On This Day: January 12 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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43 Events 249 Births 105 Deaths

2020 Taal Volcano in the Philippines erupts and kills 39 people. ↗
2016 Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. ↗
2015 Government raids kill 143 Boko Haram fighters in Kolofata, Cameroon. ↗
2012 Violent protests occur in Bucharest, Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President Traian Băsescu's economic austerity measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers. ↗
2010 An earthquake in Haiti occurs, killing between 220,000 and 300,000 people and destroying much of the capital Port-au-Prince. ↗
2007 Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught), one of the brightest comets ever observed is at its zenith visible during the day. ↗
2006 A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims. ↗
2005 Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket. ↗
2004 The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage. ↗
2001 Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. ↗
1998 Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. ↗
1997 Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-81 to the Russian space station Mir, carrying astronaut Jerry M. Linenger for a four-month stay on board the station, replacing astronaut John E. Blaha. ↗
1991 Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait. ↗
1990 A seven-day pogrom breaks out against the Armenian civilian population of Baku, Azerbaijan, during which Armenians were beaten, tortured, murdered, and expelled from the city. ↗
1986 Space Shuttle program: Congressman and future NASA Administrator Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a payload specialist. ↗
1976 The United Nations Security Council votes 11–1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights). ↗
1971 The Harrisburg Seven: Rev. Philip Berrigan and five other activists are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C. ↗
1970 Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War. ↗
1969 The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history. ↗
1967 Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation. ↗
1966 Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. ↗
1964 Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic. ↗
1962 Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission and first American helicopter assault in the war, takes place. ↗
1955 A Martin 2-0-2 and Douglas DC-3 collide over Boone County, Kentucky, killing 15 people. ↗
1945 World War II: The Red Army begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive. ↗
1942 World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board. ↗
1933 Casas Viejas incident: 22 peasants killed by the Security and Assault Corps in Casas Viejas, Spain. ↗
1932 Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate. ↗
1918 The Minnie Pit Disaster coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys die. ↗
1916 Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann become the first German aviators to earn the Pour le Mérite, receive the German Empire's highest military award, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft. ↗
1915 The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposed constitutional amendment to require states to give women the right to vote. ↗
1911 The University of the Philippines College of Law is established. ↗
1895 The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom. ↗
1872 Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years. ↗
1866 The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London. ↗
1848 The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. ↗
1808 John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver, founded in 669, from coastal erosion is abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture and sculpture. ↗
1808 The organizational meeting leading to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh. ↗
1792 Federalist Thomas Pinckney appointed first U.S. minister to Britain. ↗
1616 The city of Belém, Brazil is founded on the Amazon River delta by Portuguese captain Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco. ↗
1554 Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned King of Burma. ↗
1528 Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned since his election in June 1523. ↗
475 Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. ↗

2005 Yuika, Japanese singer-songwriter ↗
2002 Eva Lys, German tennis player ↗
2001 Sam LaPorta, American football player ↗
2000 Sven Botman, Dutch footballer ↗
1999 Xavier Tillman, American basketball player ↗
1999 Tyler Roberts, Welsh footballer ↗
1998 Juan Foyth, Argentinian footballer ↗
