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek admiral and politician ↗
1949 Mark Knopfler, Scottish-English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
1949 Lou Martin, Northern Irish pianist, songwriter, and producer (died 2012) ↗
1949 Alex Naumik, Lithuanian-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (died 2013) ↗
1949 Rick Ridgeway, American mountaineer and photographer ↗
1948 Siddaramaiah, Indian lawyer and politician, 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka ↗
1948 Graham J. Zellick, English academic and jurist ↗
1947 John Nathan-Turner, English author and television director, producer, and writer (died 2002) ↗
1946 Terry Nutkins, English television host and author (died 2012) ↗
1945 Dorothy E. Denning, American computer scientist and academic ↗
1945 Ron Mael, American keyboard player and songwriter ↗
1943 Javeed Alam, Indian academician (died 2016) ↗
1942 Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, German physician and author ↗
1941 L. M. Kit Carson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014) ↗
1941 Réjean Ducharme, Canadian author and playwright (died 2017) ↗
1941 Edwin Feulner, American political scientist (died 2025) ↗
1941 Dana Ivey, American actress ↗
1940 Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach (died 2005) ↗
1940 John Waller, English historical European martial arts (HEMA) revival pioneer and fight director (died 2018) ↗
1939 George Hamilton, American actor ↗
1939 David Jacobs, American television writer and producer (died 2023) ↗
1939 S. Jayakumar, Singaporean politician, 4th Senior Minister of Singapore ↗
1939 Pam Kilborn, Australian track and field athlete ↗
1939 David King, South African chemist and academic ↗
1939 Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (died 2016) ↗
1939 Roy Romanow, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Saskatchewan ↗
1938 Jean-Paul L'Allier, Canadian journalist and politician, 38th Mayor of Quebec City (died 2016) ↗
1937 Walter Dean Myers, American author and poet (died 2014) ↗
1936 Kjell Grede, Swedish director and screenwriter (died 2017) ↗
1935 John Cazale, American actor (died 1978) ↗
1934 Robin Nicholson, English metallurgist and academic (died 2024) ↗
1933 Parnelli Jones, American race car driver and businessman (died 2024) ↗
1933 Frederic Lindsay, Scottish author and educator (died 2013) ↗
1932 Dallin H. Oaks, American lawyer, jurist, and religious leader ↗
1932 Charlie O'Donnell, American radio and television announcer (died 2010) ↗
1932 Sirikit, Queen mother of Thailand (died 2025) ↗
1931 William Goldman, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2018) ↗
1930 Harry Babcock, American football player and first overall draft pick (died 1996) ↗
1930 George Soros, Hungarian-American businessman and investor, founded the Soros Fund Management ↗
1930 Kanagaratnam Sriskandan, Sri Lankan engineer and civil servant (died 2010) ↗
1930 Jacques Tits, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (died 2021) ↗
1929 Buck Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006) ↗
1928 Charles Blackman, Australian painter and illustrator (died 2018) ↗
1928 Bob Buhl, American baseball player (died 2001) ↗
1928 Dan Curtis, American director and producer (died 2006) ↗
1927 Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2007) ↗
1926 Douglas Croft, American child actor (died 1963) ↗
1926 John Derek, American actor, director, and cinematographer (died 1998) ↗
1926 Joe Jones, American R&B singer-songwriter and producer (died 2005) ↗
1925 Dale Bumpers, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th Governor of Arkansas (died 2016) ↗
1925 Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (died 1986) ↗
1925 Donald Justice, American poet and writing teacher (died 2004) ↗
1925 Norris McWhirter, Scottish publisher and activist co-founded the Guinness World Records (died 2004) ↗
1925 Ross McWhirter, Scottish publisher and activist, co-founded the Guinness World Records (died 1975) ↗
1925 George Wetherill, American physicist and academic (died 2006) ↗
1924 Derek Shackleton, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (died 2007) ↗
1924 Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (died 1988) ↗
1923 John Holt, Jamaican cricketer (died 1997) ↗
1922 Fulton Mackay, Scottish actor and playwright (died 1987) ↗
1922 Miloš Jakeš, Czech communist politician (died 2020) ↗
1920 Charles Gibson, American ethnohistorian (died 1985) ↗
1920 Percy Mayfield, American R&B singer-songwriter (died 1984) ↗
