57 Events
216 Births
117 Deaths
- 2018 The Knesset passes the controversial Nationality Bill, which defines the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people. ↗
- 2014 Gunmen in Egypt's western desert province of New Valley Governorate attack a military checkpoint, killing at least 21 soldiers. Egypt reportedly declares a state of emergency on its border with Sudan. ↗
- 2012 Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Kobanî without resistance, starting the Rojava conflict in Northeast Syria. ↗
- 2011 Guinean President Alpha Condé survives an attempted assassination and coup d'état at his residence in Conakry. ↗
- 1997 The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland. ↗
- 1992 A car bomb kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort. ↗
- 1989 United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa, killing 111. ↗
- 1985 The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy. ↗
- 1983 The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published. ↗
- 1982 In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped. ↗
- 1981 In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development. ↗
- 1980 Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow. ↗
- 1979 The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua. ↗
- 1979 The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill. ↗
- 1977 The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41 a.m. Eastern time (ET). ↗
- 1976 Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created. ↗
- 1972 Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat. ↗
- 1969 Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne. ↗
- 1967 Piedmont Airlines Flight 22, a Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727-22 and a twin-engine Cessna 310 collided over Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA. Both aircraft were destroyed and all passengers and crew were killed, including John T. McNaughton, an advisor to Robert McNamara. ↗
- 1964 Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam. ↗
- 1963 Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention. ↗
- 1961 Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later. ↗
- 1957 The largely autobiographical novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh was published. ↗
- 1952 Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. ↗
- 1947 Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated. ↗
- 1947 Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated. ↗
- 1943 World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties. ↗
- 1942 World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic. ↗
- 1940 World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties. ↗
- 1940 Field Marshal Ceremony: First occasion in World War II that Adolf Hitler appoints field marshals due to military achievements. ↗
- 1940 World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army. ↗
- 1936 Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain – mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces. People's Olympiad of Barcelona cancelled. ↗
- 1934 The rigid airship USS Macon surprised the USS Houston near Clipperton Island with a mail delivery for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, demonstrating its potential for tracking ships at sea. ↗
- 1916 World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme. ↗
- 1903 Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France. ↗
- 1900 The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation. ↗
- 1870 Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia. ↗
- 1864 Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking: The Qing dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. ↗
- 1863 American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River. ↗
- 1848 Women's rights: A two-day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York. ↗
- 1845 Great New York City Fire of 1845: The last great fire to affect Manhattan begins early in the morning and is subdued that afternoon. The fire kills four firefighters and 26 civilians and destroys 345 buildings. ↗
