On This Day: August 21 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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52 Events 221 Births 102 Deaths

2017 A solar eclipse traverses the continental United States. ↗
2013 Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria. ↗
2000 American golfer Tiger Woods wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year. ↗
1995 Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, attempts to divert to West Georgia Regional Airport after the left engine fails, but the aircraft crashes in Carroll County near Carrollton, Georgia, killing nine of the 29 people on board. ↗
1994 Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 crashes in Douar Izounine, Morocco, killing all 44 people on board. ↗
1993 NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft. ↗
1991 Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940. ↗
1991 Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses. ↗
1988 The 6.9 Mw  Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal–India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 709–1,450 people killed and thousands injured. ↗
1986 Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometre (12 mi) range. ↗
1983 Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. is assassinated at Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor). ↗
1982 Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon. ↗
1971 A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured. ↗
1968 Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals. ↗
1968 James Anderson Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine. ↗
1965 The Socialist Republic of Romania is proclaimed, following the adoption of a new constitution. ↗
1963 Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalizes Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead. ↗
1959 United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day. ↗
1957 The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile. ↗
1945 Physicist Harry Daghlian is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory. ↗
1944 Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins. ↗
1944 World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France. ↗
1942 World War II: The Guadalcanal campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru. ↗
1918 World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins. ↗
1914 World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area. ↗
1911 The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee. ↗
1901 Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas. ↗
1888 The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs. ↗
1883 An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic. ↗
1879 The locals of Knock, County Mayo, Ireland report their having seen an apparition of the Virgin Mary. The apparition is later named "Our Lady of Knock" and the spot transformed into a Catholic pilgrimage site. ↗
1878 The American Bar Association is founded in Saratoga Springs, New York. ↗
1863 Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders. ↗
1862 The Stadtpark, the first public park in Vienna, opens to the public. ↗
1858 The first of the Lincoln–Douglas debates is held in Ottawa, Illinois. ↗
1852 Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory. ↗
1831 Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, which will claim the lives of 55 to 65 whites and about twice that number of blacks. ↗
1821 Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances. ↗
1810 Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates. ↗
1808 Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War. ↗
1791 Enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue, led by Dutty Boukman, held a Vodou ceremony that became a pivotal act of resistance. This gathering sparked a mass uprising against slavery, marking the beginning of the Haitian Revolution. ↗
1778 American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry. ↗
1772 King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot. ↗
1770 James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales. ↗
1716 Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The arrival of naval reinforcements and the news of the Battle of Petrovaradin force the Ottomans to abandon the Siege of Corfu, thus preserving the Ionian Islands under Venetian rule. ↗
1689 The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland. ↗
