On This Day: December 10 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

← December 9

December 11 →

51 Events 212 Births 124 Deaths

2021 A widespread, deadly, and violent tornado outbreak slams the Central, Midwestern, and Southern regions of the United States. Eighty-nine people are killed by the tornadoes, with most of the fatalities occurring in Kentucky, where a single tornado kills 57 people, and injures hundreds of others. Another tornado in Edwardsville, Illinois strikes an Amazon warehouse, killing six workers. ↗
2019 The Ostrava hospital attack in the Czech Republic results in eight deaths, including the perpetrator. ↗
2017 ISIL is defeated in Iraq. ↗
2016 Two explosions outside a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, kill 38 people and injure 166 others. ↗
2015 Rojava conflict: The Syrian Democratic Council is established in Dêrik, forming the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria. ↗
2014 Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein is killed after the suppression of a demonstration by Israeli forces in the village (Turmus'ayya) in Ramallah. ↗
2005 Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crashes at Port Harcourt International Airport in Nigeria, killing 108 people. ↗
1999 Helen Clark is sworn in as Prime Minister of New Zealand, the second woman to hold the post and the first following an election. ↗
1996 The new Constitution of South Africa is promulgated by Nelson Mandela. ↗
1995 The Israeli army withdraws from Nablus pursuant to the terms of Oslo Accord. ↗
1994 Rwandan genocide: Maurice Baril, military advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, recommends that UNAMIR stand down. ↗
1993 The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages. ↗
1991 Nursultan Nazarbayev is sworn in as the 1st President of Kazakhstan. ↗
1991 The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic is renamed into the Republic of Kazakhstan. ↗
1989 Mongolian Revolution: At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union. ↗
1984 United Nations General Assembly recognizes the Convention against Torture. ↗
1983 Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín. ↗
1979 Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested. ↗
1978 Arab–Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. ↗
1968 Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo. ↗
1963 Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah. ↗
1963 An assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more. ↗
1953 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in Literature. ↗
1949 Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan. ↗
1948 The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations. ↗
1942 World War II: Government of Poland in exile send Raczyński's Note (the first official report on the Holocaust) to 26 governments who signed the Declaration by United Nations. ↗
1941 World War II: The Royal Navy capital ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near British Malaya. ↗
1941 World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon. ↗
1936 Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication. ↗
1932 Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy. ↗
1909 Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. ↗
1907 The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students, protesting against the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected, clash with 400 police officers. ↗
1906 U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any field. ↗
1902 The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt. ↗
1901 The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death. ↗
1898 Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict. Spain cedes administration of Cuba to the United States, and the United States agrees to pay Spain $20 million for the Philippines. ↗
1896 Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance. ↗
1877 Russo-Turkish War: The Russian Army captures Plevna after a 5-month siege. The garrison of 25,000 surviving Turks surrenders. The Russian victory is decisive for the outcome of the war and the Liberation of Bulgaria. ↗
1864 American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia. ↗
1861 American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy. ↗
1861 Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance. ↗
1817 Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state. ↗
1799 France adopts the metre as its official unit of length. ↗
1768 The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published. ↗
