On This Day: July 10 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2019 The final Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Puebla, Mexico; the last of 5,961 "Special Edition" cars will be exhibited in a museum. ↗
2018 Tham Luang cave rescue: A group of Thai school children and their football coach are all rescued from a cave after being stuck there for 18 days; one Thai Navy SEAL diver dies during the rescue mission. ↗
2017 Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant by the government of Iraq. ↗
2016 Portugal defeats France in the UEFA Euro 2016 Final to win their first European title. ↗
2012 The Episcopal Church USA allows same-sex marriage. ↗
2011 Russian cruise ship Bulgaria sinks in the Volga River near Syukeyevo, Tatarstan, causing 122 deaths. ↗
2011 Amid widespread backlash to revelations of phone hacking, the British weekly tabloid newspaper News of the World publishes its final issue and shuts down after nearly 168 years in print. ↗
2008 Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all war-crimes charges by a United Nations tribunal. ↗
2007 Erden Eruç begins the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world. ↗
2006 A Pakistan International Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes near Multan International Airport, killing all 45 people on board. ↗
2002 The Massacre of the Innocents, a painting by Peter Paul Rubens, is sold at a Sotheby's auction for £49.5 million (US$76.2 million) to Lord Thomson. ↗
2000 EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA. ↗
2000 Bashar al-Assad succeeds his father Hafez al-Assad as President of Syria. ↗
1999 In women's association football, the United States defeats China in a penalty shoot-out at the Rose Bowl near Los Angeles to win the final match of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. Watched by 90,185 spectators, the final sets a new world record for attendance at a women's sporting event. ↗
1998 Catholic Church sexual abuse cases: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claim they were sexually abused by Rudolph Kos, a former priest. ↗
1997 In London, scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution, placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago. ↗
1997 Miguel Ángel Blanco, a member of Partido Popular (Spain), is kidnapped (and later murdered) in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests. ↗
1995 Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi is released from house arrest. ↗
1995 The NIOSH air filtration ratings update with the enactment of 42 CFR 84, previously published in the Federal Register. The new regulation includes rules governing the new N95 respirator standard. ↗
1992 In Miami, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations. ↗
1991 The South African cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following the end of Apartheid. ↗
1991 Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia. ↗
1991 A Beechcraft Model 99 crashes near Birmingham Municipal Airport (now Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport) in Birmingham, Alabama, killing 13 of the 15 people on board. ↗
1985 The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira. ↗
1985 An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes near Uchkuduk, Uzbekistan (then part of the Soviet Union), killing all 200 people on board in the USSR's worst-ever airline disaster. ↗
1978 President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état. ↗
1976 Four mercenaries (one American and three British) are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial. ↗
1974 An EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes at Cairo International Airport, killing all six people on board. ↗
1973 The Bahamas gains full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations. ↗
1967 New Zealand decimalises its former currency to the modern-day New Zealand dollar. ↗
1966 The Chicago Freedom Movement, co-founded by Martin Luther King Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago; as many as 60,000 people attend. ↗
1962 Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit. ↗
1951 Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong. ↗
1947 Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee. ↗
1943 World War II: Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily, begins. ↗
1942 World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island (the "Akutan Zero"), which the US Navy then uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics. ↗
1941 Jedwabne pogrom: Massacre of Polish Jews living in and near the village of Jedwabne. ↗