1680 Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from the Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt. ↗
1415 Henry the Navigator leads Portuguese forces to victory over the Marinids at the Conquest of Ceuta. ↗
1331 King Stefan Uroš III, after months of anarchy, surrenders to his son and rival Stefan Dušan, who succeeds as King of Serbia. ↗
1192 Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes Sei-i Taishōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: the 12th day of the seventh month in the third year of the Kenkyū (建久) era). ↗
1169 Battle of the Blacks: Uprising by the black African forces of the Fatimid army, along with a number of Egyptian emirs and commoners, against Saladin. ↗
1140 Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars. ↗
959 Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège. ↗

2000 Corbin Carroll, American baseball player ↗
1999 Maxim Knight, American actor ↗
1996 Karolína Muchová, Czech tennis player ↗
1995 Dominik Kubalík, Czech ice hockey player ↗
1994 Alexandra Cooper, American podcaster ↗
1994 Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, British-Turkish reality television personality, actress and model ↗
1993 Millie Bright, English footballer ↗
1993 Mike Evans, American football player ↗
1992 Brandon Drury, American baseball player ↗
1992 RJ Mitte, American actor ↗
1992 Felipe Nasr, Brazilian race car driver ↗
1991 Leandro Bacuna, Dutch footballer ↗
1991 Jesse Rutherford, American singer and songwriter ↗
1990 Bo Burnham, American comedian, musician, actor, filmmaker and poet ↗
1990 Christian Vázquez, Puerto Rican baseball player ↗
1989 Charlison Benschop, Dutch footballer ↗
1989 James Davey, English rugby league player ↗
1989 Matteo Gentili, Italian footballer ↗
1989 Hayden Panettiere, American actress ↗
1989 Aleix Vidal, Spanish footballer ↗
1988 Robert Lewandowski, Polish footballer ↗
1988 Joanna Mitrosz, Polish rhythmic gymnast ↗
1988 Kacey Musgraves, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1987 DeWanna Bonner, American-Macedonian basketball player ↗
1987 Cody Kasch, American actor ↗
1987 J. D. Martinez, American baseball player ↗
1987 Jodie Meeks, American basketball player and coach ↗
1986 Usain Bolt – Jamaican sprinter ↗
1986 Wout Brama, Dutch footballer ↗
1986 Koki Sakamoto, Japanese gymnast ↗
1986 Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thai politician and 31st Prime Minister of Thailand ↗
1986 Brooks Wheelan, American comedian and actor ↗
1985 Nicolás Almagro, Spanish tennis player ↗
1985 Aleksandra Kiryashova, Russian pole vaulter ↗
1984 Neil Dexter, South African cricketer ↗
1984 Melvin Upton, Jr., American baseball player ↗
1984 Alizée, French singer ↗
1983 Brody Jenner, American television personality and model ↗
1983 Scott McDonald, Australian footballer ↗
1982 Jason Eaton, New Zealand rugby player ↗
1982 Omar Sachedina, Canadian television journalist, correspondent, and news anchor ↗
1981 Jarrod Lyle, Australian golfer (died 2018) ↗
1981 Cameron Winklevoss, American rower and businessman, co-founded ConnectU ↗
1981 Tyler Winklevoss, American rower and businessman, co-founded ConnectU ↗
1981 Ross Thomas, American actor ↗
1980 Bryan Allen, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1980 Burney Lamar, American race car driver ↗
1980 Paul Menard, American race car driver ↗
1980 Jasmin Wöhr, German tennis player ↗
1979 Kelis, American singer-songwriter, producer, chef and author ↗
1979 Diego Klattenhoff, Canadian actor ↗
1978 Peter Buxton, English rugby player and manager ↗
1978 Reuben Droughns, American football player and coach ↗
1978 Lee Gronkiewicz, American baseball player and coach ↗
1978 Alan Lee, Irish footballer and coach ↗
1978 Jason Marquis, American baseball player ↗
1976 Alex Brooks, American ice hockey player and scout ↗
1976 Jeff Cunningham, Jamaican-American soccer player ↗
1976 Robert Miles, Australian rugby league player ↗
1976 Ramón Vázquez, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach ↗
1975 Simon Katich, Australian cricketer and manager ↗
1975 Alicia Witt, American actress and musician ↗
1974 Martin Andanar, Filipino journalist and radio host ↗
1974 Paul Mellor, Australian rugby league player and referee ↗
1973 Sergey Brin, Russian-American computer scientist and businessman, co-founded Google ↗
1973 Steve McKenna, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
