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

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2016 Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov is assassinated while at an art exhibition in Ankara. The assassin, Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, is shot and killed by a Turkish guard. ↗
2016 A vehicular attack in Berlin, Germany, kills 12 and injures 56 people at a Christmas market. ↗
2013 Spacecraft Gaia is launched by the European Space Agency. ↗
2012 Park Geun-hye is elected the first female president of South Korea. ↗
2005 Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101 crashes into the Government Cut channel immediately after takeoff from Miami Seaplane Base, killing 20. ↗
2005 A passenger train from Sucha Beskidzka to Żywiec in Poland loses its brakes while on a steep downhill part of the route. It is stopped in a controlled collision in Świnna by a train travelling in opposite direction. 2 drivers and 6 passengers are injured. ↗
2001 A record high barometric pressure of 1,085.6 hectopascals (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl, Mongolia. ↗
2001 Argentine economic crisis: December riots: Riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ↗
2000 The Leninist Guerrilla Units wing of the Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist attack a Nationalist Movement Party office in Istanbul, Turkey, killing one person and injuring three. ↗
1999 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-103, the third Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. ↗
1998 President Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives, becoming the second president of the United States to be impeached. ↗
1997 SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104. ↗
1995 The United States Government restores federal recognition to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Native American tribe. ↗
1986 Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky. ↗
1985 Aeroflot Flight 101/435 is hijacked to China by its first officer. ↗
1984 The Sino-British Joint Declaration, stating that China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from July 1, 1997, is signed in Beijing by Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher. ↗
1983 The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ↗
1981 Sixteen lives are lost when the Penlee lifeboat goes to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas. ↗
1977 The Ms  5.8 Bob–Tangol earthquake strikes Kerman Province in Iran, destroying villages and killing 665 people. ↗
1974 Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford under the provisions of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. ↗
1972 Apollo program: The last crewed lunar flight, Apollo 17, carrying Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth. ↗
1967 Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, is officially presumed dead. ↗
1961 India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India. ↗
1956 Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges. ↗
1946 Start of the First Indochina War. ↗
1945 John Amery, British Fascist, is executed at the age of 33 by the British Government for treason. ↗
1941 World War II: Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Oberkommando des Heeres. ↗
1941 World War II: Limpet mines placed by Italian divers heavily damage HMS Valiant and HMS Queen Elizabeth in Alexandria harbour. ↗
1941 Twenty-eight men die when German submarine U-574, is struck by HMS Stork (L81), commanded by Captain Frederic John Walker of Royal Navy, off Punta Delgada, as also by depth charges. ↗
1940 Risto Ryti, the Prime Minister of Finland, is elected President of the Republic of Finland in a presidential election, which is exceptionally held by the 1937 electoral college. ↗
1932 BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service. ↗
1929 The Indian National Congress promulgates the Purna Swaraj (the Declaration of the Independence of India). ↗
1927 Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy. ↗
1924 The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England. ↗
1924 German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders. ↗
1920 King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite. ↗
1912 William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after 3+1⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison. ↗
