57 Events
183 Births
107 Deaths
- 2023 Supporters of former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian Congress. ↗
- 2021 Twenty-three people are killed in what is described as a police ″massacre″ in La Vega, Caracas, Venezuela. ↗
- 2020 Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashes immediately after takeoff at Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport; all 176 on board are killed. The plane was shot down by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile. ↗
- 2016 Joaquín Guzmán, widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico. ↗
- 2016 West Air Sweden Flight 294 crashes near the Swedish reservoir of Akkajaure; both pilots, the only people on board, are killed. ↗
- 2011 Sitting US Congresswoman Gabby Giffords is shot in the head along with 18 others in a mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona. Giffords survived the assassination attempt, but six others died, including John Roll, a federal judge. ↗
- 2010 Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attack a bus carrying the Togo national football team on its way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, killing three people and injuring another nine. ↗
- 2009 A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32. ↗
- 2005 The nuclear sub USS San Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired. ↗
- 2004 The RMS Queen Mary 2, then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II. ↗
- 2003 Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashes near Diyarbakır Airport, Turkey, killing the entire crew and 70 of the 75 passengers. ↗
- 2003 Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas Airport, in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 people on board. ↗
- 2002 President of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act. ↗
- 1996 An Antonov An-32 cargo aircraft crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing up to 223 people on the ground; two of six crew members are also killed. ↗
- 1994 Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space. ↗
- 1989 Kegworth air disaster: British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737-400, crashes into the M1 motorway, killing 47 of the 126 people on board. ↗
- 1982 Breakup of the Bell System: In the United States, AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions. ↗
- 1981 A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time". ↗
- 1977 Three bombs explode in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. ↗
- 1975 Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband. ↗
- 1973 Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched. ↗
- 1973 Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins. ↗
- 1972 Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh. ↗
- 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "war on poverty" in the United States. ↗
- 1961 In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria. ↗
- 1959 Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic. ↗
- 1956 Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Waorani of Ecuador shortly after making first contact. ↗
- 1946 Andrei Zhdanov, Chairman of the Finnish Allied Commission, submits to the Finnish War Criminal Court an interrogation report by General Erich Buschenhagen, a German prisoner of war, on the contacts between Finnish and German military personnel before the Continuation War and a copy of Hitler's Barbarossa plan. ↗
- 1945 World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack invading Japanese Imperial forces. ↗
- 1940 World War II: Britain introduces food rationing. ↗
- 1936 Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public. ↗
- 1933 Anarchist insurrection of January 1933 breaks out in Barcelona, Spain. ↗
- 1926 Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ is crowned emperor of Vietnam, the country's last monarch. ↗
- 1926 Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. ↗
- 1920 The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union. ↗
- 1918 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" as conditions for ending World War I. ↗
- 1912 The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC). ↗
- 1912 The city of San Diego passes an ordinance restricting free speech, provoking months of civil unrest between socialist Wobblies and business leaders that become the bloodiest free speech fight in history. ↗
- 1900 President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule. ↗
