On This Day: August 15 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2025 US president Donald Trump meets with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska, the first such summit since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. ↗
2021 Kabul falls into the hands of the Taliban as Ashraf Ghani flees Afghanistan along with local residents and foreign nationals, effectively reestablishing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. ↗
2020 Russia begins production on the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine. ↗
2015 North Korea moves its clock back half an hour to introduce Pyongyang Time, 81⁄2 hours ahead of UTC. ↗
2013 At least 27 people are killed and 226 injured in an explosion in southern Beirut near a complex used by Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A previously unknown Syrian Sunni group claims responsibility in an online video. ↗
2013 The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivorous species found in the Americas in 35 years. ↗
2007 An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090. ↗
2005 Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins. ↗
2005 The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending almost three decades of fighting. ↗
1999 Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco. ↗
1998 Northern Ireland: Omagh bombing takes place; 29 people (including a woman pregnant with twins) killed and some 220 others injured. ↗
1998 Apple introduces the iMac computer. ↗
1995 In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later). ↗
1995 Tomiichi Murayama, Prime Minister of Japan, releases the Murayama Statement, which formally expresses remorse for Japanese war crimes committed during World War II. ↗
1989 China Eastern Airlines Flight 5510 crashes after takeoff from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, killing 34 of the 40 people on board. ↗
1985 Signing of the Assam Accord, an agreement between representatives of the Government of India and the leaders of the Assam Movement to end the movement. ↗
1984 The Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish Armed Forces with an attack on police and gendarmerie bases in Şemdinli and Eruh. ↗
1977 The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project. ↗
1976 SAETA Flight 011 crashes into the Chimborazo volcano in Ecuador, killing all 59 people on board; the wreckage is not discovered until 2002. ↗
1975 Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup. ↗
1975 Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II. ↗
1974 Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President Park Chung Hee. ↗
1973 Vietnam War: The US Air Force bombing of Cambodia ends. ↗
1971 President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors. ↗
1971 Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom. ↗
1970 Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game. ↗
1969 The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in Bethel, New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era. ↗
1965 The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock. ↗
1963 Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland. ↗
1963 President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital. ↗
1962 James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok died in 2016. ↗
1961 Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall. ↗
1960 Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France. ↗
1959 American Airlines Flight 514, a Boeing 707, crashes near the Calverton Executive Airpark in Calverton, New York, killing all five people on board. ↗
1954 Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay. ↗
1952 A flash flood devastates the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people. ↗
1950 Measuring Mw 8.6, the largest earthquake on land occurs in the Assam-Tibet-Myanmar border, killing 4,800. ↗
1948 The First Republic of Korea (South Korea) is established in the southern half of the peninsula. ↗
1947 India gains independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule and joins the Commonwealth of Nations. ↗
1947 Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi. ↗
1945 Emperor Hirohito broadcasts his declaration of surrender following the effective surrender of Japan in World War II; Korea gains independence from the Empire of Japan. ↗
1944 World War II: Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France. ↗
1943 World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds. ↗
1942 World War II: Operation Pedestal: The oil tanker SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses. ↗
1941 Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad for espionage at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower. ↗
1940 An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October. ↗
1939 Twenty-six Junkers Ju 87 bombers commanded by Walter Sigel meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing demonstration for Luftwaffe generals at Neuhammer. Thirteen of them crash and burn. ↗
1939 The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California. ↗
1935 Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska. ↗