- 1843 Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world. ↗
- 1832 The British Medical Association is founded as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association by Sir Charles Hastings at a meeting in the Board Room of the Worcester Infirmary. ↗
- 1821 Coronation of George IV of the United Kingdom. ↗
- 1817 Unsuccessful in his attempt to conquer the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi for the Russian-American Company, Georg Anton Schäffer is forced to admit defeat and leave Kauaʻi. ↗
- 1702 Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII in the Battle of Klissow. ↗
- 1701 Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England. ↗
- 1588 Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The Spanish Armada is sighted in the English Channel. ↗
- 1553 The attempt to install Lady Jane Grey as Queen of England collapses after only nine days. ↗
- 1545 The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology. ↗
- 1544 Italian War of 1542–46: The first Siege of Boulogne begins. ↗
- 1333 Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Halidon Hill: The English win a decisive victory over the Scots. ↗
- 998 Arab–Byzantine wars: Battle of Apamea: Fatimids defeat a Byzantine army near Apamea. ↗
- 939 Battle of Simancas: King Ramiro II of León defeats the Moorish army under Caliph Abd-al-Rahman III near the city of Simancas. ↗
- 711 Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Battle of Guadalete: Umayyad forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by King Roderic. ↗
- 484 Leontius, Roman usurper, is crowned Eastern emperor at Tarsus (modern Turkey). He is recognized in Antioch and makes it his capital. ↗
- 64 The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city. ↗
- 2003 Tyler Downs, American Olympic diver ↗
- 1999 Kim So-hye, South Korean actress and singer ↗
- 1998 Erin Cuthbert, footballer ↗
- 1998 Karl Jacobs, American YouTuber and streamer ↗
- 1998 Ronaldo Vieira, Bissau-Guinean footballer ↗
- 1996 Paul Momirovski, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1994 Christian Welch, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1992 Jake Nicholson, English footballer ↗
- 1991 Eray İşcan, Turkish footballer ↗
- 1989 Patrick Corbin, American baseball player ↗
- 1989 Sam McKendry, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player ↗
- 1988 Shane Dawson, American comedian and actor ↗
- 1988 Kevin Großkreutz, German footballer ↗
- 1988 Jakub Kovář, Czech ice hockey player ↗
- 1988 Trent Williams, American football player ↗
- 1987 Yan Gomes, Brazilian-American baseball player ↗
- 1987 Jon Jones, American mixed martial artist ↗
- 1987 Marc Murphy, Australian footballer ↗
- 1986 Leandro Greco, Italian footballer ↗
- 1986 Jinder Mahal, Canadian wrestler ↗
- 1985 LaMarcus Aldridge, American basketball player ↗
- 1985 Zhou Haibin, Chinese footballer ↗
- 1985 Marina Kuzina, Russian basketball player ↗
- 1985 Hadi Norouzi, Iranian footballer (died 2015) ↗
- 1984 Andrea Libman, Canadian voice actress ↗
- 1984 Adam Morrison, American basketball player ↗
- 1984 Ryan O'Byrne, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1984 Lewis Price, Welsh footballer ↗
- 1983 Helen Skelton, English television host and actress ↗
- 1983 Fedor Tyutin, Russian ice hockey player ↗
- 1982 Christopher Bear, American drummer ↗
- 1982 Phil Coke, American baseball player ↗
- 1982 Jared Padalecki, American actor ↗
- 1982 Jess Vanstrattan, Australian footballer ↗
- 1981 Nenê, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1981 David Bernard, Jamaican cricketer ↗
- 1981 Mark Gasnier, Australian rugby player and sportscaster ↗
- 1981 Jimmy Gobble, American baseball player ↗
- 1981 Grégory Vignal, French footballer ↗
- 1980 Xavier Malisse, Belgian tennis player ↗
- 1980 Giorgio Mondini, Italian race car driver ↗
- 1980 Chris Sullivan, American actor ↗
- 1979 Rick Ankiel, American baseball player ↗
- 1979 Josué Anunciado de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1979 Dilhara Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer ↗
- 1979 Luke Young, English footballer ↗
