42 Events
216 Births
119 Deaths
- 2024 Battle of Damascus (2024): Syrian opposition forces enter the Rif Dimashq Governorate, reaching within 20 km of the capital Damascus. ↗
- 2017 Aztec High School shooting: Former student William Atchison opens fire on former high school, killing 2. ↗
- 2016 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661, a domestic passenger flight from Chitral to Islamabad, operated by an ATR-42-500 crashes near Havelian, killing all 47 on board. ↗
- 2015 The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt. ↗
- 2005 Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport. ↗
- 2003 The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. ↗
- 1995 The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34. ↗
- 1995 Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949 crashes into the Bo-Dzhausa Mountain, killing 98. ↗
- 1995 An Air Saint Martin (now Air Caraïbes) Beechcraft 1900 crashes near the Haitian commune of Belle Anse, killing 20. ↗
- 1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York. ↗
- 1988 The 6.8 Ms Armenian earthquake shakes the northern part of the country with a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating), killing 25,000–50,000 and injuring 31,000–130,000. ↗
- 1987 Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, a British Aerospace 146-200A, crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and steers the plane into the ground. ↗
- 1983 An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid–Barajas Airport, killing 93 people. ↗
- 1982 In Texas, Charles Brooks Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States. ↗
- 1982 The Senior Road Tower collapses in less than 17 seconds. Five workers on the tower are killed and three workers on a building nearby are injured. ↗
- 1972 Apollo 17, the last Apollo Moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth. ↗
- 1971 The Battle of Sylhet is fought between the Pakistani military and the Indian Army. ↗
- 1971 Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a coalition government with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Deputy Prime Minister. ↗
- 1965 Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously revoke mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054. ↗
- 1963 Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. ↗
- 1962 Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils. ↗
- 1949 Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanjing to Taipei, Taiwan. ↗
- 1946 A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history. ↗
- 1944 An earthquake along the coast of Wakayama Prefecture in Japan causes a tsunami which kills 1,223 people. ↗
- 1942 World War II: British commandos conduct Operation Frankton, a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour. ↗
- 1941 World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on Eastern Hemisphere targets, see December 8.) ↗
- 1936 Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings. ↗
- 1932 German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa. ↗
- 1930 W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television advertisement in the United States, for I.J. Fox Furriers, which also sponsored the radio show. ↗
- 1922 The Parliament of Northern Ireland votes to remain a part of the United Kingdom and not unify with Southern Ireland. ↗
- 1917 World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary. ↗
- 1904 Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMS Spiteful and HMS Peterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy. ↗
- 1842 First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill. ↗
- 1837 The Battle of Montgomery's Tavern, the only battle of the Upper Canada Rebellion, takes place in Toronto, where the rebels are quickly defeated. ↗
- 1787 Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. ↗
- 1776 Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general. ↗
- 1732 The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England. ↗
- 1724 Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities. ↗
- 1703 The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die. ↗
- 927 The Sajid emir of Adharbayjan, Yusuf ibn Abi'l-Saj is defeated and captured by the Qarmatians near Kufa. ↗