1919 Margaret Burbidge, English-American astrophysicist and academic (died 2020) ↗
1919 Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist and academic (died 1971) ↗
1918 Sid Bernstein, American record producer (died 2013) ↗
1918 Guy Gibson, Anglo-Indian commander and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1944) ↗
1917 Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (died 2008) ↗
1917 Ebba Haslund, Norwegian writer (died 2009) ↗
1916 Ioan Dicezare, Romanian general and pilot (died 2012) ↗
1916 Edward Pinkowski, American writer, journalist and Polonia historian (died 2020) ↗
1915 Michael Kidd, American dancer and choreographer (died 2007) ↗
1914 Gerd Buchdahl, German-English philosopher and author (died 2001) ↗
1914 Ruth Lowe, Canadian pianist and songwriter (died 1981) ↗
1913 Richard L. Bare, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015) ↗
1912 Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1997) ↗
1911 Cantinflas, Mexican actor, screenwriter, and producer (died 1993) ↗
1910 Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore (died 1970) ↗
1910 Jane Wyatt, American actress (died 2006) ↗
1909 Bruce Matthews, Canadian general and businessman (died 1991) ↗
1907 Gladys Bentley, American blues singer (died 1960) ↗
1907 Joe Besser, American actor (died 1988) ↗
1907 Boy Charlton, Australian swimmer (died 1975) ↗
1907 Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean physician and politician, 2nd President of Singapore (died 1981) ↗
1906 Harry Hopman, Australian tennis player and coach (died 1985) ↗
1906 Tedd Pierce, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (died 1972) ↗
1904 Idel Jakobson, Latvian-Estonian NKVD officer (died 1997) ↗
1904 Tamás Lossonczy, Hungarian painter (died 2009) ↗
1904 Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (died 1918) ↗
1902 Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian statesman, 1st Vice President of Indonesia (died 1980) ↗
1899 Ben Sealey, Trinidadian cricketer (died 1963) ↗
1897 Maurice Fernandes, Guyanese cricketer (died 1981) ↗
1892 Alfred Lunt, American actor and director (died 1977) ↗
1891 C. E. M. Joad, English philosopher and academic (died 1953) ↗
1891 John McDermott, American golfer (died 1971) ↗
1889 Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (died 1981) ↗
1887 Erwin Schrödinger – Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961) ↗
1885 Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (died 1959) ↗
1885 Keith Murdoch, Australian journalist (died 1952) ↗
1885 Juhan Simm, Estonian composer and conductor (died 1959) ↗
1883 Martha Hedman, Swedish-American actress and playwright (died 1974) ↗
1883 Marion Lorne, American actress (died 1968) ↗
1881 Cecil B. DeMille, American director and producer (died 1959) ↗
1880 Radclyffe Hall, English poet, author, and activist (died 1943) ↗
1880 Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (died 1925) ↗
1877 Albert Bartha, Hungarian general and politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (died 1960) ↗
1876 Mary Roberts Rinehart, American author and playwright (died 1958) ↗
1871 Gustavs Zemgals, Latvian politician, 2nd President of Latvia (died 1939) ↗
1870 Henry Reuterdahl, Swedish-American artist (died 1925) ↗
1867 Edith Hamilton, German-American author and educator (died 1963) ↗
1866 Jacinto Benavente, Spanish playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1954) ↗
1866 Henrik Sillem, Dutch target shooter, mountaineer, and jurist (died 1907) ↗
1860 Klara Hitler, Austrian mother of Adolf Hitler (died 1907) ↗
1859 Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and author (died 1929) ↗
1857 Ernestine von Kirchsberg, Austrian painter and educator (died 1924) ↗
1856 Diamond Jim Brady, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1917) ↗
1852 Michael J. McGivney, American priest and founder of the Knights of Columbus (died 1890) ↗
1833 William P. Sanders, American army officer (died 1863) ↗
1831 Helena Blavatsky, Russian theosophist and scholar (died 1891) ↗
1774 Robert Southey, English poet and author (died 1843) ↗
1773 Karl Faber, Prussian historian and academic (died 1853) ↗
1762 George IV of the United Kingdom (died 1830) ↗
1696 Maurice Greene, English organist and composer (died 1755) ↗
1686 John Balguy, English philosopher and author (died 1748) ↗
1644 Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Bohemian-Austrian violinist and composer (died 1704) ↗
1629 Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria, Austrian archduchess (died 1685) ↗