- 1977 Jean-Sébastien Aubin, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1977 Tony Mamaluke, American wrestler and manager ↗
- 1977 Ed Smith, English cricketer and journalist ↗
- 1976 Benedict Cumberbatch, English actor ↗
- 1976 Gonzalo de los Santos, Uruguayan footballer and manager ↗
- 1975 Luca Castellazzi, Italian footballer ↗
- 1974 Rey Bucanero, Mexican wrestler ↗
- 1974 Francisco Copado, German footballer and manager ↗
- 1974 Josée Piché, Canadian ice dancer ↗
- 1974 Vince Spadea, American tennis player ↗
- 1974 Preston Wilson, American baseball player and sportscaster ↗
- 1973 Martin Powell, English keyboard player and songwriter ↗
- 1973 Scott Walker, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1972 Ebbe Sand, Danish footballer and manager ↗
- 1971 Rene Busch, Estonian tennis player and coach ↗
- 1971 Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer and politician, Mayor of Kyiv ↗
- 1971 Michael Modest, American wrestler ↗
- 1971 Catriona Rowntree, Australian television host ↗
- 1971 Lesroy Weekes, Montserratian cricketer ↗
- 1970 Bill Chen, American poker player and software designer ↗
- 1970 Christopher Luxon, New Zealand politician, 42nd Prime Minister of New Zealand ↗
- 1970 Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish lawyer and politician, First Minister of Scotland ↗
- 1969 Matthew Libatique, American cinematographer ↗
- 1968 Robb Flynn, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
- 1968 Pavel Kuka, Czech footballer and manager ↗
- 1968 Jim Norton, American comedian, actor, and author ↗
- 1967 Yael Abecassis, Israeli model and actress ↗
- 1967 Jean-François Mercier, Canadian comedian, screenwriter, and television host ↗
- 1965 Evelyn Glennie, Scottish musician ↗
- 1965 Claus-Dieter Wollitz, German footballer and manager ↗
- 1964 Teresa Edwards, American basketball player ↗
- 1964 Masahiko Kondō, Japanese singer-songwriter and race car driver ↗
- 1963 Thomas Gabriel Fischer, Swiss musician ↗
- 1963 Garth Nix, Australian author ↗
- 1962 Anthony Edwards, American actor and director ↗
- 1961 Harsha Bhogle, Indian journalist and author ↗
- 1961 Maria Filatova, Russian gymnast ↗
- 1961 Lisa Lampanelli, American comedian, actress, and author ↗
- 1961 Benoît Mariage, Belgian director and screenwriter ↗
- 1961 Hideo Nakata, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1961 Campbell Scott, American actor, director, and producer ↗
- 1960 Atom Egoyan, Egyptian-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1960 Kevin Haskins, English drummer and songwriter ↗
- 1959 Juan J. Campanella, Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1958 Brad Drewett, Australian tennis player and sportscaster (died 2013) ↗
- 1958 Robert Gibson, American wrestler ↗
- 1958 David Robertson, American conductor ↗
- 1956 Mark Crispin, American computer scientist, designed the IMAP (died 2012) ↗
- 1955 Roger Binny, Indian cricketer and sportscaster ↗
- 1955 Dalton McGuinty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Premier of Ontario ↗
- 1954 Mark O'Donnell, American playwright (died 2012) ↗
- 1954 Steve O'Donnell, American screenwriter and producer ↗
- 1954 Srđa Trifković, Serbian-American journalist and historian ↗
- 1953 Howard Schultz, American businessman and author ↗
- 1952 Allen Collins, American guitarist and songwriter (died 1990) ↗
- 1952 Jayne Anne Phillips American novelist and short story writer ↗
- 1951 Abel Ferrara, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1950 Per-Kristian Foss, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance ↗
- 1950 Freddy Moore, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022) ↗
- 1950 Adrian Noble, English director and screenwriter ↗
- 1949 Kgalema Motlanthe, South African politician, 3rd President of South Africa ↗
- 1948 Keith Godchaux, American keyboard player and songwriter (died 1980) ↗
- 1947 André Forcier, Canadian director and screenwriter ↗
- 1947 Hans-Jürgen Kreische, German footballer and manager ↗
- 1947 Bernie Leadon, American guitarist and songwriter ↗
- 1947 Brian May, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and astrophysicist ↗
