On This Day: January 16 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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53 Events 226 Births 118 Deaths

2020 The first impeachment of Donald Trump formally moves into its trial phase in the United States Senate. ↗
2020 The United States Senate ratifies the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement as a replacement for NAFTA. ↗
2018 Myanmar police open fire on a group of ethnic Rakhine protesters, killing seven and wounding twelve. ↗
2017 Turkish Airlines Flight 6491 crashes into a residential area near Manas International Airport in Kyrgyzstan, killing 39 people. ↗
2016 Thirty-three out of 126 freed hostages are injured and 23 killed in terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on a hotel and a nearby restaurant. ↗
2012 The Mali War begins when Tuareg militias start fighting the Malian government for independence. ↗
2011 Syrian civil war: The Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM) is established with the stated goal of re-organizing Syria along the lines of democratic confederalism. ↗
2006 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state. ↗
2003 The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry. ↗
2002 War in Afghanistan: The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Taliban. ↗
2001 Second Congo War: Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards in Kinshasa. ↗
2001 US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War. ↗
1995 An avalanche hits the Icelandic village Súðavík, destroying 25 homes and burying 26 people, 14 of whom died. ↗
1992 El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City, Mexico ending the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War that claimed at least 75,000 lives. ↗
1991 Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War. ↗
1983 Turkish Airlines Flight 158 crashes at Ankara Esenboğa Airport in Ankara, Turkey, killing 47 and injuring 20. ↗
1979 Iranian Revolution: The last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to Egypt. ↗
1969 Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before. ↗
1969 Space Race: Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of crewed spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk. ↗
1959 Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 205 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Astor Piazzolla International Airport in Mar del Plata, Argentina, killing 51. ↗
1945 World War II: Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker. ↗
1942 The Holocaust: Nazi Germany begins deporting Jews from the Łódź Ghetto to Chełmno extermination camp. ↗
1942 Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard. ↗
1921 The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa. ↗
1920 The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France. ↗
1919 Nebraska becomes the 36th state to approve the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. With the necessary three-quarters of the states approving the amendment, Prohibition is constitutionally mandated in the United States one year later. ↗
1913 Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan writes his first letter to G. H. Hardy at Cambridge, stating without proof various formulae involving integrals, infinite series, and continued fractions, beginning a long correspondence between the two as well as widespread recognition of Ramanujan's results. ↗
1909 Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole. ↗
1900 The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands. ↗
1883 The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by Congress. ↗
1878 Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule. ↗
1862 Hartley Colliery disaster: Two hundred and four men and boys killed in a mining disaster, prompting a change in UK law which henceforth required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape. ↗
1847 Westward expansion of the United States: John C. Frémont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory. ↗
1809 Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of La Coruña. ↗
1786 Virginia enacts the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson. ↗
1780 American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cape St. Vincent. ↗
1757 Forces of the Maratha Empire are defeated by the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Narela. ↗
1716 King Philip V of Spain promulgates the Nueva Planta decree of the Principality of Catalonia, abolishing the Catalan institutions and its legal system, being replaced by those of the Castile, thus putting an end to Catalonia as separate state and becoming a province of the new French-style Kingdom of Spain. ↗
1707 The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain. ↗
1605 The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain. ↗