1940 World War II: The Vichy government is established in France. ↗
1940 World War II: Six days before Adolf Hitler issues his Directive 16 to the combined Wehrmacht armed forces for Operation Sea Lion, the Kanalkampf shipping attacks begin against British maritime convoys in the leadup to initiating the Battle of Britain. ↗
1938 Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record. ↗
1927 Kevin O'Higgins TD, Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State, is assassinated by the IRA. ↗
1925 Scopes trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act. ↗
1924 Paavo Nurmi wins the 1,500 m and 5,000 m events at the Paris Olympics, with just an hour between the two races. ↗
1921 Belfast's Bloody Sunday occurs with 20 killings, at least 100 wounded and 200 homes destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ↗
1920 Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada. ↗
1890 Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state. ↗
1883 War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvian army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war. ↗
1882 War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears. ↗
1877 The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain. ↗
1850 U.S. President Millard Fillmore is sworn in, a day after becoming president upon Zachary Taylor's death. ↗
1832 U.S. President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States. ↗
1806 The Vellore Mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company. ↗
1789 Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta. ↗
1778 American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain. ↗
1668 Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1671): Notable Buccaneer Henry Morgan with an English Privateer force lands at Porto Bello in an attempt to capture the fortified and lucrative Spanish city. ↗
1645 English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place. ↗
1584 William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland, by Balthasar Gérard. ↗
1553 Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England. ↗
1519 Zhu Chenhao declares the Ming dynasty's Zhengde Emperor a usurper, beginning the Prince of Ning rebellion, and leads his army north in an attempt to capture Nanjing. ↗
1512 The Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre commences with the capture of Goizueta. ↗
1499 The Portuguese explorer Nicolau Coelho returns to Lisbon after discovering the sea route to India as a companion of Vasco da Gama. ↗
1460 Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, defeats the king's Lancastrian forces and takes King Henry VI prisoner in the Battle of Northampton. ↗
1290 Ladislaus IV, King of Hungary, is assassinated at the castle of Körösszeg (modern-day Cheresig in Romania). ↗
1212 The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground. ↗
988 The Norse King Glúniairn recognises Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, High King of Ireland, and agrees to pay taxes and accept Brehon Law; the event is considered to be the founding of the city of Dublin. ↗
645 Isshi Incident: Prince Naka-no-Ōe and Fujiwara no Kamatari assassinate Soga no Iruka during a coup d'état at the imperial palace. ↗
420 Having usurped the throne of Emperor Gong of Jin, Liu Yu proclaims himself Emperor of the Liu Song dynasty. ↗
138 Emperor Hadrian of Rome dies of heart failure at his residence on the bay of Naples, Baiae; he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina. ↗

2024 Moo Deng, Thai celebrity pygmy hippopotamus ↗
2007 Mason Thames, American actor ↗
2002 Reece Walsh, Australian rugby league player ↗
2001 Isabela Merced, American actress ↗
1999 April Ivy, Portuguese composer and singer ↗
1999 San, South Korean singer and dancer ↗
1998 Angus Cloud, American actor (died 2023) ↗
1994 Chae Soo-bin, South Korean actress ↗
1991 Daishōmaru Shōgo, Japanese sumo wrestler ↗
1990 Adam Reynolds, Australian rugby league player ↗
1990 Trent Richardson, American football player ↗
1990 Chiyonokuni Toshiki, Japanese sumo wrestler ↗
1988 Antonio Brown, American football player ↗
1988 Heather Hemmens, American actress, director, and producer ↗
1988 Sarah Walker, New Zealand BMX rider ↗
1985 Park Chu-young, South Korean footballer ↗
1985 B. J. Crombeen, American ice hockey player ↗
1985 Mario Gómez, German footballer ↗
1985 Funda Oru, Belgian politician ↗
1984 Nikolaos Mitrou, Greek footballer ↗
1983 Giuseppe De Feudis, Italian footballer ↗
1983 Matthew Egan, Australian footballer ↗
1983 Gabi, Spanish footballer ↗
1983 Kim Hee-chul, Korean entertainer and singer ↗