- 1946 Alan Gorrie, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician ↗
- 1946 Ilie Năstase, Romanian tennis player and politician ↗
- 1945 Paule Baillargeon, Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter ↗
- 1944 Tim McIntire, American actor and singer (died 1986) ↗
- 1944 Andres Vooremaa, Estonian chess player (died 2022) ↗
- 1943 Han Sai Por, Singaporean sculptor and academic ↗
- 1943 Carla Mazzuca Poggiolini, Italian journalist and politician ↗
- 1941 Vikki Carr, American singer and actress ↗
- 1941 Neelie Kroes, Dutch politician and diplomat, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society ↗
- 1938 Jayant Narlikar, Indian astrophysicist and astronomer (died 2025) ↗
- 1938 Tom Raworth, English poet and academic (died 2017) ↗
- 1937 George Hamilton IV, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014) ↗
- 1937 Richard Jordan, American actor (died 1993) ↗
- 1936 David Colquhoun, English pharmacologist and academic ↗
- 1935 Nick Koback, American baseball player and golfer (died 2015) ↗
- 1934 Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (died 1980) ↗
- 1932 Buster Benton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1996) ↗
- 1932 Jan Lindblad, Swedish biologist and photographer (died 1987) ↗
- 1932 Szilárd Keresztes, Hungarian Greek Catholic bishop (died 2025) ↗
- 1929 Gaston Glock, Austrian engineer and businessman, co-founded Glock Ges.m.b.H. (died 2023) ↗
- 1929 Orville Turnquest, Bahamian politician ↗
- 1928 Samuel John Hazo, American author ↗
- 1928 Choi Yun-chil, South Korean long-distance runner and a two-time national champion in the marathon (died 2020) ↗
- 1926 Helen Gallagher, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2024) ↗
- 1925 Sue Thompson, American singer (died 2021) ↗
- 1924 Stanley K. Hathaway, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 40th United States Secretary of the Interior (died 2005) ↗
- 1924 Pat Hingle, American actor and producer (died 2009) ↗
- 1924 Arthur Rankin Jr., American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014) ↗
- 1923 Theo Barker, English historian (died 2001) ↗
- 1923 Alex Hannum, American basketball player and coach (died 2002) ↗
- 1923 Joseph Hansen, American author and poet (died 2004) ↗
- 1923 William A. Rusher, American lawyer and journalist (died 2011) ↗
- 1923 Lon Simmons, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2015) ↗
- 1922 George McGovern, American lieutenant, historian, and politician (died 2012) ↗
- 1922 Rachel Robinson, American professor, registered nurse, and the widow of baseball player Jackie Robinson ↗
- 1921 Harold Camping, American evangelist, author, radio host (died 2013) ↗
- 1921 André Moynet, French soldier, race car driver, and politician (died 1993) ↗
- 1921 Elizabeth Spencer, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 2019) ↗
- 1921 Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011) ↗
- 1920 Robert Mann, American violinist, composer, and conductor (died 2018) ↗
- 1920 Richard Oriani, Salvadoran-American metallurgist and engineer (died 2015) ↗
- 1919 Patricia Medina, English-American actress (died 2012) ↗
- 1919 Miltos Sachtouris, Greek poet and author (died 2005) ↗
- 1919 Ron Searle, English-Canadian soldier, publisher, and politician, 4th Mayor of Mississauga (died 2015) ↗
- 1917 William Scranton, American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2013) ↗
- 1916 Phil Cavarretta, American baseball player and manager (died 2010) ↗
- 1915 Åke Hellman, Finnish painter (died 2017) ↗
- 1914 Marius Russo, American baseball player (died 2005) ↗
- 1913 Kay Linaker, American actress and screenwriter (died 2008) ↗
- 1912 Peter Leo Gerety, American prelate (died 2016) ↗
- 1909 Balamani Amma, Indian poet and author (died 2004) ↗
- 1908 Daniel Fry, American contactee (died 1992) ↗
- 1908 Hans Trippel, German engineer, developed Amphicar (died 2001) ↗
- 1907 Isabel Jewell, American actress (died 1972) ↗
- 1904 Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, American lawyer and farmer (died 1985) ↗
- 1902 Samudrala Sr., Indian singer, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1968) ↗