1572 Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried and found guilty of treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. ↗
1556 Philip II becomes King of Spain. ↗
1547 Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia, replacing the 264-year-old Grand Duchy of Moscow with the Tsardom of Russia. ↗
1537 Bigod's Rebellion, an armed insurrection attempting to resist the English Reformation, begins. ↗
1362 Saint Marcellus's flood kills at least 25,000 people on the shores of the North Sea. ↗
1349 Basel Massacre: Dozens to hundreds of Jews were burned to death by Christians after being accused of causing the Black Death. ↗
1275 Edward I permits his mother Eleanor of Provence to expel the Jews from the towns Worcester, Marlborough, Cambridge and Gloucester. ↗
1120 Crusades: The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. ↗
929 Emir Abd-ar-Rahman III establishes the Caliphate of Córdoba. ↗
550 Gothic War: The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison. ↗
378 General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spearthrower Owl of Teotihuacán. ↗
27 BCE Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. ↗
1458 BCE Hatshepsut dies at the age of 50 and is buried in the Valley of the Kings. ↗

2000 Andrew Nembhard, Canadian basketball player ↗
1998 Boo Seung-kwan, South Korean singer ↗
1996 Jennie, South Korean singer ↗
1996 Zhou Qi, Chinese basketball player ↗
1995 Jonathan Allen, American football player ↗
1995 Mikaela Turik, Australian-Canadian cricketer ↗
1995 Tre'Davious White, American football player ↗
1994 Mikko Lehtonen, Finnish ice hockey player ↗
1993 Hannes Anier, Estonian footballer ↗
1993 Amandine Hesse, French tennis player ↗
1993 Sungjin, South Korean musician ↗
1992 Jason Zucker, American ice hockey player ↗
1991 Matt Duchene, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1990 Dennis Kelly, American football player ↗
1988 Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer ↗
1988 Jorge Torres Nilo, Mexican footballer ↗
1988 FKA Twigs, English singer-songwriter and actress ↗
1987 Jake Epstein, Canadian actor ↗
1987 Charlotte Henshaw, English swimmer ↗
1987 Greivis Vásquez, Venezuelan basketball player ↗
1986 Johannes Rahn, German footballer ↗
1986 Mark Trumbo, American baseball player ↗
1986 Reto Ziegler, Swiss footballer ↗
1985 Joe Flacco, American football player ↗
1985 Jayde Herrick, Australian cricketer ↗
1985 Gintaras Januševičius, Russian-Lithuanian pianist ↗
1985 Sidharth Malhotra, Indian actor ↗
1985 Jonathan Richter, Danish-Gambian footballer ↗
1985 Simon Richter, Danish-Gambian footballer ↗
1985 Renée Felice Smith, American actress ↗
1984 Stephan Lichtsteiner, Swiss footballer ↗
1984 Miroslav Radović, Serbian footballer ↗
1983 Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer ↗
1983 Andriy Rusol, Ukrainian footballer ↗
1982 Preston, English singer-songwriter ↗
1982 Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Danish actress ↗
1982 Tuncay, Turkish footballer ↗
1981 Jamie Lundmark, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1981 Paul Rofe, Australian cricketer ↗
1981 Nick Valensi, American musician and songwriter ↗
1981 Bobby Zamora, English footballer ↗
1980 Lin-Manuel Miranda, American actor, playwright, and composer ↗
1980 Albert Pujols, Dominican-American baseball player ↗
1980 Seydou Keita, Malian footballer ↗
1979 Aaliyah, American singer and actress (died 2001) ↗
1979 Brenden Morrow, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1979 Jason Ward, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1978 Alfredo Amézaga, Mexican baseball player ↗
1977 Jeff Foster, American basketball player ↗
1976 Viktor Maslov, Russian racing driver ↗
1976 Martina Moravcová, Slovak swimmer ↗
1975 Marc Jackson, American basketball player and sportscaster ↗
1974 Kate Moss, English model and fashion designer ↗
1973 Josie Davis, American actress ↗
1972 Ruben Bagger, Danish footballer ↗
1972 Ang Christou, Australian footballer ↗
1972 Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov, Russian footballer and manager ↗
1972 Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer and manager ↗
1972 Joe Horn, American football player and coach ↗
1972 Richard T. Jones, American actor ↗
1971 Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player and coach ↗
1971 Josh Evans, American film producer, screenwriter and actor ↗
1971 Jonathan Mangum, American actor ↗
1970 Don MacLean, American basketball player and sportscaster ↗
1969 Marinus Bester, German footballer ↗
1969 Stevie Jackson, Scottish guitarist and songwriter ↗
1969 Roy Jones Jr., American boxer ↗
1968 David Chokachi, American actor ↗
1968 Rebecca Stead, American author ↗
1966 Jack McDowell, American baseball player ↗
1964 Gail Graham, Canadian golfer ↗
1963 James May, English journalist and television presenter ↗