1920 Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula. ↗
1915 A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production. ↗
1914 A servant of American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, and murders seven people there. ↗
1914 The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon. ↗
1914 World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia. ↗
1914 World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I. ↗
1907 Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies. ↗
1899 Fratton Park football ground in Portsmouth, England is officially first opened. ↗
1893 Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton. ↗
1882 Start of the second part of the Montceau-les-Mines troubles by the Black Band, groups of anarchist miners. ↗
1863 The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863). ↗
1843 The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States. ↗
1843 Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark. ↗
1824 The Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, arrives in New York and begins a tour of 24 states. ↗
1814 War of 1812: British forces launch a costly and unsuccessful night attack against American defenders during the siege of Fort Erie. ↗
1760 Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon. ↗
1695 French forces end the bombardment of Brussels. ↗
1599 Nine Years' War: Battle of Curlew Pass: Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle. ↗
1592 Imjin War: At the Battle of Hansan Island, the Korean Navy, led by Yi Sun-sin, Yi Ŏkki, and Wŏn Kyun, decisively defeats the Japanese Navy, led by Wakisaka Yasuharu. ↗
1549 Jesuit priest Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date: 22 July 1549). ↗
1540 Arequipa, Peru is founded. ↗
1537 Asunción, Paraguay is founded. ↗
1534 Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540. ↗
1519 Panama City, Panama is founded. ↗
1517 Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary. ↗
1511 Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Malacca Sultanate. ↗
1483 Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel. ↗
1461 The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmed II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered. ↗
1430 Francesco Sforza, lord of Milan, conquers Lucca. ↗
1310 The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the Knights of Rhodes. ↗
1281 Mongol invasion of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a "divine wind" for the second time in the Battle of Kōan. ↗
1261 Michael VIII Palaiologos is crowned as the first Byzantine emperor in fifty-seven years. ↗
1248 The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.) ↗
1237 Spanish Reconquista: The Battle of the Puig between the Moorish forces of Taifa of Valencia against the Kingdom of Aragon culminates in an Aragonese victory. ↗
1224 The Livonian Brothers of the Sword, a Catholic military order, occupy Tarbatu (today Tartu) as part of the Livonian Crusade. ↗
1209 Albigensian Crusade: The Cathar stronghold of Carcassonne falls to the crusaders. ↗
1185 The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia. ↗
1096 Starting date of the First Crusade as set by Pope Urban II. ↗
1070 The Pavian-born Benedictine Lanfranc is appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in England. ↗
1057 King Macbeth of Scotland is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada. ↗
1038 King Stephen I, the first king of Hungary, dies; his nephew, Peter Orseolo, succeeds him. ↗
1018 Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria. ↗
982 Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria. ↗
927 The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto. ↗
805 Noble Erchana of Dahauua grants the Bavarian town of Dachau to the Diocese of Freising ↗
778 The Battle of Roncevaux Pass takes place between the army of Charlemagne and a Basque army. ↗
747 Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, renounces his position as majordomo and retires to a monastery near Rome. His brother, Pepin the Short, becomes the sole ruler (de facto) of the Frankish Kingdom. ↗
718 Arab–Byzantine wars: Raising of the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople. ↗
717 Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year. ↗
636 Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate begins. ↗

1999 Paola Reis, BMX rider ↗
1995 Chief Keef, American rapper ↗
1995 Setyana Mapasa, Indonesian-Australian badminton player ↗
1994 Lasse Vigen Christensen, Danish footballer ↗
1994 Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer ↗
1993 Clinton N'Jie, Cameroonian footballer ↗
1993 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer ↗
1992 Baskaran Adhiban, Indian chess player ↗
1992 Matthew Judon, American football player ↗
1991 Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder ↗
1990 Jennifer Lawrence, American actress ↗
1989 Joe Jonas, American singer-songwriter ↗
1989 Ryan McGowan, Australian footballer ↗
1989 Carlos PenaVega, American actor and singer ↗
1989 Jordan Rapana, New Zealand rugby league player ↗
1988 Oussama Assaidi, Moroccan footballer ↗
1988 Boban Marjanović, Serbian basketball player ↗