- 1899 Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay, Indian physician, author, poet, and playwright (died 1979) ↗
- 1898 Herbert Marcuse, German-American sociologist and philosopher (died 1979) ↗
- 1896 Reginald Baker, English film producer (died 1985) ↗
- 1896 A. J. Cronin, Scottish physician and novelist (died 1981) ↗
- 1896 Bob Meusel, American baseball player and sailor (died 1977) ↗
- 1895 Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and academic (died 1953) ↗
- 1894 Aleksandr Khinchin, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1959) ↗
- 1894 Khawaja Nazimuddin, Bangladeshi-Pakistani politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan (died 1965) ↗
- 1894 Percy Spencer, American physicist and inventor of the microwave oven (died 1969) ↗
- 1893 Vladimir Mayakovsky – Russian actor, playwright, and poet (died 1930) ↗
- 1892 Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1957) ↗
- 1890 George II of Greece (died 1947) ↗
- 1888 Enno Lolling, German physician (died 1945) ↗
- 1886 Michael Fekete, Hungarian-Israeli mathematician and academic (died 1957) ↗
- 1884 Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, British-born German nobleman and Nazi politician (died 1954) ↗
- 1883 Max Fleischer, Austrian-American animator and producer (died 1972) ↗
- 1881 Friedrich Dessauer, German physicist and philosopher (died 1963) ↗
- 1877 Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (died 1949) ↗
- 1876 Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1972) ↗
- 1875 Alice Dunbar Nelson, American poet and activist (died 1935) ↗
- 1869 Xenophon Stratigos, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister of Transport (died 1927) ↗
- 1868 Florence Foster Jenkins, American soprano and educator (died 1944) ↗
- 1865 Georges Friedel, French mineralogist and crystallographer (died 1933) ↗
- 1865 Charles Horace Mayo, American surgeon, co-founder of the Mayo Clinic (died 1939) ↗
- 1864 Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer (died 1920) ↗
- 1860 Lizzie Borden, American woman, tried and acquitted for the murders of her father and step-mother in 1892 (died 1927) ↗
- 1849 Ferdinand Brunetière, French scholar and critic (died 1906) ↗
- 1846 Edward Charles Pickering, American astronomer and physicist (died 1919) ↗
- 1842 Frederic T. Greenhalge, English-American lawyer and politician, 38th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1896) ↗
- 1835 Justo Rufino Barrios, Guatemalan president (died 1885) ↗
- 1834 Edgar Degas – French painter, sculptor, and illustrator (died 1917) ↗
- 1827 Mangal Pandey, Indian soldier (died 1857) ↗
- 1822 Princess Augusta of Cambridge (died 1916) ↗
- 1819 Gottfried Keller – Swiss author, poet, and playwright (died 1890) ↗
- 1814 Samuel Colt, American businessman, founded the Colt's Manufacturing Company (died 1862) ↗
- 1800 Juan José Flores, Venezuelan general and politician, 1st President of Ecuador (died 1864) ↗
- 1794 José Justo Corro, Mexican politician and president (died 1864) ↗
- 1789 John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (died 1854) ↗
- 1771 Thomas Talbot, Irish-Canadian colonel and politician (died 1853) ↗
- 1759 Marianna Auenbrugger, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1782) ↗
- 1759 Seraphim of Sarov, Russian monk and saint (died 1833) ↗
- 1744 Heinrich Christian Boie, German author and poet (died 1806) ↗
- 1688 Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary and painter (died 1766) ↗
- 1670 Richard Leveridge, English singer-songwriter (died 1758) ↗
- 1569 Conrad Vorstius, Dutch theologian (died 1622) ↗
- 1420 William VIII, Marquis of Montferrat (died 1483) ↗
- 1223 Baibars, sultan of Egypt (died 1277) ↗
- 810 Muhammad al-Bukhari, Persian scholar (died 870) ↗
- 2024 Toumani Diabaté, Malian musician (born 1965) ↗
- 2024 Iryna Farion, Ukrainian linguist and politician (born 1964) ↗
- 2024 Kevan Gosper, Australian athlete and administrator (born 1933) ↗
- 2024 Sheila Jackson Lee, American lawyer and politician (born 1950) ↗
- 2024 Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Vietnamese politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (born 1944) ↗