1962 Joel Fitzgibbon, Australian electrician and politician, 51st Australian Minister of Defence ↗
1962 Maxine Jones, American R&B singer–songwriter and actress ↗
1961 Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer (died 2006) ↗
1959 Lisa Milroy, Canadian painter and educator ↗
1959 Sade, Nigerian-English singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1958 Anatoli Boukreev, Russian mountaineer and explorer (died 1997) ↗
1958 Lena Ek, Swedish lawyer and politician, ninth Swedish Minister for the Environment ↗
1958 Andris Šķēle, Latvian businessman and politician, fourth Prime Minister of Latvia ↗
1957 Jurijs Andrejevs, Latvian footballer and manager ↗
1957 Ricardo Darín, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
1956 Wayne Daniel, Barbadian cricketer ↗
1956 Gerald Henderson, American basketball player ↗
1956 Martin Jol, Dutch footballer and manager ↗
1956 Greedy Smith, Australian singer-songwriter and keyboardist (died 2019) ↗
1955 Jerry M. Linenger, American captain, physician, and astronaut ↗
1954 Robin Davies, Welsh actor (died 2010) ↗
1954 Wolfgang Schmidt, German discus thrower ↗
1954 Vasili Zhupikov, Russian footballer and coach (died 2015) ↗
1953 Robert Jay Mathews, American militant, founded The Order (died 1984) ↗
1952 Fuad II, King of Egypt ↗
1952 Piercarlo Ghinzani, Italian racing driver and manager ↗
1950 Debbie Allen, American actress, dancer, and choreographer ↗
1950 Robert Schimmel, American comedian, actor, and producer (died 2010) ↗
1949 Anne F. Beiler, American businesswoman, founded Auntie Anne's ↗
1949 R. F. Foster, Irish historian and academic ↗
1949 Andrew Refshauge, Australian physician and politician, 13th Deputy Premier of New South Wales ↗
1948 John Carpenter, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer ↗
1948 Ants Laaneots, Estonian general ↗
1948 Ruth Reichl, American journalist and critic ↗
1948 Cliff Thorburn, Canadian snooker player ↗
1947 Elaine Murphy, Baroness Murphy, English academic and politician ↗
1947 Harvey Proctor, English politician ↗
1947 Laura Schlessinger, American physiologist, talk show host, and author ↗
1946 Kabir Bedi, Indian actor ↗
1946 Katia Ricciarelli, Italian soprano and actress ↗
1945 Wim Suurbier, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2020) ↗
1944 Dieter Moebius, Swiss-German keyboard player and producer (died 2015) ↗
1944 Jim Stafford, American singer-songwriter and actor ↗
1944 Jill Tarter, American astronomer and biologist ↗
1944 Judy Baar Topinka, American journalist and politician (died 2014) ↗
1943 Michael Attwell, English actor (died 2006) ↗
1943 Gavin Bryars, English bassist and composer ↗
1943 Brian Ferneyhough, British composer ↗
1943 Ronnie Milsap, American singer and pianist ↗
1942 René Angélil, Canadian singer and manager (died 2016) ↗
1942 Barbara Lynn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1941 Claire Gordon, English actress and comedian (died 2015) ↗
1941 Christine Truman, English tennis player and sportscaster ↗
1939 Ralph Gibson, American photographer ↗
1938 Marina Vaizey, American journalist and critic ↗
1937 Luiz Bueno, Brazilian racing driver (died 2011) ↗
1937 Francis George, American cardinal (died 2015) ↗
1936 Michael White, Scottish actor and producer (died 2016) ↗
1935 A. J. Foyt, American race car driver ↗
1935 Udo Lattek, German footballer, manager, and sportscaster (died 2015) ↗
1934 Bob Bogle, American rock guitarist and bass player (died 2009) ↗
1934 Marilyn Horne, American soprano and actress ↗
1933 Susan Sontag, American novelist, essayist, and critic (died 2004) ↗
1932 Victor Ciocâltea, Romanian chess player (died 1983) ↗
1932 Dian Fossey, American zoologist and anthropologist (died 1985) ↗
1931 John Enderby, English physicist and academic (died 2021) ↗
1931 Robert L. Park, American physicist and academic (died 2020) ↗
1931 Johannes Rau, German journalist and politician, eighth Federal President of Germany (died 2006) ↗
1930 Mary Ann McMorrow, American lawyer and judge (died 2013) ↗
1930 Norman Podhoretz, American journalist and author ↗
1930 Paula Tilbrook, English actress (died 2019) ↗
1929 Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah, Sri Lankan anthropologist and academic (died 2014) ↗
1928 William Kennedy, American novelist and journalist ↗
1928 Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano and actress (died 1996) ↗
1925 Peter Hirsch, German-English metallurgist and academic (died 2025) ↗
1925 James Robinson Risner, American general and pilot (died 2013) ↗
1924 Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (died 2002) ↗
1924 Allen Swift, American actor, writer, playwright, and magician (died 2010) ↗
1923 Gene Feist, American director and playwright, co-founded the Roundabout Theatre Company (died 2014) ↗
1923 Anthony Hecht, American poet (died 2004) ↗
1921 Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (died 2004) ↗