1983 Joelson José Inácio, Brazilian footballer ↗
1983 Doug Kramer, Filipino basketball player ↗
1983 Anthony Watmough, Australian rugby league player ↗
1983 Sherif Ekramy, Egyptian footballer ↗
1982 Alex Arrowsmith, American guitarist and producer ↗
1982 Juliya Chernetsky, Ukrainian-American television host ↗
1982 Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer ↗
1982 Jeffrey Walker, Australian actor and director ↗
1981 Aleksandar Tunchev, Bulgarian footballer ↗
1980 Alejandro Millán, Mexican singer-songwriter and keyboard player ↗
1980 Adam Petty, American race car driver (died 2000) ↗
1980 Claudia Leitte, Brazilian singer-songwriter ↗
1980 James Rolfe, American actor, director, and producer ↗
1980 Jessica Simpson, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer ↗
1979 Mvondo Atangana, Cameroon footballer ↗
1979 Gong Yoo, Korean actor ↗
1977 Chiwetel Ejiofor, English actor ↗
1976 Edmílson, Brazilian footballer ↗
1976 Elijah Blue Allman, American singer and guitarist ↗
1976 Ludovic Giuly, French footballer ↗
1976 Adrian Grenier, American actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1976 Brendon Lade, Australian footballer and coach ↗
1976 Lars Ricken, German footballer ↗
1975 Andrew Firestone, American businessman ↗
1975 Brendan Gaughan, American race car driver ↗
1975 Alain Nasreddine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
1975 Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor (died 2018) ↗
1975 Richard Westbrook, English race car driver ↗
1974 Imelda May, Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer ↗
1974 Brian Thompson, American insurance executive (died 2024) ↗
1972 Peter Serafinowicz, English actor ↗
1972 Sofía Vergara, Colombian-American actress and producer ↗
1972 Tilo Wolff, German-Swiss singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer ↗
1971 Adam Foote, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1971 Gregory Goodridge, Barbadian footballer and coach ↗
1970 Gary LeVox, American singer-songwriter ↗
1970 Jason Orange, English singer-songwriter and dancer ↗
1970 John Simm, English actor ↗
1969 Marty Cordova, American baseball player ↗
1969 Gale Harold, American actor ↗
1967 Tom Meents, American professional monster truck driver ↗
1967 Rebekah Del Rio, American singer-songwriter (died 2025) ↗
1967 Gillian Tett, English journalist and author ↗
1967 Ikki Sawamura, Japanese model, actor and television presenter ↗
1967 John Yoo, South Korean-American lawyer, author, and educator ↗
1966 Clive Efford, English politician ↗
1966 Johnny Grunge, American wrestler (died 2006) ↗
1966 Christian Stangl, Austrian skier and mountaineer ↗
1966 Anna Bråkenhielm, Swedish business executive ↗
1965 Scott McCarron, American golfer ↗
1965 Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark, European Princess ↗
1965 Ken Mellons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1964 Martin Laurendeau, Canadian tennis player and coach ↗
1964 Urban Meyer, American football player and coach ↗
1964 Wilfried Peeters, Belgian cyclist ↗
1963 Ian Lougher, Welsh motorcycle racer ↗
1961 Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer and film actor ↗
1961 Marc Riley, English guitarist and radio DJ ↗
1960 Ariel Castro, Puerto Rican-American convicted kidnapper and rapist (died 2013) ↗
1959 Ellen Kuras, American director and cinematographer ↗
1959 Sandy West, American singer, drummer and songwriter (died 2006) ↗
1958 Béla Fleck, American banjo player and songwriter ↗
1958 Fiona Shaw, Irish actress and director ↗
1957 Derry Grehan, Canadian rock guitarist and songwriter ↗
1956 Tom McClintock, American lawyer and politician ↗
1956 K. Rajagopal, Malaysian football manager ↗
1955 Nic Dakin, English educator and politician ↗
1955 Geoff Gerard, Australian rugby league player ↗
1954 Tommy Bowden, American football player and coach ↗
1954 Andre Dawson, American baseball player ↗
1954 Neil Tennant, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player ↗
1953 Rik Emmett, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
1953 Zoogz Rift, American musician and wrestler (died 2011) ↗
1952 Kim Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1952 Peter van Heemst, Dutch politician ↗
1951 Cheryl Wheeler, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1951 Rajnath Singh, Indian Politician and Union Home Minister of India ↗
1950 Tony Baldry, English colonel, lawyer, and politician, British Minister of State for Agriculture ↗
1950 Prokopis Pavlopoulos, President of Greece, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister for the Interior ↗
1949 Anna Czerwińska, Polish mountaineer and author (died 2023) ↗