- 574 Byzantine Emperor Justin II, suffering recurring seizures of insanity, adopts his general Tiberius and proclaims him as Caesar. ↗
- 43 BCE Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated in Formia on orders of Marcus Antonius. ↗
- 2002 Torri Huske, American swimmer ↗
- 2001 Jalen McMillan, American football player ↗
- 2000 Dane Belton, American football player ↗
- 1999 Boo Buie, American basketball player ↗
- 1999 Pavol Regenda, Slovak ice hockey player ↗
- 1998 Tony Yike Yang, Canadian pianist ↗
- 1997 Abi Harrison, Scottish footballer ↗
- 1997 Tommy Nelson, American actor ↗
- 1994 Pete Alonso, American baseball player ↗
- 1994 Geno Chiarelli, American politician ↗
- 1994 Hanyu Yuzuru – Japanese figure skater ↗
- 1994 Hunter Henry, American football player ↗
- 1993 Rahama Sadau, Nigerian actress ↗
- 1993 Alex Singleton, American football player ↗
- 1992 Sean Couturier, American-Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1991 Eugenio Pisani, Italian race car driver ↗
- 1991 Chris Wood, New Zealand footballer ↗
- 1990 Cameron Bairstow, Australian basketball player ↗
- 1990 David Goffin, Belgian tennis player ↗
- 1990 Aleksandr Menkov, Russian long jumper ↗
- 1990 Yasiel Puig, Cuban baseball player ↗
- 1990 Urszula Radwańska, Polish tennis player ↗
- 1989 Kyle Hendricks, American baseball player ↗
- 1989 Nicholas Hoult, English actor ↗
- 1989 Philip Larsen, Danish ice hockey player ↗
- 1989 Alessandro Marchi, Italian footballer ↗
- 1989 Kevin Séraphin, French basketball player ↗
- 1988 Nathan Adrian, American swimmer ↗
- 1988 Emily Browning, Australian actress and singer ↗
- 1988 Angelina Gabueva, Russian tennis player ↗
- 1988 Andrew Goudelock, American basketball player ↗
- 1987 Aaron Carter, American singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer, and actor (died 2022) ↗
- 1986 Billy Horschel, American golfer ↗
- 1986 Nita Strauss, American guitarist ↗
- 1985 Jon Moxley, American wrestler ↗
- 1984 Aaron Gray, American basketball player ↗
- 1984 Robert Kubica, Polish race car driver ↗
- 1984 Milan Michálek, Czech ice hockey player ↗
- 1984 Luca Rigoni, Italian footballer ↗
- 1983 Mike Mucitelli, American mixed martial artist ↗
- 1983 Al Thornton, American basketball player ↗
- 1982 Lou Amundson, American basketball player ↗
- 1982 Jack Huston, English actor ↗
- 1980 Dan Bilzerian, American poker player and internet celebrity ↗
- 1980 John Terry, English footballer ↗
- 1979 Sara Bareilles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress ↗
- 1979 Jennifer Carpenter, American actress ↗
- 1979 Lampros Choutos, Greek-Italian footballer ↗
- 1979 Ayako Fujitani, Japanese actress and screenwriter ↗
- 1978 Shiri Appleby, American actress, director, and producer ↗
- 1978 Suzannah Lipscomb, English historian, academic and television presenter ↗
- 1977 Eric Chavez, American baseball player and sportscaster ↗
- 1977 Luke Donald, English golfer ↗
- 1977 Dominic Howard, English drummer and producer ↗
- 1976 Alan Faneca, American football player ↗
- 1976 Ivan Franceschini, Italian footballer ↗
- 1976 Georges Laraque, Canadian ice hockey player and politician ↗
- 1976 Derek Ramsay, Filipino-British actor, model and television personality ↗
- 1976 Sunny Sweeney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1976 Benoît Tréluyer, French race car driver ↗
- 1976 Joris Vandenbroucke, Belgian politician ↗
- 1975 Jamie Clapham, English footballer and coach ↗
- 1975 Mia Love, American politician (died 2025) ↗
- 1974 Nicole Appleton, Canadian singer and actress ↗
- 1974 Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez, Spanish shot putter and actor ↗
- 1973 İbrahim Kutluay, Turkish basketball player ↗
- 1973 Hack Meyers, American wrestler and trainer (died 2015) ↗
- 1973 Terrell Owens, American football player ↗
- 1973 Fabien Pelous, French rugby player and coach ↗
- 1973 Damien Rice, Irish singer-songwriter, musician and record producer ↗
- 1972 Hermann Maier, Austrian skier ↗
- 1972 Tammy Lynn Sytch, American wrestler and manager ↗
- 1971 Vladimir Akopian, Azerbaijani-Armenian chess player ↗
- 1967 Mark Geyer, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster ↗
- 1967 Tino Martinez, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster ↗
- 1967 Nina Turner, American politician ↗