1987 Ryan D'Imperio, American football player ↗
1987 Michel Kreder, Dutch cyclist ↗
1987 Sean McAllister, English footballer ↗
1985 Nipsey Hussle, American rapper (died 2019) ↗
1984 Jarrod Dyson, American baseball player ↗
1984 Emily Kinney, American actress and singer-songwriter ↗
1983 Siobhan Chamberlain, English association football goalkeeper ↗
1983 Rachel Haot, American businesswoman ↗
1982 Casey Burgener, American weightlifter ↗
1982 David Harrison, American basketball player ↗
1981 Brendan Hansen, American swimmer ↗
1981 Óliver Pérez, American baseball player ↗
1980 Fiann Paul, Icelandic explorer ↗
1979 Carl Edwards, American race car driver ↗
1978 Waleed Aly, Australian journalist and television host ↗
1978 Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast ↗
1978 Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer ↗
1978 Kerri Walsh Jennings – American volleyball player ↗
1977 Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1977 Anthony Rocca, Australian footballer and coach ↗
1976 Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch footballer and manager ↗
1975 Bertrand Berry, American football player and radio host ↗
1975 Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer and coach ↗
1975 Brendan Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1975 Kara Wolters, American basketball player ↗
1974 Natasha Henstridge, Canadian model and actress ↗
1974 Tomasz Suwary, Polish footballer ↗
1972 Ben Affleck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1972 Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballerina (died 2007) ↗
1972 Mikey Graham, Irish singer ↗
1971 Adnan Sami, Indian singer, musician, music composer, pianist and actor ↗
1970 Anthony Anderson, American comedian, actor, and producer ↗
1970 Ben Silverman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter, founded Electus Studios ↗
1969 Bernard Fanning, Australian singer-songwriter ↗
1969 Carlos Roa, Argentine footballer ↗
1968 Debra Messing, American actress ↗
1967 Tony Hand, Scottish ice hockey player and coach ↗
1967 Peter Hermann, American actor ↗
1966 Scott Brosius, American baseball player and coach ↗
1966 Dimitris Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player and coach ↗
1965 Rob Thomas, American author, screenwriter, and producer ↗
1964 Jane Ellison, English lawyer and politician ↗
1964 Melinda Gates, American businesswoman and philanthropist, co-founded the Gates Foundation ↗
1963 Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1963 Simon Hart, Welsh soldier and politician ↗
1963 Jack Russell, English cricketer and coach ↗
1962 Tom Colicchio, American chef and author ↗
1962 Rıdvan Dilmen, Turkish footballer and manager ↗
1962 Inês Pedrosa, Portuguese writer ↗
1962 Vilja Savisaar-Toomast, Estonian lawyer and politician ↗
1961 Ed Gillespie, American political strategist ↗
1961 Matt Johnson, English singer-songwriter and musician ↗
1961 Gary Kubiak, American football player and coach ↗
1961 Suhasini Maniratnam, Indian actress and screenwriter ↗
1959 Scott Altman, American captain, pilot, and astronaut ↗
1958 Simon Baron-Cohen, English-Canadian psychiatrist and author ↗
1958 Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
1958 Simple Kapadia, Indian actress and costume designer (died 2009) ↗
1958 Victor Shenderovich, Russian journalist and radio host ↗
1958 Rondell Sheridan, American actor and comedian ↗
1957 Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor ↗
1956 Lorraine Desmarais, Canadian pianist and composer ↗
1956 Freedom Neruda, Ivorian journalist ↗
1956 Robert Syms, English businessman and politician ↗
1954 Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and author (died 2004) ↗
1953 Carol Thatcher, English journalist and author ↗
1953 Mark Thatcher, English businessman ↗
1953 Wolfgang Hohlbein, German author ↗
1952 Chuck Burgi, American drummer ↗
1951 Ann Biderman, American screenwriter and producer ↗
1951 Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter (died 2023) ↗
1951 John Childs, English cricketer ↗
1950 Tommy Aldridge, American drummer ↗
1950 Tess Harper, American actress ↗
1950 Tom Kelly, American baseball player ↗
1950 Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom ↗
1949 Phyllis Smith, American actress ↗
1948 Patsy Gallant, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress ↗
1948 Tom Johnston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1947 Rakhee Gulzar, Indian film actress ↗
1946 Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter and pianist ↗
1945 Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh ↗
1944 Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Health (died 2019) ↗
1943 Eileen Bell, Northern Irish civil servant and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly ↗
1942 Pete York, English rock drummer ↗
1941 Jim Brothers, American sculptor (died 2013) ↗
1941 Don Rich, American country musician (died 1974) ↗
1940 Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded Red Army Faction (died 1977) ↗
1938 Stephen Breyer, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ↗
1938 Stix Hooper, American jazz drummer ↗
1938 Pran Kumar Sharma, Indian cartoonist (died 2014) ↗