1907 Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania. ↗
1900 Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign. ↗
1900 French parliament votes amnesty for all involved in scandalous army treason trial known as Dreyfus affair. ↗
1828 Vice President of the United States John C. Calhoun sparks the Nullification Crisis when he anonymously publishes the South Carolina Exposition and Protest, protesting the Tariff of 1828. ↗
1796 French Revolutionary Wars: Two British frigates under Commodore Horatio Nelson and two Spanish frigates under Commodore Don Jacobo Stuart engage in battle off the coast of Murcia. ↗
1793 War of the First Coalition: The Siege of Toulon ends when Napoleon's French artillery forces the British to abandon the city, securing southern France from invasion. ↗
1783 William Pitt the Younger becomes the youngest Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at 24. ↗
1777 American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. ↗
1776 Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis". ↗
1675 The Great Swamp Fight, a pivotal battle in King Philip's War, gives the English settlers a bitterly won victory. ↗
1606 The ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery depart England carrying settlers who founded, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States. ↗
1562 The Battle of Dreux takes place during the French Wars of Religion. ↗
1490 Anne, Duchess of Brittany, is married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor by proxy. ↗
1187 Pope Clement III is elected. ↗
1154 Henry II of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey. ↗

1998 King Princess, American singer-songwriter and musician ↗
1997 Gabriel Magalhães, Brazilian footballer ↗
1997 Fikayo Tomori, English footballer ↗
1996 Franck Kessié, Ivorian footballer ↗
1994 Maudy Ayunda, Indonesian actress and singer-songwriter ↗
1994 M'Baye Niang, French footballer ↗
1993 Young K, South Korean singer-songwriter ↗
1993 Isiah Koech, Kenyan runner ↗
1992 Iker Muniain, Spanish footballer ↗
1992 Raphael Spiegel, Swiss footballer ↗
1991 Steven Berghuis, Dutch footballer ↗
1991 Declan Galbraith, English singer-songwriter ↗
1991 Josh Huestis, American basketball player ↗
1991 Keiynan Lonsdale, Australian actor, singer-songwriter, and dancer ↗
1991 Sumire Uesaka, Japanese voice actress and singer ↗
1990 Greg Bretz, American snowboarder ↗
1990 Torrey Craig, American basketball player ↗
1989 Yong Jun-hyung, South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper and producer ↗
1989 Michał Masłowski, Polish footballer ↗
1989 Kousei Miura, Japanese jockey ↗
1989 Hamza Riazuddin, English cricketer ↗
1988 Alexis Sánchez, Chilean footballer ↗
1988 Peter Winn, English footballer ↗
1987 Cédric Baseya, French-Congolese footballer ↗
1987 Karim Benzema, French footballer ↗
1987 Ronan Farrow, American activist, journalist, and lawyer ↗
1986 Calvin Andrew, English footballer ↗
1986 Ryan Babel, Dutch footballer ↗
1986 Ingrid Burley, American rapper and songwriter ↗
1986 Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Greek footballer ↗
1986 Zuzana Hejnová, Czech hurdler ↗
1986 Miguel Lopes, Portuguese footballer ↗
1986 Annie Murphy, Canadian actress ↗
1985 Andrea Baldini, Italian fencer ↗
1985 Gary Cahill, English footballer ↗
1985 Neil Kilkenny, English-Australian footballer ↗
1985 Sally Kipyego, Kenyan runner ↗
1985 Dan Logan, English bass player ↗
1985 Lady Sovereign, English rapper ↗
1984 Ian Kennedy, American baseball player ↗
1983 Nektarios Alexandrou, Cypriot footballer ↗
1983 Casey Crescenzo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1983 Bridget Phillipson, English politician ↗
1983 Laura Pomeroy, Canadian swimmer ↗
1983 Matt Stajan, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1982 Mo Williams, American basketball player ↗
1981 Grégory Dufer, Belgian footballer ↗
1980 Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor and producer ↗
1980 Marla Sokoloff, American actress and musician ↗
1979 Kevin Devine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1979 Rafael Soriano, Dominican baseball player ↗
1978 Patrick Casey, American actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1977 Jorge Garbajosa, Spanish basketball player ↗
1977 LaTasha Jenkins, American sprinter ↗
1977 Irina Voronina, Russian model ↗
1975 Makis Belevonis, Greek footballer ↗
1975 Brandon Sanderson, American author and academic ↗
1975 Jeremy Soule, American composer ↗
