On This Day: August 19 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2017 Tens of thousands of farmed non-native Atlantic salmon are accidentally released into the wild in Washington waters in the 2017 Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break. ↗
2013 The Dhamara Ghat train accident kills at least 37 people in the Indian state of Bihar. ↗
2010 Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait. ↗
2009 A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others. ↗
2005 The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins. ↗
2004 Google Inc. has its initial public offering on Nasdaq. ↗
2003 A truck-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees. ↗
2003 Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing: A suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem, planned by Hamas, kills 23 Israelis, seven of them children. ↗
2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash: A Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside Grozny, killing 118 soldiers. ↗
1999 In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević. ↗
1991 Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The August Coup begins when Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine. ↗
1991 Crown Heights riot in New York City begins. ↗
1989 Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist prime minister in 42 years. ↗
1989 Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events that began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. ↗
1987 Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide. ↗
1981 Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States F-14A Tomcat fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra. ↗
1980 Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at Riyadh International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people. ↗
1980 Otłoczyn railway accident: In Poland's worst post-war railway accident, 67 people lose their lives and a further 62 are injured. ↗
1978 In Iran, the Cinema Rex fire causes more than 300 deaths. ↗
1965 Japanese prime minister Eisaku Satō becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa Prefecture. ↗
1964 Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, is launched. Two months later, it would enable live coverage of the 1964 Summer Olympics. ↗
1960 Cold War: In Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage. ↗
1960 Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants. ↗
1955 In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives. ↗
1953 Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. ↗
1945 August Revolution: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam. ↗
1944 World War II: Liberation of Paris: Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops. ↗
1942 World War II: Operation Jubilee (The Dieppe Raid): The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails. ↗
1941 Germany and Romania sign the Tiraspol Agreement, rendering the region of Transnistria under control of the latter. ↗
1940 First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber. ↗
1936 The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened. ↗
1934 The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio. ↗
1934 The German referendum of 1934 approves Adolf Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer. ↗
1927 Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union. ↗
1920 The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka. ↗
1909 The Indianapolis Motor Speedway opens for automobile racing. William Bourque and his mechanic are killed during the first day's events. ↗
1903 The Transfiguration Uprising breaks out in East Thrace, resulting in the establishment of the Strandzha Commune. ↗
1862 Dakota War: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way. ↗
1861 First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps. ↗
1854 The First Sioux War begins when United States Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are massacred. ↗
1848 California Gold Rush: The New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California (although the rush started in January). ↗
1839 The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world". ↗
1813 Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's Second Triumvirate. ↗
1812 War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning the nickname "Old Ironsides". ↗
1782 American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown. ↗