1997 Darius Slayton, American football player ↗
1996 Ella Henderson, English singer and songwriter ↗
1995 Allisha Gray, American basketball player ↗
1995 Mike McGlinchey, American football player ↗
1994 Emre Can, German footballer ↗
1993 Jamel Artis, American basketball player ↗
1993 D.O., South Korean singer ↗
1993 Zayn Malik, English singer ↗
1993 Simone Pecorini, Italian footballer ↗
1992 Ishak Belfodil, Algerian footballer ↗
1992 Samuele Longo, Italian footballer ↗
1991 Pixie Lott, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress ↗
1991 Raquel Rodriguez, American wrestler ↗
1991 Matt Srama, Australian rugby league player ↗
1991 Alex Wood, American baseball player ↗
1989 Thiemo-Jérôme Kialka, German footballer ↗
1989 Axel Witsel, Belgian footballer ↗
1988 Claude Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1988 Hyun-soo Kim, South Korean baseball player ↗
1987 Iván Nova, Dominican baseball player ↗
1987 Naya Rivera, American actress and singer (died 2020) ↗
1987 Salvatore Sirigu, Italian footballer ↗
1986 Kehoma Brenner, German rugby player ↗
1986 Miguel Ángel Nieto, Spanish footballer ↗
1986 Dani Osvaldo, Italian-Argentinian footballer ↗
1985 Cynthia Addai-Robinson, English-American actress ↗
1985 Artem Milevskyi, Ukrainian footballer ↗
1985 Issa Rae, American actress, writer, director, producer and web series creator ↗
1985 Borja Valero, Spanish footballer ↗
1984 Jonathan Zydko, French footballer ↗
1982 Paul-Henri Mathieu, French tennis player ↗
1982 Chris Ray, American baseball player ↗
1982 Hans Van Alphen, Belgian decathlete ↗
1982 Dean Whitehead, English footballer ↗
1982 Dontrelle Willis, American baseball player ↗
1981 Niklas Kronwall, Swedish ice hockey player ↗
1981 Angus Macdonald, New Zealand rugby player ↗
1981 João Paulo, Brazilian footballer ↗
1981 Luis Ernesto Pérez, Mexican footballer and manager ↗
1980 Amerie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and writer ↗
1980 Bobby Crosby, American baseball player ↗
1979 Lee Bo-young, South Korean actress and model ↗
1979 Marián Hossa, Slovak ice hockey player ↗
1979 Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer ↗
1979 David Zabriskie, American cyclist ↗
1978 Luis Ayala, Mexican baseball player ↗
1978 Jeremy Camp, American singer-songwriter and musician ↗
1978 Maurizio Zaffiri, Italian rugby player ↗
1977 Yoandy Garlobo, Cuban baseball player (died 2023) ↗
1975 Jason Freese, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer ↗
1975 Jocelyn Thibault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
1974 Melanie C, English singer-songwriter and actress ↗
1974 Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian skier ↗
1973 Brian Culbertson, American pianist and producer ↗
1973 Hande Yener, Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and actress ↗
1972 Priyanka Gandhi, Indian politician ↗
1972 Zabryna Guevara, American actress ↗
1972 Espen Knutsen, Norwegian ice hockey player and coach ↗
1972 Paul Wilson, Australian cricketer and umpire ↗
1972 Toto Wolff, Austrian investor ↗
1971 Arman Alizad, Iranian-Finnish tailor and television presenter ↗
1971 Scott Burrell, American basketball player and coach ↗
1971 Peter Madsen, Danish engineer, entrepreneur, and convicted murderer ↗
1970 Zack de la Rocha, American singer-songwriter ↗
1970 Raekwon, American rapper ↗
1969 David Mitchell – English novelist ↗
1969 Margaret Nagle, American screenwriter and producer ↗
1968 Farrah Forke, American actress (died 2022) ↗
1968 Rachael Harris, American actress and comedian ↗
1968 Junichi Masuda, Japanese director, producer, and composer ↗
1968 Heather Mills, English businesswoman, activist and model ↗
1968 Mauro Silva, Brazilian footballer ↗
1967 Vendela Kirsebom, Norwegian-Swedish model and actress ↗
1966 Olivier Martinez – French actor ↗
1966 Craig Parry, Australian golfer ↗
1965 Nikolai Borschevsky, Russian ice hockey player ↗
1965 Rob Zombie, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director ↗
1964 Jeff Bezos – American computer scientist and businessman ↗
1963 François Girard, Canadian director and screenwriter ↗
1963 Nando Reis, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
1962 Joe Quesada, American author and illustrator ↗
1962 Richie Richardson, Antiguan cricketer ↗
1962 Luna Vachon, American-Canadian wrestler and manager (died 2010) ↗
1961 Simon Russell Beale, Malaysia-born English actor and historian ↗
1960 Oliver Platt, Canadian-American actor ↗
1960 Dominique Wilkins, French-American basketball player ↗
1959 B. Brian Blair, American wrestler and politician ↗
1959 Per Gessle, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
1959 Sergey Ivanenko, Russian economist and politician (died 2024) ↗
1958 Christiane Amanpour, English-Iranian journalist ↗