1949 Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster ↗
1949 Greg Kihn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024) ↗
1948 Ronnie Cutrone, American painter (died 2013) ↗
1948 Chico Resch, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster ↗
1948 Natalya Sedykh, Russian figure skater, ballet dancer, actor ↗
1948 John Whitehead, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2004) ↗
1947 Arlo Guthrie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor ↗
1946 Jean-Pierre Jarier, French race car driver ↗
1946 Chin Han, Taiwanese actor ↗
1945 Ron Glass, American actor (died 2016) ↗
1945 Hal McRae, American baseball player and manager ↗
1945 John Motson, English sportscaster (died 2023) ↗
1945 Jean-Marie Poiré, French director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1945 Virginia Wade, English tennis player and sportscaster ↗
1944 Mick Grant, English motorcycle racer ↗
1944 Norman Hammond, English archaeologist and academic ↗
1943 Arthur Ashe, American tennis player and journalist (died 1993) ↗
1943 Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, Zambian politician ↗
1943 Jerry Miller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024) ↗
1942 Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2010) ↗
1942 Pyotr Klimuk, Belarusian general, pilot, and astronaut ↗
1942 Sixto Rodriguez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023) ↗
1942 Lopo do Nascimento, Angolan politician; 1st Prime Minister of Angola ↗
1941 Jake Eberts, Canadian film producer (died 2012) ↗
1941 David G. Hartwell, American anthologist, author, and critic (died 2016) ↗
1941 Robert Pine, American actor and director ↗
1941 Ian Whitcomb, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2020) ↗
1940 Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai, Indian-English economist and politician ↗
1940 Helen Donath, American soprano and actress ↗
1940 Brian Priestley, English pianist and composer ↗
1940 Keith Stackpole, Australian cricketer (died 2025) ↗
1939 Phil Kelly, Irish-English footballer and manager (died 2012) ↗
1939 Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish political scientist, journalist and educator (died 1999) ↗
1939 Mavis Staples, American singer ↗
1938 Paul Andreu, French architect (died 2018) ↗
1938 Lee Morgan, American trumpet player and composer (died 1972) ↗
1937 Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (died 2014) ↗
1937 Gun Svensson, Swedish politician ↗
1936 Herbert Boyer, American businessman, co-founded Genentech ↗
1936 Tunne Kelam, Estonian journalist and politician ↗
1935 Margaret McEntee, American Catholic religious sister and educator ↗
1935 Wilson Tuckey, Australian politician ↗
1935 Wilson Whineray, New Zealand rugby player and businessman (died 2012) ↗
1934 Marshall Brodien, American actor (died 2019) ↗
1934 Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer and voice actor (died 2012) ↗
1933 Jumpin' Gene Simmons, American rockabilly singer-songwriter (died 2006) ↗
1933 C.K. Yang, Taiwanese decathlete and pole vaulter (died 2007) ↗
1932 Carlo Maria Abate, Italian race car driver (died 2019) ↗
1932 Neile Adams, Filipino-American actress, singer and dancer ↗
1932 Manfred Preußger, German athlete ↗
1931 Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (died 1968) ↗
1931 Jerry Herman, American composer and songwriter (died 2019) ↗
1931 Julian May, American author (died 2017) ↗
1931 Alice Munro – Canadian short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024) ↗
1930 Bruce Boa, Canadian actor (died 2004) ↗
1930 Janette Sherman, American physician, author, and pioneer in occupational and environmental health (died 2019) ↗
1930 Josephine Veasey, English soprano and actress (died 2022) ↗
1929 Winnie Ewing, Scottish lawyer and politician (died 2023) ↗
1929 George Clayton Johnson, American author and screenwriter (died 2015) ↗
1929 Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (died 2004) ↗
1929 José Vicente Rangel, Venezuelan politician; 21st Vice President of Venezuela (died 2020) ↗
1928 Don Bolles, American investigative reporter (died 1976) ↗
1928 Bernard Buffet, French painter and illustrator (died 1999) ↗
1928 Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentinian-Italian race car driver and businessman, founded De Tomaso (died 2003) ↗
1928 Moshe Greenberg, American-Israeli rabbi and scholar (died 2010) ↗
1928 John Glenn, American baseball player (died 2023) ↗
1927 Grigory Barenblatt, Russian mathematician and academic (died 2018) ↗
1927 David Dinkins, American soldier and politician, 106th Mayor of New York City (died 2020) ↗