- 1966 C. Thomas Howell, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1966 Shinichi Ito, Japanese motorcycle racer ↗
- 1966 Kazue Itoh, Japanese actress ↗
- 1966 Andres Kasekamp, Canadian-Estonian historian and academic ↗
- 1966 Louise Post, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1965 Deborah Bassett, Australian rower ↗
- 1965 Colin Hendry, Scottish footballer and manager ↗
- 1965 Jeffrey Wright, American actor ↗
- 1964 Hugo Blick, English filmmaker ↗
- 1964 Patrick Fabian, American actor ↗
- 1964 Peter Laviolette, American ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1963 Theo Snelders, Dutch footballer and coach ↗
- 1963 Katsuya Terada, Japanese illustrator ↗
- 1963 Barbara Weathers, American R&B/soul singer ↗
- 1962 Alain Blondel, French decathlete ↗
- 1962 Jeffrey Donaldson, Northern Irish politician ↗
- 1962 Imad Mughniyah, Lebanese activist (died 2008) ↗
- 1960 Craig Scanlon, English guitarist and songwriter ↗
- 1959 Saleem Yousuf, Pakistani cricketer ↗
- 1958 Tim Butler, English bass player and songwriter ↗
- 1958 Rick Rude, American wrestler and sportscaster (died 1999) ↗
- 1957 Geoff Lawson, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster ↗
- 1957 Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Nigerian career-diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (2019) ↗
- 1957 Tom Winsor, English lawyer and civil servant ↗
- 1956 Larry Bird, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1956 Chuy Bravo, Mexican-American comedian and actor (died 2019) ↗
- 1956 Anna Soubry, British politician ↗
- 1955 John Watkins, Australian educator and politician, 14th Deputy Premier of New South Wales ↗
- 1954 Mary Fallin, American businesswoman and politician, 27th Governor of Oklahoma ↗
- 1954 Mark Hofmann, a.k.a. the Mormon Murderer; American counterfeiter, forger of fake Mormon historical documents, and convicted murderer ↗
- 1952 Susan Collins, American politician ↗
- 1952 Eckhard Märzke, German footballer and manager ↗
- 1950 Ron Hynes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2015) ↗
- 1949 James Rivière, Italian sculptor and jeweler ↗
- 1949 Tom Waits, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor ↗
- 1948 Gary Morris, American country singer-songwriter and actor ↗
- 1948 Tony Thomas, American screenwriter and producer ↗
- 1947 Johnny Bench, American baseball player and sportscaster ↗
- 1947 Anne Fine, English author ↗
- 1947 James Keach, American actor, producer, and director ↗
- 1947 Garry Unger, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster ↗
- 1944 Daniel Chorzempa, American organist and composer (died 2023) ↗
- 1944 Miroslav Macek, Czech dentist and politician (died 2024) ↗
- 1943 Susan Isaacs, American author and screenwriter ↗
- 1943 Jóhann Ársælsson, Icelandic politician ↗
- 1943 Nick Katz, American mathematician and academic ↗
- 1943 Bernard C. Parks, American police officer and politician ↗
- 1943 John Bennett Ramsey, American businessman and pilot ↗
- 1942 Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1981) ↗
- 1942 Alex Johnson, American baseball player (died 2015) ↗
- 1942 Reginald F. Lewis, American businessman (died 1993) ↗
- 1942 Peter Tomarken, American game show host and producer (died 2006) ↗
- 1941 Melba Pattillo Beals, American journalist and activist ↗
- 1940 Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1937 Stan Boardman, English comedian ↗
- 1937 Thad Cochran, American lawyer and politician (died 2019) ↗
- 1937 Kenneth Colley, English actor (died 2025) ↗
- 1936 Martha Layne Collins, American politician, 56th Governor of Kentucky (died 2025) ↗
- 1935 Armando Manzanero, Mexican musician, singer and composer (died 2020) ↗
- 1933 Krsto Papić, Croatian director and screenwriter (died 2013) ↗
- 1932 Ellen Burstyn, American actress ↗
- 1932 Oktay Ekşi, Turkish journalist and politician ↗
- 1932 Rosemary Rogers, American journalist and author (died 2019) ↗
- 1932 J. B. Sumarlin, Indonesian economist and politician, 17th Indonesian Minister of Finance (died 2020) ↗
- 1932 Bobby Whitton, Australian rugby league player (died 2008) ↗
- 1931 Allan B. Calhamer, American game designer, created Diplomacy (died 2013) ↗
- 1931 Bobby Osborne, American bluegrass singer and musician (died 2023) ↗
- 1930 Christopher Nicole, Guyanese-English author (died 2017) ↗