1958 Curt Fraser, American-Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
1957 John Lasseter, American animator, director, and producer ↗
1957 Jeremy Sams, English director, playwright, and composer ↗
1956 Nikolai Noskov, Russian rock singer and singer-songwriter ↗
1955 Tom Ardolino, American rock drummer (died 2012) ↗
1955 Arif Yunusov, Azerbaijani author, historian, and human rights activist. ↗
1954 Howard Stern, American radio host, actor, and author ↗
1953 Mary Harron, Canadian director and screenwriter ↗
1952 Ramón Fagoaga, Salvadoran footballer ↗
1952 Walter Mosley, American novelist ↗
1952 Phil Perry, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1952 Campy Russell, American basketball player ↗
1952 Ricky Van Shelton, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1952 John Walker, New Zealand runner and politician ↗
1951 Kirstie Alley, American actress and producer (died 2022) ↗
1951 Chris Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1978) ↗
1951 Rush Limbaugh, American talk show host and author (died 2021) ↗
1951 Drew Pearson, American football player and sportscaster ↗
1950 Randy Jones, American baseball player ↗
1950 Sheila Jackson Lee, American lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2024) ↗
1950 Göran Lindblad, Swedish dentist and politician ↗
1950 Bob McEwen, American businessman and politician ↗
1950 Dorrit Moussaieff, Israeli-Icelandic jewelry designer and businesswoman, 5th First Lady of Iceland ↗
1949 Kentarō Haneda, Japanese pianist and composer (died 2007) ↗
1949 Ottmar Hitzfeld, German footballer and manager ↗
1949 Hamadi Jebali, Tunisian engineer, journalist, and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Tunisia ↗
1949 Haruki Murakami – Japanese novelist, short-story writer, and essayist ↗
1948 Kenny Allen, English footballer ↗
1948 Anthony Andrews, English actor and producer ↗
1948 Gordon Campbell, Canadian educator and politician, 34th Premier of British Columbia ↗
1948 Brendan Foster, English runner and sportscaster ↗
1948 William Nicholson, English author and screenwriter ↗
1947 Richard Carwardine, English historian and academic ↗
1947 Tom Dempsey, American football player and educator (died 2020) ↗
1947 Sally Hamwee, Baroness Hamwee, English politician ↗
1946 Hazel Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove, Scottish lawyer and judge ↗
1946 George Duke, American keyboard player, composer, and educator (died 2013) ↗
1945 Maggie Bell, Scottish singer-songwriter ↗
1944 Hans Henning Atrott, German author and theorist (died 2018) ↗
1944 Joe Frazier, American boxer (died 2011) ↗
1944 Cynthia Robinson, American R&B trumpet player and singer (died 2015) ↗
1942 Bernardine Dohrn, American domestic terrorist, political activist and academic ↗
1941 Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and voice actor (died 2005) ↗
1941 Fiona Caldicott, English psychiatrist and psychotherapist (died 2021) ↗
1941 Chet Jastremski, American swimmer and physician (died 2014) ↗
1940 Bob Hewitt, Australian-South African tennis player ↗
1940 Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer and composer (died 2013) ↗
1940 Dick Motz, New Zealand cricketer (died 2007) ↗
1938 Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Pakistani scholar and politician (died 2013) ↗
1938 Alan Rees, British racing driver (died 2024) ↗
1937 Shirley Eaton, English actress ↗
1936 Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon, English police officer and politician ↗
1936 Raimonds Pauls, Latvian pianist and composer ↗
1936 Brajanath Ratha, Indian poet and activist (died 2014) ↗
1936 Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Home Affairs (died 2016) ↗
1935 Teresa del Conde, Mexican historian and critic (died 2017) ↗
1935 Kreskin, American mentalist (died 2024) ↗
1934 Alan Sharp, Scottish-American author and screenwriter (died 2013) ↗
1934 Mick Sullivan, English rugby player and coach (died 2016) ↗
1933 Pavlos Matesis, Greek author and playwright (died 2013) ↗
1932 Des O'Connor, English entertainer, singer and TV presenter (died 2020) ↗
1930 Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, founded Tim Hortons (died 1974) ↗
1930 Jennifer Johnston, Irish author and playwright (died 2025) ↗
1930 Glenn Yarbrough, American singer and actor (died 2016) ↗
1929 Jaakko Hintikka, Finnish philosopher and logician (died 2015) ↗
1929 Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottish-American philosopher and academic (died 2025) ↗
1928 Ruth Brown, American R&B singer-songwriter and actress (died 2006) ↗
1926 Morton Feldman, American composer and academic (died 1987) ↗
1926 Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013) ↗
1925 Bill Burrud, American television host, producer, and actor (died 1990) ↗