1927 William Smithers, American actor ↗
1926 Carleton Carpenter, American actor, magician, songwriter, and novelist (died 2022) ↗
1926 Fred Gwynne, American actor (died 1993) ↗
1925 Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysian physician and politician, 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia ↗
1925 Ernest Bertrand Boland, American Roman Catholic bishop (died 2023) ↗
1924 Johnny Bach, American basketball player and coach (died 2016) ↗
1924 Bobo Brazil, American wrestler (died 1998) ↗
1923 Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer and actress (died 2001) ↗
1923 John Bradley, American soldier (died 1994) ↗
1923 Suzanne Cloutier, Canadian actress and producer (died 2003) ↗
1923 G. A. Kulkarni, Indian author and academic (died 1987) ↗
1922 Jean Kerr, American author and playwright (died 2003) ↗
1922 Herb McKenley, Jamaican sprinter (died 2007) ↗
1922 Jake LaMotta, American boxer and actor (died 2017) ↗
1921 Harvey Ball, American illustrator, created the Smiley (died 2001) ↗
1921 Jeff Donnell, American actress (died 1988) ↗
1921 John K. Singlaub, U.S. Army Major General (died 2022) ↗
1921 Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, co-founded the Special Olympics (died 2009) ↗
1920 David Brinkley, American journalist (died 2003) ↗
1920 Owen Chamberlain, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2006) ↗
1920 Cyril Grant, English footballer (died 2002) ↗
1919 Pierre Gamarra, French author, poet, and critic (died 2009) ↗
1919 Ian Wallace, English actor and singer (died 2009) ↗
1918 James Aldridge, Australian-English journalist and author (died 2015) ↗
1918 Chuck Stevens, American baseball player (died 2018) ↗
1918 Frank L. Lambert, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Occidental College (died 2018) ↗
1918 Fred Wacker, American race driver and engineer (died 1998) ↗
1917 Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (died 2000) ↗
1917 Don Herbert, American television host known as "Mr. Wizard" (died 2007) ↗
1917 Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (died 1998) ↗
1916 Judith Jasmin, Canadian journalist (died 1972) ↗
1914 Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman (died 1992) ↗
1914 Rempo Urip, Indonesian film director (died 2001) ↗
1913 Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (died 1985) ↗
1911 Terry-Thomas, English comedian and character actor (died 1990) ↗
1911 Cootie Williams, American trumpeter and bandleader (died 1985) ↗
1909 Donald Sinclair, English lieutenant and businessman (died 1981) ↗
1907 Blind Boy Fuller, American singer and guitarist (died 1941) ↗
1905 Mildred Benson, American journalist and author (died 2002) ↗
1905 Thomas Gomez, American actor (died 1971) ↗
1905 Wolfram Sievers, German physician (died 1948) ↗
1904 Lili Damita, French-American actress (died 1994) ↗
1903 Werner Best, German SS officer and jurist (died 1989) ↗
1903 John Wyndham, English author (died 1969) ↗
1902 Kurt Alder, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958) ↗
1902 Nicolás Guillén, Cuban poet, journalist, and activist (died 1989) ↗
1900 Mitchell Parish, Lithuanian-American songwriter (died 1993) ↗
1900 Sampson Sievers, Russian monk and mystic (died 1979) ↗
1899 John Gilbert, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1936) ↗
1899 Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (died 1978) ↗
1898 Renée Björling, Swedish actress (died 1975) ↗
1897 Legs Diamond, American gangster (died 1931) ↗
1897 Karl Plagge, German general and engineer (died 1957) ↗
1896 Thérèse Casgrain, Canadian politician (died 1981) ↗
1895 Carl Orff, German composer and educator (died 1982) ↗
1894 Jimmy McHugh, American composer (died 1969) ↗
1891 Edith Quimby, American medical researcher and physicist (died 1982) ↗
1888 Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter and set designer (died 1978) ↗
1888 Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese evangelist, author, and activist (died 1960) ↗
1883 Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (died 1948) ↗
1883 Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian playwright and politician (died 1952) ↗
1882 Ima Hogg, American society leader, philanthropist, patron and collector of the arts (died 1975) ↗
1878 Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (died 1943) ↗
1877 Ernst Bresslau, German zoologist (died 1935) ↗
1875 Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (died 1955) ↗
1875 Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám, Hungarian politician (died 1973) ↗
1874 Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor (died 1971) ↗