1975 Olivier Tébily, Ivorian-French footballer ↗
1975 Dean Treister, Australian rugby league player ↗
1974 Eduard Ivakdalam, Indonesian footballer ↗
1974 Joe Jurevicius, American football player ↗
1974 Felipe Lopez, Dominican-American basketball player ↗
1974 Jake Plummer, American football player and sportscaster ↗
1974 Ricky Ponting, Australian cricketer and sportscaster ↗
1973 Michalis Grigoriou, Greek footballer and coach ↗
1973 Erick Wainaina, Kenyan runner ↗
1973 Zulfiya Zabirova, Russian cyclist ↗
1973 Takashi Sorimachi, Japanese actor and singer ↗
1972 Rosa Blasi, American actress ↗
1972 Alyssa Milano, American actress, television personality, and activist ↗
1972 Warren Sapp, American football player and analyst ↗
1971 Amy Locane, American actress ↗
1971 Karen Pickering, English swimmer ↗
1970 Tyson Beckford, American model and actor ↗
1970 Robert Lang, Czech ice hockey player ↗
1969 Michael Bates, American sprinter and football player ↗
1969 Tom Gugliotta, American basketball player ↗
1969 Richard Hammond, English journalist and producer ↗
1969 Nayan Mongia, Indian cricketer ↗
1969 Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, Azerbaijani composer, pianist, and singer ↗
1969 Kristy Swanson, American actress ↗
1968 Kristina Keneally, American-Australian politician, 42nd Premier of New South Wales ↗
1968 Ken Marino, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1967 Criss Angel, American magician ↗
1967 Charles Austin, American high jumper ↗
1966 Chuckii Booker, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1966 Rajesh Chauhan, Indian cricketer ↗
1966 Robert MacNaughton, American actor ↗
1966 Alberto Tomba – Italian skier ↗
1966 Eric Weinrich, American ice hockey player and coach ↗
1965 Chito Martínez, Belizean-American baseball player ↗
1964 Béatrice Dalle, French actress ↗
1964 Lorie Kane, Canadian golfer ↗
1964 Randall McDaniel, American football player ↗
1964 Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player ↗
1963 Jennifer Beals, American model and actress ↗
1963 Til Schweiger, German actor, director, and producer ↗
1962 Gary Fleder, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1961 Scott Cohen, American actor ↗
1961 Eric Allin Cornell, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
1961 Matthew Waterhouse, English actor and author ↗
1961 Reggie White, American football player and wrestler (died 2004) ↗
1960 Derrick Jensen, American author and activist ↗
1960 Michelangelo Signorile, American journalist and author ↗
1959 Iván Vallejo, Ecuadorian mountaineer ↗
1959 Lisa Wilkinson, Australian television host and journalist ↗
1958 Steven Isserlis, English cellist and author ↗
1958 Limahl, English pop singer ↗
1957 Cyril Collard, French actor, director, and composer (died 1993) ↗
1957 Kevin McHale, American basketball player, coach, and manager ↗
1956 Phil Harris, American captain and fisherman (died 2010) ↗
1956 Tom Lawless, American baseball player and manager ↗
1956 Shane McEntee, Irish farmer and politician, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (died 2012) ↗
1956 Merzbow, Japanese noise musician ↗
1955 Lincoln Hall, Australian mountaineer and author (died 2012) ↗
1955 Rob Portman, American lawyer and politician ↗
1954 Jeff Allam, English race car driver ↗
1954 Tim Parks, English author and translator ↗
1952 Walter Murphy, American pianist and composer ↗
1951 Mohammad Reza Aref, Iranian engineer and politician, 2nd Vice President of Iran ↗
1951 Alan Rouse, English mountaineer and author (died 1986) ↗
1950 Eleanor J. Hill, American lawyer and diplomat ↗
1949 Orna Berry, Israeli computer scientist and businesswoman ↗
1949 Claudia Kolb, American swimmer ↗
1949 Sebastian, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1949 Lenny White, American musician ↗
1948 Ken Brown, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2022) ↗
1947 Jimmy Bain, Scottish bass player and songwriter (died 2016) ↗
1946 Rosemary Conley, English businesswoman, author, and broadcaster ↗
1946 Robert Urich, American actor and producer (died 2002) ↗
1945 John McEuen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1944 William Christie, American-French harpsichord player and conductor ↗
1944 Mitchell Feigenbaum, American physicist and mathematician (died 2019) ↗
1944 Martin Hume Johnson, English physiologist and academic ↗
1944 Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleontologist and politician (died 2022) ↗