1971 Mamadou Diallo, Senegalese footballer ↗
1971 Robert Harvey, Australian footballer and coach ↗
1971 Liam Howlett, English keyboard player, DJ, and producer ↗
1970 Craig Counsell, American baseball player and coach ↗
1970 Erik Dekker, Dutch cyclist and manager ↗
1970 Cathy Weseluck, Canadian actress ↗
1969 Bruce Anstey, New Zealand motorcycle racer ↗
1969 Josée Chouinard, Canadian figure skater ↗
1968 Dina Carroll, English singer-songwriter ↗
1968 Goran Ćurko, Serbian footballer ↗
1968 Laura Trevelyan, English journalist and author ↗
1967 Darren Bewick, Australian footballer ↗
1967 Charb, French journalist and cartoonist (died 2015) ↗
1967 Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress ↗
1967 Serj Tankian, Lebanese-born Armenian-American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer ↗
1966 John Wetteland, American baseball player and coach ↗
1965 Jim Bullinger, American baseball player ↗
1964 Gary Elkerton, Australian surfer ↗
1963 Mohammed VI of Morocco, King of Morocco ↗
1963 Nigel Pearson, English footballer and manager ↗
1962 Cleo King, American actress ↗
1962 John Korfas, Greek-American basketball player and coach ↗
1962 Gilberto Santa Rosa, Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero ↗
1962 Pete Weber, American bowler ↗
1961 Gerardo Barbero, Argentinian chess player and coach (died 2001) ↗
1961 V. B. Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer and coach (died 2019) ↗
1961 Stephen Hillenburg, American marine biologist, cartoonist, animator and creator of SpongeBob SquarePants (died 2018) ↗
1959 Anne Hobbs, English tennis player and coach ↗
1959 Jim McMahon, American football player and coach ↗
1958 Steve Case, American businessman, co-founder of America Online (AOL) ↗
1958 Mark Williams, Australian footballer and coach ↗
1957 Frank Pastore, American baseball player and radio host (died 2012) ↗
1956 Kim Cattrall, English-Canadian actress ↗
1956 Jon Tester, American farmer and politician ↗
1954 Archie Griffin, American football player ↗
1954 Steve Smith, American drummer ↗
1954 Mark Williams, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter ↗
1953 Ivan Stang, American author, publisher, and director ↗
1952 Keith Hart, Canadian firefighter, wrestler, and trainer ↗
1952 Jiří Paroubek, Czech soldier and politician, sixth Prime Minister of the Czech Republic ↗
1952 Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002) ↗
1951 Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist ↗
1951 Glenn Hughes, English musician ↗
1951 Yana Mintoff, Maltese politician, economist and educator ↗
1951 Chesley V. Morton, American businessman and politician ↗
1950 Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer-songwriter and model (died 2021) ↗
1950 Arthur Bremer, American attempted assassin of George Wallace ↗
1949 Loretta Devine, American actress and singer ↗
1949 Daniel Sivan, Israeli scholar and academic ↗
1947 Carl Giammarese, American singer-songwriter and musician ↗
1945 Basil Poledouris, Greek-American composer, conductor (died 2006) ↗
1945 Celia Brayfield, English journalist and author ↗
1945 Jerry DaVanon, American baseball player ↗
1945 Willie Lanier, American football player ↗
1945 Patty McCormack, American actress ↗
1944 Perry Christie, Bahamian politician, third Prime Minister of the Bahamas ↗
1944 Peter Weir, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1943 Patrick Demarchelier, French photographer (died 2022) ↗
1943 Jonathan Schell, American journalist and author (died 2014) ↗
1943 Lucius Shepard, American author and critic (died 2014) ↗
1943 Hugh Wilson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018) ↗
1941 Jackie DeShannon, American singer-songwriter ↗
1940 Dominick Harrod, English journalist, historian, and author (died 2013) ↗
1940 Endre Szemerédi, Hungarian-American mathematician and computer scientist ↗
1939 James Burton, American Hall of Fame guitarist ↗
1939 Festus Mogae, Botswana economist and politician, third President of Botswana ↗
1939 Clarence Williams III, American actor (died 2021) ↗
1938 Steve Cowper, American politician, 6th Governor of Alaska ↗
1938 Kenny Rogers, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (died 2020) ↗
1938 Mike Weston, English rugby player (died 2023) ↗
1937 Donald Dewar, Scottish politician, first First Minister of Scotland (died 2000) ↗
1937 Gustavo Noboa, Ecuadorian academic and politician, 51st President of Ecuador (died 2021) ↗