1871 Marcel Proust, French novelist, critic, and essayist (died 1922) ↗
1867 Prince Maximilian of Baden (died 1929) ↗
1864 Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (died 1926) ↗
1856 Nikola Tesla – Serbian-American electrical and mechanical engineer (died 1943) ↗
1839 Adolphus Busch, German brewer, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (died 1913) ↗
1835 Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (died 1880) ↗
1832 Alvan Graham Clark, American astronomer (died 1897) ↗
1830 Camille Pissarro – Danish-French painter (died 1903) ↗
1823 Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (died 1908) ↗
1809 Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (died 1889) ↗
1804 Emma Smith, American religious leader (died 1879) ↗
1802 Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (died 1871) ↗
1802 Alfred Ronalds, British fly fishing author, artisan and Australian pioneer (died 1860) ↗
1792 George M. Dallas, American lawyer and politician, 11th Vice President of the United States (died 1864) ↗
1752 David Humphreys (soldier), American Revolutionary War colonel, politician, foreign minister and entrepreneur. ↗
1752 St. George Tucker, United States federal judge (died 1827) ↗
1724 Eva Ekeblad, Swedish noble and agronomist (died 1786) ↗
1723 William Blackstone, English lawyer, judge, and politician (died 1780) ↗
1682 Roger Cotes, English mathematician and astronomer (died 1716) ↗
1666 John Ernest Grabe, German theologian and academic (died 1711) ↗
1638 David Teniers III, Flemish painter (died 1685) ↗
1625 Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (died 1703) ↗
1614 Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, Irish-English politician (died 1686) ↗
1592 Pierre d'Hozier, French genealogist and historian (died 1660) ↗
1533 Antonio Possevino, Italian diplomat (died 1611) ↗
1517 Odet de Coligny, French cardinal (died 1571) ↗
1515 Francisco de Toledo, Viceroy of Peru (died 1582) ↗
1509 John Calvin, French pastor and theologian (died 1564) ↗
1501 Cho Sik, Korean poet and scholar (died 1572) ↗
1451 James III of Scotland (died 1488) ↗
1419 Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (died 1471) ↗

2025 David Gergen, American political consultant (born 1942) ↗
2024 Joe Engle, American Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1932) ↗
2024 Alex Janvier, Native American Artist (born 1935) ↗
2024 Dave Loggins, American musician (born 1947) ↗
2022 Maurice Boucher, Canadian outlaw biker (born 1953) ↗
2020 Lara van Ruijven, Dutch short track speed skater (born 1992) ↗
2020 Jack Charlton, English footballer and manager (born 1935) ↗
2018 Henry Morgenthau III, American author and television producer (born 1917) ↗
2016 Katharina Focke, German politician (born 1922) ↗
2015 Roger Rees, Welsh-American actor and director (born 1944) ↗
2015 Omar Sharif – Egyptian actor (born 1932) ↗
2015 Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor (born 1926) ↗
2014 Robert C. Broomfield, American lawyer and judge (born 1933) ↗
2014 Juozas Kazickas, Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist (born 1918) ↗
2014 Paul G. Risser, American ecologist and academic (born 1939) ↗
2014 Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (born 1912) ↗
2014 Gloria Schweigerdt, American baseball player (born 1934) ↗
2013 Philip Caldwell, American businessman (born 1920) ↗
2013 Józef Gara, Polish poet and linguist (born 1929) ↗
2013 Concha García Campoy, Spanish journalist (born 1958) ↗
2013 Caroline Duby Glassman, American lawyer and jurist (born 1922) ↗
2013 Ku Ok-hee, South Korean golfer (born 1956) ↗
2013 Gokulananda Mahapatra, Indian author and academic (born 1922) ↗
2012 Dolphy, Filipino actor, singer, and producer (born 1928) ↗
2012 Peter Kyros, American lawyer and politician (born 1925) ↗
2012 Berthe Meijer, German-Dutch journalist and author (born 1938) ↗
2012 Fritz Langanke, German lieutenant (born 1919) ↗
2012 Viktor Suslin, Russian-German composer (born 1942) ↗
2011 Pierrette Alarie, Canadian soprano and educator (born 1921) ↗
2011 Roland Petit, French dancer and choreographer (born 1924) ↗
2009 Ebba Haslund, Norwegian writer (born 1917) ↗
2008 Hiroaki Aoki, Japanese-American wrestler and businessman, founded Benihana (born 1938) ↗
2008 Mike Souchak, American golfer (born 1927) ↗
2007 Abdul Rashid Ghazi, chancellor of Faridia University. (born 1964) ↗
2007 Doug Marlette, American cartoonist and author (born 1949) ↗
2006 Shamil Basayev, Chechen terrorist rebel leader (born 1965) ↗
2006 Lennart Bladh, Swedish politician (born 1920) ↗
2005 A. J. Quinnell, English author (born 1940) ↗