1944 Alvin Lee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013) ↗
1944 Tim Reid, American actor and director ↗
1944 Steve Tyrell, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1944 Zal Yanovsky, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002) ↗
1943 James L. Jones, American general and politician, 22nd United States National Security Advisor ↗
1943 Elaine Joyce, American actress, singer, and dancer ↗
1943 Ross M. Lence, American political scientist and academic (died 2006) ↗
1942 Cornell Dupree, American guitarist (died 2011) ↗
1942 Gene Okerlund, American sports announcer (died 2019) ↗
1941 Lee Myung-bak, South Korean businessman and politician, 10th President of South Korea ↗
1941 Maurice White, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2016) ↗
1940 Phil Ochs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976) ↗
1938 Jay Arnette, American basketball player ↗
1935 Tony Taylor, Cuban baseball player and coach (died 2020) ↗
1935 Bobby Timmons, American pianist and composer (died 1974) ↗
1935 Joanne Weaver, American baseball player (died 2000) ↗
1934 Al Kaline, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2020) ↗
1934 Pratibha Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th President of India ↗
1934 Casper R. Taylor, Jr., American lawyer and politician (died 2023) ↗
1933 Kevan Gosper, Australian runner and politician (died 2024) ↗
1933 Christopher Smout, Scottish historian and academic ↗
1932 Salvador Elizondo, Mexican author, poet, playwright, and critic (died 2006) ↗
1932 Lola Hendricks, African American civil rights activist (died 2013) ↗
1932 Wayne Tippit, American actor (died 2009) ↗
1931 Ginger Stanley, American model, actress and stunt woman (died 2023) ↗
1930 Knut Helle, Norwegian historian and professor (died 2015) ↗
1930 Wally Olins, English businessman and academic (died 2014) ↗
1929 Bob Brookmeyer, American trombonist, pianist, and composer (died 2011) ↗
1929 Gregory Carroll, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2013) ↗
1929 David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish potter ↗
1929 Howard Sackler, American playwright and screenwriter (died 1982) ↗
1928 Eve Bunting, Irish-American author and academic (died 2023) ↗
1928 Nathan Oliveira, American painter and sculptor (died 2010) ↗
1927 James Booth, English actor and screenwriter (died 2005) ↗
1926 Bobby Layne, American football player and coach (died 1986) ↗
1926 Fikret Otyam, Turkish painter and journalist (died 2015) ↗
1925 Tankred Dorst, German author and playwright (died 2017) ↗
1925 William Schutz, American psychologist and academic (died 2002) ↗
1925 Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter and screenwriter (died 2012) ↗
1924 Carlo Chiti, Italian engineer (died 1994) ↗
1924 Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1989) ↗
1924 Gary Morton, American comedian and producer (died 1999) ↗
1924 Edmund Purdom, British-Italian actor (died 2009) ↗
1924 Michel Tournier, French journalist and author (died 2016) ↗
1924 Cicely Tyson, American actress (died 2021) ↗
1923 Robert V. Bruce, American historian and author (died 2008) ↗
1923 Gordon Jackson, Scottish-English actor and singer (died 1990) ↗
1922 Eamonn Andrews, Irish radio and television host (died 1987) ↗
1920 Little Jimmy Dickens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2015) ↗
1920 David Susskind, American talk show host and producer (died 1987) ↗
1918 Professor Longhair, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1980) ↗
1918 Lee Rich, American producer and production manager (died 2012) ↗
1916 Roy Ward Baker, English director and producer (died 2010) ↗
1916 Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, German political scientist, journalist, and academic (died 2010) ↗
1915 Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress (died 1963) ↗
1915 Claudia Testoni, Italian hurdler, sprinter, and long jumper (died 1998) ↗
1914 Mel Shaw, American animator and screenwriter (died 2012) ↗
1910 Jean Genet – French novelist, playwright, and poet (died 1986) ↗
1909 W. A. Criswell, American pastor and author (died 2002) ↗
1907 Jimmy McLarnin, Irish-American boxer, actor, and golfer (died 2004) ↗
1906 Leonid Brezhnev, Ukrainian-Russian marshal, engineer, and politician, 4th Head of State of the Soviet Union (died 1982) ↗
1905 Irving Kahn, American businessman (died 2015) ↗
1905 Giovanni Lurani, Italian race car driver, engineer, and journalist (died 1995) ↗