1684 Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley. ↗
1665 The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter. ↗
1652 Defeat at the Battle of Dungeness causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy. ↗
1541 Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII. ↗
1520 Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate. ↗
1508 The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice. ↗
1317 The Nyköping Banquet: Birger, King of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers, dukes Valdemar and Erik, who are subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköping Castle. ↗

2000 Jeremie Frimpong, Dutch footballer ↗
1999 Reiss Nelson, English footballer ↗
1998 Lucia Bronzetti, Italian tennis player ↗
1997 Viktoriia Savtsova, Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer ↗
1996 Joe Burrow, American football player ↗
1996 Kang Daniel, South Korean singer and entrepreneur ↗
1995 Tacko Fall, Senegalese basketball player ↗
1994 Richard Kennar, Samoan rugby league player ↗
1994 Matti Klinga, Finnish footballer ↗
1992 Carlos Rodón, American baseball player ↗
1992 Melissa Roxburgh, Canadian-American actress ↗
1991 KiKi Layne, American actress ↗
1991 Eric Reid, American football player ↗
1991 Dion Waiters, American basketball player ↗
1990 Kazenga LuaLua, Congolese-English footballer ↗
1990 Sakiko Matsui, Japanese singer and actress ↗
1990 Wil Myers, American baseball player ↗
1990 Teyana Taylor, American singer, songwriter, choreographer, and actress ↗
1990 Shoya Tomizawa, Japanese motorcycle racer (died 2010) ↗
1989 Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, French politician ↗
1989 Tom Sexton, Australian-Irish rugby player ↗
1988 Wilfried Bony, Ivorian footballer ↗
1988 Neven Subotić, Serbian footballer ↗
1987 Gonzalo Higuaín, French-Argentinian footballer ↗
1986 Kahlil Bell, American football player ↗
1985 Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer ↗
1985 Roman Červenka, Czech ice hockey player ↗
1985 Matt Forte, American football player ↗
1985 Trésor Mputu, Congolese footballer ↗
1985 Raven-Symoné, American actress, singer, and dancer ↗
1985 Lê Công Vinh, Vietnamese footballer ↗
1984 JTG, American wrestler ↗
1983 Patrick Flueger, American actor ↗
1983 Xavier Samuel, Australian actor ↗
1982 Claudia Hoffmann, German sprinter ↗
1982 Sultan Kösen, Turkish farmer, tallest living person ↗
1981 Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer ↗
1981 Rene Bourque, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1981 Fábio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer ↗
1980 Sarah Chang, American violinist ↗
1979 Matt Bentley, American wrestler ↗
1979 Iain Brunnschweiler, English cricketer ↗
1979 Yang Jianping, Chinese recurve archer ↗
1978 Anna Jesień, Polish hurdler ↗
1978 Summer Phoenix, American actress ↗
1976 Shane Byrne, English motorcycle racer ↗
1975 Steve Bradley, American wrestler (died 2008) ↗
1975 Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress ↗
1975 Josip Skoko, Australian footballer ↗
1974 Meg White, American drummer ↗
1973 Rusty LaRue, American basketball player and coach ↗
1973 Gabriela Spanic, Venezuelan actress ↗
1972 Donavon Frankenreiter, American surfer, singer-songwriter, and guitarist ↗
1972 Brian Molko, British-Belgian singer-songwriter ↗
1970 Kevin Sharp, American singer-songwriter (died 2014) ↗
1970 Bryant Stith, American basketball player and coach ↗
1969 Darren Berry, Australian cricketer and coach ↗
1969 Rob Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and executive ↗
1968 Yōko Oginome, Japanese singer, actress, and voice actress ↗
1966 Rein Ahas, Estonian geographer and academic ↗
1966 Robin Brooke, New Zealand rugby player ↗
1966 Mel Rojas, Dominican baseball player ↗
1966 Penelope Trunk, American writer ↗
1965 Greg Giraldo, American lawyer, comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2010) ↗
1965 J Mascis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1965 Stephanie Morgenstern, Swiss-Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1964 Stephen Billington, English actor ↗
1964 Stef Blok, Dutch banker and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior ↗
1964 Bobby Flay, American chef and author ↗
1964 Edith González, Mexican actress (died 2019) ↗
1963 Jahangir Khan, Pakistani squash player ↗
1962 Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (died 2015) ↗
1962 John de Wolf, Dutch footballer and manager ↗
1961 Mark McKoy, Canadian hurdler and sprinter ↗
1961 Nia Peeples, American singer and actress ↗