- 1889 Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator. ↗
- 1877 Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory. ↗
- 1867 The United States Congress passes the bill to allow African American men the right to vote in Washington, D.C. ↗
- 1863 American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield. ↗
- 1835 US President Andrew Jackson announces a celebratory dinner after having reduced the United States national debt to zero for the only time. ↗
- 1828 The Democratic Party of the United States is organized. ↗
- 1815 War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British. ↗
- 1811 Charles Deslondes leads an unsuccessful slave revolt in the North American settlements of St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana. ↗
- 1806 The Dutch Cape Colony in southern Africa becomes the British Cape Colony as a result of the Battle of Blaauwberg. ↗
- 1790 George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City. ↗
- 1746 Second Jacobite rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling. ↗
- 1735 The premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante takes place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. ↗
- 1547 The first Lithuanian-language book, the Catechism of Martynas Mažvydas, is published in Königsberg. ↗
- 1499 Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany in accordance with a law set by his predecessor, Charles VIII. ↗
- 1454 The papal bull Romanus Pontifex awards the Kingdom of Portugal exclusive trade and colonization rights to all of Africa south of Cape Bojador. ↗
- 1297 François Grimaldi, disguised as a monk, leads his men to capture the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco, establishing his family as the rulers of Monaco. ↗
- 871 Æthelred I and Alfred the Great lead a West Saxon army to repel an invasion by Danelaw Vikings. ↗
- 307 Sima Chi becomes emperor of the Jin dynasty in succession to his brother, Sima Zhong, despite a challenge from his other brother, Sima Ying. ↗
- 2001 Zach Charbonnet, American football player ↗
- 2000 Noah Cyrus, American singer, songwriter, and actress ↗
- 1999 Ignas Brazdeikis, Lithuanian-Canadian basketball player ↗
- 1999 Damiano David, Italian singer-songwriter ↗
- 1998 Tony Bradley, American basketball player ↗
- 1998 Jhoan Durán, Dominican baseball player ↗
- 1995 Ryan Destiny, American actress and singer ↗
- 1994 Glenn Robinson III, American basketball player ↗
- 1993 William Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player ↗
- 1993 Sophie Pascoe, New Zealand swimmer ↗
- 1992 Stefanie Dolson, American basketball player ↗
- 1992 Koke, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1992 Valkyrae, American online streamer ↗
- 1991 Josh Hazlewood, Australian cricketer ↗
- 1991 Stefan Johansen, Norwegian footballer ↗
- 1991 Stefan Savić, Montenegrin footballer ↗
- 1991 Greg Smith, American basketball player ↗
- 1990 Blair Walsh, American football player ↗
- 1989 Aaron Cruden, New Zealand rugby player ↗
- 1988 Adrián López, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1988 Michael Mancienne, English footballer ↗
- 1988 Alex Tyus, American-Israeli basketball player ↗
- 1987 Chris Douglas-Roberts, American basketball player ↗
- 1987 Cynthia Erivo, English actress and singer-songwriter ↗
- 1987 Freddie Stroma, English actor ↗
- 1984 Jeff Francoeur, American baseball player and broadcaster ↗
- 1983 Chris Masters, American wrestler ↗
- 1982 Gaby Hoffmann, American actress ↗
- 1981 Genevieve Cortese, American actress ↗
- 1981 Jeff Francis, Canadian baseball player ↗
- 1980 Sam Riley, English actor and singer ↗
- 1979 Seol Ki-hyeon, South Korean footballer and manager ↗
- 1979 Windell Middlebrooks, American actor (died 2015) ↗
- 1979 Adrian Mutu, Romanian footballer ↗
- 1979 Stipe Pletikosa, Croatian footballer ↗
- 1979 Sarah Polley, Canadian actress and director ↗
- 1978 Marco Fu, Hong Kongese snooker player ↗
- 1977 Amber Benson, American actress, writer, director, and producer ↗
- 1976 Jenny Lewis, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress ↗
- 1973 Mike Cameron, American baseball player ↗
- 1972 Paul Clement, English footballer, coach, and manager ↗
- 1971 Jason Giambi, American baseball player ↗
- 1971 Andreas Kollross, Austrian politician ↗
- 1971 Pascal Zuberbühler, Swiss footballer and coach ↗
- 1967 Willie Anderson, American basketball player ↗
- 1967 R. Kelly, American singer-songwriter, producer, and sex offender ↗
- 1967 Tom Watson, English politician ↗