- 1930 Hal Smith, American baseball player (died 2020) ↗
- 1928 Noam Chomsky, American linguist and philosopher ↗
- 1928 Mickey Thompson, American race car driver (died 1988) ↗
- 1927 Jack S. Blanton, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2013) ↗
- 1927 Helen Watts, Welsh opera singer (died 2009) ↗
- 1926 William John McNaughton, American bishop (died 2020) ↗
- 1925 Hermano da Silva Ramos, French-Brazilian race car driver ↗
- 1925 Max Zaslofsky, American basketball player and coach (died 1985) ↗
- 1924 Bent Fabric, Danish pianist and composer (died 2020) ↗
- 1924 John Love, Zimbabwean race car driver (died 2005) ↗
- 1924 Mary Ellen Rudin, American mathematician (died 2013) ↗
- 1924 Mário Soares, Portuguese historian, lawyer, and politician, 17th President of Portugal (died 2017) ↗
- 1923 Intizar Hussain, Indian-Pakistani author and scholar (died 2016) ↗
- 1921 Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian guru and scholar (died 2016) ↗
- 1920 Tatamkhulu Afrika, South African poet and author (died 2002) ↗
- 1920 Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist (died 2012) ↗
- 1920 Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (died 1944) ↗
- 1915 Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter (died 1978) ↗
- 1915 Eli Wallach, American actor (died 2014) ↗
- 1913 Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author and poet (died 1986) ↗
- 1912 Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer (died 1993) ↗
- 1910 Duncan McNaughton, Canadian high jumper and geologist (died 1998) ↗
- 1910 Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (died 1978) ↗
- 1909 Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian poet and author (died 1942) ↗
- 1907 Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician and spy (died 1983) ↗
- 1906 Erika Fuchs, German translator (died 2005) ↗
- 1905 Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (died 1973) ↗
- 1904 Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer (died 1985) ↗
- 1903 Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician, physicist, and academic (died 1987) ↗
- 1902 Hilda Taba, Estonian architect, author, and educator (died 1967) ↗
- 1900 Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur, Ukrainian folk artist (died 1961) ↗
- 1894 Freddie Adkins, English author and illustrator (died 1986) ↗
- 1893 Fay Bainter, American actress (died 1968) ↗
- 1893 Hermann Balck, German general (died 1982) ↗
- 1892 Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (died 1964) ↗
- 1888 Joyce Cary, Irish novelist (died 1957) ↗
- 1888 Hamilton Fish III, American captain and politician (died 1991) ↗
- 1887 Ernst Toch, Austrian-American composer and songwriter (died 1964) ↗
- 1885 Mason Phelps, American golfer (died 1945) ↗
- 1885 Peter Sturholdt, American boxer and painter (died 1919) ↗
- 1884 John Carpenter, American sprinter (died 1933) ↗
- 1879 Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic (died 1972) ↗
- 1878 Akiko Yosano, Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer (died 1942) ↗
- 1873 Willa Cather – American novelist, short story writer, and poet (died 1947) ↗
- 1869 Frank Laver, Australian cricketer (died 1919) ↗
- 1863 Felix Calonder, Swiss soldier and politician, 36th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 1952) ↗
- 1863 Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and conductor (died 1945) ↗
- 1863 Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (died 1914) ↗
- 1862 Paul Adam, French author (died 1920) ↗
- 1861 Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (died 1931) ↗
- 1860 Joseph Cook, English-born Australian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1947) ↗
- 1838 Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (died 1909) ↗
- 1823 Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (died 1891) ↗
- 1810 Josef Hyrtl, Hungarian-Austrian anatomist and biologist (died 1894) ↗
- 1810 Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (died 1882) ↗
- 1801 Johann Nestroy, Austrian actor and playwright (died 1862) ↗
- 1792 Abraham Jacob van der Aa, Dutch author and academic (died 1857) ↗
- 1791 Ferenc Novák, Hungarian-Slovene priest and poet (died 1836) ↗
- 1784 Allan Cunningham, Scottish author and poet (died 1842) ↗
- 1764 Claude Victor-Perrin, French general and politician (died 1841) ↗