2004 Pati Behrs, Russian-American ballerina and actress (born 1922) ↗
2003 Winston Graham, English author (born 1908) ↗
2003 Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, German-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1902) ↗
2002 Jean-Pierre Côté, Canadian politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (born 1926) ↗
2002 Evangelos Florakis, Greek general (born 1943) ↗
2002 Laurence Janifer, American author (born 1933) ↗
2000 Vakkom Majeed, Indian journalist and politician (born 1909) ↗
1996 Eno Raud, Estonian author (born 1928) ↗
1995 Mehmet Ali Aybar, Turkish lawyer and politician (born 1908) ↗
1993 Ruth Krauss, American author and poet (born 1901) ↗
1993 Sam Rolfe, American screenwriter and producer (born 1924) ↗
1989 Mel Blanc, American voice actor (born 1908) ↗
1987 John Hammond, American record producer, critic, and activist (born 1910) ↗
1986 Tadeusz Piotrowski, Polish mountaineer and author (born 1940) ↗
1985 Fernando Pereira, Dutch photographer (born 1950) ↗
1980 Joseph Krumgold, American author and screenwriter (born 1908) ↗
1979 Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (born 1894) ↗
1978 John D. Rockefeller III, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Asia Society (born 1906) ↗
1976 Costas Georgiou, Cypriot-born British mercenary in the Angolan Civil War (born 1951) ↗
1972 Lovie Austin, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1887) ↗
1971 Laurent Dauthuille, French boxer (born 1924) ↗
1970 Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic academic and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (born 1908) ↗
1963 Teddy Wakelam, English rugby player and sportscaster (born 1893) ↗
1962 Yehuda Leib Maimon, Israeli rabbi and politician (born 1875) ↗
1960 Sæbjørn Buttedahl, Norwegian actor and sculptor (born 1876) ↗
1956 Joe Giard, American baseball player (born 1898) ↗
1954 Calogero Vizzini, Italian mob boss (born 1877) ↗
1952 Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer (born 1893) ↗
1950 Richard Maury, American-Argentinian engineer (born 1882) ↗
1941 Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1890) ↗
1941 Huntley Wright, English actor (born 1868) ↗
1938 Arthur Barclay, 15th president of Liberia (born 1854) ↗
1929 Ève Lavallière, French actress (born 1866) ↗
1920 John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, British admiral (born 1841) ↗
1915 Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch painter (born 1831) ↗
1908 Phoebe Knapp, American organist and composer (born 1839) ↗
1884 Paul Morphy – American chess player (born 1837) ↗
1881 Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect and academic (born 1812) ↗
1863 Clement Clarke Moore, American author and educator (born 1779) ↗
1851 Louis Daguerre, French photographer and physicist, invented the daguerreotype (born 1787) ↗
1806 George Stubbs, English painter and academic (born 1724) ↗
1794 Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny, French general (born 1754) ↗
1776 Richard Peters, English lawyer and minister (born 1704) ↗
1686 John Fell, English bishop and academic (born 1625) ↗
1683 François Eudes de Mézeray, French historian and author (born 1610) ↗
1680 Louis Moréri, French priest and scholar (born 1643) ↗
1653 Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (born 1600) ↗
1621 Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, French commander (born 1571) ↗
1603 Joan Terès i Borrull, Spanish archbishop and academic (born 1538) ↗
1594 Paolo Bellasio, Italian organist and composer (born 1554) ↗
1590 Charles II, archduke of Austria (born 1540) ↗
1584 William I, Dutch nobleman (born 1533) ↗
1576 Eleonora di Garzia di Toledo, Italian noble (born 1553) ↗
1559 Henry II, king of France (born 1519) ↗
1510 Catherine Cornaro, queen of Cyprus (born 1454) ↗
1480 René of Anjou, French nobleman (born 1400) ↗
1473 James II, king of Cyprus ↗
1461 Thomas, king of Bosnia (born 1411) ↗
1460 Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English commander and politician, Lord High Constable of England (born 1402) ↗
1460 John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, English nobleman (born c. 1413) ↗
1290 Ladislaus IV, king of Hungary (born 1262) ↗
1103 Eric I, king of Denmark (born 1060) ↗
1086 Canute IV, king of Denmark (born 1043) ↗
994 Leopold I, margrave of Austria ↗
983 Benedict VII, pope of the Catholic Church ↗
831 Zubaidah bint Ja`far, Abbasid Princess ↗
772 Amalberga of Temse, Frankish noblewoman ↗
649 Tai Zong, Chinese emperor (born 598) ↗
645 Soga no Iruka, Japanese politician ↗
138 Hadrian, Roman emperor (born 76) ↗