- 1966 Maria Pitillo, American actress ↗
- 1966 Igor Vyazmikin, Russian ice hockey player (died 2009) ↗
- 1966 Andrew Wood, American singer-songwriter (died 1990) ↗
- 1965 Michelle Forbes, American actress ↗
- 1964 Ron Sexsmith, Canadian singer-songwriter ↗
- 1961 Calvin Smith, American sprinter ↗
- 1960 Dave Weckl, American drummer ↗
- 1959 Paul Hester, Australian drummer (died 2005) ↗
- 1958 Betsy DeVos, American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education ↗
- 1958 Rey Misterio, Mexican wrestler, trainer, and actor (died 2024) ↗
- 1957 Dwight Clark, American football player (died 2018) ↗
- 1957 Nacho Duato, Spanish dancer and choreographer ↗
- 1957 Ron Cephas Jones, American actor (died 2023) ↗
- 1957 Calvin Natt, American basketball player ↗
- 1955 Harriet Sansom Harris, American actress ↗
- 1955 Mike Reno, Canadian singer and drummer ↗
- 1953 Marián Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player ↗
- 1953 Bruce Sutter, American baseball pitcher (died 2022) ↗
- 1952 Vladimir Feltsman, Russian-American pianist and educator ↗
- 1952 Peter McCullagh, Irish mathematician and academic ↗
- 1951 Kenny Anthony, Saint Lucian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Saint Lucia ↗
- 1949 Lawrence Rowe, Jamaican cricketer ↗
- 1948 Gillies MacKinnon, Scottish director and screenwriter ↗
- 1947 David Bowie – English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2016) ↗
- 1947 Antti Kalliomäki, Finnish pole vaulter and politician ↗
- 1946 Robby Krieger, American guitarist and songwriter ↗
- 1946 Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Mexican drug lord ↗
- 1945 Phil Beal, English footballer ↗
- 1945 Nancy Bond, American author and academic ↗
- 1945 Kathleen Noone, American actress ↗
- 1944 Terry Brooks, American lawyer and author ↗
- 1942 Stephen Hawking – English physicist and author (died 2018) ↗
- 1942 Junichirō Koizumi, Japanese politician, 56th Prime Minister of Japan ↗
- 1942 Yvette Mimieux, American actress (died 2022) ↗
- 1941 Graham Chapman, English actor and screenwriter (died 1989) ↗
- 1941 Boris Vallejo, Peruvian-American painter ↗
- 1940 Cristy Lane, American country and gospel singer ↗
- 1939 Carolina Herrera, Venezuelan-American fashion designer ↗
- 1938 Bob Eubanks, American game show host and producer ↗
- 1937 Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer ↗
- 1936 Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Australian-English zoologist, ecologist, and academic (died 2020) ↗
- 1935 Elvis Presley – American singer, guitarist, and actor (died 1977) ↗
- 1934 Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (died 1987) ↗
- 1934 Roy Kinnear, British actor (died 1988) ↗
- 1933 Charles Osgood, American soldier and journalist (died 2024) ↗
- 1933 Jean-Marie Straub, French director and screenwriter (died 2022) ↗
- 1931 Bill Graham, German-American businessman (died 1991) ↗
- 1931 Clarence Benjamin Jones, American lawyer and scholar ↗
- 1929 Saeed Jaffrey, Indian-British actor (died 2015) ↗
- 1928 Slade Gorton, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 14th Attorney General of Washington (died 2020) ↗
- 1927 Charles Tomlinson, English poet and academic (died 2015) ↗
- 1926 Evelyn Lear, American operatic soprano (died 2012) ↗
- 1926 Kerwin Mathews, American actor (died 2007) ↗
- 1926 Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian dancer and choreographer (died 2004) ↗
- 1926 Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer (died 2022) ↗
- 1926 Soupy Sales, American comedian and actor (died 2009) ↗
- 1925 Mohan Rakesh, Indian author and playwright (died 1972) ↗
- 1924 Benjamin Lees, Chinese-American soldier and composer (died 2010) ↗
- 1924 Ron Moody, English actor and singer (died 2015) ↗
- 1923 Larry Storch, American actor and comedian(died 2022) ↗
- 1923 Giorgio Tozzi, American opera singer and actor (died 2011) ↗
- 1923 Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (died 1985) ↗
- 1923 Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American computer scientist and author (died 2008) ↗
- 1922 Dale D. Myers, American engineer (died 2015) ↗
- 1920 Douglas Wilmer, English actor (died 2016) ↗
- 1917 Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1994) ↗
- 1915 Walker Cooper, American baseball player and manager (died 1991) ↗
- 1912 José Ferrer, Puerto Rican-American actor and director (died 1992) ↗
- 1912 Lawrence Walsh, Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (died 2014) ↗