1960 Kenneth Branagh, British actor director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1960 Kōichi Satō, Japanese actor ↗
1959 Mark Aguirre, American basketball player and coach ↗
1959 Udi Aloni, American-Israeli director and author ↗
1959 Kevin Ash, English journalist and author (died 2013) ↗
1959 Wolf Hoffmann, German guitarist ↗
1958 Cornelia Funke, German-American author ↗
1958 Kathryn Stott, English pianist and academic ↗
1957 Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (died 2012) ↗
1957 Paul Hardcastle, English composer and producer ↗
1957 Prem Rawat, Indian-American guru and educator ↗
1956 Rod Blagojevich, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Illinois ↗
1956 Roberto Cassinelli, Italian lawyer and politician ↗
1956 Jan van Dijk, Dutch footballer and manager ↗
1954 Eudine Barriteau, Barbadian economist and academic ↗
1954 Price Cobb, American race car driver and manager ↗
1954 Jack Hues, English singer-songwriter and musician ↗
1953 Chris Bury, American journalist and academic ↗
1952 Clive Anderson, English lawyer and television host ↗
1952 Susan Dey, American actress ↗
1952 Greg Mortimer, Australian geologist and mountaineer ↗
1952 Greg Laurie, American author and pastor ↗
1952 Paul Varul, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Justice ↗
1951 Johnny Rodriguez, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2025) ↗
1950 John Boozman, American football player, lawyer, and politician ↗
1950 Simon Owen, New Zealand golfer ↗
1949 Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Ugandan-English journalist and author ↗
1949 David Perdue, American politician ↗
1948 Dušan Bajević, Bosnian footballer and manager ↗
1948 Jessica Cleaves, American singer-songwriter (died 2014) ↗
1948 Jasuben Shilpi, Indian sculptor (died 2013) ↗
1947 Rasul Guliyev, Azerbaijani engineer and politician, 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan ↗
1946 Douglas Kenney, American satirist (died 1980) ↗
1945 Mukhtar Altynbayev, Kazakhstani general and politician, 3rd Defence Minister of Kazakhstan ↗
1944 Andris Bērziņš, Latvian businessman and politician, 8th President of Latvia ↗
1944 John Birt, Baron Birt, English businessman ↗
1944 Steve Renko, American baseball player ↗
1942 Ann Gloag, Scottish nurse and businesswoman ↗
1941 Ken Campbell, English actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2008) ↗
1941 Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress and producer ↗
1941 Tommy Kirk, American actor (died 2021) ↗
1941 Tommy Rettig, American child actor (died 1996) ↗
1941 Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor (died 1985) ↗
1939 Dick Bavetta, American basketball player and referee ↗
1939 Barry Cunliffe, English archaeologist and academic ↗
1938 Bill Dunk, Australian golfer ↗
1938 Yuri Temirkanov, Russian viola player and conductor (died 2023) ↗
1936 Howard Smith, American journalist, director, and producer (died 2014) ↗
1935 Terry Allcock, English footballer and cricketer (died 2024) ↗
1935 Jaromil Jireš, Czech director and screenwriter (died 2001) ↗
1934 Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994) ↗
1933 Philip R. Craig, American author (died 2007) ↗
1933 Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese actor (died 2006) ↗
1931 Peter Baker, English-South African footballer and manager (died 2016) ↗
1930 Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach (died 2013) ↗
1930 Ray Felix, American basketball player (died 1991) ↗
1930 Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, English farmer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ↗
1928 Barbara Nichols, American actress (died 1976) ↗
1927 Bob Farrell, American businessman, founded Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour (died 2015) ↗
1927 Danny Matt, German-Israeli general (died 2013) ↗
1926 Guitar Slim, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1959) ↗
1925 Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (died 2014) ↗
1924 Ken Albers, American singer and musician (died 2007) ↗
1924 Michael Manley, Jamaican pilot and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (died 1997) ↗
1923 Harold Gould, American actor (died 2010) ↗
1923 Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect, designed the National Library of the Argentine Republic and Marriott Plaza Hotel (died 2013) ↗
1922 Agnes Nixon, American television writer and director (died 2016) ↗
1921 Toh Chin Chye, Singaporean academic and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (died 2012) ↗
1920 Clarice Lispector – Ukrainian-Brazilian journalist and author (died 1977) ↗