1772 Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King. ↗
1759 Battle of Lagos: Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France. ↗
1745 Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45". ↗
1745 Ottoman–Persian War: In the Battle of Kars, the Ottoman army is routed by Persian forces led by Nader Shah. ↗
1725 J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137, a cantata setting the unchanged text of Neander's hymn. ↗
1692 Salem witch trials: In Salem, province of Massachusetts Bay, Martha Carrier, George Jacobs Sr., John Proctor, John Willard, and clergyman George Burroughs are executed after being convicted of witchcraft. ↗
1666 Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 116 to 160 merchant ships, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire". ↗
1604 Eighty Years War: a besieging Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Orange forces the Spanish garrison of Sluis to capitulate. ↗
1561 Mary, Queen of Scots, aged 18, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France. ↗
1504 In Ireland, the Hiberno-Norman de Burghs (Burkes) and Cambro-Norman Fitzgeralds fight in the Battle of Knockdoe. ↗
1458 Pope Pius II is elected the 211th Pope. ↗
1153 After a six month siege, Baldwin III of Jerusalem captures Ascalon, obtaining a vast amount of plunder and securing the southern border of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. ↗
947 Abu Yazid, a Kharijite rebel leader, is defeated and killed in the Hodna Mountains in modern-day Algeria by Fatimid forces. ↗
43 BCE In the wake of the murder of Julius Caesar, his nephew and heir, Octavian, uses the threat of military force to compel the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. ↗
295 BCE The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. ↗

2004 Chae Hyun-woo, South Korean football player ↗
2001 Awak Kuier, Finnish basketball player ↗
2000 Keegan Murray, American basketball player ↗
1999 Ethan Cutkosky, American actor and musician ↗
1999 Thomas Flegler, Australian rugby league player ↗
1999 Florentino Luís, Portuguese footballer ↗
1996 Jung Ye-rin, South Korean singer and actress ↗
1996 Lachlan Lewis, Australian rugby league player ↗
1994 Nafissatou Thiam, Belgian pentathlete and heptathlete ↗
1994 Fernando Gaviria, Colombian cyclist ↗
1993 Pio Seci, Fijian rugby league player ↗
1992 David Rittich, Czech ice hockey player ↗
1991 Salem Al-Dawsari, Saudi Arabian footballer ↗
1990 Danny Galbraith, Scottish footballer ↗
1989 Romeo Miller, American basketball player, rapper, actor ↗
1988 Kirk Cousins, American football player ↗
1988 Veronica Roth, American author ↗
1987 Patrick Chung, Jamaican-American football player ↗
1987 Nick Driebergen, Dutch swimmer ↗
1987 Nico Hülkenberg, German racing driver ↗
1986 Sotiris Balafas, Greek footballer ↗
1986 Saori Kimura, Japanese volleyball player ↗
1986 Christina Perri, American singer and songwriter ↗
1985 Lindsey Jacobellis, American snowboarder ↗
1984 Simon Bird, English actor and screenwriter ↗
1984 Alessandro Matri, Italian footballer ↗
1984 Ryan Taylor, English footballer ↗
1983 Mike Conway, English racing driver ↗
1983 Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter ↗
1983 Tammin Sursok, South African-Australian actress and singer ↗
1982 Erika Christensen, American actress ↗
1982 Melissa Fumero, American actress ↗
1982 J. J. Hardy, American baseball player ↗
1982 Kevin Rans, Belgian pole vaulter ↗
1982 Stipe Miocic, American professional mixed martial artist ↗
1982 Steve Ott, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1981 Nick Kennedy, English rugby player ↗
1981 Taylor Pyatt, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1981 Percy Watson, American football player and wrestler ↗
1980 Darius Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2022) ↗
1980 Craig Frawley, Australian rugby league player ↗
1980 Jun Jin, South Korean singer ↗
1980 Paul Parry, Welsh footballer ↗
1980 Michael Todd, American bass player ↗
1979 Oumar Kondé, Swiss footballer ↗
1978 Chris Capuano, American baseball player ↗
1978 Jakub Dvorský, Czech game designer ↗
1978 Thomas Jones, American football player ↗
1977 Iban Mayo, Spanish cyclist ↗
1976 Régine Chassagne, Canadian singer-songwriter ↗
1975 Tracie Thoms, American actress ↗
1973 Marco Materazzi, Italian footballer and manager ↗
1973 Roy Rogers, American basketball player and coach ↗
1973 Tasma Walton, Australian actress ↗