- 2024 Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player and police officer (born 1932) ↗
- 2024 James C. Scott, American political scientist and anthropologist (born 1936) ↗
- 2024 Esta TerBlanche, South African actress (born 1973) ↗
- 2019 Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, director, and producer (born 1944) ↗
- 2018 Jon Schnepp, American producer, director, voice actor, editor, writer, cartoonist, animator, and cinematographer (born 1967) ↗
- 2018 Denis Ten, Kazakhstani figure skater (born 1993) ↗
- 2016 Garry Marshall, American actor, director, and producer (born 1934) ↗
- 2015 Van Alexander, American composer and conductor (born 1915) ↗
- 2015 Galina Prozumenshchikova, Ukrainian-Russian swimmer and journalist (born 1948) ↗
- 2015 Carmino Ravosa, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1930) ↗
- 2015 Gennadiy Seleznyov, Russian journalist and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Duma (born 1947) ↗
- 2014 Rubem Alves, Brazilian theologian (born 1933) ↗
- 2014 Skye McCole Bartusiak, American child actress and child model (born 1992) ↗
- 2014 David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist and academic (born 1917) ↗
- 2014 Paul M. Fleiss, American pediatrician and author (born 1933) ↗
- 2014 James Garner, American actor (born 1928) ↗
- 2014 Jerzy Jurka, Polish biologist (born 1950) ↗
- 2014 Ray King, English footballer and manager (born 1924) ↗
- 2014 Ingemar Odlander, Swedish journalist (born 1936) ↗
- 2014 Harry Pougher, English cricketer (born 1941) ↗
- 2014 Leen Vleggeert, Dutch politician (born 1931) ↗
- 2014 John Winkin, American baseball player, coach, and journalist (born 1919) ↗
- 2013 Mikhail Gorsheniov, Russian singer-songwriter (born 1973) ↗
- 2013 Geeto Mongol, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (born 1931) ↗
- 2013 Mel Smith, English actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1952) ↗
- 2013 Bert Trautmann, German footballer and manager (born 1923) ↗
- 2013 Phil Woosnam, Welsh-American soccer player and manager (born 1932) ↗
- 2013 Peter Ziegler, Swiss geologist and academic (born 1928) ↗
- 2013 Leyla Erbil, Turkish author (born 1931) ↗
- 2012 Humayun Ahmed, Bangladeshi director and playwright (born 1948) ↗
- 2012 Tom Davis, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1952) ↗
- 2012 Mohammad Hassan Ganji, Iranian meteorologist and academic (born 1912) ↗
- 2012 Omar Suleiman, Egyptian general and politician, 16th Vice President of Egypt (born 1935) ↗
- 2012 Sylvia Woods, American businesswoman, co-founded Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem (born 1926) ↗
- 2012 Valiulla Yakupov, Islamic cleric (born 1963) ↗
- 2010 Cécile Aubry, French actress, author, television screenwriter and director (born 1928) ↗
- 2010 Jon Cleary, Australian author and playwright (born 1917) ↗
- 2009 Frank McCourt, American author and educator (born 1930) ↗
- 2009 Henry Surtees, English race car driver (born 1991) ↗
- 2008 Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian comedian and actress (born 1907) ↗
- 2007 A. K. Faezul Huq, Bangladeshi journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1945) ↗
- 2007 Roberto Fontanarrosa, Argentinian cartoonist (born 1944) ↗
- 2006 Jack Warden, American actor (born 1920) ↗
- 2005 Edward Bunker, American author and screenwriter (born 1933) ↗
- 2004 Sylvia Daoust, Canadian sculptor (born 1902) ↗
- 2004 J. Gordon Edwards, American entomologist, mountaineer, and DDT advocate (born 1919) ↗
- 2004 Francis A. Marzen, American priest and journalist (born 1924) ↗
- 2004 Zenkō Suzuki, Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1911) ↗
- 2003 Bill Bright, American evangelist and author, founded the Campus Crusade for Christ (born 1921) ↗
- 2003 Pierre Graber, Swiss politician, President of the Swiss National Council (born 1908) ↗
- 2002 Dave Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1952) ↗
- 2002 Alan Lomax, American historian, scholar, and activist (born 1915) ↗
- 1998 Elmer Valo, Polish-American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1921) ↗