1920 Reginald Rose, American screenwriter and producer (died 2002) ↗
1919 Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (died 2008) ↗
1918 Anne Gwynne, American actress (died 2003) ↗
1918 Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 1995) ↗
1916 Walt Arfons, American race car driver (died 2013) ↗
1915 Nicky Barr, Australian rugby player, soldier, and pilot (died 2006) ↗
1914 Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (died 1996) ↗
1913 Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American jazz patron and writer (died 1988) ↗
1913 Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1996) ↗
1913 Harry Locke, English actor (died 1987) ↗
1913 Ray Nance, American trumpeter, violinist, and singer (died 1976) ↗
1912 Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (died 1976) ↗
1912 Tetsuji Takechi, Japanese theatrical and film director, critic, and author (died 1988) ↗
1912 René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (died 1990) ↗
1911 Chet Huntley, American journalist (died 1974) ↗
1910 Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player and politician (died 1996) ↗
1909 Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (died 1990) ↗
1908 Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist (died 1992) ↗
1907 Rumer Godden, English author and poet (died 1998) ↗
1907 Lucien Laurent, French footballer and coach (died 2005) ↗
1907 Amedeo Nazzari, Italian actor (died 1979) ↗
1906 Harold Adamson, American lyricist (died 1980) ↗
1906 Jules Ladoumègue, French runner (died 1973) ↗
1904 Antonín Novotný, Czechoslovak politician, President of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (died 1975) ↗
1903 Una Merkel, American actress (died 1986) ↗
1896 Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (died 1948) ↗
1891 Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (died 1969) ↗
1891 Arlie Mucks, American discus thrower and shot putter (died 1967) ↗
1891 Nelly Sachs, German-Swedish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970) ↗
1890 László Bárdossy, Hungarian politician and diplomat, 33rd Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1946) ↗
1889 Ray Collins, American actor (died 1965) ↗
1886 Victor McLaglen, English-American actor (died 1959) ↗
1885 Elizabeth Baker, American economist and academic (died 1973) ↗
1885 Marios Varvoglis, Greek composer and conductor (died 1967) ↗
1883 Giovanni Messe, Italian field marshal and politician (died 1968) ↗
1882 Otto Neurath, Austrian sociologist and philosopher (died 1945) ↗
1882 Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician, 37th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (died 1950) ↗
1878 C. Rajagopalachari, Indian lawyer and politician, 45th Governor-General of India (died 1972) ↗
1878 Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Indian Muslim activist (died 1931) ↗
1870 Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian (died 1958) ↗
1870 Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician (died 1933) ↗
1870 Pierre Louÿs, Belgian-French author and poet (died 1925) ↗
1866 Louis Bolk, Dutch anatomist and biologist (died 1930) ↗
1851 Melvil Dewey, American librarian, created the Dewey Decimal System (died 1931) ↗
1830 Emily Dickinson – American poet (died 1886) ↗
1827 Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 1913) ↗
1824 George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (died 1905) ↗
1822 César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (died 1890) ↗
1821 Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (died 1877) ↗
1815 Ada Lovelace – English mathematician and computer scientist (died 1852) ↗
1811 Caroline Mehitable Fisher Sawyer, American poet, biographer, and editor (died 1894) ↗
1805 William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist, founded The Liberator (died 1879) ↗
1805 Joseph Škoda, Czech physician, dermatologist, and academic (died 1881) ↗
1804 Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (died 1851) ↗
1787 Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator, founded the American School for the Deaf (died 1851) ↗
1783 María Bibiana Benítez, Puerto Rican poet and playwright (died 1873) ↗
1776 Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este (died 1848) ↗
1751 George Shaw, English botanist and zoologist (died 1813) ↗
1713 Johann Nicolaus Mempel, German cantor and organist (died 1747) ↗
1658 Lancelot Blackburne, Archbishop of York (died 1743) ↗
1654 Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole, Italian painter (died 1719) ↗
1610 Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter (died 1685) ↗