- 1756 John Littlejohn, American sheriff and Methodist preacher (died 1836) ↗
- 1643 Giovanni Battista Falda, Italian architect and engraver (died 1678) ↗
- 1637 Bernardo Pasquini, Italian organist and composer (died 1710) ↗
- 1598 Gian Lorenzo Bernini – Italian sculptor and painter (died 1680) ↗
- 1595 Injo of Joseon, Korean king (died 1649) ↗
- 1561 Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese daimyō (died 1625) ↗
- 1545 Henry Stuart, English-Scottish husband of Mary, Queen of Scots (died 1567) ↗
- 1532 Louis I, German nobleman and politician (died 1605) ↗
- 1302 Azzone Visconti, Italian nobleman (died 1339) ↗
- 967 Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr, Persian Sufi poet (died 1049) ↗
- 903 Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Persian astronomer and author (died 986) ↗
- 521 Columba, Irish missionary, monk, and saint (died 597) ↗
- 2024 Doudou Adoula, Congolese atalaku and composer (born 1965) ↗
- 2023 Benjamin Zephaniah, British writer and dub poet (born1958) ↗
- 2023 Refaat Alareer, Palestinian professor and writer (born1979) ↗
- 2023 Emiko Miyamoto, Japanese volleyball player (born 1937) ↗
- 2020 Dick Allen, American baseball player and tenor (born 1942) ↗
- 2020 Chuck Yeager, American aviator (born 1923) ↗
- 2019 Ron Saunders, English football player and manager (born 1932) ↗
- 2017 Steve Reevis, Native American actor (born 1962) ↗
- 2016 Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani recording artist, television personality, fashion designer, occasional actor, singer-songwriter and preacher. (born 1964) ↗
- 2016 Greg Lake, English musician (born 1947) ↗
- 2015 Gerhard Lenski, American sociologist and academic (born 1924) ↗
- 2015 Hyron Spinrad, American astronomer and academic (born 1934) ↗
- 2015 Peter Westbury, English race car driver (born 1938) ↗
- 2015 Shirley Stelfox, English actress (born 1941) ↗
- 2014 Mark Lewis, American author and educator (born 1954) ↗
- 2013 Édouard Molinaro, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928) ↗
- 2013 Chick Willis, American singer and guitarist (born 1934) ↗
- 2012 Roelof Kruisinga, Dutch physician and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence (born 1922) ↗
- 2012 Ralph Parr, American colonel and pilot (born 1924) ↗
- 2012 Marty Reisman, American table tennis player and author (born 1930) ↗
- 2012 Saul Steinberg, American businessman and financier (born 1939) ↗
- 2011 Harry Morgan, American actor (born 1915) ↗
- 2010 Elizabeth Edwards, American lawyer and author (born 1949) ↗
- 2010 Kari Tapio, Finnish singer (born 1945) ↗
- 2008 Herbert Hutner, American banker and lawyer (born 1908) ↗
- 2006 Jeane Kirkpatrick, American academic and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (born 1926) ↗
- 2005 Bud Carson, American football player and coach (born 1931) ↗
- 2004 Frederick Fennell, American conductor and educator (born 1914) ↗
- 2004 Jerry Scoggins, American singer and guitarist (born 1913) ↗
- 2004 Jay Van Andel, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Amway (born 1924) ↗
- 2003 Carl F. H. Henry American journalist and theologian (born 1913) ↗
- 2003 Azie Taylor Morton, American educator and politician, 36th Treasurer of the United States (born 1933) ↗
- 1998 John Addison, English-American composer and conductor (born 1920) ↗
- 1998 Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1925) ↗
- 1997 Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1942) ↗
- 1995 Kathleen Harrison, English actress (born 1892) ↗
- 1993 Abidin Dino, Turkish-French painter and illustrator (born 1913) ↗
- 1993 Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivoirian physician and politician, 1st President of Ivory Coast (born 1905) ↗
- 1992 Richard J. Hughes, American politician, 45th Governor of New Jersey, and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (born 1909) ↗
- 1990 Joan Bennett, American actress (born 1910) ↗
- 1990 Jean Paul Lemieux, Canadian painter and educator (born 1904) ↗
- 1989 Haystacks Calhoun, American wrestler and actor (born 1934) ↗
- 1989 Hans Hartung, French-German painter (born 1904) ↗
- 1985 J. R. Eyerman, American photographer and journalist (born 1906) ↗
- 1985 Robert Graves, English poet, novelist, critic (born 1895) ↗