1972 Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentinian footballer and manager ↗
1972 Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer-songwriter ↗
1971 Mary Joe Fernández, Dominican-American tennis player and coach ↗
1971 João Vieira Pinto, Portuguese footballer ↗
1970 Fat Joe, American rapper ↗
1969 Douglas Allen Tunstall Jr., American professional wrestler and politician ↗
1969 Nate Dogg, American rapper (died 2011) ↗
1969 Matthew Perry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2023) ↗
1969 Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Japanese baseball player and coach ↗
1969 Clay Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1967 Satya Nadella, Indian-American business executive, chairman and CEO of Microsoft ↗
1966 Lee Ann Womack, American singer-songwriter ↗
1965 Kevin Dillon, American actor ↗
1965 Kyra Sedgwick, American actress and producer ↗
1965 James Tomkins, Australian rower ↗
1963 John Stamos, American actor ↗
1961 Jonathan Coe, English author and academic ↗
1960 Morten Andersen, Danish-American football player ↗
1960 Ron Darling, American baseball player and commentator ↗
1959 Chris Mortimer, Australian rugby league player ↗
1959 Ivan Neville, American singer-songwriter ↗
1959 Ricky Pierce, American basketball player ↗
1958 Gary Gaetti, American baseball player, coach, and manager ↗
1958 Anthony Muñoz, American football player and sportscaster ↗
1958 Brendan Nelson, Australian physician and politician, 47th Minister for Defence for Australia ↗
1958 Rick Snyder, American politician and businessman, 48th Governor of Michigan ↗
1958 Darryl Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
1957 Paul-Jan Bakker, Dutch cricketer ↗
1957 Gary Chapman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1957 Martin Donovan, American actor and director ↗
1957 Ian Gould, English cricketer and umpire ↗
1957 Cesare Prandelli, Italian footballer and manager ↗
1957 Christine Soetewey, Belgian high jumper ↗
1957 Gerda Verburg, Dutch trade union leader and politician, Dutch Minister of Agriculture ↗
1956 Adam Arkin, American actor, director, and producer ↗
1956 José Rubén Zamora, Guatemalan journalist ↗
1955 Mary-Anne Fahey, Australian actress ↗
1955 Peter Gallagher, American actor ↗
1955 Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, Dominica-born English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales ↗
1955 Ned Yost, American baseball player and manager ↗
1954 Oscar Larrauri, Argentinian racing driver ↗
1952 Jonathan Frakes, American actor and director ↗
1952 Gabriela Grillo, German equestrian (died 2024) ↗
1952 Jimmy Watson, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1951 John Deacon, English bass player and songwriter ↗
1951 Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
1950 Jennie Bond, English journalist and author ↗
1950 Sudha Murty, Indian author and teacher, head of Infosys Foundation ↗
1949 Michael Nazir-Ali, Pakistani-English bishop ↗
1948 Jim Carter, English actor ↗
1948 Tipper Gore, American activist and author, former Second Lady of the United States ↗
1948 Robert Hughes, Australian actor ↗
1948 Christy O'Connor Jnr, Irish golfer and architect (died 2016) ↗
1947 Dave Dutton, English actor and screenwriter ↗
1947 Terry Hoeppner, American football player and coach (died 2007) ↗
1947 Gerald McRaney, American actor ↗
1947 Gerard Schwarz, American conductor and director ↗
1947 Anuška Ferligoj, Slovenian mathematician ↗
1946 Charles Bolden, American general and astronaut ↗
1946 Bill Clinton – American lawyer and politician, 40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas, 42nd President of the United States ↗
1946 Dawn Steel, American film producer (died 1997) ↗
1945 Dennis Eichhorn, American author and illustrator (died 2015) ↗
1945 Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington, English politician ↗
1945 Ian Gillan, English singer-songwriter ↗
1944 Jack Canfield, American author ↗
1944 Stew Johnson, American basketball player ↗
1944 Bodil Malmsten, Swedish author and poet (died 2016) ↗
1944 Eddy Raven, American country music singer-songwriter ↗
1944 Charles Wang, Chinese-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Computer Associates International (died 2018) ↗
1943 Don Fardon, English pop singer ↗
1943 Sid Going, New Zealand rugby player (died 2024) ↗
1943 Billy J. Kramer, English pop singer ↗
1942 Fred Thompson, American actor, lawyer, and politician (died 2015) ↗