1938 Maxine Waters, American educator and politician ↗
1938 Janusz Zajdel, Polish engineer and author (died 1985) ↗
1936 Pat Priest, American actress ↗
1936 Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (died 2014) ↗
1935 Jim Dale, English actor, narrator, singer, director, and composer ↗
1935 Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (died 2014) ↗
1934 Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2007) ↗
1934 Purushottam Upadhyay, Indian musician, singer and composer (died 2024) ↗
1934 Reginald Scarlett, Jamaican cricketer and coach (died 2019) ↗
1934 Darrell K. Sweet, American illustrator (died 2011) ↗
1934 Valentin Varlamov, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut instructor (died 1980) ↗
1933 Bobby Helms, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1997) ↗
1933 Stanley Milgram, American social psychologist (died 1984) ↗
1933 Mike Seeger, American folk musician and folklorist (died 2009) ↗
1932 Abby Dalton, American actress (died 2020) ↗
1932 Robert L. Forward, American physicist and engineer (died 2002) ↗
1932 Jim Lange, American game show host and DJ (died 2014) ↗
1932 Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn, South African-English lawyer and judge (died 2017) ↗
1931 Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (died 2014) ↗
1931 Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015) ↗
1928 Carl Joachim Classen, German scholar and academic (died 2013) ↗
1928 Malcolm Glazer, American businessman and sports team owner (died 2014) ↗
1928 Nicolas Roeg, English director and cinematographer (died 2018) ↗
1927 Eddie Leadbeater, English cricketer (died 2011) ↗
1927 Oliver Popplewell, English cricketer and judge (died 2024) ↗
1926 Julius Katchen, American pianist and composer (died 1969) ↗
1926 Eddie Little Sky, American actor (died 1997) ↗
1926 Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright (died 2024) ↗
1926 John Silber, American philosopher and academic (died 2012) ↗
1926 Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, 6th President of Greece (died 2016) ↗
1925 Mike Connors, American actor and producer (died 2017) ↗
1925 Rose Maddox, American singer-songwriter and fiddle player (died 1998) ↗
1925 Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (died 2007) ↗
1925 Bill Pinkney, American singer (died 2007) ↗
1925 Erik Schmidt, Swedish-Estonian painter and author (died 2014) ↗
1924 Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (died 1995) ↗
1924 Hedy Epstein, German-American Holocaust survivor and activist (died 2016) ↗
1924 Yoshirō Muraki, Japanese production designer, art director, and fashion designer (died 2009) ↗
1924 Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist (died 2016) ↗
1923 Rose Marie, American actress and singer (died 2017) ↗
1922 Leonard Baskin, American sculptor and illustrator (died 2000) ↗
1922 Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer (died 2005) ↗
1922 Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager (died 1988) ↗
1921 August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (died 2012) ↗
1920 Judy Cassab, Austrian-Australian painter (died 2008) ↗
1919 Huntz Hall, American actor (died 1999) ↗
1919 Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author (died 2007) ↗
1917 Jack Lynch, Irish footballer and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 1999) ↗
1917 Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (died 1980) ↗
1916 Aleks Çaçi, Albanian journalist and author (died 1989) ↗
1915 Signe Hasso, Swedish-American actress (died 2002) ↗
1914 Paul Rand, American graphic designer and art director (died 1996) ↗
1912 Julia Child, American chef and author (died 2004) ↗
1912 Wendy Hiller, English actress (died 2003) ↗
1909 Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (died 1973) ↗
1904 George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair (died 1992) ↗
1902 Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (died 1943) ↗
1901 Arnulfo Arias Madrid, Panamanian politician, 21st President of Panamá (died 1988) ↗
1901 Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1975) ↗
1900 Estelle Brody, American silent film actress (died 1995) ↗
1900 Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter and educator (died 1982) ↗
1898 Jan Brzechwa, Polish author and poet (died 1966) ↗
1896 Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957) ↗
1896 Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate (died 1985) ↗
1896 Paul Outerbridge, American photographer and educator (died 1958) ↗
1893 Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and academic (died 1950) ↗
1892 Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987) ↗
1892 Abraham Wachner, New Zealand politician, 35th Mayor of Invercargill (died 1950) ↗
1890 Jacques Ibert, French composer and educator (died 1962) ↗
1886 Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (died 1974) ↗
1885 Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1968) ↗
1883 Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect (died 1962) ↗
1882 Marion Bauer, American composer and critic (died 1955) ↗
1882 Gisela Richter, English archaeologist and art historian (died 1972) ↗