- 1985 Potter Stewart, American soldier and jurist (born 1915) ↗
- 1984 Jack Mercer, American voice actor (born 1910) ↗
- 1984 LeeRoy Yarbrough, American race car driver (born 1938) ↗
- 1980 Darby Crash, American punk rock vocalist and songwriter (born 1958) ↗
- 1979 Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1900) ↗
- 1978 Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist and paleontologist (born 1886) ↗
- 1977 Paul Gibb, English cricketer and umpire (born 1913) ↗
- 1977 Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-American engineer (born 1906) ↗
- 1977 Georges Grignard, French race car driver (born 1905) ↗
- 1976 Paul Bragg, American nutritionist (born 1895) ↗
- 1975 Thornton Wilder, American novelist and playwright (born 1897) ↗
- 1975 Hardie Albright, American actor (born 1903) ↗
- 1970 Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist, sculptor, and author (born 1883) ↗
- 1969 Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player and manager (born 1897) ↗
- 1969 Eric Portman, English actor (born 1903) ↗
- 1962 Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian opera singer (born 1895) ↗
- 1960 Ioannis Demestichas, Greek admiral and politician (born 1882) ↗
- 1956 Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (born 1887) ↗
- 1956 Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish author and playwright (born 1889) ↗
- 1949 Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (born 1877) ↗
- 1947 Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (born 1866) ↗
- 1947 Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1862) ↗
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- 1918 Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (born 1859) ↗
- 1917 Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (born 1826) ↗
- 1913 Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (born 1828) ↗
- 1906 Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1833) ↗
- 1902 Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (born 1840) ↗
- 1899 Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (born 1857) ↗
- 1894 Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (born 1805) ↗
- 1891 Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (born 1823) ↗
- 1879 Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (born 1811) ↗
- 1874 Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, scholar, and academic (born 1815) ↗
- 1842 Scott Hamilton – Scottish philosopher and author (born 1789) ↗
- 1837 Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (born 1814) ↗
- 1817 William Bligh, English admiral and politician, 4th Governor of New South Wales (born 1745) ↗
- 1815 Michel Ney, German-French general (born 1769) ↗
- 1803 Küçük Hüseyin Pasha, Turkish admiral and politician (born 1757) ↗
- 1793 Joseph Bara, French soldier and drummer (born 1779) ↗
- 1775 Charles Saunders, English admiral and politician (born 1715) ↗
- 1772 Martín Sarmiento, Spanish monk, scholar, and author (born 1695) ↗
- 1725 Florent Carton Dancourt, French actor and playwright (born 1661) ↗
- 1723 Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect, designed the Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk and Karlova Koruna Chateau (born 1677) ↗
- 1683 Algernon Sidney, English philosopher and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1623) ↗
- 1680 Peter Lely, Dutch-English painter (born 1618) ↗
- 1672 Ling Ma – English-American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (born 1592) ↗
- 1649 Charles Garnier, French missionary and saint (born 1606) ↗
- 1562 Adrian Willaert, Dutch-Italian composer and educator (born 1490) ↗
- 1498 Alexander Hegius von Heek, German poet (born 1433) ↗
- 1383 Wenceslaus I, duke of Luxembourg (born 1337) ↗
- 1312 Michael II of Antioch, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch (r. 1292–1312) ↗
- 1295 Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, English officer (born 1243) ↗
- 1279 Bolesław V, High Duke of Poland (born 1226) ↗
- 1254 Innocent IV, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1195) ↗
- 983 Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 955) ↗
- 881 Anspert, archbishop of Milan ↗
- 283 Eutychian, pope of the Catholic Church ↗
- 43 BCE Cicero, Roman philosopher, lawyer, and politician (born 106 BC) ↗