1941 John Cootes, Australian rugby league player, priest, and businessman ↗
1941 Mihalis Papagiannakis, Greek educator and politician (died 2009) ↗
1940 Roger Cook, English songwriter, singer, and producer ↗
1940 Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter (died 2020) ↗
1940 Jill St. John, American model and actress ↗
1939 Ginger Baker, English drummer and songwriter (died 2019)[circular reference] ↗
1938 Diana Muldaur, American actress ↗
1938 Nelly Vuksic, Argentine conductor and musician ↗
1937 Richard Ingrams, English journalist, founded The Oldie ↗
1937 William Motzing, American composer and conductor (died 2014) ↗
1936 Richard McBrien, American priest, theologian, and academic (died 2015) ↗
1935 Bobby Richardson, American baseball player and coach ↗
1934 David Durenberger, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2023) ↗
1934 Renée Richards, American tennis player and ophthalmologist ↗
1933 Bettina Cirone, American model and photographer ↗
1933 David Hopwood, English microbiologist and geneticist ↗
1933 Debra Paget, American actress ↗
1932 Thomas P. Salmon, American lawyer and politician, 75th Governor of Vermont ↗
1932 Banharn Silpa-archa, Thai politician, Prime Minister (1995–1996) (died 2016) ↗
1931 Bill Shoemaker, American jockey and author (died 2003) ↗
1930 Frank McCourt, American author and educator (died 2009) ↗
1929 Bill Foster, American basketball player and coach (died 2016) ↗
1929 Ion N. Petrovici, Romanian-German neurologist and academic (died 2021) ↗
1928 Shiv Prasaad Singh, Indian Hindi writer (died 1998) ↗
1928 Bernard Levin, English journalist, author, and broadcaster (died 2004) ↗
1926 Angus Scrimm, American actor and author (died 2016) ↗
1925 Claude Gauvreau, Canadian poet and playwright (died 1971) ↗
1924 Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011) ↗
1924 William Marshall, American actor, director, and opera singer (died 2003) ↗
1923 Edgar F. Codd, English computer scientist, inventor of relational model of data (died 2003) ↗
1922 Jack Holland, Australian rugby league player (died 1994) ↗
1921 Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter and producer (died 1991) ↗
1919 Malcolm Forbes, American publisher and politician (died 1990) ↗
1918 Jimmy Rowles, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1996) ↗
1916 Dennis Poore, English racing driver and businessman (died 1987) ↗
1915 Ring Lardner, Jr., American journalist and screenwriter (died 2000) ↗
1915 Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman (died 1985) ↗
1915 Peter Kemp, British soldier, mercenary, and writer (died 1993) ↗
1914 Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2005) ↗
1914 Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer (died 1955) ↗
1914 Rose Heilbron, British barrister and judge (died 2005) ↗
1913 John Argyris, Greek engineer and academic (died 2004) ↗
1913 Peter Kemp, Indian-English soldier and author (died 1993) ↗
1913 Richard Simmons, American actor (died 2003) ↗
1912 Herb Narvo, Australian rugby league player, coach, and boxer (died 1958) ↗
1911 Anna Terruwe, Dutch psychiatrist and author (died 2004) ↗
1910 Saint Alphonsa, first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church (died 1946) ↗
1909 Ronald King, New Zealand rugby player (died 1988) ↗
1907 Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Indian historian, author, and scholar (died 1979) ↗
1906 Philo Farnsworth, American inventor, invented the Fusor, key figure in the invention of television (died 1971) ↗
1904 Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman (died 1963) ↗
1903 James Gould Cozzens, American novelist and short story writer (died 1978) ↗
1902 Ogden Nash, American poet (died 1971) ↗
1900 Gontran de Poncins, French author and adventurer (died 1962) ↗
1900 Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher, author, and academic (died 1976) ↗
1900 Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian (died 2001) ↗
1899 Colleen Moore, American actress (died 1988) ↗
1895 C. Suntharalingam, Sri Lankan lawyer, academic, and politician (died 1985) ↗
1887 S. Satyamurti, Indian lawyer and politician (died 1943) ↗
1885 Grace Hutchins, American labor reformer and researcher (died 1969) ↗
1883 Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company (died 1971) ↗
1883 José Mendes Cabeçadas, Portuguese admiral and politician, 9th President of Portugal (died 1965) ↗