1588 Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (died 1637) ↗
1489 Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours (died 1512) ↗
1472 Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (died 1481) ↗
1452 Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1531) ↗
1376 Edmund Mortimer, English nobleman and rebel (died 1409) ↗
553 Houzhu, emperor of the Chen dynasty (died 604) ↗

2024 Rocky Colavito, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1933) ↗
2024 Michael Cole, American actor (born 1940) ↗
2024 Kreskin, American mentalist (born 1935) ↗
2024 S. M. Krishna, Indian politician and statesman, Minister of External Affairs, 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka, 19th Governor of Maharashtra (born 1932) ↗
2023 Julian Carroll, American politician, 54th Governor of Kentucky (born 1931) ↗
2021 Michael Nesmith, American musician (The Monkees), songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist (born 1942) ↗
2020 Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr., American actor and wrestler (born 1958) ↗
2020 Joseph Safra, Lebanese-Brazilian financier (born1938) ↗
2020 Carol Sutton, American actress (born 1944) ↗
2020 Barbara Windsor, English actress (born 1937) ↗
2019 Philip McKeon, American actor (born 1964) ↗
2019 Gershon Kingsley, American composer and musician (born 1922) ↗
2019 Emily Mason, American painter (born 1932) ↗
2017 Bruce Brown, American filmmaker (born 1937) ↗
2017 Max Clifford, British publicist (born 1943) ↗
2017 Charles M. Green Jr., American Internet personality (born 1950) ↗
2017 Curtis W. Harris, American minister (born 1924) ↗
2015 Ron Bouchard, American race car driver and businessman (born 1948) ↗
2015 Denis Héroux, Canadian director and producer (born 1940) ↗
2015 Arnold Peralta, Honduran footballer (born 1989) ↗
2015 Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach (born 1928) ↗
2014 Ralph Giordano, German author and publicist (born 1923) ↗
2014 Robert B. Oakley, American diplomat, 19th United States Ambassador to Pakistan (born 1931) ↗
2014 Bob Solinger, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1925) ↗
2014 Judy Baar Topinka, American journalist and politician (born 1944) ↗
2014 Gerard Vianen, Dutch cyclist (born 1944) ↗
2013 Alan Coleman, English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1936) ↗
2013 Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer (born 1930) ↗
2013 Don Lund, American baseball player and coach (born 1923) ↗
2013 Srikanta Wadiyar, Indian politician and the titular Maharaja of Mysore(born 1946) ↗
2012 Iajuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi academic and politician, 13th President of Bangladesh (born 1931) ↗
2012 Antonio Cubillo, Spanish lawyer and politician (born 1930) ↗
2012 Tommy Roberts, English fashion designer (born 1942) ↗
2010 John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917) ↗
2010 J. Michael Hagopian, Armenian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1913) ↗
2010 MacKenzie Miller, American horse trainer and breeder (born 1921) ↗
2009 Vladimir Teplyakov, Russian soldier and physicist (born 1925) ↗
2007 Vitali Hakko, Turkish businessman, founded Vakko (born 1913) ↗
2006 Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator (born 1908) ↗
2006 Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and dictator, 30th President of Chile (born 1915) ↗
2005 Mary Jackson, American actress (born 1910) ↗
2005 Eugene McCarthy, American poet, academic, and politician (born 1916) ↗
2005 Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1940) ↗
2004 Gary Webb, American journalist and author (born 1955) ↗
2003 Sean McClory, Irish actor and director (born 1924) ↗
2002 Andres Küng, Swedish journalist and politician (born 1945) ↗
2002 Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, director, and producer (born 1925) ↗
2001 Ashok Kumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer (born 1911) ↗
2000 Marie Windsor, American actress (born 1919) ↗
1999 Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (born 1943) ↗
1999 Franjo Tuđman, Croatian general and politician, 1st President of Croatia (born 1922) ↗
1999 Woodrow Borah, American historian of Spanish America (born 1912) ↗
1996 Faron Young, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1932) ↗
1995 Darren Robinson, American rapper (born 1967) ↗
1994 Keith Joseph, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education (born 1918) ↗
1994 Alex Wilson, Canadian-American sprinter (born 1905) ↗
1993 Alice Tully, American soprano (born 1902) ↗