1903 George Davis Snell, American geneticist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1996) ↗
1902 Ralph Richardson, English actor (died 1983) ↗
1901 Rudolf Hell, German engineer, invented the Hellschreiber (died 2002) ↗
1901 Oliver La Farge, American anthropologist and author (died 1963) ↗
1901 Fritz Mauruschat, German footballer and manager (died 1974) ↗
1899 Martin Luther King Sr., American pastor, missionary, and activist (died 1984) ↗
1895 Ingeborg Refling Hagen, Norwegian author and educator (died 1989) ↗
1894 Ford C. Frick, American journalist and businessman (died 1978) ↗
1891 Edward Bernard Raczyński, Polish politician and diplomat, 4th President-in-exile of Poland (died 1993) ↗
1888 Fritz Reiner, Hungarian-American conductor (died 1963) ↗
1884 Antonín Zápotocký, Czech politician, President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (died 1957) ↗
1876 Bernard Friedberg, Austrian-Israeli scholar and author (died 1961) ↗
1875 Mileva Marić, Serbian physicist (died 1948) ↗
1875 Carter G. Woodson, American historian and author, founded Black History Month (died 1950) ↗
1875 Grace Marie Bareis, American mathematician (died 1962) ↗
1873 Alphonse Kirchhoffer, French fencer (died 1913) ↗
1865 Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright (died 1932) ↗
1863 Wallace Bryant, American archer (died 1953) ↗
1861 Italo Svevo, Italian author and playwright (died 1928) ↗
1853 Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec (died 1942) ↗
1852 Albert Abraham Michelson, Prussian-American physicist, chemist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1931) ↗
1849 Henry Clay Frick, American businessman and financier (died 1919) ↗
1831 Bernice Pauahi Bishop, American philanthropist (died 1884) ↗
1825 George Frederick Bristow, American violinist and composer (died 1898) ↗
1820 Mary Livermore, American journalist and activist (died 1905) ↗
1817 James J. Archer, American lawyer and general (died 1864) ↗
1797 Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (died 1838) ↗
1796 Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (died 1873) ↗
1778 Marie Thérèse of France (died 1851) ↗
1714 John Winthrop, American astronomer and educator (died 1779) ↗
1699 William Bowyer, English printer (died 1777) ↗
1683 Philip V of Spain (died 1746) ↗
1587 Dorothea Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (died 1645) ↗
1554 Philip William, Prince of Orange (died 1618) ↗
1498 Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (died 1552) ↗
1343 William I, Margrave of Meissen (died 1407) ↗

2024 Michael Leunig, Australian cartoonist (born 1945) ↗
2024 Wincey Willis, British broadcaster (born 1948) ↗
2021 Sally Ann Howes, English-American singer and actress (born 1930) ↗
2021 Johnny Isakson, American politician (born 1944) ↗
2020 Rosalind Knight, English actress (born 1933) ↗
2016 Andrei Karlov, Russian diplomat, Ambassador to Turkey (born 1954) ↗
2015 Jimmy Hill, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster (born 1928) ↗
2015 Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone, Welsh-English lawyer and politician (born 1928) ↗
2015 Karin Söder, Swedish educator and politician, 33rd Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs (born 1928) ↗
2014 S. Balasubramanian, Indian journalist and director (born 1936) ↗
2014 Philip Bradbourn, English lawyer and politician (born 1951) ↗
2014 Arthur Gardner, American actor and producer (born 1910) ↗
2014 Igor Rodionov, Russian general and politician, 3rd Russian Minister of Defence (born 1936) ↗
2014 Dick Thornton, American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1939) ↗
2014 Roberta Leigh (Rita Shulman Lewin), British writer, artist and TV producer (born 1926). ↗
2013 Winton Dean, English musicologist and author (born 1916) ↗
2013 Al Goldstein, American publisher and pornographer (born 1936) ↗
2013 Ned Vizzini, American author and screenwriter (born 1981) ↗
2012 Robert Bork, American lawyer, judge, and scholar, United States Attorney General (born 1927) ↗
2012 Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Israeli general and politician, 22nd Transportation Minister of Israel (born 1944) ↗
2012 Larry Morris, American football player (born 1933) ↗
2012 Peter Struck, German lawyer and politician, 13th German Federal Minister of Defence (born 1943) ↗
2010 Anthony Howard, English journalist and author (born 1934) ↗
2009 Kim Peek, American megasavant (born 1951) ↗