1881 George Enescu, Romanian violinist, pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1955) ↗
1881 George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd (died 1954) ↗
1878 Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (died 1944) ↗
1873 Fred Stone, American actor and producer (died 1959) ↗
1871 Orville Wright, American engineer and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company (died 1948) ↗
1870 Bernard Baruch, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1965) ↗
1858 Ellen Willmott, English horticulturalist (died 1934) ↗
1849 Joaquim Nabuco, Brazilian politician and diplomat (died 1910) ↗
1848 Gustave Caillebotte, French painter and engineer (died 1894) ↗
1846 Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1906) ↗
1843 C. I. Scofield, American minister and theologian (died 1921) ↗
1835 Tom Wills, Australian cricketer and pioneer of Australian rules football (died 1880) ↗
1830 Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist (died 1895) ↗
1819 Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Luxembourger-Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 1894) ↗
1815 Harriette Newell Woods Baker, American editor and children's book writer (died 1893) ↗
1777 Francis I, king of the Two Sicilies (died 1830) ↗
1743 Madame du Barry, French mistress of Louis XV (died 1793) ↗
1719 Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (died 1781) ↗
1711 Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician (died 1761) ↗
1686 Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (died 1737) ↗
1674 František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (died 1766) ↗
1646 John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic (died 1719) ↗
1631 John Dryden, English poet, literary critic and playwright (died 1700) ↗
1621 Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter, etcher, and poet (died 1674) ↗
1609 Jan Fyt, Flemish painter (died 1661) ↗
1596 Elizabeth Stuart, queen of Bohemia (died 1662) ↗
1590 Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (died 1649) ↗
1583 Daišan, Chinese prince and statesman (died 1648) ↗
1570 Salamone Rossi, Italian violinist and composer (probable; (died 1630) ↗
1398 Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Spanish poet and politician (died 1458) ↗
1342 Catherine of Bohemia, duchess of Austria (died 1395) ↗
232 Marcus Aurelius Probus, Roman emperor (died 282) ↗

2024 Maria Branyas, American-Spanish supercentenarian (born 1907) ↗
2023 Václav Patejdl, Slovak musician (born 1954) ↗
2022 Tekla Juniewicz, Polish supercentenarian (born 1906) ↗
2021 Sonny Chiba, Japanese actor (born 1939) ↗
2019 Lars Larsen, Danish businessman and billionaire, founder and owner of the Danish retail chain JYSK (born 1948) ↗
2017 Dick Gregory, American comedian, author and activist (born 1932) ↗
2016 Jack Riley, American actor and voice artist (born 1935) ↗
2015 George Houser, American minister and activist (born 1916) ↗
2015 Sanat Mehta, Indian activist and politician (born 1935) ↗
2014 Samih al-Qasim, Palestinian poet and journalist (born 1939) ↗
2014 Simin Behbahani, Iranian poet and activist (born 1927) ↗
2014 James Foley, American photographer and journalist (born 1973) ↗
2014 Candida Lycett Green, Anglo-Irish journalist and author (born 1942) ↗
2013 Musa'id bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (born 1923) ↗
2013 Russell S. Doughten, American director and producer (born 1927) ↗
2013 Abdul Rahim Hatif, Afghan politician, 8th President of Afghanistan (born 1926) ↗
2013 Donna Hightower, American singer-songwriter (born 1926) ↗
2012 Donal Henahan, American journalist and critic (born 1921) ↗
2012 Ivar Iversen, Norwegian canoe racer (born 1914) ↗
2012 Tony Scott, English-American director and producer (born 1944) ↗
2012 Edmund Skellings, American poet and academic (born 1932) ↗
2011 Raúl Ruiz, Chilean director and producer (born 1941) ↗
2009 Don Hewitt, American television producer, created 60 Minutes (born 1922) ↗
2008 Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Zambia (born 1948) ↗
2005 Mo Mowlam, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1949) ↗
2003 Carlos Roberto Reina, Honduran lawyer and politician, President of Honduras (born 1926) ↗
2003 Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (born 1948) ↗
2001 Donald Woods, South African journalist and activist (born 1933) ↗
2000 Bineshwar Brahma, Indian poet, author, and educator (born 1948) ↗