1920 Elliott Reid, American actor and screenwriter (died 2013) ↗
1919 Jerome Horwitz, American chemist and academic (died 2012) ↗
1918 Nel Benschop, Dutch poet and educator (died 2005) ↗
1918 Allan Ekelund, Swedish director, producer, and production manager (died 2009) ↗
1918 Clem Jones, Australian surveyor and politician, eighth Lord Mayor of Brisbane (died 2007) ↗
1918 Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (died 1996) ↗
1917 Carl Karcher, American businessman, founded Carl's Jr. (died 2008) ↗
1916 Philip Lucock, English-Australian minister and politician (died 1996) ↗
1915 Leslie H. Martinson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2016) ↗
1914 Roger Wagner, French-American conductor and educator (died 1992) ↗
1911 Ivan Barrow, Jamaican cricketer (died 1979) ↗
1911 Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean lawyer and politician, 28th President of Chile (died 1982) ↗
1911 Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (died 1996) ↗
1910 Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1974) ↗
1909 Clement Greenberg, American art critic (died 1994) ↗
1908 Sammy Crooks, English footballer (died 1981) ↗
1908 Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (died 1984) ↗
1908 Günther Prien, German captain (died 1941) ↗
1907 Alexander Knox, Canadian-English actor and screenwriter (died 1995) ↗
1907 Paul Nitze, American banker and politician, tenth United States Secretary of the Navy (died 2004) ↗
1906 Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer and pilot (died 1975) ↗
1906 Diana Wynyard, English actress (died 1964) ↗
1905 Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor (died 1989) ↗
1903 William Grover-Williams, English-French racing driver (died 1945) ↗
1902 Eric Liddell, Scottish runner, rugby player, and missionary (died 1945) ↗
1901 Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, ninth President of Cuba (died 1973) ↗
1901 Frank Zamboni, American businessman and inventor (died 1988) ↗
1900 Kiku Amino, Japanese author and translator (died 1978) ↗
1900 Edith Frank, German-Dutch mother of Anne Frank (died 1945) ↗
1898 Margaret Booth, American producer and editor (died 2002) ↗
1898 Irving Rapper, American film director and producer (died 1999) ↗
1897 Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet and academic (died 1977) ↗
1895 Evripidis Bakirtzis, Greek soldier and politician (died 1947) ↗
1895 T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (died 1966) ↗
1895 Nat Schachner, American lawyer, chemist, and author (died 1955) ↗
1894 Irving Mills, American publisher (died 1985) ↗
1893 Daisy Kennedy, Australian-English violinist (died 1981) ↗
1892 Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist (died 1949) ↗
1888 Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (died 1945) ↗
1885 Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator (died 1967) ↗
1882 Margaret Wilson, American author (died 1973) ↗
1880 Samuel Jones, American high jumper (died 1954) ↗
1878 Harry Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1947) ↗
1876 Claude Buckenham, English cricketer and footballer (died 1937) ↗
1875 Leonor Michaelis, German biochemist and physician (died 1949) ↗
1874 Robert W. Service, English-Canadian poet and author (died 1958) ↗
1872 Henri Büsser, French organist, composer, and conductor (died 1973) ↗
1870 Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, State Elder of Estonia (died 1942) ↗
1853 Johnston Forbes-Robertson, English actor and manager (died 1937) ↗
1853 Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, Greek-English general (died 1947) ↗
1853 André Michelin, French businessman, co-founded the Michelin Tyre Company (died 1931) ↗
1851 William Hall-Jones, English-New Zealand politician, 16th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1936) ↗
1844 Ismail Kemal, Albanian politician and statesman, first prime minister of Albania (died 1919) ↗
1838 Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (died 1917) ↗
1836 Francis II of the Two Sicilies (died 1894) ↗
1834 Robert R. Hitt, American lawyer and politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (died 1906) ↗
1821 John C. Breckinridge, American general and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States (died 1875) ↗
1815 Henry Halleck, American lawyer, general, and scholar (died 1872) ↗
1807 Charles Henry Davis, American admiral (died 1877) ↗
1757 Richard Goodwin Keats, English admiral and politician, third Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland (died 1834) ↗
1749 Vittorio Alfieri, Italian poet and playwright (died 1803) ↗
1728 Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer and educator (died 1800) ↗
1691 Peter Scheemakers, Belgian sculptor and educator (died 1781) ↗
1675 Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French soldier and diplomat (died 1755) ↗