2008 James Bevel, American minister and activist (born 1936) ↗
2008 Carol Chomsky, American linguist and educator (born 1930) ↗
2008 Michael Connell, American political consultant (born 1963) ↗
2008 Dock Ellis, American baseball player and coach (born 1945) ↗
2005 Vincent Gigante, American mobster (born 1927) ↗
2004 Herbert C. Brown, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912) ↗
2004 Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano and actress (born 1922) ↗
2003 Peter Carter-Ruck, English lawyer, founded Carter-Ruck (born 1914) ↗
2003 Hope Lange, American actress (born 1933) ↗
2002 Will Hoy, English race car driver (born 1952) ↗
2002 Arthur Rowley, English footballer and manager (born 1926) ↗
2002 George Weller, American author, playwright, and journalist (born 1907) ↗
2000 Rob Buck, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1958) ↗
2000 Milt Hinton, American bassist and photographer (born 1910) ↗
2000 John Lindsay, American lawyer and politician, 103rd Mayor of New York City (born 1921) ↗
1999 Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh soldier and actor (born 1914) ↗
1998 Mel Fisher, American treasure hunter (born 1922) ↗
1997 Sara Northrup Hollister, American occultist (born 1924) ↗
1997 Masaru Ibuka, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (born 1908) ↗
1997 Jimmy Rogers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1924) ↗
1996 Marcello Mastroianni, Italian-French actor and singer (born 1924) ↗
1993 Michael Clarke, American drummer (born 1946) ↗
1989 Stella Gibbons, English journalist, author, and poet (born 1902) ↗
1989 Kirill Mazurov, Belarusian Soviet politician (born 1914) ↗
1988 Robert Bernstein, American author and playwright (born 1919) ↗
1988 Win Maw Oo, Burmese student activist (born 1971) ↗
1987 August Mälk, Estonian author, playwright, and politician (born 1900) ↗
1986 V. C. Andrews, American author (born 1923) ↗
1986 Werner Dankwort, Russian-German colonel and diplomat (born 1895) ↗
1984 Joy Ridderhof, American missionary (born 1903) ↗
1982 Dwight Macdonald, American philosopher, author, and critic (born 1906) ↗
1976 Giuseppe Caselli, Italian painter (born 1893) ↗
1972 Ahmet Emin Yalman, Turkish journalist, author, and academic (born 1888) ↗
1968 Norman Thomas, American minister and politician (born 1884) ↗
1953 Robert Andrews Millikan, American physicist and eugenicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1868) ↗
1946 Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic (born 1872) ↗
1944 Abbas II of Egypt (born 1874) ↗
1944 Rudolph Karstadt, German businessman (born 1856) ↗
1940 Kyösti Kallio, Finnish politician, the 4th President of Finland (born 1873) ↗
1938 Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician (born 1873) ↗
1933 George Jackson Churchward, English engineer and businessman (born 1857) ↗
1932 Yun Bong-gil, South Korean activist (born 1908) ↗
1927 Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist (born 1900) ↗
1927 Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian poet and activist (born 1897) ↗
1916 Thibaw Min, Burmese king (born 1859) ↗
1915 Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (born 1864) ↗
1899 Henry Ware Lawton, American general (born 1843) ↗
1878 Bayard Taylor, American author and poet (born 1825) ↗
1851 William Turner – English painter (born 1775) ↗
1848 Emily Brontë, English novelist and poet (born 1818) ↗
1819 Thomas Fremantle, English admiral and politician (born 1765) ↗
1813 James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (born 1744) ↗
1807 Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German-French author and playwright (born 1723) ↗
1749 Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (born 1672) ↗
1745 Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (born 1684) ↗
1741 Vitus Bering, Danish-born Russian explorer (born 1681) ↗
1637 Christina of Lorraine, Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany (born 1565) ↗
1558 Cornelius Grapheus, Flemish writer (born 1482) ↗
1442 Elizabeth of Luxembourg (born 1409) ↗
1385 Bernabò Visconti, Lord of Milan (born 1319) ↗
1370 Pope Urban V (born 1310) ↗
1327 Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy (born 1260) ↗
1123 Saint Berardo, Italian bishop and saint ↗
1111 Al-Ghazali, Persian jurist, philosopher, theologian, and mystic (born 1058) ↗
1091 Adelaide of Susa, margravine of Turin ↗
966 Sancho I, king of León ↗
401 Pope Anastasius I ↗