1881 Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist and politician (died 1956) ↗
1879 Ethel Barrymore, American actress (died 1959) ↗
1877 Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (died 1941) ↗
1876 Stylianos Gonatas, Greek colonel and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1966) ↗
1875 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English pianist, violinist, and composer (died 1912) ↗
1873 Ramaprasad Chanda, Indian archaeologist and historian (died 1942) ↗
1872 Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, poet, and philosopher (died 1950) ↗
1866 Italo Santelli, Italian fencer (died 1945) ↗
1865 Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (died 1926) ↗
1863 Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (died 1945) ↗
1860 Florence Harding, American publisher, 31st First Lady of the United States (died 1924) ↗
1859 Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (died 1931) ↗
1858 E. Nesbit, English author and poet (died 1924) ↗
1857 Albert Ballin, German businessman (died 1918) ↗
1856 Keir Hardie, Scottish politician and trade unionist (died 1915) ↗
1845 Walter Crane, English artist and book illustrator (died 1915) ↗
1844 Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 1908) ↗
1839 Antonín Petrof, Czech piano maker (died 1915) ↗
1824 John Chisum, American businessman (died 1884) ↗
1810 Louise Colet, French poet (died 1876) ↗
1807 Jules Grévy, French lawyer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (died 1891) ↗
1798 Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior (died 1831) ↗
1787 Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, American writer, editor, abolitionist (died 1860) ↗
1785 Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (died 1859) ↗
1771 Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet (died 1832) ↗
1769 Napoleon Bonaparte – French general and emperor (died 1821) ↗
1740 Matthias Claudius, German poet and author (died 1815) ↗
1736 Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer (died 1803) ↗
1717 Blind Jack, English engineer (died 1810) ↗
1702 Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and Royal Academician (died 1788) ↗
1652 John Grubb, American politician (died 1708) ↗
1615 Marie de Lorraine, duchess of Guise (died 1688) ↗
1613 Gilles Ménage, French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (died 1692) ↗
1608 Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel, English politician (died 1652) ↗
1607 Herman IV, landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (died 1658) ↗
1589 Gabriel Báthory, Prince of Transylvania (died 1613) ↗
1575 Bartol Kašić, Croatian linguist and lexicographer (died 1650) ↗
1507 George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, German prince (died 1553) ↗
1455 George, duke of Bavaria (died 1503) ↗
1432 Luigi Pulci, Italian poet (died 1484) ↗
1385 Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, English commander (died 1417) ↗
1195 Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint (died 1231) ↗
1171 Alfonso IX, king of León and Galicia (died 1230) ↗
1013 Teishi, empress of Japan (died 1094) ↗

2024 Peter Marshall, American game show host, performer, and singer (born 1926) ↗
2021 Gerd Müller, German footballer (born 1945) ↗
2020 Robert Trump, American real-estate developer, business executive (born 1948) ↗
2017 Gunnar Birkerts, Latvian-American architect (born 1925) ↗
2015 Julian Bond, American academic, leader of the civil rights movement, and politician (born 1940) ↗
2015 Hamid Gul, Pakistani general (born 1936) ↗
2014 Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (born 1909) ↗
2013 Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (born 1944) ↗
2013 Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright (born 1930) ↗
2013 Marich Man Singh Shrestha, Nepali politician, 28th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1942) ↗
2013 August Schellenberg, Canadian actor (born 1936) ↗
2012 Bob Birch, American bass player and saxophonist (born 1956) ↗
2012 Altamiro Carrilho, Brazilian flute player and composer (born 1924) ↗
2012 Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator (born 1925) ↗
2011 Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1984) ↗
2009 Mary Catherine Lamb, American textile artist (born 1949) ↗
2008 Vic Toweel, South African-Australian boxer (born 1929) ↗
2008 Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (born 1917) ↗
2007 Richard Bradshaw, English conductor and director (born 1944) ↗
2007 John Gofman, American biologist, chemist, and physicist (born 1918) ↗
2007 Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand physician (born 1908) ↗
2007 Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (born 1925) ↗
2006 Te Atairangikaahu, New Zealand Māori queen (born 1931) ↗
2006 Rick Bourke, Australian rugby league player (born 1955) ↗
2006 Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer and manager (born 1923) ↗
2005 Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist and academic (born 1927) ↗
2004 Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916) ↗
2004 Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat (born 1941) ↗