1937 Robert Stone, American novelist and short story writer (died 2015) ↗
1936 Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach (died 1999) ↗
1936 Radish Tordia, Georgian painter and educator ↗
1934 Sudhakarrao Naik, Indian lawyer and politician, 13th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2001) ↗
1934 Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer (died 2015) ↗
1933 Janet Baker, English soprano and educator ↗
1933 Michael Dacher, German mountaineer (died 1994) ↗
1933 Barry Norman, English author and critic (died 2017) ↗
1933 Erik Paaske, Danish actor and singer (died 1992) ↗
1932 Menashe Kadishman, Israeli sculptor and painter (died 2015) ↗
1932 Melvin Van Peebles, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2021) ↗
1930 Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (died 2002) ↗
1930 Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995) ↗
1929 Herman Badillo, Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (died 2014) ↗
1929 X. J. Kennedy, American poet, translator, anthologist, editor ↗
1929 Ahmed Kathrada, South African politician and political prisoner (died 2017) ↗
1928 Addison Farmer, American bassist (died 1963) ↗
1928 Art Farmer, American trumpet player and composer (died 1999) ↗
1928 Bud McFadin, American football player (died 2006) ↗
1927 Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader, 16th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 2018) ↗
1926 Can Yücel, Turkish poet and translator (died 1999) ↗
1924 Jack Buck, American sportscaster (died 2002) ↗
1924 Jack Weston, American actor (died 1996) ↗
1923 Keith Allen, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2014) ↗
1922 Albert Irvin, English soldier and painter (died 2015) ↗
1921 Reuven Feuerstein, Romanian-Israeli psychologist and academic (died 2014) ↗
1918 Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 2004) ↗
1917 Leonid Hurwicz, Polish-American economist and mathematician (died 2008) ↗
1916 Bill Lee, American actor and singer (died 1980) ↗
1916 Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican pianist and songwriter (died 2005) ↗
1914 Doug Wright, English cricketer and coach (died 1998) ↗
1912 Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1995) ↗
1909 Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician and physicist (died 1992) ↗
1907 P. Jeevanandham, Indian lawyer and politician (died 1963) ↗
1906 Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer (died 1995) ↗
1905 Bipin Gupta, Indian actor and producer (died 1981) ↗
1904 Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 1984) ↗
1903 Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1984) ↗
1902 Angel Karaliychev, Bulgarian author (died 1972) ↗
1897 Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Scottish soldier and peer (died 1966) ↗
1895 Blossom Rock, American actress (died 1978) ↗
1894 Christian Schad, German painter (died 1982) ↗
1892 Charles Vanel, French actor and director (died 1989) ↗
1891 Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier (died 2007) ↗
1887 James Paul Moody, English sailor (died 1912) ↗
1886 Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English author and poet (died 1988) ↗
1885 Édouard Fabre, Canadian runner (died 1939) ↗
1884 Chandler Egan, American golfer and architect (died 1936) ↗
1879 Claude Grahame-White, English pilot and engineer (died 1959) ↗
1878 Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (died 1963) ↗
1872 Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (died 1898) ↗
1869 William Henry Ogilvie, Scottish-Australian poet and author (died 1963) ↗
1862 Emilio Salgari, Italian journalist and author (died 1911) ↗
1858 Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (died 1889) ↗
1856 Medora de Vallombrosa, Marquise de Morès, American heiress (died 1921) ↗
1851 Charles Barrois, French geologist and palaeontologist (died 1939) ↗
1840 Ferdinand Hamer, Dutch bishop and missionary (died 1900) ↗
1829 Otto Goldschmidt, German composer, conductor and pianist (died 1907) ↗
1826 Carl Gegenbaur, German anatomist and academic (died 1903) ↗
1823 Nathaniel Everett Green, English painter and astronomer (died 1899) ↗
1816 Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist and academic (died 1856) ↗
1813 Jean Stas, Belgian chemist and physician (died 1891) ↗
1801 Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician (died 1876) ↗