- 1994 Victor Barbeau, Canadian author and academic (born 1896) ↗
- 1992 Paolo Borsellino, Italian lawyer and judge (born 1940) ↗
- 1990 Eddie Quillan, American actor (born 1907) ↗
- 1989 Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish businessman and politician, President of the Republic of Poland (born 1913) ↗
- 1985 Janusz Zajdel, Polish author (born 1938) ↗
- 1984 Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress (born 1896) ↗
- 1984 Aziz Sami, Iraqi writer and translator (born 1895) ↗
- 1982 Hugh Everett III, American physicist and mathematician (born 1930) ↗
- 1981 Roger Doucet, Canadian tenor (born 1919) ↗
- 1980 Margaret Craven, American journalist and author (born 1901) ↗
- 1980 Nihat Erim, Turkish jurist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1912) ↗
- 1980 Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (born 1904) ↗
- 1977 Karl Ristikivi, Estonian geographer, author, and poet (born 1912) ↗
- 1975 Lefty Frizzell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1928) ↗
- 1975 John Alan Coey, American mercenary and medic in the Rhodesian Bush War ↗
- 1974 Ernő Schwarz, Hungarian-American soccer player and coach (born 1904) ↗
- 1969 Stratis Myrivilis, Greek soldier and author (born 1890) ↗
- 1967 John T. McNaughton, United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs and an advisor to Robert McNamara (born 1921) ↗
- 1967 Odell Shepard, American poet and politician, 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (born 1884) ↗
- 1965 Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea (born 1875) ↗
- 1963 William Andrew, English priest (born 1884) ↗
- 1947 U Razak, Burmese educator and politician (born 1898) ↗
- 1947 Aung San, Burmese general and politician (born 1915) ↗
- 1947 Lyuh Woon-hyung, South Korean politician (born 1886) ↗
- 1943 Yekaterina Budanova, Russian captain and pilot (born 1916) ↗
- 1943 Carlo Zangarini, Italian poet and opera librettist (born 1873) ↗
- 1941 Špiro Bocarić, Serbian painter, victim of Genocide of Serbs ↗
- 1939 Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet and author (born 1850) ↗
- 1933 Kaarle Krohn, Finnish historian and academic (born 1863) ↗
- 1930 Robert Stout, Scottish-New Zealand politician, 13th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1844) ↗
- 1925 John Indermaur, British lawyer (born 1851) ↗
- 1913 Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia (born 1852) ↗
- 1896 Abraham H. Cannon, American publisher and religious leader (born 1859) ↗
- 1882 John William Bean, English criminal and failed regicide (born 1824) ↗
- 1878 Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1847) ↗
- 1857 Stefano Franscini, Swiss statistician and politician (born 1796) ↗
- 1855 Konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet and translator (born 1787) ↗
- 1850 Margaret Fuller, American journalist and critic (born 1810) ↗
- 1838 Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist and chemist (born 1785) ↗
- 1824 Agustín de Iturbide, Mexican general and emperor (born 1783) ↗
- 1814 Matthew Flinders, English navigator and cartographer (born 1774) ↗
- 1810 Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Prussian queen (born 1776) ↗
- 1742 William Somervile, English poet and author (born 1675) ↗
- 1631 Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher and academic (born 1550) ↗
- 1543 Mary Boleyn, English daughter of Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (born 1499) ↗
- 1415 Philippa of Lancaster, Portuguese queen (born 1360) ↗
- 1374 Petrarch, Italian poet and scholar (born 1304) ↗
- 1333 John Campbell, Scottish nobleman ↗
- 1333 Alexander Bruce, Scottish nobleman ↗
- 1333 Sir Archibald Douglas, Scottish nobleman ↗
- 1333 Maol Choluim II, Scottish nobleman ↗
- 1333 Kenneth de Moravia, 4th Earl of Sutherland ↗
- 1249 Jacopo Tiepolo, doge of Venice ↗
- 1234 Floris IV, Dutch nobleman (born 1210) ↗
- 1030 Adalberon, French bishop ↗
- 998 Damian Dalassenos, Byzantine general (born 940) ↗
- 973 Kyunyeo, Korean monk and poet (born 917) ↗
- 806 Li Shigu, Chinese general (born 778) ↗
- 514 Symmachus, pope of the Catholic Church ↗