1653 Johann Conrad Brunner, Swiss anatomist (died 1727) ↗
1634 Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Norwegian author and poet (died 1716) ↗
1630 Guru Har Rai, Sikh Guru (died 1661) ↗
1626 Lucas Achtschellinck, Belgian painter and educator (died 1699) ↗
1616 François de Vendôme, duke of Beaufort (died 1669) ↗
1558 Jakobea of Baden, Margravine of Baden by birth, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg by marriage (died 1597) ↗
1516 Bayinnaung, king of Burma (died 1581) ↗
1501 Anthony Denny, confidant of Henry VIII of England (died 1559) ↗
1477 Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (died 1547) ↗
1409 René of Anjou, king of Naples (died 1480) ↗
1362 Robert de Vere, duke of Ireland (died 1392) ↗
1245 Edmund Crouchback, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (died 1296) ↗
1093 Isaac Komnenos, son of Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos (died 1152) ↗
972 Sheng Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (died 1031) ↗

2025 Dame Joan Plowright, English actress (born 1929) ↗
2025 Bob Uecker, American professional baseball catcher and sportscaster (born 1934) ↗
2022 Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, Former Malian President (born 1945) ↗
2021 Pedro Trebbau, German-born Venezuelan zoologist (born 1929) ↗
2021 Chris Cramer, British journalist (born 1948) ↗
2021 Phil Spector, American record producer, songwriter (born 1939) ↗
2020 Christopher Tolkien, British academic and editor (born 1924) ↗
2019 John C. Bogle, American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1929) ↗
2019 Lorna Doom, American musician (born 1958) ↗
2019 Chris Wilson, Australian musician (born 1956) ↗
2018 Ed Doolan, British radio presenter (born 1941) ↗
2018 Oliver Ivanović, Kosovo Serb politician (born 1953) ↗
2017 Eugene Cernan, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (born 1934) ↗
2016 Joannis Avramidis, Greek sculptor (born 1922) ↗
2016 Ted Marchibroda, American football player and coach (born 1931) ↗
2015 Miriam Akavia, Polish-Israeli author and translator (born 1927) ↗
2015 Yao Beina, Chinese singer (born 1981) ↗
2014 Gary Arlington, American author and illustrator (born 1938) ↗
2014 Ruth Duccini, American actress (born 1918) ↗
2014 Dave Madden, Canadian-American actor (born 1931) ↗
2014 Hiroo Onoda, Japanese lieutenant (born 1922) ↗
2013 Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach (born 1930) ↗
2013 André Cassagnes, French technician and toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (born 1926) ↗
2013 Gussie Moran, American tennis player and sportscaster (born 1923) ↗
2013 Pauline Phillips, American journalist and radio host, created Dear Abby (born 1918) ↗
2013 Glen P. Robinson, American businessman, founded Scientific Atlanta (born 1923) ↗
2012 Joe Bygraves, Jamaican-English boxer (born 1931) ↗
2012 Jimmy Castor, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (born 1940) ↗
2012 Sigursteinn Gíslason, Icelandic footballer and manager (born 1968) ↗
2012 Lorna Kesterson, American journalist and politician (born 1925) ↗
2012 Gustav Leonhardt, Dutch pianist, conductor, and musicologist (born 1928) ↗
2010 Glen Bell, American businessman, founded Taco Bell (born 1923) ↗
2010 Takumi Shibano, Japanese author and translator (born 1926) ↗
2009 Joe Erskine, American boxer and runner (born 1930) ↗
2009 John Mortimer, English lawyer and author (born 1923) ↗
2009 Andrew Wyeth, American painter (born 1917) ↗
2006 Stanley Biber, American soldier and physician (born 1923) ↗
2005 Marjorie Williams, American journalist and author (born 1958) ↗
2004 Kalevi Sorsa, Finnish politician 34th Prime Minister of Finland (born 1930) ↗
2003 Richard Wainwright, English politician (born 1918) ↗
2002 Robert Hanbury Brown, English astronomer and physicist (born 1916) ↗
2001 Auberon Waugh, English author and journalist (born 1939) ↗
2000 Robert R. Wilson, American physicist and academic (born 1914) ↗
1999 Jim McClelland, Australian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 12th Minister for Industry and Science (born 1915) ↗
1996 Marcia Davenport, American author and critic (born 1903) ↗
1996 Kaye Webb, English journalist and publisher (born 1914) ↗
1995 Eric Mottram, English poet and critic (born 1924) ↗
1990 Lady Eve Balfour, British farmer, educator, and founding figure in the organic movement (born 1898) ↗
1988 Andrija Artuković, Croatian politician, war criminal, and Porajmos perpetrator, first Minister of Interior of the Independent State of Croatia (born 1899) ↗
1987 Bertram Wainer, Australian physician and activist (born 1928) ↗
1986 Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (born 1892) ↗
1983 Virginia Mauret, American musician and dancer ↗
1981 Bernard Lee, English actor (born 1908) ↗
1978 A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1890) ↗