1995 Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and musicologist (born 1910) ↗
1994 Linus Pauling, American chemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901) ↗
1993 Utpal Dutt, Bangladeshi actor, director, and playwright (born 1929) ↗
1986 Hermione Baddeley, English actress (born 1906) ↗
1986 Viv Thicknesse, Australian rugby player (born 1910) ↗
1982 August Neo, Estonian wrestler (born 1908) ↗
1981 Jessie Matthews, English actress, singer, and dancer (born 1907) ↗
1980 Otto Frank, German-Swiss businessman, father of Anne Frank (born 1889) ↗
1977 Aleksander Kreek, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (born 1914) ↗
1977 Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (born 1890) ↗
1976 Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor (born 1900) ↗
1976 Ken Wadsworth, New Zealand cricketer (born 1946) ↗
1975 Mark Donohue, American race car driver and engineer (born 1937) ↗
1970 Paweł Jasienica, Polish soldier and historian (born 1909) ↗
1968 George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist (born 1904) ↗
1967 Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born American author and publisher (born 1884) ↗
1967 Isaac Deutscher, Polish-English journalist and historian (born 1907) ↗
1957 David Bomberg, English soldier and painter (born 1890) ↗
1954 Alcide De Gasperi, Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1881) ↗
1950 Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and engineer (born 1871) ↗
1945 Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (born 1875) ↗
1944 Henry Wood, English conductor (born 1869) ↗
1942 Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer (born 1901) ↗
1942 Heinrich Rauchinger, Kraków-born painter (born 1858) ↗
1936 Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (born 1898) ↗
1932 Louis Anquetin, French painter (born 1861) ↗
1929 Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (born 1872) ↗
1928 Stefanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1838) ↗
1923 Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (born 1845) ↗
1915 Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (born 1867) ↗
1914 Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (born 1844) ↗
1900 Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1833) ↗
1895 John Wesley Hardin, American Old West outlaw, gunfighter (born 1853) ↗
1889 Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1838) ↗
1883 Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (born 1810) ↗
1822 Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (born 1749) ↗
1808 Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (born 1721) ↗
1753 Johann Balthasar Neumann, German engineer and architect, designed Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (born 1687) ↗
1702 Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent, English politician (born 1645) ↗
1691 Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman commander and politician, 117th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1637) ↗
1680 Jean Eudes, French priest, founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (born 1601) ↗
1662 Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (born 1623) ↗
1654 Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi (born 1579) ↗
1646 Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian and academic (born 1583) ↗
1580 Andrea Palladio, Italian architect, designed the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore (born 1508) ↗
1541 Vincenzo Cappello, Venetian admiral and statesman (born 1469) ↗
1506 King Alexander Jagiellon of Poland (born 1461) ↗
1493 Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1415) ↗
1470 Richard Olivier de Longueil, French cardinal (born 1406) ↗
1457 Andrea del Castagno, Italian painter (born 1421) ↗
1297 Louis of Toulouse, French bishop and saint (born 1274) ↗
1284 Alphonso, Earl of Chester (born 1273) ↗
1245 Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (born 1195) ↗
1186 Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (born 1158) ↗
1085 Al-Juwayni, Muslim scholar and imam (born 1028) ↗
1072 Hawise, Duchess of Brittany (born 1037) ↗
998 Fujiwara no Sukemasa, Japanese noble, statesman and calligrapher (born 944) ↗
947 Abu Yazid, Kharijite rebel leader (born 873) ↗
780 Credan, English abbot and saint ↗
14 Augustus, Roman emperor (born 63 BC) ↗
607 BCE Duke Ling of Jin, Chinese monarch ↗