1800 Hiram Walden, American general and politician (died 1880) ↗
1798 Jules Michelet, French historian and philosopher (died 1874) ↗
1789 Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic (died 1857) ↗
1787 John Owen, American governor of North Carolina (died 1841) ↗
1765 William IV, King of the United Kingdom (died 1837) ↗
1754 William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor, created gas lighting (died 1839) ↗
1754 Banastre Tarleton, English general and politician (died 1833) ↗
1725 Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter and educator (died 1805) ↗
1670 James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (died 1734) ↗
1665 Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (died 1729) ↗
1660 Hubert Gautier, French mathematician and engineer (died 1737) ↗
1643 Afonso VI of Portugal (died 1683) ↗
1625 John Claypole, English politician (died 1688) ↗
1597 Roger Twysden, English historian and politician (died 1672) ↗
1579 Henri, Duke of Rohan (died 1638) ↗
1567 Francis de Sales, Swiss bishop and saint (died 1622) ↗
1552 Muhammad Qadiri, Founder of the Naushahia branch of the Qadri order (died 1654) ↗
1535 Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese general (died 1619) ↗
1481 Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (died 1550) ↗
1165 Philip II of France (died 1223) ↗

2024 Nell McCafferty, Northern Irish journalist, playwright and civil rights campaigner (born 1944) ↗
2024 Bill Pascrell, American politician (born 1937) ↗
2024 John Amos, American actor (born 1939) ↗
2019 Celso Piña, Mexican singer, composer, arranger, and accordionist (born 1953) ↗
2018 Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor and singer (born 1975) ↗
2017 Bajram Rexhepi, First Kosovan Prime Ministers of UN mission administration in Kosovo (born 1954) ↗
2015 Colin Beyer, New Zealand lawyer and businessman (born 1938) ↗
2015 Wang Dongxing, Chinese commander and politician (born 1916) ↗
2015 Jimmy Evert, American tennis player and coach (born 1924) ↗
2014 Gerry Anderson, Irish radio and television host (born 1944) ↗
2014 Helen Bamber, English psychotherapist and academic (born 1925) ↗
2014 Steven R. Nagel, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1946) ↗
2014 Jean Redpath, Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1937) ↗
2014 Albert Reynolds, Irish businessman and politician, ninth Taoiseach of Ireland (born 1932) ↗
2013 Jean Berkey, American lawyer and politician (born 1938) ↗
2013 Sid Bernstein, American record producer (born 1918) ↗
2013 C. Gordon Fullerton, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1936) ↗
2013 Fred Martin, Scottish footballer (born 1929) ↗
2013 Enos Nkala, Zimbabwean politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (born 1932) ↗
2012 Georg Leber, German soldier and politician, Federal Minister of Defence for Germany (born 1920) ↗
2012 J. Frank Raley Jr., American soldier and politician (born 1926) ↗
2012 Don Raleigh, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1926) ↗
2012 Guy Spitaels, Belgian academic and politician, seventh Minister-President of Wallonia (born 1931) ↗
2012 William Thurston, American mathematician and academic (born 1946) ↗
2010 Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill, Argentinean sociologist and author (born 1941) ↗
2009 Rex Shelley, Singaporean engineer and author (born 1930) ↗
2008 Jerry Finn, American engineer and producer (born 1969) ↗
2007 Frank Bowe, American academic (born 1947) ↗
2007 Siobhan Dowd, British author (born 1960) ↗
2007 Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American general (born 1918) ↗
2006 Bismillah Khan, Indian musician, Bharat Ratna recipient (born 1916) ↗
2006 Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, Dutch businessman and philanthropist (born 1941) ↗
2005 Martin Dillon, American tenor and educator (born 1957) ↗
2005 Robert Moog, American businessman, founded Moog Music (born 1934) ↗
2005 Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet and translator (born 1936) ↗
2005 Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer (born 1925) ↗
2004 Sachidananda Routray, Indian Oriya-language poet (born 1916) ↗
2003 John Coplans, British artist (born 1920) ↗
2003 Kathy Wilkes, English philosopher and academic (born 1946) ↗
2001 Calum MacKay, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1927) ↗