2001 Yavuz Çetin, Turkish singer-songwriter (born 1970) ↗
2001 Richard Chelimo, Kenyan runner (born 1972) ↗
2001 Kateryna Yushchenko, Ukrainian computer scientist and academic (born 1919) ↗
2000 Lancelot Ware, English barrister and biochemist, co-founder of Mensa (born 1915) ↗
1999 Hugh Casson, English architect and interior designer (born 1910) ↗
1997 Ida Gerhardt, Dutch poet and educator (born 1905) ↗
1995 John Cameron Swayze, American journalist and actor (born 1906) ↗
1994 Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (born 1929) ↗
1992 Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (born 1947) ↗
1990 Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician and actor (born 1962) ↗
1989 Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (born 1904) ↗
1989 Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general and diplomat (born 1897) ↗
1982 Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (born 1905) ↗
1982 Jock Taylor, Scottish motorcycle sidecar racer (born 1954) ↗
1982 Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903) ↗
1981 Carol Ryrie Brink, American author (born 1895) ↗
1981 Jørgen Løvset, Norwegian gynaecologist and academic (born 1896) ↗
1975 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (born 1920) ↗
1975 Harun Karadeniz, Turkish political activist and author (born 1942) ↗
1974 Clay Shaw, American businessman (born 1913) ↗
1971 Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor (born 1887) ↗
1967 René Magritte, Belgian painter (born 1898) ↗
1962 Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (born 1940) ↗
1953 Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (born 1875) ↗
1951 Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (born 1882) ↗
1945 Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (born 1887) ↗
1945 Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (born 1923) ↗
1942 Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (born 1892) ↗
1936 Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1871) ↗
1935 Wiley Post, American pilot (born 1898) ↗
1935 Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (born 1879) ↗
1935 Paul Signac – French painter and author (born 1863) ↗
1928 Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (born 1854) ↗
1925 Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (born 1878) ↗
1917 Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1831) ↗
1909 Euclid – Brazilian sociologist and journalist (born 1866) ↗
1907 Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1831) ↗
1859 Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (born 1777) ↗
1852 Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (born 1760) ↗
1844 José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (born 1733) ↗
1799 Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (born 1729) ↗
1758 Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (born 1698) ↗
1728 Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (born 1656) ↗
1714 Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (born 1654) ↗
1666 Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (born 1591) ↗
1621 John Barclay, Scottish poet and author (born 1582) ↗
1594 Thomas Kyd, English playwright (born 1558) ↗
1552 Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (born 1477) ↗
1528 Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec, French general (born 1485) ↗
1507 John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (born 1439) ↗
1506 Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer (born c. 1445) ↗
1496 Infanta Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile and León (born 1428) ↗
1399 Ide Pedersdatter Falk, Danish noblewoman (born 1358) ↗
1388 Adalbertus Ranconis de Ericinio, Bohemian theologian and rector of the University of Paris (born circa 1320) ↗
1369 Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England (born 1314) ↗
1328 Yesün Temür, emperor of the Yuan dynasty (born 1293) ↗
1275 Lorenzo Tiepolo, Doge of Venice ↗
1274 Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and educator, founded the College of Sorbonne (born 1201) ↗
1257 Saint Hyacinth of Poland ↗
1224 Marie of France, Duchess of Brabant (born 1198) ↗
1196 Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (born 1173) ↗
1118 Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (born 1048) ↗
1057 Macbeth, King of Scotland ↗
1038 Stephen I, Hungarian king (born 975) ↗
1022 Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos, Byzantine rebel ↗
986 Minnborinus, Irish missionary and abbot ↗
978 Li Yu, ruler ('king') of Southern Tang ↗
955 Bulcsú, Hungarian tribal chieftain (harka) ↗
955 Lehel, Hungarian tribal chieftain ↗
955 Súr, Hungarian tribal chieftain ↗
932 Ma Xisheng, Chinese governor and king (born 899) ↗
912 Han Jian, Chinese warlord (born 855) ↗
874 Altfrid, bishop of Hildesheim ↗
873 Yi Zong, Chinese emperor (born 833) ↗
778 Roland, Frankish military leader ↗
767 Abu Hanifa, Iraqi scholar and educator (born 699) ↗
698 Theodotus of Amida, Syrian Orthodox holy man ↗
465 Libius Severus, Roman emperor (born 420) ↗
423 Honorius, Roman emperor (born 384) ↗
398 Lan Han, official of the Xianbei state Later Yan ↗