- 1911 Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, dancer, and author (died 1970) ↗
- 1910 Galina Ulanova, Russian actress and ballerina (died 1998) ↗
- 1909 Ashapoorna Devi, Indian author and poet (died 1995) ↗
- 1909 Bruce Mitchell, South African cricketer (died 1995) ↗
- 1909 Evelyn Wood, American author and educator (died 1995) ↗
- 1908 William Hartnell, English actor (died 1975) ↗
- 1908 Fearless Nadia, Australian-Indian actress and stuntwoman (died 1996) ↗
- 1905 Carl Gustav Hempel, German philosopher from the Vienna and the Berlin Circle (died 1997) ↗
- 1904 Karl Brandt, German physician and SS officer (died 1948) ↗
- 1902 Carl Rogers, American psychologist and academic (died 1987) ↗
- 1900 Dorothy Adams, American character actress (died 1988) ↗
- 1900 Serge Poliakoff, Russian-French painter (died 1969) ↗
- 1899 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (died 1959) ↗
- 1897 Dennis Wheatley, English soldier and author (died 1977) ↗
- 1896 Jaromír Weinberger, Czech-American composer and academic (died 1967) ↗
- 1891 Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957) ↗
- 1891 Storm Jameson, English journalist and author (died 1986) ↗
- 1891 Bronislava Nijinska, Russian dancer and choreographer (died 1972) ↗
- 1888 Richard Courant, German-American mathematician and academic (died 1972) ↗
- 1885 John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1945) ↗
- 1885 Mór Kóczán, Hungarian javelin thrower and pastor (died 1972) ↗
- 1885 A. J. Muste, Dutch-American pastor and activist (died 1967) ↗
- 1883 Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet (died 1941) ↗
- 1883 Patrick J. Hurley, American general, politician, and diplomat, 51st United States Secretary of War (died 1963) ↗
- 1881 Henrik Shipstead, American dentist and politician (died 1960) ↗
- 1881 Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (died 1945) ↗
- 1873 Iuliu Maniu, Romanian lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Romania (died 1953) ↗
- 1871 Jeanne Adnet, French anarchist (died 1942) ↗
- 1871 James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish captain and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (died 1940) ↗
- 1870 Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (died 1930) ↗
- 1867 Emily Greene Balch, American economist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961) ↗
- 1866 William G. Conley, American educator and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (died 1940) ↗
- 1865 Winnaretta Singer, American philanthropist (died 1943) ↗
- 1864 Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (died 1892) ↗
- 1862 Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (died 1934) ↗
- 1860 Emma Booth-Tucker, English author (died 1903) ↗
- 1859 Fanny Bullock Workman, American mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (died 1925) ↗
- 1852 James Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (died 1931) ↗
- 1843 Frederick Abberline, English police officer (died 1929) ↗
- 1836 Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-English painter and academic (died 1912) ↗
- 1830 Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (died 1894) ↗
- 1824 Wilkie Collins, English novelist, playwright, and short story writer (died 1889) ↗
- 1824 Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet and composer (died 1861) ↗
- 1823 Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh geographer, biologist, and explorer (died 1913) ↗
- 1821 James Longstreet, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Turkey (died 1904) ↗
- 1817 Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician (died 1893) ↗
- 1812 Sigismond Thalberg, Swiss pianist and composer (died 1871) ↗
- 1805 John Bigler, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 3rd Governor of California (died 1871) ↗
- 1805 Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (died 1878) ↗
- 1792 Lowell Mason, American composer and educator (died 1872) ↗
- 1788 Rudolf of Austria, Austrian archduke and archbishop (died 1831) ↗
- 1786 Nicholas Biddle, American banker and financier (died 1844) ↗
- 1763 Edmond-Charles Genêt, French-American translator and diplomat (died 1834) ↗
- 1735 John Carroll, American archbishop, founder of Georgetown University (died 1815) ↗
- 1638 Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter (died 1665) ↗
- 1635 Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish cardinal (died 1709) ↗
- 1632 Samuel von Pufendorf, German economist and jurist (died 1694) ↗