2000 Tomata du Plenty, American singer-songwriter and playwright (born 1948) ↗
2000 Daniel Lisulo, Zambian politician, third Prime Minister of Zambia (born 1930) ↗
2000 Andrzej Zawada, Polish mountaineer and author (born 1928) ↗
1996 Mary Two-Axe Earley, Canadian indigenous women's rights activist (born 1911) ↗
1995 Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910) ↗
1995 Chuck Stevenson, American race car driver (born 1919) ↗
1993 Tatiana Troyanos, American soprano and actress (born 1938) ↗
1989 Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (born 1945) ↗
1988 Teodoro de Villa Diaz, Filipino guitarist and songwriter (born 1963) ↗
1988 Ray Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (born 1912) ↗
1983 Benigno Aquino Jr., Filipino journalist and politician (born 1932) ↗
1981 Kaka Kalelkar, Indian Hindi Writer(born 1885) ↗
1979 Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (born 1910) ↗
1978 Charles Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (born 1907) ↗
1974 Buford Pusser, American police officer (born 1937) ↗
1974 Kirpal Singh, Indian spiritual master (born 1894) ↗
1971 George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (born 1941) ↗
1968 Germaine Guèvremont, Canadian journalist and author (born 1893) ↗
1964 Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (born 1893) ↗
1960 David B. Steinman, American engineer, designed the Mackinac Bridge (born 1886) ↗
1957 Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (born 1879) ↗
1957 Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1902) ↗
1957 Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (born 1888) ↗
1951 Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (born 1905) ↗
1947 Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (born 1881) ↗
1943 Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1857) ↗
1940 Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (born 1882) ↗
1940 Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (born 1863) ↗
1940 Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (born 1879) ↗
1935 John Hartley, English tennis player (born 1849) ↗
1919 Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (born 1875) ↗
1911 Mahboob Ali Khan, sixth Nizam of Hyderabad State (born 1866) ↗
1910 Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (born 1835) ↗
1905 Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (born 1827) ↗
1888 James Farnell, Australian politician, eighth Premier of New South Wales (born 1825) ↗
1870 Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (born 1821) ↗
1867 Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) (born 1790) ↗
1854 Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (born 1777) ↗
1853 Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (born 1783) ↗
1838 Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (born 1781) ↗
1836 Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (born 1785) ↗
1835 John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (born 1773) ↗
1814 Benjamin Thompson, American-English physicist and colonel (born 1753) ↗
1796 John McKinly, American physician and politician, first Governor of Delaware (born 1721) ↗
1775 Zahir al-Umar, Arabian ruler (born 1690) ↗
1763 Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (born 1710) ↗
1762 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English author, poet, and playwright (born 1689) ↗
1689 William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier (born 1661) ↗
1673 Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, English soldier (born 1599) ↗
1627 Jacques Mauduit, French composer and academic (born 1557) ↗
1622 Juan de Tassis, 2nd Count of Villamediana, Spanish poet and politician (born 1582) ↗
1614 Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and purported serial killer (born 1560) ↗
1568 Jean Parisot de Valette, 49th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (born 1495) ↗
1534 Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, 44th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (born 1464) ↗
1271 Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (born 1220) ↗
1245 Alexander of Hales, English theologian ↗
1157 Alfonso VII of León and Castile (born 1105) ↗
1148 William II, Count of Nevers (born c. 1089) ↗
1131 King Baldwin II of Jerusalem ↗
913 Tang Daoxi, Chinese general ↗
784 Alberic, archbishop of Utrecht ↗
672 Emperor Kōbun of Japan (born 648) ↗