1975 Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (born 1888) ↗
1973 Edgar Sampson, American musician and composer (born 1907) ↗
1972 Teller Ammons, American soldier and politician, 28th Governor of Colorado (born 1895) ↗
1972 Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks (born 1919) ↗
1971 Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (born 1890) ↗
1969 Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter (born 1903) ↗
1968 Bob Jones Sr., American evangelist, founded Bob Jones University (born 1883) ↗
1968 Panagiotis Poulitsas, Greek archaeologist and judge (born 1881) ↗
1967 Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic (born 1901) ↗
1962 Frank Hurley, Australian photographer, director, producer, and cinematographer (born 1885) ↗
1962 Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect, designed the Monument to the Unknown Hero (born 1883) ↗
1961 Max Schöne, German swimmer (born 1880) ↗
1959 Phan Khôi, Vietnamese journalist and author (born 1887) ↗
1957 Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, English general and politician, 16th Governor General of Canada (born 1874) ↗
1957 Arturo Toscanini, Italian cellist and conductor (born 1867) ↗
1942 Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (born 1850) ↗
1942 Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist (born 1885) ↗
1942 Carole Lombard, American actress and comedian (born 1908) ↗
1942 Ernst Scheller, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (born 1899) ↗
1938 Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian author and playwright (born 1876) ↗
1936 Albert Fish, American serial killer, rapist and cannibal (born 1870) ↗
1933 Bekir Sami Kunduh, Turkish politician (born 1867) ↗
1919 Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, fifth President of Brazil (born 1848) ↗
1917 George Dewey, American admiral (born 1837) ↗
1906 Marshall Field, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Marshall Field's (born 1834) ↗
1901 Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (born 1825) ↗
1901 Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (born 1827) ↗
1901 Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (born 1822) ↗
1901 Mahadev Govind Ranade, Indian scholar, social reformer, judge and author (born 1842) ↗
1898 Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (born 1802) ↗
1891 Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (born 1836) ↗
1886 Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (born 1834) ↗
1879 Octave Crémazie, Canadian-French poet and bookseller (born 1827) ↗
1865 Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (born 1828) ↗
1864 Anton Schindler, Austrian secretary and author (born 1795) ↗
1856 Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist (born 1795) ↗
1834 Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (born 1769) ↗
1817 Alexander J. Dallas, Jamaican-American lawyer and politician, sixth United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1759) ↗
1809 John Moore, Scottish general and politician (born 1761) ↗
1794 Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician (born 1737) ↗
1752 Francis Blomefield, English historian and author (born 1705) ↗
1750 Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal and politician (born 1667) ↗
1748 Drake – Dutch lawyer and scholar (born 1684) ↗
1747 Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet and playwright (born 1680) ↗
1711 Joseph Vaz, Indian-Sri Lankan priest and saint (born 1651) ↗
1710 Higashiyama, Japanese emperor (born 1675) ↗
1659 Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (born 1580) ↗
1635 Mariana de Jesús Torres, Spanish nun and mystic (born 1563) ↗
1595 Murad III, Ottoman sultan (born 1546) ↗
1585 Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral and politician (born 1512) ↗
1554 Christiern Pedersen, Danish publisher and scholar (born 1480) ↗
1547 Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (born 1477) ↗
1545 George Spalatin, German priest and reformer (born 1484) ↗
1443 Erasmo of Narni, Italian mercenary (born 1370) ↗
1400 John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician, Lord Great Chamberlain (born 1352) ↗
1391 Muhammed V of Granada, Nasrid emir (born 1338) ↗
1373 Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford (born 1342) ↗
1354 Joanna of Châtillon, duchess of Athens (born c.1285) ↗
1327 Nikephoros Choumnos, Byzantine monk, scholar, and politician (born 1250) ↗
1289 Buqa, Mongol minister ↗
1263 Shinran Shonin, Japanese founder of the Jodo Shinshu branch of Pure Land Buddhism (born 1173) ↗
970 Polyeuctus of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch (born 956) ↗
957 Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ali al-Madhara'i, Tulunid vizier (born 871) ↗
654 Gao Jifu, Chinese politician and chancellor (born 596) ↗