1924 Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver and businessman (died 1998) ↗
1923 Ira Hayes, American marine who raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima (died 1955) ↗
1922 Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist and historian (died 1994) ↗
1920 James Farmer, American activist and politician, co-founded Congress of Racial Equality (died 1999) ↗
1920 Jerzy Zubrzycki, Polish-Australian sociologist and academic (died 2009) ↗
1917 Walter Hendl, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2007) ↗
1917 Jimmy Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2007) ↗
1916 Ruth R. Benerito, American chemist and inventor (died 2013) ↗
1916 P. W. Botha, South African politician, 8th Prime Minister of South Africa (died 2006) ↗
1916 Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx, British poet and Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2018) ↗
1915 Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter and producer (died 1997) ↗
1915 Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, Canadian archbishop and academic (died 2013) ↗
1914 Mieko Kamiya, Japanese psychiatrist and psychologist (died 1979) ↗
1912 Richard Kuremaa, Estonian footballer (died 1991) ↗
1910 Patsy Kelly, American actress and comedian (died 1981) ↗
1910 Luise Rainer, German-English actress (died 2014) ↗
1908 Jean Delannoy, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2008) ↗
1908 Clement Hurd, American illustrator (died 1988) ↗
1907 Sergei Korolev, Russian colonel and engineer (died 1966) ↗
1906 Emmanuel Levinas, Lithuanian-French historian, philosopher, and academic (died 1995) ↗
1905 Nihal Atsız, Turkish author, poet, and philosopher (died 1975) ↗
1905 James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist and academic (died 1997) ↗
1905 Tex Ritter, American actor and singer (died 1974) ↗
1904 Mississippi Fred McDowell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1972) ↗
1903 Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic (died 1960) ↗
1903 Andrew J. Transue, American politician and attorney (Morissette v. United States) (died 1995) ↗
1901 Karl Künstler, German SS officer (died 1945) ↗
1899 Pierre Bernac, French opera singer and educator (died 1979) ↗
1899 Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965) ↗
1896 Uberto De Morpurgo, Italian tennis player (died 1961) ↗
1896 David Wechsler, Romanian-American psychologist and author (died 1981) ↗
1895 Leo Aryeh Mayer, Polish-Israeli scholar and academic (died 1959) ↗
1894 Georges Carpentier, French boxer and actor (died 1975) ↗
1893 Hermann Göring, German commander, pilot, and politician, Minister President of Prussia (died 1946) ↗
1893 Alfred Rosenberg, Estonian-German architect and politician, Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories (died 1946) ↗
1892 Mikhail Gurevich, Russian engineer and businessman, co-founded the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau (died 1976) ↗
1890 Johannes Vares, Estonian poet, physician, and politician (died 1946) ↗
1889 Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, Indian-Pakistani spiritual leader (died 1965) ↗
1885 Thomas Ashe, Irish Republican died while on Hunger Strike (died 1917) ↗
1884 Texas Guinan, American entertainer and bootlegger (died 1933) ↗
1882 Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (died 1930) ↗
1879 Ray Harroun, American race car driver and engineer (died 1968) ↗
1879 Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn (died 1942) ↗
1878 Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian-American author and playwright (died 1952) ↗
1877 Frank J. Corr, American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of Chicago (died 1934) ↗
1876 Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the Turkish Provisional Government (died 1950) ↗
1876 Jack London, American novelist and journalist (died 1916) ↗
1876 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator (died 1948) ↗
1874 Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer (died 1963) ↗
1873 Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (died 1940) ↗
1869 Bhagwan Das, Indian philosopher, academic, and politician (died 1958) ↗
1863 Swami Vivekananda, Indian monk and philosopher (died 1902) ↗
1856 John Singer Sargent – American painter and academic (died 1925) ↗
1853 Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (died 1925) ↗
1849 Jean Béraud, Russian-French painter and academic (died 1935) ↗
1837 Adolf Jensen, German pianist and composer (died 1879) ↗
1822 Étienne Lenoir, Belgian engineer, designed the internal combustion engine (died 1900) ↗
1799 Priscilla Susan Bury, British botanist (died 1872) ↗
1797 Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (died 1873) ↗