- 1628 François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, French general (died 1695) ↗
- 1626 Jean Talon, first Intendant of New France (died 1694) ↗
- 1601 Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (died 1658) ↗
- 1589 Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet and playwright (died 1638) ↗
- 1587 Johannes Fabricius, German astronomer and academic (died 1616) ↗
- 1587 Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (died 1629) ↗
- 1583 Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian and academic (died 1643) ↗
- 1529 John Frederick II, duke of Saxony (died 1595) ↗
- 1345 Kadi Burhan al-Din, poet, kadi, and ruler of Sivas (died 1398) ↗
- 1037 Su Dongpo, Chinese calligrapher and poet (died 1101) ↗
- 2025 Mangkra Souvanna Phouma, Laotian prince (born 1938) ↗
- 2024 Adan Canto, Mexican actor (born 1981) ↗
- 2022 Michael Lang, American concert promoter and producer (born 1944) ↗
- 2021 Iancu Țucărman, Romanian Holocaust survivor (born 1922) ↗
- 2020 Pat Dalton, Australian footballer (born 1942) ↗
- 2020 Buck Henry, American actor, screenwriter, and director (born 1930) ↗
- 2017 Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (born 1925) ↗
- 2017 James Mancham, Seychellois politician, President 1976-77 (born 1939) ↗
- 2017 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iranian politician (born 1934) ↗
- 2017 Peter Sarstedt, Indian-British singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941) ↗
- 2016 Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian racing driver (born 1926) ↗
- 2016 German Moreno, Filipino television host, actor, comedian and talent manager (born 1933) ↗
- 2015 Andraé Crouch, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor (born 1942) ↗
- 2015 Kep Enderby, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd Attorney-General for Australia (born 1926) ↗
- 2015 Patsy Garrett, American actress and singer (born 1921) ↗
- 2014 Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, Dutch-Australian swimmer (born 1925) ↗
- 2014 Antonino P. Roman, Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1939) ↗
- 2013 Kenojuak Ashevak, Canadian sculptor and illustrator (born 1927) ↗
- 2013 Jeanne Manford, American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG (born 1920) ↗
- 2013 Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer (born 1930) ↗
- 2012 Dave Alexander, American singer and pianist (born 1938) ↗
- 2012 T. J. Hamblin, English haematologist and academic (born 1943) ↗
- 2012 Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian-French pianist and educator (born 1929) ↗
- 2011 Jiří Dienstbier, Czech journalist and politician (born 1937) ↗
- 2011 Thorbjørn Svenssen, Norwegian footballer (born 1924) ↗
- 2010 Art Clokey, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921) ↗
- 2009 Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan journalist (born 1958) ↗
- 2008 George Moore, Australian jockey and trainer (born 1923) ↗
- 2007 Jane Bolin, American lawyer and judge (born 1908) ↗
- 2007 Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (born 1916) ↗
- 2007 Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1922) ↗
- 2007 David Ervine, Northern Irish politician and activist (born 1953) ↗
- 2007 Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (born 1925) ↗
- 2006 Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, Northern Irish broadcaster and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics (born 1942) ↗
- 2003 Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (born 1925) ↗
- 2002 Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916) ↗
- 2002 Dave Thomas, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Wendy's (born 1932) ↗
- 2000 Hilary Smart, American sailor (born 1925) ↗
- 1998 Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor (born 1905) ↗
- 1997 Melvin Calvin, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911) ↗
- 1996 Metin Göktepe, Turkish photographer and journalist (born 1968) ↗
- 1996 François Mitterrand, French sergeant and politician, 21st President of France (born 1916) ↗
- 1994 Pat Buttram, American actor and comedian (born 1915) ↗
- 1994 Harvey Haddix, American baseball player and coach (born 1925) ↗
- 1991 Steve Clark, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1960) ↗
- 1990 Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator (born 1919) ↗
- 1990 Terry-Thomas, English actor and comedian (born 1911) ↗
- 1986 Pierre Fournier, French cellist and educator (born 1906) ↗