1626 Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer (died 1690) ↗
1604 Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shōgun (died 1651) ↗
1599 Sir William Curtius FRS, German magistrate, English baronet (died 1678) ↗
1591 Louise de Marillac, co-founder of the Daughters of Charity (died 1660) ↗
1506 Franciscus Sonnius, Dutch counter-Reformation theologian (died 1576) ↗
1503 Christian III of Denmark (died 1559) ↗
1452 Abraham Zacuto, Jewish astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, rabbi and historian (died 1515) ↗

2024 Kim Kahana, American actor and stunt performer (born 1929) ↗
2021 Una Stubbs, English actress, TV personality, and dancer (born 1937) ↗
2020 Bill Yeoman, American college football player and coach (born 1927) ↗
2019 DJ Arafat, Ivorian DJ and singer (born 1986) ↗
2017 Bryan Murray, Canadian ice hockey coach (born 1942) ↗
2016 Juan Pedro de Miguel, Spanish handball player (born 1958) ↗
2015 Jaakko Hintikka, Finnish philosopher and academic (born 1929) ↗
2015 Stephen Lewis, English actor and screenwriter (born 1926) ↗
2015 Meshulim Feish Lowy, Hungarian-Canadian rabbi and author (born 1921) ↗
2015 John Scott, English organist and conductor (born 1956) ↗
2014 Lauren Bacall, American model, actress, and singer (born 1924) ↗
2014 Futatsuryū Jun'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1950) ↗
2014 Kongō Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1948) ↗
2013 Tereza de Arriaga, Portuguese painter (born 1915) ↗
2013 Hans-Ekkehard Bob, German soldier and pilot (born 1917) ↗
2013 Pauline Maier, American historian and academic (born 1938) ↗
2013 David McLetchie, Scottish lawyer and politician (born 1952) ↗
2013 Vasiliy Mihaylovich Peskov, Russian ecologist and journalist (born 1930) ↗
2012 Jimmy Carr, American football player and coach (born 1933) ↗
2012 Jerry Grant, American race car driver (born 1935) ↗
2012 Joe Kubert, Polish-American illustrator, founded The Kubert School (born 1926) ↗
2012 Édgar Morales Pérez, Mexican engineer and politician ↗
2012 Alf Morris, English politician and activist (born 1928) ↗
2011 Robert Robinson, English journalist and author (born 1927) ↗
2010 Isaac Bonewits, American Druid, author, and activist; founded Ár nDraíocht Féin (born 1949) ↗
2010 Guido de Marco, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th President of Malta (born 1931) ↗
2010 Richie Hayward, American drummer and songwriter (born 1946) ↗
2010 André Kim, South Korean fashion designer (born 1935) ↗
2009 Les Paul, American guitarist, songwriter, and inventor (born 1915) ↗
2008 Christie Allen, English-Australian singer (born 1954) ↗
2008 Helge Hagerup, Norwegian playwright, poet and novelist (born 1933) ↗
2007 Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, and producer, created Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune (born 1925) ↗
2007 Mike Wieringo, American author and illustrator (born 1963) ↗
2006 Victoria Gray Adams, American civil rights activist (born 1926) ↗
2005 John Loder, English sound engineer and producer, founded Southern Studios (born 1946) ↗
2004 Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919) ↗
2002 Enos Slaughter, American baseball player and manager (born 1916) ↗
2000 Gennady Lyachin, Russian captain (born 1955) ↗
2000 Loretta Young, American actress (born 1913) ↗
1999 Jean Drapeau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Montreal (born 1916) ↗
1997 Jack Delano, American photographer and composer (born 1914) ↗
1996 Victor Ambartsumian, Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist and academic (born 1908) ↗
1996 Mark Gruenwald, American author and illustrator (born 1953) ↗
1992 John Cage, American composer and theorist (born 1912) ↗
1990 Dorothy Mackaill, English-American actress (born 1903) ↗
1989 Aimo Koivunen, Finnish soldier and corporal (born 1917) ↗
1989 William Shockley, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910) ↗
1988 Jean-Michel Basquiat – Michel Basquiat, American painter (born 1960) ↗
1986 Evaline Ness, American author and illustrator (born 1911) ↗
1985 Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer-songwriter (born 1941) ↗
1985 Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (born 1951) ↗
1984 Ladi Kwali, Nigerian potter (born 1925) ↗
1983 Theodor Burchardi, German admiral (born 1892) ↗
1982 Henry Fonda, American actor (born 1905) ↗
1982 Salvador Sánchez, Mexican boxer (born 1959) ↗
1979 Ernst Boris Chain, German-Irish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906) ↗
1978 John Williams, English motorcycle racer (born 1946) ↗