1792 Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (died 1841) ↗
1786 Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (died 1855) ↗
1772 Mikhail Speransky, Russian academic and politician (died 1839) ↗
1751 Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (died 1825) ↗
1746 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss philosopher and educator (died 1827) ↗
1729 Edmund Burke, Irish philosopher, academic, and politician (died 1797) ↗
1724 Frances Brooke, English author and playwright (died 1789) ↗
1723 Samuel Langdon, American minister, theologian, and academic (died 1797) ↗
1721 Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Prussian field marshal (died 1792) ↗
1716 Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general and politician, 1st Spanish Governor of Louisiana (died 1795) ↗
1715 Jacques Duphly, French organist and composer (died 1789) ↗
1711 Gaetano Latilla, Italian composer (died 1788) ↗
1694 Godscall Paleologue, possibly last member of the Palaiologos dynasty (died ????) ↗
1673 Rosalba Carriera, Italian painter (died 1757) ↗
1628 Charles Perrault, French author and academic (died 1703) ↗
1598 Jijabai Shahaji Bhosale, mother of Indian king Shivaji (died 1674) ↗
1597 François Duquesnoy, Flemish sculptor and educator (died 1643) ↗
1591 Jusepe de Ribera, Spanish painter (died 1652) ↗
1588 John Winthrop, English lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (died 1649) ↗
1577 Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist and physician (died 1644) ↗
1576 Petrus Scriverius, Dutch historian and scholar (died 1660) ↗
1562 Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (died 1630) ↗
1483 Henry III of Nassau-Breda (died 1538) ↗

2025 Leslie Charleson, American actress (born 1945) ↗
2025 Claude Jarman Jr., American actor and producer (born 1934) ↗
2023 Lisa Marie Presley, American singer-songwriter (born 1968) ↗
2023 Sharad Yadav, Indian politician, 30th Minister of Civil Aviation, 29th Labour Minister (born 1947) ↗
2022 Ronnie Spector, American singer (born 1943) ↗
2020 Sir Roger Scruton, English philosopher and writer (born 1944) ↗
2018 Keith Jackson, American sports commentator and journalist (born 1928) ↗
2017 William Peter Blatty, American writer and filmmaker (born 1928) ↗
2017 Graham Taylor, English football player and manager (born 1944) ↗
2015 Trevor Colbourn, American historian and academic (born 1927) ↗
2015 Robert Gover, American journalist and author (born 1929) ↗
2015 Carl Long, American baseball player (born 1935) ↗
2015 Elena Obraztsova, Russian soprano and actress (born 1939) ↗
2015 Inge Vermeulen, Brazilian-Dutch field hockey player (born 1985) ↗
2014 Alexandra Bastedo, English actress (born 1946) ↗
2014 Connie Binsfeld, American educator and politician, 58th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (born 1924) ↗
2014 George Dement, American soldier, businessman, and politician (born 1922) ↗
2013 Precious Bryant, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942) ↗
2013 Flor María Chalbaud, First Lady of Venezuela (born 1921) ↗
2013 Eugene Patterson, American journalist and activist (born 1923) ↗
2012 Bjørn G. Andersen, Norwegian geologist and academic (born 1924) ↗
2012 Glenda Dickerson, American director, choreographer, and educator (born 1945) ↗
2012 Bill Janklow, American lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of South Dakota (born 1939) ↗
2012 Charles H. Price II, American businessman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (born 1931) ↗
2012 Jim Stanley, American football player and coach (born 1935) ↗
2010 Daniel Bensaïd, French philosopher and author (born 1946) ↗
2010 Hasib Sabbagh, Palestinian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Consolidated Contractors Company (born 1920) ↗
2009 Claude Berri, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1934) ↗
2008 Max Beck, American intersex advocate (born 1966) ↗
2007 Alice Coltrane, American pianist and composer (born 1937) ↗
2007 James Killen, Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th Australian Minister for Defence (born 1925) ↗
2006 Pablita Velarde, Santa Clara Pueblo Native American painter (born 1918) ↗
2005 Amrish Puri, Indian actor (born 1932) ↗
2004 Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1921) ↗
2003 Dean Amadon, American ornithologist and author (born 1912) ↗
2003 Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1930) ↗
2003 Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine general and politician, 44th President of Argentina (born 1926) ↗
2003 Maurice Gibb, Manx-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1949) ↗
2003 Alan Nunn May, English physicist and spy (born 1911) ↗