- 1983 Gerhard Barkhorn, German general and pilot (born 1919) ↗
- 1982 Grégoire Aslan, Swiss-English actor and screenwriter (born 1908) ↗
- 1980 John Mauchly, American physicist and academic (born 1907) ↗
- 1976 Zhou Enlai, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1898) ↗
- 1975 Richard Tucker, American operatic tenor (born 1913) ↗
- 1963 Kay Sage, American painter (born 1898) ↗
- 1961 Schoolboy Rowe, American baseball player and coach (born 1910) ↗
- 1958 Mary Colter, American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower (born 1869) ↗
- 1954 Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian-French painter and illustrator (born 1898) ↗
- 1953 Hugh Binney, English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Tasmania (born 1883) ↗
- 1952 Antonia Maury, American astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1866) ↗
- 1950 Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and academic (born 1883) ↗
- 1948 Kurt Schwitters, German painter and graphic designer (born 1887) ↗
- 1945 Karl Ernst Krafft, Swiss astrologer and author (born 1900) ↗
- 1944 William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American lieutenant and sailor (born 1878) ↗
- 1943 Andres Larka, Estonian general and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of War (born 1879) ↗
- 1942 Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American lawyer and religious leader (born 1869) ↗
- 1941 Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general and founder of the Scout movement (born 1857) ↗
- 1941 Vladimír Mandl, Czechoslovak lawyer (born 1899) ↗
- 1938 Johnny Gruelle, American author and illustrator (born 1880) ↗
- 1934 Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic (born 1880) ↗
- 1934 Alexandre Stavisky, Ukrainian-French financier (born 1886) ↗
- 1925 George Bellows, American painter (born 1882) ↗
- 1920 Josef Josephi, Polish-born singer and actor (born 1852) ↗
- 1918 Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (born 1827) ↗
- 1916 Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (born 1884) ↗
- 1916 Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress (born 1860) ↗
- 1914 Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (born 1823) ↗
- 1896 William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (born 1825) ↗
- 1896 Paul Verlaine – French poet and writer (born 1844) ↗
- 1883 Miska Magyarics, Slovene-Hungarian poet (born 1825) ↗
- 1880 Emperor Norton, English-American businessman (born 1811) ↗
- 1878 Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (born 1821) ↗
- 1874 Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French historian and archaeologist (born 1814) ↗
- 1865 Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (born 1779) ↗
- 1854 William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English field marshal and politician, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance (born 1768) ↗
- 1825 Eli Whitney, American engineer and theorist, invented the cotton gin (born 1765) ↗
- 1815 Edward Pakenham, Anglo-Irish general and politician (born 1778) ↗
- 1794 Justus Möser, German lawyer and jurist (born 1720) ↗
- 1789 Jack Broughton, English boxer (born 1703) ↗
- 1775 John Baskerville, English printer and type designer (born 1706) ↗
- 1713 Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (born 1653) ↗
- 1707 John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and politician, Scottish Secretary of State (born 1648) ↗
- 1642 Galileo Galilei – Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (born 1564) ↗
- 1598 John George, Elector of Brandenburg (born 1525) ↗
- 1570 Philibert de l'Orme, French sculptor and architect, designed the Château d'Anet (born 1510) ↗
- 1557 Albert Alcibiades, margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (born 1522) ↗
- 1538 Beatrice of Portugal, duchess of Savoy (born 1504) ↗
- 1456 Lawrence Giustiniani, Italian bishop and saint (born 1381) ↗
- 1424 Stephen Zaccaria, archbishop of Patras ↗
- 1354 Charles de la Cerda, French nobleman (born 1327) ↗
- 1337 Giotto, Italian painter and architect, designed Scrovegni Chapel and Giotto's Campanile (born 1266) ↗
- 1198 Celestine III, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1106) ↗
- 1107 Edgar, King of Scotland (born 1074) ↗
- 1079 Adèle of France, countess of Flanders (born 1009) ↗
- 926 Athelm, archbishop of Canterbury ↗
- 871 Bagsecg, Viking warrior and leader ↗
- 482 Severinus of Noricum, Italian apostle and saint ↗
- 307 Hui of Jin, Chinese emperor (born 259) ↗