1992 Dan Maskell, English tennis player and sportscaster (born 1908) ↗
1991 Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter and academic (born 1901) ↗
1990 Armand Hammer, American businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum (born 1898) ↗
1988 Richard S. Castellano, American actor (born 1933) ↗
1988 Johnny Lawrence, English cricketer and coach (born 1911) ↗
1988 Dorothy de Rothschild, English philanthropist and activist (born 1895) ↗
1987 Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-American violinist and educator (born 1901) ↗
1982 Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter (born 1899) ↗
1979 Ann Dvorak, American actress (born 1911) ↗
1978 Ed Wood, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1924) ↗
1977 Adolph Rupp, American basketball player and coach (born 1901) ↗
1974 Toshinari Shōji, Japanese general (born 1890) ↗
1973 Wolf V. Vishniac, German-American microbiologist and academic (born 1922) ↗
1972 Mark Van Doren, American poet, critic, and academic (born 1894) ↗
1970 Chen Qiyou, Chinese politician and revolutionary (born 1892) ↗
1968 Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author (born 1886) ↗
1968 George Forrest, Northern Irish lawyer and politician (born 1921) ↗
1968 Thomas Merton, American monk and author (born 1915) ↗
1967 Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1941) ↗
1963 K. M. Panikkar, Indian historian and diplomat (born 1894) ↗
1958 Adolfo Camarillo, American horse breeder, rancher, and philanthropist (born 1864) ↗
1957 Napoleon Zervas, Greek general (born 1891) ↗
1956 David Shimoni, Russian-Israeli poet and translator (born 1891) ↗
1953 Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-English scholar and translator (born 1872) ↗
1951 Algernon Blackwood, English author and playwright (born 1869) ↗
1948 Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (born 1896) ↗
1946 Walter Johnson, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (born 1887) ↗
1946 Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer (born 1884) ↗
1945 Theodor Dannecker, German captain (born 1913) ↗
1944 John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1922) ↗
1941 Colin Kelly, American captain and pilot (born 1915) ↗
1939 John Grieb, American gymnast and triathlete (born 1879) ↗
1936 Bobby Abel, English cricketer (born 1857) ↗
1936 Luigi Pirandello, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (born 1867) ↗
1932 Joseph Carruthers, Australian politician, 16th Premier of New South Wales (born 1857) ↗
1929 Harry Crosby, American publisher and poet (born 1898) ↗
1928 Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect and painter (born 1868) ↗
1926 Nikola Pašić, Serbian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Serbia (born 1845) ↗
1922 Clement Lindley Wragge, English meteorologist and author (born 1852) ↗
1920 Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (born 1868) ↗
1917 Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1823) ↗
1911 Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (born 1817) ↗
1909 Red Cloud, American tribal chief (of the Oglala nation) (born 1822) ↗
1896 Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (born 1833) ↗
1867 Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai and politician (born 1836) ↗
1865 Leopold I of Belgium (born 1790) ↗
1850 Józef Bem, Polish general and physicist (born 1794) ↗
1850 François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (born 1787) ↗
1831 Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic (born 1770) ↗
1791 Jacob Frank, Polish religious leader (born 1726) ↗
1736 António Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese soldier and politician (born 1663) ↗
1665 Tarquinio Merula, Italian organist, violinist, and composer (born 1594) ↗
1626 Edmund Gunter, English mathematician and academic (born 1581) ↗
1618 Giulio Caccini, Italian composer and educator (born 1551) ↗
1561 Caspar Schwenckfeld, German theologian and writer ↗
1541 Thomas Culpeper, English courtier (born 1514) ↗
1541 Francis Dereham, English courtier (born c. 1513) ↗
1508 René II, Duke of Lorraine (born 1451) ↗
1475 Paolo Uccello, Italian painter (born 1397) ↗
1454 Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch. ↗
1310 Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria (born 1271) ↗
1113 Radwan, ruler of Aleppo ↗
1081 Nikephoros III Botaneiates, deposed Byzantine Emperor (born c.1002) ↗
1041 Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Byzantine emperor (born 1010) ↗
990 Folcmar, bishop of Utrecht ↗
949 Herman I, Duke of Swabia ↗
925 Sancho I, king of Pamplona ↗