1976 Tom Driberg, British politician/journalist (born 1905) ↗
1973 Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881) ↗
1973 Karl Ziegler, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1898) ↗
1967 Esther Forbes, American historian and author (born 1891) ↗
1966 Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet and author (born 1923) ↗
1964 Ian Fleming, English spy, journalist, and author (born 1908) ↗
1959 Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (born 1877) ↗
1955 Thomas Mann – German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1875) ↗
1955 James B. Sumner, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887) ↗
1952 David Bergelson, Ukrainian author and playwright (born 1884) ↗
1944 Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (born 1915) ↗
1944 Jacques Pellegrin, French zoologist (born 1873) ↗
1943 Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer and mountaineer (born 1859) ↗
1941 Ling Ma – Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English soldier and politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (born 1866) ↗
1941 Bobby Peel, English cricketer and umpire (born 1857) ↗
1940 Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter, illustrator, and academic (born 1884) ↗
1935 Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician and academic (born 1851) ↗
1934 Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect, designed the Beurs van Berlage (born 1856) ↗
1928 Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and educator (born 1854) ↗
1924 Sándor Bródy, Hungarian journalist and author (born 1863) ↗
1922 Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann (born 1871) ↗
1921 Pyotr Boborykin, Russian playwright and journalist (born 1836) ↗
1918 William Thompson, American archer (born 1848) ↗
1914 John Philip Holland, Irish engineer, designed HMS Holland 1 (born 1840) ↗
1904 William Renshaw, English tennis player (born 1861) ↗
1901 Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish botanist, geologist, mineralogist, and explorer (born 1832) ↗
1900 Wilhelm Steinitz – Austrian chess player and theoretician (born 1836) ↗
1896 Thomas Chamberlain, American colonel (born 1841) ↗
1891 James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic (born 1819) ↗
1865 William Jackson Hooker, English botanist and academic (born 1785) ↗
1864 Sakuma Shōzan, Japanese scholar and politician (born 1811) ↗
1861 Eliphalet Remington, American inventor and businessman, founded Remington Arms (born 1793) ↗
1849 Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1761) ↗
1848 George Stephenson, English engineer and academic (born 1781) ↗
1829 Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general (born 1760) ↗
1827 William Blake, English poet and painter (born 1757) ↗
1822 Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Irish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (born 1769) ↗
1810 Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (born 1725) ↗
1809 Mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (born 1738) ↗
1778 Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire (born 1714) ↗
1689 Pope Innocent XI (born 1611) ↗
1674 Philippe de Champaigne, Belgian-French painter and educator (born 1602) ↗
1638 Johannes Althusius, German jurist and philosopher (born 1557) ↗
1612 Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian organist and composer (born 1557) ↗
1602 Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Mughal vizier and historian (born 1551) ↗
1588 Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder, Italian-English composer (born 1543) ↗
1577 Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat (born 1513) ↗
1546 Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theologian (born 1492) ↗
1484 Sixtus IV, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1414) ↗
1424 Yongle, emperor of the Ming Empire (born 1360) ↗
1399 Demetrius I Starshy, Prince of Trubczewsk (in battle) (born 1327) ↗
1335 Prince Moriyoshi, Japanese shōgun (born 1308) ↗
1319 Rudolf I, duke of Bavaria (born 1274) ↗
1315 Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick, English nobleman ↗
1295 Charles Martel, king of Hungary (born 1271) ↗
1222 Vladislaus III, duke of Bohemia ↗
961 Yuan Zong, emperor of Southern Tang (born 916) ↗
960 Li Gu, chancellor of Later Zhou (born 903) ↗
875 Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 825) ↗
792 Jænberht, archbishop of Canterbury ↗
30 BCE Cleopatra – Egyptian queen (born 69 BC) ↗