2002 Cyrus Vance, American lawyer and politician, 57th U.S. Secretary of State (born 1917) ↗
2001 Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (born 1922) ↗
2001 William Redington Hewlett, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (born 1913) ↗
2000 Marc Davis, American animator and screenwriter (born 1913) ↗
2000 Bobby Phills, American basketball player (born 1969) ↗
1999 Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1961) ↗
1998 Roger Clark, English racing driver (born 1939) ↗
1997 Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (born 1936) ↗
1997 Charles Brenton Huggins, Canadian-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901) ↗
1996 Joachim Nitsche, German mathematician and academic (born 1926) ↗
1994 Gustav Naan, Estonian physicist and philosopher (born 1919) ↗
1992 Kumar Gandharva, a Hindustani classical singer (born 1924) ↗
1991 Robert Jackson, Australian public servant and diplomat (born 1911) ↗
1990 Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-American author and educator (born 1919) ↗
1988 Connie Mulder, South African politician (born 1925) ↗
1988 Piero Taruffi, Italian racing driver and motorcycle racer (born 1906) ↗
1983 Nikolai Podgorny, Ukrainian engineer and politician (born 1903) ↗
1977 Henri-Georges Clouzot, French director and screenwriter (born 1907) ↗
1976 Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1890) ↗
1974 Princess Patricia of Connaught (born 1886) ↗
1973 Roy Franklin Nichols, American historian and academic (born 1896) ↗
1971 John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (born 1885) ↗
1967 Burhan Asaf Belge, Turkish diplomat (born 1887) ↗
1965 Lorraine Hansberry, American author, playwright, and director (born 1936) ↗
1962 Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian journalist and activist (born 1869) ↗
1960 Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (born 1899) ↗
1958 Charles Hatfield, American meteorologist (born 1875) ↗
1944 Lance C. Wade, American commander and pilot (born 1915) ↗
1943 Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (born 1902) ↗
1940 Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (born 1891) ↗
1940 Edward Smith, English lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1898) ↗
1938 Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator (born 1867) ↗
1934 Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (born 1887) ↗
1926 Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (born 1864) ↗
1921 Gervase Elwes, English tenor and actor (born 1866) ↗
1916 Georgios Theotokis, Greek lawyer and politician, 80th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1844) ↗
1911 Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek journalist, judge, and politician (born 1845) ↗
1909 Hermann Minkowski, Lithuanian-German mathematician and academic (born 1864) ↗
1899 Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club (born 1816) ↗
1892 James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (born 1820) ↗
1892 William Reeves, Irish bishop and historian (born 1815) ↗
1861 Václav Hanka, Czech philologist and author (born 1791) ↗
1856 Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak philologist and politician (born 1815) ↗
1834 William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1759) ↗
1833 Marie-Antoine Carême, French chef (born 1784) ↗
1829 Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, German philosopher, poet, and critic (born 1772) ↗
1781 Richard Challoner, English bishop (born 1691) ↗
1778 François Bigot, French politician (born 1703) ↗
1777 Hugh Mercer, Scottish-American general and physician (born 1726) ↗
1765 Johann Melchior Molter, German violinist and composer (born 1696) ↗
1759 Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (born 1709) ↗
1735 John Eccles, English composer (born 1668) ↗
1732 John Horsley, English-Scottish historian and author (born 1685) ↗
1720 William Ashhurst, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (born 1647) ↗
1700 Marguerite Bourgeoys, French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal (born 1620) ↗
1674 Giacomo Carissimi, Italian priest and composer (born 1605) ↗
1665 Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician and lawyer (born 1601) ↗
1519 Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1459) ↗
1405 Eleanor Maltravers, English noblewoman (born 1345) ↗
1322 Marie of Brabant, Queen of France (born 1254) ↗
1320 John Dalderby, bishop of Lincoln ↗
1167 Aelred of Rievaulx, English monk and saint (born 1110) ↗
1140 Louis I, Landgrave of Thuringia ↗
947 Sang Weihan, Chinese chief of staff (born 898) ↗
914 Ahmad Samani, Samanid emir ↗
690 Benedict Biscop, English scholar and saint, founded the Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey (born 628) ↗